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DENTON
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3RD YEAR OF DAILY SERVICE - NO. 292
DENTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7 1976
28 Pages in 4 Sections
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League Honors
Lillian Miller
The first Denton City Council member to
be so honored, the pretrait of the late Lillian
Miller now hangs on the east wall of City
Hall
Friends and relatives of Mrs Miller,
Denton's first city councilwoman who died
, while in office in 1974, gathered Tuesday
evening to honor her during a presentation
ceremony of her portrait by the Denton
Dragin- of Women Voters
Mayor Elinor Hughes, only the second
woman ever to sit on the city council and its
first woman mayor, accepted the protrait on
behalf of the city
“The accomplishments of women like
Lillian Miller has made it easier for every
woman who comes after her." Mrs. Hughes
said - E
But she said Mrs Miller s greatest ac-
complishment was not that she was a great
council 'woman," but that she was an ex-
cellent council "member."
She was unfailingly well-prepared She
did her homework and she knew the issues.”
the mayor said “And I think everyone
appreciated her stance on the issues "
Betty Bailey president of the local LWV
chapter, said the Tuesday ceremony should
not be considered “a memorial but a
celebration to a life Mrs Miller gave so
unselfishly to her community
About 40 persons attended the protrait
presentation which was held a few minutes
_ before the regular Tuesday council meeting
Dr Lee Miller the husband of the late
councilwoman said it was appropriate that
his wife's picture will hang in City Hall, near
the center of city activity.
He,said he approved of the choice of
portraits made by the LWV
“This picture shows her as most of you
During its regular meeting Tuesday,
the city council:
o Enlarged its role in setting agendas
for its regular council meetings and
delayed discussion about, a second
request from North Texas State
' University to close portions of Avenue
D and Prairie Street to through traffic.
Story. Page 3A.
o Heard allegations made by
Councilman Bill Nash that some city
employes are conducting private
business or pursuing college
educations while on city time, charges
described as "vague" by Councilman
Joe Mitchell. Story. Page 3A.
Speculating on what Mrs. Millers reac-
tion to the ceremony would be. Miller said.
I think it would be the embarassment at
first of being the object of so much attention
Then would come the flush of pleasure and
the glow of appreciation
Following that, he said, would come "a
laugh of pure delight that accepting the
portrait for the city would be Mayor Elinor
Hughes 7
Also giving tribute to Mrs Miller was
Emilio "Popo" Gonzales and Lovie Price
Gonzales called Mrs Miller a unique and
wonderful human being ” who cared about
“the little people "
—She added a touch of class to the city
council,” he said
Ms Price said it was “a pleasure working
with Lillian Miller who she described as a —
"lovable person."
To her, people loving people was what it -
was all about,” she said
probably remember her the shining white o "If there were more people like Lillian
—hair, the direct look and the warm smile," Miller, this world would be a much better
Miller said place to live in " ---------
---------Staff Photo
I MEMORY — The League of Women Voters presented the city with a color por-
trail of the late Councilwoman Lillian Milter Tuesday night Above Mrs Miller’s
husband. Dr Lee Miller stands by the portrait Mrs Miller the city’s first woman
council member, died while in office in 1974 The portrait will hang in a hallway
outside‘the counerichambers at City Hall ---------— -_'
Drug Raid Leads To Lawsuit
By NITA THURMAN —- - Plaintiffs charge the officers broke in the
door of the Safdarian’s apartment on April
Allegedly without a search warrant, in’an
attempt to arrest a suspect who had moved
Regional Editor
A civil suit asking some $30,000 m
damages for allegedly breaking into the
wrong apartment in a search for a suspect
_ wrong apartment in a search for a suspect away from the apartment more than a
has been filed against three Denton police month before.
officers and two Department of Public: Sgt Jim Wilson, supervisor of the nar-
Safety narcotics agents in distress courr* cotics division of the police department, said
here f the incident was part of a narcotics sweep
Plaintiffs who filed the suit are LD that occurred April 28
Fergus, owner of an apartment complex,
and Hossein Safdarian and his wife Fatemh
Safdarian, residents of the apartment.
Named as defendants, in the suit are
Denton officers Henry Hodge, Ray Carlson
and John Kocle — who has now left the
• . department - and DPS officers Terry Davis
and Weldon Lucas
it wasn t a case of “wrong address".
Wilson said Officers were given that ad
dress as the last known residence of a
suspect who had allegedly made three sales
of prohibited substances to undercover
agents from the apartment
The officers had three felony warrants for
the suspect's arrest. Wilson said, on counts
of sale of marijuana, methamphetamine
and barbituric acid
One felony arrest warrant. Wilson con-
tended. is sufficient authority to enter a
residence to make an arrest forcibly if
necessary.--------—
Offers have been made to repay damages
to the apartment door Wilson added, but the
did not know if the offer had been accepted
in the lawsuit, plaintiffs ask $150 for
damages to the door, plus $150 each to the
Safdarians for damages to their personal
property within the apartment Each
plaintiff also asks $10,000 in exemplary or
punitive damages *
Plaintiffs contended that officers gained
entrance to the unoccupied apartment.
ransacked it and removed a planter of
parsley that was being raised by the oc-
cupants Fruit in the vegetable bin of the
refrigerator was "molested," they charged
and the apartment left in a general state of
disarray.”
The Safdarian& said they arrived home to
find the officers leaving the apartment and
later discovered that they had come to serve
an arrest warrant on a former occupant
Plaintiffs also allege the officers were
“grossly negligent" and "acted in willful
disregard" of their rights tn failing to
determine who lived in the apartment
before crashing in the door, failing to
determine if the apartment was occupied,
and in forcibly entering and searching the
apartment
City Council
Will Discuss .
