Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 13

-1- -7- -7 7-- Tr-- -7 -7- -rT- 7 -7 --7- 7-- F- 4- 1 ir- 7 I i i -54guslA --4Vapselkit1r AIS- 9 11111y Stir VI ILIF4L5 cnrrimercklir41411kpaAreke" r- et-Tri re n't PIEloStifia44114111111anumentailmoW nnrtnwt'ia 1" --wommoaaallit-MFaiditigadlli- 1 1 1 0 2' ERe 0 i 4 r- 6 ad with Fos PG ci ()sit a om a ia It se kids US my By iCAREN POTTER 'In 25 Years the Fostei: Home h'is mean adoption if the home situation Since oilman Sherwood Foster family" said Program Director Home pioneered the program oneSti-Telegram Writer counseled and cared for more than is too tattered to turn around Other and his wife Myrtie created a trust Lynn Harms "As a result we see half of the children have returned STEPHENVILLE AdMinistra- 600 ouths from Central Texas The times the child stays on the chil- to st to the home from a solitary people who have grown up home to a settled environment after tors of the Sherwood and Myrtie Church of Christ-affiliated home be- dren's home campus or in a commu- building a quarter-century ago atti- confused adults wondering why an average period of seven months Foster Rome for Children say they gmsce rating! 25 rY hanniversa nity foster home but still has access tudes about children's homes have they weren't allowed to see their Hampton said this weekend with plans to rents his changed family" Th consider themselves successful ame home also serves the commu- when they can send a child back to widen en circle those it touch- "I am for That for the right kind of child "We've moved (from) the point of at philosophy led to the concep- nity with several outreach pro- home: es with expanded facilities Aes being be' placed in the right kind of trying to make the child conform to tion of a trend-setting program grams A psychologist employed by They point with pride to this The home offers a variety of pro- setting" Hampton said He and his the campus to trying now to resolve Hampton said Th Children program is the Foster Home sees local resi- statistic: Of 60 youngsters reunited grams to have been wife have been foster parents to 19 permanency" Hampton said "We called family clarification dents and the home provides assist- with their once-troubled and now victims children timt of abuse neglect or conflict children in his 10 years with the feel very strongly that a child's best and their families enter th! pro- i ance to families in need of food utili- lit their homes The goal of each home chance for stability to knowing thhild counseled families after participat- ance or emoiona is gram not i children ty assistance and other short-term ing in Propria a pioneering program only programs the same: to find the ap- While some childien are placed in return him to the family situation" will return home In a series of fami- subsidies Parenting classes also are five have returned situation for community homes most live Many of the center's 24 staf mem- ly counseling sessions spanning less ei permanent ommunity foster offered 1 eel pretty good about that" each child cottages wi th house parents ts The hers have come to that conclusion than a year a determination is made I says Executive Director Charles That can meana return home fora i children come to the home either as through their experiences about the best option for the chil- "We're one of the few multipur7 Hampton abused child whose parents referrals from Child Protective Ser- "Many of us have come through dren pose agencies town" Hampton ee- i 1 once-abused been rehabilitated Or it can vices or from families themselves agencies not concerned with the In the decade since the Foster said tmployee i 4 ks4 Texaco cuts ex e- i- 1:: 1 40- loDS is praise Lx r- ''''A 41- r1 47) I J- e4 or action on at refinery By i0 SCHWEIKHARD s': kj( '1 Stai-Telegram Correspondent 1 Reduction made to keep WE' ATHERFORD 'A tr- ain de- it railment in which one man was hurt 4 :1 4k A en) plant open official says 0 i could have been worse if not for the i quick action of Nicebio Uribe au- PORT ARTHUR (AP) Texaco USA's deci- 1 4 sion to lay off 1400 of the 3000 employees at its thorities said I Port Arthur refinery has left many workers ex- Uribe was foreman of a crew that ti ''oc spair :1 1NiZ: changing lifelong loyalty for cynicism and de- was refurbishing train tracks when the derailment occurred about 2:45 V-- Texaco officials announced plans for the pm Thursday Attl'i layoffs Thursday The cutback is to begin in two Missouri Pacific Superintendent months and is necessary to keep the plant open 'k i 4 1 xa LI Carmichael said repair equip- ''1 C' 1 Teco area manager Lee Townsend said He said 1 r-4s merit on the railroad's main track 1 about 75 percent of those laid off will be union members rammed into the eastbound freight Ni 1 f' 4 "Morale is definitely down" machinist Doug- train $'u 3 1 11 l'i7: 1 I Inc Wnntic cnid "There'c na drive nri initintivp "kno Aos a ByrAREN POTTER Ststr-Telegram Writer STEPHENVILLE Administrators of the Sherwood and Myrtie Foster Rome for Children say they consider themselves successful when they can send a child back home They point with pride to this statistic: Of 60 youngsters reunited with their once-troubled and now- counseled families after participating in a pioneering program only five have returned feel pretty good about that" says Executive