Waco Tribune-Herald from Waco, Texas • 31

ARMS RANCHES BY OWNER 1256 acs Lorena Sch Di st wtr light avail no improve ments $1200 per ac 8815694 aft 5 pm or before 8 am 400 Acres prime Brazos River bot tom land deep top soils 12 mi rivet frontage beautiful pecan trees $750 per ac Gene Swanson Broker 7562217 Res 756 2333 "10 A on Hallsburg Road Mobile Home wden Barn chicken pen stock tank 875 2455 NEDJOHNSONLANDCO 756 3772 '100 ac on Christmas Creek at PrairieHill $300 per acre Also real attractive little 156 ac janchat Mt Calm Cameron 1000ac Call Willie 189 NEAR MOODY 577 ac nice 1600 sq ft brickhome all fenced with bermuda grass 853 2837 JUDD REALTORS 1 llth WACO DRIVE 2 753 0281 MLS 50 Acres near McGregor Older home 2 barns comm water fenced Must sell quickly call for more information 10 acres or more Rock Creek area all weather rd Excellent for few cows or horses 40 Acres near West tank comm water gord building site 100 Acres Crawford Middle Bos que River frontage comm water trees Hunting paradise 140 Acres near Gatesville beauti ful home comm waler fenced trees good barn and workshop 195 acres Riesel running yr around creek pecan and other trees Good pasture land CALL STEVE ERWIN 754 6408 WILLIE MJUDD 753 8297 MARY McMULLIN 662 1333 CARROLL CRABB 7764345 APPROX 20 acres on paved Rd new fences ponds utilities avail Riesel school Sml equity take over pmts No agents please 752 7202 Ralph Buice Real Estate 848 44538484618 848 4591 60 Ac 12 mi West of Waco 75 Ac between Speegleville store Lake Waco 1 18 Ac 10 mi west of Waco on Har ris Creek 1 branch never stopped running 2 tanks artesian water 400 peach trees 75 pecan trees 2 blocks off blacktop road 12 mi off US 84 Hwy Price $1000 per ac Ji 100 Acres creek tank trees on Hwy 6 Valley Mills area $500 per acre terms 100 Acres small rock house Hwy 56 Lake Whitney area $395 per acre terms 95 Acres on Bosque River Clifton area 280 Acres Bosque River 180 Acres Bosque River Call Valley Mills 1 932 5352 COUNTRY LIVING with an income JOO acres good cropland almost all in cultivation Large 1 12 year old brick home with lots of extras 3 BR 3 formal DR sun room playroom on community water and near I 35 Roger Wilson Real Es tate 772 7430 Iter Member TRA 504 irst National Bldg 7524 355 430 Acre Ranch 130 cropland good' fences and working pens On pave ment Only $385 per acre Bill Allen 752 4355 ACRE arm in Rosenthal Would be ideal for residential development Call JACKSON BARRETT 754 03B4 GREAT AMILY Home over 2000 sq ft living area in this white Spanish on a corner a touch of Spain game sun room combination iso lated master BR 2 other BR 2 Ba Robinson Schools $41950 Roger Wilson Real Estate 772 7430 CHINA SPRINGS 168 Acres Older House Can he divided $700 an acre PRAIRIE HILL 160 Acres Blackland $350 an acre CHARLES SPIVEY RLTR 753 5341 jimstewaft realtors 92 Acres near Leroy good pasture trees comm water 3 stock tanks mobile homeavailable ARM RANCH DEPARTMENT 772 6540 CURTIS HUMAN 772 5178 30 ACRES Brick home plus 12 stalls and horse arena add up to a horse dream Call for more information Joyce Todd 772 3652 or CHARLES PATTERSON Co 7764228 125 ACRE STOCK arm remodeled hduse stone barns and stables spring fed lake highway frontage 50 miles Northwest Austin good bird and deer hunting or sale by owner 512 225 3132 Room 222 71 1 Navarro St San Antonio Texas 20 12 Ac on No 11 660 ft ront Trees "ishing Tank" GEO HERRING Realtor 753 1506 772 2220 1 mi of Rosenthal) 40 AC 1 2 mis from Waco Hwy 84 630 ft Hwy frames wtr hookup avail stk pond xlnt pasture ideal bldg site no agents $950 ac 71 3 836 3252 pr write 8 805 3rd Brehnam Tx 77833 13 KPROPERTIESjH Central Texas Leading arm Ranch Realtor SEE OUR SUNDAY AD 704 Citizens Tower 752 5521 MART AREA 170 acre Blackland farm enced pas ture with barn and 2 stock tanks Community water Reasonably priced Negotiable terms GORHAM REALESTATE 756 0161 8364 660 753 4782 LAKE BRAZOS RONTAGE 6 12 acres along the Brazos River Ideal for recreation area or beautiful homesite Conveniently located with easy access GORHAM REAL ESTATE 756 01618364660753 4282 159 ACRES with 5000 ft of road fron tage trees community water 3 stock tanks deep well i windmill large barn good fences Vestal McDonald 772 0659 or Golden Key Realtors 776 1261 100 AC Wooded land 14 miles west of Valley Mills Tex 13 down owner will finance call 817 945 3108 13598 Acres stock farm near