2C THE ODESSA AMERICAN Mondov. Sept. 2f. 198) Around Texas rNo fishy business Farmer harvesting a good catch Hance's plan for tax delay draws critic 1 Hi 'Mi, i- 1 i 1 VI1 1 Cottonwood Grocery; miss the first sign and chances are extremely good you'll miss the others. Catfish fanciers are a determined group, however, and at times have turned up in numbers large enough to buy as many as 13,000 catfish in a single weekend.
Soukup, by the wayr has not adopted the official argot of the Texas Department of Agriculture, which refers to catfish as if they were Longhorn cattle. "Catfish farming has become a scientific operation in Texas, with 2.1 million head of catfish being sold in the first six months of 1981 at a value of $700,000, Commissioner Reagan V. Brown has reported," a recent department news release said. Soukup continues to raise cattle, poultry, cotton and grain, but each year he devotes more time to his catfish business. He has five ponds brimming with fish now, and, if he goes ahead with plans to build three more, he may specialize entirely.
"Then I can just raise fish, raise hell, drink and chase women," the 59-year-old Soukup said. "Then again, I may forget all about raising the fish." That seems unlikely in light of the average price of $1.56 a pound paid to Texas producers during the first half of 1981. Soukup also knows catfish farming is becoming more popular every year and the demand for fish is increasing. Soukup sells only fingerlings now fish from 2 to 5 inches long because he does not have large enough ponds to raise fish to full size. His customers are not wholesale fish dealers or restaurateurs, but ranchers, farmers Soukup says the only time he doesn't eat catfish is when he's working regularly in the fields.
By JEFFRYS.UNGER Dallas Times Herald WEST, Texas Ten years ago, Joe Soukup was just another Texas farmer minding his peas and cukes. He had a little cotton, some wheat and sorghum, and an assortment of cattle and poultry. He had no catfish. That was before a young man from the federal Soil Conservation Service visited the farm and began speaking on behalf of bewhiskered fish, whose virtues he knew by heart. The channel catfish, the man said, is clean, scaleless, tasty and prolific.
The government was willing to make a deal, the man said. Uncle Sam would supply the fingerlings if Soukup would supply the pond. Soukup put his trust in the government and his key in the ignition of his front-end loader. After converting a small ditch into a small pond, Soukup released the breeding stock. Life has not been the same since on the 120-acre spread about 90 miles south of Dallas.
Soukup has become an inland commercial fisherman, having learned how to handle boats, control aquatic weeds and mend torn seines all while wearing his Levis and cowboy boots. Customers still have trouble finding the farm, especially after they've been told it's six miles east of West. Helpful neighbors will mention that the farm is near Leroy, Irene and Penelope, a fact that generally tends only to confuse matters even more. To aid customers, Soukup has put up three hand-lettered signs pointing toward the farm. Unfortunately, the first sign is almost hidden by a power pole several hundred yards north of a former Texaco station, now home of the By FRED BARNES The Baltimore Sun James A.
Baker III, the White House chief of staff, found himself in a new posture regarding President Reagan's tax cut when he made a telephone call to Capitol Hill last week. Baker was on the defensive. The call went to Rep. Kent Hance (D-Tex), who was a chief sponsor of the tax bill when it sailed through the House in July. Now, with interest rates high and the federal deficit growing, Hance is queasy.
No, Baker told him, the administration would not go along with his plan to give the president authority to delay the second and third phases of the tax cut. If the White House agreed to that, "it would be like Jimmy Carter," Baker said. But while resolute on the tax cut, the administration is extremely anxious about sentiment on Capitol Hill in favor of delaying or trimming it. An administration official insisted there is a real possibility that Congress might try to shave the tax cut. In fact, the official said the threat of this is only exceeded by the prospect that Congress will enlarge the cuts in military spending that Reagan proposed in his television address Thursday.
"It's nowhere as likely as the threat to enlarge the defense cuts," the official said. But it is serious enough for Baker to call Hance and for the White House to unveil some tax increases. But Hance and a number of others in Congress, including several Republican senators, are not so sure. Hance developed a specific proposal for postponing the two 10 percent chunks of the tax cuts that would go into effect 1982 and 1983. "If both the second- and third-year tax cuts were delayed for three months, the revenue savings would be approximately $9 billion in 1982 and $8 billion in 1983," the congressman said in a memo to Baker.
