New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (Newspaper) - November 26, 1980, New Braunfels, Texas Center workers pleased with With this years goal within the active push for Community Fund dollars is and the board of directors can coast for a a jubilant Jim Cook announced to a board meeting at the Chamber of Commerce offices But only for a Bob who will take over as president next wants to get an early start at identifying possible donors and additions to the list of 20 public service and charitable organizations that benefit from the annual The whole purpose of the Com munity Fund is to band together those agencies that need Weve added two new ones this In the last four years it has suddenly become a whole lot bigger its got to be a yearlong Smith But for nothing but smiles are in Cook A balance of in cash or pledges has been and the balance will trickle in during this last he From past many donors customarily send their checks in he Based on past weve passed our I hate to declare it officially over people might not send in their Cook showered congratulations on everyone in the singling out Krueger and Margaret for special It was a tough row to The agencies we represent can all breathe a sigh of Two or three weeks ago 1 wasnt sure wed make The goal seemed ambitious to most of but not to or to Cook We live in a community that sup ports those within I cant emphasize the importance of that Cook would not disclose the size of the largest single or who donated but he and other board members cited Westpoint Symons and other area industries for their corporate gifts and payroll deduction Both local school districts also were We dont want to leave anybody Were grateful to for every size Cook The fund also benefited from earmarked from the Combined Federal We were going only by word of trying to reach anybody living here who worked for the We got a lot more designated gifts than we Cook A nominating committee was named to fill seven board positions whose threeyear terms of office expire Voting will take place at a dinner meeting Wednesday Taylor Communications 25 cents November 1980 110 26 Pages 2 Sections USPS 377880 s New Texas Sledge given term Drivers had to battle ice on the Mercury dips to 7 in Amarillo Snowfall sets record in Lubbock By THE PRESS A recordbreaking winter storm blanketed the South Plains with snow this morning and temperatures dropped into the teens in many com The travelers advisory for the region was lifted early but police urged motorists to use extreme caution because of the snowy Lubbock broke a record Tuesday when the cumulative snowfall total for November reached 22 The previous monthly record of inches was set in February covered with a carpet of tied a record when the mercury plunged to 7 degrees shortly before 4 matching the record for the date set in But the National Weather Service expected the worst to be over by although forecasters cautioned that the regions would warm only slightly and driving con ditions would remain No major roads or highways were reported but the Department of Public Safety urged motorists to keep driving to a Its colder than blue blazes and everybody wants to go to Grandmas house for said DPS officer Burt No power outages were reported in but officials in far West Texas towns of and Denver City noted brief Jim public relations manager for Southwestern Bell in said the company was handling about calls per hour during the morning about 50 percent above The storm shut down closed and curtailed Christmas At least one large Lubbock shopping mall closed at 6 three hours Texas Tech due to start the Thanksgiving holidays canceled classes Maintenance crews at airport kept the runways but scrape peepholes on the rear window Wednesday zero visibility grounded all The weather also caused the can of a telecast at the Lubbock Civic Center of the Sugar Ray Duran welter weight championship Snow and sleet were reported late Tuesday as far south as Austin and as far east as the Clouds and rain blanketed much the rest of In snow began falling during the height of the evening rush hour and police reported 122 minor car wrecks as motorists slid on icy highways and At least one rural school district in the Austin area cancelled classes today and other school officials kept a close eye on the Snow mixed with rain also fell Tuesday night over wide sections of the Texas Hill Winds gusted briefly to over 50 mph in the Corpus Christi area as heavy rains of more than one inch pelted the coastal bend The Coast Guard airlifted rescued several crewmen Staff photos by John Senter from a pipeline barge after winds snapped the vessels moorings The forecast called for precipitation to end today except for some lingering showers in the Highs were expected to range from the 30s in Northwest Texas to the 50s in southern The National Weather Service predicted a slow warming trend to develop by although tem were expected to remain below seasonal norms through the Thanksgiving holiday Trucker charged in train collision By HENRY KRAUSSE Staff writer Richard former New Braunfels Utilities general was sentenced to five years in the Texas Department of Corrections and fined The sentence was pronounced by 22nd District Court Judge Terry Jacks shortly after what can I say I feel like I deserved any punishment I got Ive felt that way all a subdued Sledge said after the All I can say its my own I cant blame anybody he Sledge said he will not file for a new Theres no point in I pleaded and that was It would just cost the courts a bunch of extra time and No guilty a charge of theft of worth of New Braunfels Utilities funds in July of represented by attorney Fred testified for 10 minutes in his own His and two character insurance agent Merritt Schumann and the Fred associate pastor at First Protestant also This is not an easy case to Jacks said after Clark finished presenting his witnesses and resting his defense with arguments that Sledge was clearly repentant and unlikely to repeat the I dont have any reason to question or disbelieve the testimony presented in his The principal offense was the betrayal of a public the judge Sledge was stoical during the pronouncement of sentence but had to comfort his who broke Sledge quietly thanked his witnesses and escorted her from the The Adult Probation Offices pre sentence investigation resulted in a highly favorable recommendation for Clark Sledge told the court his one brush with the law had not only affected my but my family and my I lost the trust of the and thats what affects me the Sledge said he took the money because he was threatened with a foreclosure on the mortgage to his I got I couldnt find the Looking it seems an awfully shallow he The Sledges plan to sell their home in San Antonio to make full and Sledge added after the sentencing that his punishment will not change this Ill have no peace of mind until its paid he I never really expected A lot of people stood up for me on my but if I were the Id probably have made the same Sledge said his business partners in San Antonio will help provide for his RICHARD SLEDGE outside courtroom He has two I wont be able to assist my part ners in the task of making a Thats the main thing that concerns me more than anything That and whether it will affect my further ability to earn a I have a strong need to make a comment on the Utilities I feel they have taken an undue amount of punishment for this Theyre a bunch of good They had some decisions to and in their own way they stuck by no matter In some areas theyve been ridiculed for being and its not This community has been good to up until It will continue to grow and prosper no matter he Plea bargaining with District At torney Schroeder in the dropping of an aggravated perjury charge Two official misconduct indictments also returned against Sledge were dismissed in July by who ruled the statute of limitations had AP A gasoline truck ran through a barricade at a railroad collided with a freight train and burst into torching a neighborhood killing seven people and forcing hundreds of people to flee their authorities The identified by police as Glendon of Baton an employee of Mobil was booked on seven counts of negligent homicide following the collision Tuesday The crash sent flames 100 feet high and plunged much of this suburb of New Orleans into Kenners chief administrative officer said the driver passed a stopped car and a barricade at the crossing and drove onto the where the loaded with gallons of collided with an Illinois Central Gulf Administrative Officer Warren said interviews with several witnesses indicated the truck at tempted to outrun the train to the There was a truck broke in Warren Warren said six of the victims were in the Bucks and a popular afterwork watering The bar was leveled by a fire sparked by explosions which followed the The seventh victim was identified as Heidi who was in the car the truck allegedly officials Inside SPRING TV
