The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 55, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1975 Page: 2 of 38
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The Hartford Brand, Hereford, Texas, Thursday July 10, 1975
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Woodward is presently studying for a
masters degree in Weatherford, Okla.
A press conference to officially
announce the suit was held in Austin
Tuesday by CTA and ACLU officials.
(SPC) - How high is the divorce rate in
Deaf Smith County compared with that in
other communities? How many local
residents are divorced? How many have
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THE CONSTTTUTION would have a
major effect in this area since it addresses
the problem of equalizing taxes. If
passed, the constitution says agricultural
and the board upheld the decision. The
specific reasons for his termination
besides what was contained in a letter
written by Hughes to Hartman. It stated
Woodward displayed “hostile attitudes"
and had distributed literature without
prior approval of the administration.
Supposedly, it was pamphlets explaining
the history of the ACLU.
mechanical power, depending only on the
vissicitudes of aircurrents and the skill of the
pilot. Gliders may also fly for hundreds of miles
before finally coming down.
but I don't think it will hurt the overall
market in the area too severely," said
McBride.
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In the three-hour hearing in June, the
board remained silent and took no action
to reverse its earlier decision.
Conkwright said he was confident
about the outcome of the suit since courts
have ruled for school boards in previous
cases of a similar nature.
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"The glider may go up, or may come
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and soaring conditions," he said.
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THE OUTSTANDING feature of
gliding, Gaypool said, is its quietness.
"Gliding is the closest thing to flying like
a bird that man can do,” he said.
"Gliding is safer than flying a power
plane, because there’s so much less to go
wrong,” he said, adding that a glider can
be landed in an open spot 200 feet long.
Gliding is a very old sport, he said. The
Wright brothers were the first gliders.
The Soaring Society of America was
organized in the late twenties, he said.
Claypool is a licensed gliding instructor
from both the Federal Aviation Agency
and the Soaring Society of America. He
teaches aviation in Hereford High.
THE TEXAS Veterinary Medical
Diagnostic Laboratory in west Amarillo
has been established as the site for a
temporary facility for hog cholera
screenings.
Swine producers who suspect their
herds might be infected with cholera can.
call 376-2291 for a free herd check by a
task force diagnostician.
The task force is headquartered in
Room 322 of Amarillo's downtown post
office.
"We want producers to report any
sickness in their herds, they may feel free
to call us collect," said Miss Ellis.
"SWINE PRODUCERS are advised to
keep a close eye on their stock and avoid
moving animals," she added.
Some of the first signs of the disease
are a high fever or a dropoff in eating,
which is usually followed by death.
The virus cannot be transmitted to
humans and meat of the diseased animals
in not dangerous to eat.
The local outbreak was discovered
when a Hereford veterinarian sent
samples from hogs suspected of having
cholera to the Texas A&M University
animal health laboratory in College
Station last month.
County Extension Agent Juston
McBride reported that the outbreak of the
disease probably will not adversely effect
the local swine market.
"Some of the local hog buying stations
may lose a few sales due to the outbreak.
CLAYPOOL has just returned from the
Taos, N.M. Soaring Festival, which
involved the participation of outstanding
glider pilots from all over the country.
The festival’s field was limited to 50
outstanding pilots.
"The Taos event was a smashing
success,” Gaypool said. "The gliding
there was outstanding."
He said an attempt is being made to
form a glider club in Taos. To make
progress toward this goal, Gaypool and
other pilots took Taos natives for rides in
gliders in an effort to arouse interest in
gliding in Taos.
“It's really beautiful soaring over the
An autopsy was ordered.
Police reported that Mrs. Compton and
one of the suspects had been in Amarillo
Friday night and returned to Hereford
about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
Apparently, an argument between
Mrs. Compton and the suspects took
place after she returned home and the
shooting occured.
According to police, one suspect was
wounded and Mrs. Compton was killed in
the shooting incident. The woman's body
was apparently loaded into a car, taken
into the country, and dumped.
Local law officers began a search of the
rural areas south and east of Hereford
for 12 hours before discovering the body.
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During 1974, the figures show, there
were apprezimately 970,000 divorces at
in Deaf Smith County, it appears, the
number of marital ftvi is on the low
side There are Cawer divorces and
separations, in proportion to population
than in most parts of the United States.