Director Charles Hampton L'0-i016t1-: for action nave come tnrOUgn en nce-alniseu CLIIIU re iits relerrais irom lia it Vices fun rrotective er- agencies not Grin the decade stnc Hampton rehabilitated Or i or from a have beenr Alany or us A families themselves concerned with the ElliploYe 0 ''i' :40 ''LikeS ele' 10Zt 'f i 7: ''''7' td ill raise :9 I- T' i '01: 44''14 7: Is action A ilk 0i By i0 SCHWEIK -t Stai-Te ondent legram Corresp 14 A train de- ATHERFORD WE -4: railmerit in which one was hurt ke lit fannot for th could have been worse' 5::::::: Uribe aS foreman of a crew that kk Nicebio Uribe a quick action e' (77N thorities said the dera 1Vf) N''" tl'A 10: furbishing train tra cks when was re I 4) 245 occurred about derailment occ (' Thursday 4: 1 01 Pm 'tic Superintendent Missouri Paci LL Carmichael air equip- ichael said rep 1-! 0 :7 ment on the railroad's main trac 1 eastbound freight rammed into the -t' 'Ai train By JO SCHWEIKHARD It Star Telegram Correspondent 'q WEATHERFORD A train derailment in which one man was hurt could have been worse if not for the quick action of Nicebio Uribe authorities said Uribe was foreman of a crew that was refurbishing train tracks when the derailment occurred about 2:45 pm Thursday Missouri Pacific Superintendent LL Carmichael said repair equip- merit on the railroad's main track rammed into the eastbound freight train By 1( Star-' WE railm could quick thorit Uri was ri the di pm Mis LL merit ram In 25 years the Foster Home has counseled and cared for more than 600 youths from Central Texas The Church of Christ-affiliated home begins celebrating its 25th anniversary this weekend with ambitious plans to widen the circle of those it touches with expanded facilities The home offers a variety of programs to children who have been victims of abuse neglect or conflict in their homes The goal of each program is the same: to find the appropriate permanent situation for each child That can mean a return home fora once-abused child whose parents have been rehabilitated Or it can mean adoption if the home situation is too tattered to turn around Other times the child stays on the children's home campus or in a community foster home but still has access to his parents "I am for the right kind of child being placed in the right kind of setting" Hampton said He and his wife have been foster parents to 19 children in his 10 years with the home i While some children are placed in community foster homes most live in cottages with house parents The children come to the home either as referrals from Child Protective Services or from families themselves Since oilman Sherwood Foster and his wife Myrtie created a trust to stirt the home from a solitary building a quarter-century ago attitudes about children's homes have changed "We've moved (from) the point of trying to make the child conform to the campus to trying now to resolve permanency" Hampton said "We feel very strongly that a child's best chance for emotional stability is to return him to the family situation" Many of the center's 24 staf members have come to that conclusion through their experiences "Many of us have come through agencies not concerned with the 4 9ntysvrttliur's nVIA A 7railk441e Ith aesM0 family" said Program Director Lynn Harms "As a result we see people who have grown up to be confused adults wondering why they weren't allowed to see their family" That philosophy led to the conception of a trend-setting program Hampton said The program is called family clarification Children and their families enter the program not knowing if the children will return home In a series of family counseling sessions spanning less than a year a determination is made about the best option for the children In the decade since the Foster er- a-71 re! eLl Home pioneered the program one-half of the children have returned home to a settled environment after an average period of seven months Hampton said The home also serves the community with several outreach programs A psychologist employed by the Foster Home sees local residents and the home provides assistance to families in need of food utility assistance and other short-term subsidies Parenting classes also are offered "We're one of the few multipur: pose agencies in town" Hampton said Texaco cuts 1400 jobs at refinery Reduction made to keep plant open official says PORT ARTHUR (AP) Texaco USA's decision to lay off 1400 of the 3000 employees at its Port Arthur refinery has left many workers exchanging lifelong loyalty for cynicism and despair Texaco officials announced plans for the layoffs Thursday The cutback is to begin in two months and is necessary to keep the plant open Texaco area manager Lee Townsend said He said about 75 percent of those laid off will be union members "Morale is definitely down" machinist Douglas Woods said "There's no drive no initiative ichael said the freight train f4 was traveling through thencoa true- -a tion area at 3 to 5 mph whe nsballast 4117 01jti't2)rii -i- taining rock ramm ed into a 57:7 s) ite-1 pushed car Cnn trine used to repair the tamper machine 11ir 1 41 tracks! --------ki '32 sad the tamPing He i machine was di the freight train in caus- Carmichael said the freight train was traveling through the construction area at 3 to 5 mph when a ballast car containing rock rammed into a tampet machine