Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 10, 1981 Page: 1 of 12
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Oklahoma calls off dogs after lawmaker $150 'debt'
By RON JENKINS
Associated Press Writer
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A Dallas,
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state of Oklahoma apparently isn’t going
to hound him any more for an old $1.50
bill he says he doesn’t owe.
Saying the flap over the paltry sum is
hurting the state’s image, Rep. Frank
Harbin on Monday wrote a $1.50 check to
cover the cost of a restaurant tip the
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation
Department said Texan Paul Oilier has
pwed since Labor Day of 1979.
The money in question represents the
amount of a tip-on a bill the tourism
he returned to Dallas and got a bill from
the lodge for the $1.50, which he refused
to pay.
Lodge in eastern Oklahoma.
Giller, who was at the lodge for a
family reunion, has contended for
months that the signature on the bill is
not his and he owes the state nothing.
In the next te
got"tour additional letters demanding
payment — two of them by registered
mail at a cost of $1.40 each.
The latest correspondence included a
threat that the state would sue him for
the “debt.”
The Texas man says his troubles with
the Oklahoma agency began soon after
That prompted Giller to fire back a
letter to the state again refusing to pay
the bill and demanding that the state stop
harassing him, send him $10 to cover his
expenses and issue an apology.
, “Enclosed please notice a copy.j»f a .
letter that wasjustSenttome,”he w/bte.
“In the letter it stated this account was
150 days old. It is actually over 500 days
old and it could be 500 years old and I still
will not pay this bill.
“It isn’t mine...It is not my
signature...” *
Harbin, after reading of the squabble,
Monday sent a letter to Tourism »ryi
Recreation Director Abe Hesser, asking
him if the enclosed $1.50 check from him
would be accepted and the debt con-
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ignoring a bill owed the state, whether
it’s $1, $50 or more, we have to try and
collect it.”
Harbin, D-McAlester. “When they read
about this in Texas, I don’t think it’s
in a news story .about the fuss last
wedt, a tfciain employee saidTrie sbtfw
never writes off a debt.
going to help our tourism efforts there.”
Hesser responded by saying that if
Harbin wants to pay the bill, that’s fine.
“If this covers the bill, it will suffice,”
he said. “We don’t have the perogative of
But Capitol observers replied
publicity resulting a few years ago when
the state apparently wrote off some
$3,000 in bad debts, including some $2,000
from the campaign organization of
former Gov. David Hall.
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Winners and announcers
Susan Olga Talley (right), a junior at East Texas State
University, received the nod from the judges this weekend at the
conclusion of the Miss Sulphur Springs Scholarship Pageant as
the second runner-up, behind first runner-up Mona Barnett and
winner of the crown, Donna Hatcher. Miss Talley also finished
in the second runner-up position in the 1980 Miss Commerce
pageant. Randal Bouldin, vice-president of the local Jaycee
chapter which sponsors the Miss Sulphur Springs Pageant,
introduces Lex Ann Haughey, Miss Texas 1979 (left photo)
during the event. Miss Haughey served as mistress of
ceremonies for the pageant.
—Pagtant photos by staff photographer JOHN GORE
Grange calls for cut
in milk support hike
By DON KENDALL
AP Farm Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National
Grange says the government should water
down the hefty automatic boost in milk
price supports scheduled for April 1 to give
the dairy industry more time to adjust
output.
Edward Andersen, master of the
Grange, outlined his organization’s views
in a letter to President Reagan on Feb. 3. A
Grange spokesman said Monday no
response had been received.
The dairy program, which is expected to
cost more than $1.3 billion in the year that
began last Oct. 1, is a prime target for
Reagan budget cutters.
The basic milk price support — which
has been at $12.80 per 100 pounds of
manufacturing-grade milk - is scheduled
to rise about 6.9 percent to $13.68 on April
1. That is for milk with 3.5 percent fat
content.
Current law requires the support to be
set at no less than 80 percent of parity on
Oct. 1 and then adjusted to reflect changes
in production costs the following April 1.
According to the Grange’s proposal, the
April 1 adjustment should be held to 75
percent of parity. That would leave the
milk price support roughly at the current
level of $12.80 per 100 pounds. Such a
decision would require congressional
action.
