The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 193, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 3, 1983 Page: 1 of 36
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Research in Albuquerque. is
also scheduled
Deaf Smith and Swisher
Counties are among six sites
considered for underground
burial of spent fuel and
wastes from nuclear power
plants The list will be nar-
rowed to five this summer
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youngster' has always loved
to put his thoughts and feel-
ings on paper. He remembers
vividly a poem he wrote as a
teenager of 15 to a girl that
was attending the same play
party.
“I lost my heart that night
to a girl named Daisy Bell."
he recalled. The poem, "Pup-
py Love", was my first effort
that was shown to others."
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Team of specialists to appear
at POWER meeting Tuesday
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Southwestern Public Service Co.
Rain, sleet and strong winds
greeted Hereford residents on
April 1, but spring is around the
corner! (Staff Photo by Sandy
Pankey)
take journalism classes at the
University of Oklahoma."
said Powers. "I lack 12 hours
getting my degree "
Powers added that he had
no difficulty in studying
because he had a goal and
was inspired by two pupils
that sat next to him in one of
his classes.
"There were two students
seeking their master's
degrees,” stated Powers.
“One of them said to the
other We better get going.
Look at Powers, he's already
started his assignment ' That
made me feel good about
what I was doing. "
We accept that we may
County has new
juvenile officer
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City Commissioners will
canvass election returns and
swear in newly elected of-
ficials Monday night during a
regular meeting at 7 30 p.m
in the city hall
The leaders will also ap-
point a Mayor Pro-Tem and a
city health officer
Other agenda items in-
clude:
-Two zoning change re-
quests.
-A letter from Hereford
Day Care.
-Tending to matters of the
YMCA request to lease city
land.
-Look at a request by the
Red Cross for lease of city-
land.
-And actin regarding
House Bill 35 on court costs
for delinquent lax collection
suits.
ing with juveniles as
Deaf Smith County has a
new juvenile peace officer in
Lupe Chavez, 37. Chavez
comes to his new position
from the Tulia Police Depart-
ment.
Chavez replaces former
juvenile peace officer Handy
Williams, who resigned
recently to join the Hereford
Police Department. He will
coordinate his work with
County Juvenile Probation
Officer Luis Rangel
“Basically, I do police work
that deals mainly with
juveniles,” Chavez said.
That covers kids from 10-17
years old."
Chavez, who was with the
Tulia Police Department for
114 years, had risen to the
rank of Lieutenant within
that department He also
served for one year with the
Plainview Police Department
prior to moving to Tulia.
Chavez's office will be
located in room 207 at the
county courthouse
“I have previous ex-
perience through work as a
truant officer for the Tulia
school system,” Chavez
result
The new officer is a 1976
graduate of Wayland Baptist
University, where he earned
a B A. in l-aw Enforcement.
He and his wife have three
daughters, Yolanda, 14;
Tanya, 9; and Lisa Mane. 3
Chavez officially began his
new job Friday.
remove part of our missiles in
Europe, move them into Asia
— that’s our right, place them
where they are not able to
reach central Europe This is
what we have proposed,"
Gromyko said.
Gromyko claimed the
Soviet Union needed missiles
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compromise since it was of-
fered to Soviet arms
negotiators in Geneva,
Switzerland on Tuesday In
Washington Friday the State
Department said in advance
it would have no comment on
Gromyko's remarks
Gromyko, holding his first
international news con-
ference in the Soviet capital
since June 1979, said
Reagan's latest proposal
would give NATO a 24-lo-l
advantage in medium -range
nuclear warheads over the
Soviet Union
He gave no figures to back
his assertion.
Until now the Reagan ad-
ministration had insisted the
Soviets dismantle all their
missiles aimed at Western
Europe in exchange for
canceling NATO's planned
deployment of 572 new
American rockets there
beginning late this year
British and French nuclear
missiles, and this is not
serious."
Third. "We are asked to
remove or abolish our
missiles in Europe and asked
at the same time to abolish
them in Asia - this alone
makes agreement impossi-
ble.”
