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Pg 2, Hondo Anvil Herald, Thurs. Mar. 23, 1972
Letters from the mailbox
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Gentlemen:
In many cases I do not
receive the Herald until
Monday or Tuesday of the
following week.
HJl Koch
San 'ntonio
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Dear M\ Lawrence:
I wanted to express my
appreciation for the excellent
coverage given by your paper
through the announcement of
my candidacy for State Re-
presentative, Dristrict 45, I
shall be making a "State-
ment of Platform” in the near
future and, hopefully, will be
able to hand deliver the same
to you which would afford me
the opportunity of meeting
you personally.
I read with considerable
insterest the editorial com-
ments made by your "Sparks"
column. It would appear
that you have been receiving
some flak from some of the
citizenry for reporting all of
the news in an unbiased
manner. Let me commend
you for the obvious inference
in your column that you in-
tend to continue to do so and
refuv efforts T pressure
grou,>« io ii»fliioiuv you
oth.n, i-v. continuation of a
"press" is most certainly the
cornerstone of the foundation
on which "freedom of the
press" is based. Without the
first, the latter would never
survive.
I shall look forward to
visiting with you in the near
future and exchanging views
on v arious issues.
Yours very truly,
Jerry R. Houser
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Dear Editor,
'’"-The communiiy of Hondo .
lias just experienced the loss
of a quiet but powerful moral
force. To all who knew and
loved Nelson Bippert the
magnitude of this statement
can only be borne with the
passage of time.
Nelson loved the people o!
Hondo and was especially
close to his students. Years
from now these very same
students reflecting on their
lives will remember Nelson
not simply as a coacli and
teacher at Hondo High but as
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a genuine-man filled with
the spirit of Christ. A man
who lived wh . he professed.
Nelson taught all of us
that the important thing in
life is HOW YOU PLAY THE
GAME, not whether you win
or lose. Hondo will Indeed
miss their coach but all of us
will experience the loss of
the QUIET-GIANT.
Sincerely,
Rev. Robert Silverman
Associate Pastor
Now is the time for all
good Democrats to come to
the aid of their party I
Since it lias not been pos-
sible to finance holding of the
Democratic primary by tire
old method of assessing the
candidates, no other way has
been decided upon.
Therefore, I suggest that
to keep faith with the Demo-
cratic Party, let us all come
.forward and let our Democrat-
ic Party County Chairman
know that we are faithful pat-
ty nu mbers and will volunteer
our services, in any way we
are capable or able, to assist
In holding the Democratic
Primaries in Medina County
on May S, 1972.
Although Howard Wallace
of Devine tias a. payless and
thankless job, he has faith-
fully carried out his duties as
county chairman.
Yours truly,
Oswald Sauer
LaCoste
Dear Sir:
I would like to express my
sincere thanks and apprecia-
tion to Constable Alvin Sant-
leben of LaCoste, for the co-
operation he; gave me when,
t asketl for hfe assiitailce’in.
helping me find one-ef the
foster children I take care of.
Tills child left the school
grounds of Natalia Elementary
sometine after lunch, after
being punished for misbe-
having. She took it upon her-
self to run away. When the
child did not come home on
the school bus, and the other
children told me she had not
been seen, I called Constable
Santleben for his assistance.
He cami immediately and
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showed a great Interest in
helping me find the child. Ho
called Constable Robbl of De-
vine who helped with the
search.
W>iat I most appreciated
was the fact that although we
live out of Mr. Santleben's
jurisdiction, he took it upon
himself to check out the
route from Natalia to San
Antonio, believing that in
anger the child would pro-
bably head in that direction.
He found the her just before
dark near the construction site
on the other side of Von Ormy
near the 410 intersection.
The 11-year old girl was
scared and confuselnot know-
ing what she was going to do
since she had no place to go
and could not get back to my
home before dark.
No telling what might
become of her if she had not
been found.
It's a wonderful feeling to
know that there are still law
enforcing officers that take
interest in such cases.
Constable Santleben merits
my appreciation as well as
that of the Bexar County
WelfarUnit which is in char -
ge of the welfare of these
children.
Yours truly
Mrs. Angel E.
Alcantara
Natalia
Dear Sir,
The Hondo Chamber of
Commerce plans to observe
Texas Industrial Week from
April 3 to 3. Part of our
plan is to have a display of
exhibits from each one of
Hondo's industries and the
display will be held in the
vacant side of the new Blue
Bonnet Cleaners building,
across from the post office.