At the same time, the Grange urged
Reagan to order three administrative
actions:
—Rejection of a petition by the Com-
munity Nutrition Institute to reclassify so-
called reconstituted milk so it no longer
would have to be priced similarly as Class
I or bottling-type milk under federal
marketing orders.
The institute wants the change so
reconstituted milk, basically made by
blending non-fat dry milk, butterfat and
water, can be sold at prices competitive
with whole milk.
—A “zero quota” on imports of casein
used for food and fuel. Dairy producers
say imports of casein — a protein
ingredient of milk — have diminished their
markets.
—Establishing the resale price of dairy
products held as surpluses by the gover-
nment’s Commodity Credit Corp. at 110
percent of the prices paid for them by the
government, compared with the current
resale level of 105 percent.
The Grange leader said several im-
portant factors have contributed to an
increase in dairy supplies at a time when
demand has declined. , •
Over the past few years those factors
have included the “relatively cheap and
abundant supply of feedstuffs, com and
soybean meal; low prices for utility-grade
beef (mainly from cows); and the
slowdown in the general economy,” An-
dersen said.
“Dairy farmers now feed heavy rations,
thereby increasing production per cow,
and also postpone culling of low producers,
thereby increasing cow numbers,” he
said. "This has caused an increase in milk
production at a time of general recession,
resulting in a decrease in per capita
consumption of milk and milk products. ’ ’
Andersen said that during the first Vk
years of maintaining the dairy price
support level at 80 percent of parity,
“supply and demand were in balance.”
That was in 1977-79. Before that, the law
enabled the support to be set at a
minimum of 75 percent of parity, a for-
mula roughly linked to farmers’ costs.
Cooper wastewater treatment plan
clears first federal grant hurdle
COOPER — The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has made a
preliminary determination that an En-
vironmental Impact Statement (EIS) “is
not necessary in connection with a
municipal wastewater treatment facility
construction grant” for the City of Cooper.
Mayor Bobby Irvin said, “I was pleased
with their findings. Our plant works real
well- the real problems are with our in-
ternal system.”
The EPA news release indicates that the
total cost of improvements at the Cooper
Wastewater Treatment Plant will be
$1,098,975 with EPA to pay $759,765 and the
City of Cooper to come up with $339,210 in
matching funds.
Irvin said that he felt that it would be
best to pass a bond issue, but that it should
be done after a new mayor and two new
city councilmen take office on April 4.
In its determination that no EIS was
necessary, the EPA said that the plant
does not reach maximum capacity on a
normal basis — only when it rains or
during peak periods.
In the proposed project, six old lift
stations would be replaced with four new
ones and new sewer lines would be in-
stalled along with a new storm water
holding pond and elimination of several
septic tanks inside the city.
The EPA said, “The chosen alternative
of upgrading the existing plant is the most
cost-effective and environmentally
sound.”
The federal officials said that the plant
discharge would be upgraded while the
elimination of septic tank discharges in the
city and the bypasses installed will im-
prove the oxygen content in the area ponds
and creeks. “This should improve the area
as habitat and as a recreational resource,”
they said.
EPA estimates that the plant will suffice
for the City of Cooper until the year 2000
and has determined a growth of only 240
people between 1981 and 2000.
Irvin says that the city’s population is
already 2,325 while the study was based on
a population figure of 2,300.
The study by the EPA indicates that the
population will be 2,540 in 2000.
“Although population had been declining
in Delta County, some additional growth is
anticipated for the design period,” says
the study by the EPA, “for this reason, the
inadequacy of city services should be a
concern.
“Waste disposal, medical, vocational
training, housing supply and law en-
forcement ace services which indicate
varying degrees of insufficiency.
“Fortunately, water supply, which had
Sulphur Springs
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VOL. 103—NO. 34.
Twisters rake Texas;
Alabama school hit
Compiled from Wire Reports
At least one person died and several
others were seriously injured in tornadoes
that raked Central and East Texas during
the night, while a twister struck a school in
Alabama today, leaving at least three
seriously hurt and dozens of children with
minor injuries.
