El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1981 Page: 4 of 36
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Page4-A El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Wed., June 24,1981
Area News
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Anti-Runt Formula
PALACIOS — Shipyard owner Roger Lovell,
52, has spent the last six years developing what
he and his lawyers say is the first true prevention
methodology for rust.
Lovell received a U S. patent Tuesday Patents
have been granted or are pending in 13 foreign
countries.
Two Texas A&M chemical engineering pro-
fessors, a handful of businessmen, an indepen-
dent Louisiana engineer and the chief of the
plant branch of the U S. Army Corp of Engineers
in Galveston all say Lovell's coating is
legitimate and has sailed through a number of
tests.
If the product does what it’s supposed to do, it
could be a landmark accomplishment in the
estimated $100 billion plus battle against rust
and corrosion waged by consumers, businesses
and governments each year.
Van Cliburn Winner
BAY CITY — An dr e-Michel Schub, winner of
the gold medal at the Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition, will play a special recital in
Bay City February 23, 1982.
The recital will be part of the Inaugural Season
of the Bay City Festival Arts Association, a new
cultural organization which will present a series
of five performing arts events in Bay City in
1961-1962.
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”The Perfect
Tribute"
Since 1906
By LLOYD BENTSEN
U. S. Senator
By 1927, A1 Capone had
amassed a fortune worth
around $100 million and
his syndicate continued
to elude police nets until
1931 when he was in
dieted, found guilty and
shipped off to prison The
charge: income tax
evasion.
If Capone were alive
today, chances are
authorities would have to
devise another strategy
to tuck him safely behind
bars Changes in the U S.
Tax Code have taken the
punch out of the Internal
Revenue Service’s once
effective role in helping
law enforcement officials
crack down on
lawbreakers, especially
in organized crime and
drug trafficking.
As the law now stands,
a suspect can stymie
efforts of the IRS to
obtain his financial
records from a bank or
other financial in-
stitution.
The suspect doesn’t
have to give a reason why
the IRS shouldn’t see his
records and there's no
limit to the number of
automatic stays he can
initiate. As a result, the
IKS is forced to take the
issue to court and explain
why it has the right to see
those records.
These stays have
dragged on for as long as
33 months, with an
average of nine months
elapsing before IRS can
get hold of the records it
needs to conduct its in-
vestigations.
Pecan
Growers
To Meet
The Texas Pecan
Growers Association, the
world’s largest pecan
producers group, will
host their 60th annual
conference July 12-15 in
Seguin.
The four-day con-
ference will be held at the
Seguin-Guadalupe
County Coliseum and will
feature the largest trade
and product show In the
organization’s history.
Added attractions will
be an opening day golf
tournament at the
Chaparral Country Club,
the State Pecan Show,
Queens Pageant and
tours of orchards in the
area.
The keynote address of
the conference will be a
proposed marketing
agreement for growers,
shelters and consumers.
For more information
about the conference,
contact The Texas Pecan
Growers Association,
Box 33, College Station,
77841 or call 1-775-6300.
In a recent survey, the
General Accounting
Office found that over 75
percent of all persons
taking advantage of the
automatic stay are
known organized crime
figures, illicit drug
dealers or people who
habitually protest paying
their taxes.
An IRS study of this
problem showed that 80
percent of some 200
people surveyed failed to
show up in court after
invoking the automatic
stay.
I am cosponsoring
legislation that would do
away with the automatic
stay procedure. No
longer would the subject
of such an investigation
have the right to block an
IRS summons simply by
notifying the bank No
longer would the IRS
experience delays in
summoning these
records
My bill also allows the
IRS to ask the court to let
them seize records
without notifying the
suspect in advance, in
cases where evidence
shows that a notice to the
taxpayer could lead to
destruction of records,
obstruction of justice or
threats to witnesses
Under the Bentsen bill,
the subject of the in-
vestigation could still
challenge the IRS
summons in court. But
the onus would rest with
him; the suspect would
be required to convince a
court that the IRS has no
right to see his records
Houston Schedules German Fest
Sounds of German drinking songs, the spicy
aromas of Wienerwurst and Knackwurst and
shouts of ‘‘Prosit!” as mugs of cold beer clink
will fill the evening air as a corner of the
Astrodome complex becomes an Alpine village
for Houston’s first Bavarian Summer Fest.
