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Wednesday, April 27,1977 Violinists in Miniature Ah, the music of the spheres and it springs from children during a recent Suzuki-method practice session. These future first-chair violinists for the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, practicing -Staff Pfwle KOMKT MUIHMIN during the Amarillo Collage course, are Kathleen Leach, Susan Brydon, Sarah Guynes, and Wolfgang Smith, commitment to welfare reform a 6. Suzanne Grooms and Helen Gerald are instructors for the unique program. "Dramatic 7 Reform Due On Welfare WASHINGTON (UPI) President Carter will unveil "dramatic and fundamental" welfare reform recommendations early next week, tho White House announced today. The administration is reported to be considering a guaranteed annual income for poor families.

White House Press Secretary Jody Powell said Carter will personally discuss a timetable for consideration of welfare legislation with Democratic legislative leaders over the nest few days. Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia earlier warned that sweeping welfare legislation probably could not be considered until next year. Carter held a hour cabinet-level session Tuesday with HEW Secretary Joseph Califano briefing those present on welfare reform options. Additional meetings are planned later this week. Today's announcement said Carter termed the proposals "dramatic and fundamental" and "reaffirmed his OBTUARIES Plan to Centralize Treatment For Alcoholics Under Fire By BILL COX dark about it" be used for other' programs at Globe-News Staff Writer "We never intended to start slashing, Underwood's, which is a halfway house A proposed centralized concept for cutting and firing, he said.

"We need for mental and drug abuse patienbi treatment and rehabilitation of the full cooperation of all the grantees also." akohoUa came under fire yesterday that are in the business now If this is go- She said she had verified with the from several state and federally-funded ing to work." Department of Health, Education and agenda involved in alcoholic recovery Although no one present spoke Welfare that funds from that agency to programs. negatively when Moore County Judge Underwood's for the alcoholic The dissension surfaced at a meeting Rayford Ratliff of Dumas asked if programs could be continued in the of the Panhandle County Judges anyone was against the centralization other programs If alcoholic treatment Chemical Abuse Services Corp. with concept itself, questions and responses and rehabilitation were dropped, representatives of state and regional during the meeting pointed to uocer- She pointed out the administrative agencies and programs operating under talnty and some disagreement about staff was for the entire program at the state and federal grants in the Panhan- funding and other aspects of' the facility. die area. i "umbrella" plan.

"I'd like-that clarified," LaGrone The meeting was sponsored by the Judge Jenkins said one area of said. "Are you telling mis group that Panhandle Regional Planning apparently was being moving all of the treatment program to mission, which is working closely with resolved with the plan to combine the PARC would not reduce your ad- tlw county judga'organization toward hospital district and Panhandle ministration at Underwood's at all?" placing all alcoholic recovery programs Alcoholic Recovery Center programs, "That's true," Mrs. King said, under "one umbrella" with one direc- which has been endorsed by the Potter "We would fill the beds with halfway tor supervising ill operations. County Commissioners Court and has house patients, and we have a waiting The Initial phase of the plan calls for been discussed at meetings between list," she added, the combination of the Amarillo the two facilitites. She said 9 to 11 alcoholics usually are Hospital District's detoxification and Mrs.

Eunice King, administrator of under treatment at Underwoods, treatment program at Northwest Texas the mental health division of the Mrs. King said the present alcoholic Hospital and Underwood Hall with the hospital district, and Jerry LaGrone, counselors at Underwood's could Panhandle Alcoholic Recovery Center director of the Panhandle Alcoholic transfer to PARC if they chose to do so. located in the old Amarillo Air Force Recovery CentertPARC) sought LaGrone questioned representatives Base area. It also had been suggested clarification on some ooints of the plan, of the Mental Health and Mental Retar- that drug abuse and alcholic Mrs. King said she did not agree" that dation board if it were possible that dependency programs might be com- duplication in administration would be grants now going to Underwoods bined.

removed with the union of the two through MHMR could be channeled to Lipscomb County Judge Warren programs. the new centralized facility, if and Jenkins of Darrouzett explained that "There will be no change in the ad- when it comes into being, yeitcrday's meeting was called because ministration at Underwood's" she An MHMR spokesman said they people item to think that too said. "Our positions now involved'TnlMfr provMed' the new facility nwt much is saint on. and they are in the the alcholic treatment program would accreditation standards. The hospital district program is accredited under the Joint Committee for the Accreditation of Hospitals.