An approaching cold front dumped a
mixed bag of weather on Texas Monday
night and Tuesday morning. Gale force
winds struck Southwest Texas and along
the coast and, rain, hail, freezing drizzle
and dense fog were reported elsewhere.
A tornado ripped through a rural area 10
miles west of Huntsville in East Texas
early today, demolishing several mobile
homes and leveling a frame house.
Walker County officials said a teenaged
woman was killed. She and three other
persons were inside a mobile home off
state Highway 30 about 3:30 a.m. when the
twister blew out the sides of the structure.
-News briefs-
Appraisal board
slates election
Election of officers and awarding of
a bid for a vehicle will head the
agenda for the Hopkins County
Property Appraisal District (HC-
PAD) at their meeting Wednesday at
7 p.m. in the district’s offices at 214
Connally St.
Chief Tax Appraiser Tom Witt
reports that the district will be ac-
cepting bids for a four-wheel drive
vehicle or pickup so that appraisers
will be able to travel across land being
appraised and negotiate county roads
in bad weather.
According to the Tax Code, new
officers are to be elected each year
and the HCPAD will take care of that
Wednesday night.
Current officers are Board
Chairman Ray Johnson with Ed Allen
serving as secretary.
In other business to come before the
board, employee guidelines will be
adopted and Witt will have a progress
report of the district’s efforts thus far
in 1981 in addition to the routine
business.
The three other occupants, described as
an 18-year-old man, a 45-year-old woman
and a 6-month-old infant girl, were
hospitalized with serious injuries, Walker
County civil defense coordinator Billy
Linville said.
Linville would not rule out the possibility
of other fatalities in rural Walker County.
“We’re still out looking,” he said.
“We’ve got trees down, power out — it’s a
mess."
Linville said a 72-year-old man was
hospitalized after he was found sitting in
the rubble of his demolished home. His
condition was not immediately known.
In Bay Minette, Ala., a tornado struck a
-school where about 300 children were
attending classes today, destroying the
gym and damaging several nearby homes.
Officials said two students and a bus
driver were seriously hurt and about 25
children had minor injuries.
The scene at the Bay Minette Middle
School for grades six through eight was
described by police as “an awful mess."
Blinding rain and a rush of parents to
retrieve their children caused confusion.
Ambulances took the injured to nearby
hospitals in Baldwin County which had
been placed on alert to treat the injured.
Students who were not injured were
bused to a nearby high school for a
headcount.
Bay Minette is about 40 miles northeast
of Mobile. The school is south of Bay
Minette on U.S. 31, off Hurricane Road.
Tornadoes also were sighted at
Georgetown, in the Texas Hill Country,
and just north of Bryan in Central Texas.
Some wind damage was reported in the
Bryan-College Station area.
There were numerous reports of large
hail in Southeast Texas and South Central
Texas.
One person suffered undetermined in-
juries when a mobile home overturned
west of Kurten, just northeast of Bryan,
according to Texas Department of Public
Safety spokesman Larry Todd in Austin.
The tornado at Georgetown struck a
savings and loan association building and
damaged several buildings at the Lakeair
Shopping Center, Todd said.
The DPS spokesman said some wind and
large hail damage was reported in
downtown Bryan and some trees were
damaged. ;
Much of Southeast and South Central
Texas was under a tornado watch for a six-
hour period that ended at 8 a.m. Severe
thunderstorms were reported in the area,
from near Austin southeastward to Port
Arthur and north to the area between
Corsicana and College Station. Rainfall
reports included .25 of an inch in Austin
and .05 in Waco.
The tornado watch, issued at 2 a.m.,
covered an area along and 70 miles either
side of a line from 20 miles west-northwest
of Victoria to 20 miles east of Lufkin.
Forecasters posted gale warnings for
the upper sections of the Texas coast
between Port Arthur and Port O’Connor
when southerly winds of 20 to 30 knots
swept across the coast line and as far out
as 50 miles in the Gulf of Mexico.
A high wind warning was posted for the
mountains of Southwest Texas, where
winds gusted to 50-70 mph in some passes.
A travelers advisory was issued for the
Texas Panhandle when forecasters said
fog, freezing drizzle and light snow were
expected to cause hazardous driving
conditions.
