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This Week
THURSDAY, APRIL 1
TOPS 63* -7pm, First Presbyterian Church
Portland Singles Club ■ Western Palms. 1449 Ayers. Cor-
pus Christ!
SUNDAY. APRU. i
Portland Singles Club - 7 p m.. I .ends End apartments
social room
MONDAY. APRIL 7
Rotary Club -12 noon. Community Center
Uons Club -7p.m., Shep's Chicken Shack
Traffic Advisory Board - 7 p.m., city hall
Fire department auxiliary-7:30pm, fire station
TUESDAY. APRIL*
Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting - 12 noon,
Shep's Chicken Shack
G-P ISD board of trustees monthly meeting - 7 30 p.m ,
school administration building, Gregory
Planning and zoning commission - 7:30 p.m., city hall
Volunteer firs department -7:30p.m. .fire station
WEDNESDAY. APRIL9
Kiwams Club -12 noon. Shep's Chicken Shack
Portland Sea Gulls Square Dance Club - S p.m.. Com-
munity Center
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
Story Time - 10a m , Bell Public Library
TOPS 63* - 7 p.m.. First Presbyterian Church
Jaycees - 7:30 p.mCommunity Center
Portland Singles Club - 9 p.m.. Western Palms. 4449
Ayers. Corpus Christ!
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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday -9a m to* pm; Wednes-
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14 YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK 1S«C
Portland Lions Club put two
drinking lounlaini at the Little
League Park and two more in
East Bluff Park
New rendents in Portland
are Mr and Mrs Roy Kimper
of 122 Sutherland Dr
Charlotte Schmidt will
represent Gregory-Portland
High School at the Iranians
events at All College
15 YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK -1*70
The Rev George S Munroe
will preach his first sermon at
St Stephen Lutheran Church
Sunday
Gregory-Portland Volleyball
Girls advanced into the
regional tournament by virtue
of a victory over Floresville
Seeking the job as mayor of
Gregory are Domingo Chapa,
seeking re-election, and C B
MerreU
Remember when walking on
waier was •unaidrred a mira
clat Now li t driving on gas
* YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK • 1*75
Melissa Axe Is on was named
Miss Gregory-Portland for 1975
at the annual beauty pageant
held in Gregory-Portland High
School auditorium
The opening of Portland
Music at 604 Moore Ave has
brought to the city a new
modern, highly attractive
business establishment
Owned by Judy Nardini and
managed by Robert de Craaf
Portland Music offers a full
line of musical instruments
and band accessories in a
surrounding of comfort and
beauty
Chris I.ysinger has been
named the Southwest Texas
Outstanding Athlete by AAU
swimming coaches in a meet
held recently
3 YEAR AGO
THIS WEEK
Selma Rutherford presented
a *1.000 check to Mayor
Charles Tothill from the
Portland Pilot Club to be used
for city park improvements
Manuel Felan received a
Certificate of Appreciation for
25 years of service to the city
from Mayor Charles Tothill
Dinah bowman Studio and
Gallery now is open at 312 Fifth
St, located in what formerly
was the VFW building
A Tax Rip-Off To Beat ‘Em All
— by pdl —
THE BIGGEST tax rip-off in
this history of the republic - the
Infamous. socalled windfalls
profits tax" - now has been
passed by the Congress and is
on the wa> to being a reality
A reality which takes this
country one step closer to
dreaded Socialism, nationaliza-
tion
This is a tax on American oil
companies of up to 70 percent.
It is a zero percent tax on
OPEC Ml. and their glutenous
masters
Thu bill u going to drastical-
ly curtail the drilling explora-
tion of American companies,
an operation that is of para-
mount importance il the United
States ever again u going to
become self-sufficient in mi
production
The bottomless spending pit
of socialistic programs will get
*227 3 billion from the tax bite
But, don't forget the govern-
ment already is getting *12 in
taxes for every $1 an oil com-
pany s stockholder gels
There’s more
The Washington money blot-
ter soaks up another *1 9 billion
in royalties each year
Texas Congressman Juri Col-
lins, a Republican from Dallas,
points out that in 1973. before
regulation of the industry, the
United States was importing a
miserly *3 billion worth of
crude a year.
