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PRESS
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Pharr Fire Station has opening
The^ new Pharr Central Fire
Station was officially opened
Saturday. The sparkling new
facility provides the Pharr fire
department with a building of
comparable quality to the
quality of the Pharr fire depar-
tment personnel.
With the recently built sub-
station in North Pharr and the
new Central Fire Station. Pharr
has .a fire department which for
the size of the city, is com-
parable to the best anvwhere.
Pharr’s firemen and volunteers
should also be commended. The
Pharr fire department not only
responds to all the fire calls, it
has also built on its own a
rescue vehicle. This vehicle is
equiped with life-saving equip-
ment to meet most disaster and
accident needs. The Pharr
firemen are trained in the
livesaving technics which go
with the rescue unit. This is a
very valuable service to the
community.
La nuevaestacion debomberos
La;nueva estacion central de
bomjberos de Pharr fue
oficialmente inagurada este
sabado pasado. La flamante
facilidad nueva provee al depar-
tamento de bomberos un edificio
comparado a la cualidad del
personal del departamento.
Coft la reciente subestacion
construida en el norte de Pharr
y la nueva estacion central,
Pharr cuenta con un depar-
tamento de bomberos excelente
considerando el tamano de la
ciudad. Tambien se debe
recqnocer a los bomberos y a los
voluntaries.
El departamento no solo
responde a todos los llamados de
incendios, tambien cuentan con
un vehiculo de rescate que fue
implementos para salvar vidas
en casos de accidentes o
desastres naturales.
Los bomberos de Pharr estan
entrenados con las tecnicas de
salvar vidas, lo cual es im-
prescindible con la unidad de
rescate. Todo esto es de incom-
parable valor y servicio para
nuestra comunidad. Los bom-
beros de Pharr le mostraran el
nuevo departamento y el equipo
con que cuentan con mucha cor-
dialidad, por alguga razon los
ninos gustan de ver y conocer a
los bomberos.
1982-83 Pharr budget is trim
Seen ’round the town
Lloyd Glover
Editor Emeritus
Agriculture dealt blow
Agriculture has been dealt a
severe blow by Old Man
Weather in the Pan-handle of
Texas. The writer and wife
Mabel have returned from a trip
to Lubbock to attend
Homecoming at Texas Tech
University, attend numerous
alumni activities, see the foot-
ball game between Baylor and
Tech, visit with numerous old
time friends of college days and
have a “mini” Glover family
re-union with a brother from
Fayetteville, Ark., also a Texas
Tech graduate.
Farmers from all over the
Panhandle, covering about 15
counties around Lubbock, had
their cotton, corn and soybean
crops virtually wiped out by a
hail storm in June of this year. In
talking to former Texas Gover-
nor Preston Smith at an alumni
meeting in Lubbock, he said the
loss was not exaggerated, but he
said it was not a 100 percent
loss., Many farmers replanted
cotton or corn and planted
soybeans. The cotton that was
replanted has not done well and
will not produce as much as the
early crop. The cotton between
Post and Lubbock looks alright
but it did not put on much of a
crop. The cotton that was hailed
out and left to come back did not
do any good at all. This is
usually the case with cotton hit
by hail. The soybeans that were
planted is a fast maturing crop
and it is looking good but the
price is very low at this time.
Ex-Governor Smith said the
economy has been hard hit by
the storm damage buy they will
recover, as there are a lot of
other things going for them. The
growers will receive some sub-
sistence from the Federal
Government for the loss but far
from 100 percent.
About the football game, it was
a thriller right down to the final
seconds, with Baylor winning
24-23. Tech gambled in the final
seconds to win instead of a tie
and tried for a two point conver-
sion but failed. They could have
kicked the extra point and the
game would have ended in a tie
as there was less than a minute
left after the Tech touchdown.
Tech scored 20 points in the
second half to seven for Baylor
and Baylor’s seven points was
the runback of a tipped pass for
63 yards and a TD. There were
46,000 at the game.
We returned by way of Odessa,
where we visited with a high
school teacher of many years
ago, and with a graduate of that
same high school Raymondville
both of whom live in Odessa.
Odessa-Midland is the oil
capitol of Texas. All the way
from Brownfield to Midland and
then to Garden City, we were
within sight of a pumping oil
well, and sometimes dozens
could be seen at one time.