LaGrone said that he and hospital district representatives have agreed to prepare a proposal under JCAH guidelines to present to the Amarillo Hospital District and the MHMR board of trustees within three weeks for approval. During the discussion, Mn. King asked if it would be agreeable to transfer the detoxification unit at NWTH to PARC, along with Underwood's treatment and rehabilitation program. "That would be in the long range plans," said Mrs. Claudis Stuart, major priority of his administration." The guaranteed income proposal, previously submitted by President Richard Nixon in his tint ad Henry Tenorio of San Diego, one son, Frank Jr.

of Amarillo; three brothers. Phil, Willie and Neal, ail of Amarillo; four sisters, Maggie Malcaia of Reno, Stella Romero, Celia Ariza and Julia Rodriguez, all ol Amariilo; and 16 grandchildren. Tri-State Area Rev. Fredric Hyland PLAINVIEW The Rev. Msgt.

Fredric L. Hyland, 64, died yesterday. Rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. today in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mass will be read at 11 a.m.

tomorrow in the church with Bishop Lawrence M. DeFalco of the Amarillo Diocese officiating. Graveside rites will be at 5 p.m. tomorrow in Holy Family Cemetery in Nazareth. Arrangements are by Lemons Funeral Home.

Msgr. Hyland was born in San Angelo and grew up in Nazareth. He came to Plainview as pastor of Sacred Heart in August 1963 from Lubbock. Survivors include eight sisters, Mrs. Amy Kuster of Amarillo, Sister Roberta Hyland of Fort Smith, Harvey E.

McGehee Harvey E. "Mac" McGehee, 78, ol 2822 Brooks, died yesterday. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow Sister deChantal Hyland of Paris, in Memorial Park Funeral Home. Of- Mrs.

Mark (Joan) Homan of ficiating will be Jhe Rev. Leo Stanton, Springfield, Mrs. Charles (Rober- imnijtration, passed the House but and the Rev. Danny Lucas, of Bykota ta) Braddock of Nazareth, Mrs. never got through the Senate.

Baptist Church. Burial will be in Maurine Schwaller of Jupiter, Carter-had stated several times he Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Paul Tingle of Fort Worth, and would announce his welfare reform Mr McGeh ee an Amarillo resident Miss Rita Hyland of Costa Mesa, program on May 1. But there were years was a charter member of four brothers, Bert of Los Angeles, reports the timetable had slipped.

Baptist church. Born in Patrick of Amarillo, Gary of "The President will present Hillsboro, he was the son of George and Ogden, Utah, and Gerald of St. Louis, Mary McGehee. Mo. He married Ruth Parker in 1923.

Survivors Include the widow; one recommendations for welfare reform early next week," Powell said. The White House said that Tuesday's meeting on the welfare reforms was also attended by Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal, Labor Secretary Ray Marshall, Budget Director Bert Lance and Chairman Charles Schultze of the Council of Economic Advisers. On another matter, Carter met today with members of the Ohio and Kentucky congressional delegations who came away encouraged that the President will stand by a campaign commitment to expand a Portsmouth, Ohio, nuclear plant. Mrs. Ruby M.

Lard Michael Craig Molt Mrs. Nora Jones LUBBOCK-Mrs. Nora Jones, sister of an Amarillo woman, died yesterday. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomouuw in Lemons Memorial Chapel in Plainview with Dr.

R.L. Kirk, pastor of Pint United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be In Plainview Cemetery. Bom in Coryell County, Mn. Jones grew up in Chilton and moved to Plainview in 1924 from Oklahoma.

She moved to Lubbock in 1965. She married William Diilard Jones on Dec. 22, 1897, at Chilton. She was a member- of First United Methodist Church In Plainview. Survivors include two daughters, at First Christian Church of Miami with the Rev.

