Abilene Reporter-News, The (Newspaper) - January 17, 1975, Abilene, Texas Abilene News Without or with offense to friends or foes we sketch your world exactly as it PAGES INI SECTIONS ABILENE TEXAS FRIDAY EVENING JANUARY 15 Cents Action Line by Ellie Rucker Line j Abilene Box 30 Abilene Rule specific on religious exemption I Q In the income tu form sent us by mail oo the page where you fill out i self-employment Uz a a note that i If you a recognized religious sect that hu objections to Social Security you don't have to participate in Security i What sects are Are there any I around here? Bow do you Or how to you start one? I'm ready We could meet once a year April 15 to flU out our exemption forms A Neat idea but it won't work Biondi of IRS in Dallas explains il applies only o self-employed ministers religious reason have qualms about being given a Social Security number and con- tributing toward a retirement fund i The are the only ministers he knows of who as a group reject Social Security Individual Mennonites who are by a company and are paid must pay the Social Security tax Any minister of any denomination can the exemption though Until a few ago no ministers were covered by Social Security program But because many of them felt they wanted the retirement benefits they petitioned to be included as a group When you start your new religious sect only those wages paid you by your congregation would from PICA Q Did ever play with the late Buddy Holly and the A We don't think so Davis is about 30 now means he graduated from high school in 1961 or 62 and Holly was killed in a plane crash early in 1959 Biographies on Davis say he really didn't develop as a performer until after graduation from high school Davis and Holly both grew up but we couldn't find any real link between them Q What is the standard fee for the executor of an A 11 varies but 5 per cent of the income to the estate while administration of the estate is pending is the general rule plus 5 per cent of whatever is paid out for debts and services rendered to the estate says an attorney Many times an executor is named in tht will and his fee also stipulated It may be more or less than the usual 5 per cent Q I've already called in the experts but no one's been able to solve my problem so I'm turning to Abilene and you We have two nice looking pecan trees about II years old We planted the seeds to grow them so you know they are not grafted They are nice large paper shell pecans Why do they shed their small pecan nuts every They'll be loaded with nuts about the size of an acorn and just when everything is looking good for a bumper pecan crop denly both trees start shedding their fruit In two or three days every nut it on the ground There are no signs of borers or any type insect damage We've sprayed every year A most prominent pecan tree grower County Agent H C Stanley's first reaction was that you don't have large paper shells if you planted the seeds yourself because paper shells must be grafted He would first suspect pecan nut or weather conditions but this doesn't seem to fit Pecan trees need zinc and nitrogen and they don't gel enough from the soil without supplemental feeding In the spring he says to use one pound nitrogen fertilizer for each inch of the trunk of the tree He also recommends foliar feeding with zinc sulfate two pounds 36 per cent zinc sulfate to 100 gallons water Spray the leaves May 20 spray again two or three times at 21 day intervals You insecticide with the zinc if you wish Stanley says if you don't gather pecans after this treatment you may as well chop down the trees Rituals discounted in cattle slayings By KITTY FRIEDEN Staff Writer Texas Cattle Raisers Assn Inspector Moore said Friday he is doubtful that any ritualistic cult is related to any of the ol cattle in the area He said an autopsy showed Thursday that the animal which had died recently had been killed by a disease and small animals had chewed off one ear and the sexual organs Moore said the Hereford heifer on which the autopsy was conducted died of blackleg and belonged to 0 B Spence who has a ranch about of a mile north of the County line Moore said two dogs were driven away from the calf which was lying on the Spence property just off FM 600 The calf was found Thursday afternoon and had been dead only about 12 hours the cattle inspector added Moore said there have been other in- in state where teeth marks have been found on the tissues of dead animals and I'm of the opinion thai that's the way a lot of them are He said the finding which discounts talcs of Satanic ritual and cultism had been hampered because until Thursday the calves found dead in this area had been dead for and it was too late to run autopsies Moore indicated he believes the result of the recent autopsy is probably the ex- planation for