According to the latest tabulations,
some 34 out of every 1,000 local residents
over the age of 14 are either divorced or
separated from their spouses.
An aviation instructor in Hereford High
School participates in an activity which
places him in dose proximity to hawks,
buzzards, and eagles—the art of gliding
high above the Earth in aircraft which is
not powered by anything more than air
currents.
John Gaypool of402 Union in Hereford
says that he is frequently joined by
hawks, eagles, and other wild birds while
gliding, or soaring, in unpowered
aircraft.
"Hawks and eagles aren't all afraid of
gliders,” Claypool said, describing the
flight of these wild creatures as similar to
the way a glider plane flies.
a point of order, would have created a
separate state district court for Deaf
Smith and Oldham counties.
“I think it has a good chance for
consideration at the implementation
session in January (following the possible
passage of the state new constitution in
November)," he said. "It has no problem
in the House, only the Senate."
The school finance bill, he said took
care of the most immediate needs but
that a special committee was presently
studying the alternatives for relief in local
funding of school districts. A possibility is
complete state funding of the Minimum
Foundation Program. Another is the use
of the state sales taxes, although he felt
this might not be feasible.
financial situation of the district, board
members were told that about $400,000
more in state aid to specific programs
would partially offset the increased LFA
amount leaving the district with about
$182,000 more to procure from local
funds.
Phillips said at the special meeting
June 24 that a tax rate of $1.85(35 cents
for interest and sinking and S1.50 for
maintenance and operation) would
probably satisfy the district’s need for the
coming school year. It is not directly
“termparable to the previous tax rate since
the evaluation was changed, but it is
"Tonsidered about a 22 per cent increase.
The largest item in the school's budget
will be personnel and so far the district is
offering its same salary increment over
the state minimum as it offered last year.
The state raised teacher salaries by
S1.400 a year for all educators. The total
salaries to be paid by the state is
" $2,420,081. _ . . J
Phillips said no more information has
been received from the Texas Education .
Agency since the last meeting and that as
it appears now, the $1.85 tax rate will
probably be recommended.
' Our existing programs will be the last
things we will want cut if it becomes
necessary," Phillips said. "A few new
programs have been proposed and these
would be the first to go.”
The objective the administrator
explained is to offer the same curriculum
and facilities as were offered last year.
The budget hearing will no doubt be
held at the August 12 meeting of the
board when the budget will be presented
and accepted.
The board will probably meet in
executive session to discuss the pending
$400,000 suit filed by Wayne Woodward,
a former La Plata teacher whose contract
was not renewed. It was filed in U.S.
District Court in Amarillo on Monday for
what Woodward termed as violoations of
freedom of speech as granted in the first
amendment of the Constitution.
The building programs will include a
report from a special committee to decide
the possible uses of the old Central
School building and some miscellaneous
matters pertaining to West Central
Elementary (the new school) and the high
School.
The board will consider teacher
resignations for Deborah Evans Borden.
Priscilla Jeffries, and Dana Jolly.
Teachers recommended for employment
include Cindy Loerwald, Judith Medley.
Judy Stoy and Guadalupe Villarreal.
THE REIGNING GLIDING world
champion, a Mew Jersey native, is also
expected to attend the Hobbs meet.
Gaypool says that soaring in the
United States has grown by “leaps and
bounds” since the United States hosted
the 1970 Gliding Olympics at Marfa,
Texas.
He is a member of the Soaring Society
of America, and Federal Aviation
International, the two primary gliding
organizations. He also belongs to the
High Plains Soaring Society, the local
soaring club.
For the second year, Gaypool will be
the chief tow-pilot at the Hobbs meet. He
explained that power planes tow gliders
up to about 2,000 feet above the ground.
No one likes new tax hikes but the
possibility looms over the heads of area
taxpayers that the school Board of
Education may raise taxes by as much as
22 per cent at a regular monthly meeting
at 4 p.m. today.