"If both were delayed for six months, the savings would be approximately $9 billion in 1982 and $17 billion in 1983 and $8 billion 1984." Hance noted that his proposal would give the president "the authority to delay the second and third-year individual tax cuts if economic conditions warrant this action." "Given the increasing estimates of the 1982 and 1983 budget deficits and the persistently high interest rates, I believe that this authority might be beneficial 1) in providing the president a safety valve to reduce budget deficits and 2) in relieving the apprehension of the financial markets with the increasing estimates of future deficits," Hance wrote. He acknowledged in the memo that, "The administration might be criticized as admitting defeat before the tax plan is implemented," but he added that "this criticism (will be) at least partly offset if the proposal orignates in the Congress." SOUKUP RE LETTERS HANDMADE SIGN TO FARM Odessa Aid from 1C -Matter of record don't supplement funerals if so meone wants a more expensive funeral and can only, pay for so much." Families receiving the benefit are allowed to select a local funeral home to handle arrangements. Rates set by the Ector County Autra Verdell Washington; Ricky Dean Durbin and Connie Jean Wahl; Abram Rubatcado and Delma Gonzales Aragon; Hugh Lee Gober III and Janet Sue Robin Kendall Rucker and Kimberly Elaine Crow; Horace Leonard Hood and Frieda Belle Leonard; David Lawrence Buenning and Annette Marie Jimenez; Marcus Gene Croan and Tamara Lynn Dyn-neson; Tomas Lujan Nieto and Llolan-da Porres Garcia; Kenneth Ray Cook and Sue Ann Sheen; Landers Eugene Jones and Diana Lynn Paul. Commissioners Court allow pay ment of $250 in burial expenses for adults, $100 for older children and $75 for infants. But local funeral director Frank Wilson, owner of Easterling-Wilson, Divorces said county funding does not cover overhead and personnel costs for funeral homes.
Although total costs depend on the services selected, Wilson estimates the total cost of a burial at no less than $600. Indigents usually are given basic services, including a cloth-covered wooden casket and graveside, rather than chapel, services. burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mrs. O'Keeffe died Saturday at Medical Center Hospital.
She was born Aug. 20, 1904, in Bowie County, and was a homemaker and Odessa resident since 1959. She married John Calvin O'Keeffe, on Jan. 1, 1941, in BigSpring. She is survived by one daughter, Johnnie Dale Reynolds of Odessa; two sons, James Edward Gatlin of Clyde and Billy Gatlin Sr.
of Odessa; two sisters, Marie Atkinson of Weatherford and Roxie Roberts of Odessa; one brother, John Thomas Roberts of California; 12 grandchildren; and 18 grandchildren. Mary Ella Morris Services for Mrs. Mary Ella Morris, 68, 917 W. 24th are scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday in Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home chapel, with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Morris died Sunday at her home. She was born April 27, 1913, in Aztec, N.M., and married C.C. Morris. She came to Odessa in 1940.
Survivors include ne son, Roy Morris of Odessa; three sisters, Blanch Johnson of California, Margaret Turner of Monahans and Alma McKean of Bakersfield, and four brothers, Alvin Jones of New Mexico, Fred Ban- DEATHS Mrs. Tommie Lindsey LAMESA Services for Mrs. Tommie Lindsey, 95, of Lamesa are scheduled for 4 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Dr. C.H.
Murphy officiating. Burial will be in Lamesa Cemetery under the direction Branon Funeral Home. Mrs. Lindsey died Saturday in Medical Center Hospital after a short illness. She was born Nov.
21 1885, in Hope, and married M.C. Lindsey in 1904 in Lamesa. He died in 1955. She was a pioneer in Dawson County and her husband help found Lamesa. Survivors include one son, Weldon A.
"Cotton" Lindsey of San Angelo; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Pipes of San Antonio and Mrs. Francis Gilliland of Odessa; 12 grandchldren; 16 greatgrandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Rex Omar Blair Services are pending for Rex "Smokey" Omar Blair at 10 a.m. Monday in Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
Hallie Mae O'Keeffe Services for Hallie Mae O'Keeffe, 77,6812 N. Alderfer are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Highland Methodist Church, with Divorce suits filed: Janice Ann Brown vs. Randall Boyd Brown; Becky Huff vs. Andy Huff; Sandra G.
Flynn vs. Timothy Mark Flynn; Kevin Watson vs. Lori Watson; Valorie Sue Stidham vs. Kirby Lamar Stidham; Donna A. Beck vs.
