The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 28, 1979 Page: 4 of 11
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November will turn out connec
tors valued at $160,000.
The Mineola plant started
on-the-job training in just about any
trade you can imagine
Your Navy recruiter can give you
more information than there is room to
when you’re looking the other way.
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Couple these advantages with good
pay travel 30-days paid leave each
year, free dental and medical care
and you have the finest combination
anywhere
Twenty -six percent of all fatal accidents are the
direct result of speeding violations, according to
the Texas Department of Public Safety
main plant in Addison, from
where supplies are delivered to
customers in the aircraft and
computer industries.
president has passed more
legislation in his first 2%
years than any of the last
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TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Liberty is to be subserved whatever occurs."
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production last June with eight
employees. Each month there
has been an increase in output
per employee per day. In July
the daily output per employee
was $187. “Output per em
ployee per day now is $479."
Meckstroth explains.
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The best way to save car lrom theft police
say. is to simply lock the doors; The majority of
stolen cars were originally left with doors un-
locked by owners; and owr one-third actually
had the keys left in the ignition!
Ancient History Department, Coli Edward Green
of Terrell brought the first automobile to Texas in
1899. It was a two-cylinder St Louis model
gasoline buggy.
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Q: How many Texas traffic deaths are caused by
drunk driving? —L.Q., Llano
A No one knows exactly, but it’s a very large
number. Of the 3,980 Texas traffic deaths in 1978
the DPS says that 21 percent came in accidents in-
volving a known cause of DWI. But that's not the
whole story. Since Texas does not require
chemical tests on all drivers in fatal accidents, it is
possible that many injured or deceased drivers
were actually DWI but were not reported as such
Some experts rate alcohol as J factor in as many as
half of traffic fatalities. Remember, you don t
have to be drunk Any booze in the bloodstream
slows reflexes and increases danger...
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porter.
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Quickie Quiz: What s the fastest recorded motor-
cycle speed? 152 mph? 207 mph? 307 mph? . . .
Well, it was 307 mph (307.692 to be exact)! The
world s record was set by Donald Vesco in the
SilvergBird Streamliner in 1975 at the Bonneville
Salt Flats.. Silver Bird was 21 feet long and
powered by two 750 cc engines!
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DON T SLEEP IN YOUR VW YOU MAY BE
KIDNAPPED Police report that American car
thieves have happily adjusted to the energy crisis
- by stealing smaller cars! Demand is soaring for
fuel efficient compacts; and the resale market tor
used big cars has hit rock bottom. So naturally the
percentage of compact cars being stolen this year
has nearly tripled. Anything with a tour-cylinder
engine is being snapped up reports one national
insurance company executive
AG Opinions
At a request fror State
Treasurer Warren G Hard-
ing. Atty. Gen. White ruled
that interest earned from
time deposits of the Fire
Fighters Relief and Retire-
ment Fund Account, should
be credited to the fund rather
than deposited
He also ruled the governor
may lawfully ’ appoint the
executive director of the De-
partment of Community Af-
fairs to serve as presiding of-
ficer of the Committee .on
Aging
She is survived by three
daughters. Mrs. Julia Burley
son of Salem, Illinois, Mrs.
Gladys Coburn of Jacksonville,
and Mrs. Celia Allen of
Dialville; two sons, Lloyd
Sheets of Blythe. California,
and Louis W. Sheets of Orange.
California; a sister, Mrs. Ida
Coburn of Lindale; 23 grand
children; 37 great grandchil-
dren; two great great-grand
children; and several niecesand
nephews.
aircraft and computer
Funeral services for Mrs.
Martha.Ann Sheets, 83, sister
of Mrs. Ida Coburn of Lindale,
were held at 10 a.m. Wednes-
day. November 21, in the
Thompson Funeral Home Cha
pel. Jacksonville, with the Rev.
Paul Knous and the Rev. Cleon
Cook officiating.
Burial was in Providence
Cemetery, with Leonard Mc-
Anally, Johnny Chavira, T. J.
Faught, Charles Dickerson,
John Wiley Thomason and R. C.
Johnston as pallbearers.
Mrs. Sheets, a native .of
Laurel County, Kentucky, had
The firm manufactures connec-
tors for the aircraft and
computer industries, with some
connectors having up to 160
contacts.
of I he six month old Mineola local plant at 108 South Line
plant of AirBorn, manufactur Street is currently working 16
She is survived by her hus-
band, J. D. McGahee, of Alba;
two sons, Jerry Don McGahee
and Bill McGahee, both of Alba;
one daughter, Mrs. Joann
Julian of Yukon, Oklahoma;
two brothers, Joe Strebeck of
Alba and Charlie Strebeck of
Mineola; five sisters, Mrs.
Lener Geraldon and Mrs.
Fannie Geraldon of Dallas, Mrs.
Hester Hudgins of Bay Cliff,
and Mrs. Estelle Tucker and
Mrs. Lou Ella Hukill of Mer
cedes, California; 11 grandchil-
dren; and two great-grand
children.
Nephews were pallbearers.
