El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 9

El Pbno HcraldPusl August 1 1979 D-l lSpotlightt Virginia Turner KCIK-TV begins air time Brotherly love PiNtobyUPI The driver's seat A new television station began broadcasting this morning KCIK-TV owned by International Christian Tdevisiou will place most if its emphasis on sports programs according to Dan White vice president of 1CT THE NEW STATION will be located on Channel 14 on the UHF band the first commercial station in West Texas to occupy a place on the band Reginning Wednesday and Thursday Aug 8 and 9 Channel 14 will televise Houston Astros baseball games Astros baseball will continue or the station through the end of September On Sunday the station will broadcast the first game of the San Diego Exhibition season COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage begins Saturday Sept 8 and will conclude with a number of bowl games White said Also offered will be a full schedule of PAC 10 basketball games The sturon looks forward to setting the pace in sports programming in the El Paso area White said "The Big featuring a variety of Hollywood films will be shown every weeknight at 7 pm while afternoon boradcastmg includes such well-known shows as Bonanza Superman The Beverly Hillbillies and I Love Lucy A 9C MINUTE schedule of classic childrcr's cartoons starts at 3 pm Eari- afternoon entertainment begins pm with the Merv Griffin Show Saturday's schedule includes World Tennis and Championship Wrestling plus two fuil-iength movies and a country music program ICT is a non-profit Christian organization and as an integral part of the organization Channel 14 will be committed to its evangelistic role and will continue to air interdenominational programs in English and Spanish according to While For those whose sets are connected to the cable system Channel 14 can also be picked up on El Paso Cable Channel 8 which has been occupied hv ICT since December 1973 Las Cruces Cable 8 also carries UHF Channel 14 programs Barney and Cathy Hoss of Wichita Kan drive designed to allow Barney to drive from his wheel-down a Dallas street on their way to Houston for the chair in a side-car attachment while Cathy rides on International Disabled Expo Their motorcycle is the motorcycle seat Energy crisis less driving could trim insurance hikes Tomorrow is the day the Ibarra family has been hoping and praying for Ted Ibarra Jr 1625 Vista Real who has been suffering from kidney disease for years will receive the kidney of his brother Fred Ibarra in a transplant operation at John Sealy Hospital in Calveston TED HAS BEEN on the dialysis machine since 1971 and when bone deterioration started a transplant was indicated his brother Willie said Tissue samples from his brothers and sisters proved tissue to be the most compatible Fred Ibarra is service manager at Rudolph Chevrolet Inc and Dennis Neessen president of Rudolph's said "It's amazing how that family came together and rallied around Ted hestitate a moment when he found he could give his kidney And they have two of the greatest parents imaginable" THE IBARRAS left Sunday for Galveston Accompanying Ted and Fred were their wives children Teddy III 13 David 11 and his parents Mr and Mrs Ted Ibarra Sr Ted attended San Juan School and Burgess High School He played football baseball and went out for track He was named Outstanding Patrolman of the Year Cub Scout of the Year was in the Indian Guides and a counselor at the YMCA camp helped the kids a lot" said Willie After high school Ted decided to get his military training behind him four buddies of mine and I went to sign up for the Navy" he said when I found out I had high blood pressure and abnormal urinalysis glomerular nephritis I was TED MARRIED and his condition grew worse Eventually both kidneys stopped functioning and he went on dialysis Martha his wife attended school to learn how to operate the dialysis machine which was installed in their home He has been taking dialysis treatments every other day In spite of this he attended the 'Academy of Real Estate and now works for DKD Associates Century 21 selling real estate His wife works for a group of doctors wife is my strength and inspiration" he said wouldn't be here if it were not for her I live for her and my children" WILLIE IBARRA manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Downtown store left today for Galveston and a sister Yolanda Segura of Dallas will meet the family there want to thank everyone for the help they gave when Ted first became sick" Willie Ibarra said held raffles and did so much for him We are all grateful" And tomorrow will be a day of prayer for Ted and Fred enveloped by family love Dis 'n data Sen John Tower will be in El Paso August 9 and 10 and will meet with his friends supporters and the public at a reception at 6 pm in the International Club on Aug 9 He wil) be at Fort Bliss on Aug 10 and will visit the Sergeants Major Academy and tour the facilities including William Beaumont Army Medical Center Arrangements for his visit here were made by Mrs Jean Root El Paso BECKY ROGERS is the new County Extension Agent Home Economics 4-H replacing Carol Hutchinson who resigned Becky the sister of City Prosecutor Elisabeth Rogers will teach Home Economics to the 9 to 19 age group in cooperation with Karen Vaughan 4-H agent They will coordinate with Helen Neighbor coordinator for Home Economics Extension work Ms Rogers was graduated from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcus and is getting her at AIM She has been in the extension service six years having served in Del Rio and Kinney counties Ruth Lewis mentioned in this column the other day regarding KTSM Radio's early years and its 50th anniversary on Aug 22 said were the fun days and IT always have a warm spot in my heart for them" Mrs Lewis came from the East to be married here Her husband-to-be Walter Lewis was stationed in Ixgan Heighli where an old friend Dr Alfred Belles was chaplain Mrs Lewis had sung at the Belles's wedding ami Rev Belles had made arrangements for her to see Karl Wyler president of Tri-State Broadcasting Co She went to work in February 1945 as pianist at KTSM And Dr Belles officiated at