The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 31, 1973 Page: 4 of 10
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Accent On Health
Leading Death
Causes Told
New Agricultural Goal Lines
. . •_____.. „ ma.aivp Hutchison slated that
Wha! are the 10 leading
caoK* of death end the to most
frequently occurlng com-
misatebto dfaeeae* in Tex a*’
And hew dot* Tmtft* compere
with the rest of the nation’
These questions have been
enswere*' by state health of-
ficials in their year-end
reports, and the answers can
be eve-opening. For example,
two of the most frequently
occurring diseases in Texas
are gonorrhea and syphilis.
These venereal diseases VD,
for short -are transmitted from
one infected individual to
another through close sexual
contact.
Some optimistic note, show
up in the state health officials'
reports which reflect the better
health care now available to
‘ There has been a sizeable
drop in the occurrence of many
of the childhood diseases which
can he prevented through
protective immunizations”
'.aid Dr. M S. Dickerson, Chief
of the State Health Depart
snent’s Communicable Disease
Services Section.
“This decline in occurrence
of these diseases probably
reflects the new mandatory
school immunization law,
which requires all school-age
children and some kin-
dergarten-age children to be
protected against these
diseases before they can enroll
in school,” said Dr. Dickerson.
State Health Department
statistics indicate the following
ranking of communicable
diseases occurring in Texas in
1972, and the number of cases
reported to the State Health
Department:
The leading communicable
disease in 1972 in Texas was
influenza and other flu-like
illnesses (170,126 cases).
Second was gonorrhea (58,KM).
Third, strep throat, including
scarlet fever (50,274). Fourth,
mumps (5,KM). Filth, syphilis
(4,994) Sixth, infectious and
serum hepatitis (4,185).
Seventh, tuberculosis (2,576).
Eighth, measles (1,618). Ninth,
rubella (1,586). And tenth,
shigellosis, otherwise known as
dysentery or intestinal
diarrhea (1,018).
Five of the state’s “top ten”
disease* stewed a dramatic
decrease last year. Three of
these are diseases for which
protective immunizations are
available: mumps, measles,
and rubella. The occurrence of
new tuberculosis cases also
showed a decrease in 1972.
Perhaps the most significant
decline, and most pleasing to
state health officials, was the
drop in reported cases of
syphilis, a 28 percent decrease
in occurrence of the disease in
one year's time The State
Health Department has had a
comprehensive syphilis control
program in operation for the
past several years, and has
just launched a massive
statewide gonorrhea control
effort as federal funding
became available.
Gonorrhea has shown a
substantial increase over the
previous year's totals,
reflecting *he massive patient
screening program now being
put into operation by the State
Health Department, in
cooperation with private
physicians and otter agencies
State health officials estimate
some 250,000 cases of
gonorrhea actually occurred in
Texas last year Many cases of
the disease were never
diagnosed, for the patient
never saw his physician or the
local public health clinic.
The Tenter for Disease
Control in Atlanta, Georgia,
reports the following oc-
currence of communicable
diseases nationwide:
The leading communicable
disease nationwide in 1972 was
gonorrhea. Second was
chickenpox. Third, mumps.
Fourth, infectious and serum
hepatitis. Fifth tuberculosis.
Sixth, measles. Seventh,
syphilis. Eighth, rubella
Ninth, aseptic meningitis And
Tenth, menigococcal in-
fections.
The reported diseases for the
nation do not include influenza
or strep throat or other
streptococcal infections.
Other diseases of statewide
interest include A decrease in
diptheria, pertussis (whooping
cough), and typhoid fever The
state stewed an increase in
leprosy cases and infectious
encephalitis, and a stable
reading on polio cases (with
four cases last year). There
was no VEE (Venezuelan
equine ccephalomyelitis)
recorded in 1972.
Dana Collavo observed his
eighth birthday last Thursday
Six of his classmates came
home from school with him for
games. Favors were boxes of
clay. The boys made figures
out of clay and Andy Felkner
won a prize for the best one.
Dr John E Hutchison,
director of the Texas
Agricultural Extension Ser-
vice, has announced that
preliminary estimates indicate
that gross agricultural income
in Texas for 1972 will exceed
the $3 76 billion goal set in 1968
to be reached by 1976.
