The Weatherford Democrat (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 174, Ed. 1 Monday, July 24, 1972 Page: 1 of 10
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cathcrford Bemocrat
76th YEAR NO. 174
WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, MONDAY JULY 24, 1972
10 CENTS 10 PAGES
Texas farm and ranch safety week
AUSTIN - Fires, drownings, and
machinery and tractor accidents continue
to be the major sources of accidental
deaths on Texas farms and ranches, ac-
cording to the Texas Safety Association.
Joe L. Smetana, Vice President for
Farm and Ranch Activities for the
statewide safety group, discussing Texas
Farm and Ranch Safety Week, July 25-31,
said today that accidental deaths took the
lives of 203 persons in 1971 in rural areas of
the state.
“One of the most surprising factors in
last year’s accidental deaths is the large
number of persons who were killed by
fires, explosions and burns,” said
Smetana.
The TSA Vice President said thirty-five
deaths were recorded which were a result
of fires, explosions or burns. The safety
group spokesman said the figures point up
the need for farm and ranch families to
provide adequate protection against the
dangers of fire.
Other leading causes of accidental death
last year on Texas farms and ranches
included 29 drownings, 28 accidental
shootings, 25 machinery accidents, 22
tractor accidents, 22 falls, and 17 accidents
involving animals.
“These figures on accidental deaths in
rural areas of the state during 1971 show a
continuing upward trend of deaths in
nearly every category,” said Smetana.
The safety spokesman also turned his
attention to the ages of the persons who are
being killed in accidents on Texas farms
and ranches. He revealed that four age
groups have the highest number of ac-
cidental deaths. The largest number,
according to Smetana, of accidental
deaths occurred to persons between 10 to
make sure that they are familiar with all
Senators hoping to
reduce new weapons
WASHINGTON - Antiwar senators are
geared for a fresh assault on the lingering
American military role in Indochina while
hoping to reduce new weapons develop-
ment at the Pentagon.
End-the-war amendments might be
tacked on to one of two measures
scheduled for debate today: a $1.8-billion
foreign-military-aid package or the $20.5-
billion Pentagon procurement
authorization.
No votes were scheduled on the
procurement bill, but it was expected to
become the vehicle for antiwar efforts if
they failed to survive as attachments to
the foreign aid measure. The aid bill was
scheduled for a vote late tonight.
19 years of age. Thirty-four persons were
killed last year in that age group.
1 “Another of the apparent high-risk
groups are persons between the ages of 60
to 69. Thirty persons in this age group lost
their lives in farm and ranch accidents last
year,” said Smetana.
Twenty-eight persons between 50 and 59
years of age and 25 persons between 70 and
79 years of age lost their lives in accidents
in 1971 on farms and ranches, according to
the safety group spokesman.
“The great tragedy of these deaths is
that noon of them have to occur,” said
Smetana. “Every single one of the 203
persons who died accidentally on Texas
farms and ranches last year could have
been alive today if they had taken proper
precautions, used personal protective
equipment, or been prepared for
emergencies,” he said.
“Twenty-two persons were killed in
accidents involving tractors. Most of these
accidents were incidents in which the
tractor overturned and in which neither
roll-over protection devices nor seat belts
were in use. The use of these items could
have prevented most, if not all, of these
deaths,” Smetana commented.
“Twenty-six persons lost their lives in
accidents involving machinery. These too
are classed as needlessly lost lives. In
most cases, the individual violated some
basic safety rule regarding the machine
and its operation. Persons responsible for
the operation of farm machinery need to
the details of safe operation. Those who
have employees on the farm who run
machinery should insure that every person
who operates the machine knows its
dangers and how to operate it safely,” said
Smetana.
“Perhaps the greatest of the tragedies
are the drownings. Every farmer and
rancher in this state should consider it a
solemn duty to teach every member of his
family how to swim as a first precaution
against such an accident. In addition,
flotation devices and other lifesaving
equipment should be kept near stock
ponds, creeks, swimming holes and other
places of water recreation on the farm or
ranch. Dangerous water areas should be
declared out of bounds and should be
fenced off for adequate protection,” said
the TSA spokesman.
“This week is Farm and Ranch Safety
Week in Texas, as proclaimed by
Governor Preston Smith. But it will take
more than just one week of activity to
prevent last years tragic record from
growing again this year. Texas farm and
ranch families must strive to put safety to
work for them everyday of the year,”
Smetana concluded.
Texas motorists expect
insurance rate cut
V
AUSTIN-An ll per cent average
statewide car insurance rate cut,
which should give Texans more than
$60 million to spend on other things,
was recommended today by the
State Insurance Board staff.
The board indicated it would try to
act on the proposal in a week or so.
Here are changes recommended
in the cost of a basic auto liability
policy for the typical Texas driver,
by territory.
A basic policy provides $10,000 per
person in bodily injury coverage, up
to $20,000 per accident, plus $5,000 in
property damage liability coverage.
The typical driver is in class lB-he
drives to and from work but does not
use his car in business, and no driver
under 25 uses his car.
Harris County-down $13.
Dallas County-down $13.
Bexar County-down $10.
Tarrant County-down $10.
El Paso County-down $7.
Orange County-down $12.
Nueces County-down $9.
Bowie County-down $8.
East Texas Oil Field-down $8.
