Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 10

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W'A I 1 1 -l V- JP: 'v jllL Vs' t'A lr -kjr tMiz' ffr-- Mi 1 7 ftvV-'t'l'-Vjfii I -si i rytQMrj'' rJkj'T ii-t 4 Lri fsf- Wl-J f4fV In AHS spotlight at boost spirit for Friday night's game Sweetwater(Staff photo by John Best) Abilene High School head Coach Bill Shipman takes the microphone at Friday's pep rally first of the season for the northside school to 'Volunteers' for shower Principal Roger Bauernfeind addresses the CooperHigh Students Friday at his first pep rally as new principal In his address he issued an unusual callenge to the Cougar football team you win every game this year you can throw me in the he said have to catch me (Staff Photo by you Don Blakley) Shipman sets 2 goals: best team best image Be competitors urges principal at CHS rally he said not catching his Cooper Cougars mistake the chant rattle some he said "And start with the After including the sophomores and juniors Bauernfeind gave the seniors a chance to rest their vocal chords while challenging the faculty and the parents "Okay old folks show them how to sound he sid The seniors as usual won the contest football players are already excited but during a pep rally you just have to sit there see how you Bauernfeind said To further inspire the team for the season ahead Bauernfeind gave them a challenge I know there's nothing you would like to do more than to please the principal If you win every game this year you can throw me in the shower But you'll have to catch me he said By MARSHA CAWTHON Staff Writer The big blueand red spirit machine was back in order Friday morning as students faculty and parents shook the rafters with the cry Brown wood" The Cooper Cougars open their football season at 9 pm Friday at Shotwell Stadium when they face the Brownwood lions With a new slate of cheerleaders Cougars Pride Coop the Coug and even a new principal the spirit boomed at the pep rally Friday An overflowing crowd and a few smoke bombs showed that the 1975-76 season of sports and pep rallies was off again Head Football coach Ray Overton introduced the coaching staff and junior and senior football players Perhaps his excitement over the first game of the season threw him off 10 years here is our 1965 version of the When principal Roger Bauernfeind came forward to address the student body again it raised the rafters hope I get so old that I get excited about pep rallies" he told the students small as you can well see but a competitor This spirit is one of the things that has driven me to compete here in Abilene When I came to Cooper though I thought I had hit the topI think this can be the greatest school in all of Texas" he said Bauernfeind then talked of good sportsmanship shake that other hand but deep down inside not that kind of person I want to be the he said To boost the spirit level even higher Bauernfeind challenged the students to a yelling contest with Brownwood" as By ERIKA FISKE Staff Writer The black and gold pom-poms of the Bold Gold danced with encouragement as the Abilene High School Band entered the gymnasium among the piercing cries of the student body at first pep rally of the season After the thunder of foot-stomping and hand-dapping had subsided Coach Bill Shipman stood up and shared with the students his two main goals for the season to be the best team in District 5-AAAA and to ha ve the best image In the district "At tonight's game I want the people to say 'Abilene has a great team They play by the rules They have a great student Firm sues estate of former employe ByROYAJONESH Staff Writer An Abilene business has filed suit here against the estate of a former employe and an Abilene bank in connection with the alleged embezzlement of 82688213 by the employe Hoppe Auto Electric Inc 247 Butternut is plantiff In the suit filed in 42nd District Court against the estate of Marie Hallford deceased her widower Robert Hallford and the First National Bank Mrs Hallford was employed by the firm as a bookkeeper for several years prior to her death on Sept 24 1974 the suit alleges The plaintiff firm alleges that Mrs Hallford forged the signature of RH Hoppe to approximately 106 checks drawn on San Angelo Big Spring and Abilene branch accounts of the company Copies of the checks totaling 81662095 are attached to the Plaintiffs petition Hoppe claims that the checks contained unauthorized signatures and that they should not have been honored by the defendant bank The plaintiff firm also alleges that another 69 checks totaling 81047818 were signed by another employe Charles Eager based on false representations by Mrs Hallford and the transfer of funds from one branch to another was necessary The plaintiff firm asks that First National Bank be held jointly liable with Hallford and his late wife's estate for the total represented by the alleged unauthorized checks and drafts No criminal charges were filed here in connection with the alleged embezzlement according to courthouse records Attorney Nelson Quinn filed the suit for Hoppe Panel aims at farm tax 'shelters' i XV Nfr 7 i next year Committee Chairman A1 Ullman D-Ore who recommended the basic plan is pressing for the panel to develop a wideranging tax revision package this year Tax shelters are used by persons who put some money into a project with a goal of building up accounting losses which they can use to wipe out their income for tax purposes The devices usually are used those with substantial incomes outside the areas involved in the shelter effect the taxpayer is allowed to defer or postpone the payment of tax on current income either by offsetting current income with loss deductions attributable to real estate or by receiving a tax-free cash flow from the real estate project