Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 222, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 3, 1977 Page: 1 of 8
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Stephenuille Empire
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Vol. 108, No. 222
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Tuesday; May 3, 1977
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Schlesinger also told the Senate Energy measures "such as requiring that houses
ibmitted legislation
the President’s proposal for a standby nation does not respond to financial
power the administration says is crucial to ,
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successful in meeting in the past and will on April 20.
Committee Chairman Sen. Henry M.
likely meet in the future.
have the authority to set oil and gas prices.
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channel about 300 feet wide in the in the First Baptist Church of Rising Star —does not offer enough encouragement for
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Musical features Fowler
Carter asks
for ethics law
local
welfare department for needy families.
in state appropriation bill
Band plans concert
MEL STREET
money to play on the come,” said Rep.
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gasoline tax of up to 50 cents a gallon,
perhaps the single most controversial ele-
solar energh
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committee h
have has caused considerable controversy three-member "energy regulatory board”
in the Senate's Government Operations within the new department that would
incentives to save energy
Carter's bill would give tax breaks to
homeowners and businesses for insulation
All persons wishing to participate in the
talent contest must purchase a reserve
ticket in advance at $5 and must be in the
recreation hall by 6:45 p.m. No further
entry fee will be charged. Winners wil be
determined by applause of audience and
merit of performance. ’ -
Tickets are available at the sheriff’s
office; Gibsons Jacobi Four;-and Grand
Entry. Advance general admission tickets
are $4 for adult and $2 for children and
students. Tickets will be $3, $5 and $6 at the
door Proceeds will go to the Girl Scout
building fund, and posse expenses. Tickets
increased energy production.
But Schlesinger countered that the
Carter plan "would yield revenues greater
than those available to oil producers
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The Stephenville school bands will
present their annual spring concert
tonight in the high school auditorium
at 7:30 p.m. This will be the last
concert for the seniors.
Everyone is invited to attend.
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To APPEAR AT MUSIC FESTIVAL-The Rex Moody Singers will be appearing at the
gospel music festival Saturday night In the Stephenville Recreation Hall. The group has
won several musical awards in the field of gospel singing. Rex Moody is joined by his
with a scheduled meeting with the head price of both ail and natural gas, a
By LEE JONES
- , Associated Press , ;
’AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) - Efforts to trim
$103.7 million from the general
appropriation bill were dulled today by
amendments that restored cuts proposed
and Natural Resources Committee that be insulated before they‘are sold,” if the .
answers" to a numnber of questions about ■ I
the legislation, such as how much energy it y
would actually save and its economic f
impact. ‘
going strong in Senate | Mel street to
appear tonight
DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEAD-
ERS-Cheerleaders for the 1977-78 school
year were recently selected at Dublin High
School. Shown are: (from top) Debra
Pendleton, head cheerleader; D’Ann
Bradley; Christi Hudson; Julie Jones;
Johnna King and Jana Fox. (Empire-
Tribune Photo)
Kindergarten registration
Kindergarten registration fpr'child-
ren who plan to attend Huckabay
Schools in 1977-78 will be held Friday,
May, 6, at 12:30 p.m. in the
kindergarten room.
Students must be five years old on
or before Sept. 1, 197 to register
Parents are asked to bring birth
certificates and immunization re-
cords.
Immunization requiremettts must
be met before a child cah enter
However, , Jackson said - the .7,
administration must provide “convincing »
Meir said despite rulings by the Texas
and United States supreme courts that the
board’s records should be available for
inspection, the board “still has the
audacity to say to the legislature, “Close
'em up.”
Farabee said the only ones prohibited
from looking at the records are those who
might use them to compile “blacklists” of
employes who have filed injury claims.
The lawsuit against the board was filed
by the Industrial Foundation of the South,
whiCh is comprised of approximately 280
employers. Meier has said he once did
some legal work for the foundation.
In other action' Monday,- the Senate
approved and sent to the governor bills
that would:
-Revise Texas mobile home law to
comply with federal law.
-Set up two pilot programs for
“displaced homemakers” over 39, usually
widows or divorcees, to get counseling and
merchants were
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Saturday, May 7. The event is sponsored
by the Erath County Sheriff's Posse.
