The Odessa American from Odessa, Texas • 37

Wednesday, November 1, 1978 THE ODESSA AMERICAN i Citv bond election Kesiuen opposition lists costs nine burglarie The Concerned Taxpa'-rs of Ector County, a long-standing committee active in tax matters, has filed its periodic financial statement with the Secretary of State; including expenses for the group's opposition to the Sept. 9 city bond election. That group spent a total of 1652.30 in its efforts to turn down the three-pronged bond Only one of the three proposals received the majority vote, with that one passing by a narrow margin. Because the Concerned Taxpayers is a general purpose committee instead of a specific purpose group' they are required to file financial statements only with the Secretary of State's office. City Attorney Joel Roberts had reported earlier that the committee is required by state election laws to file its report with the city secretary.

However, Attorney Chip Holt, who is with the enforcement department of the Secretary of State's office, said the group is not Classic Chili Members of the Thouvenal Quartet provided musical accompaniment for a lunch of chili and classics at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin's fifth birthday Wafer tower reported stolen from pasture Monahans mayor warns of federal centralization required to file with the city secretary. A committee called Odessans for Odessa, which promoted the bond election previously filed its financial statement with the city. A According to the expenses for the Concerned Taxpayers on the bond election, the total monies spent on the bond election were for advertising. That includes $424.80 to The Odessa American; $108 to KRIG-Radio; $50 to KKKK-Radio; $42 to KYXX-Radio; and $27.50 to KOYL-Radio. Those expenses, according to the financial statement, were paid from contributions received throughout the year.

No specific contributions for the group's opposition to the bond election were made to the committee. Although the group originally was a specific purpose committee, members filed with the state in February of this year as a general purpose committee. vehicle, but did not know when it was taken. An employee at a 7-Eleven Store, 4001 Bonham, told police a customer left without paying for $2 worth of gasoline. Billy B.

Fitch, 3107 North Dixie, said his bicycle valued at $92 was taken from his residence. Three Texans' campaign funds report listed WASHINGTON (APf- Three Texas representatives were among 56 members of the House who faced little or no opposition for their seats this year. The following figures show Federal Election Commission reports of how much money each raised and spent on campaigning for the uncontested seats in 1977 and 1978. Dallas Republican Jim Collins and San Antonio Democrat Henry B. Gonzales were among the 30 House members unopposed.

FEC figures show Collins raised $202,532 in 1977 and spent and raised $14,824 in 1978 and spent $18,748 to defend his uncontested seat. Gonzales raised $650 in 1977 and spent that amount. He raised $26,647 in 1978 and i spent $21,742. Laredo Democrat Abraham Kazen was one of 26 House members with token opposition in the primary (won with more than 70 percent of the vote) or with no major party opposition in the general election. The FEC figures show he raised $700 in 1977 and spent $288; and raised $50,509 in 1978 and spent $47,453 to defend his Vandals break house windows House windows were broken in two of three vandalisms under investigation Wednesday by city police.

Oscar Ordonez, 2109 West Ninth, told police a picture window was broken with' a rock at a rent house he owns at 2111 West Ninth. Burt Henderson, 201 East Mable, said two door windows were broken with rocks at his residence. Mary Branum, 2913 Timberline, reported the drivers door window broken on his car parked at 14th and Graham. Seven-year-old youth injured A seven-year-old Odessa boy was released from Medical Center Hospital after treatment for a head injury suffered in a cai accident Tuesday night. Robert Wayne Phillips, 218 Neal, suffered the head injury in an accident at 9:25 p.m.

Tuesday at East 36th arid North Tom Green. Police said the youngster was running from north to south across 36th. and Robert Alton Nelson. 29. of 2740 North Adams, was eastbound on 36th when the, boy was hit by the car.

Appeals court dismisses suit AUSTIN (Staff The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Wednesday dismissed a suit for a bond reduction for an Odessa man because the man had already been sentenced to five years in prison. Alfonso Ramirez Chacon had sought the hearing to have his bond for a charge of possession of a controlled substance reduced, but the judge ruled for a state motion to have the suit dismissed because of a conviction on the charge. Chacon was convicted in Ector County for possession of heroin on Aug 8, and received a five-year sentence. Stereo tapes and a pistol, valued at $417, were taken in one of nine burglaries and an attempted burglary under investigation by city police Wednesday. Charles Ronald Klinger, 2735 East Eighth, told police 11 stereo tapes and a 9-mm pistol were taken from his unlocked van parked' at bis Raymond Solomon, 3931 Monclair, said a lawnmower valued at $400 was taken from his open garage.