Patterned after authentic German festivals,
the Bavarian Summer Fest is a celebration of
the joys of life, a time when friends gather in a
relaxed atmosphere for camaraderie and to en
joy zesty foods and icy beer.
It will take place June 26 through July 19 at a
specially converted site at the north end of the
Astrodome complex
Providing the music is Max Thurnagel and his
15-piece German band, complete with singers
and yodeller.
The band is coming direct from Munich, as are
a dozen waiters and waitresses, dressed in tradi-
tional drindl and I^derhosen, who, when they
aren’t passing out more beer and food, put on
demonstrations of German folk dances.
All this is presented in the Festhall, an authen
tic portable festival building which has been us-
ed by many German villages for their own an-
nual community celebrations. It is making its
United States debut at the Houston event.
The 15,000 square-foot completely air-
conditioned structure seats 1,500 at one time,
with space left over for the band and a dance
floor
Outside the hall there will be a promenade,
featuring games of skill and fun designed for
adult audiences.
Also, an open-air beer garden will be
available, complete with strolling oompah band,
on the weekend.
Admission fee is $3 per person. Food costs for
complete dinners range from $3.50 to $7.50.
Beverage costs vary, with a 12-ounce mug of
domestic beer costing $1.50 and a 60-ounce pit
cher running $6.
Sundays are ‘Family Days” at the festival and
are sponsored by the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of
Houston.
Families are encouraged to attend on these
days, as the songs and dances are sure to please
all age groups.
Hours are Monday through Thursday, 5 p.m. to
midnight; Friday, 4 p.m. to midnight; Saturday,
11 a m. to midnight , and Sunday, noon to 10 p.m.
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By JOHN TOWER
United States Senator
Constituents have
indicated to me their
growing distrust of the
news media. Some have
even suggested various
means of regulating the
news gatherers
Though the national
media have brought
much of this upon
themselves, this urge to
regulate is unfortunate —
both for the vast majority
of news outlets which
exercise responsibility,
and for our system,
which is built on the
premise of a free press.
Freedom of the press is
guaranteed in the First
Amendment Our
Founding Fathers knew
that for democracy to
work, the people must
know what their leaders
and their government are
doing.
Since it is impossible
for any individual to
personally watch
everyone at every
governmental level, the
press is the only means
by which citizens can
learn about the affairs of
the nation
This press must be
independent of gover-
nment control if it is to
point out flaws in the
system.
Some reporters and
news outlets have used
this freedom without
exercising the respon-
sibility that should go
with it Although I have
been angry at distortions
or abuses by individual
members of the press,
that does not mean that
the Founding Fathers
were wrong.
First. let me emphasize
that the majority of government tried to end
abuses of freedom of the abuses in the private
press have been by the sector by instituting
national media, which regulation,
tends to be concentrated The problems aren’t
opinion
on the East Coast.
The majority of
reporters, publishers and
broadcasters are con-
scientious, responsible
and serve their public
well.
Secondly, even if the
Constitution didn’t
prohibit it, I would not be
inclined to Inject the
government into the news
process through
regulation.
We have seen what
happens when the federal
solved and the
regulations become an
intrusion or the
legitimate rights of
business or individuals.
We have protections
against libel and
violations of national
security, and these must
be guarded.
For protection against
inaccuracy, distortion or
malice, we must rely on
pressure from within the
journalism community,
and on the reader, viewer
or listener
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1981, newspaper, June 24, 1981; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987135/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.