their wedding HAD several shows of our own" Mrs Lewis said Chavei (director of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra) played the violin Leon Wosike the cello and Gene Sullivan the violin I played the piano I also had several commercials and a program three times a week for Interstate Theaters We always had a studio program on Mrs Lewis joined El Paso Public Schools in 1950 as music librarian and retired in 1970 Her husband retired from Southern Pacific four years ago She is active in the Pilot Club having been governor of Pilot International and gives private piano lessons travels with her husband and does needlepoint BILL WOOD said Union Furniture Co will open a branch store in fastgrowing Tigua Union will take over and remodel the old Safeway building on the south side of North Loop and will be open by Oct 1 The property is owned by Wood and Dr Truett Maddox AUSTIN (UPI) Members of the State Board of Insurance indicate the energy crisis and the resulting reduction in driving by Texas motorists may warrant some trimming ol car insurance rate increases requested by' insurance companies The board has recommended a $986 million or 89 percent increase in the premiums Texas drivers pay for insurance on private passenger vehicles as compared to a 3240 million or 217 percent increase requested by insurance companies BUT THE ACTUAL rate setting procedures will be determined at the end of hearings which open today The two new members ol the three-man board have said they want to look at how rates are set and indicated they believe the energy crisis and its effect of cutting down driving may warrant the reduction of rate INSURANCE COMPANY officials say although gasoline shortages and resulting cutbacks in driving reduce the frequency of accidents the cost per claim is increasing so rapidly because of inflation that losses will climb and necessitate higher rates The insurance companies' request for increases average 217 percent and the state actuaries recommendation for a 89 percent increase are based on the same statistics about previous accident claims The difference in the two proposals is the result of differences in huw actuaries project past experience to predict future losses and how much inflation they forecast will occur The State Insurance Board traditionally has favored staff proposals over the generally higher industry requests and has a policy of limiting to 25 percent the increases in any one category of insurance decision will be made until after our said Board Chairman Bill Daves a former Dallas banker and onetime insurance company head AT LEAST two new board members I think maybe want to take more than the normal amount of time" Daves and the other new board member former Rep Lydon Olson of Waco spent a week at a special school on insurance in New York last week has proposed the board consider the impact of the gasoline shortage on auto accidents and insurance losses two key factors in determining whether premiums go up or down and suggested the state agency might look at discounts for motorists who join car pools Summer storm whips city New gasoline price rules expected to pump costs Committee approves bill to let Mennonites stay had high winds and hail and a half-inch of rain East El Paso had some rain with 27 reported at a fire station at 2405 McRae Some low-lying area of the city flooded briefly District Fire Chief Gerald Walser reported flood waters in the 9200 block of Socorro Road in the Lower Valley and a power outage also was reported in that area when the El Paso Electric Co Lane Substation at 1-10 and Zaragoza went out due to heavy rains An EPEC spokesman said repair work on two downed feeder lines on Sherman Street was hampered by high water The Country Club District in the Upper Valley was also plunged into darkness after lines went down at the Mulberry sub-' station at Mulberry and Doniphan and EPEC crews worked late into the night to restore power Bruce Bradley of the NWS said this morning there will probably not be a repeat of the storm tonight there is a slight chance for late afternoon thunderstorm activity" By BILL THOMPSON El Paso was treated to one of its wild and wooly technicolor with sound effects summer thunderstorms late yesterday that dumped more than an inch of rain in some parts of the city saw gusling winds bit 72 miles per hour and resulted in spotted power outages National Weather Service recorders at International Airport recorded the 72 mph gust around 7 pm and high winds were evident in most parts of the city A fireman at the fire station at 10000 Dyer S' said was raining and hailing so hard and blowing so hard that you sec 65 feei We got lucky and had to make a run right in the middle of all that wind and rain" The fireman said his rain guage recorded 123 inches of rain El Paso's Upper Valley re ceived nice gentle two-hour rain" according to one observer and a fire station in that area recorded 22 inch of rain A New Mexico State Highway officer reported Alamogordo By ROBERT PALOMARES New government price regulations for independent station owners and operators will go into effect today which would raise the price of gasoline nationwide according to a Department of Energy spokesman Tim Taylor audit director of the Midland audit group said the new guidelines give independent service stations a maximum margin of 154 cents per gallon above acquisition cost which would rlise the cost per gallon by about five cents "THESE NEWEST regulations aiso require owners to post maximum selling costs in a prominent place in the gasoline station" he said The governor of each stale has the authority to add up to 10 cents per gallon over the 154 cents providing there is justification and the increase meets objectives set by the Environmental Protection Agency according to Taylor The governors can set even higher rates if the reason for the rate increases meets the objectives of the DOE Taylor said REGULATIONS PROVIDE that if the guidelines are not adhered to the dealers would be required to roll back their prices five cents a gallon far a maximum period of 30 days addition penalties ranging from 810000 to 320000 per day will be imposed if a dealer is charging over the