in the not Club told I and is so it of that in of it parts the it 2, "to to if in have 1.5 give 3 to or is it said 3, a 4 El a for is police The a a of for if is a city a a that it if a a in -THE VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Tuesday, March 6, 1984 Bond Vote (Continued From Page 1A) with the bond issue to reduce the content not only of barium but of iron, magnesium and calcium. Iron content accounts for cloudiness and sometimes an odor in the water, while magnesium and calcium contributed to hardness. Voigt said recommendation was supported by the consulting firm of Freese and Nichols which is conducting studies of the long needs of the city for both future water supplies and wastewater treatment facilities. Councilwoman Jo Anne Martin questioned the rounding -off guide- time it's 145 letter she said, referring a later from the health department. "Next time, more than then will if it be considered: as) and then we'll have do to don't think worry I vou about that." Voigt rephed Mr.
Pope also us standard that under be review, might it's milligrams when changed. Councilman John Blackaller he with favored going ahead the bond issue referendum people choice," and Mrs. Martin concurred view the have of fact "that we received many complaints about our quality Councilman Michael Parker asked Voigt if most the complaints were centered the Cimarron area. Voigt said complaints come from the area served Water Plant No. on by Dairy Road, which includes Country Terrace, of Castle Hill and Castle Hill West.
Shenandoah and newer subdivisions along John Stock bauer Road Parker then asked the problem would not be corrected by greater circulation of water in mains in that area, when future development takes It would push on out to our outer -but it wouldn't correct it. Voigt replied: We're always going to have the problem of inadequate water circulation our outer Elvin C. Copeland, engineer with Freese and Nichols, stated in a letter dated March 1: believe your recommendation to City Council for plant improvements is most appropriate: however, we would suggest that prior to beginng detail design thorough pilot study analysis of the wter be made to determine optimum treatment. treatment should consider the entire water quality objectives rather than only reduction of barium. Copeland said In a postscript to the session.
Councilwoman Janey Lack said she believes "we need to declare a community war on and asked council to take the lead. Council also passed on first reading an extensive revision of four chapters of the Code of Ordinances which set standards for the handling of obscene or p*rnographic materials, and establishes several new fees to be charged by the police department. a a Proceed would like for us to take the lead in this. In recognition of the failed discussions on establishing a central tax collection office, which Blackaller facetiously called real togetherness experience," council voted to withdraw its notice of cancellation of its contract with Victoria Independent School District for collection of city taxes. All members of the council expressed the belief that a central collection office would save taxpayers money, but Mrs.
Lack said "it just isn't possible this year. She said she favors continuing with the school district we have it in place and we know it is working," whereas there are questions about the county office. Blackaller had said that he and Parker favored having the county office collect taxes. Mrs. Martin said she favors contin: ued effort toward development of central collection agency, but favors VISD for the remainder of this year because the school board has already voted against it (the county officer, and I.
personally, favor the appraisal In other action, the council: Appointed Mrs. Sallye Allen, wife of Dr. Richard Allen, to replace Mrs. Aileen Devine as a member of Victoria Image Committee. Heard a report from City Manager James J.
Miller that matching funds from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission will not be available for a parks improvement program, and that work will have to proceed Community Development Block Grant from the federal government do that that portion of the work can be completed by June 30. Approved a resolution and voted to appropriate a minimum of $750 to assist other Texas cities in opposing federal legislation which would remove the authority of cities to regulate cable television companies. Received the annual report from Children's Services of Victoria, presented by Mrs. Jean Cates. Authorized award of contract to PM Inc.
of Nashville, to rehabilitate a 36-inch sewerage line with slip-lining on a low bid of $2,306.305. Authorized award of contract for asbestos cement pipe for the watersewer department to Rohan Co. on a low 1 bid of for chlorine supplies to Dixie Petro-Chem Inc. and Acetylene Oxygen Co. on respective low bids of $5.600 and for concrete and grout to Victoria ReadyMix Concrete Co.
on a low bid of and for water meter boxes and lids to Alamo Iron Works on a low bid of $30.500. Passed. on third reading an ordinance setting fees for review of construction plans by the engineering department. Passed on second reading an ordinance allowing a surcharge to be made to owners of improperly covered private vehicles hauling refuse to the city landfill. Vocational al Education Move Nixed by Special Study Group AUSTIN (AP) A special study group refused Monday to take job training out of high schools but recommended strict rules on vocational education that would be based on job market needs.
public schools have a real lousy record on vocational educatonal training, Dr. Emmett Conrad of Dallas said during a stormy session of the Subcomittee on Educating the Child, a part of the Select Committee on Public Education. "Industry and community colleges are much better equipped to offer training to job applicants, Conrad said. Conrad voted with Tony Bonilla, a Corpus Christi attorney, who was unsuccessful by a vote of 4-3 with his motion that Texas high schools pass on to community and junior colleges and to industry-operated training programs the task of job skills training. "The experts in this training are in community colleges and the industry," said Bonilla.
