Corpus Christi Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 4

cfr 2 CORPUS CHRISTI TIMES Thurs Jan 1977 a line Need help? Phone 888-9234 or write PO Box 9136 Corpus Christi 78408 comes he says As long as you remain a substitute apparently no way you can bank on credit union membership have except for our local Action Line also checked yesterday with the general manager of the local cable system who told us have not reached any conclusions yet about KORO and our cable Gary Sbragia general manager of Athena Cablevision of Corpus Christi says any change in the present TV channels on the cable would have to come from the local parent company Athena Communications Denver Colo Sbragia says he has received no word on KORO yet from the Denver headquarters No matter what the cable system may decide about KORO viewers in Corpus Christi and its coverage area will be able to get the signal directly off the air but only if their TV sets tune UHF channels 14-83 Some form of indoor or outdoor UHF antenna will be needed told This would be similar to the antennas required to receive KEDT-TV Channel 16 the educational channel When will the lew Spanish televlaion ata-Uon KORO-TV fa oa the air? Where will Ita atudioa aid traiamltter be located? What program will It carry? Will It he collected to the local cable televlaion ayatem? Mary Garcia and othere almllar The new channel la due on the air in the middle of next month but whether or not It will be on the cable la atill up in the air Channel 28 la scheduled to go on the air at 3 pm Thursday Feb 17 from atudioa on the ground floor of the Six Hundred Building KORO will be the dty'a first Spanish-lan-guage TV station It will be affiliated with the Spanish International Network and will be linked to headquarters in New York through a commercial communications company CabUeom KORO'a transmitter and antenna tower will be atop the Six Hundred Building foresee the Athena Cablevision system here being able to pick up our Channel 28 signal and carrying it in lieu of KWEX-TV San Antonio" Ms Eva Esparxa Wardlow general manager of KORO tells Action Line "Channel 41 (now on the Channel 11 position on the cable) has the exact same programming I understand that Greenland Is all Ice and snow How could It have gotten an Improbable name like that when It's all white? Norn Bennett About the only one who can be blamed for that misnomer is Eric the Red the Scandinavian explorer who named it according to legend Historians say that he called it Greenland in an attempt to induce settlers to make the journey there Most might otherwise have been turned off by the prospect of a frozen wasteland Who says the fint land swindles were in Florida? Inquiring Involving produot or aarvtca oompUintt mull bs in writing approprtata documents can bn Inducted It in Import tnnt Hint you Include a telephone number where you can be reached Tima and apace Hmlt the number otlettere that can bo anawerad Action Una appeara dally In The Tlmoa and In the vbMksnd CMtn the teachers' credit union? I kiow that many people who are members of that credit union qualify because they have relatives who are members So Is It fair to keep ns from Joining? Trlcia Brown fair that credit union believes So the bylaws of the Corpus Christi Area Teachers Credit Union permit only regular school employes and their immediate family members to join reason the substitute teachers have not been included is because most are retired teachers and many already are A Doughty president of that credit union tells us work schedules could be one or 20 days in a month and many are only working temporarily until something better I am a substitute teacher In the Corpus Christi Independent School District I would like to know why substitutes cannot belong to State putting heat on drug-smuggling ask force works to help Medicaid has stepped up its battle against drug traffic and has met with some success in recent months 1975 our agents seized drugs valued at $1 he said in the first 11 months of 1976 the drugs confiscated were valued at $20 The total did not include two tons of marijuana worth about $28 million confiscated in late December in Donna just west of McAllen purpose of the project is to accelerate a major drive against organized crime and narcotics along the Mexican the DPS spokesman said He said details of how the strike force will operate have not been worked out yet but it will work closely with the Drug Enforcement Administration Customs and Mexican officials across the border The force will be under the command of Lt Col Leo Gossett assistant DPS director Starr County also will come under the eye of the special task force Starr has been described by Texas officials as a hot bed of drug smugglers Officials have said that about one third of the population is engaged in drug traffic ri a a I 'I Hi I a 4 AUSTIN (AP) will get hot for some of those