San Angelo Standard-Times from San Angelo, Texas • 4

4 MU it(j--i A I 4' "i 7-1 'K' ryfr'W 4-J Aw'd'' i V' 1 Va rfr Jv 'V JV la -i p-' -S4V 'fr Vf'v 1 Tr-vfiT 4 tHMr fcbWti fnc AM right Good Afternoon! irs Friday Nov 19 1982 36 Pages 25 Cents rtfrwd li 1 In your Times Gridiron It could be looked at aa being greedy Or maybe trying to accomplish all that they can Whatever motive (me wants to assign the (act remains that since -Southwest Texas took first place in the Lone Star Conference the Angelo State Bams want to have second place' all to themselves No sharing Page IB Hoispital fears MINNEAPOLIS Five- year-old Alice a cancer patient at Minneapolis Children's Health Center was taking her dolls far a ride in a wagon everyone going?" she was asked by a child life specialist for a ride" Alice replied "But my dolls are sad because never get to go home" Page 7D GOP pushes jobs program WASHINGTON (AP) Republican leaders in Congress are telling President Reagan they promote a Jobs program in the post-election session but warning they see little hope (or moving up the income tax cut to January Page 7B i Index TimM photo by Rick Choate Tall weeds and damaged grave stones mark the county section of Fairmount Cemetery Last resort burial Lives of 900 came to lonely end i Poll shows: 3 of 4 favor jobs bill NEW YORK (AP) Three of four Americans favor the idea of a new federal jobs program to reduce unemployment according to the latest Associated Press-NBC News poll And more people would like to see such a program funded by cuts in defense spending than by a delay in the next scheduled income tax cut or by increases in other taxes the poll said For the nationwide teleplume poll 1583 adults were interviewed in a scientific random sampling The responses also indicated increasing optimism about the economy Forty-three percent said they think the economy will get better during the next year while 19 percent said it will get worse 33 percent said it will stay the ume and 5 percent were not sure In the August AP-NBC News poll 36 percent said the economy will get better and 28 percent said it will get worse 1 In the latest poll 76 percent Mid they generally favored the idea of the federal government setting up a new jobs program to reduce unemployment Given a choice among defense spending cuts a delay in next scheduled income tax cut or increases in other taxes the 76 percent split this way in choosing how a jobs program should be funded: cuts In defense spending 27 percent a delay in the tax cut 15 percent and increases in other taxes 15 percent Nineteen percent were either not sure or said they preferred cuts in some other budget areas With the unemployment rate at 104 percent there have been various proposals in Washington in recent weeks to create hundreds of thousands of jobs working on highways and bridges One proposal backed by Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis would raiM the federal gasoline tax to fund the program but Democratic proposals instead support defense spending cuts and higher taxes for the wealthy Danuta Walesa Melvin bank closed By ROSS McSWAIN Regional Editor MELVIN The comptroller of the currency declared the Ran-chlander National Bank of Melvin insolvent ami closed its doors at' 10:10 am today David Baer of Washington DC one of several bank examiners issued the statement declaring the bank insolvent "Serious loan losses coupled with suspected fraudulent activi- ty exhausted the capital funds which resulted in its in- solvency" Baer said' The Washington official said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp has been named receiver of the bank and a more detailed statement will be issued later today Baer offered no other comment Several bank customers were in the bank early today discussing their deposits Baer said all depositors are insured up to 1100000 under FDLC regulations Lester Murray one of the two local directors of the bank arrived at the facility only a few minutes before the announcement was made He made no comment Edsel Malm strom a Melvin farmer whose family has done business with the Melvin bank for three generations was at the bank prior to its being declared Please see Melvin Page 4A Windfall tax ruling appealed CHEYENNE Wyo (AP) A Cheyenne ruling on Nov 4 that the 19N windfall profits tax on oil is unconstitutional has been appealed to the US Supreme Court The notice of appeal in the case decided by US District Judge Ewing Kerr was filed in federal courthere Thursday Kerr had ruled that the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax of 1980 originally estimated to collect 12273 billion by 1987 is unconstitutional because it lacks uniformity Specifically the tax exempts certain ofi produced in Alaska from the tax and Kerr 83 wrote that violated Article Section 8 of the US Constitution which says Congress "shall have the to tax "but all (taxes) shall be uniform throughout the United States" expected we filed the notice of appeal" Richard Stacy the Attorney for Wyoming said of the