San Angelo Standard-Times from San Angelo, Texas • 1

DeCoty developers drop ASU's Elarms Joins Little All-America team Fruitcakes a'comin' nuts are in sight Page 1B new contract on city Pag1C ID Standard Tfa GOOD Morning Paper for the GOLDEN West of Texas 25 Cents Wednesday December 22 1982 56 pages 0 1982 San Angeto Standard Inc Alt rights reserved Water pollution study blasts RRC Standard-Times has been distributed thus far only to some members of the legislature the RRC the Texas Department of Water Resources and those involved in the investigation Printing of the report was completed just in the past week and it has not been distributed to the news media blem" The report "Study of Fresh Water Contamination by Oil and Gas Operations" is the result of a year-long investigation by the water sub-committee of the House Natural Resources Committee Although the study was part of the committee's interim report to the 68th Texas Legislature committee chairman Rep Tom Craddick of Midland disapproved the sub-committee's findings He said the report is too critical of the RRC and that some of the recommendations are unrealistic The report obtained Monday by the By MICHAEL PEARSON Staff Writer An unpublished Texas House committee investigative report on fresh water contamination by oil and gas operations concludes the Texas Railroad Commission's "selective enforcement" of pollution violations is "a very serious pro The sub-committee said the RRC has failed to fully investigate all citizen complaints of ground water pollution resulting from oil and gas operations and that the agency has "a diplomacy problem" with West Texas landowners Please See Water Page 4A Council passes revenue bonds Santa 9s gift list grows 1 By LE KILLGORE Senior Staff Writer The San Angelo City Council on Tuesday approved industrial revenue bonds for a new San Angelo television station but only after council members expressed reservations about using riverfront property for the studio The council voted 5-2 to allow Sage Broadcasting Co to use the bonds to finance construction of station KIDY-TV which will serve Tom Green Irion Sterling Schleicher and Concho counties and will be an ABC affiliate San Angelo attorney Robert Junell representing KCTV formally notifed the council of the San Angelo station's opposition to the new station being funded with revenue bonds which are sold well below regular commercial rates Sage Broadcasting executive Bill Carter and his attorney Charles Patterson of the Houston law firm of Fulbright and Jawor-ski told council members the station would be built on the North Concho River at 406 Irving formerly the site of Chancey's Beer Garden San Angeloans Oliver Bell and Anna Marie Alvarez are among stockholders of the company In response to questions from council members Patterson said Related stories Pages 12C the company was trying to have its bonds approved before Jan 1 1983 since an Internal Revenue Service regulation effective on that date "may" make television stations ineligible for revenue bond financing Carter said the television studio will be housed in a building to be added to what formerly was the Edgewater Inn while the former beer garden at the river's edge "will be completely renovated We'll have a platform to videotape activities on the river" Council members Maria Cardenas and Carline Tucker who voted against approval said their votes represented their opposition to locating a television station at the river's edge "right where all our river development is going on" in Mrs Tucker's words Said Carter "We'll be broadcasting right on the river What would be more beautiful on the river?" and Mrs Tucker answered quickly "Restaurants" She asked "Are you dead set on this location?" and Patterson explained the South Irving ad-Please See Council Page 4A By INEZ RUSSELL Staff Writer The handwriting usually is poor Sometimes the message is barely legible and the thoughts expressed are a little garbled Nope these letters will never be published as the great correspondence of our time The writers are sincere though and obviously full of hope as they put pen pencil and crayon to paper and pour out their thoughts to Santa Claut The letters take a detour on the way to the North Pole and go to local post offices around the country Here in San Angelo postmaster Lonnie Monreal said he forwards the mail to Santa by way of the Reindeer Express But Monreal showed a few of the letters before sending them on their way Dawn's letter written on basic notebook paper is neatly printed in black ink "I hope you can read this I Standard Graphic by Ben Garrison I will like to have Please! High on his list was this: "Please! a playmobil pirate ship fire man Indian set highway patrol Please! GI Joe motorcycle attak cannon infatry man lasarrifle man machine-gunne officer Please!" Charles wrote his letter on Santa Claus stationery but Please See Santa's Page 4A tryed to write so you