The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1982 Page: 3 of 22
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THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK. TEXAS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23,1H82-PAGE THREE
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Heating Bill Aid Is Asked for Elderly
Texas Railroad Com-
missioner Mack Wallace
lays he has asked all gas
utilities in the state to
develop programs that
would help the elderly and
poor in Texas pay their
heating bills this winter.
Wallace, in letters to 60
Utility chief executives,
said gas companies in a
number of other states
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already have initiated
energy assistance
programs to help disadvan-
taged customers.
"I ask a simple
question," Wallace wrote.-
"Why not in Texas7"
The programs, he said,
generally involve a utility
providing a "start-up" con-
tribution, with able
customers being given an
opportunity to participate
in the program by making
a donation of a dollar or
more. Utility employees
are also encouraged to par-
ticipate.
A Louisiana natural gas
company recently donated
$100,000 to initiate its
"heating help" program.
All money collected is
placed into an account —
subject to independent
audit — and then placed
under the control of a social
service agency such as the
Salvation Army or the
American Red Cross,
Wallace said.
He said the social service
agency would be respon-
sible for distributing
money to persons who
qualify.
He said the social service
agency would be respon-
sible for distributing
money to persons who
qualify.
Most of the programs,
the Commissioner said, are
limited to persons over 60
and to handicapped per-
sons regardless of age with
no alternate source of fun-
ds. However, provisions
are also included for
special hardship cases for
people regardless of age.
"There is no reason why
pipelines and producers
associated with the utility's
service could not also be
contacted," Wallace said,
noting that all con-
Tyler Blood Bank Gets 2-Y ear Accreditation
Stewart Blood Center of
Tyler, with drawing
stations in Longview,
Lufkin, Marshall and
Nacogdoches, has been
awarded a two-year ac-
creditation by the
American Association of
Blood Banks, according to
Roger C. Fry, Acting
Executive Director.
Accreditation follows an
intensive on-site inspec-
tion by specially trained
representatives of the
Association and establishes
County
Court
R eports
MARRIAGES
Couples receiving
marriage licenses in the of-
fice of Fairy Upshaw,
county clerk, were:
Bobby Dewayne
Stockton and Penny Renee
Pratt of Rusk.
J.D. Swanson and Lizzie
Mae Blunt Swanson of
Houston.
Douglas Gene Brooks
and Kimberly Ann Snider
of Rusk.
Bobby Ray Stearns and
Edith Kay Stockton of
Jacksonville.
Jerry Thomas Morris
and Marsha Lynn
Hugghins of Jacksonville.
Unbaldo Garcia
Ledesma of Tyler and Mar-
tha Duran Ibarro of
Jacksonville.
James Earl Lowery of
Bullard and Mildred Irene
Goacher of Jacksonville.
Everett Gordon Cum-
mings and Belinda Kay
Skidmore of Jacksonville.
William Charlie Gray
and Billie Maxine White
Gray of Jacksonville.
The following cases were
heard the week of Dec. 13
through Dec. 17 in the
County Court of Judge Or-
vanB.Jones:
PROBATE
Ruth Johnston, order
discharging guardian,
surety'on bond.
Jerry Billings, order ap-
proving bond.
Frances Ann Reed, con-
firmation of sale.
Mittie Lee Royal Abbott,
order approving final ac-
count, payment of debts
and distribution of estate;
order discharging ad-
ministratrix, surety on
bond and closing estate.
Joseph L. Tuck, order
approving inventory, ap-
praisement and list of
claims.
CIVIL
Nan Travis Memorial
Hospital vs. Bobby B.
Bradley, judgment entered
for plaintiff.
CRIMINAL
Miguel Elizondo Jr.,
DWI, fined $400 and cost of
court, sentenced five days
in jail, license revoked, or-
der approving waiver of
jury trial.
Mrs. Wayne Bernard aka
Linda Crisp Bernard, order
entered dismissing cause.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Penn
of Alto announce the
arrival of a son, Joe Bryce,
on Wednesday, Dec. IS in
Mother Frances Hospital
•t Tyler.
Grandparents are Mr.
and Mr* Jamea P. Richar-
ds and Mrs Bobbie Penn
and Jamea Penn. all of
;
that the level of medical,
technical * and ad-
ministrative performance
within the facility meets or
exceeds the rigorous stan-
dards set by the AABB. By
successfully meeting those
requirements, Stewart
Blood Center can join more
than 2,000 similar facilities
across the United States
that have earned the ac-
creditation rating and
recognition.
Fry explained: "The
AABB's inspection and ac-
creditation procedures are
voluntary. It is not legally
necessary for a blood bank
or transfusion service to be
accredited, but like many
others, our facility has
sought accreditation
because it represents a
level of professional and
medical expertise that
meets and exceeds gover*
nment regulations. The
primary goal of the
program ' is to assist
facilities like ours to
achieve excellence, and
thus provide higher quality
blood, blood products and
service to patients."
The standards for blood
banks and transfusion ser-
vices were set by a
distinguished panel of ex-
perts in the field com-
posing the AABB commit-
ment on Standards, and are
enforced by the AABB
National Committee on In-
spection and Accreditation.
Not only do these standards
set by the level of
professional proficiency
for blood banks and tran-
sfusion services in the
United States, but they
provide the basis of prac-
tice for similar facilities
around the world.
Founded in 1947, the
AABB is the only national
organization in the United
States devoted exclusively
to blood banking and tran-
sfusion services. Its mem-
bership of scientists,
physicians, nurses,
medical technologists and
administrators is engaged
in all aspects of the field.
tributions are tax deduc-
tible.
"It is true that most of
these programs are
pioneer efforts," he said.
"But the question remains:
Why not in Texas?"
Wallace said:
"I urge you and your
board of directors to con-
sider seriously the merits
of implementing heating
help programs such as
those in Louisiana, Ten-
nessee and elsewhere.
"If any such program
prevents any one illness or
saves any one life, its
benefits to both the person,
the company, and society
as a whole will be im-
measurable..."
Wallace, the senior
member of the Railroad
Commission, said that
Texans face natural gas
bills this winter which are
higher than ever before
He said that over the last
eight years, the average
residential price per
thousand cubic feet of gas
has increased from $1.16 to
$4.06 - 350 percent.
Wallace placed much of
the blame for the increases
with the Natural Gas
Policy Act passed by
Congress in 1978 and vowed
to do "all in my power to
seek the repeal of this act
which keeps the price of
natural gas high at a time
when the law of supply and
demand dictate that the
price should fall."
But. he said, changes in
federal law take time and
timéis of the essence.
"So while we work within
the legislative process in
Washington, we must also
ask ourselves what can be
done here at home to in-
sulate our elderly and poor
from a winter of freezing
cold." Wallace said
"People who cannot af-
ford to pay their gas bills
now, cannot wait for a
legislative solution,
either." he said.
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