Fowler is one of the pioneers of the
Mel Street, who rose to fame in the "Nashville Sound". He established and
country-western music field in 1972 with holds .over 1400 copyrights, including
his recording of Borrowed Angel, will be "That S How Much I Love You A
featured in concert on the Tarleton State Wonderful Time Up There,. and Gospel
University campus starting at 8 o'clock Boogie Fowler is also a singer and
tonieht composer.
The concert will be presented in the The festival will feature the Fowler
TSU main auditorium and will climax a family, Jeanette Lunsford, and Hex
highly successful season of entertainment Moody Singers. A talent contest for . .
by the committee administering the amateurs will be a special feature of the distributed to the T oster Home and the
Student Activity Fund. show with cash prizes of $50, $25, and $15. welfare department for needy families.
. ... uew energy secretary-
.. ou weunesday Schlesinger-power to regulate the well-
five-cent-a-gallon iniTements^jI gasoline „discu^sion of the sweeping energy first energy secretary once (\mgreas gets such an approach .___ _
consumption exceeds specified goals, program bef ore Congress by an adminis-. around to creating the post and the authority in the hands of a single
Schlesinger said, "This represents the tration official since the President department. individual.”
type of challenge Americans have been so presented it to a joint session of Congress. But howmuch power Schlesinger should He whas proposed as an alternative a
donated by
Cisco student drowns
inLake Proctor mishap
I. ■ The President's program a too calls tor t—f
PROCTOR-An 18-year-old Cisco Junior gency units soom arrived at the scene and stiff tax on gasguzzling automobiles add V
College student drowned last night at began dragging operations for Ferguson, corresponding rebates for fuel-efficient 0
Proctor Lake, just 20 feet short of a His body was recovered in about 15 feet of vehicles; new taxes on domestic oil that-
submerged picnic table he and a water around 11 p.m.Jast night * would allow oil prices to rise to world mar-
companion were attempting to reach whib Ferguson, who moved to Rising Star ket levels within two years; and higher
swimming in the Comanche County lake. , from Demming, N.M., in 1973, was born prices for natural gas.
James V. Ferguson and an unidentified May 31, 1958, in I ittle Rock, Ark. Sen. Bennett Johnston, D-La.,
companion were attempting to cross a Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday complained that the administration plan
accidental drowning by a local justice of He was a member of the First Baptist anywhere in the world."
the peace. Time of death was officially set church of Rising Star. He was also a Meanwhile, another Senate panel, the .
at 8:45 p.m. - member of the Rising Star volunteer fire Government Operations Committee, was
Joe Waring, civil defense director for department and the Rising Star react club, scheduled to consider legislation that
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: WASHINGTON (AP) Otl President
Carter is drawing praise from two key
congressional Democrats for his first
move toward welfare refrm, ah issethat
one Cabinet member equates with the
complex search for peace in the Middle
East ’
Carter listed his objectives for welfare
change on Monday, saying the nation's
present system should be thrown out But
he said he needs more time to consult with
-leaders of all 50 states before submitting
formal legislative proposals.
funds to help the University of Texas at But Rep. Bill Coody, D-Weatherford,
Street is a young man from the hills of San Antonio cope with expected extract from Green an admission that the
first found fame with his enrollment growth, school’s president had been given a raise
Appropriations Committee, member from 939,800 to (53,000 and the average
Walt Parker, D-Denton, said the faculty salary had jumped from (12,000 to 4
i $2 million in $16,000 in the past year or so.
._______ _ jm this fiscal “All the other community colleges didn’t
year, should be adequate to meet the come down here asking for money they’ve
spent. They didn't go out and borrow
Walley Fowler will be in concert in the
international gospel music festival slated
at the Stephenville recreation hall
Comanche Co., said the two young men Survivors include his mother "Shirley would limit Schlesinger's power as head of
were trying to swim the channel in order to Weatherly of Rising Star; his stepfather, the proposed new department of energy,
reach the tables which were partially W.E. Weatherly of Rising Star; his father. Carter’s proosals, revealed to a-joint
submerged due to recent heavy rains. The Lewis Ferguson of-Indianapolis, Indiana; session of Congress last month, include a
drowning victim’s companion said three brothers, Danny Ferguson of standby gasoline tax that could hit 56 cents
Ferguson disappeared about 20 feet short Canton, . Ohm; Steve Ferguson of a gallon if consumption continues to rise
m- of their goal. Indianapolis, ano Larry Ferguson of rapidly; stiff taxes on big cars that get
L _ DeLeon, Dublin, and Comanche emer- Indianapolis. poor gas mileage and rebates for
L fuel-efficient vehicles; higher prices Tor
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The sc hoot ye ar of entertainment opened —
with Up With People in September and _
congpnwuadrwnspMasoaerhi. Tim Amendments restore cuts
Dallas-Fort Worth area and the other in a
county yet to be named.