Nash Proposal
By Kerry Gunnels
City Editor . . -
City council members want to discuss Councilman Bill
Nash's proposal to study the feasibility of selling the
municipal electric system with the Public Utilities Board.
The meeting will be held “as soon as humanly possible,”
Mayor Elinor Hughes said Tuesday
The decision, made at the suggestion of Mayor Pro Tern
Ben Ivey Jr., came in the wake of statements by Nash that
Texas Power- and Light Co. has offered to buy the local
electric system for $25 million
in explaining the TP&Loffer to his colleagues, Nash — who
- personally contacted the power company on the matter —
said TP&L officials said they would make a formal -
presentation to the city council, if it so desired
Although Nash said Tuesday the TP&L offer should be
examined further, he said a TP&L operated electric system
would "provide numerous benefits” to the city.
Included among those, he said, would be to provide from S1
million to $1.5 million savings per year for city residential
customers, to give the city staff time and money to pursue
other major problem areas., to free space in an already
cramped City Hall and to allow City Manager Jim White to
"get back to managing instead of power pooling."
Referring to concern from the council that the engineering
• study he seeks will take too long to complete — in light of
timing restrictions involved with the city's continued par-
ticipation in the Texas Municipal Power Pool — Nash said
"These time constraints that have been placed upon us are
man-made," he said “And what man has made, man can
change." .»
If the city does not sign a power sales contract agreeing to
purchase all its future power needs from power pool-
operated generating plants, it will run the risk of being shut
out of the pool by fellow city members
The power sales contract is a vital step in a proposed bond
- issue in the fall which will pay back short-term bonds issued
last year If the interim bonds are not rolled back by the fall
bond issue, principal and interest payments will begin in
September city officials say.
—Several members of the audience spoke in favor of the
study proposed by Nash
Former city councilman Marvin Loveless said. "The
citizens generally want to know what the facts are They
have a right to know the facts.”
A consultant s study of who can provide the cheapest power
— a private company or the city system — is necessary to
determine what the facts are. Loveless said
Builder Charles Muirhead said there's a “lot of by-
products" for a community on a TP&L system
TP&L offers promotional programs designed to attract
industries to communities it serves. Muirhead said.
In addition, TP&L provides a lot of work regarding city -—
park facilities, he said, adding that the city must foot the bill
in both areas •
- Another citizen, Deborah Shelton asked Nash about the
possibility of a tax increase if the money from the municipal
utility system which now goes into the general fund no longer
comes in. ---—————_ .
Nash replied that the street rental fees and ad valorem
taxes paid by the private company would offset the funds
contributed to the general fund by the city electric system.
good afternoon
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: Royal
Greeting
Queen Elizabeth II of
Great Britain smiles as
she greets a group of girl
I scouts in Philadelphia
Tuesday The Queen is on
a six-day visit to the
United States and was
scheduled to arrive in
Washington D C
-----Wednesday—for an
elaborate White House
welcome
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AL BREY COU NCILMEN avoided a costly lawsuit
Tuesday night by approving an electricity rate hike for
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Reagan Takes Shot At Political Adversaries
Ry The Associated Press -
Aiming beyond his battle for the Republican
party's presidential nomination. Ronald Reagan
has asked the nation to vote for ‘‘values and not
for labels next November " Jimmy Carter,
meanwhile, has won the endorsement of
Democrats at the National Governors Confer-
ence
Reagan who is slightly behind President Ford
in delegates In their race for the GOP
nomination, made a pilch for the votes of
Democrats in the general election in a speech
televised nationwide Tuesday night
He criticised Carter, the all-but-certain
Democratic nominee saying, “Thera are those-.
whose approach to government combines
soothing rhetoric, pleasant smiles and
reorganization gimmicks "
Reagan did not , name the Democratic con-
tender. but aides confirmed that the former
Georgia governor was his target
Carter was the beneficiary of an impressive
fence-mending operation engineered by party
chairman Robert Strauss at the governors'
conference in Hershey, Pa. »
The presidential candidate won an almost
unanimous endorsement from Democrats there
— including some old adversaries — then
promised to give them influence in a Carter
administration
Carter also disclosed that Sen Walter F.
Mondale of Minnesota is on his list of potential
running mates He said he will meet with
Mondale on Thursday, presumably at Carter's
home in Plains, Ga. He has already met with
Sen Edmund S. Muskie of Maine
House Republican leader John Rhodes said,
meantime, he would like to see Reagan run for
vice president under Ford He said it would be
the 'best way, by far, to unite the party "
Rhodes said he believes Ford will win the
presidential nomination, but he added, *I don't
tion’s problems on a politics-as usual basis. A
little government help here, a shrewd political
move there."
ABC News said Tuesday that Rogers Morton
soon will be asked to leave his post as Ford’s
campaign manager because state and local
party officials are displeased with Ford’s
primary campaign.
quite know why." He predicted that fewer then
10 delegate votes would separate Ford and
Reagan at the Republican convention in August
Ford now has 1.004 delegates to Reagan s 976,
according to an Associated Press survey,
Reagan, who spent about $80,000 for the
telecast, saved some of his criticism for Ford chances for the nomination, ABC said
Those leaders are considered crucial to Ford’s
Again without naming his target, he said.
“There are those who want to approach the na-
ABC said a possible successor is Deputy
Defense Secretary William Clements.
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