The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 197, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 6, 1980 Page: 1 of 38
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80th Year, No. 197
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Superintendent Praises Class
Suspension Alternative Attacked
Clements Rips
Stamp Program
Half of Census
Forms Returned
President, Reagan
Louisiana Choices
Iranian President Calls
For Ouster of Sadat
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November. Clayton said
Moore had introduced him to
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might go hungry, and some
might die, if President Carter
carries out his budget-cutting
threats that might stop the
food stamp program about
June 1.
"I think the food program
has been abused in Texas
and we are going to look into
it,” Clements said. “We will
see if we can identify these
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That feller on Tierra Blanca Creek says one of life’s
greatest blessings is that we are not compelled to believe
everything we are compelled to listen to.
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Reporter: “To what do you attribute your success?”
Millionaire: “I'm just trying to make an honest living, and
there isn't much competition.”
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YOU CAN’T BLAME THE INTERNAL Revenue Service for
being worried. How would you feel if you had a hundred
billion dollars owed to you and it was all coming by mail?
The Census Bureau probably shares the same worry right
now. It is hoping to get an accurate court of the population
from all citizens mailing in questionnaires. We were lucky to
receive the short form. All we had to do was count noses in
our house, list birthdates, and answer whether or not our
'toilet flushes.
It just took me about five minutes, but I understand those
who got the long forms needed from one to three hours to fill
them out. Maybe this is as good a method as any to take the
census, but there should be an easier and least expensive •
way.
However, I think the cheese producers have already figured
it out. I noticed the other day that Americans consume 3.89
billion pounds of cheese a year, which-they say-averages out
to 17.3 pounds per person.
Dividing the total consumed by the average, I compute that
there are 224,855,491 people in the United States. That
wasn’t too difficult with my electric adding machine. Now, if
the cheese folks just have their figures right, we don't really
need to make that head count!
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WE MENTIONED IN THIS COLUMN recently that the
Department of. Public Safety has started a crackdown on
speeders and intends to enforce the 55 mph limit. The
primary reason, of course, was because the federal
government threatened to withhold highway funds.
We suppose, even {hough it comes from government
statistics, that the speed limit will save a few lives and some
gasoline. Even if it does those things, however, we are still
observing the speed limit for the wrong reason.
Many of our highways in Texas were constructed for a safe
70 mph speed limit, and those limits were set by the state.
But our federal government, at the urging of some Easterners
who have highways that are unsafe t 55. use our own funds to
hold over our heads.
What reals bothers us is that we've become puppets on a
string since the dav we turned the purse strings over to the
federal government. They exercise more and more control
over our schools, our cities, our hospitals, and our highways.
Maybe we do need to drive 55 if it will save lives and fuel,
but the folks in Austin can decide this and a whole lot of other
matters. We sometimes question their wisdom, but we have
more faith in them than we do the ones in Washington.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Carter and Ronald
Reagan looked to the South Saturday to pad their widening
leads in the 1980 White House sweepstakes as Louisiana held
its first presidential primary.
With matching winning streaks in the first round of
Southern primaries last month in Alabama, Florida and
Georgia. Carter and Reagan were seen as the heavy favorites
in a state where little campaigning took place.
Fifty-one delegates were at stake in the Democratic
primary while the Republicans were competing for 31
delegates.
Louisiana Secretary of State Jim Brown predicted that just
25 percent to 30 percent of the state’s 2 million registered
voters would cast ballots. Itwas a closed primary, meaning no
crossover voting by Democrats and Republicans at the polls,
which opened at 6 a.m. CST and close at 8 p.m.
On the GOP side, it was essentially a one-on-one contest
between Reagan and former U.N. Ambassador George Bush.
Rep. John Anderson, who has benefitted from crossover
votes in some states, wasn’t on the ballot.
Bush said Louisiana is “considered solid for Reagan, and it
probably is. I know it is tough. I know Reagan is strong. I
don’t have high expectations about this.”
John Treen, Bush', state campaign coordinator, said he
would be satisfied if the former CIA director managed to win
30 percent of the statewide vote
While Reagan and Bush made brief campaign forays into
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
House Speaker Bin Clayton
said Friday he expects the
U.S. Justice Department to
put a lot of pressure on a
federal grand jury in Houston
to indict him in connection
with the FBI's Brilab in-
vestigation.
But, Clayton said, he
remain* "optimistic,”
believes there’s a chance he
won't be indicted and is
convinced he will be found
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be involved in the illegal DES
operations.”
The drug — diethylstilbestrol —
was used for many years as a feed
additive or as implants in an animal
which then absorbed it to stimulate
growth and thus increase the chance
of profit to owners. It was banned in
1979 because of evidence that it
causes cancer in animals and humans.
Under the ban, all manufacture and
shipment of DES was to have ceased
last July 13 and all use at DES in
animals was to have ended by Nov. 1.
FDA Commissioner Jere Goyan and
Assistant Agriculture Secretary Carol
Tucker Foreman said their order to
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sympatketic to
(SAC), which has recently
been attacked by some
parents.