The purpose of the weeks ob-
servance is to reacquaint the
public with'"the importance
of the industry located in our
com nunity.
To help us in this project,
we are asking you to provide
an exhibit pertaining to your
particular operation. Any-
thing that you can put to-
gether that will advertise
you' product or generally pro-
mote your industry will be
satisfactory. Use your im-
agination to the greatest ex-
tent. Space may be a pro-
blem so give it some consid-
eration and you will have to
provide every thing for your
display. Your exhibit can be
installed in the building on
Monday April 3 and removed
DON'T
LET HAIL
HIT YOUR
CROPS.
. .. BEFORE THEY ARE
INSURED
Growing plants cannot
compete with hail stones
regardless of size.
Crop Hail Insurance is one
of the Members' insurance
needs served at low net cost.
A 10% DIVIDEND was
paid to all 1971 Crop Hail
Policyholders.
/ \i;m hi i:h \i i\.sIr\\u i o\
For this valuable protection
see or call your Farm Bureau
Insurance Agent.
DOUG M0GF0RD
Agency Manager
Ed K aufman
Agent
426-3349
-Hondo, Texas ——.
on Saturday April 8.
Other activities pertaining
to Texas Industrial Week will
also be involved and all of it
together will be Hondo's en-
try In the statewide contest
for cities under 10, 000 popu-
lation.
Your cooperation will be
most important. Bumis
Lawrence will be the General
Chairman of the obaervance.
You may contact him on any
question you have or call me
at the Chamber Office.
Sincerely yours,
Harry E. Filleman
Manager
COW POKES
★★★ KAZBN IN WASHINGTON ***
*+* Drugs pose problems***
One of the pressing pro-
blems of our times is drug a-
bute. I have long felt that
"hard drugs" were under-
mining our national strength,
and one of my concerns about
the Vietnam War has been
that so many young men, un-
happy and bored with their
roles there, have turned to
drugs. My inquiries have
s hown that most of the dang-
erous drug supply comes from
abroad, so I was particularly
interested last week with an
appearance of William P.
Rogers, our Secretary of State,
before those of us who are
members of the House Foreign
affairs Committee.
I felt It significant that
Secretary Rogers, In explain-
ing the President's authorizat-
ion requests, placed funds for
narcotics control second only
to security assistance.
INTERNATIONAL
NEGOTIATIONS
Secretary Rogers reported
that the opium-heroin traffic
is so worldwide that we now
have negotiations with 18 coun-
tries to control production, pro-
cess ing or shipment of these
hadr drugs, and that in the
coming year he expects to
By Ace Reid
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Referendum to seek help
in control of predators
open negotiations with 40
more nations.
Our country is being asked
to authorize $42.5 million for
training and equipment of
narcotics control pcllce, re-
habilitation of victims, and
crop substitutions in those na-
tions where established agri-
cultural practices have relied
on the plants that produce the
drugs.
I am seeking information
on whether we are enlisting
the help of China, historically
a center of the opium trade,
to clamp down one major
source of drugs imported in-
to the United States by de -
vious routes.
FOREIGN MILITARY AID
Another witness before our
committee was Melvin R.
Laird, Sec.etary of Defense.
His emphasis was on a major
increase in funds for foreign
military assistance. Last year
the President asked for $705
million, but largely due to
opposition in the Senate, the
sum was cut to $500 million.
Now the Department of De-
fense is asking for $1.3 bil-
lon, partly to make up for
last year's cuts.
The theory argued by Sec-
retary Laird is that we must
help build the military streng-
th of our allies so that we can
reduce our own strength. If
we do not do this, he said,
we shall have to maintain
high levels of manpower and
equipment abroad to keep our
treaty commitments. If allies
have the men and material to
meet their needs, we can re-
duce our military spending
and the commitment of our
troops overseas.
I continue to examine the
problem becuse I am much
concerned about where and
how we spend our money, in
view of our increasing domes-
tic needs.
SAN ANGELO—A referen-
dum to be held later this
month by sheep and goat
raisers in a 73-county area
of Texas to help provide a
more effective predator con-
trol program in the state in
generating as much public in-
terest as the Texas political
campaigns.
Special interest in tile
referendum started develop-
ing three weeks ago when
President Nixon issued an
Executive order on Feb. 8
which prohibits the use of
poisons on federal lands and
by federal agencies for the
purpose of controlling pred-
ators.
