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For Instance
by pdl
HAVE' YOU checked your
kilopaseals lately’’
If not. do so as a safety
factor
A kilopasca! (abbreviated
kpa»is the unit for air pressure
in the metric system
And to make things easier-’
for the motorist, the U S
Department of Transportation
'DOT» is getting into the
t onfusion act by requiring that
tire load and inflation pressure
continue to be labeled on tires
in both the conventional pounds
of loads and pounds per square
inch of inflation pressure, as
well as kilograms and
kilopa seals
And since they are getting
bureaucratic about it. there
are a bunch of other goodies
which are being earned on new
tires For instance, things like
P215-75R14 along with the Kg
and kPa
“P" stands for passenger
tira, “215" is the cross section
width tn millimeters “75“ is
the ratio of height to width of
the tire cross section. "R"
mean radial, and “14" is the
diameter of the rim in inches
DOT also gets their name on
every tire along with a ire
identification number Then
there is the tire name, name of
the tire manufacturer, number
of plies, type of cord, plies of
the sidewall, standard load,
type of construction, whether
tubeless maximum load and
maximum pressure in both psi
and kPa
The question is, “Will there
be room for a white stripe’’"
Life gets more complicated
at every move of the govern
ment's pen
Happy motoring
TIIFKK CURRENTLY IS an
unexplained rash of burglaries
and thefts occurring here
The police are working
diligently on the problem and
only recently broke one case in
which a number of burglaries
were w iped from the unsolved
book and thtsisands of dollars
worth of stolen property was
recovered and is being
returned to the owners
But. with the site of their
organixation. their meager
means and with the explosive
increase in population they can
not hack the task without some
assistance from the populace
Next Thursday at 8pm a
meeting will he held at the
Community Center in an effort
to impress upon everyone the
need to have crime prevention
watches in all neighborhoods
You should attend, for your
sake and for the sake of your
neighbors It’s a team effort
and the whistle has been blown
With a coordinated effort on
every residential block, the
burglar and the thief soon
would say “Portland is not a
healthy place, forget it "
Police are bending over
backwards to assist in this
concept They will he there to
give guidance They need and
solicit your help
It surely would be no fun for
you to walk into your own home
and find all your precious
belongings toted off
You say this only happens to
your neighbor or to the guy
down the street’
Don’t you believe it
Be at the Community Center
next Thursday night
Help keep what you have
A PREDICTION. Sunday
night the only CRUSH in New
Orleans will he a bunch of guys
in orange smashing to their
plane to head back to their
mile high place in the sky to
work and try again another
year
It will he the Pokes who will
be living it up in the Quarter
A BIG Orchid of the Era
should he given to Arthur
Hums who has just been
dumped in the street from his
chairmanship of the Federal
Reserve Board
As every person in this land
will he able to witness, un-
fortunately. his policy of
holding the line on run away
inflation has now been ash
canned
And in steps unknown G
William Miller who the libs
dredged up somewhere in New
England
He served in volunteer
capacities to “promote" jobs
during the Kennedy and
Johnson regimes He has been
cochairman of the 1). S -
USSR Trade and Economic
Council which is a lib-oriented
bucket of confusion
In l%f, he served as cam
paign manager for Senator
Claiborne Pell <D-R 1 > one of
the most liberal lawmakers in
the Congress Pell is one of his
most ardent admirers,
naturally
And two of his strongest
supporters are AFL-CIO
commander George Meany
and Vice President Walter
Mondale
Miller evidently is in the
loose money comer when it
comes to fiscal policy
This could hit the graph of
inflation with a crazy uphill
swirl
Happy she ppmg
‘Mixed Families: Adopting Across Racial Barriers’
lt> I VRA SPARKS
Perhaps you have been
aware of this recent trend in
our society I have noticed it,
known actual cases, though it
may not be so apparent in our
area as in some I am
speaking of transracial
adoption A recent book,
"Mixed Families Adopting
across Racial Hamers" by
Joyce A I-afiner goes into this
with rather telling and com-
prehensive studies
The author herself is a black
and says she had difficulties in
her interviews Some feared
tier racial prejudice, especially