people out says a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman in announcing that a special "strike force" has been sent to combat drug smuggling in the Valley The spokesman said yesterday that the special force of agents will devote their attention to drugsmuggling between Laredo and McAllen The strike force of 33 commissioned officers from the criminal and traffic division of the DPS will be added to personnel already working In the Valley along with federal and other state agencies The campaign will be financed by a special $1075000 federal grant administered by the Criminal and Justice Division that is expected to give its formal approvel next month grant request meets all specifications and said a spokesman for the division until it is approved the DPS will spend its own money and then it will be The DPS recently opened a new narcotics division office in McAllen A DPS spokesman said the agency AUSTIN (AP) The State Board oi Public Welfare hopes a task force of forty-seven distinguished Texans including Janey Briscoe can come up with better ways to deliver Medicaid services The task force held its first meeting yesterday in the Senate Chamber "I do not think a more important study could be made at this Gov Dolph Briscoe told them is no more critical problem facing this state this country for that said Lt Gov Bill Hobby Briscoe and Hobby received standing ovations before and after their brief remarks Then they left The governor's wife left less than half an hour later Welfare Commissioner Raymond Vowell came up with the idea for the task force in the face of rising expenses and declining federal and state money Jamie Clements chairman of the state board said federal matching funds for Texas are going to be reduced you know why? because we're doing such a good he said He explained later that Commerce Department figures show the Texas economy is doing better than that of most other states Also Clements said officials are indicating Intentions to restrain state spending and this seems to be the prevailing wish of the people of Asked later which state officials he referred to Clements said Briscoe Hobby and Speaker Billy Clayton Clements said the board spent $364 million on health care in 1873 For the current fiscal year the budget is $734 million and in 1979 it is expected to be $963 million Marvin Watson former postmaster general and special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson said he accepted the role of chairman of the task force great pleasure and an overwhelming sense of no longer feel the same responsibility toward older members of the family that generations past did Watson said no longer grow up at their grandparent's knee where dwells within the older generation much wisdom and much he said And those grandparents live longer now he said Each day 8000 citizens reach the age of 65 Thirty-five per cent of the people on Medicaid in Texas are over 65 and 30 per cent of those are over 80 he said There are 9000 persons in Texas over 100 he said There are 680000 Texans eligible for Medicaid today Dependent children on Medicaid get only $1 a day from welfare Watson said "Supporting a child at this figure leaves a small margin for 'welfare profit' he said The task force is scheduled to do most of its work in committees Members will visit several Texas cities over the next two months A final report is expected before the end of March 4 Mrs Dolph Briscoe Laredo rabies cases total 27 LAREDO (AP) The number of confirmed cases of rabid dogs in this border city since November has climbed to 27 according to health authorities here The figure reached 27 yesterday after tests confirmed that three dogs shot by police on the streets of Laredo this week were raoid Police officers were given permission to shoot dogs recently as part of a city campaign to stem the first outbreak of rabies in Laredo in 29 years Twenty-two persons who were either bitten by rabid dogs or exposed to the disease in other ways are currently undergoing preventive treatment officials said Health officials said the dogs were among five shot by police officers at the request of their owners or at the discretion So far 7300 dogs have been vaccinated' Health officials said that because of the long incubation period it would be a long time before the disease is brought under control Victor Oliveros health educator with the La-redo-Wcbb County Health Department said is too early to tell just how bad this thing will be It is serious and the next few months will PA lw 911ft Cerpwi Ckrttfl Tmh BM pM at Hobby: There is no more critical problem facing this state this country tor that mm Chrtitt Tkm By wm CMtanTtoMi CarpiM Ckrbfl Tkm IttfHf DMy rwcQMKMy Qredy hry (toy DmM AMMrlMNf Mroctor Orcutotia Director PIrmcW CNradar PtbMscHmi Director Did something BIG happen to someone you like? 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