Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 1

mmm 'f -V I inside Action Bn (Haa7B Obltuuloo 9C Amusement V4B People hb CtaseitM X-1BC ReNglon 13A OOmiCI iNasiMMimaHaM JB Sports IMHHIHINNIHaa MC a a Editorials XA Tune In Tomorrow ISA Low tonight 68 Hoepltsl patterns iib TV news 58 High Saturday: 88 Living 7-9B More weather: ISA White sees Hance as temporary foe Page 17A Churches set for revivals and festivals Page 13A Abilene I Abilene Texas Friday evening September 13 1985 60 pages 4 sections 35 cents Without or with offense to friend or foes we sketch your world exactly as it goes Byron Retail sales lump prices take big dive attributed the Mg Jump in car sales to attractive deals currently being offered by the automates In the financial markets economists were divided about how long it win take before the Federal Reserve Board intervenes to stop the rapid growth of the i which grew by another $L4 1 late August Interest rates rose and bonds fen following the release of its newest report late Thursday The increase left the measure well above the upper limit of the growth target and disappointed traders who generaUr had expected it to remain unchanged Economists said they did not expect the Fed to take any immediate artion to tighten credit in an attempt to reto in the money supply which would push 19 interest rates The Ftd tries to money to ensure growth without fueling inflation TheFedsaidMlrosetoasea- See ECONOMY Back page this section The Associated Press Lower food sod fuel costs pushed wholesale prices down OJ percent in August the steepest decline in nun than 2V4 years the Labor Department said today Retail sales meanwhile climbed 1J percent hud month with the help a surge in auto sales the Commerce Department reported today It was the best advance in retail sales since they rose LI percent in April The decline in the Labor Producer Price Index the fourth in the last 12 months means wholesale prices have risen at an annual rate of Just 0 percent so far this year Hie August index showed food costs dropping 07 percent following a percent increase in July that was the sharpest rise in a year Gasoline prices down L4 parent in July fell Llpereent last month The rise in retail sales Included a 71 percent increase in sales by auto dealers their biggest gain in nearly three years Industry analysts have David KantRapertar Ww Best Of times: Anne Dunlgan ing the Abilene Community Theater pected to raise between $18000 and Baccacita Farms was the set- Former Gov William Clements was $20000 for the theater Related story ting for a gala Thursday night benefit- one of the guests The event was ex- photo on Page 10A Rodeo gal lives full life on Coors circuit By JIM CONLEY Senior Staff Writer Fair rodeo results on Page ftA dured two months of testing as she tried to make fix weekly engagements which find her at rodeos from coast to eoasL "I got she said in an interview Thursday between rodeo perform- wnat was figure out hone on my grandfather's she said wu 16 before I knew what indoor MumMng She rodeoed from age 8 through high school then did some intercollegiate rodeo did an the events she career ended in the state school finals when I tied my shirt tan in rope stood up and my shirt popped The attractive Moot-4 blond saidT embarrassed I Just quit goat She wants to dispell any notion that some sort of brainless beauty queen who hu Donna has eaten alligator tafl es caped a hotel fire and had her luggage lost by airlines more times than she can count She also got her Mouse ripped wen when she mistakenly tied her shirt tail under a rope she was using in a rodeo goat-tying event But the 2yearold woman from Sturgis South Dakota who travels to rodeos around the country all year as the representative for Coors beer also has some dull moments now and You Just know about them from hiHiit with her too to let filings get her down for my long even things we a terrifying and painful bout with a big kidney stone that put her in the hospital earner this spring Kin KefMer ean laugh about such experiences now With the kidney stone for example she en off a week or so In Abilene all has been going great she said Her schedule has been typicri as the local Coors distributor Bill Seed helps sponsor her in connection with the West Texas Fair Bodeo Each event winner at the conclusion of the rodeo gets a $500 cheek from Bill Reed Distributing and Adolph Coors Co she said Futhermore Coon sponsors the Chute events an ongoing contest she said at the end of file year the guy and gal who get the most points get $5000 bonus checks for first really interest in rodeo she said so her Job as a liaison between the cowboys and the media and other folks is a fun one grew up on a ranch and wu raised on a wrong and finally one doctor said he might send me to the Mayo Clinic That scared her almost as mueh as the pain she said even drew 19 a win and had bank accounts switched over to my name I was so depressed I thought it was cancer or But once the half-inch in diameter stone was discovered after she finally collapsed from the pain she said "they took it out and I was baa the road in a week And my smile was genuine Her boss the Adolph Coors Co is a great one said Miss Keffder When she bad the kidney problem or when she has gotten too tired from the constant travel they told her to take no eye for business Quite the contrary Miss Keffder went to college for three years in Spearfish SD and in 1982 won the title of Miss Bodeo South Dakota Thu she wu named Mlu Bodeo America in Oklahoma City In that Job she went an over the United See RODEO Back page this section OsraW EwtnsRaportvr-Nnvs Donna Keefe! er always If sales tax pick up city could run short of funds January-September payments total $6061000 compared to $6067064 or the ume period last year Sales tax returns for selected cities number of items last year increasing ths tax base Abfiene sales therefore have in actual terms declined By RICHARD HORN Staff Writer For Abilene sales tax hu been frustrating this year period A disappointing year some would say dismal continued this month with a 44 percent drop in revenue compared to last payment Sales tax hu been so much lower than expected that the city of AMlene is faring a revenue shortfan in its general fund The dty it looking at quick costcutting while heping other revenues comem above projections Abilene is only 001 percent ahead of 1964 to date when similar sized cities are enjoying between end 15 percent gains September's payment refleeting sales made in July and reported to the state by Aug 20 is $472441 compared to fttMM last September 5397 00Q I The estimated ending balance for this SSLS million general fund WU $2816 dty manger Bor McDaniel said the shortfall hopefully ean be recovered through higher than expected revenues in other areu and are All See SALES Back page this section Don siowyRoporHr Hows Around town change was part of a change of command ceremony at Dyeas Air Force Base this morning marking Walton's departure from Dyess where he commanded the 9th Combat Support Group and Kane's arrival to assume the same command Hail and farewell: coi Gary waiton second from right gives the command flag of the 98th Combat Support Group to Col Alan Rogers 98th Comb Wing commander for presentation to Walton's successor Col Edmond Kane far right The flag ex- McM enrollment up 8 Increased I percent for UN semester Enrollment at MeMurry tiie frB 1M5 semester over the Houston firm to buy KTXS Army jazz ensemble performs here Sunday The Jazz Ambassadors ensemble of the United States Army Field Bud will perform at 7 pm Sunday at MeMurry College's Radford Auditorium The group wu formed out of the UA Army Field Band in 190L It made its first cross country tour the next year Admission is free but tickets must be obtained from the Repcrter-Newt the United Methodist Campus Center or the student Center at MeMurry The number ef students increased from 1525 for fall 1964 to 1654 for IMS The figure is the foortMdghest cnroDment in KcMurry's 62-year history The 1654 students are the most enrolled at MeMurry in 20 years said Paul Jungmeyer dean of the college parent company of the station In a Joint news release this morning Moon and South- See KTXS Back page this section KTXS-TV will end two years of local ownership when the Federal Communications Commission approves sale of the station to a Houston media firm The Manned sale to Southwest Multimedia Corp wu announced late Thursday by SM Moore president of the.