since black social worker's
have come out with negative
stand against such procedures
The transracial adoption
trend had special impetus from
the Vietnam War when stones
of the orphans there spurred
compassion in American
hearts and many found loving
homes here Another factor
causing the growth of this
trend is that so few so-called
“blue ribbon babies'' have
been available in the past ten
or more years and many
couples who could not have
babies and wanted them
decided against the long and
often futile wait and decided to
opt for the babies that were
available
Most of the parents who
ad<ipt transraciaily are well
educated, concerned about the
population explosion, love
children, and have a concern
for hard to-place infants-or
even for older children
Black social workers are
antagonistic toward (he whiles
who adopt black babies even
though the babies may be hi
racial-with one parent being
white Often the parents have
their own children but want
more -because they love
children They hesitate in this
because of the population
explosion i With the scarcity of
white normal babies, these
families especially have
trouble adopting one since they
already have their own ) They
ithe parents) accept the
transracial baby for many
reasons partly they think that
the experience will broaden
and educate their biological
children
Sometimes the young couple
set out to have a "mmi United
Nations"--they are idealists
who hope to set an example of
world understanding others
for altruistic reason, take
handicapped (tables
There are problems and
compensations As I said
before, an organization of
black social workers has
passed a resolution against
such practices They feel that
white parents cannot give a
black child black identity and
since the evolving of the black
power concept black identity
looms very large for some
blacks
Ms Ladner gives case
studies, exerpts form in
terviews. analyses She is very
objective in her cvaiir tion I
found the bonk most in-
teresting. it added to my
knowledge of this newly
developed segment of our
society as ! am sure it will
On Collision Course...
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Highlights
by LYWELL WILLIAMS
AUSTIN — New federal
ludgeships may hi' raining on
Texas if a court hill passed
bv the U S Senate and ap-
proved (in slightly altered
forml by Ihc House judiciary
Committee becomes law
Both versions of the legis-
lature would crcale more
lhan 100 new federal district
courts and AS additional cir-
cuit ludgeships
Ten of the district courts
recommended hy the Senate
would he assigned to Texas
The Senate hill fiirthe” rec-
ommended splitting the Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals, to
provide a new Eleventh Cir-
cuit for Texas and I ouisiana.
and that would mean still
more appellate judges for
Texas
The House committee hill
would set up 110 new district
courts, allocating nine of
them to Texas.
Under the Senate hill.
Texas’ big southern district
could get five district courts.
The same district would gel
four in ihc House version.
Both hills would provide
three district courts for ihc
northern district and one
each for the western and
eastern districts.
New courts mean a major
patronage plum for President
Carter and Democratic
U S Sen I loyd Bcntscn who
will recommend appoint-
ments of Texas judges to Ihc
president
A long list of applicants
for ihc expected lifetime,
$54.5(X> a year prestige ap-
pointment already is emerg-
ing many of the hopefuls
well-known Texas political
names.
Bui under Bentven's theory
of “merit appointments,’’ the
best judicial appomlccs arc
the best qualified lawyers
available
Car Insurance Rales
There will he no imme-
diate increase in Texas auto
insurance rates.
The Slate Board of Insur-
ance has agreed to hold Ihc
line |>cnding a new hearing
in July.
The decision meant rales
would remain $193 million
below those requested hy in-
surance companies and $112
million below original hoard
staff recommendations—
based on about $1.1 billion
in annual private passenger
car premiums. Board actu-
aries originally recommended
a 10 I pei cent hike, after
the industry last summer
asked 17 4 per cent more. A
special rate consultant to the
regulatory agency later sug-
gested 1.8 per cent was ade-
quate Meanwhile. Stale
Farm Insurance Company
announced its profits justi-
fied a rebate of $7.5 million
in escess premiums to state
car owners.
l and Sale Set
A lease sale next month of
nearly 75().(XW) acres of stale
owned land may bring an-
other $7 million to the state’s
public school fund.