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Although no recall has yet
been ordered, the agency ad-
vised car owners to have a
mechanic check their
vehicles for excessive axle
play, a possible sign of fur-
ther problems
The agency scheduled a
meeting May 4 to hear from
the manufacturer and other
groups to determine if further
action such as a recall is
necessary
It would be the second
largest recall in history The
largest was in 1981 for 5.8
million GM cars from the
1978-81 model years to check
Springtime in Hereford
Although April's debut was
anything but spring-like, the
month usually signifies the begin-
ning of a new season. Our "calen-
dar girl” for April is Mona
Romero, an employee at
A team of specialists from
the Department of Energy's
Office of Nuclear Waste
Isolation will concentrate on
issues of water contamina-
lion, hydrology, and safety of
the repository at a mecting of
POWER (People Opposed to
Wasted Energy Repositories 1
Tuesday at 8 p m in the
Hereford High cafeteria
On the agenda are Dr Walt
By ROXINNE ERV ASTI
Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW (AP)- Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei A
Gromyko today rejected
President Reagan's latest
proposal on limiting medium-
range nuclear missiles in
Europe as absolutely ab-
surd."
If the position of the
United States remains as it
has been stated, there is no
chance of an agreement."
said Gromyko, who is also
first deputy premier.
Therefore, It would be a
good thing if the U.S. ad-
ministration adopted a more
objective attitude on meeting
the requirements of equal
security and taking into ac-
count all the legitimate in-
terests of the Soviet Union
and the other countries of
the Warsaw Pact.
It was the Kremlin's first
official reaction to the U.S
revealed. I also was a
substitute teacher, and got to
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BY SANDY PANKEY
Staff Writer
"You'll have to divorce me
first”.
That was the reply Andy
Powers gave when his wife.
Mildred, said she didn't want
her name published as one of
the coauthors of their book
entitled "Joy in the
Morning"
"I wasn't about to take all
the credit I wrote the poetry
and my wife, who has all the
education, edited it for me."
explained Powers
“Joy in the Morning” is the
fourth volume of poetry that
the author has published. His
previous works include
"Here Lies Our Heart",
"Heavenly Rays" and "A Bit
of Heaven" He has also writ-
ten a novel, "The Arkansas
John the Baptist”.
Although he has written fic-
tion and poetry since
childhood, Powers didn’t
become really serious about
obtaining a formal education
in journalism until he was 65.
"After I retired I decided to
Newcombe and Mike Dayl-
ing. who will discuss deep
basin hydrology , Jim Gould,
addressing water issues; and
Dr Sam Matthews, speaking
on saftey concerns. Also at-
tending will be Jeff Neff.
DOE’s manager of salt site
investigations, and Linda Me-
(lain. project manager for
the Texas studies
Don Hancock, representing
who posses a gift of gab don't know how to wrap it up
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Weary father of a four-year-old to his wife Talk. talk,
talk' Thank heavens in a few years he'll be a teenager and
we won't be able to communicate with him' "
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As this column is written, it is election time in Hereford
and we hope many voters took time to go to the polls
Saturday and make their decisions known in the city,
school and hospital board elections
Some officials were predicting a light turnout since the
election fell on the Easter Holiday weekend. The absentee
voting was light, usually a signal that the election-day
totals would also be small
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Another election was held here Thursday, and it drew
much interest in the community although no one could
vote except Swift Independent Packing Co employees
As reported Friday, employees rejected union represen-
tation in a close vote. It was apparent that the business
community was pleased with the results, because many
people put much of the blame on the union when the Ar-
mour plant shut down.
Pending a possible protest of the election, It will be a
year before the question comes up again The company
will have time to prove itself, and employees will have
time to determine whether they made the right decision.
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Almost two years ago, we were at a Texas Press
Association convention when MSgt. Roy P Benavidex was
honored as Texan of the Year " The story of his heroic
actions in Vietnam were truly above and beyond the call
of duty. ... ...
So it was with much interest that we read his story
again in the April issue of Reader s Digest Benavidez
saved the lives of eight men, despite multiple and exten-
sive wounds of his own.
He received the Distinguished Service Cross, the
second-highest award for valor, in 1968 after recovering
from his wounds in the bloody fighting in Vietnam. Itook
the diligence and testimony of a number of officers before
he was awarded the highest honor-the Congressional
Medal of Honor, in 1982
A native of El Campo. Benavidez also received the sup.
port of his local newspaper when appeals wereubeing
made to Congress to extend the time limit for the highest
award.