Hill sboro good fences grass water $60000 JS Morris 772 7468 Dick Hamm Realtors 776 3340 OinOTOWNPROPERn TAKE OVER 40 ACRES Near El Paso Texas No down pay 2 payments of $89 each Take over $8471 was $10000 Absolute money back guaranty Call Mac collect 602 947 8011 121 wahudoktate WANTED TO BUY Equity in 2 or 3 BR homes Dolan Moore 9 AM 12 Noon 753 5471 WE HAVE CASH BUYERS need farm LISTINGS BU STRAHAN 752 5912 Outstanding Home Buys In The Want Ads' 1 WANTED REAL ESTATE 1 LEGAL NOTICES SELL OR Trade your place Qualified purchaser wants 300 to 500 acres near Waco Can pay cash or trade Thompson Properties call Mr Wof ford 752 5521 WE WILL BUY your homes or rent houses Cell Charles Spivey Real Es tate 753 5341 WANT TO LEASE or buy 2 or 3 hundred acres of cultivated land South ci Waco 881 1721 LESALNOTICES NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE ROBERT CURTIS PERRY DECEASED NOTICE is hereby given that in Cause No 31446 styled Estate of Robert Curtis Perry Deceased pending in the County Court of McLen nan County Texas original Letters Testamentary were issued on July 27 1977 to Angie Perry Gorin of Austin Travis County Texas AH persons having claims against said Estate are hereby required to present same within the time pre scribed by law and before such Estate is closed Claims may be presented to said personal representative at the address stated below Mrs Angie Perry Gorin 2609 Hancock Drive Austin Texas 78731 CETA TITLE I PLAN Y1978 SUMMARY The Region XI Comprehen sive Employment and Train ing Act (CETA) Consortium is apply for funds to carry out a Title I CETA program dur ing iscal Year 1978 to com mence on October 1 1977 This application is a request for new funds totaling $160788300 to cover the grant year from October 1 1977 to September 30 1978 The Region XI Consortium serves the City of Waco Bos que Hill Limestone rees tone alls and McLennan Counties The Employment and Training objectives for 1978 include: a Using available funds with maximum efficiency in planning and slot man agement Eliminating unnecessary duplication of State ederal and local ser vices in the Region thus improving the access of services to participants Training in occupational skill shortage areas and in anticipated skill shor tage areas due to new or expanding employment opportunities Serving a proportionate representation of all sex and racial segments of the labor force in the Region Supplying individuals with supportive services on a referral basis therefore allowing more individu als opportunity for CETA services Continuing to conserve administrative cost by (1) maximizing staff po tential in a comprehen sive deliver system and (2) reduction in un necessary and duplica tive paperwork Serving the disadvantaged target groups with the long term unemployed and the most severely disadvantaged given first priority Improving the employabil ity of the unemployed and underemployed citi zens NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Design and Con struction Section in the Office of the Administration Building Au stin State Hospital Austin Texas until 2:00 pm Thursday august 25 1977 for: Project Numbers 76 013 677 Expand Laboratory in Medi cal Surgical Building 781 and 76 065 677 Replacement of Incinerator for M4S Build ing Austin State Hospital Austin Texas Project Number 76 013 677 consists of addition to Building to provide additional Laborat ory space Project Number 76 065 677 consists of re placement of Incinerator in MAS Building Austin State Hospital Austin Texas Plans and Specifications will be available Wednesday Au gust 10 1977 and may be ob tained from the Texas De partment of Mental Health and Mental Retardation De sign and Construction Sec tion PO Box 12668 Capitol Station Austin Texas 78711 (512)454 3761 upon receipt of $5000 deposit: Bids are to be made in accordance to State procedures NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS TEXAS GENERAL LIE INSURANCE COMPANY IN RECEIVERSHIP MEETING NOTICE is here given that pursuant to an Order of the 200th District Court of Travis County Texas dated August 4 1977 in Cause No 226930 styled The State of Texas vs Texas General Life Insurance Company a meeting of the stockholders of Texas Gen eral Life Insurance Company will be held in the offices of the Insurance Liquidator 211 East 11th Street Austin Texas at 10:00 AM on Au gust 25 1977 The purpose of this