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Adverse publicity surrounding their new subdivision
swimming pool has spurred an enthusastic unanimity and
plan of action for residents of Riviera Springs.
As many subdivision developers do, Riviera Springs
developers built a park area, clubhouse and small swimming
pool to entice some buyers to settle there. Once the homes
were sold, however, many of those promised entrapments
never quite got done...or deteriorated.
A new 20 by 40-foot swimming pool DID get built, and
finally opened recently, (two years late) but residents
discovered to their dismay that the water quickly became
muddy because the pool was surrounded by mud.
The neighborhood development association is
spearheading a campaign for residents to contribute $25 each
toward planting grass around the pool area, and eventually
developing the greenbelt intoan attractive park area. They
have already collected nearly $400
A workday is scheduled Saturday. Dirt and grass will be on
the site at 7 a m. and all residents are invited to come out and
help.
We applaud their efforts to "go ahead and do
something," - because something needs to be done letting
bygones be bygones.
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...Democrats hope to raise
millions between Sat., July 26, at
8:00 p m and Sunday, July 27 at 6
p.m. during their 22 hour telethon
on ABC Central origination will be
from Los Angeles, with cut-ins from
around the country, including Texas
Democrats holding forth at the
Fairmont Hotel in Dallas Workers in
Austin telethon headquarters (Lloyd
Bentsen's national campaign fin-
ance office) are crowing about a
"conversion” among this year’s
stars: The Rev. Billy Graham His
name appears in the line up next to
Maqoe Gortner's
ON & OFF THE AVENUE: The
Capital City locked into its annual,
slightly eerie summer haze The
Weather Service and the Texas Air
Control Board say it's a mixture of
moisutre and both natural and
man-made "particulates", inlcuding
dust from road and other
construction.
Under certain humid weather
conditons, cities trap pollution until
buildings, trees, elevations look as
though they are besieged by the old
fashioned "dust storm”. Houston
has a way of looking this way
frequently —and awesomely —
thanks to its moisture and high
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OLD, I'M TOO OLD <6
A visual inspection of one of our bathrooms reveals the
following; bath beads, mint julip masque, deorderant body
power (does your stomach stink?) six different shades of
fingernail polish, plus polish remover, baby oil (babies they
are not anymore) spray on deodorant, roll deodorant, cream
deodorant and deodorant pads (we definitely don t stink).
In order that the skin receives the proper care we have
vasoline, clearasil, noxema, listerex and even on grandma
used Camay soap
There are also eyelashcurlers, eyebrow pencils, (you can
draw them on if you don't have 'em) and even something
called "Blush”, as if they don't do that at the drop of a hat
anyway.
There is an astounding assortment of perfumes.
Did you know that there is a "smellum," as my Dad used to
call them, named "Blue Jean”? There is also Pear, Rose and
something powerful contained in a bottle the shape of a
Dashhound (a weinie dog if you prefer.)
All of this sure makes my can of "Right Guard" and my
bottle of "High Karate" seem insignificant.
The problem of a "severe financial drain" on Cedar Park
ambulance service personnel - because they have been
forced to pay for all their meals at local restaurants while on
duty-may be solved for the time being.
The Cedar Park City Council, which authorizes
expenditures for the county ambulance service housed in
their city, okayed the purchase of a stove and refrigerator for
the attendants this week, which will make it possible for the
men to cook some meals, and perhaps warm up meals, while
they are on duty.
But tne problem really shouldn't be a problem
Every average citizen can understand the financial drain
on man who earns $550 monthly before taxes who has to
spend $100 of that money eating out while on duty.
Every thinking citizen can understand why thecity's elected
officials aren't anxious to spend the city's money financing
those meals for county employees without any assurance
that the county will approve reimbursement for the meals.
So where does that leave everyone?
Dependent on some sort of advice and answers from the
Williamson County commissioners.
And none has been forthcoming - regardless of how many
times and in how many ways they're asked
We realize that the commissioners have many problems to
solve...and we even grant that most of those problems are
perhaps more earthshaking t)^n Cedar Park's frequent
requests for information. • >
One begins to wonder if the reason behind the evasions to
these questions lies in the fact that the county doesn't know
what it's doing.
The county commissioners court has blatantly disregarded
the courtesy of communicating with either the ambulance
attendants or with the city officials.
Perhaps it's time the commissioners stopped worrying
about Willie Nelson and got down to business.