'Public schools should get out of vocational education and use tax' dollars to a better advantage. As it exists now, we do not have a quality The subcommittee voted 5-2 to recommend to the Select Committee, headed by Dallas computer magnate H. Ross Plans Council was questioned about the intent of the ordinance revision on p*rnographic materials by several spokesmen. Assistant City Attorney Mark Taylor said the revisions were the result of more than two years of work, designed to elininate antiquated ordinances and those which duplicate state law. In the case of p*rnographic materials.
Taylor said that with the exception the section dealing with display of obscene material where it might be viewed by minors, the subject is covered by state law which provides both methods of handling and penalities which exceed the city's capabili- The display section requires that materials deemed obscene under U.S. Supreme Court standards must be maintained behind a counter where person who wants to buy that material would have to ask sales clerk for it Taylor said could not be displayed behind counter so that objectionable photographs or depictions could be observed by minors. The Rev. Sam ho*rster, pastor of Koinonia New Testament Church. asked section would apply to "newspapers and the advertisem*nts on their movie pages.
would be covered and they' would be prosecuted if they were violation. Taylor replied. The revisions provide that businesses with burglar alarm systems must pay $500. fee in the future to connect to the police department alarm system, and provides that fines can be assessed or service suspended for excessive false alarms. The fee would be $25 for false alarms exceeding eight per year, and service could be suspended by the chief more than 20 false alarms were recorded during a year.
charges no fee for this service now, but Police Chief Kenneth Rosenquest said with 223 alarms nowconnected to the system the department must start charging. The revised ordinances also provide for $25 fee to provide a police escort funeral procession, and the same fee escorting an -size vehicle through the city. It provides further that city police will not investigate motor vehicle accident on private property unless there personal injury or death involved, and sets fees for providing copies and certification of traffic offense reports. The fee for offense report will be an $4. and additional fee of $2 for certify the report There will be a $4 fee.
also, for certification 'that no accident report is on file. Mrs. Lack said reduction of littering important to the city's image and quality of life of everyone," and "she thinks that a community effort including public education will be required. We can't do this with police, when we have 50.000 people throwing things out of car windows," she said, "and I Perot, that it advise the Legislature to retain vocational education in secondary schools, with restrictions. The successful motion, by Rep.
Bill Haley, D-Center, would require that any vocational education program must be reviewed and approved for continuance at least every four years. New programs would not be established until there was a demand from the job market. Vocational education programs would be mandated to work with community colleges and industry to lower expenses. Vocational education teachers also would be required to teach academic subjects, if qualified. No new job skills program could be created without at least 30 students and could not be sustained without at least 20 students.
The motion would not affect teaching of home ecnomics and agriculture in high schools, Haley said. "This begins to put some substantial control and reasoning into vocational education," said Dr. Jon Fleming of Fort Worth, chairman of the subcommittee. The subcommittee also approved, 4-3, a motion by Dr. Elizabeth MacNaughton, Houston, to allow the awarding of "associate" high school diplomas for students who complete the 10th grade, then make passing grades in at least one year of job skills training in a technical or liberal arts college.
Living on Borrowed Time Hong Kong Lease Expiring HONG KONG (AP) This is the year of reckoning for Hong Kong. Having lived on borrowed time, this British colony's 5.5 million people will know by September what China plans to do with Hong Kong after Britain's lease on most of the territory expires in 1997. Peking has made September the deadline for reaching an agreement with London on the future of the colony. If no agreement is reached, China has warned that it will make an unilateral announcement on its policy and guidelines. Ever since secret Sino-British talks on the territory began in the fall of 1982, after British Prime Minister Mrs.