Three of the parents will
attend Tuesday evening's
meeting of the Hereford
school board to protest
continuation of the SAC
program.
However, school district
N.Y., 92.2 percent and Tulsa.
Okla., 87.3 percent.
In the giant New York City
region, officials said, the
return rate is currently 35.5
percent with 1,887,000 forms
returned so far, although
there have been some areas
with notably low responses.
One Queens office has had
only 2 percent of the forms
returned so far, he said.
Barabba said part of the
problem is the New York
transit strike. He estimated
that as many as 750;009
forms may still be in the
hands of postal officials.
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surance contract for
Prudential Insurance Co.
Consumers may have been sold some
of the contaminated meat, but official*
said it posed no immediate health
threat.
“The hazard posed by DES in beef
is n not from a few exposures, but
from continuous exposure over a
number of years. FDA and USDA
scientists have assured us there is no
appreciable health risk to the public
- from the consumption of beef under
this plan," Goyan and Ms. Foreman
said.
Their agencies are requiring the 30
feedlots to have the DES implants
surgically removed by or under the
(Sot cattle, Pag 2)
Good behavior in SC may
cut down on the length of
time a student must remain
in the class. However, rules
are stringent and closely
supervised by Williams,
according to Holder.
Students must remain in
their seats until permission is
granted to move. No talking
is permitted, and students
are provided a single
restroom break during their 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. stay.
Before a student is
admitted into SAC, Williams
meets with the youngster’s
teachers to receive his
lessons for a particular week.
Students are required to do
classwork, homework and
examinations during the
daily five-hour routine.
Extra days may be added
to a student's length of stay
or he may be suspended for
violating SAC rules.
The idea is not new in
educational circles, according
to Holder, who helped
institute SAC locally two
(Sot SAC, Page 2)
By PAUL SIMS
Managing Editor
Students who normally
would be suspended from
classes for committing seri-
ous violations of school policy
are being offered an
alternative-the Hereford In-
dependent School District's
Special Assignment Class
officials praise the program
as an effective alternative to
suspension from classes.
Students, who normally
would have to make up
missed work to avoid failing
courses, are required to
study in three-sided cubicles
for a continuous five-hour
period during each day of
their stay in SAC.
SAC is located in the old
Central School building.
There are 10 cubicles, each
with its own desk, and an
instructor--Glenn Williams,
an ex-Marine sergeant with a
Master’s degree in educa-
tion.
Students remain in the
SAC program for a period of
time not less than five days or
more than 10 days, unless the
seriousness of the offense
requires a longer stay.
“We’ve put kids in there
for the remainder of t
quarter. But, those kid*
would have been suspendec
for the remainder cf the
quarter,” Superintendent
Harrell Holder said.
“bring about reconciliation
between America and Iran.”
It was the first time
President Abolhassan Bani-
Sadr had called for the ouster
of Sadat. "We hope this
uprising will continue until
the toppling of the regime
which serves the interests of
the enemies of Islam," he
said in a statement carried by
the official Par* new*
agency.
Sadat's decision to grant
the deposed ruler permanent
sanctuary in Egypt last
month raised a storm of
protest among Iranians
demanding ais return to Iran
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delay slaughter of the cattle was
directed to the 30 feedlots “that we
know have implanted cattle with
DES.”
Two companies, Walco In-
ternaional, Inc. of Porterville, Calif.,
and Schmidt-Alien of Denver, Colo.,
are known to have sold DES implants
after the FDA ban was imposed last
year, officials said. They have agreed
to recall existing stocks.
Maxine Farmer, vice president of
Schmidt-Allen, said the company was
not advised of the July 13 cutoff date.
' ‘Our problem is we felt that we got no
instructions as to when the cutoff date
was,” she said. “We thought the user
to stand trial on charges of
murder and corruption.
The party is believed to
have a majority on the 13-
member Revolutionary
Council, which on Thursday
night delayed Iranian
President Abolhassan Bani-
Sadr's proposal to ask the
Islamic militants to turn over
the hostage* to the govern-
ment.
Bani-Sadr said in a speech
Tuesday he would ask the
council to take custody of the
hostages if President Carter
pledged to issue no further
"propogand a ’ ’ or
provoc at ions
Hart and Taylor Feed Yard at
Dimmitt.
Also, Coronado Feeders and XIT
Feeders of Dalhart, Plainview
Feedlots in Plainview, and BAX Cattle
Co. of Tahoka.
Although it now primarily involves
the 30 feedlots in California, Colorado,
Kansas, Nebraska and Texas, a
background paper said the problem
may be much more widespread.
“Evidence is beginning to ac-
cumulate that illegal implants (of DES
in cattle) may be in use in Penn-
sylvania and Ohio. On the basis of
present information, 200,000 cattle
throughout the nation may ultimately
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Hereford Yards Involved in Fed Probe
In M...A Joseph Hauser, an FBI in-
AIA Mami 2vformant who sought
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WASHINGTON (AP) -
Home mortgage rates in
March posted the largest
monthly increase on record,
forcing many lenders to
curtail loan activity entirely,
the government reported
Friday.