two-sentence statement filed in federal court here He said the action taken was Just the routine notice of appeal and the actual arguments against the ruling will be handled by the Justice Department in Washington DC The suit brought by the In- Please see Windfall Page 4A go to pay rent or utility bills for needy families or any of several other short-term expenses Each burial takes place in the county plot in Fairmount Cemetery she said is a very limited Gene Keeney president of the Robert Msssie Corp said the burials are limited because of the shortage of funding available for them More than half of the 8255 figure goes toward the purchase of a simple wooden casket he said On the average the money funeral homes receive few the burials does not cover half of what a casket the embalming process and transportation are worth he said Keeney said there is no difference between the quality of services provided for a burial and the burial of a more affluent citizen The difference lies in the number of services that can be offered he said Slncq there are so few pauper burials in the city thirteen so far in 1982 funeral directors absorb the excess costs he said the only people I know of that do a lot for But if the number of pauper burials each year increases things will have to change he said Betides the graves in the plot at southwest corner there are about 900 other indigent graves in the cemetery Fairmount manager Gary Taylor said One day the cemetery will run out of room for the poor he said getting dose but we should Juive space out there tor another Please see Last Page iA By KAYE YATES Staff Writer Behind a row of tall trees in a corner of Fair-mount Cemetery lie about 900 lonely graves A few are marked by headstones and some by temporary metal tags Most marked at all These are the graves of the indigents with deaths that seem as forgettable as their lives Their graves mark the last in the chain of indignities poverty tarings and not the serenity of a final resting place just people who were never quite able to make it" said Hilda Kirchman director of the Social Services Department sad" Since burials for the indigent are financed by the city Mrs office is responsible for determining which ones qualify tor city money and for making payment to the funeral homes that handle them The financial status of the deceased and of his or her family is investigated Only burials for people with no resources at all are funded by the city she said have a verbal agreement with all of the funeral homes We pay the same thing Social Security pays" she said which is 8255 for each burial plus $50 for opening and closing the grave "Actually it is the responsibility to take care of iwUgents" she said but in 1971 the city took over the service Money few the burials comes out of the general assistance fund she said which is used to meet the temporary needs of the poor Besides the burials money in this fund may Walesa's wife confident smear campaign will fail -JtathaStandard If quality western art is high on your list of priorities the Texas Cowboy Artists Association Gold Awards Competition this weekend at Bentwood Country C3iti promises satisfaction The annual event held in San Angelo for these--cond time in its 10-year existence includes work by 20 professional artists specialising in water-colors pastels drawing oil and sculpture It opens with a preview showing tonight Read Staff Writer Susy report in Saturday's believe it would succeed" Mrs Walesa had no further comment and nV her husband would not come to the telephone A source dose to the Catholic church was quoted as saying the tapes and pictures which reportedly were made before martial law was imposed in December 1981 are "either genuine or high quality Walesa a devout Catholic worked closely with the church in Poland while he headed the Solidarity union and security agents have hoped to drive a wedge between Walesa and the church by accusing him of sexual NBC Mid NEW YORK (AP) The reputation of union leader Lech Walesa be hurt by campaign by the Polish government that used tapes and pictures purportedly showing him in sexually compromising situations his wife says The materials were shown to Roman Catholic church officials at a private meeting with Polish security agents shortly before Walesa was released from detention last weekend NBC News reported Thursday night The pictures and tapes along with documents the security agents claim Implicate Walesa in financial irregularities might be used to damage the reputation of the 39-year-old union leader if he tries to become a public figure again the NBC report said Walesa was quoted as responding: "I am not surprised by these charges I expected such attacks from my enemies as long as 18 months ago Any such attacks are only a plus for me No one will believe Reached early today at the Walesa apartment in Gdansk Poland by The Associated Press in Warsaw wife Danuta said been realising that for a long time now that they are preparing a compromising campaign But I do not.