Del Rio News Herald from Del Rio, Texas • Page 15

Wtdtmdoy, AugmtIO, 1977 Gl Forum Told Aliens Have Rights ALBOQUIRQUft (APj American uked lor cheap Mexkia tabor In fce put and novsboaU respect tte rkhts of lUejpl ftlieof in United Swell, fildfHiBlcoH to the national GrFonra ration. capt mat art poor," Marti, nei. apeaklng through an inttr. prefer, added. "Butflie only belong wtth CO." Martinet alto Mid tee irrer.

Roel MarttiMB smld to. day President propoaal of amnesty for Wtgal atttnaJa a "good meaiore," but thatvtna solution to the Illegal alien problem must be baaed on man rights. "We are a country of 66 lion and we dont have enough Jobs. But you have to under, stand We believe In inter, national he said. "We are not ashamed to ac.

log Inthe United ia aboutroo. Martineaalaoaaid hia conn, try recogniaea that illegal alien are a problem in me United Statea, but amid Ameri. cam mint remember that dor. ing World war I and world War while Americana were fighting. Mexicana were taking care of the flelda and industries In the United Statea.

Mexico ia aa worried aa the United Statea la about lorn, which waa a of dlacaaaion in tveon Mexican Presided LopefPortllJoand Carter, Mar. tinea aaid. He nM that any aotatlona to the problem wifl come from meetings to be held between representatives of the two coun. trlea. Martinea did not apeciff a date for the diacuaalona, but "solution will come aoon." Some 3.000 delegates tered for the convention, which organiienaakl would discus a variety of Issues of interest to Spanish Americans.

The con. ventlon la to continue for a week. Stork Race Lost; Morn, Baby Fine A expound baby girl and htr mother, Mn. Maria Chapa of Uvalde, were both doing well today In Vat Verde Memorial Hospital In Del Rio after losing a race with the stork. The Infant was delivered by the Uvalde Emergency Medical Service 15 miles east of Del Rio on Highway 90.

The mother was being rushed to Del Rio when the crew realized therejutt wasn't time to make it. They pulled over to the side of the highway, since the motion of the ambulance prohibited normal delivery, and despite the fact they had no experience, delivered the baby safely. Yolanda Saldana, Susan Hanson, Mike Anderson and Gary Schelde were members of the crew and It wai their first delivery since the unit went into operation 15 months ago. All EMS crew members are trained to aide with child birth and each ambulance in Uvalde County is equipped with special kits for delivery. Following the birth of the infant, the crew continued after 8:10 a.m.

Tuesday to Val Verde Memorial Hospital. Physicians there said the infant was doing very well. Acuna Gets Water Pumps DRIVER UNHURT-ThJe Ford pickup ended up In a gulley alongside Highway 90 about a mile west of Brackettville about 2 p.m. Tuesday. The eldery driver, Archie Curry of Hillaboro, hit a median sign at the west of the Kinney county seat and knocked over several highway signs as he careened several hundred yards before loosing control completely.

The vehicle went through a fence and waa wedged in the gulley, and couldn't be seen from the highway. "He was a lucky man," said DPS Trooper Bradley Burgess, who investigated. (News- Herald Photo) Crystal City Attempting Settlement With Lo-Vaca For Thundershowers Slight Chance Seen News-Herald Acuna Bureau C1UDAD ACUNA, Mexico Officials for the municipal water department Tuesday announced steps to help residents in several neighborhoods get better water service. Jorge Cano Loperena, ad- ministrator, said the water department had installed an additional two pumps to raise the city's water storage level by 12 inches. The measure was to go into effect Tuesday in an attempt at increasing water pressure outlying neighborhoods.

By LEE JONES Associated Press riter CRYSTAL CITY, Tex. (APj The city council meets late mis afternoon to decide wheth. er to offer Lo.Vaca Garnering Co. an oil lease on park land in return for canceling $720,000 in back bills for natural gas. "I hope Lo.Vaca will decide today, and I hope the council will unanimously approve mis," said Mayor Francisco avides.

Lo.Vaca has given mis small South Texas town, with its tur. bulent history of La Raza Unlda politics, until Aug. 27 to pay what it owes. Otherwise, gas will be cut off, Lo.Vaca 89VS Benavides and other city offl. cials met privately with sentatlves of Lo.Vaca in an A ustin lobbyist's office Tuesday and discussed a settlement in.

volving the oil lease. He said the land is a 34.acre tract in Juan Garcia Park with, in the citv limits. Geologists have surveyed the tract "and say there is good po. tentlal for oil. So we are offer.

lease. All the royalties would go to Lo. Vaca, except the city would re. tain a portion in me sinking fund for wear and tear on the land," Benavides said. He said three oil companies were "trying to get a lease" to drill on the park land but were being held at bay pending Lo.

decision, "We dont have any money. This is the only thing we can offer. We decided to go this route instead of go to higher courts. If they dont agree to this offer, we'll have to find other ways to approach them again. We cant have our gas he said.

Texas courts, all the way to me State Supreme Court, have held that Crystal City must pay Lo.Vaca the going rate, set by the railroad commission, for gas. Crystal City had insisted on paying only its contract rate of 36 cents per 1,000 cubic feet (mcfi, while the present rate charged by Lo.Vaca Is more than 12 per mcf. A slight chance for thundershowers is back in the forecast for Thursday with the National Weather Service setting the probability of rain at 20 per cent. Partly cloudy skies are expected through Thursday with winds from the southeast at 15 to 20 miles per hour this diminishing tonight. High temperature this afternoon is expected to be in the upper 90s with the minimum tonight in the mid-TOs.

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