The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 141, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 20, 1985 Page: 1 of 22
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Speakers highlight sugar affair
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Rep. Combest, O'Connell
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Republican majority leader already
"We need to tell this story over and
thinking about re-election in 1986
survival of the Republican Senate,
not the first, days of the session.
Lee, Murphy selected
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wives. and a shivering crowd
estimated at 16,000.
Security forces readied the most
stringent protective measures ever
witnessed in the capital. Dozens of
downtown streets were blocked off to
traffic and miles of crowd-control
fences were erected. Metal detectors
were installed at every event the
president is likely to attend.
The pageant, which took place on
the snow-covered Ellipse about a
quarter-mile from the White House.
included a narrative of inaugural
history by actor Fess Parker
Later, Bush and his wife, Barbara,
were the guests of honor at a
Hollywood-style gala featuring
singer Lou Rawls, Pearl Bailey, the
Gatlin Brothers country western
band, Merv Griffin and the New
York City Breakers dancing troupe.
“You’re No. 1, Sir,” Larry Gatlin
of the Gatlin Brothers told Bush from
Local Roundup
Chemical People speakers told
Three women who recently attended a conference on drug preven-
tion in Austin are to speak at the January meeting of the Deaf Smith
County Chemical People Task Force.
Suzanne Duvall, Patsy Giles and Paula Kopecky are to report on
the conference Tuesday at 7:30p.m. in Hereford Community Center.
Topics to be addressed include parent-child communication, handl-
ing peer pressure and student assistance programs.
Mike Moon, director of the Hereford Family Services Center and
member of the task force, said youngsters and their parents are en-
couraged to attend the free program. Fot more information,
telephone Moon or Kopecky at 3646111.
The task foce is to conduct a business meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
also at the community center.
By GENE GRABOWSKI Associated
Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - President
Reagan's four-day inaugural
celebration is in full swing, transfor-
ming the normally staid nation's
capital into a dazzling swirl of par-
ties, parades. and Holly wood pizazz.
The festivities were kicked off Fri-
day night with an hour-long “prelude
pageant," featuring martial music
and popular songs from America's
past.
The climax of the outdoor show
was a thunderous fireworks display
over the Washington Monument that
drew cheers from President Reagan.
Vice President George Bush, their
shoes.” Reflecting on efforts for
agriculture by his two predecessors.
George Mahon and Kent Hance.
Cleavinger told growers that "the
congressman from this district is
very important to us.”
Combest said the development of
the 1985 Farm Bil is being talked
about a lot in Washington, "and there
is a lot of speculation going on.”
The freshman Congressman
claimed. "We don’t have time to wait
three or four years to see if the farm
program is going to work. A farm
program must be developed for the
farmer, not the middle man."
Combest also claimed the farm bill
is not going to be a Democrat versus
Republican issue. "It’s going to be
those of us who like farming against
those who don’t. It will be policy, not
politics.”
In answer to a query from the au-
dience, Combest affirmed his disap-
proval of Deaf Smith County as a
possible site for the nation's first
high-level nuclear waste dump. He
said he plans to testify at the Depart-
ment of Energy hearings Feb. 28 in
Hereford and encouraged the
growers to attend those hearings.
Combest said he was told that the
DOE must be "188 percent convinc-
ed” that there would be no threat of
contamination to the Ogallala
Aquifer before placing the dump
north of Hereford. He said he
doubted he could ever be convinced
of that, and that he feels the water
supply is the Panhandle’s strongest
argument against the dump.
O'Connell, who prefaced his
speech by announcing that "Texas is
my favorite state," explained the ob-
jective of the 22-member Sugar
association
Smith, HSB president and chief ex-
ecutive officer.
Lee, a resident of Hereford since
1949, is active in many civic
organizations in the community He
is a past president of the Lions Club
and United Way, a deacon in First
Baptist church, and was named
"Citizen of the Year" for 1882. He
and his wife, Helen, have three
grown sons.
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"We do have a majority after a
long, long dry spell,” Dole said in a
recent interview. “We’ve had a ma-
jority for four years, and we ought to
try and preserve it."
"There ought to be a period of
time, six months or hopefully longer,
when we do what we ought to do and
not try to speculate about anything.”
That speculation centers around
1988 when Dole may run for presi-
dent or, in an unusual twist, his wife.
Transportation Secretary Elizabeth
Dole, might run for vice president.
“She seems more concerned about
what I’m going to do in ’88." Dole
said. "She doesn’t seem to have any
drive or any desire to push herself in
'88 — which may be the best strategy
intown.”
Mrs Dole isn't offering a clue
about her thoughts, preferring to
turn questions about her political
future to an energetic discourse on
highway safety and airport legisla-
tion.
“I’m not laying the foundation for
Sugar Promoter
An advertising campaign that pits sugar beet growers Friday at the Hereford Com-
against artificial sweeteners has become munity Center. “We’re not out to please
very controversial. Sugar Association people: We’re out to declare our superiori-
President Jack O’Connell told Texas sugar ty,” O’Connell declared.
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By KIMBERLY THOGMARTIN
Staff Writer
Remarks by a U.S Congressman
and the president of The Sugar
Association highlighted Friday’s an-
Carlile, Ray Cowsert, James Hull, aides to come up with a “prudent”
Gary McQuigg, Garth Merrick, R.T. plan to see what he has to do to keep
O’Daniel, R.N Yarbro and Craig his options open for a 1988 presiden-
Murphy is chairman of the board Smith tial bid.