The oil boom has slowed some
in Seminole, Odessa, Midland.
They are “stacking” drilling
rigs, as our Odessa friends said,
but oil is still king there. The
economy has slowed some but it
is far from knocked out.
The cotton looked very good
around Brownsfield, inciden-
tally, which was out of the
severe storm damage area.
Mac and Frances Shelby,
residents of Pharr a long time
ago, were back in the Valley this
week to visit their son Don and
family in McAllen and they
came over to Pharr to attend
services at the Pharr United
Methodist Church. Although
they have been here many times
thru the years, they had never
attended the Methodist Church
at its present location. They
commented on the beauty and
worshipful atmosphere of the
sanctuary. They live in Austin.
He was with the Texas Highway
Dept, for many years and was in
the bridge and design division.
Their son Don is director of the
ROTC training program at
McAllen High School.
One of the national forcasters
of the future named Criswell has
predicted in a recent column
that someone reading this prin-
ted page will one day reside on
the moon. Man has progressed
more in the past 80 years than in
the preceding 5,000, he says,
and the moon will be a part of
our incredible future, he writes.
Well, they will have to find some
water on the moon, and create
air that can be breathed,
conquer weightlessness, and be
able to travel up there in a
quicker and more economical
way before he will buy that. It is
NOT impossible that a few more
people will go to the moon in the
next few decades, but who
would want to stay there?
While you are thinking about
that, we’ll sign off and will see
you here again next week.
Violence isolates
middle class
It cannot be said the city of
Pharr is not tightening its belt to
cope with the uncertain
economic outlook for the up-
coming year. The 1982-83
budget was approved last
Tuesday by the Pharr com-
mission after long hours of study
and the result is a trim budget
without any fat attached. One
sign of its austerity is that the
city begin the 182-83 fiscal year
with a beginning balance of
$360,000, and the estimated en-
ding balance is $360,000.
The total estimated income for
the general fund is $4i4,,jnillion
and the total estimated expen-
ses are $3.97 million. ;A debt
service total of $440,000 brings
the expenses to match the in-
come.
Another sign of the trimness of
the budget, is that only six new
employees are budgeted for the
upcoming fiscal year. Some per-
sonnel positions which were
vacated during the last part of
the last fiscal year will not be
filled. The nex employees in-
clude one fireman, one
policeman, two public works
personnel and three planning
and zoning personnel- one plan-
No se puede decir que la
ciudad de Pharr no se esta
apretando el cinturon debido a
lo iheierto de la economia en
este ano.
El presupuesto de 1982-83 fue
aprpbado el martes pasado por
los comisionados despues de
largas horas de estudio y el
resultado es que se acorto el
presupuesto y se quitaron todos
los exesos. Una de las senales de
austeridad es que la ciudad em-
pezo el ano fiscal de 1982 con un
balance de 360.00 y se termino
THE PHARR PRESS
P.O. Box 710
203 S. Cage
Published each Thur-
sday morning in the city
of Pharr, Hidalgo Coun-
ty, in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley of Texas.
Subscription rates!
$7.50 per year in Hidalgo
County and $11.00 per
year outside of the
County.
The PRESS is dedicated
to being a community:.,
newspaper that proviiggj
local, indepth coverage
Qf news pertaining to the
Pharr, San Juan, and
Alamo Communities.
Editor:
Charles Nelson
Advertising Director
5 Calvin Hambrick
Production Manager
Chris E. Flores
-Composition Manager
- Yolanda M. Martinez
Translator
Juan Carlos Morales
ner, one secretary and one en-
forcement officer. Other per-
sonnel have assumed the duties
of several positions. These
people are financially compen-
sated for their double duties, but
the cost to the city is much less
than the hiring of.someone to fill
the job would be.
Capital outlay for several
projects and equipment was cut
until a future year. Some im-
provements and new pieces of
equipment Were scratched
because of tightness of the
budget. Overall, the results of
the budget should give improved
service in some areas- such as in
the planning department, but
could slow service in other
areas. Some departments will be
working without the number of
personnel they requested. But
city staff came* up with a
workable budget under the
guidance of the Pharr city com-
mission. Pharr will continue to
progress and profide adequate
services through Jthe upcoming
year. Thanks to city staff and
commission for the hours put in-
to the budgeting process.
con casi el mismo balance.
