Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1976 Page: 4 of 8
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Pressure On Manufacturing Capacity Eases
Manufacturing output in
Texas dropped 0.9 per cent in
April, easing demand on plant
1 capacity.
While still well above a year
before, after a slight decline in
March, output totaled about 1.3
per cent less than in February.
• Overall, manufacturing was
taking a little less than 97 per
cent of the average plant
capacity used in 1972.
That is th° year the Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas has
taken as the base for its
seasonally adjusted Texas
' manufacturing capacity
utilization index. When
capacity is used more than in
1972, the rate of utilization
exceeds 100 per cent.
In June 1974, for example,
capacity utilization in Texas
approached 104 per cent. And as
an indication of the severity of
the recession in Texas - a year
later, when manufacturing in
Texas was just beginning to rise
again from the trough, the
index had been stuck at around
93 per cent for several months.
Policymakers have been
watching capacity utilization
for some time, hoping to catch
any early indication of changes
in prices and employment.
As slack is taken up in the
economy, use of plant and
equipment increases. As
producers are forced to fall
back on less productive units,
costs tend to rise, putting
pressure on prices. If shortages
develop, creating bottlenecks in
the flow of goods, there is still
more pressure on prices.
And as producers boost
output-whether by expanding
facilities, going into overtime,
or taking o;'i more workers-
employment also increases.
So far in the recovery, most of
the increase in spending has
come from consumers.
Manufacturers, in fact, have
been cutting back on their
spending plans.
According to recent
estimates, in the first three
months of this year, the
country's largest manufac-
turing companies may have
reduced their budgets for plant
and equipment as much as an
eighth.
And significantly for Texas,
most of this reduction was due
to cutbacks by petroleum
companies.
The nation's biggest
petroleum state, Texas depends
on oil and gas for nearly 30 per
cent of its industrial production.
But it also depends on
refining and petrochemicals for
roughly 55 per cent of its non-
durable manufacturing. And
much of its other manufac-
turing is also petroleum based.
Together, fabricated metals,
machinery, and transportation
equipment account for roughly
70 per cent of the state's durable
manufacturing. Most of that
production goes to support
either petroleum or chemicals.
As the recovery moves on into
its second year, demands on
capacity are bound to begin
picking up again. And as
manufacturers respond by
adding new plants and equip-
ment, bidding up wages and
prices of materials, new in-
flationary pressures have to be
expected.
That is one of the problems of
the times. Inflation can even-
tually be cut by increasing the
capacity to produce. But that
solution makes inflation worse
in the near future.
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Announced
Ticket Sales Dates
Kingsville - Dates have been
announced for the sale of Texas
A&I University football tickets
for the 1976 season.
Season tickets with options
will go on sale July 19. Any fan
who currently holds an option
may renew the option during
this period and those wanting to
purchase season tickets with
options for the first time may do
so.
Those who currently hold
options have through Aug. 13 to
renew the options or they will be
placed on sale on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Season tickets with or without
options will go on sale Aug. 16
and these will remain on sale
until the opening home game
Sept. 11.
Single-game ticket sales
begin Aug. 30 and will continue
through the season. Tickets to
any home game may be pur-
chased beginning Aug. 30 and it
is not necessary to wait until the
week of the game to purchase
tickets.
Reserved seat season tickets
are $17.50 and single game
tickets are $4. A $3 fee is
charged to those who purchase
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Tickets may be purchased at
the A&I Athletic Ticket Office,
located in Office No. 6 of the
Steinke Physical Education
Center. The SPEC is located
south of Javelina Stadium.
The office is open Monday
through Friday from 8 a.m.-
noon and 1-5 p.m.
Tickets may be ordered by
mail by sending a check or
money order to the Athletic
Ticket Office, Campus Box 137,
Texas A&I University,
Kingsville 78363. When ordering
by mail fans should specify the
address to which the tickets
should be mailed.
A&I has one of the most at-
tractive home schedules ever
this fall. The Javelinas open the
home slate Sept. 11 against
Slippery Rock State of Penn-
sylvania. The team hosts
Abilene Christian, one of the top
conference title contenders,
Sept. 25.
Other home games are Oct. 16
against Western New Mexico
(Parents Day), Nov. 6 with Sam
Houston State (homecoming)
and Nov. 13 against Howard
Payne (Band Day).
HUGE PAN AM PROJECT PROGRESSES - Pan American
University's largest single building project is more than 50 per
cent complete, with construction progressing at a fast rate, and
is six months ahead of schedule. Architect, Kenneth Bentsen,
made the progress report on the learning resource center at a
recent board of regents meeting. The four-level structure,
located near the center of the campus, is being constructed by
B-F-W Construction Company of Temple at a cost of $4,053,000.
When completed in early 1977, the LRC will accommodate the
functions of a traditional library plus first floor areas for
specialized self-help in the form of audio-visual materials,
television, photography and graphics. The second floor area will
contain the card catalog, reference areas, and library ad-
ministrative and staff offices while the third and fourth floors
will be devoted mainly to book stacks, reading and study areas.
Most of the outside masonry and massive glassed-in north wall
is complete, leaving inside finishing as the main area of con-
centration. (Pan Am photo by Gerald Whitaker)
KINGSVILLE—Texas A&I
head coach Gil Steinke was
sitting in a coffee shop in
Mannheim, Germany, several
weeks ago as his team neared
the halfway point of its three-
week tour through Europe.
