The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1988 Page: 1 of 10
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Published in Rio Grande City, Texas, Every Thursday By The Rio Grande Publishing Co.
NO. 52 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1988
FIFTEEN CENTS
-AN EDITORIAL-
The Rio Grande Herald urges Starr County voters to
cast their ballots for the straight Democratic Party
ticket Tuesday.
Starr County has one of its own, Senator Lloyd
Bentsen, on the Democratic ticket as vice president.
The election of the Dukakis-Bentsen ticket would be
of obvious advantage to Starr County residents.
This newspaper has always believed that Democrats
serve the best interest of the disadvantaged, and
certainly Starr County can use some help in
developing economically.
If you are going to have local Democrats in office,
then give them someone upstate and in Washington
with whom they can work.
Bentsen Votes Absentee:
Pleads For Demo Surge
Presidential
Election Tuesday
Starr County voters will cast
Lheir ballots Tuesday to choose who
should become the 41st President of
the United States
Vice-President George Bush is
the Republican presidential
nominee, and his vice-presidential
nominee is Indiana Sen. Dan
Quayle.
Massachusetts Gov. Michael
Dukakis is the Democratic presi-
dential nominee, and U.S. Sen.
Lloyd M Bentsen, Jr , a Valley
native, is the vice-presidential
candidate.
Bentsen is also seeking a fourth
term in the U.S. Senate. His
Republican opponent is U.S. Rep.
Beau Boulter of Amarillo.
U.S. Rep. Kika De La Garza is
opposed only by Libertarian Gloria
Joyce Hendrix.
Other state contested races are
indicated as follows:
• Railroad Commission- Re-
publican Ed Emmett, Democratic
incumbent Jim Nugent, and
Libertarian Richard Draheim.
• Railroad Commission (unex
pircd term)- Republican incumbent
Kent Hance vs Democrat Clint
Hackney.
• Chief Justice Texas Supreme
Court (unexpired term)- Re-
publican incumbent Tom Phillips
vs. Democrat Associate Justice
Ted Z. Robertson
• Supreme Court Place 1- Re-
publican Paul Murphy vs Demo-
crat Lloyd Doggett. Supreme Court
Place 2 Republican Nathan Hecht
vs. Democratic incumbent Bill
Kilgarlin; Supreme Court Place 3-
Republican Charles Ben Howell vs.
Democratic incumbent Raul A
Gonzalez and Libertarian Calvin
W Scholz; Supreme Court Place 4
(unexpired term)- Republican in-
cumbent Barbara Culver vs. Dem-
ocrat Jack Hightower; Supreme
Court Place 5- Republican Eugene
A Cook vs. Democrat Karl Bayer.
• Presiding Judge Court of
Criminal Appeals- Republican
David A. Berchelmann, Jr., vs.
Democrat Mike McCormick; Court
of Criminal Appeals Place 1-
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By KENNETH ROBERTS
Managing Editor
Democratic vice-presidential
nominee Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., visited
Rio Grande City Saturday to cast
his absentee vote, and to urge local
voters to work fervently for a
Democratic Party sweep of the
Nov. 8 general election.
Bentsen, who is also a candidate
for re-election to a fourth term to
the U.S. Senate, sharply attacked
the campaign tactics and positions
of the Republican Bush-Quayle
ticket, insisting that Democratic
presidential nominee Michael
Dukakis' positions have been
severely distorted by the opposi-
tion.
Bentsen, along with his wife
Beryl Ann, arrived at the Starr
County Courthouse at approx-
imately noon Saturday to cast his
absentee vote. While inside the
county courtroom, the senior
senator from Texas expressed
satisfaction about the heavy rain
showers that had hit South Texas
earlier in the morning.
Bentsen's visit to Rio Grande
City was heavily covered by dozens
of reporters, photographers, and
cameramen from print and
electronic media at the Valley,
state, and national level.
Two Perish In
Traffic Mishap
Two men died instantly in a
head-on collision east of Rio
Grande City Sunday morning, and
a young woman remains in critical
condition at a MeAllen hospital.
Bias Garza, Jr . 49, of Rio
Grande City, and Bernancio
Salinas Espinoza of La Casita were
pronouced dead at the scene by
Justice of the Peace DeWitt Jones,
Jr A DPS trooper said that
Espinoza was in his early 40's
Selma Acevedo, 24, of Rio
Grande City remains in critical
condition a' MeAllen Medical
Center. She sustained injuries to
her head, face, hands, neck, and
hips, a DPS trooper said.
The trooper indicated that Garza
and Espinoza sustained severe
head and internal injuries.
The fatal accident occurred at
approximately 7:41 a.m. Sunday
morning, approximately 4.3 miles
east of Rio Grande City on U.S.
Highway 83. The mishap occurred
just east of the intersection with
FM 1430.