Ellen Hobbs, 523-B East 14th, reported two diamond rings, valued at $257, taken from her residence. There was no sign of forced entry, she said. Donnie Riley, 6217 Riders Road, told police his 12-guage shotgun valued at $200 was taken from his residence. There was no forced entry, he said. Diana McCrary of Goldsmith said her purse containing $85 was taken from her car parked at Sixth and North Tom Green.

She told police there was no forced entry. Kerrie Vaughan, 3603 North Adams, TXI escalates control battle for National HOUSTON (AP) Texas International Airlines has escalated its battle for control of National Airlines by asking the Civil Aeronautics Board to let it buy 51 percent of the firm's common StOCk. The request came Tuesday on the first day of hearings by the CAB in Washington, D.C., on attempts to acquire National being made by the Houston-based airline and Pan American World Airways. TIA told the board it already owns 23 percent of National's stock, and asked it' to require National to defer any shareholder vote on its prosed merger with Pan American. Both TIA and Pan American are trying to gain control of the Miami-based National, and the CAB has authorized each to purchase up to' 25 percent of National's outstanding common stock pending its final decision on the matter.

TIA told the board that since July, when it asked permission to place its National shares in a voting trust, circumstances had changed significantly and "the 25 percent limit originally suggested now seems unduly restrictive." The use of a voting trust arrangement insulates TIA from control over its National holdings during CAB hearings on its application for acquisition of control. "At one time, holding 25 -percent of National's stock would have made Texas International National's leading stockholder by far," the TIA announcement said. "But Pan American's stock purchases and the merger agreement have made that position tenuous." Officials of New York City and Newark, N.J., testified at the hearing Tuesday in favor of a Pan American-National merger. Both airlines already have agreed to a merger in principle. Ancient dwellings Kelly Parker (L)) and Kim Moore learned by doing for a special history prolect In Ron Davis' sixth grade class at Burleson Elementary School.

After a six-week itudy of the I who said her car was also parked at Sixth and North Tom Green, told police her purse with $4 in it was taken. There was no forced entry to her car, she said. An employee at Bo-Weevil Restaurant, 2338 East Eighth, told police two men and two women in Halloween costumes left without paying for food costing $9.71. The two men broke open a coin-operated machine in the restaurant and took (be contents, police were told. Vera Mae Mosley, 806 Wabash, said a vacant house 201 Washington Lane was broken into, but ri 'Jiing appeared to be missing.

Entry mi forced through the back door. Rhonda Riley, 1601 North Sam Houston, reported her purse containing $4 taken from her unlocked car parked at 14th and Graham. Mrs. Charles E. Waller.

1703 Palomar, told police the locks on garage door were tampered with, but io entry was gained. The tampering made the locks inoperable, she said. LAPBsets vocal recital As part of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin's fifth anniversary celebration, several music students and faculty will perform a vocal recital, Thursday at noon in room 283 on campus. The performance will feature the works of Puccini, Faure Schumann and others and is open to the public. Frank Varro, UTPB music professor, said those interested in classical music can bring their lunches and enjoy a noon-hour of good vocal selections.

Also on campus Thursday will be about 200 students journalists from around the Permian Basin and New Mexico. Varro extended a special invitation to visiting students to attend the recital. Performing Thursday will be Marsha Baird, Cricket Harrison, Risa Brown, Elayne Dishroon and Janice Archer, who is a part-time member. of the music faculty. Shepperd appointed to library post AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Gov.

Dolph Briscoe Wednesday appointed former Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd of Odessa to be a member of the Texas Library and Historical Commission. His term will expire Sept. 28, 1981. -v Shepperd, who was attorney general 1953-57, replaces Frank Prescott Horlock Jr. of Houston, whose term expired.