meeting is the election of a agent or ag ents to continue the liquida tion of the company affairs for the benefit of the stock holders as provided for by Section 9(a) Article 2128 Texas Insurance Code Interested parties should attend or provide proxies for the voting of their shares by contacting the Receiver at 211 East 11th Street Austin Texas 78701 Telephone No (512) 475 3234 HERBERT CROOK Receiver of Texas General Life Insurance Company A Public Hearing on the proposed 1977 78 Connally In dependent School District will be held at the School Ad ministration Building at 715 Rita beginning at 7 pm Au gust 16 1977 I Ralph Wayne Chief Clerk for the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas do hereby certify that the Automatic Tax Board met on the 19th day of July 1977 as required by TEX REV CIV STAT ANN art 7043 (1960) and fixed the 1977 tax rate as determined by TEX CONST art VIII Sl to be ten cents (10c) on the one hundred dollar valua tion of property for State Ad Valorem purposes RATERNAL RELIGIOUS During the program year October 1 1977 through Sep tember 30 1978 the Consor tium expects to serve 1058 persons Of these 758 will be terminated from the CETA program including 521 to be placed in unsubsidized emp loyment The Title I program will serve the economically dis advantaged unemployed and underemployed persons in the Region XI area with the fol lowing number in significant segments of the population: Head of Household: 340 Program Activities and Services are planned in the following manner: Classroom training: Par ticipant 114 Cost 187657 on the Job Training: Particip ant: 95 Cost 115520 Public Service Employment: Par ticipant 113 Cost 501155' Work Experience: Particip ant: 386 cost 726605 service to Participant: Participant: NA Cost 43786 Other Ac tivities: Participant NA Cost 33157 Total for Prog ram Activities and Services: $1607833 0 CLIORD JAYNES REC A stated assembly of Waco Council No 33 will be held in the Masonic Temple Waco Texas Thursday Aug 11 1977 time 7:30 pm Member and visiting compan ions welcome Light refresh ments uneral Notices GRAY MRS CURA Mrs Clara Gray of 1105 Congress died at 4:00 riday Aug 5 at her residence uneral services: 1:00 pm Thursday at Dorsey Keatts Sanctuary Rev Cornell Mason officating burial in Oakwood Memorial Cemet ery Survivors: two daughters Mrs Dorothy Chatman of Los Angeles Calif Mrs Susie Watins of Long Beach Calif six sons Wordie Williams of Houston Ira Gray and Mel vin Watkins both of Waco Gray and Walter Gray both of Dallas Clifton Wat Others served through dis trict placement (150) These funds will be divided into cost categories: Ad ministration 267015 Allow ance 135673 Wages 867037 ringe Benefits 97120 Train ing 89180 Services 151180 Total of these funds: $1607883 A complete copy of 1977 plan is available for review in the City of Waco CETA of fice 216 North 5th Street Waco Texas 76701 (817) 756 1411 Comments may be addressed to the Director at the above address The final copy of the An nual Plan will be available in the City Office after August 15 1977 Bill Roberts Director kins of Odessa one sister mrs Lena Crane of Waco one brother Wordie Blocker of Waco 33 grandchildren 49 great grandchildren nieces nephews and many other re latives and friends Active pallbearers Morris Robinson Alton Robinson Ernest Robinson Billie Dan ford Jimmie Abercrombie Archie Harris Dorsey Keatts uneral Home 1305 Elm phone 799 4966 WMeWWWWWWW I there it love there Waco Marble Granite Works 105 Ehn St 752 8601 (tbo Braue NOTICE Hearing will be given and held by and before the Gov erning Body of the City of Lacy Lakeview on the 25th day of August 1977 7:30 pm in the City Hall Lacy Lakeview Texas to all par ties in interest and to all citi zens said hearing to be as follows: One request to rezone from nonconforming residential to commercial Lots 34 35 36 37 and 38 Block 1 of Lakeview Heights Addition MEN WOMEN Some of the best educations include three years of Army offer challenge We otter job training We otter trivet otter you the oppor tunity to earn college eredita while in the Army With the Army paying up to 75 of the Mtlon ind bet for approved coursei Join tho people joined the Army Call Army Opportunities 756 5511 Ext 214 fa Epd tssfaja A A A A 5 4 2 3 3 1 WACO TRIBUNE WACO TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 11 1977 PAGE 11C Reserve Police