Announcement was made to
news media representatives
attending a recent Fxtension
Press Day banquet at Texas
A AM University
"The record agricultural
income level telecast for 1972
is a consequence of a number
of interacting factors,” Hut-
chison said. One item was the
establishment of a specific
income goal for Texas
agriculture by the Extension
Service in cooperation with
other agricultural agencies,
organizations and individual
leaders which permitted in-
dependent action designed to
achieve the objective by all
interested groups
"Another key factor,” the
director said, “was the
development by Extension
specialists of comprehensive
production and marketing
guidlines. embodying all of the
best practices from modem
research. for each
economically importnnt
agricultural commodity
produced in the state.”
These guidelines were then
placed into the har.ds of each of
the respective producers of
these commodities by local
county agents The widespread
application of these practices
was a major contributor to the
achievement of the statewide
goal
Hutchison noted that another
major factor was generally
favorable weather conditions
for most areas ot the state,
coupled with fairly stable
prices
However, the director
cautioned that unfavorable
harvesting weather in the
western cotton producing
areas of the state may still
reduce income estimates - but
these estimates have
recognized that considerable
cotton and other crops were
still in the field
While recognizing the sub-
stantial increase in gross
agricultural income, Hutchison
emphasized that net income in
terms of returns on in-
vestments in production
agriculture still lagged behind
comparable returns for non-
agricultural industry.
“Production agriculture
remains one of the most
competitive industries in
America, and the need to
improve net returns on in-
vestments in farming and
ranching is still critical -
Public Motic#
A public hearing was held by the San Patricio County Cornninsioncra*
Court on Thursday, January 25. 1973, on the 1973 Federal Revenue Sharing
Budget. The Budget was approved and is summarized as follows:
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS:
Entitlement Period No, 1
« " No. 2
» " No. 3
•* “ NO. 4
TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
The money is budgeted to be spent as follows:
Road & Bridge
Maintenance
Construction
1 $151,626.00
2 151,626.00
3 166,076.00
4 ___63.038.00
* 552,366.00
Entitlement Period No.
« * NO.
“ " No.
» ’’ No.
TOTAL
$303,253.00
303.253.00
303.252.00
166.076.00
$ 1,104,734.00
General
Fund
Purposes
$151,627.00
15.1,6 27.00
166,076.00
83,038.00
552,368.00
♦To be spent equally, or $138,091.50 by each Precinct.
The General Fund expenditures of Revenue Sharing Funds is for
the following purposes:
Administration and General
Agriculture (New Hog Barn)
Audit and Records
Buildings and yards
Constables
County Clerk
District Clerk
Health
judicial and Courts
Sheriffs Department
Tax Aanasaor-Collector
Trea.'surer
Welfare (Poor and Aged)
County Library Purposes
Engineering
Printing Department
GRAND TOTAL
$130,666.00
13,000.00
8.886.00
17.882.00
16.621.00
13.377.00
3.577.00
20.257.00
58.207.00
70.898.00
47.820.00
1.912.00
117,100.00
9.600.00
9.225.00
__17.140.00
$552,368.00
Arty interested person may inspect the official copy of the Budget
at the office of the County Clerk, Courthouse, Sinton, Texas for furthe
details.
Signed
Velma Sherman', County Clerk
January 25, 1973 S-Je
especially for the family
farmer,” he said
On the assumption that 1*)72
cash receipts from agriculture
will exceed the 83.76 billion
goal. Hutchison issued a
challenge to try for $4 76 billion
by the end of crop year 1976 He
asked news media represen
tatives for their reaction to the
suggested new goal and staled
that he planned to meet with
state agricultural leaders to
determine whether they
considered the new objective
feasible
“It will take the combined
efforts of the total agricultural
industry if the objective is to be
reached,” he emphasized,
"and these of you with the
agricultural press have a vital
role to play in such a massive
undertaking "
Focusing other remarks on
the future role of ihe Extension
Service in Texas, the director
pointed out that the 70-ycar old
principles of Extension
education which have evolved
since Extension had its
tleginning with a boll weevil
control demonstration in
Kaufman County in 1903 have
been so adequately testrd that
thev can be put forward with
confidence as a guide to ef
fective programs today
“Extension education has
become a well-defined
discipline and the Extension
Service is recognized as an
effective education delivery
system for teaching and
motivating people ”
Hutchison stated that •*
expects Extension to be asked
to undertake expanded effort*
in achieve specific goals
established at 'he national,
state and local levels
By Linda Pingaro
•n,,* week at THS has teen
vpry nusy f«»r students ^ con
rented With the County Show
Students with entries were
"It is my conviction that the j|jowed to miss school during
Extension Service wtech (hf judging
nsirini'Mi • —
reat hes into each county *n0
each community of Ihe state
should be willing to undertake
any program which has the
potential for improving the
economic* and social welfare o
Ihe people of Ihe state so long
as adequate resources are
provided to support the ad
ditional activities without
diminishing in any way the
essential services ter farm,
ranch and rural people," he
concluded
Tax Errors Costly
Texas farmers and ranchers
make a number of common
mistakes each year that cost
them additional dollars at
income tax time.