"It's now absolutely es-
sential that we have addition-
al trained predator control
personnel in the sheep and
goat producing area; of Tex-
as, " says Bill Sims, execu-
tive secretary of the Texas
Slicep and Goat Raisers' As-
sociation, sponsors of the
referendum.
Sims- said more trappers
tare necessary, especially
since the few trappers now
working can no longer use
poisons. Sims said he had
been advised by Milton Car-
oline, state supervisor of the
U. S. Division of Wildlife
Services at San Antonio, that
all poison baits are being re-
moved from Texas ranches
in compliance with the pres-
idential order. Deadline for
removing poison baits is
March 9, weather permitting.
Sims said the basic pro-
posal in die referendum is to
establish a method of financ-
ing the cost of adding some
COASTGRASS-1
Bermuda Grass
PRODUCES UP TO 34% FASTER GAINS
THAN COASTAL
32 or more trappers to the
existing force now working
on predator control in, Texas.
The referendum is to be con-
ducted by mail ballot and to
be valid, ballots must be
postmarked no later than mid-
night March 28. Permission
for holding the referendum
was granted by die Texas De-
partment of Agriculture at
the conclusion of a public
hearing held Jan. 7 in Austin,
32 days before the President
issued his executive order.
Short course
announced
A swine short course will
be held at Texas AfcM Uni-
versity March 27-28, at the
Memorial Student Center.
Three outstanding speakers
from out of state will be on
the program.
PRESIDENT WITHHOLDS
Let me cite just two ex-
amples. For use tliis year, the
Congress voted $100 million
in grant funds for rural water
and sewer facilities under the
Farmers Home Administration.
Recently, In the Rural Devel-
opment bill, the House ap-
proved an increase to $150
million. The President has
not approved release of the
extra money. In fact, he is
withholding $58 million of
the sum approved last year,
thus checking projecti needed
to make communities ac-
ceptable to their residents.
Another arm of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the Soil
Conservation Service, receiv-
ed a vote of confidence from
the Congress when budget in-
creases were voted last year,
but the President's new budget
would cut $11 million from
conservation operations and
$11 million more from water-
shed and flood prevention
programs. I doubt that these
cuts should be approved.
I mportant funds for our
cities are being held back,
too. There are, for example,
$942 million for low-rent
public housing, almost $6
billion in highway funds, and
$31 million in education aids.
These appropriations have
been voted by the Congress
but withheld by the President.
PRESIDENT IS EXECUTIVE
We in the Congress can ex-
press our wishes on where
money ought to be spent, but
the separation of powers keeps
us from making the President
use appropriations which we
vote. I believe that it is my
responsibility to represent my
constituents as best I can, and
I shall continue to make that
effort.
I was pleased that we of
the Texas delegation were
able to persuade the House to
approve a north-south rail
passenger service routed from
Laredo and San Antonio, Ac-
tually, the new line would go
clear to" Montreal, Canada.
When government funds were
voted to establish a corpora-
tion to run passenger trains,
the Secretary of Transporta-
tion was given authority to
pick the routes. His selections
concentrated on ealt-west
paisenger sefvlce. Now we
in the House have said we be-
lieve that there shotfld be a
north-south line, crossing the
east-west routes. Approval
of the Senate and the Presi-
dent, as well as appropriation
legislation, still remains to
be obtained, -but I hope we
are on our way to rail passen-
ger service again.
Fighters on low flights
Fighter pilots of the San
A.itonio Air National Guard
are continuing liigh-speed,
low-level navigation training.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles
A. Beasley, control officer
for the training, says that
low-level proficiency is a
high priority of the "Alamo
Eagles."
The unit's F-100 fighter-
bombers fly two routes. O.ie
is to the west of San Antonio,
going generally from Divine
to Medina Lake to Fredericks-
burg to Brackettville to Kelly-
Air Force Base. The other
runs south from Kelly to Lake
Corpus Chrisd, then west to
the La Salle-McMullen County
line.
Colonel Beasley, who has
flown more than 4, 000 hours
over South Texas, selected
the routes to avoid populated
areas, but he cautions other
pilots to be aware of the
routes, and to remember that
the fighters travel in groups
of two or four.
Further information about
this Air National Guard mis -
sion may be obtained by con-
tacting Colonel Beasley at
the 182nd Tactical Fighter
Squadron, Texas Air National
Guard, Kelly Air Force Base,
Texas .78241.
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