The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise from Seguin, Texas • Page 2

Page 2A Wednesday. February 20.1985 The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise State Perot advocates college cuts AUSTIN Dallas billionaire Ross Perot, who headed the committee that prompted sweeping changes in the state's public school system last year, nw sugges's creating a parvel overhaul higher education But unlike the Select Committee on Public Education that Pero? headed, which offered recommendations leading to a S2 7 billion tax increase, the higher education panel would look for places to cut. Pero? says. "Our colleges are like an overweight person that's starting have heart palpitations They need a diet and a good exercise program." Perot said Tuesday. Declining oil revenues are forcing state to tighten its belt, he noted.

"And it's time to take a look at how we are spending money on higher education." he said Perot suggested that "bad teachers colleges" and "junk courses like the history of rock 'n roll" be cut from the higher education system Carcinogens found in fuel DALLAS A fire official says traces of a hazardous chemical known to cause cancer have been found in fuel that erupted in flames in the basement of a vacant ift-story downtown building, but there wa.s no immediate danger. Traces of polychlorinated biphenyls. or PCBs. were discovered Tuesday near an abandoned, underground storage tank containing gallons 'A heating oil below the Metropolitan Federal Savings Building, the official said. City officials said 14 people, including persons in a parking garage and a tavern, were evacuated after the area was quarantined because of the chemicals.

"But they were not of any hazardous levels." the fire dispatcher, who declined to be identified, told The Associated Press "There is no danger from touching them, or breathing the particles that became airborne, and no danger of water contamination." City Manager Charles Anderson told radio station KRLD that evidence of PCBs was found in the structure, but that additional tests have been ordered on the chemicals. Student murdered in car AUSTIN AP) An Austin Community College student found slain in a still-idling car at his apartment complex parking lot. Austin police officials said. Paul Glen Mines. 21.

of Austin was pronounced dead at 11:23 p.m. Monday at a local hospital. Police said Mines had left a video arcade before returning to his apartment. "He was found in his car the motor still running. It looks like someone who was in the car with him shot him as he sat behind the wheel," said Lt.

Jim Baker of the Austin Police Department. One dies in three-alarm blaze AUSTIN AP) At least one person died early today in a three-alarm blaze that engulfed six units of an apartment complex, where firefighters were looking for other victims. Authorities said about 75 residents were evacuated from the two-story Manchester Square Apartments some with the aid of ladders. A fire official identified the victim as a man in his 20s. Firefighters said the blaze, which began at about 4:30 a.m., was brought under control at 5:36 a.m.

Nation Thatcher warns allies of Soviets WASHINGTON British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, predicting that arms talks between the superpowers will be difficult, today warned the West to expect a Soviet political offensive "calculated to create infirmity of purpose, to impair resolve and even to arouse fear in the hearts of our In an address to a joint meeting of Congress, the prime minister also firmly endorsed research into President Reagan's controversial antimissile defense program and praised his massive arms buildup, which she said has induced the Soviets to renew their interest in bargaining. The prime minister arrived in the nation's capital Tuesday night. After her speech, she begins two days of meetings with Reagan and top administration officials. Treasury security yields drop WASHINGTON 'AP) Yields on short-term Treasury securities dropped in Tuesday's auctions to their lowest levels since last month. The Treasury Department sold $7 billion in three-month bills at an average discount rate of 8.15 percent, down from 8.20 percent last week.

Another $7 billion was sold in six-month bills at an average rate of 8.25 percent, down from 8.28 percent. The rates were the lowest since Jan. 28, when three-month bills were sold at 7.76 percent and six-month bills averaged 7.97 percent. World Authorities dismiss bomb claim BILBAO, Spain (AP) Authorities investigating the fiery, mountainside crash of an Iberia Boeing 727 have dismissed claims that a bomb was planted on the plane by Basque separatists. All 148 people aboard were killed.

A funeral service for the victims, whose charred bodies were scattered along with wreckage in a pine-covered forest in the Basque countryside, was set for this evening in Bilbao. Two American passengers were reported on Flight 610, traveling the 200 miles from Madrid to Bilbao on Tuesday morning when the jet clipped two television transmitting towers and slammed into Oiz hill on its approach to Sondica Airport. U.S. Embassy sources in Madrid identified the Americans as Tim Markey and John Steigerwald but did not provide hometowns. Israeli troops storm village BEIRUT, Israeli forces stormed a south Ixjbanese village today, opened fire on villagers who blocked their way and rounded up about 200 men for interrogation, according to radio broadcasts and reporters in the area.

The sources said an Israeli unit of 20 armored personnel carriers and other vehicles entered the village of Bazouriyeh at 7 a.m. to conduct a search for suspected guerrillas. They said 200 men were rounded up. The Israelis opened fire when villagers tried to block them from entering Bazouriyeh, the sources said. They said the Israelis bulldozed one house an action they often take against houses where weapons are found and were questioning suspects in the local school 1100 N.