Shepperd is a special assistant to the president of El Products Co. He was the first chairman of the Commission on the Arts and Humanities and is a past president of the Texas Historical Commission. He also served as secretary of state from 1949 to 1952. early civilizations of man, Parkes and Moore constructed models of man'i tTrly dwellings. Partes baked his own mud bricks and Moore used salt clay to construct her model IN A 111 party today.

Tuning up are, from left, Eugene Purdue, Michael Rosenbloom, Jeffrey Levenson and Sally Chisholm. Tom Gordon listens. Bill Childress and his wife; Utilities Director Bob Derrington and his wife; Police Chief Jack Tomlin and his wife; and Jack Dillard, director of Housing and Community Development, and his wife. 300 journalism students are expected Approximately 300 student journalists will hit the campus of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Thursday for UTPB's fourth annual Press Day. Students are expected from high schools and junior colleges all over west Texas and eastern New Mexico to participate in newspaper, yearbook, photography and electronic media workshops.

i The annual mass communications seminar is one of a group of activities throughout the week celebrating UTPB's fifth anniversary. Activities began Monday and continue through Saturday with a Novemberfest from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. featuring musical entertainment, food booths, craft and special interest According to Dr. Robert Rothstein, chairman of mass communication at UTPB, visiting students at UTPB's Press Day will join in regular class experiences during the day. Students will be able to choose between radio, television, and yearbook in the morning and between newswriting, photography and communications ki the afternoon.

Rothstein explained that this year's Press Day will take a different format from past years in that the seminar is not built around a well know keynote speaker. Instead, UTPB journalism faculty and student editors will lead the special He also noted that the professors are excited about having future students as guests in their classes. It will be like a look into the future for us. said. "We are expecting around 300 area high school and junior college students to share classes with our own journalism students," he continued.

Midland man struck by car MIDLANITlStaff A 74-year-old it i i Midland man was in satisfactory condition Wednesday at' Midland Memorial Hospital, admitted with injuries to his head and left leg suffered in a Midland car-pedestrian accident Tuesday evening. Pedro Rodriguez suffered the injuries' in a hit-and-run accident at 6:55 p.m. Tuesday in the 700 block of Mineola. Police Patrolman Ernie Wakefield said Rodriguez was walking north on Mineola when he was hit by a northbound car. Police said Wednesday they are looking for the driver of the car that left the scene after hitting the man.

Wakefield said two witnesses to the accident described the car involved as white, driven by a black man about 20 and accompanied by a Mexican man. Police said the car may have light damage to the right front of the vehicle that struck Rodriguez. Odessa couple An Odessa couple have been assessed probated sentences by 244th District Judge Joe Connally after pleading guilty to separate charges of felony possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine. Luis Rios Sanchez 23. of 804 Larado was assessed a 10-year probated sentence and a $500 fine by Connally on the cocaine possession charge and a 10-year probated sentence for the marijuana possession charge' (Stoff Photo) A tower valued at $2,000 was taken in one of eight thefts under investigation Wednesday by city police.

Glenn S. Pike, 6100 Pike Lane, told police the water tower, owned by his son, Leighton Pike of San Antonio, was taken from a pasture near his residence. Calvin Poindexter, 1852 East 49th, said his 1977-model motorcycle valued at $1,512 was taken from the front yard at his residence. i Francis Seifert, 6425 Riders Road, reported the theft of his 1966-model car valued at $500 from the 1800 block of East 42nd. The car was unlocked and the keys were left in it, he said." An employee at the Top Dollar Sttre, 305 North Grant, told police a woman left the store with a pair of boots valued at $16 without paying for them.

Sotelo Ascencion, 807 Summer, said the rear license plate that expired Tuesday was taken from his pickup truck. He told police be did not know when it was taken. Ronald Osborn, 1617 Sunset, reported the rear license plate taken from bis Two Odessans heed on bond Two Odessans were free on $5,000 bond each Wednesday, charged with theft of a keg beer dispenser valued at $1,200 last September. William Randall Amos, 17, of 1004 East Fifth, and David Ray Burch, 18, of 1615 Sunset, are charged with taking the keg beer dispenser Sept. 15 from the Farmers Market Restaurant, 2020 East Eighth.

