Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 1

Abilene Reporter-News S'i lywi ygg9" "Without or with offense to friends or foes we sketch your world exactly as it 38 PAGES IN 4 SECTIONS ABILENE TEXAS WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 28 1979 20 CENTS 3rd TV station to start fall in By WILLIAM WHITAKER Stall Writer A new Abilene television station will begin broadcasting this September with a full CBS lineup and heavy emphasis on news and publie affairs Bill Terry president of Big Country TV Co said this morning construction will begin immediately on the studio for KTAB-TV Channel 32 to be located at 5333 14th He said a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission arrived Tuesday The construction permit arrived a year and a week after Big Country officially applied for a license The orignial application was filed March 20 1978 Estimated construction cost is $16 million Terry said adding that the 740-foot transmitting tower will be highest in the city It will be located 15 miles southeast of Abilene on a hill off Highway 38 For airplane safety the tower will be lit rj The Happening World A mouse nesting in a fuse box apparently started a killer fire in Lubbock Pg 9A Moslem kidnappers have released an American missionary in the Philippines Pg 7A day and night with high intensity flashing white strobe lights he said difficult to name a specific (on-air date) since we are buying all-new equipment and some of the delivery dates have not yet been Terry said of those in the company have agreed that we bring the best possible television station to the Big Country in equipment programming and station personnel" hr said Terry who has been with KRBC-TV for the last 20 years and is currently its general manager said he will leave KRBC at the end of the month and will be general manager at the new station Dallas Cowboy games 60 Minutes M-A-S- and Walter Cronkite are just some of the programs the CBS affiliate will broadcast he said Such programming will be especially relevant for those without cable TV he added Currently KTXS-TV which is undergoing ownership change negotiations handles both CBS and ABC programming with some of the programming from each network being left out license will not come until after the tower is up and various engineering tests are made Terry said See CBS SHOWS Back page this section Candidate asserts he offers a choice Eddie Jacques Cooper High School right-hander has pitched 19 consecutive scoreless innings Pg 1C Higher oil prices have moved the administration as well as parttime inventors into high gear Pg 3A poses the concept of a state-supported junior college being established here as his opponent Mary Lujan has advocated He uoted that Abilene presently has three church-supported colleges a branch of Cisco Junior College and the Tri-College Continuing Education Program He said he would be open to having a comprehensive study made of the idea to determine the impact a junior college would have on the three present colleges and to find nut why some college-age youths leave Abilene However he said he would not initiate such a study himself Schulze said he has been in contact with both policemen and firemen regarding the possibility of a pay raise another plank in Mrs Lujan's platform He said he is always for pay increases to keep up with the cost of living But he said any raise would have to be considered in light of the city budget Schulze said he thinks his chances to win the election are He said he has no opinion on the possibility of a run-off being needed His opponents are Mrs Lujan a Southwestern Bell secretary and AD Bowen an oilman backed by the CBG Each of the three has held a news conference recently drawing attention to the Place 2 race The election also includes a four-way contest for Place 1 Srhuize held his news conference at the ACU student center He was flanked at the head table by ACU president Dr John Stevens and athletic director Wally Bullington Earlier this week Stevens sat beside Bowen when he held a news conference at the same place By ANN STEVENS Staff Writer City Council candidate Paul Schulze told reporters today he hopes Abilenians will get out and vote April 7 this year they have a Sehulze a physics professor seeking Place 2 recalled last year's election in which only one person ran for each council seat open with bach candidate slated by Citizens for Better Government Not a CBG candidate himself Schulze said he agrees 100 percent with the organization's stated purpose of making sure there is least one qualified candidate per race But he read from a recent newspaper account quoting the CBG chairman-elect as saying that the group's past success in getting its candidates elected may discourage others from running thus fostering the apathy it was formed to prevent Schulze portrayed himself at the morning news conference as an independent candidate who represents no particular interest groups The Abilene Christian University teacher said he considers his analytical background and training his main appeal learned to analyze facts based on what's presented" he said noting that the council gets reams of data from which it must make decisions Schulze said he neither supports nor op- Prosecution witnesses gave vivid descriptions of an armed robbery in which an Abilene policeman was wounded Pg 10A Asbestos in Abilene schools? Pg IB Sad sign A LITTLE LEARY The sign says it all at Freeway Exxon 4840 10th Allotments to the station have been cut 30 to 40 percent this month station owner Leo Froh says and he ran out of gas before the next allotment period begins in April (Staff Photo by David Kent) Local stations cut hours iwhen gasoline reduced The Light Side Page 12A MEETIM6 exPENSCS THEY'RE evegVr omefce xuook! 4 I A Rain chance 'fair to middlin' tonight Weather What problems that presents to service stations can be seen at Freeway Exxon "We had built up a good business and now we cant service our customers" attendant Bob Young laid "All we're doing now is servicing can and fixing tires" And working shorter hours Before the crunch hit Freeway Exxon wai open from 7 am to I pm aeven days a week Now the station ii open from 7:30 am to 8 pm Monday through Saturday Beiidei the obvious problem of gassing up your ear at night the aituatlon could hurt consumen in other ways Froh said there'i just no incentive to Improve your service your old-fashioned service" of cleaning windshields checking oil and tires ete he lays "I'm just afraid it's going to go back to just pumping gai" ain't much you can do about it but go along with Freeway Exxon owner Leo Froh aayi ii a 30 to 40 percent cutback in gaao-line this month to the atation by Exxon which haa left tanka at the 4840 10th ita-tion dry The allotment sparked a cutback both in houri and day of