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THE COTULLA RECORD COTULLA, TEXAS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1989
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STATE CAPITOL
Highlights
August 11,1989
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
“friends,” not “thugs.”
But with the official start of the
primary election campaigns just a
While the summer is a popular
season for weddings, love and ro-
mance, the celebration of an en-
gagement with a diamond ring
occurs all year long.
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• Visual Acuity Exam
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The Menil Museum in Houston is a collection of contemporary, surrealistic, pre-
historic and 20th Century art assembled by John and Dominique Menil. I he Mu-
seum has over 10,000 pieces, including works by Picasso. Rothko. Newman and
Warhol. The collection is housed in a 100.000 sq. ft. building designed by re-
nowned Italian architect Renzo Piano. Tourism Division. I X Dept. of Com-
merce photo.
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On any given day in the summer a visitor to South Padre Island will likely find sailboat regattas, catamaran races,
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white, sandy beaches have made Texas’ southernmost beach resort one of the most popular in the country. Tourism
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A symbol of adoration, commit-
ment and respect, diamonds con-
tinue to be the favorite gemstones
of brides and grooms-to-be, married
couples, and of people throughout the
world.
Consider the following:
• Based on the preliminary es-
timates by the Bureau of Mines,
worldwide rough diamond produc-
tion for 1988 was 93,999,000 carats,
reflecting a 7.5% increase over re-
vised 1987 figures.
• During 1988, exports of Ameri-
can-cut stones surpassed diamond
export figures for 1987, setting a
new record, and reflecting appreci-
ation of American-cut diamonds by
foreign buyers.
• Overseas markets paid 37%
more per carat in 1988 than in
1987—a dramatic increase. The
United Kingdom, Switzerland and
Haag Keng paid the biggest increases
per carat.
• Over the past few years Hong
Kong and Japan have continued as
the largest importers of American-
cut diamonds.
• Last year, we imported over
$4.3 billion of polished and cutable
diamonds—the most ever—and 25%
more than imports of 1987.
• In 1988, Americans purchased
an estimated $11.6 billion of dia-
mond jewelry.
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Joe Gunn, new leader of (he
Texas AFL-CIO. said state offi-
cials seeking labor endorsement in
coming elections will be asked to
defeat business-backed reforms in
a November special session.
Other Highlights
• Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby named a
special panel to study the workers’
compensation issue: Sens. John
Montford, D-Lubbock; Bob Glas-
gow, D-Stephenville; Carl Parker,
D-Port Arthur; Don Henderson.
R-Houston; and Cindi Krier, R-
San Antonio.
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THANK YOU
I would like to thank all our
friends who sent flowers, cards or
food during Houston’s illness
and death. Especially the ladies
from the Presbyterian Church for
the lunch and the lovely flowers
they gave. It means so much to
know your friends care. Thank you
again for your thoughtfulness.
Mrs. Hellen Rouse
FOR SALE: 100 acre farm,
1.5 miles west of Millett, will
carry note. Bob Myers, 817-
347-2550 days or 817-599-9589,
nights.
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friendly in Austin.
Texas Democrats and Republi-
cans arc about to go to war against
each other. They don’t feel too
friendly right now.
Many a political headline seeker
wants to capitalize on macho, even
a tough-talking woman candidate
for governor who tells reporters
that our friendship motto sounds
“too wimpy. ”
Money to Be Made
But are we wise to buy the
Hollywood hype about Texas
that has made many a wimpy
yuppie rich? Some contend we
should do something for our own
pocketbooks, not theirs, even if
some politicians don’t see the
• Weather—
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After reading "My Favorite
Place” (TM), May 1989), I noticed
that only the Brush Country of
South Texas had been excluded.
All we Texans know that authors
J. Frank Dobie, O. Henry and John
Ryan Knaggs regarded the country
around Cotulla as a very special
place. Why, even George Strait
goes back to the Frio River every
night by transcendental medita-
tion. When times get hectic around
me, I close my eyes and I am trans-
ported back in time to the thirties,
to a beautiful spot on the Nueces
River. I see the greenness of the
water and feel the 100-degree-
plus heat as my family and I
picnic under the live oak trees.
On a good day we might see a wild
turkey or a covey of quail, hear
a dove cooing, or spot a stray
coyote. We might see a deer that
had come across the river from the
Cochina Ranch game preserve,
or we might wet a hook, hoping to
catch the granddaddy of all
catfish, but more likely we would
snag a turtle. I haven’t been back
there in years, yet I know that the
live oaks still stretch all the way
to the sky and that the catfish is
still waiting to be caught — and
peacefulness surrounds me.
Jean Wier
Odessa
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• Sen. Parker told the AFL-
CIO convention that the workers’
comp issue failed because of
a Republican insurance company
conspiracy.” He said Republicans
want to blame high insurance costs
on “lawyers, labor goons and
Democrats.”
• Union members also heard
Hobby tell them the 1990 elec-
tions could turn out to be the Texas
Democratic Party’s Vietnam, if
primary squabbles get too divi-
sive.
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weather conditions where crops are
still in various stages of production.