With the deadline for filing
farm income tax returns
drawing near (March 1), key
management decisions tan
still help reduce the tax load
for 1972 by overcoming some
common errors point out Mike
Sprott and Dr Wayne
Hayenga. economists for the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service.
They list the major income
tax mistakes made by
agricultural producers as the
following:
-Letting the tax accountant
dot it all. Turning tax records
over to an “authority ” may not
be the test decision Producers
must knew tax laws them-
selves and must “think taxes
with every management
decision they make during the
year. Be sure the tax ac-
countant selected knows farm
tax laws and (hat he asks
questions about operations that
may affect taxes.
-Poor planning This is a
major area with far-reaching
effects Included is the failure
to buy or sell before the end of
the year and the lack of at
tention to timing sales and
trade-ins to transform or
dinary income into capital
gains
Failure to claim investment
credit. This also reflects on
poor planning since trading an
implement too soon will reduce
the amount of investment
credit that can be claimed
Using the seven per cent in
vestment credit can lighten the
tax burden for many farm and
ranch operations. Many items,
when purchased new or when
bought with a farm, qualify for
investment credit. Items often
forgotten include tile drains,
feeding floors, paved drives,
wells, fences and grain storage
bins Investment credit can be
carried back three years to
retrieve tax money previously
paid and may also be carried
forward seven years to save on
future taxes. Use Form 1640X
to claim any refund due for
past years
-Poor record keeping. To
take full advantage of tax
credits, good records are a
must. A good record-keeping
system should meet the needs
of production operations and
tax record requirements
Often, overhead expenses such
as publications, insurance,
electricity, telephone, interest,
repairs, and car and pickup
expenses are overlooked
-Failure to watch tax
changes. Tax laws and court
rulings change from year to
year And the agricultural
producer must keep abreast of
all items that may affect his
operation. Of special im-
portance is the Keogh Act
which provides for tax-free
retirement benefits. The act
allows a deduction of 10 per
cent of earned income or
$2,500, whichever is less, to be
set aside-tax free-in a qualif-
ied retirement plan Also, up to
$2,050 may be paid to each
child annually for farm wages
without losing their exemp
turns, and the child owes no tax
as well.
Failure to use capital gams
fully Capital gains can be a
major source of tax savings. A
long-term capital gam means
that onlv one-half of the profit
is taxed'it assets were held lor
six months or more except for
certain classes of livestock
which must he held at least 24
months
“The time spent planning tax
strategy especially regarding
the use of capital gains, could
lie Ihe most profitable hours of
the year." Sprott and Hayenga
point out
"Think taxes plan taxes and
keep good records This will
make income ’ax time less of a
burden and may bring a
pleasant surprise in the form of
a lighter tax load ’
The economists advised
farmers and ranchers who
want additional information on
filing income lax returns to
obtain a copy of the "1972
Farmer's Tax Guide” w hich is
available at any county Ex-
tension office
Trev Threadgill won the
Showmanship contest of Ihe
entire show He aiso won first
place with his horse in 'he
Halter Class Other winners
are
Market Steers
Angus Benton Floerke 1st
A high good
Monte Floerke 2nd A
Graded Choice
Brahaman Cross Trey
Threadgill 1st & Choice Brah-
man
Market Hogs
Div l-Duroc Itamiro Molina
1st Ron Sites 3rd
Div Il-fTI Diann Hendrix
3rd, Judy Tomlin 3rd
Div VII Floyd Hack 7th
Judy Tomlin 10th
Breeding Beef Cattle.