many of the incidents of mutilated cattle in the West Texas arear However he said authorities in do have reason to believe it is a person not an animal who is removing the sexual organs cars and tails from dead cattle Several reported incidents of cattle found dead of unknown causes and partially mutilated Speculation has run rampant that some type of ritualistic cult may have been responsible The reports in this area were made for the first time last week when a Jones County rancher notified investigators several days after he found one of his animals dead Since other reports have followed two of those in Taylor County and the most recent in Jones County Thursday Big bank cuts rate below 10 percent What's so Thoughts of Halloween skeletons may have been scary at first to students like Hams 10 a 5th grader View Elementary but when leather Darell Martin brought a real skeleton to school the plass soon lost their fear well most of it anyway parents are Mr and Harris of 518 Forrest Related story picture Pg IB Staff Photo by Jonny Gates NEW YORK AP New York's First National City Bank the nation's second largest commercial bank cut its prime lending rate today by li point to per cent effective Monday Morgan Guaranty Trust Co of New York and Manufacturers Bank of Angeles previously posted the low of percent adopted earlier in the week The Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh an- a drop in its prime to 10 per cent today Citibank's prime rate which is mined by a formula composed of other short-term interest rates ton which Ihc bank depends is re-examined every Friday rales falling from lack of business demand the decline was expected though some had thought a drop to per cent was possible In fact many money market analysis now industry's prime rate to be per cent in a month at least among the biggest banks The prime is the rate banks charge their biggest and best corporate customers It is not linked directly with consumer rates but changes in the prime may indicate movements in those rates as well In recent weeks as the sharpness of the current business recession has become evident the Federal Reserve Board has sought to push interest rales down to en- courage more business activity This monetary easing along with the un- slackening in demand has led to lower rales On Thursday New York Federal Reserve Bank disclosed in its weekly report that business loans at 12 big New York Cily commercial banks were down million bringing the decrease to nearly SI billion Cheering Jordanians pay tribute to Arabia's king By The Associated Press Some Jordanians shouting save Jerusalem gave Saudi Arabia's King Faisal a tumultuous welcome in Amman today They slaughtered four camels outside the airport lounge in homage to the monarch who also holds the title Islam's Holy Shrines Faisal flew in from Damascus where he prayed in an ancient mosque with President Hafez Assad Thousands of Syrians cheered the Saudi monarch as he left the Syrian capital and threw slaughtered sheep in his path as a sign of tribute Fasal wearing a traditional white robe and headdress embraced Jordan's King Hussein wearing a field marshal's uniform as a salute Loomed a royal welcome at Amman airport Arab efforts to secure Israeli from the occupied eastern sector of Jerusalem are expected to be the major topic of discussion between Faisal and Hussein during Faisal's three-day visit to Jordan The Faisal ruler of richest oil state bankrolls several Arab armies and has vowed he will pray in Jerusalem's Al mosque before he dies but only when an Arab flag flies over the Arab quarter The war along the border subsided into shelling exchanges a Beirut newspaper reported that Palestinian guerrillas trained in Syria have moved into region of i southern Lebanon to defend their j stronghold against Israeli attacks U S Religion belief growing PRINCETON AP A growing number of Americans although still a minority believe religion is increasing its influence on their society according to the latest Gallup Poll The survey showed 31 per cent of respondents believe the of religion is growing while 56 per cent believe its effect is waning In 1970 the last time the question was asked only 14 per cent believed the in- fluence of religion was growing as com- pared to 75 per cent who fell its impact was lessening The present survey represents a reversal of the long term trend lhat began in 1957 when the question first was asked At that time only 14 per cent felt the in- fluence of religion was decreasing Drowning fumes blamed in deaths Looking down Abilene pilot Ollie Higgins believes aviation in the Big Country is in for n big year To prove his point he took Staff Photographer lonny Cates aloft for a view of the new terminal 74 Airport traffic brisk Staff Writer The increase in airline passenger traffic in Abilene