Paris News Newspaper Archives, Oct 1, 1976, p. 1

Paris News (Newspaper) - October 01, 1976, Paris, TexasFriday october Clarksville school fire damage severe news regional desk Clarksville a fire at Clarks Villas Junior High school gymnasium thursday morning left no persons injured but caused severe damage to the Metal Structure according to superintendent r l Fambro Fambro estimated that the building was about 90 per cent destroyed by the fire which was extinguished in about one hour he said insurance covered the building and its contents for but estimated current Worth of the gym at according to Fambro a girls physical education class had just begun when students noticed flames in the Northeast end of the building where offices Are located Fambro said the instructor miss Kathy Faulkner evacuated students trom the gym then returned to dressing rooms and restrooms to see that All persons were out of the building offices of the remedial Reading supervisor maintenance depart ment and school nurse were in the area where the fire is thought to have originated Fambro said that student health records although smoke and water damaged were not destroyed fire department officials said the cause of the fire is still under investigation the gymnasium was u have been the site of the schools annual Homecoming dance Friday night but school officials have postponed the event Fambro said the school Board would hold a special meeting monday night to discuss the fire damage the meeting will be at 8 in the High school Library lev started probe allegations on Ford came from informant squeaky birthday cake a pet Monkey at a Paris feed and seed store reaches for his birthday cake Complete with one Candle squeaky who is one year old was born in Captivity something Washington a atty Gen Edward h Levi and other top Justice department officials handed the watergate special prosecutor the information that started his investigation into president Fords congressional Campaign finances a department official says the Justice departments involvement began when an unidentified informant told the Fri about alleged Campaign spending irregularities in Fords which rarely happens among caged former congressional monkeys that mrs Bruce e sue District in grand rapids Raney presenting squeaky his min the official said first cake staff photo by Rob u Robertson the Fri referred the m a Roertson formats allegation to Levi a member of Fords Cabinet after Levi conferred with Deputy atty Gen Harold r Tyler Fri director Clarence m Kelley and other top Justice depart ment officials the decision was made to Send the matter to watergate special prosecutor Charles Ruff the department official said Tyler sent Ruff a memo in july describing the informants allegation because Ruff is responsible for investigating any charges of Campaign financing irregularities in the last two weeks investigators under Ruff have been examining financial records of Republican Campaign organizations in Kent county and grand rapids published reports say the investigators Are seeking to determine whether any contributions to the gop organization were illegally diverted to Fords personal use Ford told reporters thursday that he had never diverted any Campaign funds and he said he was confident that ruffs probe would come to that conclusion asked if he thought the investigation was politically motivated the president said he would not under any circumstances question the motivation or the timing and he said he had full Confidence in Ruff Ford also said he had instructed his staff to refrain from asking Ruff what the investigation was All about because Ford said he thought any such approach could be error fouled economic data Washington a a controversy Over an alleged multimillion Dollar error in a vital statistical indicator of economic strength is stirring the census Bureau the error alleged to have been covered up for nearly four years conceivably could have led to faulty government and business decisions by badly under stating the backlog of unfilled orders at the nations factories As a consequence of believing orders were weaker than they really were manufacturers May have Cut production and hastened the descent into the recession of late 1973 and 1974 if Correct the allegations by a Bureau statistician would suggest the Economy was stronger than the statistics showed both before and through the recession and that the strength of the current recovery May be overstated a High census Bureau official conceded there were errors but he said they were not of the magnitude or the consequences claimed and said no coverup existed on the contrary the official said revisions Are under Way and corrected statistics will be released before the end of the year John Kendrick Commerce department chief economist promised a statement on the allegations shortly the controversy was set off by John Bullock a Survey statistician he said in an interview that his repeated requests through channels for a Public in the news Wayne Clement is leaving the Paris District office of the Highway department and Stanley Dicken is taking his place As Public affairs officer pm 3 a new administrator will assume duties at the red River Valley general Hospital in Clarksville by nov 1 pm 9 women Church classified coming sunday coming in sundays Paris news southwestern Bell Telephone co is beginning a major expansion program in Lamar county in an Effort to improve service and to eventually eliminate All eight party Telephone service and two Paris apartment complexes which were built by the department of housing and Urban development have been sold to individuals the Story of that Sale and subsequent renovation is explained Calendar Friday area football Denison at Paris for Homecoming Quinlan at North Lamar for Homecoming Durant at Hugo River Crest at mount Vernon Prai Riland at Rains Honey Grove is open fan Nindel at Bells Cooper at Wolfe City and Jefferson at Clarksville saturday 10 a members of the Paris Lamar county league of women voters will be Manning voter registration Booths at four Paris locations Safeway Korger Wal Mart and greens Market this is the last Day to Register to vote for the nov 2 general election weather Hurricane Liza churning in the Gulf of California drove Clouds All the Way Inland to extreme West Texas today skies stayed Clear across the rest of the state the rain will stay in West Texas thunderstorms also rumbled Early today Over the mid Atlantic coast with showers Inland in Paris it got Only to 82 degrees yesterday and All the Way Down to 51 overnight the forecast is for fair and continued warm in afternoon and Cool at night details of weather pm 4 warning about the so called m3 series which measures the backlog were ignored Bullock 29 said the figures were understated by perhaps 50 per cent or More he claims that errors have obscured the recovery degree of dependence on a backlog of already existing orders the errors Bullock said Are the consequence of a systematic Bias resulting from faulty estimates and statistical adjustments that have accumulated at a 4 to 5 per cent rate Over 14 years he said he uncovered defect in 1972 rather than being an actual count based on reports from manufacturers the unfilled orders series is an estimate based on replies from a percentage of the nations manufacturers it is in this statistical procedure Bullock maintains that there has