Dale Ja Harter, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Miami Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Director. Mrs. Lard was born at Enid, Michael Craig Molt, 16 months, in- and had lived in Miami since 1938. She fant son of Mr.

and Mrs. Larry Mott of married B. W. Lard in 1938 at Claren- 4630 S. Hughes, died yesterday.

don. Services are pending with Boxwell Surviving are the widower, two sons, Brothers Funeral Directors of Archie of Amarillo and Billy of Mariet- Amarillo. ta, two daughters, Mrs. Patricia Survivors other than the parents in- Long of Pomona, and Mrs. elude two grandmothers both of Glenda Strey of Amarillo; two Amarillo, Mrs.

Laverne Mott and Mrs. brothers, Alvin Dezern of Brunswick, Loreva Ross; one grandfather, Ray T. and John Dezern of Lubbock; four Ross of Dallas; three great- sisters, Mrs. Betty Christian of Lub- grandmothers, Beulah Vandiver and bock, Mrs. Donna Lee Abbey of Fort Gertrude Mott, both of Amarillo and Worth, and Mrs.

Patsy Newton and Bonnie Davis of Clarendon; and great- Mrs. Mary Moore, both of Austin; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. V.

13 grandchildren. Mdnzer of Odessa and Mr. and Mrs. OUsRojsofPeleon. Mrs.

Cora A. Srader DUMAS-Mrs. Cora Alice Srader, 8J, died yesterday. Services are pending with Morrison Funeral Directors. Born in Indian Territory, Mn.

Srader had lived in Dumas 27 yean. Heart Attacks Linked To Hormone Imbalance NEW YORK (AH) A newly mone normally found in men in small published theory says that a change in amounts only. Uie balance of the male and female sex According to his theory, the suscep- hormones In the body is a key factor in tibility of a man to a heart attack is determining a man's chances of suffer- linked to a change in the balance of es- Ing a heart attack. tradiol and testosterone, a male hor- The theory was developed by Dr. mone.

Gerald B. Phillips of Columbia University and was based on a study of Phillips said that the change in the patients at New York's Roosevelt balance of the hormones leads In some Hotpital. The results of Phillips' work way to biochemical changes that have 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 appeared in the Proceedings of the been linked to heart attacks. STM 10 i Panhandle Regional National Academy of Sciences publish- The Times said that after Phillips Comnitalon. ed on Tuesday.

reported his study last July, he con- In an interview appearing in today's ducted further tests on the same New York Times, Phillips said his patients to determine how their bodies theory "ties together a lot of loose produced insulin and metabolized ends" about heart attackvictims. glucose, fats and cholesterol. The Times said the idea "provides a According to the Times, virtually all fundamental physiologic explanation of people who suffer heart attacks have ro nc a wide variety of risk factors that either a high blood fat level, mild lp TM sh lh previously had been correlated with diabetes or both. Mild diabetes is a con- heart attacks. In the past, there had dition in which there is abnormal been no unifying link between these production of insulin, the hormone that not re al weu DeaaK risk factors which include abnormal breaks down blood sugar, and a high blood levels of cholesterol, fats, sugar blood sugar level after a person drinks and insulin." a large amount of glucose.

Bessie Tims of Amarillo, Mrs. Bertha Hamilton of Silver Springs, and Mrs. O.L. Byars of Hot Springs, three grandchildren; six great- grandchildren; and one great-great- Mn. King pointed out the detox unit is losing 185,000 a year.

"We are aware of that," Judge Ratliff said. A suggestion that all drug abuse and alcoholic recovery programs might be Keith T. Collins Mrt. Marlene Colliru Keith Collini STILLWATER-Three relative! of an Amarillo family died Saturday In a car-truck accident caused by a tire blowout Keith T. Collins, 90, of Wichita; his wife, Marlene Collins, 2t, and thler son, Keith, 2, were killed.

Wake services will be at 7:90 p.m. tomorrow at McKay-Davis Funeral Home in Oklahoma City, Okla. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Avery Chapel A.M.E. Church, Tbt Rev.

N.C.Irving, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in the National Cemetery at Ft Gipun, Oklahoma by McKay-Davis Funeral Home of Oklahoma City, Okla. Mrs. Collins was the niece of Nelson Huff of Amarillo. George F.