The Senate sent to the House bills that
would: Virginia who
-Provide three-to five-year contracts for recording of Borrowed Angel and then
teachers and other schot personel after went on torsuccesses with Lovin’ On Back
"they had worked satisfactorilyfor three Streets,rown where You tive,Fosbidden remaining 1121 million. Plus I
years at a school Contracts, however, Angel, Smokey Mountain Memories, and \ Kinds UTSA can carry overfol
could still be canceled for several reasons, E venIf I Had To Steal rar. hnuld he adeouatt
including inefficiency and neglect of duty. His TV appearances include Hee Haw, increase, y.
-Permit, “pool”, liquor systems to Merv Griffin, Gool Ol‘ Nashville Music, Rep. Bill Presnal, DrEryan, chairman of ...
operate in dry counties Monday could be the Wilburn Bathers Show, the Bil the House Appropriations Committee, said Lyndon Olson, D-Waco, chairman of the
collected in advance or taken outof Anderson Show, Funny Farm and others, that when combined with (157 million cut House Higher Education Committee.
members drink payments to keep He is also a frequent guest on Grand Ol' from the bill last week, the amendment Green’s amendment by Rep. Bill Ctor,
theliquor pool supplied. . opry. "will leave a little oyer (1 billion on the D-Tyler, to restore $7,1 million to build a
-Create a nine-member council to adppt Admission to the show tonight will be (3. table." x library at Texas Eastern University. Clark
standards and investigate complaints Tarleton students with Student Activity Rep. Craig Washington, D-Houston, said the school's books are kept in the
abuut ^usevutlng attorneys. ■'-------——f und esrds wilt admitted frye objected to Presnal’s ____
ments" that tak* out numeraiaJ^gaLgL______
one time.
“We are being called upon to substitute
our judgment for the judgment of the
appropriations committee and we haven’t
heard one iota of testimony. It seems to me
the appropriations committee should have
come in with a bottom line bill they are
bill in the first hour of the sixth day of able to defend," Washington said
I___debate on the >15 7 billion state budget bill. Presnal replied that he “sensed the
Reps Frank Gaston, R-Da lias, and Ron members were asking us for a tittle
Coleman D-El Paso, won approval of (5.9 direction...how to cut this bill "
million in “start-up funds ", for junior Washington’s —motion to table the
college campuses in Dallas, ubbock and amendment faded, 112-30.
E paso Rep. Don Coleman, D-El’Paso, added
A 74-67 vote added (150,000 to help 1525,790 for five regional day schools for
Midwestern University buy a computer, the deaf and visually handicapped
The House Appropriations Committee had Monday’s biggest Hap came when Rep.
recommended (300,000 but the amendment Forrest Green, D-Corsicana, offered an
before the House would have cut that to amendment restoring (200.000 to spay, a
(150 000 k debt owed by Navarro County Junior
Midwestern is not a school that asks for College to First National Bank of
the moon; expecting to be cut,” said Rep. Corsicana. .
Dave Allred, D-Wichita Falls. Green said extraordinary growth
Rep Bob Vale, D-San Antonio, failed, 75- inflated the schools operating costs and
56, to add back into.the bill 12.27 million in forced it to borrow. . .
Copperas Creek area of Proctor Lake with the Rev. Dick Williams officiating,
aboue 8:30 p.m. when the incident Burial will be under the direction of
occurred. Higginbotham's Funeral Home in Rising
Ferguson’s ' death was ruled an star.
by the chairman of the House
Appropriations ( ommittee.