could" she told the merry saint Her wish for Christmas is simple "All I want for Christmas is to make Mommy and Daddy more happy They need lots of money to sent to stand outing bills I heard them say 3 thowe-sand was all they needed" she wrote "Please Santa could you send them the money as a Christmas present for them and for me?" Kristian sent a little more detailed Christmas list to Santa and he evidently believed emphasis was the best to get his point across "Dear Saint Nick" he wrote "I sure have missed you I love your job I also like puting cookies and milk out for you I sure hope you are not out of busniess If you are you better get on the ball This is what Principal in bank closing found dead day Blanchard said Investigators for the Comal County Sheriff's Department reported a weapon was found near the body but refused to identify it Cause of death is still under investigation Dean's body was found by a neighboring rancher who leased the Silber ranch for grazing "It appeared that he had been dead since last night or early this morning (Tuesday)" Blanchard said He was called to the scene shortly after noon and pronounced Dean dead at 12:40 pm Comal County Deputy Sheriff Ruby Rubio is leading the investigation Dean's whereabouts have been unknown to newsmen since last week Phones in his Brownsville law office were disconnected more than a week ago Dean a former Brownsville television station executive and By ROSS McSWAIN Btflpfiyi Editor NEW BRAUNPELS Peter Dean 36 a Brownsville attorney and an organiser of a firm involved in the recent collapse of the Ranchlander National Bank of Melvin was found dead Tuesday near the small Comal County town of Bulverde 12 miles north of San Antonio Justice of the Peace Blan-chard said Dean's body was found in an automobile near a vacant farmhouse on a small ranch owned by Dean's father-in-law Paul Silber The ranch is about 2V4 miles east of Bulverde in northwestern Comal County Sheriff Walter Fellers said a note was found with the body The note requested only that Dean's family be notified Blanchard said he is withholding a ruling in the death pending an autopsy Dean's body was taken to the Travis County Coroner's Office in Austin Tuesday afternoon for the autopsy Results of the autopsy are expected sometime late Wednes- Hfl 3bl1iHsh9CbYIspSYL1 EtjMkitwaSjiw'M BBHHSsftssiii sMMtiMMfcl BMflfcS Jfr AP lawrphoto an organiser of a firm involved in -mm i the recent financial collapse of MajOrarmS proposal the Melvin bank was just named Russian General Secretary Yuri Andropov addresses a joint meeting a a of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Solviet lease dec nncipai age 4A Union the USSR Supreme Soviet and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation during which he offered to reduce Soviet arms- House votes OK of gas tax increase WASHINGTON (AP) The House approved a nickel-a-gallon increase in the federal gasoline tax 180-17 Tuesday night possibly the last bill passed by the 97th Con- Agriculture 4C Classified 7-12D Comics 4D DearAbby 12A Editorials A Horoscope 12C Local 1-4C Markets 10-llC Movies 11A Nation 357-916A Obituaries 2A Oil IK Sports 1-7D State 1516C TV 11A Weather 4A World News 13A11B shortly after the lame-duck session began three weeks ago Another measure important to the administration the president's Caribbean Basin aid program of tariff reductions was approved by voice vote in the Senate Finance Committee However chances for final passage appeared dim amid Democratic opposition to bringing it up for a floor vote Meanwhile Congress approved establishing a Capitol memorial to slain civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr The action makes King the first black person to be represented among the building's statues The Senate passed the resolution by voice vote following earlier House approval Baker of Tennessee said he was willing to stay in session as long as necessary to pass the tax boost "I'm not saying we'll stay here Christmas Eve but I have done that I'm not suggesting anything except that I'm anxious to pass this bill" Baker said Well past midnight Tuesday the Senate approved its own version of the tax increase 96-34 The plan proposed by President Reagan is designed to provide $55 billion a year for a massive program of highway and mass transit repair Sponsors say it will create 170000 construction jobs and almost as many in related Industries The proposal cleared the House easily A handful of conservatives threatened to tie up action in the Senate with a filibuster that could keep weary senators in town for days though the House quit for the year shortly before 10 pm Under the rules the filibustered Republicans Jesse Helms and John East of North Carolina Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshire and Don Nickles of Oklahoma could block a showdown until Thursday and possibly even until after Christmas But Senate Republican Leader Howard.