Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 8

i 8-A THE ABILEXE REPORTER-NEWS AbiUiieTwuwWrf MoniMay 21979 Raise to Cost County About $33000 fect with the pay period starting May 11 Tuesday The pay raise will go into ef io the approval of commissioners court at its meeting next incentive to stay and misdemeanor prosecutors would have incentive to stay and work up to felony prosecutor Lindsey said Ms Elliott said the 10 er-cent would be applied across the board to her five assistant attorneys Solis her top-paid assistant was raised from $13500 to $17050 on an annual basis Secretaries in the DA's office each will receive 6 percent pay raises as will the bulk of county personnel Each department head is authorised to distribute the payraises the way he chooses among his employees subject By JERRY REED SUB Writer A 6 percent pay raise voted for most county employees Tuesday morning will cost the county about 133000 for the next fiscal year County Auditor Calvin Sanford said Tuesday afternoon Taylor County Commissioners specified several excep- amounted to ll2S2889 yielding $28417 in additional salary costs the remaining 4Vk months of the fiscal year (The figures are not quite exact as Sanford estimated the juvenile office payroll) By coincidence Sanford told commissioners Tuesday morning that through March 31 anticipated revenues were that of the larger county departments the DA's office and the Sheriffs office merited extra consideration The employees of the Precinct 1 justices of the peace and constable also deserved higher than average pay raises the officials concluded Commissioner Joe McDuff told Petree "If we picked out somebody (for raises) it wouldn't be the first -Commissioners have since Denture adhesive discovery bonds gum-tight all day tions in voting the blanket ahead of anticipated expend! increase assistant district tores by $28000 for fiscal 1979 Commissioners to Ponder SSMK Health Life Policies instances where they thought Thousands are discovering SEA-BOND the adhesive seal that ends the 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at the beginning of a fiscal year so they were precluded from raises The county auditor was similarly prevented from a pay boost because his salary can be no higher than that of the county tax assessoreollec-tor an elected official The juvenile officer and his staff and the building auperin-tendent were given pay raises earlier this year The county's annual payroll was approximately $1600000 before commissioners' action Tuesday morning Sanford said When elected officials and other excepted employees are taken out the portion of the payroll subject to raises However Sanford reminded fringe benefits such as contribution to Social Security (7 percent) and retirement (6 percent) also must be increased along with salary Estimating the total increase in fringe benefits as 17 percent of the $28417 Sanford figured the total cost of the pay boost at $33000 The action taken Tuesday morning had nothing to do with the fiscal year 1980 budget except that the new salaries become the bases for setting pay scales in the new fiscal year County Tax Assessor-Collector Richard Petree said a meeting of nine county officials Monday morning to discuss county employees was not intended as a demand for higher pay but to let commissioners know that of us were going to be mad if you showed preference for one group over another" The officials decided then they were merited McDuff said Criminal District Attorney Pat Elliott who twice within the last six weeks had told the court of the problem she had with staff members leaving for better paying jobs or moonlighting declined a chance to make an additional pitch this morning But Bob Lindsey a former colleague of Ms Elliott's in the DA's office made a strong plea for additional pay for at least Ms Elliott's felony prosecutors The criminal lawyer often a courtroom adversary of Ms Elliott and her asssitants said his opinion was that the top assistant DA George Solis and perhaps the other felony prosecutor Jack Grant should be given pay raises totaling $7000 or That way they would have MoT-Sa: 1 Clostd Sun By JERRY REED Staff Writer Taylor County Commissioners voted Tuesday morning to ponder awhile the pitches by two insurance companies to write coverage for health and life insurance on county employees The court listened to representatives of Blue Cross-Blue Shield currently the county work force's insurer and Mutual of New York (MONY) The court did vote to add maternity benefits for employees required by federal law starting immediately "I'd auggest we'd go ahead and take the benefit before the situation gets worse" Commissioner JT McMillon said after the court was told id one courthouse employee several months pregnant Maternity coverage is immediate even for a woman who is about to deliver said Dean Rucker Blue Cross-Blue Shield representative Independent insurance agents Bill Fortney and Cliff Robison of Mineral Wells made a strong bid on behalf of MONY claiming that their policy was a better buy for the same coverage For the basic policy MONY would charge the county $2879 per employee while Blue Cross-Blue Shield would charge $3057 Maternity benefits for county employees would cost an additional $141 for the employee only under the MONY proposal and $181 per month under the Blue Cross-Blue Shield proposal Commissioners voted to pay for the maternity benefit only for employees But employees whose dependents are enrolled in the group policy effectively were included at the employee's cost The reason is that maternity must be treated like other under federal law By opting for dependent benefits the employee must pay the extra cost the insurance company has figured in as the cost of maternity benefits for the entire group Fortney said MONY is offering carbon copy of what you have which he termed the plus alternate plan 1 and alternate plan 2 In alternate plan 1 