maximum allowable selling Taylor said Taylor said government investigators will be touring the West Texas and New Mexico area to observe the activities of station owners "and make sure no gouging is taking place" INCREASE WILL provide some relief to station owners who in the past have been hurt financially by the gasoline pricing situation'' he said For those customers who have experienced incidents of price gouging Taylor added there is a toll-free hotline number to report incidents The number is l-(80(l)-424-9246 To get in touch with the Midland DOE office persons should call (915) 682-4396 This is not a toll-free number correct and the Mennonites found themselves subject to possible deportation despite their efforts to comply with the law Efforts by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to deport the group were suspended after Bentsen introduced his bill which would let the Mennonites stay in this country and eventually become citizens Bentsen'x legislation grants permanent resident status to 653 members of the community living near Seminole came to this country with the hope of practicing their religious faith and contributing to their new home" said Bentsen received and continue to receive strong support from citizens in the area they have settled in" HaiM-tat WuMagtaa Sana WASHINGTON The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a bill permitting a community of Men-nonite immigrants who settled near Seminole Texas to remain in this country Sponsored by Sen Lloyd Bentsen D-Texas the measure now goes to the full chamber for action THE MENNOMTES fled from Mexico in 1977 after the Mexican government threatened to expropriate their property They entered the United States on temporary visitor visas in the spring of that year with the understanding they would be allowed to live here if they purchased land However the information was in- Tronic off fffae town Tuition is 325 and pre-registration is not required Those interested should report directly to Room 228 Technical Center at 8 am on Monday More information is available by calling 545-1050 ext 245 People given recent demonstrations of the method in Alamogordo NM and at the Mental Health Section Department of the Human Development in El Paso Recovery meetings are held at 7:30 pm Monday at St Timothy Lutheran Church 11050 Montwood (East) at 7:30 pm Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church 9301 Diana (Northeast) at 7:30 pm Wednesday and Friday at Manhattan Presbyterian Church 1201 Piedras (Central) Barry conducts the Friday meeting There is no fee but a free-will donation is taken with no obligation Persons who believe Recovery Inc might be for them and would like to attend a meeting are invited to do so They may take a friend or member ol the family with them if they wish They are not asked to participate but only to observe on the first visit Recovery was founded in 1937 in Chicago and the first chapter in Ei Paso was founded in the early 1960s 1953 and was redesignated in April 1962 For a period of 11 years many Marines were members of the rifle company This year marks the 26th anniversary of the founding of the rifle company The committee wants all former members to renew acquaintence and to pay tribute to those Marines no longer with us today according to Fernando Fuentes of 2522 Mountain El Paso 79930 ask all former members of the 19th Rifle Company to notify other members who may not be aware of this inquiry to contact Martin Luna 533-4023 Victor Garcia 778-1056 or me" Fuentes said A full list of former members is needed to provide adequate accommodations at the ball he said BOWIE REUNION The Bowie High School Class of 1954 is planning its silver (25th) anniversary reunion dance to be held Sept 22 A search is to contact as many graduates as possible All graduates of the January and May classes should contact Fernie or Lily Lara at 565-7871: Julieta (Acosta) McManus 533-8042 or Mary (Dominguez) Cintron at 5424)079 NURSING CLASS: A Nurse Aide-Orderly class will begin Aug 6 at Technical Center 2231 Arizona The class will meet for three weeks of instruction at that location then will move to a local hospital for three weeks of practical training Dan Barry leader of one of the local meetings of Recovery Inc has been invited to speak this fall to students of the Texas Tech Medical School in ElPa-so The invitation came about as a result of a recent demonstration of the Recovery Inc method at Thomason General Hospital Barry said Recovery Inc offers a systematic method of self-help after care for nervous and former mental patients developed by the late Chicago psychiatrist Dr Abraham A Low Through weekly meetings members of Recovery Inc learn to deal with the trivialities of every day life which- Barry cause tenseness fear of relapse panic preoccupation and the sense of stigma They learn the skills necessary to deal with the resulting fear and anger and sense cf helplessness and can learn to live comfortable happy and productive lives despite years of discomfort in the past Barry said Most people who go to Recovery have suffered from 2 to 20 years Barry said and the group convinces them that are not hopeless Veteran Recovery members led by Barry have Maj Ronald Scegar of the US Army Signal Corps recently graduated from the US Army Command and General College He is a graduate of Cathedral High School and received his BA degree from the University of Texas at El Paso He holds an MBA degree from the New York Institute of Technology He is the son of Maj Earlie (retired) and Mrs Sgalato Secgar of El Paso Vicki Schwartz of El Paso is employed as a counselor for the Texas Lions Camp in Kerrville Texas this summer The Texas Lions Camp for physically handicapped and diabetic children holds its 27th summer session this year The camp is a project of Texas Lions who provide financial support and sponsor campers More than 1000 children will attend the camp this summer for recreational activities I Of interest The 19th Rifle Company Reunion Committee is developing a name addras and telephone roster of former members prior to the Marine Cotps Birthday Ball to be held Nov 10 of this year The 19th Rifle Company was formed in April Saegar.