Mans home sold for tax mistake THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1979 Page 5 solidarity oor, fore aci ^hen John ^or, draui They judge horses, dont they? .F. Yates, a Bryan 4-H leader, runs his horse for a group of about 40 judges from the Texas &M Collegiate Horseman’s Association. The orseman’s Association sponsored the judging event Sunday in the Animal Science Pavillion. Horses were supplied by the Brazos County Equestrian 4-H Club. Battalion photo by Larry Parker United Press International KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Melvin Tolliver says he hopes he’s “never that big a fool again.” Kent Gates says he’s no longer in the market for a house. And Jackson County officials just hope the whole thing never comes up again. Last week, Tolliver and his wife Gertrude discovered their house had been sold on the steps of the county courthouse to Gates for back taxes. The first they knew of it was Jan. 10, when an attorney for Gates came to their door. The plight of the Tollivers, who had not received a tax bill since 1972 and never were notified of the im pending sale, brought an outcry of alarm and sympathy from other tax payers. The problem, Jackson County officials said, was a clerical error — a misplaced digit — that resulted in the couple’s tax bills being sent to a rural address. “You’re never going to eliminate something like this 100 percent,” said Dale Baumgardner, Jackson County executive, “but once our tax rolls are revised, it should eliminate a lot of problems.” Baumgardner said that for the fu ture, he will recommend that prop erties sold for back taxes be visited by a county worker who will either contact the residents, or will leave a notice attached to the house or property. Because it is a taxpayer’s respon sibility to see that all taxes are paid, the Tollivers, who owed $1,955.43, had no legal recourse in the the loss of their home. However, a settlement was reached during the weekend be tween Gates, the county and the Tollivers. And on Monday, Gates returned the property to the couple. Gates will not lose any money through the settlement and the Tol livers will pay their back taxes to the county. .S., China meet 0 years later United Press International I45HJNCTON — President ,er and Chinese Vice Premier e Hsiao-ping reminisced Bay about how they might have ■n less friendly circumstances, li ter recalled that he was in the H in 1949 when his submarine ■red near Tsingtoa, China. At lementaliB me ’ was commander ]tb“ Communist forces surround- '“'I 01 *!Ik-city. "So we almost met,” Carter re- uked to Teng with a wide smile. 1 fnr l en ^ remem bered the episode ■ well. “That was in April,” he ■ “when our forces crossed the ■tze.” National Security Affairs adviser ^^^^jjenk'w Brzezinski then injected, ^^^^rall might have worked out differ- | £• tly and you would have been his guest — under different circum stances. 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