Div I Class I Karen P.ossen
1st A Champion Breed, Cherry
Patrick 3rd
Champion Brahman Female
Trey Threadgill
Poultry
Div II Class II Benton
Floerke ?nd
Div It Class I\ Delane Ray
1st A Champion Meet Breed
Gilbert Ray 1st
Shop
Div III Class 0 Bernardo
Aldape Is*
Vickie Dukes won second ir.
countv for her bread First
place winners in foods, clothing
and textiles are I Rosemary
Robertson. '2 Joyce Carroll
(3) Karen Pressley, '4> Brenda
Floerke, and (5) Loretta
Carrol!
Second place winners are-
(1) Patsy Guena, -2i I -any
Garcia. H> Joyce Carroll '4
Karen Pressley
Rogge. iS) Jusw
Debbie I Mikes, (|)
Robertson (9)
Jurildine Odie.
teretta Carroll.
Third place wii
Irma Cruz, <2:
and i3i Janie P
dace winners are
Grey, 2>Ig»retta_
13 > Debbie Gilietaad.
School was let out
as a tribute u %
President Johnson.
Juniors will 0r£g
senior rings Friday, ft
deposit must also »
Several students
a speech tourns*.
Kingsville Saturday,
students will atttad i
nainent in Floresvilt
The dale ter the Si
is March 24 R Hjjj
the high school buiidhf
Eight juniors took in
scholarship test A,
Results will be retarajj]
Baseball practice h
Thursday Fifty-throe
hav e signed up to
varsity coach is Ralph &
The B team coach it ||
nold
Track season begg
week The coach k g
Moehnke. Taft will hog j
here March 3
The boys’ varsity hah
team lost to Araam
Friday night. 7094 &
Goins was high-point <4
points They play Riohq
Tuesday night and ta
there Friday at 8 pa.
The boys' B team bate
P panthers Friday «0
High scorers wertCl
Hinojosa with 1$
\ an/.ant Driver with !4y
and Leonard Hutto w)
[mints The B team rwn
wins and 2 losses
Fish Film Available
Pullin Attends Training Course
Fishing has a past that goes
hari thousands of years
In Texas, fishing has a bright
future if the Parks and
Wildlife Department has
anything to say about it.
The department's latest
motion picture. "Fish for the
Future ' demonstrates some
of the research projects which
are adding more excellent
game fish to Texas waters
Magazine Has
County Article
The size of the average farm
iri San Patricio County is the
subject of an article appearing
in the February issue of the
Farmer-Stockman.
According to the article, in
S959 there were J8 farms in
excess of 900 acres in San
Pat ricio County and in 1972 this
had increased to 85 The
average size farm increased
from 356 acres in 1959 to 495.5
acres in 1972
The article is by Keith
Guthrie
Sunday afternoon Mrs. J. F.
Kay and Mrs. L W. French and
Chris Allen of Portland were
guests of the Charles Ray
family.
"Fish for the Future" is a 2R
minute color film available at
no charge to any Texas
sportsmen's club, school or
other organization interested
in the state's wildlife
Any such group may borrow
the film and pay only the cost
of return transportation
Booking requests may be
mailed to: Film Library
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department. John H Reagan
Building. Austin 78701
Phone hookings may be
made by calling Area Code 512.
475-4409
Justice of the Peace T f
Pullin recently completed an
advanced 20 hour in servici
justice of the peace training
course at Corpus Christi
Lamar University of
Beaumont conducted the
course
The program prwite
formation on properctlk
'he office involved
tn ip,ants in hypefe
itmitions and mduUed|
<i - ,'Sion problem ft!
and examination settaji
Social Security Agent At Sintos
A representative of the
Soc ial Security Administration
will he at the County Lour
troom in Sinton at 9 a.m
Thursday. Feb «
Information may te obtained
about rights and duties under
the Social Security Act
Eligible persons can secure
assistance m applyufSi
age -urvivors or As
insurance payment*. M
Medicare tenefits, frftft
representative at that's
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Leveen, Paul D. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 31, 1973, newspaper, January 31, 1973; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth749181/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.