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Items May 1987 will be au 1 p.m. Fountain, rector oi Found Ai “The this y< jewelry ar and diam Other clothes a The aucti the MSG i "There umbrella: “There a and lots I some vah chanical 40 men’s To m: more exi accompai and thos earmarks Debc The 1 rum will media ev p.m. in I rial Stud* Two s seven-mi RUDDER EXHIBIT HALL OCTOBER 22 THROUGH NOVEMBER 28,1987 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 LECTURE BY DR. VIVIAN L. PAUL PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE CAROLINGIAN COURTS 7:30 PM MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER ROOM 201 The exhibition was organized by the University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, with the participation of the University of California Press, presented by Pro Helvetia, National Council for the Arts and Culture of Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland. DOCENT TOURS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 845-8501 Board overlooks Childress as potential site for prison Judge says selection weighted by politics or not ev Falwell a Jim Bakl solicit me Forum chow, a major, st be chosei debate b vincing ; vious fori Telsch Scier O MSC Political Forum 'Bexisiom "88: ‘Tie <Pmsidmtm£ Series presents governor ‘Duf^aijs Democratic Presidential Candidate in a nationally televised address live from Rudder Theatre Friday, November 13 3:30 pm Free Admission This program is presented for educational purposes, and does not constitute an endorsement for any speaker (AP) — Officials in cities chosen for new state prison sites were re joicing Tuesday, but in Childress County a judge decried what he said was a selection process weighed down by politics. Of seven community finalists in the competition to lure six prisons that will hold 8,500 inmates, Chil dress was the only one not selected as a prison site Monday by the state prison board. “It’s not a happy time in Chil dress today, because we really had our hopes up,” Childress County Judge Dean Decker said Tuesday. “Childress certainly had as strong a proposal as anyone else. I felt it did revert to how much political clout you had. We have a small commu nity.” Amarillo and Gatesville were awarded maximum security pris ons, each holding 2,250 inmates. Also approved were medium se curity prisons, each holding 1,000 inmates, in Liberty County, Snyder, Marlin and Woodville. Childress was the second-small est city to make the final cut, with a population of 5,800. The smallest was Woodville with a population of 2,800, located 50 miles northwest of Beaumont. Woodville City Manager Walton Davis said the town was aspiring to attract a maximum-security facility. empty-handed, and that’s the im portant thing.” If Childress didn’t have much political clout, Amarillo had an abundance of it. State Sen. Bill Sarpalius, D-Here- ford, presented letters and per sonal testimonials from 22 of the state’s 31 senators recommending Amarillo as a prison site. Several opponents from Am- “It’s not a happy time in Childress today, because we really had our hopes up.” — Childress County Judge Dean Decker in^ 22 state senators endorse the prison sent a strong signal, Simms said, adding, “That’s slam-dunk time.” The state prisons awarded to Amarillo and Snyder will be the first ones in West Texas, and Simms said he thinks the presence of those prisons will make it easier for other West Texas cities to at tract future facilities. Each maximimu m-security prison will provide roughly 750 jobs with a $1.3 million monthly payroll, officials said. The medium-security units will each mean about 250 jobs and a $400,000 monthly payroll. Mayor Pro Tern John Ward said- Gatesville, a town of 6,300 about 25 miles west of Waco, will see great economic benefits from the maxi- The opment ture on stances malnutr “We’re happy over it,” he said. “I was kind of disappointed we didn’t :, but we di< get the big one, didn’t leave arillo attended the meeting to show that support for a prison was not unanimous. Wiley Chaney, an Amarillo resi dent who lives a mile from the prison site, told the board, “We highly recommend the city of Chil dress.” Jim Simms, co-chairman of the chamber of commerce committee that was behind Amarillo’s prison proposal, said opponents prompted the chamber to display as much po litical might as it could. “We were getting a signal back from the (Texas Department of Corrections): ‘Was there commu nity support?’ ” Simms said. Hav- mum-secunty prison. “We are absolutely elated,” he said. “It’s the culmination of 2'A years of intense effort to bring this together.” Snyder Mayor Troy Williamson said he was sitting on the front row in the Senate chambers when the board made its decision. “I was very excited,” he said. “We feel it will add several million dol lars a year to the payrolls of people who live here and increase the tax base and retail sales.” Liberty County Judge Dempsie Henley said he was excited over the economic benefits of the prison, be cause his county has about a 14 per cent unemployment rate. countne 510 Rud Dr. 1 A&M a: thropolc factors t in child tries. Sh children eat, am they eat. 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