used to repair the tracksit He said the tamping machine was pushed into the freight train caus- Car was tt tion a car c( tamp track! He push( ing the derailment Officials have not det4rmined why the ballast car rammed the tamper The operator of the tamper ma- chine Terry Henslee of Weather- Sideline jug tl not di ramn Th chin( ford He su sions ford He We knew it was going to be big but not this big "It's almost a sure thing that guys with 20 years or less" seniority will be laid off said Woods the father of two "I've got about 15 years in but that's not safe" To many the layoffs are better than the alternative "The possible closing of Port Arthur plant was one of a number of options considered as a means to improve the efficiency of the Texaco USA refining system" Townsend said The plant hit hard by the recession in the oil industry employed about 5000 people in January 1982 The timetable calls for starting employee reductions and unit shutdowns in November and completing the process in January the Beaumont Enterprise-Journal reported But Texaco spokesman Paul Weeditz said the company has not decided on an exact layoff schedule Guy Smith and a few of his buddies held their first layoff party outside one gate of the refinery at lunchtime Thursday drinking beer and pondering their pasts and futures "When baseball team messes up they fire the managers not the players" said Smith a 12-year employee at the refinery "We've all been here about 10 to 15 years Most of us grew up together" Gary Beevers vice chairman of the Texaco's Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers group said union members were shocked by the extent of the layoffs "We figured from what the company told us we had maybe 400 or 500 workers too many" he said Beevers said the union would meet with Texaco officials to try and save some of the jobs A spokesman for Gov Mark White's office said the Texas Employment Commission will set up a special office to help process Texaco unemployment claims faster formations Fall means football cheerleaders and high school bands Brenda Gutierrez above captain of the North Side Sterling Spurs cheers her team on during the game against Southwest I And Fort Worth's North Side High School band members started the football season Thursday night with a little shady action in the stands All the band members wore sunglasses during the game against Southw6st at Farrington Field in Fort Worth Southwest beat North Side 7-3 the United States But the wind had other things planned Halfway across Horseshoe Falls the wind died and left Heartsill stalled over the Canadian falls For 20 minutes he said his balloon hung virtually motionless suspended above the crashing thun- der of falling water While suspended Heartsill lowered his balloon into the mist from the falls in an experiment to test whether the cool mist would significantly cool the hot air in the balloon thus causing a rapid descent The mist however had no effect permit to build the new station and license to eventually operate it will be accepted starting Oct 5 And that Eaton said is when the company's application will be made "We feel like the county deserves a station" he said "What we want to do is devise programming specifically for Wise County in time slots that people will watch" Although neither Decatur nor Wise County is a major market Eaton said he expects to face stiff competition from major media corporations for the Channel 29 license because the station is so close to Fort Worth and Dallas Referring to the fact that the signal from the station will be powerful enough to reach the metropolitan prt 4 C' 1 i tz-- '-Ai-----s f) iip p4 0 Ita 4 2 Th- :::::::::::::::::::7 7 te 8a0010Pc7mt i) was trapped in the machine suffered facial lacerations abrasions on his shoulders arms and 1 chest and possibly a head injury Hens lee was reported in stable condition today after undergoing sur gery at Harris Hospital in Fort Worth Train master Al Peterson said Uribe's swift action helped prevent more injuries and damages The freight train blocked two ma jor north-south thoroughfares but railroad crews quickly opened' North Elm Street the route used by school buses 1 North Main Street remained closed for almost 45 minutes and both roads were closed about 5 pm-- when crews reconnected the freight train and began moving it from the accident scene Although damaged the freight train contin- ued its route into Fort Worth Star-TelegramNURI VALLBONA A viator finds it's easy to fall for bcn fly PAM CARR Canadianside)andspttino down in Then the wind chaneed direc- "The weather conditions I By PAUL CARR Canadian side) and setting down in Then the wind changed "The weather conditions were just perfect" he said of the wind shift that allowed him to fly over both sides of the falls and then down into the gorge "We did it all It hadn't been done that way before "If I had a steering wheel in the balloon I couldn't have driven a better course" Heartsill landed on the idea of flying a hot air balloon back in 1979 when he saw a beer company's name on the side of balloon "I thought that would be a good way to do some advertising for my business and have some fun too" he said He and his brother Tom own Heartsill and Co Realtors with of College pays off $2 million Wesleyan makes dent in bcmk loan By ANITA BAKER Star-Telegram Writer Texas