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Entered as second class matter Jan. 13, 1922. Second class postage paid at Seguin, Texas 78155 Telephone: 512-379-5402. tax): By carrier and mail delivery In Guadalupe, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzalea, Hays and Wilson tor 12 months, $18.40 tor six and $9.20 for three months. Mall delivery in Texas and outside abovn stated lor 12 months.

Mail delivery outside tor 12 months. USPS 496-700 Gazette-Enterprise Staff Miku Graxiola Bob Thaxtori Joy Osteen Gary Myers Larry Moreno John Taylor Publisher Editor Managing Editor Business Manager Retail Ad Manager Production Director Publisher Plane dives six miles Engines stall; 50 passengers hurt in plunge By LARRY RYCKMAN Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO AP Passengers aboard a China Airlines jurnbo jet popped into the ceiling "like popcorn" when the piane lost power in all four engines and plunged more than six miles toward the Pacific Ocean before the engines restarted, authorities said Many of the 252 passengers and 20 crew members were hurled from their seats, some smashing into the top of the cabin, as the aircraft fell toward the ocean and then limped into San Francisco International Airport after flying 500 miles with a torn tail section and bent wing, authorities said. The plane was diving so fast that the pilot lowered his landing gear to slow down, an airport spokesman said. The force of the plunge ripped off the landing gear doors and pieces of the horizontal tail stabilizers Fifty passengers suffered injuries. mostly minor, and two flight attendants remained hospitalized today "I thought it was time to meet the maker," said passenger Bill Peacock Seksan Caniyo said the plane dived once, leveled out and dived again Those without seatbelts flew into the air.

some hitting their heads on the ceiling. "People were popping up like popcorn." he said. The jet was en route from Taipei. Taiwan, to Los Angeles on Tuesday when it hit turbulence known as wind shear a rapid change in wind speed and direction, said airport spokesman Ron Wilson. The plane stalled and plummeted from a cruising altitude of 41.000 feet to 9.000 feet during the incident.

Wilson said. The jet's No. 4 engine the farthest from the pilot's right failed first, said National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Ir.i Furrr.ar, in Washington. The flight crew told 'he Federal Aviation Administration thai "they had a problem with or.e of the aircraft and they were descending from their altitude because they didn't think they should maintain their altitude with only three engines and their other three engines ceased as they were descending." Furman said He added that he did not know how the crew got the engines restarted and refused to speculate on whether air, turbulence or other conditions contributed to the accident. "The operations people and pilot think the cause of the problem was wind." said China Airlines spokesman Christopher Liao in San Francisco.

"Also the No. 4 engine went out for a short time, causing the plane to drop so much." "They were in a descent that was apparently more rapid than would have to be. based on simply losing engine power, and that's where we have to conduct an investigation to see what happened." Furman said. "It was a side force. Everyone was thrown against the right side of the airplane." Wilson said.

"It sounded like the engines stopped." said one unidentified passenger "It was dead silent for about five seconds before it happened "We thought we were going. We thought we were dead," remarked another. "I could just feel my whole body contorting." said Steve Whies from Los Angeles, who described the passengers as terror-stricken. Another passenger, a former Air Force pilot, told Wilson "I've prayed twice ffor my life) once in Vietnam, and once today." Although the doors of the landing gear flew off, the gears and wheels were undamaged, enabling the plane to make a safe landing. Texas needs $800 million for prisons, study shows By KEN HERMAN Associated Press Writer AUSTIN APi As much as $800 million in construction and additional alternatives to imprisonment are needed for Texas to have enough prison cells over the next 10 years, a consultants' report says.

The lengthy $200,000 report wa.s to be released by the State Board of Corrections on Tuesday, but Chairman Robert Gunn said Gov. Mark White and legislative leaders instructed him to keep the report confidential until Friday. It was a matter of Gunn said. The report wa.s presented to White, Lt. Gov.

Bill Hobby and House Speaker Gib during a two- hour, closed-door briefing in White's office. Gunn said it was not just White who wanted the report kept secret. "Everyone that has looked at this thing decided it was just so said. But Dick Merkel, spokesman for said the speaker "certainly" didn't ask that the report not be released Tuesday. Steve Dial, spokesman for Hobby, said the lieutenant governor did not object to the release of the report.

In fact, Hobby released a written statement in anticipation that the report would be distributed. Hershel Meriwether, an aide to White, said the report was still preliminary. "He 'White) wanted to look at it and to give some input before it was released. The'information is going to be made public. That's not a problem," Meriwether said.

The proposed 10-year prison plan was prepared by the consulting firm of Henningson. Durham and Richardson at the prison board's request. Lawmakers who were briefed on it told reporters the study offers a detailed, unit-by-unit review of what's needed to meet growth and bring the Texas Department of Corrections into compliance with orders from U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice. "My impression is to bring the present prison system into compliance, you're probably talking about $350 million" worth of construction and renovation work, said Sen.

