The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 150, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 17, 1968 Page: 3 of 17
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Tuesday, Dacambtr 17, 1968
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$10 Billion State Water Source Plan Proposed By Year 2020
AUSTIN (AP) - Texas wat-
er planners urgently recom-
mended today a $10 billion
statewide system of lakes, pipe-
lines and giant canals to pre-
vent a critical water shortage
by the year 2020.
Surplus Mississippi River wat-
er would be pumped from Lou-
isiana to the Irrigated farm
land of the South Plains and
then across hundres of miles
of desert to El Paso.
Another system of canals and
pipelines would carry surplus
water from the Sabine River
east of Beaumont, plus some
Mississippi River water, to the
fruit and vegetable farmlands
of the Lower Rio Grande Val-
H».
Sixty-eight new dams and res-
ervoirs would be built at a cost j^ncy in presenting Jhe plan
of $2.4 billion.
Hie Texas Water Develop-
ment Board delivered the plan,
which Gov. John Coanally re-
quested In August of 1M4, to
the governor and other top state
officials today.
A preliminary plan was Is-
sued In May of UN. The final
plan, drawn up after listening
to complaints from various
parts of the state-especlally
West and Northeast Texas, is
markedly different.
It will take a series of time-
consuming steps by state and
federal agencies, the Texas Leg-
islature and Congress to make
the plan become a reality.
The Water Development
Board sounded a note of ur-
Gifts At Christmas
Should Do Something
By VIVIAN BROWN
AP Newsfeatures
Status symbol Christmas gifts
for the home are those that
bend, twist, vibrate, shine, pol-
ish.
For the ladies, there are
chairs, beds, pillows, slant
boards and belts that shake,
bounce, push, vibrate, all in the
interest of toning the circula-
tion. For "slim-minded” types
there are portable jogging ma-
chines that take the work out of
reducing.
There are makeup mirrors
galore in all sizes and mate-
rials. One has a bifocal mirror,
another has a clock. Some can
travel in their own cases.
Science has come up with an
ultrasonic cleaner for home use
that will blast dirt off anything
from jewelry to golf clubs. Flip
a switch and high-intensity ul-
trasonic energy goes into a little
water-filled tank that activates
microscopic bubbles that blast
out dirt
Things are speeded up kitch-
en-wise too for the entertaining
lady. Among electric doo-dads
are cordless electric spoons that
will stir, whip, beat, and blen-
ders that are operated like com-
puters—just press buttons and
a(l sorts of things happen.
For men, there is a bonanza
of home-variety gifts.
The last word in electronic
desks is equipped with every-
thing from a television set to
tape recorder. More realistic
Stocking staffers include a desk
tamp that beads at the Up of a
finger to held firmly in any posi-
tion The award-winning design
(Luxor Lit) will swivel, stretch
and bend so that it can be
clamped to a wall or table sur-
face indoors or outdoor* when it
WORLD
William Cullen Bryant’s
"ThanatoNds," a medita-
tion on death which many
have called the first im-
portant American poem,
was written by Bryant at
about the age of 17, The
World Almanac says. The
author Richard Henry
Dana,-impressed with the
poem and incredulous of its
cam- "Mil AM
on this side of the Atlantic
is capable of writing such
is removed from its base, It has
high-intensity nonglare light
with a hood that remains cool to
the touch.
If he likes to predict weather,
there are ail sorts of meteorolo-
gist lures available including a
complete weather station that
be can “play with” on Christ-
mas. For the clock man, there
are fascinating clocks in ticker
tape case designs, ship wheels
or with real silver coins in place
of numerals. One clock is set in
a roulette wheel and there are
perpetual motion clocks for per-
fectionists.
If he fashions himself a
James Bond type, he may go for
the electric wastebasket that
chews up the most carefully
worded letter
Fastidious types might go for
electric push-button shoe shin-
er*, cordless electric tooth-
brushes or clothes brushes or an
all-electric valet stand or shoe
valet that will hold four pairs of
shoes. There it an electric tie
rack with a push-button selector
that rotates ties
Playboy dad might like a
folding poker table. Brunswick
has a new mini pool table that
may be used anyplace in the
house
For the outdoor dad there are
lightweight electric chain saws
with safety features (one by
McCulloch weighs 6*A pounds)
and for well-heeled gift givers
there is a safe (expensive) lawn
mower Dial runs itself. Set it in
motion and forget it! But if he
prefers to go along for the ride,
the new small tractors are
ideal. These have accessories
for shoveling snow, hauling logs
and leaves.
