Wednesday. August 22. 1964/The B^uahon 11
Group suggests
quota systems
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COURSE MATE R1A
AUSTIN — Tl*e dtreium oi a prison
rrtorm ^roup accused Texas coun-
Ors 1 ursda> of io«all> draKgmK
thru frrt" in prmidinft e»*n»m«sn«Mr
corrcctMNM pnifparm to help rase
overt nnsdsatg m the imreasmfih W*
olem stair prison svssrm
, CJiarlrs SuMivati. dnrcun of C m
sens C nMrd for (he (tehabditaiion of
Errand, wrote a letter to the chair
man o4 the Texas Department o<
(awrecunsM Board ur|pnK TDC to
mnstMutc a tpauta system to bmu the
number of t nntmah that cam be sent
to FDC by individual t ounties
Siitltvan said the quota system,
wha h was initiated m ItMtS when
TDC population hat a record 9M.00U-
plus mmatrv would force counties
to channel inm-vMilrnt oflewders
mi** haMwav houses, resotutioc^om*
ters. new probation pi ograins and
other (omm tnNv-based corrections.
T’very hod v has to do their fair
share. 1 * Sullivan said at a news con
ference “Some counties are trying
to provide leadership (m establish
me tommunitv ccirrrctains). but
utnei counties are lotahs dra«King
I he Ct R» director blamed de
magoguer \ " by county political ofTi-
ctah for fathna to drum up commu
nity support for local correctional
efforts Hr said many counties tried
to cut fail expenses bs sfuppwtg all
their prwooers off Wi TDC "
Ten percent of TD1> inmates are
appealing their convictions and.
therefore, should be housed m
county pub instead of state prison
units SuHivan said
Me said the TDC- pcmuLacion
should gradually be reduced until a
ratio ol ux inmates per one guard is
reached He said the current ratio
was seven or eight inmates per
' "The overcrowding problem is a
mayor factor m the vtolence that is
going on m TDC.” Suhivan said
He praised El Paso, which has an
aggressive comm unity-based t or ret -
uonal system of restitution centers
and halfway bouses, for sending yust
196.55 inmates per lOO.tMM) popula
tion to TDC. Statistics show Beau
mont with the highest ratio at 529 87
tuMowed by Houston with 983.19
and Midland with 912.OH
Louisana sugar crops
hurt by rain, drought 1
Ui
law
RACTLCAND. Ln. — December's re
cord cold devastated thousands of
atnrsnf young sugar cane January *
* hiNv wet weather further retarded
S rowth Spring brought a six week
rought
-It s giang «o be a tough year lor
us, both for the sugar cane farmers
and lor the mills ' said R Ovaries
Hudson Jr., general manager of the
American S«*gar <ante league
Miserable weather and low world
wide sugar prices have fLouisiana
tar men anxious about this faM's har
vest. whxh offirtah sav could he
down hy 90 to 50 percent in some
parrs of The stale's sugar hell
-The nnh time I can recall we had
a crop this had was in 1963 after a
similar freeae.* said Bert Bevt, gen
rraf manages of the Ss -Mary Asrish
Sugar C in Jeanbrette “If die
volume of our sngar cane w off. men
our ahdMv in produce revenue is off
that much
tanaaasana w the nations third
largest sugai producer, with $150
mtllMtn of cane harvested each year
Flutsda and Hawaa are the nation's
top produce!s, with about I nnlbcm
• on# each aonuaMv I-ocnsaaoa pro
duces abou* 605.4)00 tows a year and
1 rxat produces about 125,B00 tom
Sales of sugar brought Louisiana
$270 mittHMi law year, oftwiah said,
and gmeraied more (Jura $5<8> mil
bon tk economic activ ity. 7 ♦
I he lost of 90 perc ent of die crop
translates into a 945 muIIhmi loss for
growers and $MI (nilbon less lor the
state’s sugar industry, •
* The freeze and ocher weather
problems Km different parts of Loui-
beh with varying inter)
| [Ting crop kisses ranging
tiom minimal to severe
Temperatures tailing to near IO
dc grtfas caused their greatest havoc
m the sugar cane fields near Breaux
vtana SMMpM
uiv, Mran
Bridge and along Bayou 1 ec he in
south-central Louisiana, ruining up
to half the crop in some areas.
Came along Bavou Lafourche m
southeastern Louisiana was hurt
most by steady rains in January. Feb
ruary and March that saturated the
soil.
An early spring drought damaged
the crop near the Atchafalav a River
in St. Marv Parish in southern Loui
sian*. but recent rams have helped
alleviate some of the problems
We’re kioking at $0 to 35 perc ent
(Crop) reduction in the statesaid
Donald Fontenot of the Louisiana
(aioperative Extension Service in
Baiun Rouge. “It is a devastating
kras.-
Sugar a planted m the fall hy bur
ying stalks of cane and harvested
about 14 mdtiths bter. in Oewber.
November and fVcember nf t#*e fol
lowing year
I he stubble — stalks planted last
taM — that froce at Christmas I9H3 is
the crop to be harvested this au
tumn
hrdro Angelle manager ui the
Breaux Budge Sugai (k>-Op Inc.,
said about 90 percent of the crop in
has region has bren ruined
“It's a combination of the freesr
and rainy wealhei and the chill fac
tor * he said **lt just kept the stubhAr
in a soggy conditioii where « ac tuatty
roc led ua.** .
• Louisiana has been a fertile sugar
cane region for two centuries Earls
settlers of the area that now is St
Mary Parish had huge cane planta
tions m the early IHOtK The Tiger
Island plantation near present-day
Morgan CRy earned $60,000 a sear
it urn sugai products in pre-C.ivii
War daw
Sugai tane was introduced to
laMimana in 1751 and used tor
< hewing and making syrup and taf-
fia. a distilled dnnk
Amarillo judge convicted
for cashing others’ checks
Imfci
AM ARILLO — An attorney for for
mer Putter (aiuntv Judge Ben By
num taid Tuesday he would appeal
Bvmim's five tekmv convHSJtms for
< aahtng mnism hr was supposed to
bold fos a cstwests cummntoe
Bvnuns was cunvictad of cashing
$1.900 worth of (ontnhurion checks
he received from the <ariseni tm
Progress Committee, a group
formed to promote passage of a
bund issue for construction of a
court budding and pat king kx
A utry Monday found Bvum.41.
■uiltv of mtsapplicatipn of funds
Slate Dtstnct Judge Mirun Love of
Houston sentenced Bynum to 10
peacs m prison, but then Mbiuedi
aurfv probated the sentence Bvnum
also was fined $5,000
Defense attorney Mike Hinton
said prosecutors failed to provt be
yond a reasonable doubt that By
num had made any kind of
agreement about the handling of the
chmmittre checks
Bvnum was silent as the verdict
was read Monday afternoon while
hts parents and lamih sat ta the
Courtroom
Unless the convictions are over
turned. Potu-r County Democ raut
and Repubfican committees will
have to name candidates bv Sept 7
to run for the of Ike in the Nov 7
election, court officials said
Bvnum also was iodic ted by a Pot
ter County grand jury in April for
aggravated perjury before a grand
jury
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