Mexia Daily News, The (Newspaper) - August 2, 1974, Mexia, Texas i G ox Serving The People Of The SiStone Area Since 1872 VOLUME 75 NUMBER TEXAS AUGUST 1974 Member AP and NKA 10 CENTS 8 PAGES Mayor presents our side Hubert Mayor of the City of speaks to members of the Texas Highway Commission concerning the Citys proposal for a road to connect Highway 14 with High way 84 through the south end of Harrison and 15 other delegates attended a hearing in Austin Thursday and were favorably received by the Daily News Staff Photo by Billy Patterson Blackout clamped onto Huntsville with Carrasco by JIM BARLOW Associated Press Writer AP Prison Oklahoman injured in Mexia accident Mexia police investigated a collision between a 1974 truck and 1966 Chevrolet pickup Thursday night with the driver of the truck being taken to General Mexia Ambulance Took Arnold of Oklahoma to the local hospital with undetermined injuries after his truck collided with a 1966 Chevrolet driven by Kenneth Wayne Walker of The accident occurred at the in of Highway 14 and Fannin at Ryder Leasing Company owns the officials negotiating at the main state prison with armed convicts who held 13 hostages clamped a news blackout over the talks Prison spokesman Ron Taylor said bargaining with inmate Gomez MORNING STOCKS off Va Atl Rich off Coca Cola off V2 duPont 149 Exxon up Gen 43 V8 Penney 61 Vz off Vz Safeway FBI investigates conditions at Mexia State School AUSTIN AP The FBI is investigating conditions at state schools for the mentally retarded in Abilene and assistant Larry York said York said each of the schools had been visited by FBI agents in the last To my knowledge their inquiry has been of a fairly broad dealing with various aspects of treatment and not specific York The Austin said today the Justice Department reportedly requested the FBI to make the inquiry after receiving allegations about program and treatment The paper said that if the Justice Department decides to file the case reportedly will be built around the contention that in residents have a con right to treatment and Texas has failed to provide that treatment lot release continues Taylor said dangers to the lives of all the hostages where negotiating points are given public debate Taylor said prison authorities would have no more to say about their discussions with which were scheduled to resume The library where Carrasco and his captives are holed up was plunged into darkness around dawn when lightning struck the librarys power Taylor said the power failure would have no affect on telephone negotiations with Carrasco which have been publicized on many occasions by Kathy daughter of one of the Taylor emphasized Miss who has learned of details through telephone conversations with her speaks for and the prison will have no comment on her reports to She read several messages from Carrasco to newsmen and later said prison authorities were receiving the messages about a half hour before she made them Miss said her Novella told her they were making a carbon of every statement Carrasco was sending to prison officials and giving them to She said she was being a spokesman at her request because the hostages felt the whole story was not being put out by TDC The a powerful underworld narcotics chief serving a life sentence for assault to had demanded that an armored truck with a telephone and a short wave radio be placed in the prison court yard outside the education He and two fellow inmates hold the hostages in the third floor Carrasco wants to take four hostages with him in the truck and release the other nine once he and the others are safely inside the said Miss has decided to take as his three female hostages Elizabeth and Julia The fourth s would be Father Joseph a Roman Catholic We have volunteered to accompany Carrasco and his said a Partly cloudy through Scattered possible tonight and Low tonight about High Saturday near statement signed by the three We are aware that this is the only way out of this building and we feel bur chances for survival lie in this plan and this plan A statement by Father OBrien read I agree to continue my position as for safety of the majority hostage v Thenine hostages who would remain behind signed a statement saying they were willing to shields to protect Carrasco as he and the other get into the armored according to Miss Carrasco feels that once his com panions and the four hostages are in the armored his position is no different than it was in the she quoted a statement by the rebel leader as After interviewing the released hostages and interviewing the hostages in the truck by and after you are assured of their well we will proceed to the prison gates and be on our message director of the agreed Thursday to provide the armored but only after all hostages had been Carrasco responded that Estelles proposal would amount to I have made it very plain that the all except four of will be released