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More than 100 ministers back him up
Roloff gets state’s closure order
Clements’ eneq
cut criticized
United Press International
CORPUS CHRISTI — Lester
Roloff and several hundred Bible-
waving, hymn-singing supporters
Wednesday peacefully greeted state
officials carrying court orders to shut
down three unlicensed children’s
homes operated by the fiery
evangelist.
Roloff, 64, earlier this week had
advocated physical resistence if the
state attempted to close the
facilities.
But the controversial evangelist
met Department of Human Re
sources assistent commissioner Mar
lin Johnston and Texas Department
of Public Safety Capt. Hugh Pogue
— the vanguard of 140 welfare offi
cials and state police sent to south
Texas to handle the closure — at the
entrance of People’s Church and of
fered to negotiate.
“Howdy, I’m glad to see you, he
said. “Let’s get in my car and go up
to my house and we’ll have a talk.
As the 250 supporters — includ
ing 154 ministers from several states
— stood in front of the chapel and
sang hymns, Roloff drove the two
officials to his colonial style home
located behind the building.
“We’re just going to have a talk
right now and take it one step at a
time,’ Johnston said. “Were op
timistic (a settlement can be
reached).”
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wards of Roloff s three homes — the
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the
subject of the confrontation —
mained sequestered inside
church.
Earlier in the day, the Biblecarry-
ing clergymen — some of whom
traveled to Texas from as far away as
Pennsylvania to back Roloff —
briefly formed a human chain for the
television cameras set up near the
entrance of People’s Church.
“It’s symbolic, that’s all it is,
said the Rev. Earl Little of Miller
Road Baptist Church in Garland.
“We want them to break through
the Bible.”
Last week Judge Charles
Mathews of Austin told Roloff he
would have to apply for a state
license or face having his three
homes closed and the children re
moved to state or parental custody.
Roloff refused to obtain a license
and the evangelist’s supporters lost
their last ditch appeal Tuesday.
As late as Monday, Roloff had au
thorized the 180 girls at the Rebe-
kah Home to “defend themselves”
with force if necessary. But a day
later he softened his stand by telling
a rally in Austin to reject violence.
The ministers indicated any con
frontation with state officials would
be peaceful.
“As for today’s battle, I don’t
know,” said Little. “But we are
going to win ultimately in the courts
and in the Legislature.”
Roloff has been fighting state ef
forts to require a license for the
homes for six years and has lost vari
ous appeals, at least one of which
went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
United Press International
AUSTIN — A Central Texas legis
lator Wednesday criticized Gov. Bill
Clements for trimming $1.7 million
for alternate energy research and
development from the appropria
tions bill.
Rep. Dan Kubiak, D-Rockdale,
said the governor vetoed the funds
for energy research while approving
a $1.2 million appropriation to re
store the Governor’s Mansion.
“I would like to ask the citizens of
Texas which of those two is a prior
ity item: sufficient energy for their
cars and homes, or a newly deco
rated mansion for their governor
who is running his office on a theme
of austerity in government spend
ing?” he said.
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Studies at the Universityni
Austin. The University!
El Paso lost $269,000
energy research and Sllj
conduct survey of Wes
uranium deposits.
“I am disappointed, toj
least,” Kubiak saidabouttl
“I believe this was i
act — a slap in the face.”
FBI working
on Wood case
United Press International
HOUSTON — The FBI Wed
nesday confirmed it was asking
questions in the Houston area in its
investigation of the May 29 assassi
nation of U.S. District John H.
Wood Jr., but denied that it had any
suspect.
"We are conducting inquiries into
the killing of Judge Wood. We can
make no comment as regard to
name. There have been no arrest
warrants,” KTRH Radio quoted FBI
agent John McCullough as saying.
However, an FBI spokesman
termed “absolutely false” other re
ports that a man named in an all
points bulletin issued by Houston
police might be a “suspect” in the
slaying of Wood, who was killed by a
single .243-caliber bullet to the back
as he entered his automobile to
drive to the federal courthouse in
San Antonio.
has
tion, but so far none of them
been termed a suspect.
An FBI artist has compiled six
composite drawings of persons,
based on descriptions from resi
dents of Wood’s apartment
Kubiak, who authored several
hills during the just completed legis
lative sessions dealing with research
and production of gasohol, said
Clements vetoes would set alter
nate energy research back at least
two years in Texas at a time when
the nation is suffering the eff ects of a
fuel shortage.
“Gasohol is definitely an answer.
At least it’s a 10 percent reduction in
what we use and at least a 30 per
cent reduction in what we import,”
he said.
Gasohol is a mixture of 10 percent
alcohol and 90 percent gasoline and
is being marketed in a few Mid
western states.
Houston voting rights
dispute is discussed
“We re plodding right along, still
working and interviewing some
people, but as far as a pickup order
or arrest warrant or search warrant,
absolutely not,” the FBI spokesman
added. ”
A team of FBI agents sent to
Texas to look into the Wood killing
have interviewed numerous persons
from San Antonio, Houston, El Paso
and other cities in their investiga-
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Houston
Mayor Jim McConn, city council-
men and aides to three Houston
congressmen met with Justice De
partment officials Wednesday in an
attempt to settle a voting rights dis
pute that has blocked two city elec
tions.
The case came to a head on June
11 when Drew Days III, assistant
attorney general in charge of the
civil rights division, ruled Houston’s
annexation of mostly white nearby
residential areas has diluted minor
ity voting strength in city elections.
Days ruled unless Houston
changes its current at-large system
of electing city officials, persons in
the newly annexed areas will not be
permitted to vote.
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ment Wednesday to resolve the is
sue. Aides to three Houston con
gressmen then held a separate
meeting with Days.
A department spokesman, John
Wilson, said Days pointed out to the
city officials “that the burden is on
the city to submit a plan” changing
the electoral system to protect the
rights of minorities to be repre
sented on the city council.
He said Days made it clear that
the current system of electing eight
at-large City Council members "is
out of the question and must be re
vised, particularly in light of the
addition of 140,000 persons from the
mostly white annexed areas.
However, Days indicated he
would not require the city to pick all
council members from single
member districts, and suggested a
combination of the two systems
would be satisfactory. Days has au
thority to reject changes affecting
city elections under the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 and amendments
passed four years ago.
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