But for many producers in South,
Southwest and Far West Texas
where the drought has persisted
severely for the past two years, it
has already meant shattered dreams
and devastation.
“The drought will worsen the
rural crisis and its impact on Texas’
people and towns. The agricultural
industry’s general health or pro-
blems will reach well beyond the
farm and ranch gate,” Carpenter
said.
The report was coordinated by Dr.
Chester Fehlis, state leader for
county Extension programs, in
cooperation with Dr. Roland Smith,
Extension economist in agribusiness
and marketing.
State," taken from the official state
motto: "Friendship. ”
Years before the public rela-
tions yuppies smothered us with
the macho-sounding “Don’t Mess
With Texas" anti-litter campaign,
our forefathers adopted “Friend-
ship” as the official state motto.
After all, Tejas was the In-
302a dian word for “friends.” Yes,
our state’s name translates as
a cow chip someone threw into the
punch bowl."
Williams, displaying contin-
ued political savvy, named GOP
fundraising honcho Eddie Childs
as his campaign co-chair.
Richards’ campaign will sail the
Gulf Coast, Brownsville to Port
Arthur, next month and she said
that hurricane season will make
the trip “kind of fun.”
As she and Attorney General
Jim Mattox battled for endorse-
ments at the Texas AFL-CIO
convention last week, Richards
blamed his camp for spreading ru-
mors she ducked a pro-labor vote
years ago.
“Remember, I was living (then)
with the general counsel of the
AFL-CIO. I couldn’t have gone
home if I hadn’t been for dues
checkoff,” she said.
Labor Calls in Chits
The new leader of Texas labor
considers some of the proposed
workers’ compensation reforms a
disaster for working men-and
women and wants to call in all
chits to stop them.
draw.
There’s money in it for the
Texas economy. A slogan on the li-
cense plate is worth millions spent
in public relations gimmicks.
Good for Tourism
Think about the lean times
we’re leaving behind. Tourism is
the predominant industry that kept
Texas going while times were dry
in the oil patch and on the ranch.
Don’t we want more tourists
coming to NASA, Sea World,
Texas Stadium, Galveston Island
and the State Fair of Texas?
Aren’t we the state that’s
cracking down on child abuse,
wife beaters, rapists, murderers?
Some citizens could use “The
Friendship State” reminder every
day.
Maybe we’re afraid that if we
revive “The Friendship State,”
other states might think Texas too
polite or too sensitive, and they
won’t want to hang out with us.
Don’t worry. With the campaign
battles we’re going to have, and
they’re going to read about it, it’ll
never happen.
Political Maneuvering
In the governor’s race, former
Texas Secretary of State Jack Rains
entered on the Republican side,
businessman Clayton Williams se-
lected a big name fundraiser as his
co-chairman, and Ann Richards
announced an unprecedented Gulf
sailing tour.
Rains promised to make Texas
first in public education, and made
anti-drug and pro-life platform
statements.
Rains’ campaign treasurer is
former Oilers coach Bum Phillips.
When asked how he entered
politics, Bum replied he “felt like
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
The Middle Rio Grande Deve-
loopment Council (MRGDC) is
seeking the services of a quali-
fied licensed educational insti-
tution to provide multi-career
vocational training to residents of
Dimmit and La Salle Counties.
The Training Institutions who
respond must have student
transportation and cafeteria faci-
lities/capacity.
Any institutions who are inter-
ested in responding to the R.F.P.
for consideration should call (512)
876-3533 or write to: Mr. Ramon
Johnston, Procurement/Deputy
Director, P.O. Box 1199, Carrizo
Springs, Texas 78834.
Deadline for submission of pro-
posals is 12 o’clock noon on August
8, 1989. Bids must be labeled in
the following manner: "Sealed
Bid - Do Not Open - Attention
Mr. Ramon Johnston."
The MRGDC is an equal oppor-
tunity service provider and this
agency reserves the right to accept
or reject any and all RFPs and to
modify or enter into negotiations.
Jean Wier
Remembers
Nueces River
The following article was writ-
ten by Jean Wier who was reared
in Cotulla, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Pagel and the sister
of Virginia Ann Pagel, former
La Salle County Treasurer. Pre-
sently Jean is a counselor at
Permian High School in Odessa,
is married to J. P. "Buddy"
Wier formerly of Alice, and they
have two sons Jim Dave of Odessa
and John Phillip of Austin. Jean
and her husband have recently
visited Fredna and Prince Wood in
Cotulla.
The article is from the July,
1989 Texas Monthly, the portion
called ‘ ‘The Roar of the Crowd. ’ ’
AUSTIN-Has the license plate opportunity.
slogan war been hyped out of We can make millions off “The
proportion, or are most Texans Friendship State."
really upset with the proposed new That slogan, seen everywhere,
license plates bearing the official will let out-of-state drivers know
state nickname? they are welcome here. Other
That’s right, the official Texas tourism states have friendly slo-
state nickname: “The Friendship gans on their plates for the income
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Fair, Wilton H., Jr. The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1989, newspaper, August 3, 1989; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1676916/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.