after boarding the armored The safety of the hostages is the reason for the Carrasco said hostages will be inconstant contact with Now you are the one that seems to be playing a game of poker with the lives of these And if you are a poker player at all you realize I have the four aces and the Carrasco Carrasco took over the library July 24 with weapons apparently smuggled in by his whom authorities have not been able to She has been charged with facilitating an escape by providing her husband with a At one point Carrasco held as many as 15 gaining and losing them as the ordeal wore Three are convict Two suffered apparent heart attacks and were One convict hostage dived through a plate glass door to Dean receives prison sentence WASHINGTON White House counsel John Dean III was sentenced today to one to four years in prison for his role in the Watergate cover the principal witness against President Nixon in the pleaded guilty eight months ago to conspiracy to obstruct District Judge John Sirica gave Dean until 3 to put his affairs in or Mexia delegates warmly received at hearing By PATTERSON Delegates from Mexia were favorably received Thursday by the Texas Highway Commission in Austin after presenting a proposal for a highway that will connect Highways 84 and 14 and bypass the downtown A map of the City of Mexia marking the schools and other city areas was presented to the Com mission by Mayor Hubert Harrison and City Maganer Gerald Yarbrough along with 14 other delegates from The map showed the proposed road plan which will connect the two major highways passing through For many considerable con sideration has been taken to correct the problem which arises at the traffic circle in Officials began studying plans for a road which would keep the heavy equipment traffic away from the down town area and provide a passageway from one highway to the This proposed plan would reroute the large trucks which come down McKinney Street going down and coming from Highway With the growth of Mexia in in will have large trucks coming regularly to the plants and the trucks would congest too much traffic if they had to come down McKinney street to get to the WestPoint Pepperell or This which would begin east of Bailey Street on the east side of would make its exit near Gauntt Pontiac or Production Credit Association on Highway Harrison explained procedures and outlined the highways and industries of thanked other agencies for their assistance in other recent Also on hand for the hearing before the Texas Highway Commission was Don plant manager of the local West Point Compton informed the Commission about his firms operations and he number of trucks and which would be using this new road each Compton also explained how the new road would be an access for employes getting to the plant from the southern part of the These large trucks would have to come through he downtown area of Mexia to get to the plant from Highways 84 and Should the new road be this would enable trucks to enter the road well away from the downtown area and provide easier approach to the City Manager of spoke with the Commission about details of construction of the road and stated about the part of the construction which the City will undertake such as curbing and Limestone County Judge Bobby Reed assured the Commission that Limestone County commissioners and the county are working hand in hand with Mexia in the the planning of the This would benefit people of the along with the noted Others attending the hearing in Austin were Limestone County commissioners Guy Durham and Elijah City commissioners John James Stanford and Goswick Ed Carter of the First National Bankhead and Chamber of Commerce Manager Jim while Yarbrough showed the Commission the map of Schools were also shown and were told how this new road would make the transporting of students to Ross Elementary easier and Superintendent of McBay was on hand as one of the delegates from Mexia and explained to the Commission the necessity the road would be to the bus This proposed route is just a bare sketch of how the road if would If the Commission approves the engineers from the would survey the area and the proposed route and make exact planning of ho The road site would begin just east of Bailey Street and continue down Bailey until it comes to The large trucks would be unable to make a turn so a gradual curve would probably be in the The road would then continue down Tyler and cross the railroad continuing down Tyler until it runs into Fannin Street just pass The road would then extend through open territory and would enter Highway 14 somewhere around Gauntt Pontiac or Harold Nussbaum of the Mexia Farmers Slate Bank and president of the informed the Commission about loans the City of Mexia has received for development of the Industrial Park and other developments in Bob president of the Chamber of expressed the entire areas appreciation for the