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Pag* 2, Section t, THE SltSBEE BEE, Thursday, D*c*mb*r 12,»«
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STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By LyndwH Wiliima
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
AUSTIN—At the Capitol all
the heavy
up 12 live
is quiet except for the heavy
equipment digging up 12 live
oaks to replace them with some
last' week that Port wortn
State Rep. Bob Leonard, Mac
Churchill and Jane Berberich
will be his campaign co-chair-
men in that city.
Hobby, Mauro
Two top Democrats also en-
joyed successful fundraisers
last week, LL Gov. Bill Hobby
and Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro.
Serving as Master of Cere-
monies of the Hobby affair was
former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes,
who lately has been quietly
energetic at several political
levels, and attended by the top
movers and shakers of the
kingdom.
Mauro’s evening filled a ball-
room wall-to-wall and netted
him several hundred thousand
dollars for his campaign.
three dozen sycamores.
But outside Capitol halls, po-
litical candidates stepped up
their activities, some to replace
certain state officials, and
others to avoid replacement.
In these quiet weeks prior to
Christmas, fundraising is the
key to anyone seeking state of-
fioe, and quite a few were held
lfist week.
The most dramatic was a San
Antonio bash for GOP guberna-
torial candidate Tom Loeffler
which at $700,000- plus more
than doubled the previous
single night record set by Phil
Gramm.
Loeffler represents a vast
West Texas congressional dis-
trict which includes San An-
tonio as his metropolitan base.
Well financed now and with
television commercials running
statewide, Loeffler has con-
vinced onlookers that he can
build momentum.
Eyes on Hance
Both political parties have
now turned their eyes on Kent
Hance to see what he can mus-
ter in the governor's race, since
it’s certainly anticipated that
former Gov. Bill Clements will
be well financed.
Hance’s people say their pres-
ent fundraising efforts may
give them as much as $1 million
to start off the new year.
Hance, meanwhile, announced
they
targeted.
More No-Pass, No-Play
Governor Mark White’s
forces are finally fighting back
on the controversial no-pass,
no-play issue by claiming a re-
cent poll "indicates some 70 per-
cent of Texans favor the re-
form.
Some politicos are wonder-
ing whether the teachers are
really that angry with White
over the HB72 changes in edu-
cation. The speculation con-
cerns whether teachers will en-
dorse anyone against White, or
if they will put their main ef-
forts in other races.
No Bids
The Texas Department of
Corrections received no bids at
its auction last week to sell
some 3,600 acres of prime real
estate in Fort Bend and Harris
counties.
The Legislature wants TDC
to sell the land to help raise
$125 million for new prison
construction.
Land Commissioner Mauro
said his office will consider
making improvements to the
land to attract buyers.
The land, remote farmland at
one time, has increased in value
because of Houston metropoli-
tan growth. The Legislature
oeciaea the highest and best
use of the land in not for
prisons.
Prison Poll
Speaking of prisons, a recent
survey found tnat almost two-
thirds of Texas prison inmates
favor the death penalty for
certain crimes, a 63 percent
majority.
Murder, child abuse and sex
crimes were included in what
the majority thought should be
capital punishment offenses.
Only 26 percent believed the
death penalty keeps people
from committing crimes, but
57 percent indicated they
thought it would decrease mur-
ders and violence in the prison
system.
Capitol Trees
The trees along the drive-
ways of the Capitol, by the
way, are being relocated to re-
store Capitol grounds to its
original design.
Sycamores planted in the
early days died and were re-
placed with live oaks and elms.
Two of the live oaks being re-
located were planted by the
staff of Bill Clements and dedi-
cated to him shortly before he
left office.
Short Takes
Sen. John Traeger, D-Seguin,
is convinced Texas and other
Southern states will adopt a
regional presidential primary
for the second Tuesday in
March in presidential election
years. The proposal was made
at a meeting of the Southern
Legislative Conference which
Traeger chairs.