The effective interest rate
on new, single-family homes
rose 1.47 percentage points
to 14.6 percent from early
February to early March, the
Federal Home Loan Bank
Board said.
This represented the rate
committed to by homebuyer
and lender. The mortgage,
however, was not yet closed.
The sharp mortgage rate
rise reflected credit
tightening moves by the
Federal Reserve Board taken
in February. Since then, the
board has taken additional
steps to slow borrowing and
battle an 18.2 percent annual
inflation rate.
"Since early March, some
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could use it (DES) up to Nov. 1, and
thought we could sell it until then.”
Comment from Walco International
was not immediately available.
The National Cattlemen’s
Association described the federal
government's response as "im-
practical and cumbersome." The
industry group did not condone the
illegal use of DES, but it pointed out in
a statement that' ‘the number of cattle
involved in this incident represent* a
small proportion of the nation’s total
annual beef production.”
The government said some of the
cattle that received illegal implants
already had been slaughtered.
WASHINGTON (AP) —
More than half of ell
Americans already hwve
returned their census forms
Tuesday was Census Day
and Director Vincent
Barabba of the Census
Bureau reports that as of 4:30
p.m. Thursday, 53.4 percent
of the households in the
country had returned their
forms.
Holding the first in a
planned series of regular
census updates on Friday.
Barabba conceded there are
still some problems
recruiting sufficient staff, but
he expressed confidence in
the overall head count.
Although figures were not
immediately available for all
parts of the country, Barabba
cited Cedar Rapids. Iowa, in
particular for cooperating
with the progam. In that
community, the bureau has
already had 94.3 percent of
the forms returned.
Other communities with
high early return rate* in-
cluded Groen Bay. WK. 92.5
percent; Poughkeepsie.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
Food stamps and paroles are
the next subjects of in-
vestigation for Gov. Bill
Clements’ watchdog team.
Clements told a news
conference Friday he was
unhappy with eborts he has
heard about the food stamp
program in Texas.
“We are going to see some
changes in the food stamp
program,” Clements said.
“Some will be made by the
federal government and
some we can make our-
selves.”
He said he had asked his
special audit committee,
headed by Budget Director
Paul Wrotenbery, to take on
a study of the food stamp
situation. Wrotenbery'*
group was formed by
Clements to make special
probe* of state agency
operation*.
Clementi alto said
Wrotenbery’* team would
look into probation
procedure* used by the State
Board of Pardons and Paroles
and parole commissioner*:
“There need* to be some
corrective measure* but I
don't want to talk about that
now," Clements said.
A coalition of social ac-
tivists said earlier in the
week that a million Texans
By The Assoclated Press
Iran's president Saturday
called on the Egyptian people
to overthrow President
Anwar Sadat and press for
the extradition of the
deposed shah, as the
powerful Islamic Republican
Party demanded the
American hostage* remain in
the hands of the militants at
the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Meanwhile, three
r
revolution were en route to
Tehran to hold Easter
services for the SO embassy
hostage* and try to help
“I’m optimistic, myself,
and believe there is a chance
of no indictment,” Clayton
told reporters Friday.
Asked if he thought he
would be indicted, Clayton
replied, “Who knows? That
is a federal grand jury. I’ve
got a feeling they (the Justice
Department) will be making
the decision. It’s their baby,
isn’t it?”
Clayton was asked to
comment on a Dallas
Morning News story that said
he and at least one of his
lawyers expects an in-
dictment because the Brilab
(bribery and labor) “sting”
operation might be
discredited if the grand jury
fails to indict him.
“The story is accurate in
the sense that there is a
pressure from the Justice
Department. They have got a
(Sot CLAYTON. Pag- 2)
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innocent by a jury if he is
brought to trial.
Clayton spent two days
testifying before grand jurors
in March and gave them his
interpretation of clan-
destinely recorded con-
versations with an FBI in-
formant and a Houston labor
leader.
The speaker has
acknowledged that L.G.
Moore, a leader in the in-
ternational Union of
Operating Engineers,
handed him a $5,000 cash
“campaign contribution"
after a conversation in
Clayton's office last
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A crackdown on the sale of cattle for
slaughter from 30 feedlots was
announced Friday by the Food and
Drug Administration and the
Agriculture department as the result
of an investigation by those two
agencies that disclosed illegal uses of
the alleged cancer-causing drug
diethylstilbesterol (DES) to stimulate
the growth of feedlot cattle.
Several area feeding firms were
involved in an order to delay slaughter
of cattle as a result of the
investigation.
Among local feedlots involved are,
Diamond A Ranch and Polan Grain &
Cattle of Hereford, Hill Feeders in
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Sims, Paul. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 197, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 6, 1980, newspaper, April 6, 1980; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1422135/m1/1/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.