fine help the Com mission has always given Mexia and also at State School meeting Some persons pocketbooks might be strained while working as a state Lane field representative for the Texas Public Employe in Thursday night while speaking at the Mexia State who lives in spoke briefly at the business meeting that preceded a watermelon supper for members of Mexia Chapter Most of his remarks were directed at efforts to change Governor Dolph Briscoes attitude toward calling a special legislative session at this Briscoe had announced Wednesday that he would not call special Proponents of the special principally the and its have argued that such a session is desperately needed to give relief to state employes whose purchasing power is rapidly shrinking due to State employe salaries are scheduled to be in creased by per cent in but such a raise is insignificant in comparison with the soaring inflation Dont write off a special because your is still working for and dont blame for Dolph Briscoes Zively Con he said something will be done for you people He reminded that there are state employes who work from 11 oclock at night to 7 in the morning for less than a was introduced by Ruby former president of the Mexia chapter and now member of state board of She is in Austin today at a called meeting of to encourage Briscoe to call an immediate session of the Prior to Jo gave a report on the results of the recent election of John Moss was elected president elect Billy Louise and Peggy Bayless announced that a runoff election will be held to choose between Doris Harp and Ron Bohlender for a directors Maurice Wells is tht current president fleet and will Don Calame as president of the Mexia chapter on Calame presided at the which was held at the Arrangements for the which included securing and cooling of the were carried out by Carl Harp and Billy Calame also announced names of delegates who will represent the local chapter of the state convention in They are Don Maurice Roma Milton Doris Stella Louise John Moss and Billy The name of Brackin was drawn as the winner of the door The person whose name was drawn for the at tendance prize was not so that prize will increased to for the next regular which will be held in Mexia Rotary sees mail move plans Plans for faster mail within the framework of 21 National Bulk Mail centers throughout the were talked and illustrated by film at Thursdays of the Mexia Rotary The centered around the center located in New was shown by Manager for Customer working out of the sectional office at A member of the Nor Rotary Club in that Anderson has been a Postal Department employe for 23 Introduced by program chairman Eldon the longtime postal official said the sectional office at Waco has jurisdiction over 62 post offices and about 720 em He explained that on July about three years the Postal Service was re under an Act which was designed to get costs off the taxpayers backs and place it on the users of Rotary President Randy Kott called on George Tidwell for the Jimmie former longtime Post master was a guest at Thursdays A board of directors meeting is set for Monday evening at 7 at the home of who also announced a Club Assembly for 21 at in the community room of Southwestern Electric Service District Governor Pat Speir is to attend and will be guest speaker the next day at the weekly 3 people injured in Mexia area wrecks Thursday Three people were hospitalized in two accidents near Mexia Thursday night on Highway and extensive damage oc cured in Dorthy Alice Winn of Mexia was the driver of a vehicle which hit a horse Thursday night at 17 miles west of Mexia on Highway The Winn vehicle in which her was a was thrown out of control after hitting the Winn was taken to Hubbard Hospital by with a possible fractured left shoulder and fractured left She also had a severe puncture wound in her right Her husband received multiple bruises and Texas Highway Patrolmen Gary Brown and Drummond investigated the A second mishap occurred at on the east side of Mexia four and a half miles west of Teague on Highway Jerry of Grand Prairie stopped on he side of the highway with car trouble and another vehicle stopped to lend While Minyard was standing behind his a third car rammed the rear of the car parked behind penning him between the Ambulance rushed Minyard to Teague Hospital with a severely crushed right Verse A Day Psalm I cry unto thee make haste unto me give ear unto my when 1 cry unto Boy Scout swim meet in Mexia The East Central District swimming Heart Council for the Boy Souts of will be conducted at the local Jaycee pool on Randall Bryan is chairman of the Units are due in from McGregor and Events start at and must be completed by second and ribbons will be awarded to troops and all par troops will receive an Scout officials are also urging par to use the afternoon for visits to the Old Fort Fort Parker State Lake Mexia and the Confederate Reunion