It's time for some answers.
The questions are simple —they require a simple "yes” or
"no". The Cedar Park city council doesn't even care which
answer they get...they'd just like to hear something.
It is highly unfair of the county to force its employees (the
ambulance attendants) to communicate with a city
governmental body...when neither group can seem to get a
straight answer out of them.
Cedar Park Mayor Buz Henry has tried valiantly for two
months to find out what the county wants the city to do
about the mealtime problem.
He has managed until now to "put off” the ambulance
attendants —hoping that he could get some answers before
the matter was once again brought to the council
Finally, after Ambulance Services Chief Simon n/bmtM a
request for action, he wrote Commissioner Wesley Foust,
asking that his "prompt attention" would be appreciated
because of the low morale of ambulance personnel.
Did he get "prompt attention?”
Well, you figure it out. Seven days after Henry wrote Foust
the commissioners met —and not one word was uttered
concerning the request for information.
And not one word has been heard yet.
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Oil has mounted a 50-city campaign
(including Texas) to fight against
allegations of those "obscene
profits" in the oil industry. Mobile is
also preaching the need to decontrol
crude oil and gas and to explore for
oil of the outer-contenental shelf in
the Atlantic Ocean. The oil company
is impressing plant managers,
among others, into service to call for
a systematic national energy policy.
Mobil’s pitch is that the U.S. is far
too dependent on foreign oil, must
develop short term and long-term
sources of energy. Included in this
pitch is the warning that
conservation of energy is fine, but
"only to cut out the fat." Polling
way back on energy consumption
"cuts into the economic muscle of
the U S.”
studying school
utilities.
Poerner said he is "committed” to
his new appointment as director of
the Governor's Commission on
Educational Resources. Poerner and
staff will work under mandates of
the new education-finance bill to 1)
see how the state dollar can do the
most good for school districts 2)
survery the market ratio of taxable
wealth in each school district.
...With the Governor, Janey and
their two daughters in England, it
will pU H while
those utility commission appoint-
ments come down. This despite the
fact that curiosity about them has
been whetted by the Texas
Supreme Court's decision that puts
Southwestern Bell's rate-hiking
powers in question.
The commission is supposed to
get underway in Septemer and to
have all enforcement powers excpet
regulation of rates by Jan 1. It can
begin setting rates Sept , 1976.
Austin City Attorney Don Butler has
been talked about as a commission
member, but a few days ago he
seemed in the dark on his chances
It is reported that Attorney
General John Hill would like to see
the skilled (and highly paid) Butler
come on the commission, but as its
executive director.
Former state senator Don Kinnard
was mentioned as a possible
commissioner toward the end of the
session, and some tell you they have
heard the name of the Dallas city
attorney Alex Bickley.
A legislative source claims Gov
Briscoe called a member and asked
him is he knew a woman who would
be acceptable on the commission. It
is not recorded whether or not the
name of well known woman
experienced in the legislature, the
public sector generally, with
lawyer's training, and consumer
orientation, was mentioned. (A
woman, in fact, who was once
urged to run for the Railroad
Commission.) No, they probably
figured Sissy was busy.
THAT ROCKIN' (BANK) ROLL:
Some of the money for Central
Texas' new race track fair grounds
comes from the James R.
Doughirty South Texas fortune.
Half ovsner of the new Manor
Downs east of Austin at Manor is
video c»mera loving, 23 year old
CAPITOL COFFEE SHOP: Have
you heard that Governor Briscoe is
hunting a woman appointee to
name to the "three-man" public
utility commission?
...Attorney John Hill is talking
more like a candidate for Governor
...John Knaggs took a leave from
John Tower's Austin office so he
could write a historical novel, on
Texas' fight for independence from
Mexico. Knaggs, a former sports
scribe and UPI Austin staffer, is
concentrating on presenting real-life
portraits of the Mexican figures in
this historic, early 1800's struggle.
(Chicano strategists note.) Knaggs
grew up in the Cotulla brush
country.
...Speaking of literary matters,
Dallas author Lon Tinkle is
struggling to squeeze his mountain
of material on J. Frank Dobie into
the one volume Little, Brown wants
completed for publication next year
Tinkle was co-executor of the Dobie
literary estate. (Hard to believe,
perhaps, but in the eyes of some
Mexican American activists, the
liberty-loving Dobie was considered
downright racist when it came to
the image of the "browns” in his
writing.)