Los ingresos tothles del fondo
general se a la suma de 3.97
millones. Una deuda total de
servicio hace que los gastos
sean igual a los ingresos. Otra
sena del acorfamiento del
presupuesto es que solo nueve
empleados han sido puestos en
el ano fiscal venidero. Algunos
posiciones que quedaron vacan-
tes al fin del ano fiscal no seran
reemplazados. y
Los nuevos empleados in-
cluyen, un bombero, un policia,
dos empleados de obras
publicas y tres empleados para
el planeamiento de zonas, uno
que hace planes, una secretaria
y un oficial de enforzamiento.
Otro personal hq asumido los
deberes de varias posiciones.
Estas personas son recom-
pesadas financieramente por su
doble deber, pero el costo a la
ciudad es menos que emplear a
un trabajador para hacer el
trabajo. Capital para varios
proyectos y equipo fue acortado
hasta un futuro ano. Algunas
mejoras y piezafe nuevas de
equipo fueron apenas obtenidas
debido a lo apretado que esta el
presupuesto. En * general, los
resultados de est6 presupuesto
deben dar un seryicio mejor en
algunas areas, .como el de
planeamiento, pero atrasara el
servicio en otras areas. Algunos
departamento trabajaran sin el
personal que ellos solicitaron.
Pero el personal de la ciudad
vino con un presupuesto que se
puede trabajar y que estuvo
bajo la guia de los comisionados
de Pharr. Pharr continuara
progresando y proveyendo ser-
vicio adecuado durante el resto
del ano. Gracias a los empleados
de la ciudad y ha los
comisionados por las horas que
pasaron trabjando en el proceso
del presupuesto.
In times and areas where some
type of revolutionary terrorists
are trying to take over a gover-
nment, the battle is usually por-
trayed as the rich verses the
poor, the left verses the fMgjht.
This is especially true sn Latin
America.
This is true in a simplistic and
generalized way, and is brought
about by the three-minute
elevision newsreport or the six-
inch national newspaper story.
It is also brought about by most
people wanting a short, black
and white synopsis of the news.
Let the media do our thinking
for us and we’ll read its finished
product.
A very important segment of
these Latin American countries
facing changes is being ignored
by most reports: That segment is
the middle class.
The middle class in countries
such as Joaquin’s, is the closest
to the ideals the United States
holds dear, with hopes of
democracy, education, and up-
ward mobility in work and
society.
The poor which receive the at-
tention are usually too un-
dereducated by our standards,
and often if of Indian heritage,
are not all that interested in
Alamo police
nab murder
suspect
BY CHRIS E. FLORES
The Alamo Police Depar-
tment’s investigator Division,
arrested Margarito Gonzales
Madrigal who was being sought
for the murder of Dario
Escobedo of Alamo.
In November of 1981, in an
argument at the then Adobe Bar
in Alamo, Madrigal attacked
Armando Adame, Miguel
Escobedo and Dario Escobedo
with a knife.
Dario Escobedo was more
seriously injured than the other
two men.
Madrigal was arrested at the
scene, but was transferred to
then McAllen General Hospital
due to wounds he had received
during the brawl.
At the hospital, Madrigal was
able to flee from his officers.
Madrigal was by this time
suspected of one count of first
degree murder, and two counts
of agravated assault with a
deadly weapon.
Madrigal was taken back to the
Valley and was arraigned
before Judge Teresa Palacios.
There he was formally charged
with one count of first degree
giving up their heritage for a
promise of a Western education
and a better way of life. These
people either are not presently
equiped to immediately qqsume
a major role in a U.SAtype
democracy, or do not wish to en-
ter full-speed into a fast-moving
system of which they mistrust
and which they view as alien to
many of their values.
The rich in countries such as
Joaquin’s, also have little in-
terest in the U.S. way of gover-
nment and life. Many of the most
powerful and wealthy, are
oligarchs, and view a goal of
wide-spread participation in the
economy, in education and in
government, as a threat to their
way of life.
The middle class suffers
through the violence, and is
usually pushed into the role of
an isolated observer, except
that it suffers the hardships and
deaths the violence brings,
without any real imput into the
process that could bring a
solution.
Joaquin expressed one effect
the middle class has felt in his
country.
“Very few young people now
have any interest in gaining a
higher education.
“Before we strived to be
murder and two counts of
aggravated assault. He was
placed on a total of $300,000
bond.