Texas Rangers are investi-
gating charges that Depart-
ment of Corrections officials
manipulated internal investiga-
tions to cover up prison mis-
management.
The Court of Criminal Ap-
peals affirmed the seven-year
sentence assessed former Texas
Supreme Court Justice Donald
B. Yarbrough for failure to ap-
pear. The court noted that it
had been informed Yarbrough
has been paroled on that con-
viction and his perjury convic-
tion.
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Letters To
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Jeremy And Jason
Send Christmas
List To Santa
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Dec. 1985
Dear Santa,
How are you? I hope you are
fine. I am a good boy most of
the time. My name is Jeremy
Whiteside. I am almost 5 years
old.
I would like a Talking View-
master. I would love some
Heman walkie talkies. I would
like some Heman house shoes
and some Heman underwear
for Christmas. And a Heman
sword, and some reels for my
viewmaster. I really like He-
man.
My little bubba is 3Vt years
old. He wants a little 3 wheeler,
a play farm set, some Heman
houaeshoes, and some Heman
underwear too.
Don’t forget my other 2
brothers. Their names is Nor-
man and Kevin. Kevin wants a
Tubro Dashboard game and a
survival knife. Norman wants a
billfold and a knife too.
I leave ya some milk and
cookies. Please be good to all
the other kids. May God bless
all the kids in the world at
Christmas time.
LoveYa,
Jeremy and Jaaon
Whiteside
Star Rt. 1, Box 97
Silsbee, Texas
Births
LEGAL NOTICE
NoLfce Is hereby given that Lbe City
Council of the City of Slsbee, Tests passed
the following Ordinance on Its first and final
reading at their regular meeting on Decem-
ber 8, IMS:
ORDINANCE 85 15
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
20-9 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF 8IL8BEE, TEXAS. E8
TABU8HING RATES TO BE CHARGED
FOR SEWER SERVICE FOR CUS-
TOMERS NOT CONNECTED TO CITY
WATER: PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY.
/•/ E.W. Gilchrteet • Mayor
ATTEST:
/a/ Edna Brown • City Secretary
It
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice Is hereby given Hint the City
Council of the City of Silsbee, Teste poised
the following Ordinance on its first and final
reading at their regular meeting on Decem-
ber 9,1988:
ORDINANCE 85-14
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND
ALLOWING. UNDER THE ACT GOV-
ERNING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RE-
TIREMENT SYSTEM ‘UPDATED SER-
VICE CREDITS’ IN SAID 8Y8TEM FOR
SERVICE PERFORMED BY QUALIFY-
ING MEMBERS OF 8UCH SYSTEM WHO
PRESENTLY ARE IN THE EMPLOY-
MENT OF THE CITY OF 8IL8BEE;
PROVIDING FUR INCREASED PRIOR
AND CURRENT SERVICE ANNUITIES
FOR RETIREE8 AND BENEFICIARIES
OF DECEASED RETIREES OF THE
CITY: AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SUCH ACT-
IONS.
/*/ E.W. Gilehrieet ■ Mayor
ATTEST:
/a/ Edna Brown - City Secretary
It
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby riven that the City
Council of the City of Silabee, Texas passed
the following Ordinance on He second
rending at their regular meeting on Decern
her 9. 1986:
ORDINANCE 86-U
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDI-
NANCE Tl-S, ZONING ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF SILSBEE, TEXAS. RE-
ZONING THAT PORTION OF LAND
ZONED II (LIGHT INDUSTRIAL D«
TRICT) TO Cl (COMMUNITY BUSINE88
DISTRICT) AS MORE FULLY DE-
SCRIBED BELOW.
/e/E.W. Gilehrieet-Mayor
ATTE8T:
/a/ Edna Brown - City Secretary
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Bentsen Seeks Cooperative
Programs With Mexico
LEGAL NOTICE
The City Council of the City of Silsbee is
accepting proposals for Community De-
velopment Block Grant planning, manage
ment, end administrative aieietince to
perform the 1986 Community Development
Block Grant. Proposals will be received by
the City until 6KM p.m., January M. 19M.