or the tax experts said deferral is the equivalent of an interest-free loan from the government the economic benefits of which can be very significant" Ullman suggested treating each property as a separate class a move which the experts said would prevent the sheltering of income from one property by the artificial losses of another property body and they certainly know how to Shipman said The AIIS Eagles will play the Sweetwater Mustangs in the season's opener tonight at 8 pm in Sweetwater Following Shipman's introduction of players trainers managers and coachs the Eagles cheerleaders resumed their acrobatics amidst the cheers of spirited students and proud parents as a large banner displaying the was lowered into the center of the gymnasium One of the cheerleaders announced that a first-place ribbon would be presented every other week to the class or organization showing the most spirit As the pep rally wound up a prayer was given by Jimmy James and cheerleaders joined to sing Old Abilene High" Abilene briefs Fair has special number Anyone needing information about events on the West Texas a Fairgrounds can call a special Fair number this week rather than the usual Taylor County Coliseum number says Joe Cooley Coliseum manager Cooley said the Fair's telephone number is 677-1383 for information on entries exhibits concessions and such The Coliseum number is to find out about shows there including the rodeo he said That number is 677-3538 Cooley said the box office on the east side of the Coliseum will be open all day Saturday for tickets to the rodeo and will also be open from 1 to 6 pm on Sunday Zoo to display Grant's Zebras A young pair of Zebras will go on display in the African Veldt exhibit at Nelson Park Zoo this weekend Zoo director Dan Watson said the zebras have been acclimating for several weeks and are now ready for display He said the zoo has had zebras in the past but they never became accustomed to their surroundings Watson said the new zebras are because the stripes on their legs go all the way to the ankles unlike other types of zebras Watson said the zebras were named either for the person who discovered them or for the governor of the coloney in which they were discovered Tlie zoo is open from 10 am to 5 pm daily except for Thanksgiving Christmas and New Day Cost in 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children ages 2 to 12 and 25 cents for persons 60 years of age and older Group rates also are available Watson said a new policy has gone into effect concerning closing hours In the past visitors have been allowed to remain in the zoo past the 5 pm closing time From now on they will be required to leave at 5 Watson said ACC enrollment up to 3582 Total enrollment at Abilene Christian College reached 3582 Friday on the fourth day of registration and the third day of classes The total on the same day last year was 3502 Record enrollment at ACC was 3647 at the end Of the fall semester last year Last fay to register for full credit or to change classes at ACC is Monday Last day to register for partial credit is Sept 19 Friday's total includes 1201 freshmen 701 sophomores 604 juniors 689 seniors 229 graduate students 40 post graduates and 118 special students The figures include 1822 men and 1760 women Of the total enrollment 1180 students are new and 2402 are former students One-way extended 2 blocks The one-way portion of Chestnut Street in the south section of the central business district was extended two blocks Monday A city traffic department spokesman said the street will now be one-way south from South 1st to South 6th Previously the one-way portion extended only to South 4th Acting Traffic Director Buck Baldridge said the one-way extension was made to accommodate traffic expected to be generated on Chestnut when First State Bank opens its new drive-in windows next week James Richards vice president of First State Bank said 12 new windows at 5th and Oak south of the main bank will be opened Wednesday Customers will enter the windows from Oak and may exit on either Chestnut or Oak he said 88 taking Fire Dept tests Eighty-eight persons began competition this week for eight places in the Sept 30 Abilene fire academy City Personnel Director Bill Olson said the 88 persons who took written entrance examinations this week represented a turnout'' for the academy to fill eight vacancies in the Abilene Fire Department Those who passed the written exam will undergo oral interviews before a fire department board physical tests and backgiound checks before eight are chosen to attend the academy Olson said 2 men indicted in grocery holdup drugs to an undercover agent on Aug 22 Other indictments were returned against: Hernandez 18 aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the wounding of Debbie Gonzales 15 of 1925 Kirkwood with a 22 rifle on Aug 11 Dixon 17 of 1249 Lillius car burglary Walker 21 of Columbus Ohio theft by exercising control Grand jurors (refused to indict) Edward Woo no address listed on a car burglary charge Attempted murder charges against Robert Burton Cowley 38 were passed by grand jurors for future consideration Charged with stabbing Sonny Jameson of 1042 Westview during an Aug 27 altercation at the Green Dragon Room Cowley was not in custody Friday ByROYAJONESH Staff Writer Armed robbery indictments against two Abilene men were among the eight returned Friday by a 104th District Court grand jury Cecil Hill Jr 27 of 308tt Willow and Richard Dale Rea 42 of 1358 Cedar Apt 2 were indicted for in connection with the Aug 24 holdup of the Colonial Food Store at Danville and Southwest Drive Coy Davis 26 of 520 Sycamore was indicted for of a habitation with intent to commit in connection with an Aug 14 incident in which Mrs Ola White 82 of 1542 4th said a man broke