Margaret Thatcher's visit to Peking, Hong Kong has been shaken to its roots. Last September, political jitters sent the Hong Kong dollar plunging to a record low of 9.50 against the American dollar, a drop of 32 percent in one year. Residents panicked, hoarded food and bought gold as a hedge against AUDIT (Continued From Page IA) actually broken even in 1983 were it not for those two totals. When asked if the records were too incomplete to indicate where the money had gone, Kennedy replied is correct." He also said the two people primarily responsible for preparing last year's budget and overseeing the books have since been replaced. Following the meeting, a public hearing was held on the proposed final statement on the Texas Community Development Program, a grant program administered by the state.
Kennedy said he recognized there were accounting problems last year and instructed Frank J. Leal and Associates to thoroughly inspect the books and present an in report to the board. This, he said, is why the annual audit report was so complete and why it was also arrived a couple months later than normal. "I feel fortunate that we can have these auditors on he said. Kennedy explained it took very complete bad news to launch the kind of comprehensive recovery he envisions.
Kennedy pointed to the complete evaluation as one of two positive signs that emerged from the audit. The other was that the organization's "indirect costs" (essentially its overheady had been reduced to its lowest rate ever in 1983. Robert V. Herrera, of Frank J. Leal and Associates, indicated the reason the money was overspent appeared to have roots in the accounting procedures used.
He said there were that the general fund owed about $40.000 to individual grant funds, but not enough records had been kept to indicate how much to which, or why. He pointed to interfund receivable deficits in four programs and surpluses in two others. What this means is that there were funds moved out of (Texas Department of Aging and (Government Office of Criminal Justice to support those other programs," Herrera said. "I imagine your funding sources, particularly Aging, would have a very dim view of the findings of this audit. have not received our working papers: they will receive our working papers," he continued.
The draft indicated the problems dated back several years and an attempt to revise the 1982 audit figures led to even worse problems for the 1983 audit. Specifically, the report adjusted the 1982 report by $52,050, because: on discussions with management and review of correspondence from state agencies we determined that accounts receivable payable to said state agencies reflected in the books of account did not exist. Aditionally, revenues and expenditurs pertaining to the month of September. 1982, were erroneously recorded as fiscal year 1983 expenditures. That correction improved the 1982 books but worsened the 1983 books.
Overall. the general fund balance shows a deficit of $55,078, but excess expenditures wound up totaling 426 for the year. Included in specific criticisms of the commission's internal controls used, was that "a listing of cash receipts is maintained, but no comparison is made to bank deposits to determine if the funds were actually deposited," Herrera said. Another item listed was that "Separate cash balances for each funding source were not maintained." Herrera said this was the reason his firm was unable to. determine how much the general fund owed individual funds.
This and other items led the report to state, "As a result of this action the general fund utilized funds belonging to various state agencies Inasmuch as the general fund has a deficit in its fund balance of $55,078.06, we cannot determine the ability of the general fund to repay this REED (Continued From Page IA). p.m. Wednesday to file. "In seeking re-election, I shall continue to adhere to the three elements of my campaign three years ago," Reed said in a prepared statement. "They are economy in government, a safer community, and encouragement of citizen input.
"I am especially interested in those organizations which are working to attract new business or industry to locate within our city limits, thus giving tax relief to our residential property owners. I will continue to support and encourage those citizens who are attempting to improve the image of our Reed is seeking his second threeyear term as mayor, after having served two terms as a councilman before the council reorganization in 1981. The 57-year-old mayor is principal of Stroman High School, and a longtime civic leader. He has served as president of YMCA, Victoria Housing Finance Victoria Chamber of Commerce, United Way, Downtown Kiwanis, Friends of Victoria Public Library, Junior Achievement and the March of Dimes. He is a past recipient of the Jaycee Boss of the Year award, Kiwanis Club Community Service Award, and the Rotary Club Citizenship Award.
He and his wife, Betty, reside at 201 Mossy Oaks, and are members of First United Methodist Church. Deaths and Funerals Adelina Garcia Funeral services for Miss Adelina Garcia, 96, of 908 E. Convent who died Sunday night in a local hospital, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. The Rev.
David Colella will officiate with burial in Evergreen Cemetery under the direction of Artero Memorial Chapels. Pallbearers will be Ralph G. Castillo, Pete V. Canales, Ralph Canales, Andrew Valderromas, Carlos Valderromas and Danny Gurskie. DeLessie Riley Advocate News Service WHARTON DeLessie Albertina Elliott Riley, 83, of Wharton, formerly of Glen Flora, died Sunday.