Ray Farabee, D-Wichita Falls. The "minimum" cost of the 10-year program would be $700 million, and that would require new laws that would send fewer people to prison, said Farabee, chairman of the Senate State Affairs Committee. "I would be very pleased if we could get out for that much. It's probably going to cost more." he said. House La'f Enforcement Committee Chairman Ray Keller, R- Duncanville.

said. "Frankly. I would not support the legislation it would take to" spend only S700 million on the 10-year plan. The report presented Tuesday includes only facilities, it did not speak to money needed for additional TDC staff. "It's awfully sobering." said Bryan Sen.

Kent Caperton, adding that hundreds of millions of state dollars are needed "despite the fact that we have continued to put significant dollars into the prison system, despite the fact that we enacted significant reforms last session." Keller said much of the money appropriated in past years was "squandered" by the TDC. Farabee said the immediate problem is support facilities, not beds. The report said TDC's current capacity is about 43,000. TDC reported 37,400 prisoners as of Tuesday. "We have run TDC somewhat like a blind dog in a meathouse," said Farabee.

"We have tried to respond to immediate crises. We have built more buildings and we have not provided all the support facilities that you have to have." What's needed, he said, are kitchens, urinals, showers and recreation areas. "The issue is not any kind of a country club prison. The issue is just having a constitutional prison that meets the bare minimum," said Farabee. He said the consultants offered three scenarios: TDC population would hit 92,000 by 1995 if no changes are made in state criminal laws; with some reforms to ease punishment, the population would be and with a major change in attitudes on punishment, the 1995 prison population would be about 50,000.

"It was pointed out that Texas incarcerates three times as many people as most states. That's been our way of punishment," said Farabee. "There are other ways that are less expensive. They may not be as satisfying. They may not be quite as secure.

But we have to look at these alternatives for low-risk offenders. "I just don't think we want to put all of our money on prisons," he said. Caperton said, "We are tough on criminals in Texas. I think we should continue to be so, but we can't be mindless in our approach." City Council honors Patlan, Ornelas Pg. 1A fire department," he explained.

"I'm opposed because we just got one bid." The council also awarded a contract for fire equipment to Seagrave Sales Inc. The company's bid for hoses, ladders and other fire equipment totaled $29,700. The council unanimously approved a resolution to create a reserve dispatcher force. The reserve dispatchers will help the police Communications Department carry out its duties and will be there to beef up the police staff in an emergency. The Seguin Police Department plans to train 20 reserve dispatchers.

These dispatchers will receive no pay except in certain emergency The police department will require them to work a minimum of 12 hours a month. The council passed an ordinance that will regulate the city's annexation policy. Under the ordinance, any land that the city has annexed or ever will annex will become part of the ward to which it is adjacent, unless the council or some la specify othervvi.se. Assistant City Health Officer Gil Grossman asked the council for a used pickup truck. The city pickup that Grossman had been using was beyond repair, Grossman said.

"At this time, I'm using my own vehicle," he said. The council voted unanimously to ask for bids on a new pickup. Parks and Recreation Department Director Reggie Williams asked the council's permission to start accepting bids for lighting improvements at Fairgrounds Park. The council voted unanimously to let the bidding process begin. The Baseball Commission has improved the park in the off-season.

The Texas Lutheran College Bulldogs have begun their baseball season at Fairpark. Williams said, "Those guys have nothing but smiles on their faces about the condition of the fields." The council passed an ordinance on the "Order for City Officer's Election." The election will take place April6. The election judges in Ward 1 are presiding judge George Mercer and alternate presiding judges Patty C. Galaviz and Connie Kypfer. In Ward 2, the presiding judge is Mrs.

Ernst Druebert and the alternate presiding judges are Mrs. Tommie Tristan and Daniel Tschoepe. In Ward 3, the presiding judge is Carl Hansen and the alternate presiding judges are Mrs. Edward Conrad and Mrs. Manuel Castilla.

In Ward 4. the presiding judge is Clarence Little Jr. and the alternate presiding judges are Lydia Arriola and Mrs. Bobbie Wesch. Jud Alexander Jr.

asked the council for a refund on money he spent to lay water lines to his gas station at Interstate 10 and Highway 123 Bypass. Alexander asserted that the refund which the council granted a Seguin resident in 1984 set a precedent. In that case, the city granted a refund to a man who had paid to lay a water line when it turned out that the city intended to extend a water line by the man's property soon anyway, The city had laid the lines to his property knowing that the city would grow in that direction and that the city would eventually lay a water line in that direction in any case Alexander said. Consequently, if that was what allowed the city to grant someone else a refund, then he, too, was entitled to a refund, Alexander said. The council voted unanimously to reject Alexander's request.

County dads to study bids By PHILIP RIDDLEBARGER Staff Writer Guadalupe County commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday to review bank depository bids opened during their Feb. 11 meeting, County Judge James Sagebiel said Wednesday. Sagebiel said that commissioners, who have been given copies of bid specifications, will get advice from the county treasurer and the county auditor as to which bid offers the best interest rates and services A decision on acceptance of a bid will be made in the commissioners Monday meeting, he said. Bidding to serve as the county bank depository are Nolle National Bank, First National Bank, First Commercial Bank and Seguin State Bank, Circulation Department Hours a.m.-5 p.m.

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