The board members are to meet at the
administration building to consider a
rather lengthy agenda. Agenda items
include establishing the tax rate for the
1975-76 school year, setting the date for
the official budget hearing, discussing
the building programs for West Central
Central and Hereford High Schools,
hearing a presentation on the Program
for the Gifted, and discussing an
in-service schedule for next year and
follow-up report on the 1973-74 senior
class.
Also on the agenda are reports on the
tax office, transportation program and
ON A HUMOROUS NOTE, Clayton
said most legislators didn't want to take a
stand on the Equal Rights Amendment
since "it was highly emotional.”
Gayton broke ground for the Sue And
Inc garment plant here following the
conference Attending it were Nat Jaffer
and Rick Lambert of Sue Ann Inc. as well
as local officials Tom Burdett, president
of the Hereford Industrial Foundation.
Mayor Jim Sears. County Judge Sard
Morgan. Contractor Emory Brownlow.
Bud Fades president of the C of C. and
Clayton.
The plant, which win soon be taking
application for about 150 employees:
should be built within about 120-150
days k will have a payroll of about
$750,000 and contain 12,000 square feet
of floor space.
Jaffers said he was pleased at the
reception of Hereford and looks forward
the cafeteria. Bids will be considered for
food items such as milk and bread
Bill Phillips, administrative assistant,
said Tuesday that the administration will
probably recommend a tax rate at the
meeting so that the tax office can proceed
with its preparation of the tax roll. To
allow the district to raise necessary
funds, the school board earlier had raised
the percentage of evaluation from 45 to 60
per cent to compensate for the maximum
tax rate already being used.
Superintendent Roy Hartman had said
that an increase as high as 22 per cent
might be necessary in view of legislation
passed this year which cuts down on the
available state aid since the district local
fund assignment (the district's amount of
participation in the Minimum Foundation
Program) was raised by $582,000.
At a special meeting held to discuss the
Area Ideal For Soaring
THE WORLD RECORD for altitude for
gliding is 46,521 feet above sea level, and
the world distance record is 826 miles, he
said. The altitude record is held by an
American, and the distance record is held
by a German pilot.
He explained that gliding does not
depend on large amounts of wind, as
many people believe, but that air
currents are essential in keeping a glider
aloft.
Summertime in the Texas Panhandle
provides ideal gliding conditions, he said.
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’A 33 year old Hereford man was
formallv charged with murder Tuesday
morning and his bond set at $100,000 in
connection with the death of a 22 year old
Hereford woman whose body was found
in a barditch southeast of Hereford in
Randall County early Sunday morning.
Marvin Daniels remained in Deaf
Smith County jail at presstime in lieu of
bond on the murder charge.
A second Hereford man, Alfred Ball.
43. was free on $2000 bond at presstime,
after being held in custody as a material
witness.
According to police, Mrs. Compton's
body was found early Sunday morning.
Police reported that she was killed 24
hours earlier and her body was then
dumped in a clump of sunflowers.
Mrs. Compton was shot three times,
once in the left temple, once in the left
side of the throat and once in the back of
the neck.
A police spokesman indicated that the
murder weapon has not yet been located,
but is believed to be a small .22 or .25
caliber automatic.
Both suspects in the incident were
taken into custody here Saturday night
after one of the men sought treatment for
a gunshot wound to the shoulder at the
Deaf Smith General Hospital.
Hereford detectives picked up the
second suspect after questioning the
wounded man and finding "an unusual
amount of blood in his car.”
According to local detectives, a search
for Mrs. Compton was started about 3:30
p.m. Saturday, more than 12 hours after
she had been killed.
Deaf Smith County Sheriff's Deputy
Art Burton, accompanied by one of the
suspects, found the body at about 2:30
a.m. Sunday.
The body was near the Castro-Randall
County line, within the jurisdictional
boundaries of Randall County.
Mrs. Compton was pronounced dead at
the scene by Randall County Justice of
the Peace W.W. Hancock.
been allotted to the Water Development
Fund," he said to emphaslze Utt possible
action on water.
the United States. That was 57,000 more
than in 1973.
On the other hand, the number of
marriages that took place in the year.
2,235,000 was unexpectedly small. h was
the first time since 1958, in fact, that a
drop was recorded.
The decline, at a time when the
population of marriage-able age was
larger than normal, is attributed to
prevailing economic conditions. Many
young people have postponed their
marital plans.