Instructions and specification, may bn
obtained from Cesar Domlngues. Assistant
City Manager. City of 8ilebee, 106 South
3rd Street, Silsbee, Texts 77686.
The City reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals. All proposals should be
•ealed ana marked on the outeide “1968
TCDBG Administration Proposal."
The City of Silsbee la an Equal Oppor-
tunity Employer.
/a/ E.W. Gilehrieet Mayor
ATTE8T:
/a/ Edna Brown - City Secretary
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed Bide wOi be received by the City
Manager of the City of Silabee, Texas, until
6:00 p.m., January 14, 1DM for Group
Hospitalisation Insurance Coverage for City
Employees. Specifications may be obtained
at City Hall, 106 8.3rd Street, between thn
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.. Mondaya
BUS Ut’ unuui *»vua UI1UUUWIVK
INSURANCE COVERAGE.’ Bids wOl be
opened at the City Council matting on
January 14,1986 beginning at 7:M p.m.
Ths City of Silabee reserves the right to
‘ ' " “"’I or to accept any bid
i to it. BY ORDER OF
reject any or all bids or to accept any hid
deemsd advantageous to it. BY ORDEl _
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SIL8BEE, TEXAS.
1*1 E.W. Gikhriest - Mayor
ATTEST:
/»/ Edna Brown - City Secretary
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice la hereby given that the City
Council of thn City of Silsbee, Texas passed
the following Ordinance on tta first reading
at their regular meeting on December 9,
1986. The second leading will bn held at
their next regular meeting on January 14,
19M:
ORDINANCE 86-17
AN ORDINANCE DENYING APPLI-
CATION TO INCREASE RATES FOR
ELECTRIC 8ERVICE FILED WITH THE
CITY OF SILSBEE BY CULT STATE8
UTILITIES COMPANY ON OCTOBER 1.
1966.
/•/ E.W. Gilehrieet • Mayor
ATTEST:
/»/ Edna Brown
City Secretary
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Fore,
of SIMm*, are the parents of a
daughter, Kristina Lynae, born
November 15 at Mid-Jefferson’
County Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.
Morgan Jr. of Silabee, are the
parents of a daughter, Beth
Ann, born December 2 at St.
Elizabeth Hospital. Grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. A.D.
Stout of Kirbyvflle, and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert E. Morgan
Sr., of Corpus Chriati.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given thnt the City
Council of the City of Silsbee, Texts peaeed
the following Ordnance on *1 lint reading
it their regular meeting on December 9,
19M. The mcowT reeding will be held on
Monday, December 10, 1086:
ORDINANCE 8616
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CITY
COUNCIL ELECTION DISTRICTS UN
DER SECTION 1.01 in). CHARGER Or
THE CITY OF SILSBEE. TEXAS, A8
AMENDED; AND PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY.
/•/E.W. Gilehrieet-Mayor
ATTEST:
/«/ Edxa Brown - City Secretary
World Famous
More places around the world
are named for Alexander von
Humboldt, the 19th-century tra-
veler, author, and father figure
of science, than for any other
scientist.
The United States imports a
variety of goods from Mexico,
including petroleum, piston en-
gines, shellfish, coffee, gold and
silver, natural gas, ignition
wiring sets, electrical switches
and winter vegetables.
We sell to Mexico automobile
chassis parts, soybeans, elec-
tronic tubes, corn, electronic
components, grain sorghum,
office machine and television
parts, sunflower seeds, wood
pulp and paper, generating
equipment and more.
As the United States’ third’
largest trading partner, Mexico
enjoys many trading pre-
ferences with us, including
in-bond programs and foreign
trade zones. In Texas alone,
there are 16 such zones spread
from Dallas-Fort Worth to
Brownsville, from El Paso to
Orange- and many of them
handle Mexican products.