And for the man who has ab-
solutely everything, there is the
"nothing box," It may be put on
his desk where it will blink its
eight eyes for a year or more.
After that, he’s on his own.
Betties' Lawyer k
found Hanged At Home
HOVE, England (APj—Da-
vid Jacobs, lawyer for the Bea-
tles and • number of other
stars, was found hanged In the
garage at his seafront mansion
Sunday, police reported. An in-
quest was ordered.
The body was discovered by a
servant. Friends said Jacobs
had appeared to be under a
strata for some weeks.
It was the second time death
had come dose to the Beatles in
recent yean. Brian Epstein,
their manager end another
client of Jacobs, died In August
1967 of an accidental overdose
of steeping pills.
Jacobs was S7 and unmarried
authorship, said: "No die in addition to the Beatles, he
Need Mugs?
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Selection!
Whitcomb's
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had represented Sir Laurence
Olivier, Marlene Dietrich, Judy
Garland, Uberacc, Shirley Bas-
sey and Zaa-Zaa Gabor.
The remains of a soapstone
quarry, worked by Indian tribes
for making stone jars and pots,
is near Johnston, R.l. It was one
of the few quarries worked by
Indians in New England.
“Action by and within the
state of Texas alone, even on
a Urge scale, Is not enough,
because the water resources
now avaltable to Texas are not
sufficient to meet the eco-
nomically Justified future water
needs of the entire state no
matter how efficiently they may
be conserved, distributed end
administered,” It said.
"The urgent need for addi-
HIS AND HERS robe* show a new flamboyance for men
with this floor-length silk model called the “sheik.”
tlonal water will impose a time
schedule which will be extreme-
ly difficult to meet even with
the fullest effort. DeUy by the
state, or by any other con-
cerned level of government,
would have Irreversible re-
sults.”
The board estimated the cost
of Its plan to the state at $2 5
billion to $3.5 billion, with most
of the rest coming from federal
funds.
The major water transporting
(acuities are called the Texas
Water System. They break down
Into Trans-Texas, Coastal and
Eastern Divisions. Cost of the
system to estimated at $6.3 Ml-
lkm.
The concrete-lined Trans-Tex-
as Canal would extend from
the upper Sulphur River Basin
in Northeast Texas to near Lub-
bock, involving a lift of about
2,700 feet—more than half a mite
—and a distance of about 500
mites.
Water could be diverted en-
route to meet city and indus-
trial requirements of Abilene,
Sweetwater, Snyder, San An-
gelo and Colorado City if they
decided to contract for deliv-
ery. Diversions also could be
made under contract to the Dal
toa-Fort Worth area.
A total of 10 million acre-
feet a year would flow through
the Trans-Texas CanaL An acre-
foot to 325,851 gaUons.
From South Plains storage
reservoirs called Bull Lake and
Captock Reservoir, 1.5 million
sere-feet of water would be
transported by canal to New
Mexico. Additional water would
go by canal to Lubbock, Mid
land-Odessa, Big Spring and
Pecos and to South Plains
forms. El Paso would be sup-
plied 200,000 acre-feet a year
by pipeline from Pecos.
The Coastal Division of the
Texas Water System Involves
both new reservoirs and trans-
basin water diversions from the
Mississippi and Sabine Rivers.
It would provide an estimated
4,845,000 acre-feet a year to a
broad area south and west of
the Brazos River mouth.
It would atari northeast of
Beaumont and run south of
Houston,'Under Galveston Bay
by pipeline and parallel to the
Gulf Coast west of Corpus Chrto-
ti to the Lower Rio Grande Val-
ley. Water carried in the canal
would be allocated to irriga-
tion, municipal and industrial
uses, treeh water Inflows to
bays and estuaries, and fish
and wildlife.
The Coastal Canal to viewed
as a possible water supply
source for Houston. It would be
linked with the proposed Gar-
citas, Palmetto Bend and Con-
fluence Reservoirs and would
receive some water from the
Cuero 1 and 2 Reservoirs in the
San Antonio River Basin.
Cibolo, Cuero and Goliad Res-
ervoirs are shown as potential
water sources for San Antonio
through a pipeline system.
Also shown as part of the
Coastal Division is a canal
from the Rio Grande below Am
totad Reservoir to the Winter
Garden vegetable growing area
north of Laredo and west of San
An took).