Officer Training Set in Hillsboro HILLSBORO (SPL) Hill County Department will conduct a training school for reserve officers from Sept 12 through Oct 7 Sheriff Ray Pettit said the school will qualify students for state certification as a reserve officer upon successful completion He said the school will be directed by Chief Deputy Sheriff Tom Wyse Among guest teachers will be Dist Atty Charles Campbell of Hill County Hill County Atty Neal Jones Randy Hill Hill County Juvenile Probation Officer Mike Daniel emergency medical technician ind Texas Ranger Bill Gunn of Waco Other instructors will be from the Texas Department of Public Safety ederal Bureau of Investigation and Sheriff staff Pettit said persons interested in attending the school should contact his office before Sept 1 He said the school is also open to any police department in Hill County that would like to qualify its reserve officers for state certification UNNY BUSINESS cam wmA THE EQIN5 cf RIDINS ROM SIWP sumsef om ySHELTEg J' ft KJ ftfl I 1 I SSa) Welfare raud Nets 59 ST PETERSBURG la (UPI) lorida undercover investigators who used food stamps during the past six weeks to buy everything from used cars jewelry and boats to marijuana beer and wine filed charges Wednesday against 59 persons for welfare fraud lap at USDA Over Plaque Honoring Cannibal WASHINGTON (UPI) One of largest bureaucracies clashed with the chief housekeeping agency Wednesday over a plaque dedicated to a cannibal who de voured five Democrats in 1874 The Agriculture Department poking fun at the quality of food its thousands of em ployes are offered at work mounted the plaque in its cafeteria last week Melvin Schick who works for the Gen eral Services Administration as manager of the Agriculture Department building took it down He said it was in bad taste That touched off a small furor During dedication ceremonies of the plaque last week Secretary Bob Bergland said the case of cannibal Alferd Packer the spirit and the fare of this Agriculture Department He asked Wednesday what justification GSA had for removing it Tom Sand press secretary did a little investigating and found there was even disagreement on the issue within GSA It seems Sand said that the reg ional office had given the Agriculture De partment permission to mount the plaque and building manager Schick acted on his own in taking it down Sand said he is optimistic the plaque will be seen in the cafeteria again The $29 brass plaque six by eight in ches is dedicated to Alferd Packer who signed his first name that way on a confession in 1874 He was convicted in Colorado of killing and eating five pros pectors he was guiding through the Rocky Mountains By coincidence the five were Democ rats and as Bergland tells the story the judge who sentenced Packer said was only six Democrats in all of Hinsdale County and you you man eating son of a bitch you ate five of them I sentence you to hang by the neck until dead dead Packer did not hang however and after his parole he lived until 1907 dying near Denver As the years passed Packer became something of a folk hero in Colorado and the University of Colorado at Boulder has had an Alferd Packer grill for 10 years with no government housekeeping agency objecting Sand said a number of Agriculture De partment employes graduated from the University of Colorado and carried story to Washington He said the plaque does not explain who Alferd was nor does it outline his das ardly actions are no glib remarks on Sand said building administrator just tailed to find any humor in uneral Notices SCHROEDER MRS ANTON (Mildred) Mrs Anton (Mildred) Schroeder age 51 of 105 Wal nut died at 1:00 am Thurs day in a local hospital Rosary recited at 8 pm riday kotch uneral Home Chapel Bellmead Mass of Christian Burial celebrated 2:00 pm Saturday St Joseph's Catholic Church Bellmead Rev Pat Murphy as celebrant burial in Oak wood Cemetery Survivors: Her husband Anton four sons Billy Wayne Schroeder 232 Ave 1 Robert Charles Schroeder Weldon and Jimmy Glen Schroeder Dwayne Schroeder both of 105 Wal nut one daughter Mrs Charles Ryan of Lacy Lakeview her mother Mrs Onam Pick of 216 Ave also seven grandchildren Kotch uneral Home 809 LaClede Bellmead 799 5701 REMINGTON MRS EDDIE ALLEN Mrs Eddie Allen Re mington age 62 of Meridian died Wednesday morning at her residence uneral services: 2 pm riday at Brister Lawson Chapel