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LOADING (ONTACTS t
Nancy Davenport is one of the
employres nt th Mineola plant
of Airlorn. In this Monitor
photograph she is shown doing
a job ealled loading contacts. -
Connally, Howard Baker
and Gerald Ford, the GOP
governors blasted President
Jimmy Carter’s energy poli-
cies and later approved
Clements' resolution calling
for more production of oil.
natural gas and coal
At one point during the
gathering Clements told re-
porters he "might” become a
favorite son presidential can-
didate if Connally and
’ George Bush drop out ot the
race before the GOP Texas
primary in May. However,
he was careful to stress that,
as long as the “two Texans"
were in the race, he would
not take sides or an active
role
SKILL,1D ASSEMBLFRS — cal contacts into molds using installing electrical socket hard-
Some oi these production epoxy. Others are making ware. Their finished products
work' i at the Mineola Air- receptacles, and others are are shipped to the company's
Burn plant a bonding electri-
Chip Carter V isits
I he president’s son. Chip
l arter, attended an Austin
function last week honoring
former State Democratic
Committeeman Dwayne
Holman and said his la-
ther’s accomplishments are
mans but misunderstood
AUSTIN—Gov. Bill
Clements last week accused
Attorney General Mark
White of overstepping his
. authority when White met
with 34 oil company repre-
sentatives to discuss oil spills
Clements charged that
White was "politicizing the
oil spill issue" and was mis-
representing'his authority to
the companies.
White is suing SEDCO,,
Inc., a Dallas-based oil drill-
ing firm founded by Clem-
ents. in connection with the
Campeche Bay oil well blow-
out. Clements placed his
holdings in the firm in a
blind trust headed by his son
before he took office.
White told reporters he
met with the oil companies
to discuss how more effec-
tive action could be taken in
response to future oil spills
He said the Campeche Bay
blowout and the tanker adci-
dent near Galveston this
month caught authorities by
surprise
The meeting was a “free
exchange of ideas concerning
oil-spill damage control," ac-
cording to White, but Clem-
ents took hot exception to
W'hite’s refuel to allow the
governor’s general counsel
to sit in on the discussion
Ihe governor’s staff was
not invited because "they
don’t respond to me, they
He adds that company
management is well satisfied
with their Mineola operations
and has plans to increase the,
number of employees to 24
early next year. The company’s
present plant on South Line
Street can accommodate up to
30 employees. Meckstroth said
that in anvther year it is
anticipated that more space will
be needed.
The Mineola plant manufac
tures some 60 different varie
ties of connectors, mainly in
three styles but varying in the
number of contacts. The
connectors may have up to 120
contacts. On one type of
connector, the Mineola employ
ees are turning out one and a
half to three times the output
per employee at AirBorn’s main
plant in Addison, north of
Dallas.
oil woes: the firm has filed
suits in fedefal district court
to recover $60 million from
the National Iran Oil Co. for
failure to make payments
and return oil drilling equip-
ment. Most of the company's
assets still in Iran are drill-
ing rigs.
Clements Busy Week
The governor could still
take delight in his role as
host to the Republican Gov-
ernors Association meeting
last week in Austin.
Following first day ad-
dresses by several presiden
tial hopefuls, including John
CLIPPIN t OWI.f TORS — member production staff at the
Billye Browning smiles at The Mineola AirBorn plant expects
Monitor - camera as she does a , to turn out $160,000 of
job called clipping connec- connectors for the aircraft and
tors." During Nor ember, the 16 computer industries.
Growing up and maturing is what the
Navy is all about And it isn't the same
Navy now as it was just a few years ago
Today's modern Navy offers opportuni-
ties in continuing education, advanced
electronics, nuclear power and '
learning and sharpening skills through
industries.
Meckstroth said that the
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Mrs. Jewell McGahee of Alba
died Monday evening. Nov. 19.
in a Quitman hospital after a
lengthy illness. Services were
held at 2:30 Wednesday after
noon. Nov. 21. in the Bright
Star Baptist Church near Alba
w ith the Rev. Wayne Wolfe and
the Rev. Joe Alvis Strebeck
officiating.
Burial in Salem Cemetery
was under direction of the
Wilson Funeral Home. Alba.
Mrs. McGahee, 60, was a
native of Polk County but had
been reared in the Alba area.
She was a member of the
Bright Star Baptist Church.
presidynror the l eague of '7
I atu" American Citizens,
used a bit of animal imagery
in describing one another.
In a letter to a San en-
tonio attorney, Clements re
ferred to Bonilla as a "gnat"
for lobbying lor appoint-
ments oi two Mexican-Amer-
leans to district judgeships
Bonilla. a ( otpus ( hristi
attorney. ountCred at a
ILIAC meeting by calling
the governor “an asp" (a spe-
cies of snake) who “strikes
out in fear."
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'Everyone is more or less mad on one point." Kipling
More Clements Quotes
Speaking to other issues
throughout the week, Clem-
ents said
A recent W hite House
briefing on energy policy
was a waste ol energy
Really it was just warming .
over yesterday’s scrambled
eggs."
President ( artur was re
sponding effecuively to the
Iranian crisis and "everyone"
should retrain from making
political hay ol the tense sit-
uation Clements,. . himsell,.
"has not reached a conclu-
■ sion" as to whether the I S
should stop training Iranian
pilots at bases in this coun-
try. a suggestion made ear-
lier by Texas Senators I loyd
Bentsen and John Tower
- Dallas computer ' mag-
nate Ross Perot had been
contacted by "some people
in Washington" about the
holding ol American hos-
tages by Iranians. During the
Iranian overthrow of the
Shah last February" Perot
sent a privately financed
mini-army into that country
to free some of his employ-
ees from prison, turning
loose some 11,000 Iranian
prisoners in the process Pe-
rol later denied having -any
talks about the hostage crisis
Sting From Bonilla
Clements and outspoken
Ruben Bonilla, fiery national
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