Midland Reporter-Telegram (Newspaper) - January 6, 1977, Midland, Texas HOME EDITION THE BEST INVESTMENT FOR YOUR ADVERTISING DOLLAR DIAL Box TEXAS Dally Sunday 35 6r 1977 40 4 SECTIONS J A Father Ron Ma flow SUff Photo word By JUDY JOHNSTON Saying goodbye is difficult for For Father Ron Marlow of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic saying goodbye means not only leav ng friends but a whole community of with whom he has shared his life for nearly six Father Marlow has for missionary work in He will leave today for a brief trip to San Antonio and return to Midland Sunday for a farewell reception at the Despite his sadness in Father Marlow said he views the move as chapter four in his Chapter one was eight years of teaching in San and chapter two was two years of teaching in a large Anglo school in he Chapter three was his five and onehalf years of work in Midland with Guadalupe He will attend a language school in Mexico City before being assigned to a either in Mexico City or in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Father Marlow said he is interested in seeing the way persons in Mexico view their faith and live It will be a growth op for he ad The 40yearold priest said he believed he had finished everything he had set out to do in I never worked so hard in my I saw the potential and didnt sit still until Guadalupe was what I thought it should he Among his accomplishments are the repayment of the churchs building a new education building and painting and carpeting the church rec In there are 18 young men from the parish in Anthonys seminary high school in San The church has been beautified with the addition of a handmade crucifix from and handmade stain glass I have gained respect and admiration for the Mexican I tried to inspire the youth to seek and finish their he Some 100 residents of east Midland now are enrolled in a GED high school equivalency program offered in the church education building through Midland College two nights each Before Father Marlows ef forts a GED program was of at the Carver which few east Midland residents Another problem Father Marlow encountered when he arrived in Midland was the economic condition of the he The people had been going from one small loan company to So we began a credit Continued on Page 2A AP President elect Carter asked members of the Democratic National Committee today to elect former Kenneth Curtis of Maine as party chair Carter also designated Sidney a manufacturer of as his choice to be un of Harman is president and chief executive officer of Harman Industries which embraces his original Harman The Presidentelect made these announcements prior to an afternoon meeting with Vice Presidentelect Walter five prospective Cabinet members and chief economic adviser Charles Schultze to draft a program for fighting inflation and a slack The selection of who was governor of Maine from came as no Curtis was here last week and told reporters that it was accurate speculation to guess that he was Carters choice to succeed Robert Strauss as Democratic national In a Carter said I have been impressed with Ken Curtis since we were governors together in 1971 know he shares my strong belief that the Democratic party must belong to the people and not just the political He also shares my admiration for the remarkable job Bob Strauss has done as Curtis is expected to be elected to the party post when members of the Democratic National Committee meet in Washington 21 to elect new Strauss Is the post he held for four years to return to his Dallas law the choice for the 2 job in the Com merce has had no previous experience In for James Baker HI WASHINGTON AP President Ford says hed like to see his former campaign manager become chair man of the defeated Republican but the move may do more to stir than to settle the debate over the GOP Fords preference for James Baker a Houston was seconded by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller at a White House meeting of party leaders on ow mor WASHINGTON AP Hundreds of thousands of Americans may find themselves unexpectedly owing money to Uncle Sam on 1976 income taxes because Congress last year changed the rules on sick pay and income earned At the same Congress put off the effective date for two benefits so that eligible taxpayers will have to wait until they file their 1977 income The congressional decisions were prompted by the desire to raise more revenues to meet federal budget In the case of sick pay and foreign the law enacted 4 was made retroactive to taxes will have to be paid on such income for the entire The same law also gave some taxpayers a break by making it easier to take a deduction for alimony payments and giving a larger deduction for moving But Congress put off the effective date of these benefits until this 1 and they cannot be taken advantage of until 1977 tax forms are filled out in The new law on sick pay requires a person to be totally disabled unable to work at any job before he or she can exclude up to a week in disability payments from The foreign income change generally means that all income over earned overseas Is subject to tax instead of the to exclusion of previous For the last year for which the IRS has billion in sick pay was claimed on Another returns claimed an exclusion of million in foreign Governor taps Pickett 7th District post Midland District Judge Perry Pickett has been appointed presiding judge for the 7th Administrative Judicial District by Dolph i who has been on the 142nd District bench 22 replaces 70th District Judge Milburn of Odessa as presiding judge over the 7th The administrative judge has numerous duties over the 42county area covered by the 7th Pickett Among those duties would be the the assignment of judges to hear cases when the presiding district judge has disqualified him The fouryear term as judicial administrator pays Pickett said the appointment came as a Its quite an he GRAVES STATION 0 Boxes WADLEY DRIVE 79703 79701 MAIN POST OFFICE 79702 VILLAGE STATION PO Boxes 70701 PO Boxes only WALL STREET WEATHER Fair through Friday and Low upper High upper Complete details on Page I winning called greed Kenneth Curtis But there is sure to be stiff op position from Ronald Reagans And thats not the only problem for the Presidents Ford made his choice known after telling Rockefeller and former Texas John Connally of it at Wednesdays private White House It was the second time in a month those four had met to talk about the future of the and Reagan emerged saying they had not agreed on a consensus candidate for the and didnt try to do Ford in a telephone Mary Louise the resigning chairman of the national A White House source said the President emphasized In tho con versation that he will support the chairman selected by the national committee when its 182 members vote on 14 or He added that if Smith wanted to know his personal it was Rockefeller said that when there is a vacancy In the chairmanship to be filled during the term of an incumbent the president is view of this I shall favor whomever the president he City splits into trio of ZIPs Due to Midlands growth and a corresponding increase in mail Midland has been classified as a code city having three Postmaster Holster Midland was cut in half by an imaginary line at Midkiff Road 1 when the city officially moved into the ZIP code Locations on the east side of the division will remain in the ZIP code those west of Street are now designated as Businesses and dwellings on both sides of Midkiff Road itself will retain the 79701 William a Postal Service supervisor Because of the large number of post office boxes rented in the main post a special ZIP code has been reserved for Metscher The Midland Regional Air Terminal will remain in the 79701 he Both the Main Post Office and the Village Station will serve the 79701 Continued on 2A r t INDEX Saudi Arabia holds to five per cent Page Chuck Foreman wont play for the Minnesota in 1977 without new Page Bridge Classified 7D Comics Editorial 4A 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