NOW AFTER seven years of
Washington expertise, the un-
port tab ls up to *90 billion a
year Collins predicts *2-a-
gallon gasoline at the pumps by
the end of the year
Returning to being self-
sufficient in the energy field
could alone reduce inflation by
11 percent, he said
This is not going to be done
with the taxing of the American
people at every corner It will
only be done by unharnessing
the oil producers and letting
them get on with their task at
upping production on old wells
and finding the new pools that
do exist
It's that simple
For the first tune in 15 years,
Texas oil production in 1979 fell
below the one billion barrel
mark.
Last year, the nation's
number one oil producing state
brought in 978,544,145 barrels
In comparison to 1978, this is a
drop of 28,422,618 barrels In
one year.
It is not only the price con-
trols, but all of the other
Mickey Mouse regulations and
restraints dreamed up in
Washington to harness the in-
dustry that is doing it in.
OIL BEING purchased from
the OPEC oil barons costs
around *30 a barrel and is going
higher Iran's crude has gone to
*32
The windfall tax grab by
Carter and Company calls for
oil of production begun before
197* to be taxed at a 70 percent
rate on the amount of the base
price of about (13 a barrel.
Now really, how ridiculous
can it get.
And, they don't miss a trick
to squeeze out the very last
possible buck A 2.5 percent
surtax is being added to all of
the taxes in the bill for the fust
22 months to make up *500
million in revenue “lost"
because of setting the effective
date on March 1, rather than
Jan. 1.
How about that, taxpayers’’
Now, we come to another lit-
tle tidbit of handy information
every American needs for the
gem-dandv little reference file.
_The *227 billion slice is only
an estimate Congressman Bill
Archer, Republican of Houston,
estimates this could be upped
as much as another (100 billion
over the next 10 years There
surely ls no doubt in anyone's
mind that crude will continue to
increase in price, and as it does
the bureaucrats and politicos
will have their little hot hands
out to rake it in.
THE IRONY of It all is that
the tax bucks are going to be
used for everything except
energy production The various
tax credits encompassed in the
bill will be financed from
general revenue funds and
have no relationship to the
specific funds generated by the
bill.
So, It is no great big wonder
that Carter can make his
political ballyhoos about balan-
cing the budget and the cutting
of expenditures
It’s all election year
hogwash.
He's spending some *70
billion more and feeding out
words to the poor, believing
taxpayer that cutting the
budget by *13 billion is the
greatest thing since they added
mint to snuff
THIS IS the 152nd day of cap-
tivity for the Americans in
Teheran.
An administraiton
spokesman this week said that
the Iranian leaders didn't know
what they wanted
On the other foot, it could
easily be said that the ad-
ministration in Washington
hasn't the faintest idea on what
to do to get our people released
from the barbarians
All that comes out of the Rose
Garden is political yak dished
out by the underling press
publicist Powell and his
unleader boss.
If
II.. __
AUSTIN — Texas and
Mexico ended a chapter of
frustration last week Mexi-
can technologists finally
capped the runaway Ixtoc I
oil well in the Gulf of Mexi-
co
The well has spilled l.tO
million barrels of oil into
the Gulf since it went out of
control ten months ago
Coast Guard observers re-
ported last week all signs in-
dicate the flow has ceased,
good news for residents and
businessmen along the lower
Texas coast
Without fixing the blame
for the spill, the Texas
House Environmental Af
fairs Committee recom-
mended creation of a special
fund to help coastal busi-
nesses which suffered from
(he oil spill
The committee also backed
Attorney General Mark
While's lawsuil to collect
damages from the Mexican
drilling company Pcmargo
and from SEDCO. Inc , the
Dallas oil drilling company
founded by Gov Bill Clem
enls
A staunch defender of
Mexico throughout the oil
spill crisis, Clements re-
ceived return praise last
week when visiting Gov. En-
rique Cardenas Gonzalez of
Tamaulipas. Mexico thanked
the Texan for his support
Mexican Produce Pncl
Clements and Gonzalez
formally finalized an agree-
ment to exchange programs
involving college students,
teachers, and agricultural
and cattle products
Highlights and Sidelights
Clements said Mexico will
export significantly more
amounts of fruits and veg-
etables to the United States,
from broccoli lo strawber-
ries.