Wesleyan College has started the new school year by paying off more than $2 million of its $65 million loan from a consortium of Fort Worth banks interim President Jer ry Bawcom says College officials say they believe that a $11 million payment Wednesday coupled with a $105 million payment several weeks ago has put a significant dent in the loan which was completed more than a month ago to consolidate numerous smaller bank debts made over several years to cover budget deficits and purchase of land The money was obtained by liquidation of various stocks and bonds given to the college over the years with no specific designation for their use Bawcom said "The board (of trustees) has the authority to utilize them as they best see fit and taking care of some of the debt will help us because it reduces the interest expense" he said Bawcom wouldn't say what the rate of interest was on the loan The actual loan for repayment of debts was $52 million and an additional $13 million was set aside as a Please see Texas on Page 14 'herho az to land Decatur fices in Meridian and San Angelo Heartsill headed off to a balloon rally in October 1979 at Albuquerque NM where more than 400 hot air balloons filled the skies during a 10-day period he said From then on he was hooked and with his desire to soar in the wind Heartsill bought a slightly used balloon But he had forgotten one important point Heartsill taught a man in San Angelo how to fly and later sold him his balloon Heartsill now owns a new balloon with his company's advertisment on the side Please see Aviator's on Page 11 would include a morning news show videotaped high school football games and televised church services on Sundays But he said most programming especially at first will consist of writing that shows on the television screen a sort of electronic version of the Update Eaton said the company is suited for the operation He the news already is being covered and the company currently owns the character-generating equipment needed to produce writing on home television screens Eaton has about 20 years of broadcast experience primarily with WBAP-TV and WBAP Radio in Fort Worth directions It began blowing him in a direction at a right angle to his original course pushing him over the American side of Niagara Falls and sending him downstream over the river and steep gorge between the Falls' Rainbow and Whirlpool Ridges Like an airplane pilot testing his skills Heartsill did a "touch and go landing" in the middle of the river touching the bottom of his basket to the water before taking off again For Heartsill the 112-hour flight was one of the high points in his 44k-year ballooning career area he said "Think of all the conglomerates that don't have access to that market" Eaton however has no intention of competing with Fort Worth and Dallas television statiods Since buying the Messenger in 1973 local news has been the major thrust of his operation an emphasis that has served it well Paid circulation now stands at 5900 close to three times as much as It was a decade ago Eaton attributes the success of the paper to its dedication to providing prompt and comprehensive coverage of county news Among his first acts after assuming control of the operation in 1975 was to begin publishing the Update WACO (AP) Few people fly hot air balloons fewer still have flown one over Niagara Falls ButJoe Heartsill of Meridian has done both While other balloonists have crossed part of the falls in a loon beforef ew have crossed both the Canadi and American sides of the fall 4 on the same flight That's becadse the falls are not in a Straight line on July 13 Heartsilt born and reared in 1 Walnut Springs in Bosque County took off from the Canadian side of the falls with the intention of heading in a straight line Over Horseshoe Falls (on the By PRESTON LERNER Star-Telegram Writer DECATUR Wise County Messenger Publisher Roy Eaton said he has completed his application for a license to operate a UHF television station in Decatur and is ready to file it with the Federal Communications Commission Wise County Messenger Inc parent company of the twice-weekly newspaper petitioned for a station last year Earlier this summer ruling that "public interest would be served" the FCC granted Channel 29 to Decatur Leslie Shapiro a paralegal in the FCC's Mass Media Bureau said th oseLy ets114 Wise County Messenger Inc parent company of the twice-weekly newspaper petitioned for a station last year Earlier this summer ruling that "public interest would be served" the FCC granted Channel 29 to Decatur Leslie Shapiro a paralegal in the FCC's Mass Media Bureau said applications for the construction 1 a free daily one-page compendium of Wise County news designed to keep Decatur and Boyd readers in touch with current events until the full-size newspaper arrived And earlier this year the Messenger began publishing a Sunday edition to augment its regular Wednesday paper Eaton said he has no immediate plans to add any more editions A television station however is another matter "I think it's just a logical extension of our news coverage" he said "It will add the immediacy that people outside Decatur may not always enjoy in the Update" Although plans are vague Eaton said he envisions programming that I 'Ik6001bihdWainaNNIM004t''00101601111adMhOlhakVIL a 0( 400 mini 'IL-14.