According to the trooper, Garza
was driving a four-door Ford
Grenada westbound on Highway 83,
and Espinoza was a passenger in
the front seat. The trooper said
that Acevedo was driving a 1988
Chevrolet pickup eastbound.
The trooper said that the semi
head-on collision took place in the
westbound lane of Highway 83
The trooper indicated that in-
vestigation into the fatal accident
is continuing.
The two men became the 10th
and 11th persons to die in traffic
accidents in Starr Countv in 1988
Radio System Works
Well For RGCCISD
IL KENNETH ROBERTS
Managing Editor
Since the Rio Grande City CISD
began installing its radio com-
munications system in early 1986,
the school district has steadily
increased both the quantity and
capabilities of the radios at their
disposal
Business Manager Romeo Lopez
indicated that the Rio Grande City
CISD now has 34 radio units, all
acquired from Rio Radio in
MeAllen since March 1986. At that
time, the district started out with
just a few radios, said the business
manager Lopez added, "'We're
trying to increase by about 10
radios per year
Lopez stressed, "The system has
proved to be extremely helpful I
turned out to be quite an asset Vou
don't really realize how good a
system is until you have to do
without it Now, we can communi-
cate among employees in an
instance This increases the effi-
ciency of the departments."
Lope/ emphasized that the finest
moment, and the biggest test, of
the radio system came in mid-
September during the 48 hours that
Hurricane Gilbert was threatening
the Vallev
Lopez said, "We have a FTC
two-way radio communications li
cense that was granted in March
1986 They iRio Radio) helped us
with the paperwork "
The business manager stressed.
"Frank Martinez is our contact
person with Rio Radio, and helped
us design the system He's a real
pro in this field."
Lopez said, "Rio Radio has been
real helpful We're very pleased
with the services they have pro-
vided and with the quality of the
radios Radios that need repair are
usually fixed and returned in two to
three davs
Lopez said, "There are four
channels that we communicate on:
Security, Maintenance. Transporta-
tion, and Administration...We're
very pleased we have not
expanded the administration aspect
to the fullest "
Lopez added, "There are 34 radio
units in operation in the four
different categories of the school
district We can communicate with
outlying areas by just turning a
switch, even if people are traveling
in vehicles "
Lopez said, "The channel for
administration will begin being
Rio Volleyball Team
Makes Playoffs
The Rio Grande City High girls
volleyball team catapulted into the
state playoffs by defeating La Joya
in a two-game match Saturday at
the Rio High gym
Rio, who finished second in
District 31-5A, is scheduled to play
Weslaco. the district champion of
32-5A, in a state playoff game at 7
p m this Thursday at the Rio High
gym
Vasquez expressed confidence
that the team is in good health and
in a good frame of mind for the
playoff game They tuned up for
the playoff encounter with a
practice match against Roma
Monday night
After losing to Donna in a
three game match on the road
Tuesday night and defeating La
Joya at home Saturday. Rio
finished district play with a 10-4
district mark, second to Mission
Vasquez commented. "We won the
game we had to win The team held
together to defeat La Jova. ''
Against La Joya on Saturday.
A spokesman for the Bentsen
campaign indicated that the
senator's voting precinct is located
in San Isidro, with his residence
the Arrowhead Ranch located in
northeast Starr County near San
Isidro.
After casting his ballot, Bentsen
proceeded to a rally sponsored by
local Democrats at the Kiosco on
the south end of Britton Avenue.
Precinct Four County Commis-
sioner Reynaldo "Moreno" Alaniz
urged a heavy Democratic turnout
for the Nov. 8 election, insisting
that under the last eight years of
Republican occupancy of the White
House, "only the few rich, but not
the working people, are well off."
U.S. Representative Kika De La
Garza introduced Bentsen, but also
argued that Republicans are trying
to limit the voting strength of
Hispanics. He said, "The Purple
Hearts on the wall entitle us to
vote. .We know how to get together
and elect our candidates."
After being introduced, Bentsen
compared the 1988 presidential
race to that of 1960, when the
Democratic presidential ticket of
John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B.
Johnson edged Republican presi-
dential nominee (then Vice-
President ) Richard Nixon by 30,000
votes in Texas and 120,000 na-
tionwide
Bentsen noted that Kennedy's
nationwide plurality amounted to a
difference of only one vote per
precinct. He contended, "So don't
tell me that your vote doesn't
count. Your vote can make the
difference between victory and
defeat."
Bentsen said, "It's great to be
home and back in Starr County. We
have a close race on our hands and
we're a little bit behind, but we're
going to win big."
He urged citizens to vote
absentee, saying that "you don't
need a special reason to vote early.
Who knows where you're going to
be on election day; what the
weather will be like; what's going
on at work "
Bentsen also insisted that Re-
publicans, through allegations of
voter fraud, are trying to stifle the
voting strength of South Texas He
argued, "They don't know what the
people of South Texas are made
of."
