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....55 17 Yorown. ........48 El 32 35 14 Bloomington 12 Calhoun ....27 Yoakum 0 Bay City .42 Edna 55 Schulenburg 54 Tidehaven 47 Karnes Brazosport 7 Stafford 17 Somerville. 21 Van Vleck. ........0 Kenedy .......0 SPORTS, Pages 1-6B SSS VICTORIA 145TH YEAR-NO. 180 VICTORIA, TEXAS, 77901, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1990 52 PAGES 35 CENTS WW -m Bo 1 ax Miioiiauire liiiaiiis sioBBe Bill Cryer, Richards' press secretary, said Williams' admission shows why the Republican candidate has refused for months to make public his income tax returns.

"Absolutely, it's no wonder he didn't want to release his income tax (returns)," Cryer said, adding that the Richards campaign thinks Williams now needs to make all his recent returns public as the Democrat did months ago. "It is an absolute necessity now that we know whether or not this man who is one of the richest men in the United States paid any income taxes like the rest of us," Cryer said. "In 1986, I can understand he was going through some hard times. But everybody in Texas was. And we paid our taxes then.

He said that Richards' 1986 return showed she paid $47,343 in income taxes on earnings of $154,000. That included her $68,000 state salary, capital gains, $14,000 in interest income and a divorce settlement. Richards, speaking later at a Democratic rally at a Houston union hall, said, "I paid my taxes in 1986, how about you? "I think the point has clearly been proved that our opponent in this campaign does not represent, nor can he understand what it is like to be among, the working people of this state. He cannot understand what life is like for you and she said. Williams' admission came during an old-fashioned, whistle-stop train trip from San Antonio to Houston, during which he pledged to boost the state's economy, veto any income tax and fight a war on drugs.

Richards, campaigning with Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt in East Texas, accused Republicans of trying to intimidate black voters and denounced the GOP as cynical. Two new opinion polls, meanwhile, showed the race continuing to tighten as election day nears. A Mason-Dixon poll conducted for various By STEPHEN L. ARTERS Associated Press Writer COLLEGE STATION (AP) Millionaire Republican gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams said Friday he didn't pay any income taxes in 1986 because of the poor economy. Williams, who has refused repeated calls by his rival, Democrat Ann Richards, to release his income tax returns, made the remark in response to a reporter's question in College Station.

"Yes, I've paid lots of income tax, lots, lots," he said. "I'll tell you when I didn't pay any income tax was 1986, when our whole economy collapsed." media outlets showed Williams at 45 percent support and Richards at 43 percent; a Texas Poll showed the race 42-35 for Williams. Williams made seven stops in his railroad tour from San Antonio to Houston. "Thanks for comin' out today," he shouted to a cheering crowd in Luling. "Luling, Texas, a little bit of the oil patch.

I come from the oil patch. When oil was $40 a barrel and Texas was booming I was six-feet-four," Williams said, gesturing well above his head. "But now, I'm all that's left." Williams began each stop introducing several members of his family who traveled (See POLITICS, Page 12A) wii 1 i 'mm mm i 1 Vv 1 4 ,,.,11, h'l lit, Hl 1, ll'li! II .1 111... 'M Iraq Nabs, Later Frees Frenchmen On Patrol By DAVID BEARD Associated Press Writer France said Friday that Iraqi troops captured three French soldiers on a reconnaissance patrol along the Saudi-Iraqi border this week, but freed them later. Paris in-.

(Seated the patrol may have blundered across the Iraqi border. The three were turned over to the French Embassy in Baghdad, but Saddam Hussein's government still is holding thousands of Westerners trapped by its invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2. On Friday, Iraq called Western governments "inhumane" for urging (Training missions over the desert, Page ID) hostage families to ignore its invitation for holiday reunions. It allowed some American, Japanese and British hostages to meet journalists on Friday to try to dispel Western reports of mistreatment.