More than $6 million was restored to the
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By JACK KEEVER Meier concentrated on the availability of
Associated Press Writer records kept by te Industrial Accident
AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) - Sen. Bill Meier, -Board, but Farabee’s bill also would:
D-Euless, talked on and on today, _ Raise funeral benefits for the first time
sometimes stifling a yawn, in the first since 1964, from $500 to (1,250.
extended filibuster of the 65th Legislature. -Provide that an insurance carrier is
• At 9:20 a.m., the North Texas legislator liable for replacing worn-out artificial
passed the 18-hour mark in his attempt to limbs of injured employes if the devices
change a bill that would keep firms from have been properly maintained.
making computerized lists of workers' —Provide for a percentage reduction in,a
compensation claims before the Industrial WOrker’s benefits equal to the per cent that
Accident Board. any prior injury contributed to the
“This in effect would be granting an subsequent disability.
wASHINCON <APi _ president exception to the Open Records Act,” said clarify that increases in the index used
_ ’ , j , Meier to an almost empty Senate to compute maximum benefits is
Carter asked Congress today to pass a new • chamber otiP. "m" -11
ethics law to “establish far-reaching Meier stood tall and straight, his voiee cumuteatdescribea the bill as the “worst
safeguards againstcconticts oftrint res vibrant and clear, amplified by a kind of special interest sellout I’ve seen
andabus the ” P 5 microphone around his neck. He kicked off since Ive been in the Senate.”
8°ernmeno message Carter also his shoes and word a pair of blue cloth He said some lawyers, insurance
announced his suoDort for nending house slippers. companies and labor unions “cut a deal”
announce to hisuesu Ppotaifo emPenneing At his feet, assistants stacked about 100 that left out employers-"the ones paying
court appoint a “temporary special Meier might want to read to back his -wr-wmu^-Denen
prosecutor to handle cases of misconduct arguments. One said the senator
by high-ranking, executive branch them 231 citations to Obtain from the
officials if such cases arise. . .. legislative law library.
F inally, the President called for he occasionally a senator would ask a long
creatien efanewdffiee of Geverament question, but Meier, under Senate rules,
Ethics in the Civil Service Commission, could not leave his desk or even lean on it.
saying, “an effective oversight office is As a new day began on the filibuster,
essential if strict epical requirements are Meier was still far short of the individual
to be enforced throughout the govern^ filibuster record of 42 hoursand 33 minutes
ment. ‘ -* — set bv Dallas Sen. Mike McKool in 1979
- Meier, D-Euless, began stalling at 3:20
p.m Monday on a bill prohibiting firms
from compiling computerized lists of
workers’ compensation claims.
Asked if he could hold out until midnight -
Tuesday, Meier, 36, said, “I've got
adequate material and, I think, adequate
stamina.”
Meier, unlike most who filibuster, stood
straight at his desk and could be easily
heard in the virtually empty chamber.
.“He’s doing it honest,” commented a
weary senator. 1 - . , ,,
job training. One would be in the
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By TOM RAUM ,
Associated Press Writer
E WASHINGTON (AP) — White House
energy adviser James R. Schlesinger
today urged Congress not to tamper with
major provisions of President Carter’s ment of the program, "would provide a home owners and busmesses for insulation Carter proposed the new cabinet-level the success of the President’s entire
energy program, which he called carefully challenge to the American people tomeet and solar energy However, the program enrgy agency to administer the bulk of his energy program.
8 balanced to “distribute benefits and bur- a common goal." would be voluntary. energy program, and has said he will But Sen. abraham Ribicoff, D-Conn.,
"= dens equitably” among Americans. Noting that the tax would be levied in Schlesinger’s testimony was the first nominate Schlesinger to be the nation's chairman of the operations panel, claims
Ei— "Mahy groups will find in this bill five-cent-a-gallon increments if gasoline discussion of the sweeping energy first energy secretary once Congress gets such an approach "vests too much
E provisions , which will impose burdens or
sacrfice upon them,” said Schlesinger
“The temptation to seek exemptions from
p burdens and sacrifices will be very strong,
|M but the United States will solve its energy
problem only if it adopts a plan that is fair The White House adviser also lield out Jackson, D-Wash., told Schlesinger, "I Committee.
. ‘ and any fair plan will impose burdens on the possibility that the administration expect well report to the Senate most of
hu everyone.” " would consider mandatory conservation those parts of the program which come to t !
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Nichols, Skip. Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 222, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 3, 1977, newspaper, May 3, 1977; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1500895/m1/1/?q=green+energy: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.