Fred R. Beck; Melinda Jo Cox vs. Darryl Wayne Cox; Clifford Lee White vs. Lillian Anne White; Katy Lynn Bizzell Vaugan vs. Earle Harry Vaugan; John Melton Thornton vs.
Mitzi Ann Thornton; Rosa Maria Olivas vs. Manuel Olivas; James Elwood Childs vs. Patti Brooks Childs; Vickie Sue Calhoun vs. Anthony Franklin Calhoun. Wilson believes the time has arriv ed for county officials to review indigent burial costs and consider an upgrading of the allowance.
"Other counties do pay more for their county welfare allowance," he said. "We can't even determine when this rate was set. With inflation, that ought to tell you it's not enough." Sweetman, too, was unsure how long ago the county's rate was set. And the benefit does not cover the nowsky and Edgar Bannowsky, both of Odessa, and L.A. Bannowsky of Oklahoma.
Glenice Addle McNamee GRAND FALLS Services for Glenice Addle McNamee, 52, of Grand Falls are pending with Wilson-Miller Funeral Home. Mrs. McNamee died Sunday in Ward Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born Nov. 21, 1928, in Brownwood, and married Wallace McNamee on April 30, 1945, in Fort Worth.
She was a retired schoolteacher and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors other than husband include two daughters, Mrs. Mary DeLeo of Odessa and Mrs. Rita C. Glenn of Brownwood; three brothers, George Rose of San Angelo, Gene Rose of Aurla, and Grady Rose of King Salmon, Ala; and one sister, Mrs.
Lee Eva Abemathy of Grandfalls. Danny Ray Baxter MONAHANS Services for Danny Ray Baxter, 19, of Box 86, Grand Falls were held at 9:30 a.m. today at Royalty Baptist Church with graveside services at 4 p.m. today at Campwood. Mr.
Baxter, employed by Commercial Electric Co. of Monahans, died Friday after being electrocuted while working. He was pronounced dead at the scene at about 1 15 p.m. Friday by a Grand Falls justice of the peace. He was born Oct.
16, 1961, in Uvalde, and lived in Grand Falls nearly all his life. He was Baptist. Survivors include mother, Mrs. Maureen Baxter of Grand Falls; father, G.D; Baxter of Muskogee, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lilian Welsh of England; three brothers, Allen Baxter of Grand Falls, Brian Baxter of Monanhans, Gary Baxter of Austin; and one sister, Mrs. Janice Shew of Lov-ington, N.M. Arrangements are by Wilson-Miller Funeral Home. Hospitals Restaurant suspected in outbreak SAN ANTONIO (AP) Health of-, ficials suspect that a Mexican meat dish, barbacoa, and tortillas prepared at a take-out restaurant helped spread an outbreak of typhoid fever totalling 27 cases in the past month. Twenty-six of the confirmed typhoid victims had eaten food purchased from La Frontera Molino Restaurant, which was voluntarily closed by its owner Sunday.
"We are most suspicious of the barbacoa (steamed meat from the head of a cow)," said Dr. Wayne Sandera of the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. Sandera and two inspectors from the Texas Department of Health zeroed in on La Frontera Tortilleria during a computer search for the common denominator in the typhoid outbreak centered in an area of the predominantly Hispanic west side of the city. Owner Manuel V. Mechaca voluntarily closed the restaurant Sunday and health officials said blood and stool samples were taken from its 25 employees in an effort to isolate any carrier of the disease.
Samples of all food in the business also were being analyzed Reduction plan for city council to be on ballot From Staff Reports EUNICE, N.M. City officials in Eunice, N.M., have scheduled a Nov. 3 special election to decide whether the city council should be whittled from eight to five members. The reduction request was signed last month by 132 Eunice residents and was presented to City Clerk Harriet Reed, who verified 111 of the signers as qualified voters in a city election. The signatures represent nearly twice the number needed to call for a special election.
The Eunice City Council had previously discussed changes in the size of the council, but rejected the idea. Should voters favor the idea of a smaller council, terms of the eight present members will end within 120 days after the vote. A second election would be called March 2, 1982 to elect new council members. The procedure was authorized by this year's New Mexico Legislature after a bill was sponsored by Rep. Dan Berry of Eunice.
cost of a burial plot and opening and closing the grave, she said. Paupers are buried at Ector County Cemetery, meaning the county absorbs about $200 in cemetery charges as well. Some of that money might be recovered from Social Security, Sweetman said. Surviving spouses may be eligible for a $255 burial cost payment from Social Security. Tyler rites in Midland The Veterans Administration also Odessa Women's and Children's Hospital, Sept.
