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Wednesday, July 27, 1983AIhe Battalion/Page 7 d )swald’s window closed public for repair case failed 1979, Univf, professor J id the Ordfi I United Press International aid Tuesd; DALLAS — Visitors will no id been foi 'g 61- be able to peer out the Lely thetra ^ mv f rorn which Lee Harvey transferred ,va * ( ' allegedly fired the shots er a 1975^1'President John F. nnedy. Dallas County commission- ““'S who meet on the first floor / I the Texas School Book De- Mtory, agreed Monday to I K. Cl Jowithe county historical corn- Hamada In-ssion to erect a transparent shield in front of the -852llrr Historical commission mem bers sought the shield to protect the window and adjacent floor and walls from further wear. Currently the sixth floor is closed to the public, but repor ters and researchers are admit ted, said Shirley Caldwell, dire ctor of the historical commis sion. The sixth floor was not closed to the public until 1979, and the wood floor in front of the win dow is worn. However, the number of visi tors to the floor is expected to increase with the approach of the 20th anniversary of the assassination and the 1984 Re publican National Convention. The historical commission plans to erect a plastic shield ab out 14 feet from the window where Oswald allegedly fired the shots that killed the presi dent on Nov. 22, 1963. The shield will be the first step in plans for a museum ex hibit on the site. uawmaker says higher taxes iceded for teacher salaries United Press International ill SalO'f^T™ — Texans should lu asider increasing taxes on service ■ natural resources by as » , tch as 10 percent to provide or Men )nies for the salaries of public 1 Wom(K 1 teachers ’ a state l awma k- ^■ien. Carl Parker, D- Hnont, told 700 members of Texas State Teachers Asso- iop Monday that Louisiana :,an example of how pet- eum could be taxed to im prove the quality of public edu cation in Texas. # “The state (Texas) receives $1.3 billion from crude oil pumped from the ground,” he said. “That’s a 4.6 percent tax on each barrel, yet our neighbors to the east, Louisiana, pump a third less oil than we do but take in nearly $1 billion dollars. So if we raise taxes to 12.4 percent on crude oil, Texas could receive over $3 billion.” Parker, who is chairman of the Senate’s Education Commit tee and on the governor’s newly appointed select panel on edu cation, also suggested taxing gasoline by 10 percent. “The overtaxed Texan is a myth, and Texans are taxed less than (people in) 45 other states. There is no cheap, easy solution to improving public education,” Parker said. Immigration service claims Illegal aliens built fortune United Press International PROSPER — Ernest “Son ny” Mahard and his wife Helen run one of the biggest egg farms in Texas and, if fed eral immigration officials are correct, they built a modest business into a booming one on the backs of illegal laborers. The Mahards and their company, the Mahard Egg Co., were indicted in June by a federal grand jury in Del Rio on charges of conspiring to transport illegal aliens from Mexico to their farm in Pros per, 40 miles north of Dallas. The company pleaded guilty Monday to all 10 counts in the indictment: eight felony counts and two conspiracy counts. In exchange, prosecu tors agreed to drop charges against the Mahards as indi viduals. The firm can be fined up to $36,000. William Chambers of the Immigration and Naturaliza tion Service said the Mahards, who took over the operation from Mahard’s father, Ernest Mahard Sr., paid “coyotes” from $200 to $350 per worker to transport the aliens. “Since January of this year, we have arrested 179 illegal aliens on their premises,” Chambers said. Chambers said he did not know how many illegal work ers were funneled through what he called the Mahard pipeline. “I feel just sure that they have been using illegals and exploiting illegals for their career,” Chambers said. “I have no doubt in my own mind that his success has been based on cheap labor.” The Mahards refused com ment. So did their attorney, Emmett Colvin, a Houston criminal lawyer. But some townspeople came to their defense. “They’re honest as the day is long,” said City Marshall V.C. Spradley. “They’re the nicest people you’d ever see in your life. “I sure don’t hold it against him,” Spradley said. “I know he gave them housing and bought, their groceries and stuff and paid them every week. “You certainly can’t get a white person to do what Mahard had them do out there, some of them inside, some of them outside, some in manure,” Spradley said. The prosecutor handling the case, Asst. U.S. Attorney Dan Maeso of San Antonio, said he could not estimate of the number of illegals brought into Texas on Mahard money. The Mahards’ problems with immigration officials date back 16 years, when offi cials raided their property and found illegal aliens work ing there. “Sixteen years ago they had illegal aliens arrested from their places of employment,” said another INS agent, John Kaplinger. He said they did not have many then. Officials at the Dallas office of the Department of Labor refused to comment, saying it was against policy to discuss a case under investigation. Maeso said his office re quested investigations by the Labor Department and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration be cause of the workers’ living conditions. The Mahard egg farm was founded by Ernest Mahard Sr., the late father of Ernest “Sonny” Mahard. Residents of Prosper say Sonny built his father’s modest business into a multimillion dollar company and made it one of the state’s biggest egg producers. The value of the Mahard operation in 1982 was esti mated at $6.2 million, the Municipal Advisory Council of Texas reported. Tax re cords for Collin and Denton counties, where the bulk of the Mahard land holdings lie, indicated Sonny Mahard has accumulated about 840 acres. Mahard’s mother Betty controlled 336 acres from the original Mahard holdings started by her husband. TICKET OFFER WITH PURCHASE OF EACH CARTON OF 32 OZ. BTLS. OF COKE AT KROGER, YOU WILL RECEIVE A CHILDREN'S TICKET OFFER"BUY AN ADULT TICKET... GET A CHILD'S TICKET FREE!" 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