Diplomats in Baghdad said four American hostages will probably be freed this weekend. President Bush announced plans to spend Thanksgiving with the GIs in Saudi Arabia, where more than 200,000 multinational troops including about 13,000 French forces are ranged against about 430,000 Iraqi troops in Kuwait and near the Saudi border. A French Defense Ministry communique said the patrol incident occurred Monday near the Saudi-Iraqi border northwest of Hafar el Batin, a city in northeastern Saudi Arabia about 50 miles from the border. Later, a ministry spokesman said disciplinary action was being taken against the men for their "act of carelessness." indicating the patrol was captured on Iraqi territory. On the diplomatic front, Secretary of State James A.

Baker III added meetings in Moscow next week on the Persian Gulf crisis with Soviet President Mikhail. S. Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze. He will meet Tuesday in Cairo, Egupt, with Chinese Foreign Minister Qichen Qian.

Baker leaves Saturday for a trip that includes other meetings with (See GULF, Page 12A) Advocate Photo by Frank Tilley Advocate Staff Photo Etched among this collage of grassy weeds near Victoria Water Plant No. 4 on Dairy Road are the delicate yellow blooms of goldenrod, a beautiful plant but one that can wreak havoc on hay fever sufferers. Victoria is in the midst of its 1990 autumn hay fever season. 1990 Something To Sneeze About Nave Chalk Walk The sidewalk in front of the Nave Museum became ria Independent School District were selected for; the canvas for about 20 fourth grade students who the project based on artistic ability. The event was; participated in "Chalk Walk 1991" on Friday.

Two sponsored by the Victoria Regional Museum Asso- students from each fourth grade class in the Victo- ciation. Petition Backers Ask Support For Curbside Recyclin Plan By LINDA HARSDORFF Advocate Staff Writer "I've never had it before. I wake up in the middle of the night hacking and sneezing," complained one Victoria businessman recently about his first bout with hay fever. It truly has been an exceptional year for hay fever suffers, said allergy and immunology specialist Dr. Robert Harvey.

Harvey said the Victoria Allergy Clinic where he practices has been filled with patients for several weeks, many of them newcomers to hay fever. Although Harvey doesn't know why this is so, he said this has been a busy hay fever year starting with last spring. Bad as it have been, Harvey said he couldn't call 1990 a record year for allergens. "Newspeople in San Antonio may call it a record year, but they really don't know," he said. "We don't know here because we've only been keeping track of it for the last two years.

Harvey did say 1990 thus far has had the heaviest recorded days of mold and pollen since he started allergen counts. "We've had serious problems with mold since July," he said. "The problem is many people who got hay fever earlier also got sinus infections this summer have had little time to recover before the fall pollen season started." Harvey originally thought the fall pollen season would see heavy counts, but luckily that has not been the case. "So far, it has been moderate amounts of ragweed and traces of mountain cedar," he said. For those first-time hay fever suffers who don't understand why they are sneezing and sniffling, (See SNEEZE, Page 12A) where residents would put all of their recyclable trash into a separate bin for pickup and sorting by a private company under contract to the city.

The company would keep half of the profit it makes from selling the material, with the balance going to the city. The city's share would be rebated to residents to help make up for the estimated monthly fee they will be charged to pay for the program. It is also estimated the rebate will be less than the monthly fee charged residents, resulting in a net loss to the customers. However, committee members have said failure to recycle will result in the landfill filling up sooner. A petition urging the Victoria City Council to adopt a curbside recycling' program, even if it raises the monthly garbage fee as much as $2, is being circulated.

Bill Farnsworth, chairman of the Recycle Victoria Committee, said the petition asks the council either to adopt the plan proposed last month by his committee or a similar one. He declined to say who is leading the drive, but he emphasized that neither he nor the committee initiated the effort. The Recycle Victoria Committee was appointed earlier this year to make a recommendation on recycling to the City Council. After several months of study, the committee recommended a program That will force Ihe city to find another site, which is likely to be an expensive process because of the tougher federal regulations expected to be in place at the time. Mayor Ted Reed, who was unaware of the petition drive, said the council hasn't reacted yet to the committee's proposal.

