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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1979
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United Press International
AUSTIN — Decontrol of oil
prices proposed by President Carter
could mean up to $404.1 million in
additional revenue for the state of
Texas in the next two years, the
comptroller’s office estimates.
A “Fiscal Notes” published
by state comptroller Bob Bullock
said the main benefit to Texas from
decontrol would come through
higher oil production tax revenues.
Bui estimated the state could take
in an additional $344 million in tax
revenues during the next two years
if the president’s decontrol plan was
implemented — an increase in 1980
of about 33 percent over the 1979 oil
production tax collections.
The tax is levied at a rate of 4.6
percent of the value of crude pro
duced in the state, and the higher
tax revenues would be a result of
higher prices for Texas oil.
The comptroller also estimated
the state would earn about $59.6
million in additional oil royalties
through the next biennium.
At present, oil production on
state land totals about 6 million bar
rels a month, and the state receives
about 700,000 barrels as royalty
payments.
Income from the sale of the roy
alty oil is divided between tbe
state’s Permanent University Fund
and Permanent School Fund.
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JOURDANTON — The Depart
ment of Public Safety Monday
moved out of its offices, locked the
doors and discontinued regular
highway patrols in Atascosa County
because of a dispute with county of
ficials over enforcement of drunk
driving laws.
DPS officials said, however, the
six troopers stationed in the county
would continue to work out of their
homes, patrolling highways in sur
rounding counties, while Atascosa
residents debate the impasse which
left them with unpatrolled highways
and a closed driver license office.
The dispute — spiced by conflict
ing allegations of police abuse and
racism — arose two weeks ago when
County Judge O.B. Gates and the
four commissioners voted to kick
the highway patrol out of their
county-owned headquarters, unless
patrolmen Earl Conaway and Albert
Rodriguez were transferred.
Gates charged that numerous
citizens complained about being ar-
. rested for DWI by the two troopers,
their hands cuffed behind their
backs and taken to jail. However,
the county judge refused to elabo
rate or name names of persons com
plaining about alleged overexuber
ance by the two officers.
DPS Capt. Randall Gilmore of
San Antonio countered that Cona
way and Rodriguez; both bachelors,
had been patrolling the roads dili
gently late at night, doubling DWI
arrests and cutting the county’s
death rate. Gilmore said handcuf
fing drunk drivers was standard pro
cedure and the commissioners were
upset because several prominent
county residents had been arrested,
including the son of one of the
commissioners and the son of the
mayor of nearby Pleasanton.
“We’ve gone as far as we can go,”
Gilmore said. “Were simply not
going to transfer the troopers.’’
Shortly after Sgt. Bobby Harpole
locked the doors to the DPS offices
Monday morning and hand deliv
ered the keys to Gates’ secretary at
the courthouse across the street,
Beverly Marsett of Pleasanton said
she was considering circulating a
trolmen be allowed to resume their
patrols.
“We re backing those two officers
because they are the only honest
ones,” Mrsett said. “The ‘prominent
citizens’ want them out, but we
want to keep them. If my son was
drunk driving I’d want him arrested
before he killed himself or some
body else. We’ve always said the
black man was doing his job. ”
“If I was a patrolman. I’d do my
duty regardless of money and posi
tions,” added Irma Fuentes, a store
clerk who is married to a DPS offi
cer who operated the driver license
office until it was closed.
But other citizens complained
that Konawav, who is black, and
Rodriguez were too “gung ho” in,
takirjg drivers to jail because they
had consumed "a couple of beers.
“I don’t like either one of those
guys,” said Jo Ann Barecky, shop
ping at a Pleasanton dry goods store.
“They’ve been harrassing the work
ers at the San Miguel plant when
they’re not even drunk. They’ve
been mistreating people around
here long enough.”
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Barecky said one man in
county had gotten drunk even
for 50 years and drove home
on the side of the road withooi
trouble with law enforcement
cers, “but that nigger hadn’t be
town a week and had already
arrested.”
Gary Klumb, mayor pro-let
Jourdanton, said most citizens
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