Rev Richard Creech officiating burial in Meridian Cemetery Survivors: Husband Remington of Meri dian four sons James Re mington Danny Remington both of Meridian Billy Re mington of Granbury and Mike Remington of Altus Okla two brothers Wood row Allen ort Worth Her man Allen Davis Okla 12 grandchildren Brister Lawson uneral Home Meridian Tex phone 435 2792 NAIL MRS MAE MARIE (ALEXANDER) Mrs Mae Marie (Alexander) Nail 46 of Las Vegas Nev died at 10 pm Monday at Las Vegas Graveside services: 10 am riday Rev Parmer officiating burial in Valley Mills Cemetery Survivors: Her husband Bob Nail of Las Vegas one daughter Kathy Lancaster of Oregon one son Gary Lovell of Oregon two aunts Ella Mae Le Van of Valley Mills Mrs (Bill)' Alexander of Crawford oss uneral Home Valley Mills phone 932 5249 UNERALDIRECTORS WILKIRSON HATCH UNERAL HOME Washington at Twelfth PHONE 753 3691 Two locations for your convenience CONNALLY COMPTON uneral Directors 1000 Washington 752 3407 4400 Waco Dr772 7440 uneral Notices WALLACE MRS ANGELONIA Mrs Angelonia Wallace of 1908 South Twentieth A died Monday at her residence uneral services: 2 pm Saturday at Dorsey Keatts Sanctuary Rev Rufus McClain officiating burial in Greenwood Cemetery Survivors: Two daughters Mrs lorence Kindell and Mrs Ella Mae Bibles both of Waco four sons Lorenzo Wallace and Sam Wallace both of Waco Willie Edd Wallace of Odessa Monroe Wallace of Dallas one brother James Vaughn of ort Worth nine grandchildren 21 great grandchildren many nieces nephews and other relatives and friends Active pallbearers: Long Carl Long Garland Long Claude Lee Oneal Dorsey Keatts uneral Home 1305 Elm phone 7994966 RIEGER KILGORE MRS CARRIE CHANDLER Mrs Carrie Chandler Kilgore Rieger age 79 of 3617 Live Uak died Wednesday at 11:20 am in a local hospital uneral services: 2:30 pm riday at Kotch uneral Home chapel Bellmead Rev Kenneth Boatman offiiating burial in 'Rosemound Cemetery Survivors: Her husband Rieger of 3617 Live Oak one daughter Mrs Doris Neumann of 3408 Adeline Drive one son Kilgore of Taylor one brother A Chandler of Huntsville Ala nine grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Active pallbearers: Richard Wayne Phillips James William Phillips Jerry Lynn Phillips Tommy Vandever Doyle Sowders John Cantrell and Earl Tack att Kotch uneral Home 809 La Clede Bellmead phone 799 5701 Local Markets CRAINS Crain sorghum I2M per cwt No 1 hard wheat ft per bu com $180 bu oats 84c bu EGGS Extra large 66c doz large 60c doz medium He doz small 25c dot HOGS VS I to 3 grade 180 to lbs bar rows and gilts $3825 to M3 uneral Notices MANGUM BOOKER Booker Mangum of Elm Mott died at 11:30 pm Saturday in a West hospital uneral services: 2 pm Thursday at Bush Chapel CCP Church of Elm Mott Rev Hooks officiating burial in Elm Mott Cemetery Survivors: Devoted wife Mrs Mangum of Elm Mott two daughters Mrs Elvira Stokes of Okmulgie Okla Mrs Joyce Martin of Amarillo two sons Booker Mangum Jr and David Man gum of Okmulgie Okla three devoted grandchildren Chris Gregory and Everette Middleton all of Elm Mott three sisters Mrs Indell An derson and Mrs Aslwen Har ris both of Waco Mrs Iola Newson of Oakland Calif five brothers Erbee Mangum and Leon Mangum both of Waco Eddy Mangum of De troit Mich john Mangum of ort Worth Samuel Mangum of Arizona six step children 9 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren Active pallbearers riends of the family Littles i Sons Mor tuary 601 Ashburn phone 753 7031 DUNKIN CLYDE Clyde Dunkin 64 of 2725 Burnett died Monday morn ing in a Temple Hospital uneral services 2:30 pm Thursday at Wilkirson Hatch Chapel Rev Gene Grace and Rev Cleddie Keith officiat ing burial in Waco Memorial Park Survivors: His wife one daughter Mrs Nell Guice of 3400 New Robinson Road three sons Garland Dun kin of Route 5 Waco Ronald Dunkin of Houston David Dunkin of Camp Pendle ton Calif six sisters Mrs Gertrude Barton Mrs Ola Mae Zigger both of Austin Mrs Katherine Sharp and Mrs Naomi Smith both of San Angelo Mrs Doris Owen of ort Worth Mrs Laverne dark of McDade Tex two brothers Lawrence Dunkin of Baytown and Woodrow Dun kin of Birmingham Ala three grandchildren Active pallbearers: 0 Walker George Gott James Land Henry Kluck Sam JGardner Honorary pallbearers: Dept of Public Safety Offic ers and employes Wilkirson Hatch uneral Home 1124 Washington Av enue phone 753 3691 Robinson School