Through follow-up in-
vestigation of the Alamo Police
Department headed by In-
vestigating Officer Isauro Gar-
za, Madrigal’s location was
found to be the Austin, Texas
area.
Madrigal was arrested Sep-
tember 25 at 1:45 a.m. at the
Greyhound Bus station by
Austin Officials.
It was suspected that Madrigal
had been preparing to flee from
the area having found out that
officials were closing in on him.
During the time of the offense,
Madrigal was living at the Old
Housing Project in Pharr.
He is presently at the Hidalgo
County Jail awaiting a trial date.
teachers, or architects, or doc-
tors, veterinarians, or lawyers.
Now there’s no use because
there aren’t any jobs available
after graduating.”
Joaquin said the depression
and hopelessness
with the riiiddle class, pushes a
lot of middle class youth in the
position of transients in a
society which is consumed by
violence.
Mothers show signs of stress
through nerviousness and all the
physical problems such tensions
bring. They worry about their
children who leave to go to
school or some other activity:
Will they come back, or will they
be a casualty of random violen-
ce.
Mothers worry about what
their sons? will do, without any
job available, and little desire to
enter the university.
The fathqr may be laid off from
work periodically, or may have
to transfer away from the home
in order to keep his job. Prices of
food, medicine, transportation
are very high, and wages are
depressed.
There is much less movement
between cities and different
parts of the country. In some
area bridges have been blown
down. In other areas there is in-
tense violence between the
government and the
revolutionaries, and in
travelling, one never knows
when his bus or his car may be
stopped at a government or
guerilla roadblock.
What do we have to gain,”
Joaquin asked. "We’ve seen
higher prices, less work,
unimaginable bloodshed, and
only changes for the worst.
What does the middle class have
to gain?”
And because the middle class
isn’t a controlling factor, as in
the U.S., it has little imput into
the movements going on, Joaquin
said.
“That is why many young
people want to leave for awhile.
We want to be in a country
where there is an opportunity to
work, to study and to live
without constant worry and
fear.” Joaquin said.
“Many of us don’t see our
country progressing again for
five or six years. For those of us
in our ^O’s, that seems too long
to waif.”
{Next1 week the promise ends
for Joaquin, and he explains his
insight into the start to the end
of the* intense violence in his
country.)
Pharr Chamber develops
workplan at South Padre
During an all day work session
at South Padre Island, The
Pharr Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors developed
their program of work Tor the
1982-83 year.
Beautification was of primary
interest to the directors headed
by Rose Studdard of Mack Sales,
Inc. The Chamber will organize
plans to plant shrubbery on the
south side of the railroad tracks
on Business 83 from "I” Road to
Jackson Road. With the help of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad
and the City the Chamber hopes
to beautify entry to Pharr with
flowers and palms.
“We would like to give Pharr
more identity when people leave
McAllen of San Juan and enter
our city,” Studdard said about
the project. "We have been in
the development stages for
about four years, but now we
can get to specifics and
sometime this year staff plan-
ting.” .
In continuing efforts to
promote tourism in Pharr and
the Valley, the directors voted
to participate in the' Co-Op
program sponsored by the Rio
Grande Valley Chamber of
Commerce. This will expand the
present travel snow par-
ticipation with exposition in St.
Louis, Kansas City, Milwaukee
an dMinneapolis. The Chamber
will also attend the Toranto
Sport and Vacation Show in Oc-
tober, promoting tourism, Valley
Citrus and real estate to the
Canadians.
The board voted to continue
publication of the "El Valle”
magazine, promoting U.S. trade
with Mexico and publication of
“RV Living” magazine geared
toward Winter Texans and
distributed at travel shows.
Lammert Publications’ bid was
accepted to take over the adver-
tising of these two magazines,
along with the Chamber’s
Business Directory and Buyer’s
Guide, the organization’s official
membership roster.
Board members attending the
Chamber retreat were Rose
Studdard, President, Dr. Tully
Mayer, 1st Vice President,
Oscar Elizondo, Treasurer,
Mary Elizondo, Dennis Riddle,
Alton Moore, Hector Villarreal,
Chico Lozano, Fred Braunig and
Grace Lewis. Guests included
Gordon Jenkins, Executive Club
President, Robert Contreras,
Executive Club and Reyes Vela,
City Manager.
El nuevo presupuesto de] Pharr
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