service Froh laid even before the atation ran out of gai The problem ii not Froh'i alone several other Abilene service stations have noticeably cut back houri Business had increased during the first two months of this year when world oil production declined mainly because Iran quit producing crude during that nation's internal turmoil Ai a result of leu gasoline major oil companies say they have cut allotments to service stations back to what the station sold last year cent chance of measurable rain tonight and 70 percent on Thursday Revitte said No rain was being reported in the Abilene area hefore noun he said The extended forecast includes a chance of thunderstorms Friday and again Sunday according to Revitte Today's high should be near 80 and the overnight low near 60 Fifteen to 30-mile an hour winds raised wind warnings on irea lakes Weather conditions moving into West Texas from the west and the Gulf of Mexico are given a "fair to middlin'" chance of producing rain tonight and Thursday Forecaster Frank Revitte said southerly winds are bringing in moist air from the Gulf In addition a Pacific front in the Rocky Mountains and an upper level system in southern Arizona are moving this way The three should combine tor a 30 per Reactor shut down after mishap DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Weather Service (Weather Map Pg 2A) ABILENE AND VICINITY (10-mile radius) Mostly cloudy windy and warm through Thursday A chance of thunderstorms tonight mors likely on Thursday Wind southerly IMS mph becoming westerly Thursday High this afternoon and Thursday near 10 Low tonight near 60 Probability of precipitation 30 percent tonight and 70 per- 1 cent Thursday Wind warnings are in effect on arcs lakes TEMPERATURES Tuesday pm Wednesday am 54 1:00 65 58 2:00 65 60 3:00 63 62 4:00 63 64 5:00 62 63 6:00 63 62 7:00 63 50 8:00 64 58 8:00 65 58 10:00 67 66 11:00 66 86 12:00 60 High and low for 24 hours ending noon: 66 and 44 High and low same date last year: 84 and 55 Sunset last night: 6:55 sunrise today: 6:33 sunset tonight: 6:56 sunrise tomorrow: 6:31 Barometer reading at noon: 2999 inches Humidity at noon: 73 percent vironemntal Resources told a news conference in Harrisburg 'What small release there was will be confined to the local vicinity" he laid He said no radiation leaked into the river water Dorns'fe said the company did not contact the state Civil Defense until 7 am three hours after the accident "We will in- See RADIOACTIVE STEAM Back page this lection not off the map" said Les Jackson York County Civil Defense director who went to the scene He said that as soon as his department was notified of the accident "we put our evacuation plan into effect and had all our emergency people on standby" However plana to evacuate residents were called off at 8:25 am Jackson said "There was very little wind this morning so the radioactivity shouldn't have gone very Bill Dornsife a nuclear engineer with the Pennsylvania Department of En- See Photo Pg 10A southeast of the state capital declared a following the accident which occurred at 4 am They laid that meant the facility would remain sealed off until after an investigation Concern over possible effects of earthquakes on cooling mechanisms had caused the federal government to shut down five other US nuclear plant two weeki ago "Thii is a madhouse I'm glad we're By BOB DVORCHAK Associated Frau Writer HARRISBURG Pa (AP) A water pump used to cool the reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant broke down today and some radioactive steam escaped into the atmoaphere authoritlei laid They laid no one wai injured or aeriously exposed to radiation and the leak wai not considered dangerous Officials at the plant located on an island on the Susuquehanna River about 10 miles When is first Ranger baseball game? Inside Today make up vour own mind but with some facts beyond the advertising claims on which to base the decision Your doctor is another source and one who should be consulted before you get into anything rigorous (like a 500-calorie diet or drugs of any type) I promised my grandion an electronic football game if he Improved his grades He eame borne with all A'a and now I cant find the game anywhere Can you help me out of a fix? A We've callvd toy stores in Hnuston Lubbock Dallas snd Son Antonin with exactly the aame result we got in Abilene zilch! Everyone has an order in and coiiul possibly have some In two or three weeks but none now In a situation like this the only place loft lo turn is our readers If anyone knows of a piece where we ran find an electronic football quirk please call! We have a slraighl-A grandson on hold When is the first Texas Banger baseball game and how do I get ticket? A The Rangeri start the season away from home on April 5 in Detroit The first home game ii Tuesday April 10 Cleveland The Rangers will be in (own that whole week playing Cleveland April 10 11 and 12 followed by Detroit April 13 14 and 15 Write: Ranger Ticket Office Box 1111 Arlington Tx 76010 Ticket prices are 66 3550 35 for box and reserved seat General admission ii 32 for adults and 3150 for children under 13 Include 50 cents for handling on mail orders It seems then Is a rash of new weight loss clinks or programs advertised In tbs Reporter-New lately Does the Reporter-Newt do any Investigation into the validity of these weight loss programs before printing the advertisement? If not how does a pitknt go about finding out if a program is legitimate andor effective in weight loss? A These ads come to us through an advertising agency our Advertising Director Pat Hartsfield explained The only investigating we do is to check the compiny's credit rating and history of delivering the goods advertised We have in the not too distant past refused to carry any more advertising from a particular company because they had too many problems delivering the product The Better Business Bureau is daily involved in the buaineai of investigating advertising both locally and through the National Advertising Review Board lays Joe Felton Abilene BBB head If you call the BBB you will be given all the information available including any reports from Federal Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission on the product and the business aayi Felton If thev don't have the information they will make every effort to get it for you Felton lays You will still have to evaluate and Amusements SB Bridge Notes 3B Business Mirror 11A Classified 4-8C Comics 8B Dear Abby IB Editorials 4A Horoscope IB Hospital Patients 8A Legislature News 4C Light Side 12A Living 1-3B Mulligan's Stew 6A Obituaries 14-16A People 3B Sounds 6B Sports 1-3C To Your Good Health 2B TV Log 9B TV Scout 9B Action Line By Judy Bargainer Writ AcHm tin c4 Abitom aAitr Nwn FOIulC AMww Tmm 79404 PH: 676-3111 a.