U.S. Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., the Democratic
nominee for Vice-President, and his wife are pictured
above signing in to vote absentee at the Starr County
Courthouse on Saturday. County Clerk Juan Mills is
pictured above in the background.
He insisted that since July, the
Republicans have run a negative
campaign that has distorted Gov
Dukakis' positions on several
issues.
On gun ownership, Bentsen said.
"Mike Dukakis believes you ought
to have a gun to protect yourself
and a gun to go hunting I wouldn't
run on a ticket with a man who
would try to take away my
shotgun."
About sharp GOP attacks on the
furlough of prisoners in
Massachusetts, Bentsen argued,
"That furlough law was inherited
from a Republican governor of
Massachusetts."
Bentsen said that after the
violent rampage of furloughed
convict Willie Horton, Dukakis took
responsibility for the tragedy and
changed the law.
He said, "The furlough law in
Massachusetts is tougher than in
Texas He increased the police
force bv 30 percent in
Massachusetts Massachusetts has
the lowest murder rate of any
major industrial state He has
reduced crime by 13 percent."
Sen. Bentsen argued that under
federal furlough programs, over
7000 convicted drug offenders have
received furloughs He said that in
the past 22 months, 5000 Texas
prisoners, including over 500
murderers, have been furloughed.
Bentsen attacked the Republican
administration on the trade issue,
arguing that "under this adminis-
tration. we've lost 40 percent of our
agricultural markets. What we
need is a government that stands
for our farmers and workers, and
makes sure that foreign markets
are open. "
He contended that "a vote for
George Bush is a vote for Dan
Quayle, and a vote for Dan Quayle
is not a vote for Texas."
Bentsen emphasized, "You sen-
an administration that has turned
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used in the near future Any new
radios will probably be used for
administration We have a working
number in other departments...We
hope that every principal might
have their own radio to communi-
cate within the system That
department (Administration) still
remains to be fully developed "
He added, "In the near future,
we will try to provide more access
by administrators to the radio
units."
Lopez noted, "At the top of the
light tower at the football stadium,
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Rio won their two games by scores
of 15-12 and 15-5.
Against Donna the previous
Tuesday, Rio lost 16-14, won 15-11,
and lost the final game 15-3.
Vasquez said that Rio's success
is due to a "team effort by
everyone Our strength, when we
get going, is our offense, especially
our serving "
Vasquez noted that Weslaco
defeated Rio in a pre season
scrimmage, but Rio defeated the
Panthers twice in non-district
tournament matches. She indicated
that Weslaco was defeated only
twice in District 32-5A play.
She noted that three girls from
the junior varsity- Ana Solis,
Veronica Gutierrez, and Patsy
Saenz - have been elevated to the
varsity team
The varsity girls volleyball team
is comprised of the following
players: Ronnie Gonzalez, Maribel
Bazan, Myrna Bazan, Norma De
La Cruz. Hermelinda Ayala, Rosa
Ramirez. Lorena Cabrera, Marissa
Alvarez, and Judy Pena.
Seniors Sandra Montalvo and Honorio Garza, Jr., pictured above in the
foreground, were crowned the Rio High Homecoming Queen and King for 19K8
Friday night.
Sandra Montalvo Crowned
Rio Homecoming Queen
Senior Sandra Montalvo was
crowned the 1988 Rio Grande City
High School Homecoming Queen
during halftime ceremonies of the
Rio Grande City-Donna football
game at Rattler Stadium Friday
night
Montalvo is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Martiriano Montalvo
Honorio Garza, Jr the son of Mr
and Mrs Honorio Garza, was
crowned Homecoming King
The Homecoming Princess and
Prince were Clarissa Garcia,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilberto
Garcia and Ruben D Saenz. Jr.
son of Mr, and Mrs, Ruben D
Saenz
The Homecoming Duchess and
Duke were Anna Garcia, daughter
of Mr and Mrs Efrain Garcia;
and Ramiro Trejo, Jr . son of Mr
and Mrs Ramiro Trejo
The Belle and Beau for the senior
class were Kavlnne Gomez, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. Juan Pablo
Gomez; and Felix Lopez son of
Mr and Mrs NoeJ Lopez
The belles and beaus for the
other three classes are listed as
follows
Juniors Judith O Pena, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs Ovidio Pena
and Juan Solis son of Mr and Mrs
Jesus Solis
Sophomores Laura Lisa Gomez,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Luis A
Gomez: and Robert Flores, son of
Mr and Mrs Israel Flores
Freshmen V'ilma Gonzalez,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Jose A
Gonzalez, and J J Ohvarez. Jr ,
son of Mr Johnny Ohvarez and
Mrs Linda Ohvarez
The theme oi the Homecoming
festivities vias "Let the Good
Times Roll All decorations and
propv on the stage emphasized the
atmosphere and culture of the
1950's
The Mighty Rattlei Bard played
rock and roll tunes from the 19V1 •
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