Because of the decrease in marriages
and the increase in divorces, there was 1
divorce in the year for every 2.3
marriages
in Deaf Smith County, according to the
most recent figures, there are some 430
men and women who are divorced or
separated
Many others, who were once to the
divorced column, have trace renamed
in general, « has been found, there are
about IS such persons for every one who
is currently divorced
On that baton, « to estimated that there
are about 1,080 local reeKems to that
category.
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remarried after being divorced?
For the great majority of men and
women in the local area marriage is a
once-in-a-lifetime undertaking. For
others, who start out with equally high
hopes, their marriages end up on the
rocks.
In general, the divorce rate has been on
the rise for a number of years and is still
mounting. This is indicated in
the latest surveys by the Department of
Commerce, the National Center for
Health Statistics and others.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Compton
were pending with Freeman Funeral
Home of Hale Center at presstime.
Mrs. Compton moved to Hereford from
Hale Center in January and was
employed as a waitress and cashier.
She was a Baptist.
Survivors include a daughter.
Shannon, of Hale Center; her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Compton of Hale
Center; three sisters, Mrs. Izora Mae
Shaw of Texarkana, Mrs. Urail Compton
of Hale Center and Mrs. Ira Lee Roy of
Germany; and five brothers, Ivory of
Dallas. Jimmy of Hawaii, Willie of
Plainview, and Dick and Jackie, both of
Hale Center.
ultimately be justified as people become
aware of the need for food as no more
land is being produced.
He thinks the constitution will be
passed in November. “Of course, not
everything in it pleases me, but I have a
very personal reason for seeing it passed.
If it isn't, there will be a continual hue
and cry for constitutional revision and I
would rather have this one than one
written by Ft. Worth, Dallas and
Houston,'' he said.
“It is needed and it will be more
economical."
In the next session, the speaker said a
minor tax bill might come about if the
economy continues in tis present patter.
However, if the economy stabilizes and
oil and gas and other production remains
profitable, then one might not result, he
added.
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One question was raised concerning
criticism of Clayton’s leadership and ha
answered, saying, "It depends on who
says it since those who didn't get a bifl
passed cry the most. I don't plan to
change my leadership and I think I wifi
have a successful campaign for
re-election as speaker.”
mountains around Taos,” he said
Many pilots earned advanced gliding
badges during the Taos meet, he said.
Gaypool, who has been soaring since
1968, is looking forward with much
anticipation to another gliding meet, this
one to be held in Hobbs, N.M. beginning
on July 14.
He plans to take several local high
school students to Hobbs to help out with
ground chores associated with the gliding
festival. He says that pilots from
Germany. Australia, New Zealand, and
Mexico will be flying at Hobbs as guests,
although they will not be eligible for the
trophies given to winners of the
competition there.
productivity basis with capitalization at a
maximum of 10 per cent. He explained it
to be a help instead of valuing land at
market values.
He expects legislation to be
forthcoming on the equalization of taxes
to the extent of putting the tax
assessment responsibility in the hands of
one local taxing agency so that all lands
would be valued at the same rate. It
would probably be at the county level.
"This will not take away any of the
other taxing agencies' ability to collect
taxes for the amount they need," he said.
Concerning malpractice insurance, a
bill was passed which win provide data
needed in the next two years on wwhat
insurance companies are doing in
charging rates. This will help to deciding
on the exact measures needed to regulate
the premiums for doctors, Clayton
explained.
Another bill affecting local cattlemen to
one controlling the lien a producer hat on
his cattle Legally, it will allow the
producer to maintain a Hen on livestock
even while the animal to being processed
according to Clayton.
He to known aa Mr. Water to Texas
C of C aad industrial foundation to'
profiting both the mmpmiy and Hereford
The plant was built through about
30.000 raised from the Foundation tend
drive The lates amount releassd by the :
foondatiom to their fund drive to about
$4,600, according to Benton
Cleyton ended Ms activities here with a
talk before the Hereford Lons Cub a
a net
Smooth Sailing
The aircraft pictured is a glider, which offers the
quietest possible method of flying, according to
John Claypool, the glider's pilot. Gliders
sometimes fly thousands of foot high without
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