Born Feb. 12, 1901 in China, Texas to Albert John and Olga Koenig Peters, she was a retired licensed vocational nurse. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a former member of the Nurses League. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Charles Coleman Elliott in 1940 and Walter C. Riley in 1975.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Wharton City Cemetery with the Rev. Guy Pry officiating. She is survived by a daughter, Laverne Lutringer of Wharton; a son, Gordon "Sonny" Elliott of.
Houston: two stepsons, Walter C. Riley Jr. of Mission Velejo, and Richard Riley of Chicago, four sisters, Jerry Bolton of Wharton, Edna Claybrook of Refugio, Gladys Singleton of Pecos and Leila Wilson of Sargent; and a grandson. Pallbearers will be Donald Bolton, Dean Bolton. Vance Claybrook, Charles E.
Taylor, Lynn Guess and Dennis Peters. Memorials may be made to a charity of choice. Gregoria Martinez Advocate News Service WOODSBORO Gregoria F. Martinez, 79, of Woodsboro, died at her home Monday after a long illness. She was born Dec.
22, 1904, in Thomaston, the daughter of Jose and Angelita Garza Falcon. She was a longtime resident of Woodsboro. A rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Moore Funeral Home in Woodsboro. A funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m.
Wednesday at the St. James Catholic Church in Refugio. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. 'She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Adele Lopez of Woodsboro andMrs.
Alice Garcia of Corpus Christi: six sisters, Mrs. Eleonoro Trevino of Houston, Mrs. Vallie Ramirez of Refugio, Mrs. Mary Martinez of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Elvira Loa and Mrs.
Elivia Alverado, both of Victoria, and Mrs. Hortencia Ricker of San Antonio: eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Child Star's Contribution Remembered CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) Jackie Coogan, foremost child star of the silent screen, was remembered at a funeral Mass on Monday as a man who was "an important part of the American One-time child star Donald O'Connor and former "Dead End Kid" Huntz Hall were among the 300 people who attended the service at Holy Cross Mausoleum in this Los Angeles suburb. The Rev.
John Rode eulogized Coogan as "the epitome of the hometown boy who made good, for he was born here in Los Coogan was "far more important than just an actor he was an important part of the American scene," Rohde said. Rohde recalled that in 1924 Coogan traveled across the United States in a special train to collect food and toys for starving Greek children. He also told of how the loss of Coogan's fortune to his mother and stepfather brought about the Jackie Coogan Law in 1939. Coogan, who was 69 when he died Thursday, became a star at the age of 4 in Charlie Chaplin's "'The Kid." COLLEGE (Continued From Page 1A) use its computer as a back-up sys: tem in the event of equipment problems at the campus. Both entities use Honeywell equipment.
Purchase of a new solid state sound system for the auditorium was authorized to replace existing tube type equipment now in place. Cost will be $6,435 from Sound Distributors Inc. The board rejected a proposal that would have included a $1,039 wireless microphone with the new system. Robert Schramek, supervisor, of buildings and grounds, said the present system is unreliable and there is increasing difficulty when trying to find repair parts. Trustees approved the resignation of Monroe Northcutt, director of intermural sports at Victoria College, who will retire May 31.
Named to replace Northcutt was Frederick Wayne Reuter, currently on the faculty of Patti Welder Intermediate School. Reuter will join the Victoria College faculty Sept. 1. a Mrs. Harriett Hill Graveside services for Mrs.
Harriett L. Hill, 55, of 2011 N. Louis, who died Sunday morning in a local hospital following a short illness, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Evergreen Cemetery. The Rev.
Harold Pierce, pastor of Rocky Creek Baptist Church, will officiate. Pallbearers will be Kevin Duckett, Gary Arnold, Rocky Bachus, Darren Fox and W.J. Fox. William H. Gray line.
place. limits. ties. Advocate News Service YOAKUM William H. Gray, 91, of Yoakum, died at 1:43 a.m.
Monday in a local hospital following long illness. Born July 31, 1892 in Guatemala, he was a retired service station owner and operator. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Buffington Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Billy Walden officiating. Burial will be in Alexander Cemetery near Yoakum.
Survivors include a daughter. Mrs. Lorea Schaffner of Yoakum; three sisters, Mrs. Nelle Lege of Corpus Christi. Mrs.