The School l and Board
has advertised for bids Feb-
ruary 7 on the lands, which
include $10,000 acres in the
Gulf of Mexico.
The state leases the land
to oil companies and individ-
uals for a minimum of S25
an acre, plus a one-fifth roy-
alty on any production.
Good Industry Year
Preliminary statistics indi-
cate IV77 was a banner year
for industrial development in
Texas.
Sidelights
More than 210 companies
announced plans for a Texas
location last year, with a
month yet to he accounted
for. And plants are hiring
more people
While plants locating in
1976 hired an average of 38
people. Ihc same plan! in
i **77 employed 54.
Courts Speak
The Supreme Court re-
fused to remove a temporary
injunction against American
Nazi Parly telephone record-
ing messages offering a
$5.(XX) bounty for killing a
non white who attacks a
while.
The high court sustained
lower court rulings which
prevented trial of a $1 mil-
lion suit hy widows of men
who died at Ihc San Angelo
sewer plant in 1973 after be-
ing overcome hy gas.
A Mills County man is cn-
tillcd to a new divorce hear-
ing since he could not get a
transcript of ihc original pro-
ceeding. ihc Supreme Court
found.
The Supreme Court twice
refused to interfere with a
recount of a Panhandle Stale
Senate District 31 runoff
after Secretary of Stale Sieve
Oaks ordered it
A Waco intermediate
court's decision lhai may
force an insurance company
lo pay $11,500 on a burned
rural house in Navarro
County which witnesses said
was worth no more lhan
$3,(XX) will he reviewed hy
ihc Supreme Court
AG Opinions
Ihc State Board of Private
County Court Records
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Atlee I jeon Henderson and
Gale Tucker Springer
Ricardo Hernandez and
Maria Elena Villarreal
Lawrence Schmidt and Gina
Gilleland.
Juan Rodrigue/ Hotello and
Noemi Nucha Maldonado
Amuifo Gonzales and Elisa
Rangel
Gilherto Acosta and Annette
Valencia
COUNTY COURT
Viola Jean MacCall,
knowingly and intentionally
carrying on about her person a
hand gun guilty, 30 days, WO.
sentence suspended, placed on
probation
Ralph Simmons, DWI,
guilty. 30 days. $230 sentence
suspended, placed on
probation
Edwardo Atkinson, DWI.
guilty. 30 days. $260. sentence
suspended. placed on
probation
Adrian G Flores. DWI,
guilty. :» days. $230. sentence
suspended. placed on
probation
Fernando Cortez, resisting
arrest, guilty. 60 days. $425.
sentence suspended, placed on
probation
Geranda Rulanda. DWI.
guilty. 30 days. $230. sentence
suspended placed on
probation
Oralia Garcia. DWI. guilty.
30 days, $2Ro. sentence
suspended. placed on
probation
Mario Alberto Ledesma,
DWI. guilty. 30 days. $280
sentence suspended placed on
probation
Sidney Ray Burleson,
unlawfully carrying weapon,
guilty, 30 days, $230. sentence
suspended. placed on
probation «
Manuel Martinez Castillo.
DWI, guilty, 30 days, $280
sentence suspended, placed on
probation
Roberto Gonzales,
unlawfully carrying a weapon.
guilty, $25
Lupe Guzman Gutierrez,
unlawfully carrying a weapon.