Trustees Give Account to New Bank Robinson school trustees chose Robinson State Bank Wednesday night as school depository for the coming school year replacing Community State Bank which has served as depository for the past 16 years Hudson representing Community State told the trustees wish for you the very and said he hopes to bid for the school business in the future irm Will Request Waco TV License Business Communications Inc a subsidiary of Texas Steel Co of ort Worth plans to file an application with the ederal Communications Commission for a license to build a television station in Waco William Camfield vice president and general manager of the communications company has invited a group of local businessmen to meet with him and top officials from Texas Steel today to discuss future television needs for the Waco area Expected to come from ort Worth for the meeting are Beverley Thompson Jr chairman of the board of Texas Steel and Business Communications Wilson president of the two companies and Robert Reynolds secretary treasurer This is the second indication of interest in an additional television station for Waco within the last few days Last week Waco businessman Robert A Mann announced he was filing an application with the CC for a UH station to be built as soon as a permit could be approved According to Mann both applicants are vying for control of UH Channel 25 formerly allocated by the CC to Radio Station WACO The station gave up its claim to the channel in 1970 The trustees opened bids from four banks at last school board meeting but postponed action then until they had time to study the bids in detail The board also hired a new librarian Patty Veit to serve Robinson and Rosenthal elementary schools The board gave Jack Bell superintendent of schools authority to hire a new elementary school teacher without approval of the trustees The trustees could not hire a teacher since the next school board meeting will come after school has started The trustees also voted to give Charles Hopp eighth grade coach the additional job of assistant junior high principal 2 Trains Involved In Rear End Crash CORSICANA (SPL) Two Burlington Rock Island trains were involved in a rear end collision near here early this morning The accident occurred three miles north of Streetman in Navarro County One train was stopped and the other train ran into it No injuries were reported and an estimate of damages was not available Dissident Info Swap WASHINGTON (UPI) The United States has swapped information about political dissidents with foreign govern ments and may do so in the future in an effort to check terrorism the State De partment reported Wednesday Bell Exec Testifies Cheating On Accounts Never Probed SAN ANTONIO Tex (AP) A high executive of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co testified Wednesday he was told of ex pense account cheating by some employes but never acted on the reports Todd vice president and general manager for Bell in San Antonio said company investigators told him some management employes made political contributions and then padded expense vouchers to recover the money Todd was called as a hostile witness in a $29 million damage suit against South western Bell by former executive James Ashley and the family of Gravitt who was the company's top Texas official when he committed suicide Oct 17 1974 The suit being tried in state court al leges that Ashley was wrongfully fired and that Gravitt was driven to suicide as a result of an improper internal investiga tion by the company in 1974 Todd said lie suspended Ashley a 23 year company employe from his S55000 a year job in San Antonio on Oct 9 1974 and informed him as the two drove to a hotel where Bell security ag ents quizzed Ashley Most of testimony was given by a psychiatrist who said he be lieved Gravitt was driven to insanity and suicide by Southwestern Bell's internal investigation Dr Gary Byrd a practicing psychiatrist and professor at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston said Gravitt was by an irresistible impulse" to kill Lawyers Will Renegotiate Sewer Contract Attorneys from Lacy Lakeview and Northcrest city councils will meet this week to discuss a sewer contract causing headaches for Lacy Lakeview and Brazos River Authority The contract entered into by Lacy Lakeview and Northcrest 25 years ago establishes a flat