WASHINGTON I API - A cidents, the rear axle shaft
highway safety agency is disconnected from the car
warning that between 2.7 The vehicles affected are
million and 5.3 million Chevrolet Malibu, Monte
General Motors Corp. cars Carlo, and El Camino; Pon-
could have a defect that tiac LaMans and Grand Prix;
would cause the rear axle and Oldsmobile Cutlass and
wheels to drop off while in Cutlass Supreme; Buick Cen-
motion tury and Regal; and GMC
The National Highway Caballero. AU are 1978. 1979
Traffic Safely Administra- and 1980 models, the govern-
tion said Friday it has receiv- ment said
ed 64 reports of accidents, in- General Motors spokesman
eluding 11 injuries, involving Clifford D Memott said the
the axle problem on 1978 automaker would not com-
through 1980 model GM mid- ment because the company-
sized cars had not seen the government
in all but six of the ac- report.
for possible fractures in rear ed in 1979
lower control arm bolts The highway safely agen-
The announcement comes cy's investigation of the axle
several days after General problem started in early 1982
Motors reached agreement The probe showed that
with the government on how some of the vehicles may
to correct a problem with have been built with end but-
rear brakes on 240,000 1980 tons that are too thin on the
front-wheel drive x-body rear axle shaft, causing a re-
cars. laming lock to fall out of its
The agency also is in- groove, the agency said,
vestigating an occasional loss “This could result in
of power steering and reports disengagement or separation
of possible problems with of the axle shaft and wheel
power brakes on the X-body assembly from the vehicle,
models a line that has been which could lead to loss of
subject to a dozen various (See AXLES, page 2A|
recalls since being introduc-
PUPPY LOVE
I have a little bundle of letters
Safely placed away
I take them out and read
them
Each and every day
The oldest one is new
Each time I look at it
Of course the others are
newer
But I'm not partial abit
I think they all can see me
With eyes just like thine
I'm sure that I'll still love
them
if I live to ninety-nine
Yes, when I am old and feeble
And don't feel half so well
I'll still be loving these letters
From my darling Daisy Bell
"Anyone that has a screw
loose in their head like I do.
will understand that there
just has to be some sort of
relief. For me writing gives
me satisfaction," explained
Powers
Powers and his wife are
residents of King's Manor
Retirement Home They were
married July 11, 1982, but as
the jubilant author exclaim-
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of the Deaf Smith County also been invited.
Courthouse, Hightower and the two
According to a spokesman senators will not be able to
of Sen Sarpalius’ office, the stay in town for the People
officials will be seeking infor- Opposed to Wasted Energy
mation about the issue and an Repositories (POWER)
indication of what the general meeting later Tuesday even-
public feels the state should ing.
do toward the issue Department of Energy of-
Elected officials from Deaf ficials are scheduled to ap-
Smith, Randall, and Swisher pear at the 8 p.m. POWER
Counties have been informed meeting to discuss the affect
of the meeting and invited to of the location of a nuclear
attend. Other area people, in- waste repository on the
eluding farmers and those area's water supply, and
outspoken on the issue, have repository safety in general
The state ag department's
top official and two state
senators will be in Hereford
Tuesday afternoon to gather
input from local officials and
citizens about what role the
state should take in the
nuclear waste issue.
Ag Commissioner Jim
Hightower and Stale Senators
Bill Sarpalius i D-Canyon i
and John Montford
(D-Lubbock) will meet with
constituents at 5 p.m., Tues-
day in the 222nd District
Courtroom on the third floor
Its new offer is to negotiate
a ceiling on warheads for the
medium-range missiles and
reduce the planned NATO
deployment to that number if
the Soviets cut back their
arsenal accordingly
This is not a road to peace
or agreement — on the con-
trary.” Gromyko scoffed
"The gulf between this pro-
posal and an agreement will
be even wider
First, I refer to aviation
and aircraft carrying nuclear
weapons. It is absurd — ab-
solutely absurd to leave
them out."
Second. The Soviet Union
is asked to leave aside"
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ed. "We have celebrated 109
anniversaries."
He watches closely for ex-
pressions of puzzlement when
he tells people of their an-
niversaries they have
witnessed
“I don’t say Mildred and I
together have celebrated that
many anniversaries but that
we have a total of 109 years of
marriage we have
observed.” laughed Powers
"I was married to my first
wife, who died in 1981, for 57
years and Mildred was mar-
ried for 51 years".
Having a great sense of
humor and a zest for life has
enabled Powers to be suc-
cessful in everything that he
has endeavored
Bom in 1896 on Hedhill
farm near Lexington, Tenn.,
the author explained that he
was like all great men, not
necessarily born in a log
cabin like Abraham Lancoln,
but born on a farm
He moved with his family
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Nigh, Bob. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 193, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 3, 1983, newspaper, April 3, 1983; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1430223/m1/1/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.