Routing of the Eastern Di-
vision to Indefinite. The division
includes conveyance works to
move Mississippi River water
from the Texas line to the
Trans-Texas and Coastal Can-
als. Decisions have not been
reached by federal authorities
studying where the best place
would be to divert surplus wat-
er from the Mississippi and
take It Into Texas.
Principal alternatives under
consideration for bringing Mis-
sissippi water to Texas are a
coastal routing from below New
Orleans to the Lower Sabine,
the authorized Red River navi-
gation project, or some combi-
nation of these or other rout-
ings.
Twelve specific recommenda-
tions were made for action by
the Legislature.
These include a constitutional
amendment lifting the present
$400 million celling on the wat-
er development fond, which
would be used for part of Texas'
share of the program.
Also needed would be a fi-
nancing plan for the state's
share and authorization for the
water development board to
contort with the federal gov-
ernment or federal-state agen-
cies to buy water from out-of-
state sources.
A timetable, which board di-
rector Howard Boswell said waa
optimistic, calls for congression-
al authorization of the Import
and canal systems by 1174. In-
itial deliveries of water down
the Coastal Canal would come
in 1M0. First delivery of Im-
ported water from the Missis-
sippi to West Texas to pro-
grammed for 1188.
At hearings on the prelimina-
ry water plan, West Texans
complained bitterly about vir-
tually being left out There also
were rumblings from East Tex-
about proposed water di-
versions from the humid north-
eastern comer of the state for
a 980-mile conduit to South Tex-
as.
Complaints from both areas
apparently were met in the te-
al plan, with provision for the
Trans-Texas Canal and with di-
versions for South Texas being
made near the mouth of the
Sabine.
Boswell said conferences have
been held with ail major city
water departments, and “I think
in moat aU instances their plana
and our thinking are compati-
ble.”
Talks also have been held wltu
Louisiana officials, he said.
Describing their reaction as
“healthy," Boswell said, "They
understand that when we are
talking about water from the
Mississippi, we are talking
about water that to surplus to
their present and predicted
needs...They think there are
surplus water* there.
They are not saying how much
because they don’t know.”
All projects would be paid for
ultimately by the users of wat-
er, he said.
The 88 reservoirs listed In
the plan would contain 33.8 mil-
lion acre-feet of conservation
storage and 16.1 million acre-
feet of flood control space.
I '69 CHEVELLE
NEW *9j 00°°
CHEYELLE £100
Today In
Washington
By 11IE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
FBI reports a 42 per cent rise in
purse watchings led an overall
11 per cent crime rate increase
the first nine months of this
year.
In violent crimes, robbery
was up 32 per emit, forcible
rape 17 per cent, murder 15 per
cent and aggravated assault 13
per cent, according to the FBI's
Uniform Crime Report released
today.
Every categoiy of crime
showed an increase over the
comparable period for 1167, The
smallest was a 3 per cent rise in
bank robberies.
In property crimes, thefts In-
volving $50 value or more were
t^ktpar cent, auto thefts 22 per
opt and burglary 16 per cent.
Crime In cities over *50,060
population increased an average
21 per cent to 11 per cent for the
suburbs and 13 per cent for ru-
ral areas, the report showed.
It showed crime increased 25
per cent in the Northeast states,
19 per cent In the West, 17 per
cent in the South and 18 per cent
in the North Central stales.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A
government union representing
air-traffic controllers bas de-
manded removal of acting Fed-
eral Aviation Administration
head D. D. Thomas on grounds
be authorized use of “inade-
quately trained and unqualified
personnel."
The FAA responded that there
was nothing new in the com-
plaint by the professional air
traffic division of the National
Association of Government Em-
ployes, including the complaint
of understaffed control centers.
“That's why we got permis-
sion to hire 2,000 more control-
ler's,” the FAA man said.
Capital Footnotes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Creation of a White House
group to help determine long-
range national goals and set
guides for meeting them was
proposed Sunday by the Nation
al Planning Association. NPA is
a private, nonprofit planning
and research organization.
Sen. Carl Hayden, ii, retiring
after more than 50 years to Con-
gress, Is reported recovering
from a virus infection. Aides
said be probably would be re-
leased from Bethesda Naval
Hospital by Tuesday._____
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 150, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 17, 1968, newspaper, December 17, 1968; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1044201/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.