into her home and threatened her with a knife She was not injured Robert Olin Whitlow 22 of 1002 Butternut and Jeffrey Lynn Meador 20 of Lynwood Calif were indicted for sale of amphetamines They are charged with selling about 700 of By CARLC CRAFT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The House Ways and Means Committee after voting to knock down big real estate tax shelters Is set to plow into similar situations on the farm The committee plans to resume action with votes next week on farming tax-shelter investment operations On Thursday the panel voted essentially to eliminate real estate tax-sheltering devices beginning next year Congressional tax experts say the shelters used by agricultural outsiders such as business executives looking for a way to make tax-free money legally are found in cattle feed the cost of hens for shell eggs or in stud fees for horses Other farm shelters are in cattle mink and hog breeding operations or in some orchards and Christmas tree areas the i experts say For instance' drawing on cases from Internal Revenue Service files the experts said 10 cattle feeding and breeding tax shelters generated a net loss the chief goal of the nonfarm investors involved of 196 million net loss passed through to all investors as a per cent of initial equity capital contribution ranged from a low of 964 per cent to a high of 2383 per the experts told the committee In the committee's first major move of the year in the tax shelter field the panel voted 24 to 10 Thursday to get rid of most real estate shelters It tentatively accepted a modified version of a basic proposal for a "limitation on artificial losses" Congressional tax experts figure this plan could boost the federal revenue in the areas currently concerned in real estate tax shelters by roughly 81 billion annually in the early 1980s with an initial pickup of about 8250 million beginning Police Report Two children hit by cars Two young children were hit by cars apparently on their way to school Friday morning Kelly Carroll a first grader at Travis Elementary was listed in good condition at Dyess Hospital after reportedly being hit by a car at 14th and Sycamore The accident was reported to police at 8:53 am Nine-year-old Walter Hamilton a Lee Elementary student was reportedly knocked off his bicycle on his way to school after 8:10 am when a passing pickup truck's dour was opened The father Walter Hamilton of 1142 Roanoak said hd took his son to a doctor far treatment of bruises Drugs seized suspects held Three young Abilenians were arrested early Friday in a drug raid at a northeast Abilene residence by city narcotics agents Less than two ounces of marijuana and a quantity of Darvon and Valium were confiscated police said The 19-year-old woman and two men ages 19 and 21 who were taken into custody face possible charges of misdemeanor marijuana possession and possession of dangerous drugs The raid was made at 1:10 am Friday A burglar who broke into Ancell's Texaco Station at 1049 Treadaway apparently thought he could profit most by taking the cash register from the station As it turned out he 8200 cash register is worth more than the change that was inside it Station officials said it contained about 830 The burglar entered the station office by throwing a rock through the plate glass window sometime late Thursday or early Friday Also missing were keys to the vending machines and key to some of the vchic les parked at the building Ford's 75 political travel bill $309000 WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford has run up political travel expenses of more than 8309000 so far this year with the Republican National Committee paying the bills and seeking legal clearance to continue the arrangement The arrangement has drawn protests from Democrats who say it fair because President Ford is permitted to promote his candidacy without charging the cost to his own campaign Presidential candidates are limited to spending 810 million each in their campaigns for the 1976 nomination and Democratic critics say the price of the President's travels on political missions now should count against that limit Republican National Chairwoman Mary Louise Smith said Thursday that approximately 8309000 has been paid out or awaits payment by the GOP committee to cover Ford travel expenditures She said the bills usually come in 60 to 90 days after a trip which would mean summer travels arc not yet included The National Committee budgeted SVflOOO for presidential travels in the party's behalf in 1975 Ford's political travel schedule has been increasing and he is expected to make trips including political stops almost every weekend this fall A new White House formula will have the effect of reducing the share of those travel expenses charged as a political expenditure while increasing the portion covered by the government So far the national committee has been paying the full price for the use of Air Force One the presidential jet on Ford's political trips That costs 82206 an hour When the President flew to Maine and Rhode Island last weekend he took a smaller Jetstar with the price figured at 8889 an hour Under the new system outlined by presidential counsel Philip Buchcn in a letter to the Federal Election Commission on Thursday future flight costs will be apportioned between the government and appropriate political on the basis of how many passengers are considered to be involved in political matters and how many are there as aides to the President in his official capacity Ford his family and some lop assistants will be put in the political category Buchcn said Buchen said Air Force One accomodates about 50 passengers Thus under the new system if 25 of them were rated political and 25 official the government would pay half the flight costs 7.