The Governor said he
would he unwilling to im-
pose restrictions on ihc im-
ported products which
wou'd raise their price lo par
with Texas-grown goods,
and he did not see a poten-
tial for "dumping" which
would subvert Texas grow-
ers
"Texas ISO"
looking to 1986. Clem-
ents gave the go-ahead to his
new state agency to plan
and coordinate celebrations
of the 150th anniversary of
Texas Independence from
Mexico.
The new Texas Scsquicen-
tennial Commission chair-
man Rep Chris Semos of
Dallas said he favored a dc
centralized celebration with
by Keith Guthrie
Did you ever wonder, as a
bright colored pill popped into
your mouth, just how that bit of
pharmaceutical wizardry knew
where to go and what to do
when It got there'1
The thought crosses my mind
everytime 1 down an orange
and white capsule that is
destined to ease the misery in
my right shoulder What chan-
nels it to my shoulder rather
than to my head, which, in-
cidentally, is hurting iust as
much as the shoulder’’
Not only do 1 pander over just
how they somehow or other find
the spot they are destined to go,
but I sometimes can’t help but
consider the possibility of the
pill widening Its scope just a
bit. If you have a backache, for
instance, the good doctor is apt
to reach into his bag of pills and
prescribe a bright colored cap-
sule that is supposed to relax
the muscles, and hence relieve
the pain I d hate for that pill to
get its muscles mixed up and
over shoot the back and end up
in my bladder - and without a
restroom handy
A little white pill will keep
blood pressure in check, pro-
viding it isn't too close to April
15, but yet the same pill will
reduce swelling But. just sup-
pose that the pill couldn't read
the doctor's prescription and
ended up doing the wrong
thing I guess that is why doc-
tors write so legibly
The power of those little pills
always amazes me when so-
meone has a heart attack on TV
and manages to gasp: "In my
top pocket," and the rescuer
pops the tiny nitroglycerin pill
under his tongue I’ve thought
about carrying a bottle of them
around just in case I ever get on
TV
1 guess it is not only the color
code that sends the pills to their
right destination, but their
shape also assists in the
routing In case you haven't
been exposed to them, pills
come in all shapes and sizes
Some are round, others oblong,
and other made like a shield,
triangle, six-sided, square and
some even scolloped. I guess it
Bookshelf
‘Trying Hard to Hear You’ —
A Book About Growing Up
BY LYRA SPARKS
One of the most realistic yet
understanding novels I have
read about growing up. learn-
ing about life in today's world
(as a teenager) is "Trying
Hard to Hear You" by Sandra
Scoppetlone It is classified as
“Young Adult" and speaks to
today's problems, but it has a
message for mature adults.
The narrator, 16-year-old
Camilla, tells of a crucial sum-
mer in the lives of her friends.
In the first chapter she in-
troduces herself and her
friends too and ends with "I
wonder how we would have felt
if any of us had known that by
the tune the show was over at
least two of us were going to
suffer like we never had before,
one of us would be almost tar-
red and feathered, two of us
would be dead, and none of us
would ever be the same again "
The story is well-written with
insight, dignity, and compas-
sion In the course of the usual
summer tryouts and Produc-
tion of Youth on Stage. Camilla
first falls in love - or thinks she
is in love - with Phil Christie
(The play this summer is to be
"Anything Goes” and she very
much wants a certain part.)
Then Jeff, the boy next door,
who is her best friend, needs
her help and she can’t give it.
Everyone in the crowd tries
hard to listen to each other -
but not hard enough
This was a traumatic sum-
mer, but it was a teaming one -
learning about people, learning
to accept them Not least of all
Camilla learns about herself
and perceives with new eyes
other relationships - such as
that between the black and
white community, with her
younger sister - and others.
The plot is cleverly inter-
woven: The gang's discovery
that two boys are homosexuals
leads to heartbreak and terror
and reveals the group in all
their weaknesses and strength
The book is not without a
natural humor; the characters,
adults as well as teenagers, are
well portrayed and inter-
related
Thu is a book of unusual dep-
th. It has been written for
young adults, but all of us could
gaui something from reading
it.
