Clippings from George S. Benson

Abil,e,ne_ notebook Don Blakley/Reporter-News i · TO SERVE YWCA: Ready 'to assume their new duties on the YWCA board after being introduced at the Y's .. Annual Meeting Monday are,. from left, Joy Beard, r Dorothy LJvelle, Marian Farmer and Margaret ,~ · McCarty. . New YWCA- officers ' ~ . ,.-~- introduced at luncheon Joy Beard heads the new slate of YWCA officers in– troduced .Monday at the group's annual meeting. Serving with her will be Dorothy Lavelle, first vice presi– dent; Nita Dyer, second vice president; Margaret McCarty, secretary; and Linda Murphy, treasurer. Elected to three-year terms on the board at the luncheon meeting_in the Y auditorium were Roy Helen Ackers, Ma– rian Fanner, Nancy Hodges, Gloria McDaniel and Carolyn . Strain. They were introduced along with Debbie Crawford, who was elected to the board last month. The meeting was dedicated to Elizabeth J. Baugh, who re– tired ·Sept. 30 after 36 years as executive director of the Abi– lene YWCA. Patti Morrison, executive director, ·introduced her staff, Ruby Southard, _program director and assistant ·executive di– rector; Rubye Helfenbein, residenc.e director; Linda Cal– dwell, youth director; and Doris Baca, secretary-bookkeeper. Woods Employee of Year is honored A- -b ·•·· _• ···1·i1en: : ··· <e· . I . ' ,-..-,.i._l".!.,. ~ , ' -~ ' . ' . • ... ~, - - • - . '' ..•. -. - :. , • .--"" • ·,, --- .. -- ..... Supertnleµ;·dellts::~ see h.iglle~t-J,·i~x-J:~:.:.;·~~-::i~- leSs. ·eailciltidii.~l ::s~f Vice By JERRY REED and KIM HOPE Staff Writers A half billion dollar statewide cut in •public education funding translates into services being cut at the local district level, three Big Country school superin– tendents say. Abilene Superintendent Wayne Blevins said that with cuts the size GovLBill Cle– ments proposes, ''we need some~-J-'lief from some of the state-mandated reform meas– ures." Dave Drennan, ·superintendent at Sweet– water, said he may have to lay off employ– ees and cut services if the proposal goes into effect. "We have two choices, either to raise truces, which is very hard to do at this point, or cut services,'' he sa4l. Terry Harlow, Albany superintendent, said Clements' prop~sal would not only hurt his students, but every student in the state. ''Any _type of budget cut right now will be difficult to accept,'' he said. · Please see SERVICES, SB Reductions proposed in C\en1ents' budget Harte-Hanks Austin Bureau AUSTIN - If Gov. Bill Clements' proposed budget for education passe~,- Abilene school dis· trict taxpayers could face a 6 percent tax hike, according to a study by the Legislative Budget Board. Clements' budget for the two fiscal years be– ginning Sept. 1 is about $525.5 million less than needed to continue the current level of public education to a growing student population, the budget board said. The report says that under the governor's pro• posal, state funds to the Abilene Independent School District would fall by 4 percent. Currently, the Abilene school district receives $1,769 per student each year in state funds . Cle– ments' plan would drop that total by $79, the re· port said. The following statistics for local school .dis- Please see BUDGET, 3B DoCS~ Say Jail didll~t-·cause tot's...ipjri.ries By PATRICK SHAUGHNESSY Staff Writer . During the second day of testimony in Thomas Lee Cole's child injury trial Tues– day, two doctors testified Cole's infant daughter could not have been fatally in- jured in a fall. + . The extent of damage to the 2½-month– old girl's brain indicated the infant was vi– ciously shaken, the doctors said. Cole is on trial in 360th District Court on a charge of intentionally injuring a child. He is accused of en.using the April 18 death of his daughter, Shaunel Cole, by violently shaking her. The child died ·' ing her from her crib. Abilene pediatrician Paul Maslanka said Tuesday, however, the girl could not have received such extensive head injuries from a fall. The injuries are consistent with a violent shaking, he said. When Shaunel was brought to Hendrick Medical Center about 6 p;m. April 13, she was conscious, but her eyes did not focus on light, her left eye pointed to the left ·and she was hemorrhaging at the back of both eyes, Maslanka ·said. The symptoms in– dicated the infant's brain was swollen, he said. She also had fresh bruises on her chest, neck, head, back and leg, Maslanka said. • • . ~ _;:: 11 • • 11 • treated her for the brain swelling, and she initially responded, but slipped into a coma the next day and never regained con– sciousness, he said. The head injuries are ~'injuries of momen– tum,'' · Maslanka said, caused by the brain colliding with the inside of the girl's skull. When asked by prosecutor Melissa Annis to demonstrate how hard the girl would . have had to have been shaken to produce the injuries, Maslanka took a doll provided as an exhibit and shook it viciously. Dr. M.G.F. Gilliland, a pathologist with the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Of. fice, testified that the girl ha4 suffered a · broken rib on one side and : b~ to ... • 11 • 11 • • ..... ' • .. _.• ~:~ -... • - • - J. '