there would be a $100 deductible and the carrier would pay 80 percent of the first $2500 (minus the deductible) plus 100 percent of any additional medical bills up to $250000 In alternate plan 2 the deductible would be $150 with other features the same as in alternate 1 Class Organ Lessons Every Thursday Night 7:00 PM FREE! Qualified teacher Court Rules Boy Can Play On Girls 9 Volleyball Team 0 PROVIDENCE RI (AP) -A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a 19-yer-old male senior must be allowed to play on bis high school's all-girl volleyball team The judge said the ruling would not lead to male domination because the student has only ability' Parties in the ease said Chief US District Court Judge Raymond Pet-tine's ruling is the first in federal GOMES court on a boy's attempt to play on an all-girl team Pettine said the student Donald Gomes wu barred from the team only because of his sex and would suffer "irreparable if not allowed to play There is no boys' volleyball team at the school light of his relatively limited ability there is little possibility that his participation would substantially disrupt league play or provide one team with a disproportionate Pettine said He also said there is no evidence the ruling lead to a sudden influx of into the program An official of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League which refused the six-foot Gomes permission to play on the team said the ruling will be appealed if we lose I think it's going to be devastating I think a lot of boys who can't make the teams will try out for the girls' teams" said the Rev Robert Newbold the executive secretary Newbold said similar cases are before state courts in Massachusetts and Illinois but this is the first decision from a federal court Gomes was out of state at a college interview and could not be reached for comment His lawyer also was unavailable but an associate said really glad for Donald He impresses us as a pretty sincere kid" The preliminary injunction issued by Pettine applies only to Gomes and does not open up other teams to male participation Newbold said the league will not change its rules because of the ruling "Anyone else that wants to play is going to have to get an injunction he said 3 of KTXS Owners In Town to Discuss Ideas Inc 677-2237 2940 Horth First Dudley said he Lee and Reed expect to spend Wednesday and possibly Thursday here Dudley resides in New York It is expected that Silver Star Communications will be headquartered in Abilene or Lubbock BUDGET STORE A STORE WITHIN A STORE'' MUTtljnMIIRCIIN' INTERCS immi PUBLIC'NOTfCE! MATTRESS SETS STARTING IT ILL SIZES TWIN FULL QUEEN KING DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL THE FOLLOWING ERRORS WERE IN OUR CIRCUS OF WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED ANY ONE WE NO LONGER GIVE KEY STAMPS OUR MERCHANT PARK STORE IS OPEN M0N-SAT TIL 9:00 THURS SLEEPING BAGS SHOULD BE 31 INCH BY 74 INCH SIZE THE 22 INCH CUT LAWN MOWER IS 3 HORSE POWER AGAIN-OUR APOLOGIES SOLD IN SETS ONLT IPUBLICIWAREHOUSE FURNITURE SMStb I TREI0AWU By WILLIAM WHITAKER Staff Writer Remember all the concern about only one of the five new owners of KTXS-TV being black despite federal mandates? Well it seems that two more of them are black Robert Dudley a white and one of the owners of Silver Star Communications that has contracted to buy KTXS-TV said he apparently got his information mixed up and that three of the five are black Two of them John Robert Lee and Larry Reed both black were in Abilene Tuesday along with Dudley to try to find out what the community's needs sre by talking to community leaders The other owners are Wayne Embry a black who was a former pro-basketball player and now is involved in several commercial ventures and Daniel Neviaser a white Silver Star Communications bought the station for $15 million after the Federal Communications Commission gave current owner Grayson Enterprise! the option under its mandates of selling at a "distress sale to a minority or undergoing hearings for alleged broadcasting abuses KTXS-TV was one of four stations owned by Grayson Enterprises now being sold to Silver Star The others are KLBK-TV in Lubbock KMOM-TV in Monahans and KWAB-TV in Big Spring The FCC has allowed Dudley a 30day delay in the application date which was originally to have been filed April 24 Dudley said Silver Star Communications now has until May 24 he said During this time Silver Star Communications is to get information on needs of the communities where its new stations are and turn these into the FCC Lee and Reed met with community leaders during a luncheon Tuesday at the Abilene Country Club where both said they were excited about the station's potential Assistant athletic director at the University of Wisconsin Lee said he is Interested in to get some feel and some understanding of the community (in Abilene and Reed a basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin 1 said there are no changes planned in personnel or programing but that here to jet some Hear Garliss Outstanding Christian Testimony fct 6 foot and 12 foot available Broadview Baptist Church 7:30 PM 2500 South 27th April 30-May 2 He carries a message that will bless your heart Corliss Odom is a modern-day miracle A victim of cerebral palsy Corliss could not walk until he was six years old His speech was unintelligible and the saliva poured uncontrollably from his mouth For six years he wore a band around his head to keep his skull from lolling apart His parents were told that he would be belter off dead He asked the lord to take his life and use it for his glory Wonderful things began to happen Soon he was able to make up for lost lime by making two grades in one year He never forgot his promise to speak for his lord and has given his testimony before more than 10000 at one time GARRET MILL OUTLET MoiL-Fri 677-6461 2142 NORTH FIRST (ono bloek west of Saylos) Sat.