better lhan doubled wide average for 1974 and Airport Manager Glenn believes one reason is the aviation facilities on southeast edge Figures released by the International Civil Aviation Organization an in- body based in Montreal show thai the world's airlines carried only slightly less than four per cent more passengers in 1974 lhan in 1973 One airline couldn't be happier Texas International's crippling strike may not be good news to Abilene air travelers or the management but Apollo Airlines filling the transportation void left by the bound TI jets couldn't be happier Haryy Margolis president of the infant company said that Apollo's operations have far exceeded the expectations of the flying seven full days he said and we about 400 passengers Worth run He explained that the airline was shut for a day following its inauguration for maintenance problems and was grounded for nearly three days by bad weather o Texas International's ground workers went on strike but flight schedules were unaffected the firm's pilots voted to honor picket lines Dec 5 The Apollo however is currently running four flights daily to and from D-FW port and Margolis said the present schedule seems to be an optimum level if service added that the strike and subsequent operation of the small airline has demonstrated a need for type service in West Texas and noted that 1 Apollo is now working on a schedule from D-FW to San sonic of which will stop over in Abilene for passenger service We don't plan on duplicating any routes offered by Texas International Margolis said but we arc working on San Angelo run and a similar schedule between and Oklahoma City and into D- Texas International in the meantime is taking flight reservations from Abilene for Jan 30 through a direct telephone up at its reservation office in in hopes that iKc airline will be able to begin operation on a full schedule as soon after the strike ends as possible The figures for Abilene according to city and Federal Aviation Administration statistics show that passengers at Abilene on commercial operations up or slightly more than 10 per cent more lhan in At the lime Texas International suspended flights early in Meeks said they were landing three jets and four Convair aircraft here daily It is hard to say just how many people came into Abilene by commercial he continued but a standard rule of thumb in the industry allows for as many getting off as we have boarding a flight Commercial air traffic however came to a standstill in early December when ground workers went on strike Al that time however TI was bringing seven planes to Abilene daily three of which were jets The other aircraft completed the daily traffic into Abilene With the TI strike still in Meeks said it is difficult to predict the coming year for commercial aviation in Abilene However the very Aviation 1 Staff Writer Justice of the Peace Lewis released the results of autopsies performed on the six oil pipeline repairmen who were killed near here Dec 1 The autopsies ordered by predecessor Judge Hoy Buchanan of Merkel were conducted by Abilene pathologist Dr Jarrett E Williams i Millett ruled that Gulf Oil Co employes Don While of and Robert Redman of both died as a result of drowning in a pool of crude oil which was induced by respiratory paralysis from toxic fumes vapor gas or compounds of hydrogen sulfide sulphur compounds The oilier four men died as a result of exposure to those toxic fumes which also caused respiratory paralysis the report stated Those men were Gulf Oil Co employes T P Raines of and Stanley Holderman of Browne Con- struction Co employe Robert Arellano of Colorado Cily and Moylan Construction Co employe Cody Cox of Eastland The official ruling was made Millett said The incident is still under by the U.S Dept of Labor's Occupational Health and Safety Administration Lubbock said lhat report is due shortly The OSHA officials also said that one or more of the three companies could be cited for of federal safety standards if regional OSHA personnel in Dallas determine that those regulations have been violated has been delayed for several weeks by end of the year in- Bob Simmons of Lubbock said last week THE DEATHS were caused when men attempted to repair a leaking oil pipeline in a deep trench south of Abilene near Loop 322 The autopsies were by sophisticated chemical pathologist Williams had said earlier STEP program gof results here The STEP program for traffic safety got results in Abilene and the figures and evaluation of the project is explained in a Business Hospital To Your Good TV TV Women's Weather Service Weather Map ABILENE AND VICINITY radius Par cloudy in rough Saturday Warmer Saturday Winds lii and variable becoming westerly 10 10 mph High in me miq JOs Low In Ihc mW and low for 24 hours 9 High and low same dale Sunrise sunset