...Legal experts emphasizing that
resignation from office won't save
Judge O P. Carrillo from the
impeachment axe. It didn't save
Governor Pa Fergusion, who
quit his office, but was impeached
and found guilty anyway, was
barred from holding further office. If
the Texas House were to impeach
Duval County's Carrillo, he would be
tried by the state's 31 senators
sitting as a court of impeachment
The court, if it found against
Carrillo, could remove him from his
post, or bar him from public office
permanently, or do both
...UT-Austin’s Longhorn publicist
Jones Ramsey celebrating his 14th
anniversary as a heavy smoker who
kicked the habit —cold turkey
...Former Austin City Councilman
Dan Love, who made headlines with
his booze and Ma Bell problems
before resigning, leading a quiet life
as a budget-liaison man for the
Austin Travis County MH MR
Center.
Franches Carr, Dougherty's grand-
daughter. She is 50 50 partner with
a pal, former Rolling Stones-
Grateful Dead booker, 32-year-old
Sam Cutler of England. Carr and
Cutler were in
business before
Downs.
According to
Seale, Manor Downs a staff man
who worked in Sissy Farenthold's
last campaign, Cutler holds the
distinction of having put together
rock's two biggest bashes: the
Stones' 1968 Hyde Park Festival in
London, with 500,000 present, and
the Watkins Glen (upstate New
York) freak-out summer before last:
650,000 in attendance.
The Manor Downs track nearly
complete, will be a handsome 770
feet wide. It sits on a 150 acre tract
that include the old "Manor
Downs” sold to the present owners
by Raymond Mayes. Being planned
for a grand opening in September is
a "fair grounds" type complex that
will include what you might consider
an English promoter's conception of
a Texas-sized bar: a 230 foot job.
Eventually there will be 20,000
seats for people who want to watch
quarter horse and paint-horse
racing, rodeos, and mix in a little
music, dancing and barbecuing
Frances Carr, a leggy, long-
tressed blonde, who is Sissy
Farenthold's cousin, likes TV, and is
playing around with a video camera
out at the tracks now In fact, video
tapes are made of horses already
being trained at the facilities which
are scheduled to have 600 stables.
Seales says his main job has been
the "political" one of seeing that the
area where the race track is situated
was voted wet in a recent local
option election. Now that this task
has been accomplished, and Manor
Downs has its beer license, Seale is
looking forward to going back to
Corpus Christi, and to oil and real
estate ventures with Carr's older
brother, Bruce Baxter.
But he is looking to the day down
the road when perhaps he can
participate in some of the
media oriented enterprises that are
envisioned for Manor Downs. "We
hope to have simulcast events
broadcast on radio and TV," he
sayd, "and maybe some audio and
video production. Anything with the
Marlborough flavor seems to go
these days."
pollutant content in the air. But the
phenomenon can occur over rural
pasturelands in Central Texas,
giving them a bleak, doomsday look.
Hondo's former Representative
John Poerner was mentioned
prominently as a possible Briscoe
appointee to the utility commission.
But Poerner, who has been serving
his apprenticeship in the Briscoe
administration as executive director
Committee on
Aging, said he's going to
finance,
Do you know what a "FLICKER” is?
No it's not it’s not another Bic” to flick!
For you ignorant souls who have not as yet gotten the
word, a "FLICKER” is a pentagonal razor.
Does that puzzle you?
For my part a pentagonal razor was indeed difficult to
imagine until I personally laid eyes on this wondrous
invention. It is shaped like a flying saucer and houses five
blades, each of which may be sequentially rotated into the
action position and with the proper sidearm stoke, is
guaranteed to reduce the number of hairy legged girls in the
world, or at least to reduce the number of hairs on those legs.
One thing about it though, however unnecessary a
"FLICKER" may seem, it is clearly an improvement over its
predecessor—Dad's borrowed razor.
Have you ever tried to shave only to find your brand new
Track II clogged up with female leg hairs?
There is no end of gimmicks which appear to be essential
for women —even child women — require to appear
"natural".
...John Ferguson left the
impoverished Texas Observer.
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Assistant Vice President Production Juan Diaz
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not its circulation).
Some see the mag's worst-best
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wearing thin. One veteran state
house reporter wondered on a TV
show is Texas Monthly "covered
the same Senate I did". The truth is
Texas Monthly didn't cover the
session on a regular basis at all, just
picked brains toward the end
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