Gentle Servlcts for Georec F. Gentle, 63, of 413 N. Pierce, were to be at 2 p.m. today in Memorial Park Chapel of Memories with the Rev. Charles Ivey, pastor of Pleasant Valley.

Baptist She was a member of First United 3 'Church, officiating. Burial was to be in Meihodist Church. Her husband, Memorial Park Cemetery. Srader, died in 1966. Mr.

Gentle died Monday. He was born hi Frisco and had lived in Amarillo for 38 years. He was a restaurant worker. Survivors include his daughter, a son, a sister, eight nieces and five grandchildren. family will be at 1404 N.

John- ion. Frank A. Lucero Frank A. Lucero, 65, of 1622 N. Semlnole, died today.

Rosary will be at 7 p.m. today in Blackburn-Shaw Martin Road Chapel. Services will be at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Survivors Include three daughters, Mrs. Roy Reese of Vernon, and Mn.

Daniel and Mrs. T.C. Raper, both of Dumas; six sons, A.B. of Sundown, Elan of Amarillo, J.V. of Houston, Gene and H.P., both of Dumas, and Lloyd of Beaumont; three sisters, Mn.

Ira Cummins of Dumas, Mn. Mattle Mangis of Brownfielcl, and Mrs. Dean West of Clarendon; a brother, B.C. Rollins of Hollls, 34 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Mrs.

Mollie W. Morton FLOYDADA-Mrs. Mollie Walling Morton, officiating. Burial will be In Llano Cemetery. Mr.

Lucero, bom In Santa Rosa, N.M., had lived In Amarillo since 1924. He wai a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Survivors include the widow. Dorothy; five daughters, Mrs. Alex Mrs.

Mrs. Mrs. Born in Gainesville, moved to Flo; married Ben Morton She Mn. and socially acceptable than the person who HIM iiuuuu. a amuuiii wi giuLuac.

Phillips studied 15 men who had "The study results provided evidence us nesaia. heart attacks before age 43, along with lhal the sugar, insulin and fat abnor- i a control group of 15 men in the same malilics were due to the same age bracket without serious illness. biochemical defect and the mechanism He reported last July that young men it was an increase in the ratio in the who had heart attacks had an unusually blood to the amount of estrjdioi to high level of estradiol. a female hor- tcetosterone, the Times said. Ex-Manson Follower Calls Members 'Zombies' Statistical opuiitlon (estimated) 150,039 abor force, AmarlHo area (Nov.) .00,150 Water meteri In use (Dec.) 48,368 fgnt metert in use elepnenei In use meteri In use Deposits ulldlng (March) ubllc school enrollment (Jan Irth certBirth certificates (W certHicatti (March) traffic (atalllles t77 traffic accidents 129,020 50,682 (859 794.89o8 archX 259 140 2,325 MUNICIPAL COURT lints i3.wa.S3 rimfnal fines Number in City: Number in County: 218 PERMITS: Amarillo Builders, 4118 S.

Tyler, addition to residence. Rudy Baumsn Lumber 4313 Crockett, addl- A.L. Aihley, W. 7th, remodel otf Ice, 17, 100. William Baldwin, 4143 Camp, addition to residence, (3,000.

Bilt Pitfman, 4W7 Morninp, addition to residence, 1100. W.A. Gatwin, 313 S. La mar, addition to 1,500. Jim Barnes, 2715 S.

Marri, addition to residence, 1SOO. Ota 1716 E. 12th, addition to residence. 13.000. Otis Johnson, 1901 NW 19th, remodel residence.

1300. Patter County LOS ANGELES (AP) Admitting that she once believed Charles Manson was the new Messiah, Linda Kasabian says members of his "family" were "virtual zombies" when they killed seven persons In 1969. The former Manson follower told jurors in the of Leslie Van Houten on Tuesday that she now believes members of the group were "just empty shells" controlled by Manson. Miss Van Houten, now 27, is charged with the murder of grocery store owners Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, odditior, to who were killed in their Los Feliz home on Aug. 10,1969.