There had been some
problems during the first phase
of the tour with housing, food,
travel, etc. "Would you agree to
do this again if given the op-
portunity?" a fan asked.
"I'm sure I would," Steinke
answered without hesitating.
And now that the trip is history
and the Javelina head man is
back at his desk in South Texas,
he still agrees that the trip was
a great experience and he'd
certainly consider attempting
such a venture again if asked to
do so.
"I think it was a great trip,
not only for the players but the
coaching staff and fans as
well," Steinke said.
"I'm not saying there weren't
some problems. Any time you
move two football teams, and
all of the supporting officials,
across three countries for the
first time, you're bound to have
some problems.
"But overall, things went
fairly well and I feel the next
teams to make the trip will
benefit by our having served as
pioneers on such a tour."
The Javelinas and Henderson
State of Arkansas played five
exhibition games during the
three-week period. The games
were in Berlin, Vienna, Paris,
Mannheim and Nurnberg.
A&I swept the series, 5-0, as
the teams became the first to
play United States football in
Europe.
"I think everyone who made
the trip will look back on it as a
memorable experience.
"We've got to take pride in
the fact we introduced U.S.
football to the Europeans. And
they liked it. Our biggest and
most enthusiastic crowds were
in Paris, Vienna and Berlin, and
these audiences were almost
entirely European fans.
"And, too, we were afforded
an opportunity to see a part of
the world we never would have
been able to see had it not been
for the trip. I appreciate such
an opportunity and I know the
players feel the same way."
Steinke says he feels there
might be a future for U.S. teams
playing in Europe. "Even with
their lack of knowledge of the
rules, the fans reacted
favorably to the games. They
liked the runs, passes and hard-
hitting. With a little more in-
troduction to the game, I think
the fans would turn out for the
sport."
Steinke said he feels more
U.S. teams will be going to
Europe. "I think it might even
be feasible to play a game or
two in Europe at the start of the
fall season.
"You could schedule a couple
of games there in late August
and then come home to play
your regulation schedule,"
Steinke said
Steinke's Javelina teams may
be the most widely traveled in
football after their recent tour.
They have played in all areas of
the United States, including
Hawaii, and in Mexico.
The squad has a second trip to
Hawaii on this fall's schedule.
Puerto Rican Policemen
Indicted On Charges
DENTISTA
EL OR: ANGEL AD0LF0LARAR
CIRUJANO DENTISTA
Esta A Sus Ordenes En Su Consultorio
Del Hotel Isabel En CD. Camargo, Tam.
Servicios Profesionales: Extracciones
Sin Dolor, Empastes, Lirnpiezas,Placas
Y Puentes, Dientes De Oro Y Todos
LosTrabajos Dentaies.
Consultas Todos Los Dias Menos Jueves,
Domingo Medio Dia.
Two present and two former
Puerto Rico policemen were
indicted by a federal grand jury
today on civil rights charges in
the separate beatings of two
men and two women.
Attorney General Edward H.
I.evi said two two-count in-
dictments were returned in U.S.
District Court in San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
One indictment named Of-
ficers Angel Rios Luiz and
Cesar A. Mercado Negron. The
second indictment named
former Officers Anastacio
Moyett and Jose N. Rosado.
Luiz was charged in two
counts with beating William F.
Pellegrino and Maria E. Cor-
nier on April 9, 1975, in the town
of Aguadilla.
Mercado Negron was charged
in one count with beating the
woman.
Moyett was charged in two
counts with beating and kicking
Brucellosis Eradication
WASHINGTON D.C - Rep.
Kika de la Garza, chairman of
the House Agriculture Sub-
committee on Government
Operations, wound up three
days of fact-finding hearings on
the Agriculture Department's
brucellosis eradication
program.
Witnesses appearing before
the committee included experts
from the U.S. Department and
state departments of
agriculture, representatives of
farm organizations, and both
beef and dairy cattle producers.
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A&I Football Team Finishes European Tour
"The picture they presented '
of the efficacy of the Federal
eradication program was
mixed and contradictory," Rep
de la Garza concluded at the
end of the hearings. "The
Agriculture Department says
the eradication program is
working. Some livestock men
say it is not working and can
work only through the
eradication of cattle herds
themselves, at a cost that would
mean financial disaster for
them."
The Congressman said it is
expected that further in-
formation about efforts to
control brucellosis, also known
as Bang's disease, will be
developed during an in-
ternational symposium on the *
subject to be held at Texas A &
M University in July.
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Juan Jose Melero and Serena
Becroft on June 23, 1975, in Old
San Juan.
Rosado was charged in one
count with beating Melero.
All four defendants were
charged with violating the
constitutional rights of the two
men and two women by de-
priving them of liberty without
due process of law. ^
The incident involving Luiz
and Mercado Negron occurred
during the arrest of Pellegrino
and Corneir.
The incident involving Moyett
and Rosado occurred at a bar.
Both were dismissed from the
police force.
The maximum penalty upon
conviction of each count of
violating Title 18, U.S. Code,
Section 242 (deprivation of
rights) is one year in prison and
a $1,000 fine.
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Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1976, newspaper, July 8, 1976; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194567/m1/4/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.