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City, school boards to gather
Hereford City Commissioners and directors of the Hereford In-
dependent School District have both scheduled meetings for early
this week.
Bids on street improvements heads the agenda for commissioners,
stated to gather at 7:18 pm. Monday in City Hall, 24NLee Ave.
Also on tap is appointment of five members to the Panhandle-
Plains Higher Education Authority, an order establishing city of
fleer election procedures and authorization of bids for automatic
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sewer improvements on Highway 385, a review at city manager ap-
plications and a budget work session.
School board members are to assemble at 7 am. Tuesday in the
HiSD administration building, 700 Union Ave
in addition to the local rule regarding extracurricular activity
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Rocky Lee, co-owner of Summer- and CEO of First National Bank of
field Fertilizer, and Kenneth T. Mur- Abilene and also a director of First
phy of Abilene were elected directors Abilene Bankshares, Inc. He is in-
of Hereford State Bank during an an- volved in many Abilene civic ac-
nual shareholder's meeting here tivities and organizations, including
Thursday, it was announced by Craig being a director of Hendrick Medical
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eagan's inaugural swing underway
University board of development, anything else,” she said, insisting
West Texas Rehabilitation Center, It’s too early for them to think
Abilene C of C industrial foundation, seriously about the White House.
Texas Research League. He and his "II be fully supporting him if he
wife, Linda, have a son and a decides to join the race in’88.”
daughter. Dole insisted he’s not following the
Other directors of HSB include lead of Vice President George Bush,
J R Allison, Terry Bromlow, Jeff who said last week he has instructed
it's not even Inauguration Day, but perhaps even his own - and his
and Dole is thinking about 1986 when wife's - political future.
22 Republican senators — including So Dole is emphasizing Republican
himself — are up for re-election. A efforts to reduce the budget deficit,
slide in the economy could return charting an independent course from
control of the Senate to the the White House by announcing that
Democrats, who dominated it for a Senate Republicans will draft their
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 99th quarter century
Congress has met only twice this Nevertheless, it's no secret that
year, but the new Senate majority Dole believes what Congress does in
leader, Bob Dole of Kansas, is the next few months about the
scrambling as if these were the last, economy may not only determine the
past year's financial report, re- Hereford.
elected three directors and heard a He said during the season just end-
report on the state of the sugar in- ed, the factory handled a record ton-
dustry from TSBGA President Bill nage of sugar beets yet had less con-
Cleavinger. gestion from trucks than ever before.
Cleavinger, in introducing Com- "The people of Hereford need to
best, said the Lubbock Republican understand that they need this in-
“will be filling some pretty big dustry," Cleavinger pointed out
The conference was to conclude
with the annual banquet Saturday
night, to be highlighted by the "Man
of the Year in Agriculture" award
and a talk by radio personality Bob
Lewis. Better known as
"Tumbleweed Smith." Lewis pro-
duces the "Sound of Texas" daily
radio program
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nual business meeting of the Texas refiners and people on both sides of Jay Eubanks, field manager for
Sugar Beet Grower's Association, the legislative fence. Our mission is Holly Sugar, announced the top
Larry Combest. beginning his first to protect the marketplace for beet grower districts and the best
term as 19th Congressional District and cane sugar." growers within those districts The
Representative, told the approx- O’Connel said the organization Wildorado area district was on top
imately 180 growers assembled for has promoted its product heavily this year, lie said, averaging 28.5
the morning session that he does not since 1972, when aggressive attacks tons per acre with 14.71 percent
“feel like there are many folks in on sugar began. "It has been a period sugar.
Washington who represent rural of nutrition exploitation, and sugar Eubanks announced that Holly
America.” He also announced his in- has taken it hard." hopes to harvest 38,406 acres of sugar
tention to try for a seat on the House Describing sweetner has a "three- beets next year, adding about 600
agriculture committee, stating a pronged market" consisting of early-harvest acres.
goal of someday chairing that com- sucrose (beet and cane sugar), Steve Winter. a researcher at
mittee. frustose (corn) and artificial Bushland Agricultural Experiment
Jack O'Connell, president of the sweeteners such as NutraSweet, Station, distributed tables showing
Washington, D.C.-based sugar pro- O'Connell said sugar producers results of five year's research on
moting association, described how "need to stand up and declare our sugar beet seed varieties. He said his
the organization's 83 million adver- superiority.” team is working on lowering nitrogen
tising and public relations budget Cleavinger, described the ac- levels, eliminating soil disease and
was spent last year in an effort to tivities of TSBGA during the past achieving higher sucrose levels,
declare sugar's “superiority" over year, said the association has work- Re-elected as director from the
high-fructose corn syrup and ar- ed in the areas of developing seed Hart area was Ed Ramaekers, while
tificial sweetners. varieties, promoting sugar and in- Kenneth Frye and Richard Friemel
Also during Friday's meeting, the stalling a computer program at the will again serve the Easter and Ran-
grower's association approved the Holly Sugar factory west of dall County areas, respectively
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Parsell, Reed D. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 141, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 20, 1985, newspaper, January 20, 1985; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1477880/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.