rate sewer charge for Northcrest residents Unfortunately federal regulations are in conflict with the contract between the two cities and funds which were to be channeled to Lacy Lakeview via BRA have been held up Valentine Lacy Lakeview attorney and Gene arr Northcrest attorney will meet soon to attempt to remedy the situation The initial meeting was to be riday according to Lacy Lakeview officials but schedule problems have made the early meeting unlikely are trying to change it (the contract) on a very equitable Valentine told Lacy Lakeview City Council Monday night Money is needed to pay for rising maintenance and service costs to Lacy Lakeview which provides sewer service to Northcrest we pay more to BRA they pay he said "If we pay less they pay less" One requirement set up by the federal government for sewer systems is an individual user charge system which charges each residential user for the amount he uses the sewer service Individual sewer cost is determined by the amount of water used at each residence To allow Lacy Lakeview to qualify for federal money Northcrest must agree to amend the contract to incorporate this and other federal requirements Several years ago Lacy Lakeview contracted with BRA to establish a waste water disposal system The problem in BRA transferring federal funds to Lacy Lakeview since the new federal requirements were put into effect is the subcontract with Northcrest himself as a result of the probe Southwestern Bell has maintained it launched the 1974 probe as a result re ports of in the San Antonio office The company in a counterclaim in the damage suit alleges that Ashley and Gravitt defrauded the firm of about $30000 by filing false travel and expense vouchers Byrd said he believed the investigation was the motivating cause of suicide Byrd who said lie has studied suicide for more than 200 hours and read thousands of pages compiled a personal ity profile of Gravitt He said Gravitt was the type of person who was unable to express anger and rage outwardly and turned them inward re sulting in depression He said he believed Gravitt was en raged by the investigation of him and his judgment was finally im paired by severe depression Gravitt would have been particularly sensitive to a probe because of his status in his community and in his company Byrd said Asked what caused death Byrd said think a sequence of events was set up which he had no control over and of which suicide was the final result had made it such that he was irresistably pushed to take his own Byrd added The psychiatrist said an autopsy report showed heart was 50 per cent larger than normal at the time of his death Medical records showed the heart a normal size six months earlier Byrd said He' testified that the larger heart was caused by increases in blood pressure which were produced by his rage and anger in the weeks before his death Under cross examination by Southwest ern attorneys Byrd said he never talked to any of telephone com pany friends in compiling his personality profile In a ebruary 1975 report to the Gravitt family's lawyer Byrd said he could be of assistance in the present case He also said in the report prior to his investigation of death that suicide appeared to him to be "a direct result of investigations and related activities of the Bell Byrd said in the 1975 report there ap peared no evidence that Gravitt was men tally ill Pressed by Bell lawyers Byrd said crazy until he was driven crazy" Hospital in Clifton Gets Accreditation CLITON (SPL) Goodall Witcher Hospital oundation has been accredited by the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospitals Jim Smith hospital administrator has announced The accreditation covers the period from last April 29 to April 29 1979 and is result of an on site survey made by field representatives of the joint hospital accreditation program Accreditation indicates that the hospital has chosen to operate according to standards set by the joint commission and that the hospital has met those standards Goodall Witcher is one of about 4800 general hospitals of the that has won accreditation It has received accreditation since 1959 Texas Death Causes Told AUSTIN (UPI) Cancer and diseases of the heart and blood vessels accounted for two of every three deaths in Texas during 1976 the Texas Health bureau of vital statistics Reported Wednesday 9 PROPERTIES i.