HOPE ETERNAL
byLYNDELL WILLIAMS
Country Crossroads
Have You Wondered How
Pills Know Where To Go
cvenlx scheduled in several
cities throughout the year
The 1936 Ccntenqial cele-
bration cost taxpayers only
*25 million '
Presidential Politics
Former Texas Gov. John
Connally accompanied Re-
publican presidential con-
tender Ronald Reagan on his
brief campaign jaunt through
the state Iasi week
Connally, who dropped
out of the race three weeks
ago. has endorsed the former
California governor and
climbed "on board" Reagan's
campaign The pair made
Mops at Dallas and Long-
view. where Reagan said
Connally was nol being con-
sidered as a running mate
Of his support, Connally
said. "I come wanting noth-
ing.”
Clements avoided endors-
ing anyone for president, hut
he predicted Reagan's popu-
larity will increase in Texas
is kinda like highway signs -
even if you can't read them,
you can get along by the shape
And then there is the pill tliat
is dispatched to cure an infec-
tion in the big toe, which it
does, but at the same time it
passed up a sore throat on its
way down I saw a little label on
one of these pills - I guess it
was the union label and the toe
pill couldn't work on the tonsils
Things weren't quite that
complicated back in Berclair
where my mother had a couple
of remedies that got used for
just about everything Our
family couldn't have existed
without kerosene. It was
always in plentiful supply from
a tank in the hack yard since
we used it for cooking or
lighting. A cut finger, or a skin-
ned shin were promptly doused
with coal oil". You applied it
to red bug bites as well as to
wasp stings It helped sunburn
- but be sure and not put your
shirt on after a liberal dosage
or it might slip the hide And.
ugh, it also got mixed up with
some other potions as a cough
medicine
We were never exposed to
pills in those days, but a bottle
of castor oil was ever handy,
and there was never long any
doubt where the castor oil
went Calomel came from the
drug store in "papers" and was
used when the kerosene or
castor oil had fialed.
Life was simpler in those
days, but I guess I'm going to
trust that little green pill to do
the chore that sulphur and oil
used to do for Itch. I was never
quite sure whether this old
remedy cured anything, but it
was a cinch you stopped scrat-
ching to keep from stirring up
the smell.
But then, I couldn’t figure out
how the sulphur cured anything
any more than how the pills
know where to go..
Letters To The Editor
letters lo the editor are published in the Portland NEWS
with or without the writer's signature. However, in
submitting material, the signature of the writer, address and
telephone number must be included along with a statement
not to publish the name, if that is desired. Letters will be
verified with the sender prior to publication The editor
reserves the right lo reject any letter.
Ms. Ofelia Avila, President
Stephen F. Austin PTO
Post Office Box 368
Gregory, Texas 78359
Dear Ms. Avila:
As candidates for elected offices we wish to thank you for
the opportunity we had to meet with your PTO group on Tues-
day, March 25th.
Candidate forums are a service to the community. Too
few opportunities are given the voters to see and hear the
candidates. We commend you for sponsoring such an activi-
ty-
It was unfortunate that the moderator, Mr Hinojosa, em-
barassed the candidates by injecting his personal biases We
frown upon public apathy in the political arena, but the exer-
cise in public rudeness' displayed by the moderator ia a good
exmaple of why fair-minded, polite, ethical and viable can-
didates hesitate to come forward
We were not originally Invited to participate in this
forum by those who extended the invitations. Feeling that his
was an honest oversight, a supporter called and requested in-
vitation! for ui to attend. However, after the personal en-
dorsements and testimonial made by Mr. Hinojosa, it
became evident that it was not intended for us to be present
If Mr Hinojosa truly believes in "equal rights" and "equal
opportunity "he should have extended those ‘rights’ to each
and every candidate, fairly and without personal interjec-
tions.
We sincerely hope this incident will not deter your
organization from sponsoring future candidate forums
Again we commend you for offering this public service
Very truly yours,
Gene Matthews, Candidate
State Representative,
Dist. 41
K. H. Flournoy, Candidate
San Patricio Co.
Republican Chairman
Copies to:
Mr Barrera, Principal, Stephan F. Austin Elementary
Mr. Jack Darnell, Superintendent, Gregory-Portland
ISD
Mr K Dean Drelllng, President. Gregory-Portland ISD
Mr. Paul Leveen, Editor, Portland News
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Leveen, Paul D. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1980, newspaper, April 3, 1980; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871951/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.