25: Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Arnold 1319 W. Clements, girl; Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Chavez, 3205 Pleasant, girl; Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Cune, HU E. 51st, girl; Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Little, 2601 E. 10th, boy; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Meldonado, Route 6, boy; Mr. and Mrs.
Joesph Robinson, 3843 Penbrook No 1, boy; and Mrs. Joseph Slovensky, 3830 Bowie, boy; Sept. 26: Mr. and Mrs. Israel Gomez, 803 Honeysuckle, girl; Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Grogan, 1706 N. Tom Green, boy; Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Hogan, Route 5, girl; Mr.
and Mrs. Dustin O'Banion, 909 Aye. girl; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Urias, 2811 Hilltop, boy.
Sept. 27: Mr. and Mrs. Michael O'Brien, Route 7, girl; Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Bradshaw, 4205 Redbud, girl; Mr. and Mrs. Abel Dominguez, 804 S. Oak, Pecos, boy; Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Duran, 310 Ellis, girl; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kellum, Route 7, girl; Mr. and Mrs. Elauterio Tarin, 210 E.
Mable, girl. Medical Center Hospital, Sept. 25: Admissions: Jack Anderson, Tacia Calderori, Kitty Capps, Donna Cheairs, Cory Hall, Shirley Jenkins, Michael Lawrence Hallie O'Keeffe, O.K. Sweat, Mary F. Townsend.
Discharges: Hosea Brown. Sept. 26: Admissions: Chester Collins, Victor Esparza, John Gordy, Laura Harless, Luis Alicia Larez, Gladys Lassitern, Angelyn Lopez, Minor Morris Irene R. Sanchez, Jesus Silva. Birth: Ms.
Alicia Juarez, 607 Harless, girl. Discharges: Emilio Armendrey. Sept. 27: Admissions: Joe Aguirre. Judy Brown, Janey Brant, Velma Campbell, Peter Falgar, Ethel FLeming, Cynthia Jessen, Johnna Kennison, Keith Kimberlin, Olivia Rivera, Larry Sanchez, Deloris Snodgrass, I la Sipriano Valencia, Jane Willis.
pays a $300 burial allowance for persons who either die in a VA hospital or who are receiving a VA pension. One local funeral director, Jay Kelly of Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home, said those federal benefits may account for Odessa's relatively light number of indigent burials. Services for Fred B. Tyler, 61, 3109 Stanolind, Midland, are scheduled for 1 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church in Midland 'We only do it if it must be done," Sweetman said.
"Most people try to bury their own, but some just don't have the money. They have nothing, and this is where we take over." Chamber of Commerce Executive Association, having been elected in July. He was active in organizing Midland Industrial Foundation and served as secretary of Permian Basin Petroleum Pioneers Association. He was a veteran of World War II, member of Midland Rotary Club and First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Marjorie Tyler of Midland; two daughters, Mrs. Nancy Coles of Troy, Mrs: Marcia Smith of Enid, and four grandchildren. Memorials may be made Fred Tyler Memorial Deacons Fund at First Presbyterian. Occasionally a bodv will be with Dr. Robert B.
Smith and Dr. Ray Riddle officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven North Mausoleum, under direction of Ellis Funeral Home. Mr. Tyler died suddenly Saturday at his lake home in Granite Shoals.
He was born Aug. 28, 1920, in Brookline, and moved to Midland in 1965 as Midland Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President, a position he held until the present. He spent most of his adult life in chamber of commerce work across the country. He was president of Texas discovered with no identification, or nothing more than a driver's license, Kelly said. When authorities are un PERSONALS Marriages Marriage applications: Theses.
John Maxwell and Darla Renee Todd, Ar nulfo Hernandez Ramos and Mar Ann Hernandez; Phillip Wayne Coleman and Beva Lynn 'Voss; Michael Wane Bessent and Pamela Jean Neves; Michael Boyd Sexton and Rena Louise Congrove; Robert Lee McClain and successful in their attempts to trace an identity, the body goes to the grave as "John Doe" for eternity. We ve alwavs taken care of them, and I hope we always will," Kelly said..