He also pointed out that he has had no feedback from the public. Farnsworth said the petition states: "I support curbside recycling and would be willing to pay a fee of less than $2 a month for this service." He said the petition drive is about one week old and mere will be a mail campaign aimed at some of the people who responded to a committee (See RECYCLING, Page 12A) -Todays KVCT-TV To End Broadcasts Owner To Seek License Move to NewBraunfels Market Computer Problems Hamper RPCs Work Index Abby 7D Goren Astrology 7D .....70 Church Markets 7-10B Classittl 4-11C Movies to Crossword 7D Sports I-B Deaths TV 1-fD 7D Weather 10D Dr. Lamb Years Ago 7D Editorials 4A Weather Outlook Mostly cloudy Saturday with a 20 percent chance of showers, high in the mid-80s. Southeast winds 15-25 mph. Mostly cloudy Saturday night with a 30 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms, low in the mid-60s.

Today's Chuckle 1 You can always tell a rich drummer by his status cymbals. has been broadcasting only from 3 to 10 p.m. daily. Proctor said, "The buyer was going with an alternative programming When your first plan of action doesn't work, you look for alternative opportunities." Proctor said Medley will maintain the transmitting license and will be filing an application Monday with the Federal Communications Commission to transfer the station permit to New Braunfels. He said it is the intent of the owner to serve New Braunfels and also to transmit the signal into the San Antonio market.

Proctor said the call letters of the station will continue to be KVCT, but the name may change if Medley receives approval to move the license to New Braunfels. There is no televl-(See KVCT, Page 12A) appreciable amount of money. The market won't support two." Proctor said hard times in the oil patch took its toll on the economy and the television advertising base as the two stations battled to survive. KVCT was sold this summer by longtime owner Victoria Communication Corp. to Medley for $1.5 million, which included all assets.

KAVU-TV Channel 25 was sold this past sum-' mer to Withers Broadcasting of Texas for $1,076,241, which did not Include the building and equipment on North Navarro Street. In an effort to rebuild KVCT, the station dropped its affiliation with the ABC network and its local news broadcasts. The station became affiliated with FamilyNet, which fea- tures movies, sports, religious and. children's programming. The station By KEN PRITCIIARD Advocate Business Editor After 21 years of serving Victoria, KVCT-TV Channel 19 officially wiU go off the air at 11 p.m.

Tuesday. Jerry Proctor, acting general manager of the station, said that the owner of the broadcasting license, Jerianne Medley of Friendswood, is abandoning the Victoria media market. "Victoria just isn't big enough for two television stations," said Proctor, referring to KVCT and KAVU-TV Channel 25. KAVU began transmitting in 1982. "From an economic standpoint, it has been very difficult for either television station to make money since (channel) 25 went on the air.

"Things went downhill real fast for both stations and nobody made any meeting because of the computer problems. Pat Kennedy, executive director of the the problem hasn't been with the compui ter and software, but with his staff. "It's the garbage-in, garbage-out problem," he admitted. "We had too high of expectations. We should have also continued to do our accounting manually." Kennedy said the commission had, done its accounting manually for the? first five months of the budget year (October through February) befor the computer was installed.

"The idea was then to load into the: system the information from October, through February and use the cpmj (See RPC, Page 12A) By DAVID TEWES Advocate Staff Writer A $43,500 computer system designed to speed up the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission's accounting process has been rendered ineffective in at least one area. Because data was not entered into the computer properly at the start, it has been seven months since the commission's board of directors has even had a financial status update. That is something that had been given to the board on a monthly basis prior to installation of the new system in April. There is also a question whether the commission audit will be completed in time for the board's Dec. 12 7.