Leading edge of front
blows into local area
been a serious problem prior to 1978, is
now amply available due to construction of
a line between the city and the North
Hopkins Water Supply Corporation.
However, construction of light industrial
plants proposed, for an area west of town,
could further stress already inadequate
services."
The City of Cooper contracted with the
City of Sulphur Springs for water in 1978.
The water flows through the North
Hopkins lines to a point just north of Tira
where the Cooper lines begin and continue
into the Delta County city.
The EPA study also indicates that “If
the proposed construction of Cooper
Reservoir is completed by the Corps of
Engineers, the town of Cooper wil be
required to provide more stringent
treatment of its wastewater. A lift station
with an auxiliary generator will be built at
the existing site and the plant abandoned.
“In order to accommodate the
vacationers which would be attracted by
the reservoir, the community of Cooper
would have to increase their service
greatly."
Irvin says that when Cooper Reservoir is
built, the plant will have to be moved to
another location but that the EPA would
not consider that as a possibility - until
Cooper reservoir is reality.
Judge sets tough
stand on tickets
Municipal Judge Roy F. Johnson
says that persons receiving traffic
citations are frequently ignoring them
and will end up being placed under
arrest for failure to appear if the
tickets aren’t taken care of.
Judge Johnson had earlier raised
the fines for persons charged with
failure to appear.
The present fine for failure to ap-
pear is $28.50.
“That’s $28.50 in addition to the fine
for whatever the traffic citation was
for,” said Johnson. "Ah example is
that if the traffic ticket is $28.50 and
the person didn’t show up to pay it on
time, the ticket and the failure to
appear will cost them $57.”
He said that the Municipal Court is
taking a serious look at those who fail
to take can of their business with the
court
“I will issue warrants for the
person’s arrest if they don’t take care
of these tickets,” Johnson said.
The Texas weather picture resembled a
modem avant-garde painting Tuesday.
There were straight lines, swirls, and
symbols across the map, forming an array
of colors and shapes - but few could un-
derstand the work, except the painter.
The official observation station in
Sulphur Springs was reporting a mild 54
degrees at 8 a.m. Tuesday and with the sun
peeking out from behind the clouds it
appeared that it was going to be a beautiful
day.
However, that was not to be the case as
the worst winter storm of the 1980-81
season to date was beginning to make its
presence known across the state.
The leading edge of the front hit Sulphur
Springs around midmoming as the wind
began to shift from a light southern breeze
to a gusty northerly wind.
The mercury began to plunge with the
shift in the wind. By 11 a.m. Tuesday the
mercury had dropped to 49 degrees.
Shortly before noon it had skidded another
four degrees to 45 and the National
Weather Service forecast was calling for
temperatures to continue dropping
throughout the day.
Before the front began to move, thun-
derstorms marched across the area ad-
ding .36 of an inch of rain to the monthly
total of .40 inches, bringing the moisture
total to .76 for February and 2.30 for the
year.
The forecast issued Tuesday morning
called for cloudy skies with occasional
showers and thunderstorms throughout
the day, followed by much colder tem-
peratures. The overnight low tonight is
expected to drop into the low 20s after
sunset.
Skies should be partly cloudy Wed-
nesday but temperatures are expected to
remain cold. The high Wednesday is not
expected to climb much above the freezing
mark.
The cold front is scheduled to be moving
out the area by Thursday and tem-
peratures should begin to climb out of the
30s and into the mid to upper 40s. By
Friday the temperature should be back
into the 50s.
Cynthia headed home
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —
American writer Cynthia Dwyer, con-
victed of espionage and deported from
Iran after nine months in prison, flew to
freedom today in a plane packed with
Iranian workers and peasants. Sift landed
in this Persian Gulf sheikdom on her way
home and was whisked away in a police
car, declining to talk to reporters.
Mrs. Dwyer,flew to Dubai, 780 miles
south of Tehran on a regularly scheduled
Iranair flight after Iranian officials
delayed her departure nearly 24 hours.
Markus Hirsiger of the staff of the Swiss
Embassy in Tehran escorted her, the
Swiss Foreign Office said.
U.S. Ambassador William Wolle and the
U.S. consul to Dubai, Tom Dowling, met
her at the airport.
—Continued on Pago 14-
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