Thelma Shaffer and Mrs. Edythe Starbuck, both of Sinton; four grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. Pallbearers will be Mike Rice, David McLarry, Owen Goode, Alex Benbow, Bill Grubert and Bobby Jo Morrow. A.E. Huegler Advocate News Service BEEVILLE A.E 'Tiny' Huegler, 63, died Sunday near Pawnee.
He was born Aug. 2, 1920, in Beeville to Albert A. and Fannie Mae O'Donnel Huegler, both deceased. He served in the Navy during World War II, and had resided in San Antonio since 1951. Prior to that, he had lived in Bee and Live Oak counties.
He was employed in aircraft sales and repairs. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church of San Antonio and a member of the Live Oak Beefmasters Association. Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wilson Funeral Chapel in Beeville, with burial in Pawnee Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Jo Beth Huegler of San Antonio; a daughter, Vicki Huegler of San Antonio: a brother, Floyd Huegler of San Antonio: and a sister, Mrs. Mae Wilson of Wills Point. Texas. Baby's Death Remains Under Investigation Advocate News Service MOULTON The cause of death of a newborn baby girl found last Tuesday in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Branyon in Moulton is still under investigation, Moulton Police Chief Mark Zimmerman said Monday. The baby's death was not reported to police until Wednesday when George Mayer, Moulton justice of the peace, called him, Zimmerman said. Mayer said Monday he was called to the Branyon's home, where he ruled the baby had died at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday and ordered an Mayer said Monday he was awaiting for the complete autopsy report this week and has not ruled on the cause of death. The baby's body was sent to.
Victoria for the autopsy, according to police. Zimmerman said he was told by Mayer that Mayer had called Billy Hyman, district attorney's investigator from Gonzales, to conduct the investigation. Hyman said Monday he was notified Wednesday morning of the baby's death and began his investigation, which is continuing. "No one is in custody and no one has been arrested," said Hyman. Moulton police, Lavaca County Sheriff's Department deputy Ed Kubicek, and Joe Nieto, Lavaca County Precinct 6 constable, are assisting Hyman in the investigation.
DEFICITS inflation. Supermarkets were stripped bare and goldsmith shops did a roaring trade. The panic dismayed officials, who kept pointing out that the Hong Kong economy was as sound and strong as ever. "Speculators will get their fingers burned," warned Financial Secretary Sir John Bremridge. The Chinese accused the Hong Kong authorities of deliberately "wrecking" the colony's economy in order to gain the upper hand at the conference.
table. China earns the equivalent of $7 billion in U.S.. currency, in foreign exchange from Hong Kong. The government stemmed the financial chaos after a series of drastic economic measures. The Hong Kong dollar was pegged at a fixed rate of 7.80 to the American dollar and the prime lending rate was raised.
Although the depressed value of the Hong Kong dollar was partly caused by speculation, many observers believed its main cause was a massive outflow of capital. Several, industrialists said they were only keeping a minimum amount of cash in Hong Kong to meet necessary expenses. "There is no way I'll further my operations here," said Tim Chang, 55, who fled China in the early 1950s after undergoing a public trial for landlords in Shanghai. "I have enough orders on hand to last me for at least six months and my factories can operate with profits for several years without adding new and expensive equipment." Chang, owner of two medium-sized garment factories, said he has a "contingent plan" to move his wife and two children out of the colony before 1997. He refused to elaborate.
Chinese officials have asked people here not to worry about their future. They said Hong Kong's economic and social systems will remain unchanged for at least 50 years after China takes control. Ji Pengfei, head of China's office for Hong Kong, said Hong Kong's foreign exchange, gold, and stock markets will remain open after 1997. (Continued From Page 1A) and then have every idea offered "summarily rejected." On Saturday, Reagan said in a paid political radio broadcast that Democratic plans to trim deficits with higher taxes "is a cop-out." "Please be a little skeptical when you hear the moaning from Washington's born-again deficit Reagan said. "The truth is, these are the same people who brought us big and bloated government in the first place.
And they haven't changed a bit." Wright, who has been representing House Democrats at the deficit talks, showed reporters copies of a speech on trimming deficits he inserted into the Feb. 9, 1959 Congressional Record. He suggested that Reagan probably could not demonstrate such a longstanding commitment to cutting deficits and said, "'He (Reagan) may be a back-sliding budget since he had criticized former President Jimmy Carter for sending Congress a budget projecting a $30 billion deficit. The projected deficit in Reagan's fiscal 1985 budget is $180.4 billion..