been a Over the years he said the standards of these estimates have not been maintained until now you cannot compare the series to that is the current series cannot be intelligently matched against earlier estimates he said asked about the allegations of statistical errors a spokesman for the House subcommittee on census and population Donald Terry said flatly Bullock is right there is a Gross Terry said regardless of the basis of the allegations they Are sub Stantial and should have been checked out it poses the question Why not four years ago Swine flu shots Start by the associated press America rolled up its sleeves today for the first Swine flu shots the largest it immunization program in the nations history but some state health officials said they were Uncertain when and whether they would get All the vaccine they need the National Center for disease control said the first shots would be Given officially at a health fair in Indianapolis but they were scheduled also for at least one other state patients at the Marist Hill nursing Home in Waltham a Boston suburb were to get the first of the vaccine in Massachusetts see flu pm 2 giving blood Greg Oden lab technician from the Dallas blood Center prepares to take blood from donor Ben Vaughan East Texas state University student from Paris during the Paris Jaycees blood drive held thursday Jaycees pleased with the response said 58 Points of blood were collected during the Day staff photo by Rob Robertson Revenue sharing Extension passed filibuster threatens Congress Windup Washington Cap the 94th Congress works to wind up its work the Senate is facing the threat of a filibuster that could kill legislation extending the deadline for Auto makers to meet Tough exhaust stand Ards sen Jake Garns pledge to talk All night and into next week to prevent a vote on the Bill could delay final congressional adjournment both the House and Senate hoped to conclude business today and adjourn for the year to allow time for some political campaigning Mcville Hospital occupancy up by Nancy Jessee news regional editor Clarksville patient occupancy at the new red River Valley general Hospital is apparently on the in crease a sign that the nearly million facility May see some Relief from financial woes caused from a slump in patient Load assistant administrator Tinnie Garrison said wednesday that the Hospital averaged 45 patients per Day last week and about 41 through wednesday this compares with an average of 26 patients per Day during August Hospital authority Board members were apprehensive about the future of the 65room medical Plant when they finalized a loan from the department of health education and welfare earlier this month the Prospect of default had been mentioned but state and Federal officials agreed that at least 90 Days of operation would be necessary f to properly evaluate the financial status of the Hospital the Hospital opened in mid july occupancy is not up to the 50 patients per Day projection upon which approval of in Federal Loans was based but officials indicate that the current increase in occupancy definitely shows an improvement in the hospitals financial situation the Money which was used for constructing and equipping the Hospital must be paid Back at a monthly rate of about Bond payments Are made with Revenue from room fees and inhouse services provided by the medical Plant Garrison said that specialists from the Texas depart ment of health resources made a visit to the Hospital this week completing the first leg of a routine audit in their review of now Federal Money has been spent so far the auditors Garrison said found the hospitals books in Correct order he added that they would return in about a month to finish reconciling records Garn a Utah Republican wants to kill legislation that would give a oneyear delay until the 1979 Model year for Auto makers to reduce car emissions of Carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons prohibitions against significant deterioration of air Quality in relatively smog free areas of the country Are also included Garn claimed the Auto Industry needs a longer postponement and that the other provision would impede economic growth the Bill is the product of a House Senate Compromise following two years of congressional hearings the House May take up the proposal today if it clears the Senate the Senate is also to consider a doubling of the unemployment tax on employers and extending jobless benefits to Ali state and local govern workers the House must also vote on the Bill the House plans to debate and vote on a Grain stand Ards Bill designed to halt the abuses of the Federal Grain inspection program uncovered in recent investigations the House May also consider a Resolution offered by rep Charles Wiggins r seeking the expulsion of rep Andrew Hinshaw r because of Hinshawe bribery conviction on thursday Congress overrode president Fords veto of a appropriations Bill and passed an Extension of the Revenue sharing program that Ford has promised to sign the appropriations Money is for the departments of labor and education and welfare Ford had objected because the proposal was billion More than he had requested for the agencies the final version which Congress enacted with the override votes contains a limitation on the use of Federal Money for abortions except where the life of the woman is endangered Burchinal to be last out of Field Paris i n Burchinal will become the last person to Fly a plane from the no defunct Southwest inter National Airport Between Dallas and fort Worth Burchinal owner of the flying Tiger Airport and collector of Vintage planes will Fly from the Airport in a b25 a medium bomber that saw heavy action in world War ii he bought the plane from an individual and is restoring it to running condition Airport officials had said the plane must be removed by noon thursday but when Burchinal made the last minute Purchase an Extension was granted to allow him time to make repairs he said Friday morning that he expects the repairs to be Complete by saturday morning this brings to 28 the number of old planes Burchinal has in his collection often the topic for newspapers magazines television and movies Burchinal will be featured in next weeks Issue of time Magazine a time writer spent two Days at the Airport and time photographers spent three Days Here the Revenue sharing Compromise would return Federal tax Money to states counties and local government units through 1980 Ford had linked passage of this Bill with his action on two jobs Bills one would provide billion in Public works jobs and the other would extend Public service jobs in state and local governments the president announced that he would sign both Bills after the Revenue sharing measure passed he also said he would accept a second version of legislation authorizing billion for construction at military bases and other military facilities he vetoed an earlier version because it contained provisions that would have delayed for a year any actions to close or realign major military installations Congress took these other actions thursday Law enforcement the House and Senate passed and sent to the president a three year billion Extension of the Law enforcement assistance administration the program designed to help state and local governments fight crime some million a year would be set aside for Congress pm 2