Our state has enjoyed con-
siderable trade with Mexico,
exporting grain, cotton, cattle
breeding stock, oilfield equip-
ment and components for elec-
tronics, automobiles and cloth-
es. Texans have also bought
their share of oil, breeding
stock, finished goods and agri-
cultural produce from Mexico.
But in the past few years,
trade in some of these products
has slacked off largely because
the economy of Mexico has
been devastaded by peso de-
valuations.
Although the entire United
States was affected by these
devaluations, no region was
harder hit than the U.8.-
Mexico border, which exper-
iences most of the day-to-day
flow of commerce between our
nations. On the Texas border,
peso devaluations bankrupted
longtime family businesses
within weeks and have de-
pressed the economies of cities
for years.
I believe we must develop
cooperative programs with
Mexico to increase trade be-
tween our countries. This
would benefit our entire state,
especially the hardpresaed bor-
der area.
But we must be careful how
we go about it. The United
States already gives Mexico
many trade benefits, and Mexi-
co recently has loosened it’s
trade restrictions. Whatever
programs we develop should be
the moat effective possible. To
ensure that, we must have a
clear picture of how effective
current programs are and
where changes are truly need-
ed.
For example, foreign trade
zones-which provide lower
tariffs for imports-have had
Lucy Brown Petry
And Bill Sherman
Marry On Dec. 2
Lucy Brown Petry and Bill
Sherman were married Decem-
ber 2 by Rev. E.C. Andrews in
the Chapel of the Baptist Hos-
pital in Beaumont.
Mrs. Sherman is employed
by Baptist Hospital and Mr.
Sherman is employed by T.C.
Gray Construction Company in
Beaumont.
They will make their home in
Silsbee.
THANK YOU
We wish to thank our many
friends and especially our child-
ren for the beautiful ex-
pressions of their love shown
toward us in the celebration oi
our Fiftieth Wedding Anniver-
sary. May God ever bless and
keep each of you.
Mr. and Mrs. Rueben McClain
only a limited effect in the past,
doing more to encourage im-
ports from Mexico than exports
to Mexico. That may be chang-
ing.
Mexico historically hasn't
had many tariffs. Her trade
barriers have been in the form
of import licenses, which
amount to quotas, the most
restrictive kind of trade bar-
rier.
Last summer, the Mexican
government announced that
many, though not all, items
which had previously required
licenses would now be subject
to duties. The duties will be
high, but they are an improve-
ment over licenses. This shift to
tariffs may well help make
foreign trade zones a more
effective tool for increasing the
flow of trade both ways across
the border.
At my request, the Senate
Finance Committee recently
voted to have the International
Trade Commission study all
aspects of trade between the
United States and Mexico and
recommend ways to increase it.
More trade with Mexico
would have significant benefits
for our state’s economy. Up and
down the economically depress-
ed border region, and through-
out Texas, new industries
would crop up, new opportuni-
ties would appear and new jobs
would be created.
We can all understand the
economic benefits to our state
of a successful effort to boost
trade with our neighbors to the
South.
What we don’t yet under-
stand is how to bring that
about. Hopefully, the ITC
study I have requested will
provide us with some needed
answers.
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GUIDELINES FOR SESQUICENTENNIAL
FINE ARTS SHOW
Works to be entered In the Hardin County Setqui-
centennial Fine Arts Show should be brought to the
Silsbee Community Center on Wednesday, January
15,1986, between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and must
be picked up between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Sun-
day, January 19.
Send in an entry form for each piece entered in the
show to:
Mrs. L. Ragan
Star Rout* 2, Box 728 • Silsbee, Texas 77656
ENTRY FORM FOR HARDIN COUNTY
SESQUICENTENNIAL FINE ARTS SHOW
JANUARY 17-19,1986
Artist's Name
Address: _
Telephone: _
Show Division (Check One)
Professional __Amateur:_High School:.
Title of Work---
Medium _____
Outside Dimension
Entrant's Name:
Title of Work_
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