The beer dispenser was reported stolen a month after it was taken when an employee at the restaurant discovered it was missing. Police said they located the dispenser after a beer distributor reported making a delivery to a suspect's residence where the dispenser was spotted by the deliveryman. The charges against Amos and Burch were filed with Justice of the Peace Harold Sligar, and bond was set by Odessa Municipal Court Judge Otis Moore. Also charged with the theft of the beer dispenser, but not yet arrested, are Todd Keith Thomas, Samuel Ward Thomas, Raymond Dale Lacroix and Gene Mark Eades. Fire damages auto in.

city Heavy damage under the hood of a car was reported from one of six fire calls answered Tuesday by Odessa firemen. A carburetor backfire was the cause of the fire hi the 1971-model car reported at 2:01 p.m. Tuesday at University and the Andrews Highway. Owner of the car, firemen said, was Katie Pace, 6200 West County Road. Fire in a discarded mattress was doused in a fire at 12:39 p.m.

Tuesday in an alley behind the 2700 block of Santa Monica. Fires in city trash containers were extinguished Tuesday in calls at 9:43 p.m. in the 3100 block of North Muskingum; 8:25 p.m. at 36th and McKnight; 3:43 p.m. -at 10th and Dixie, and 10:51 a.m.

in the 1000 block of North Dotsy. are sentenced His wife, Cecilia Valentino Sanchez, 21, was assessed five-year probated sentences for both the marijuana and cocaine possession charges by Connally. The couple were arrested Dec. 10. 1976, by Odessa police at their residence.

Narcotics officers said they confiscated about seven pounds of marijuana and a small quantity of concaine at the Sanchez residence. Odessa city officials returned today from a three-day state-wide Texas Municipal League conference in Fort Worth. Monahans Mayor Richard J. Hoyer, out-going president of TML, addressed the 3,000 people attending the Texas cities organization Monday, As was the general topic of most meetings, Hoyer discussed the relationship of cities with the federal government. He opened the conference by-" warning about the tilt toward saying President Carter "is giving mixed signals on whether the administration preferred centralism or de-centralization" of power: "I sense both danger and opportunity.

The changing situation gives Texas cities the opportunity to make their voices heard in Washington," Hoyer said. Hover's attack on federal policies was presented just prior to an address by Patricia Harris, secretary of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, who defended HUD programs in Texas. Odessa City Manager Kerry Sweatt reported that the trend throughout the conference was the "pessimist's view" that city governments would be replaced with federal regions versus the "optimist's view" that "no.

that won't happen." Odessa representatives attending the session included Mayor Dick McManigle and his wife; and Councilmen Frank. Childs and his wife; Fred George and his wife; and Bob Bryant. Other officials attending included Sweatt; Gavino Sotelo, administrative assistant: Ray Fuqua, finance Tom Wilson, planning official; Judy Miller, director of planning and inspection; Gene Endthoff, building official: City Attorney Joel Roberts and his Secretary Tena Walker and her husband; Bryan Henderson, public works director, and his wife; Fire Chief Hearing on challenge to area television The Federal Communications Commission has told a West Texas broadcasting company it mjist sell its ctafinn In a minority erouo or risk suspension of its broadcast licenses. A hearing had been scheduled for today in Abilene on the challenge by Midland Telecasting Co. to the licenses held by Grayson Enterprises Inc.

of Lubbock KMOM-TV in Monahans. KWAB-TV in Big Spring. KTXS-TV in Sweejwater and KLBK in Lubbock but the presiding judge deferred the hearing until April 24. 1979. to give Grayson time to find an acceptable minority buyer, according to FCC lawyer John Kane.

"This is a very new policy and the commission has not had much opportunity to deal with it." Kane said. He said Grayson will have until April 1979 to file assignment applications and contracts with the new buyers unless they wish to contest the action, in which case the hearing will precede. Kane said the sale price will have to be a 'distress sale price, somewhere between the value of the equipment without a license to broadcast and the fair market value of the station, including license and equipment." The sale of the stations must be approved by the FCC. Kane noted. Among the complaints made by the Midland group against Grayson were the falsification of program logs by Inserting local commercials in the place of network spot announcements and clipping-, allowing commercials to run into the-adjacent network programming.

Grayson officials were unavailable for comment morning. -Hr-etL V---".