She was convicted of the killings in 1971 along with Manson and two other peraons. But her conviction was overturned by a state appeals court last August on grounds she had been denied adequate legal representation after her attorney died. Teachers in New Mexico Gef Pay Average $14,000 SANTA FE (AP) Lea County' districts will be somewhat under 10 per school teachers returning to their cent. Artesla will give its returning classrooms next fall will be receiving teachers an increase averaging 1854, salaries that average in excess of which is only 6.9 Per cent and the lowest of all in the three-county area. The highest average teacher salary next year in the southeast New Mexico S14.000.

More than one-third of the teachers In the five school districts in the county will be paid 115,000 or more during the 1977-78 school year. area will be paid by the Lovlngton district in Lea County. This over $15,000. Lea County teachers have been at the top of the salary scale statewide for many years. In Roswell, the largest district in Chaves County, the average tor returning teachers will be 1,13,419, an Increase of $1,266 or 10.4 Per cent.

There will be 90 of the District's 468 returning The state Public School Finance is an increase of $1,204, or 8.8 per cent t'eachers rKeiviniTrnore than sis'ooo Division began Its annual spring budget from the current year's average for ex- The'tgM'avmeaTnCTiase in tour of New Mexico in early April In perlenced teachers. Nearly half of the ))M avOTa 8 lncrease Lea County. It subsequently has com- Lovington district's teachers, 65 of 139, pleted budgets for districts in adjoining according to the Public School Finance Eddy and Chaves counties. Division, will receive salaries in excess Data on average salaries for return- of $15,000 next year. ing teachers comes from the budget Returning teachers in the Hohbs dls- documents compiled by the state of- trict, largest In Lea County, will receive an Increase averaging $1,276, or 9.8 Per cent, which will bring the district Charles Baits.

2W4, ml Blvlns, new residences, 121000 aach. Construc'lon, tlto. Blacksmith, new rHklncii 4t.m«ch. S. Construction, wabBih, town houwt.

U7.MO. Richard Farrcll. 4211 Langtry. new residence, IM.MO Seolt III! La Mount, new residence, 1M.500. whilecotlon Builders, 6SOSrlo Lawrence The salary increases tor returning teachers in Lea County will average average up to 114,291.

There will be 111 MyrinB.paimt.ndj.L.p.nor.sr. The defense is expected to argue that slightly under 10 per cent countywide, of 342returningteachersinHobbspaid Miss Van Houten was under Manson's ranging from 7.5 Per cent in the Jaldis- more than Influence and that she could not think trict to 10 per cent in Tatum. Averages o. tne Eugene Jennings JoAnnRobersonand Ronnie Joe ftobcrso Fmitr Home and A. Lance Horn Lea for herself when the LaBiancas were will bring the salary average to $13,293.

Thirty-one of 163 returning teachen In the Artesia schools paid over $15,000. Teachers in the Loving school district in southern Eddv County will set an increase averaging $999, or 10.3 per cent to bring the salary to $10,712. The top salary to be paid In Loving is about to be received by two of the 21 returning teachers. Teacher salary data for three small Chaves County districts: Hagerman $12,738, an increase of $1,091 or 9.4 per sitpnen In Chaves County, which has four County districts are: Jal $14.203. anjn- school districts, the increase will crease of $992 or 7.5 per cent, with 17 Mrs Kasabian, who lived with Man- average slightly more than 10 per cent of 41 teachers to be paid over son, Miss Van Houten and others at the The salary average for returning Eunice an increase of $1,223 or and Beverly Ann spahn Ranch near Chatsworth, said she teachers in the Carlsbad district, in s.5 per cent, with 10 of 35 teachers to receive over $15,000, and Lake Arlhur cine Patricia was attracted to Manson immediately.

County, is being retabulatal. But receive over and Tatum $11,575, an increase of $1,000 or $9.5 per "He Just seemed to emanate good it appears the countywide increase for $14,042, an Increase of $1,278 or 10 per cent, with one of 15 teachers In the top June BOSS energv she Carlsbad, Artesla and Loving school cent, with 10 of 28 teachers to receive range of from $13,000 to $13,500. cent, with two of 24 teachers In the top range of from $14,500 to Dexter $12,553, an increase of $1,201 or 10.8 per cent, with five of 35 teachers to.

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