$25
Joe Torres Nava, resisting
arrest, guilty. $25
George Cuevas I >VAI guiltv
30 days, $280, sentence
suspended. placed on
probation
Rosario Jaso. DWI. guilty. 30
days. $280. sentence suspen
ded placed on probation
Donald Conley, DWI. guilty,
30 days, $280, sentence
suspended. placed on
probation
Haul Rivas, DWI, guilty, 30
days, $1000. sentence
suspended. placed on
probation
Rodolfo Fuentez Perez, DWI,
guilty, 3 days, $280
Verne Frank Garrison. DWI,
guilty. 30 days, $280. sentence
suspended. placed on
probation
Eleasar Fraga. DWI. guilty,
30 days, $230, sentence
suspended.placed on
probation
Rogelio A Acosta. DWI.
guilty, 30 days, $280. sentence
suspended. placed on
probation
David Acosta, assault,
guilty. 30 days. $500, sentence
suspended. placed on
probation
Investigators and Private Se-
curity Agencies must release
to the press documents con-
cerning some of its invextiga
lions. Ally. Gen John Hill
held.
In another recent opinion.
Hill concluded property
leased hy cities to private
manufacturers arc taxable to
true owners where the cities
never legally acquired owner-
ship interests Hill also found
property which the tax asses-
sor-collector lists on tax rolls
as non-cxcmpt cannot he rc
classified as tax exempt by
county commissioners sitting
as a hoard of equalization.
Short Snorts
Gov Dolph Briscoe called
a special election February
18 to elect a successor to
State Rep. Herman Adams
of Silxhec who resigned ef-
fective January 10 to become
director of public affairs for
The University of Texas sys-
tem
Rep Roy Blake of Nacog-
doches has entered Ihc Feb-
ruary special election and
May Democratic primary as
a candidate to succeed State
Sen. Don Adams of Jasper
who is joining the governor's
sl.tt t
Major pipe suppliers of
Texas cities have been ac-
cused of conspiring to fix
prices of water, wastewater
and sewer pipe.
The Slate Health ITcpart-
ment will hold a public hear-
ing January 17 on standards
for a stale-approved training
course for nursing and con-
valescent home employees
who administer medication.
A new booklet assessing
roll call votes on 100 of the
big issues before the last
legislature has been compiled
hy the Texas Government
Newsletter editor
Ally. Gen Hill won per-
mission of the Federal F'ncr-
gy Regulatory Commission
to reopen hearings February
1.3 in Washington on North-
ern Natural Gas Company’s
emergency curtailment pri
oriticx in order io hear Pan-
handle irrigation farmers’
side of the issue.
U S Sen I loyd Bcntscn is
in Panama gathering back-
ground information on effect
of proposed new canal treat
Band Box
By
Linda Snodgrass
When a group of people were asked what band in-
strument was the most important, a variety of answers
emerged "CornetsDrums''’ “Flutes'" ‘Definitely
tut as " * No clarinets!” "Trombones are the meat of the
baud’" "Violins'!" (violins’*) "Baritones!" “Saxophones'"
"French horns!" Actually, no instrument is more important
than another A band is a blend at all instruments that
creates the best sound possible
For instance, the brass creates a uimmanding toiie In
"Star Wars," a chase to hyper space is made more exciting
because the brass blasts its way through the music. The
suspense cannot be equaled by a space ship hopping and
skipping to a merry woodwind quartet On the other hand. - \
one cannot see Princess Ia*ah tip-toeing to a tune of blatty a
Iron James unless he stretches his imagination and reasons I
that the princess had a heavy step To be a well balanced •
band brass cannot exist without woodwinds and woodwinds
cannot exist without brass
Every instrumentalist believes his instrument is the best
and tries to prove it Sections challange other sections on
rhythm exercises Others see who can hold the longest note.
Still, others play scales to prove their worth Each time a
section wins, a number “I" sign waves back and forth. That
section might be on top at that moment, but, in the future, it
helps the entire hand wave its index linger__
L Letters To The Editor
Letter* to the editor an pubhthed In the PORTLAND Nt WS with ot
without the writer * signature However. In tubmitbng material the
signature of the writer, addreu and telephone number mutt be Included
along with a tenement not to pubhth the name If that Is detlnd Letter*
will be verified with the tendor prior to publication The editor reserve*
the right to refect and letter
As a new Texas resident, March 7, 1977. I was required
by CPI. to place a $100 (X) deposit to connect electrical ser-
vice With a flawless credit record. I requested CPL to check 4
with the State of Kansas and explain why such a high deposit
was sought The unsatisfactory answer, "It's our policy, sir,"
did not endear me to (’PL and seemed discriminatory toward
new Texas residents But ! paid
Yesterday, Jan 5,1978, I received a "FINAL NOTICE of
Past Due Account" in the mail from CP Shocking pink in *
color, it pointed out my December 77 bill of $17 04 was un-
paid and unless immediately tended to CPL service would be f
cut off Jan 9 Furthermore, a $5.00 reconnect service charge *
if reconnected at night At the bottom of the notice in small
typeface. "If payment has already been made please accept
out thanks and disregard this notice ”
Friday, Jan 6, I waited for the CPL office to open and
point out my paid December bill stub and check number
CPL officials were apologetic and swore that my credit
record would not be affected; that the computer
automatically kicked out' the FINAL NOTICES if cash or a
check had not been received by their appointed due date In
verifying their computer printout. CPL noted my $17 04 J
c heck had indeed been posted Dec 29. one day after their due
date i delayed by Xmas mail’) and one day before th s FINAL
NOTICE went out Therefore. CPL’s mistake
Besides being downright inflammed at receiving the
F INAL NOTICE I was reminded of the initial $300 (X) deposit
CPL was holding until March 7. 1978 drawing only 6 percent ‘
interest Not being able to switch to a competitor whose «
service. PR and administration satisfied me better than CPL
was a further thorn One last irony The iNational Retail •
Credit Association insignia on CPL’s FINAL NOTICE bore ,
the inscription, "Guard Your Credit As A Sacred Trust ”
At least CPL could enlist an Advertising Agency to
mount a goodwill campaign explaining seemingly arbitrary
deposit rates; why FINAL NOTICES aren't proceeded by *
FIRST and SECOND PAST DUE ACCOUNT NOTICES or
why CPL electricity is such a good monopoly
Stan Miles
In Portland
This Week
THURSDAY. JAN 12
TOPS 6.38 7 p m . 217 E Broadway
Jaycees • 7 30 p m , Community Center
MONDAY, JAN. 16
Rotary Club 12 noon. Community Center
Lions Club 7 p m . Shep's Little Chicken Shack
Art Guild - 7:30 p m , F’irst Presbyterian Church
Parks and recreation board -7:30 p.m., city hall.
Business and Professional Womens Club - 7:30 p m ,
Gibralter Savings building
Booster Club • 7:30 pm, high school cafeteria
TUESDAY. JAN. 17
Portland Garden Club 9 a m , 117 Driftwood
Library board 12 noon, Mary and Jeff Bell Public
Library
City council meeting 7 p m, (workshop) 8 p m (agen-
da), city hall
Eastern Star - 7 30 p m . Masonic Lodge building
Volunteer fire department - 7:30 p m , fire station
WEDNESDAY. JAN. IN
Chatwork Club 9:30a m , land's F!nd social room
Kiw aras Club -12 noon, Shep’s Little Chicken Shack
Portland Sea Gulls Square Dance Club 8 p.m, Com-
munity Center
THURSDAY. JAN. 19
TOPS 638 - 7 p m., 217 E Broadway
Gamma Xi chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha - 7:30 p m ,
member's home
from HISTORY’S SCRAPBOOK
OATES AND EVENTS FROM VESTERYEARS
Januai v 'J, 1771—James Oglethorpe and some tellow colonists
arrive in Sooth Carolina after sailing from England The F:ngU»h
men are carring a charter to establish a settlement In what is now
the state of Georgia
Januarv 14. 1875—Birthday of Albert Schweitzer, medical
missionary and philosopher.
Januarv 1$. 117*—For the first time In political history, a egg-
toon appears with a donkey tymbolitiag the Democratic Party.
January II, 192* Beginning ol liquor prohibition in the United
State*. Prohibition lasted 13 years.
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