Lubbock County-up $3.
Taylor County-up$2.
Webb County-No change.
Grayson County-down $4.
Potter and Randall Counties-down
$5.
Rio Grande Valey cameron,
Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy Counties-
down $7.
Tom Green County-down $9.
Coastal Counties-down $12.
Northeastern Counties-down $8.
Southeastern Counties-down $8.
Wichita County-down $11.
Jefferson County-down $9.
Galveston County-down $10.
Travis County-down $5.
McLennan County-down $4.
West Texas Oil Fields Ecotr,
Howard, Midland and Scurry
Counties-down $6.
Western Counties-down $3.
Denton County-down $4.
Collin County-down $4.
Rockwall County-down $4.
Kaufman County-down $4.
Ellis County,down $4.
Wise County-down $4.
Parker County-down $4.
Liberty Cou ty-no change.
Chambers County-no change.
Brazoria County-no change.
Fort Bend County-no change.
Waller County-up $15.
Montgomery County-up $15.
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CLASS A QUARTER HORSE SHOW-The Parker County Sheriffs Posse held
its 25th annual Quarter Horse Show, Saturday, July 22 at the Posse Arena. This
is a class A show and is approved by the American Quarter Horse Association.
Aaron Hays, a charter member of the Posse, was chairman of the Horse Show
committee, Jerry Ann Bowman of Ft. Worth was secretary and Tommy
Buckner was the judge. . _ ,
Democrat Photo
Nixon stresses
tighter reign on
drug abuse laws
WASHINGTON - The government’s top
drug abuse officials told President Nixon
today the number of narcotics violation
arrests has doubled in the past four years
and Nixon told them he wanted the number
doubled again next year.
Standing in his Oval Office before a
chart showing 16,144 arrests for drug
violations this year, compared with 8,465
four years ago, Nixon told his special
consultant on drug abuse law en-
forcement, Myles Ambrose:
“We were on the 10-yard line. Now we’re
up to the 50-yard line. But we have the ball
now. They had it before. Let’s go.”
Ambrose, who also is director of the
federal office of Drug Abuse Law En-
forcement, nodded in agreement. So did
two other officials attending the meeting,
Asst. Treasury Secretary Eugene T.
Rossides and Customs Bureau Com-
missioner Vernon D. Acree.
Supreme Court asked to
rehear 16 death row cases
West Virginia mine rescue delayed
WEATHER REPORT
Clear to partly cloudy and warm
Monday through Tuesday. Low Monday
night in the lower 70s. High Monday and
Tuesday in the mid-90s. Wind southerly 6-
16 m.p.h.
24-hour-high 95
24-hour-low 70
Sunrise 6:36
Sunset 8:33
WASHINGTON--The Supreme court was
asked today to rehear the cases of 16
prisoners who were removed from death
row by its historic June 29 decision ban-
ning executions.
Prosecutors asked rehearing in 13
Georgia death sentence cases, 2 in Penn-
sylvania and 1 in Texas.
Texas Atty. Gen. Crawford C. MARTIN
requested a hearing in the case
> of Elmer Branch; Pennsylvania District
Attorney Arlen Specter asked recon-
sideration of the cases of Anthony Soleri
and Frank Phelan, and Georgia Atty. Gen.
Arthur K. Bolton filed in 13 cases.
Specter said in his brief that the two
Philadelphia cases he cited are “excellent
examples of the careful and appropriate
way in which the death penalty has been
applied in Pennsylvania.”
Bolton advanced five basic arguments
for rehearing:
1. The decision overreaches the scope of
the question.
2. The findings underlying the court’s
bases are devoid of cognizable proof.
3. The jury’s role intercepts legislative
excesses.
4. The end has been confused with the
means and the decision is thus
overreaching in its effects.
5. The decision is based on the misap-
plication of principles.
Branch was one of the three cases the U.
S. Supreme Court ruled on specifically
June 29. The 25-year-old Negro was con-
victed of raping an elderly white woman at
Vernon, Texas, in 1967.
BLACKSVILLE, W. Va.—Rescue
workers encountered problems today
which delayed drilling of a five-inch hole
into a burning coal mine where nine men
have been trapped since Saturday night.
Meanwhile, hope faded that the miners
would be found alive.
A predawn equipment breakdown
caused one delay in the drilling. Then,
later in the morning, the bit became stuck
and the drilling again came to a halt.
When the bit stuck, the shaft had been
drilled to a depth of 624 feet, and a hole 730
feet deep was needed to intercept the mine
at the point where the men were believed
to have been trapped.
There has been no word from the nine
since shortly after the fire started. Of-
ficials of the Consolidated Coal Co.’s
Blacksville No. 1 mine said Sunday night
chances the men would be found alive
were “quite dim.”
Officials said 31 of the 40 men doing
maintenance work in the four-mile mine
reached safety within minutes after the
fire broke out.
The bore hole was being drilled in an
attempt to reach the men or possibly
communicate with them. Failing that
officials hoped to learn something about
conditions in the mine 650 feet below the
rolling hills of the West Virginia-
Pennsylavania border community.
An official of the U. S. Bureau of Mines
said temperatures in the immediate area
of the fire probably were between 2,500 and
3,000 degrees fahrenheit.
Rescue efforts have been hampered by
the fire which continues to burn in the soft
coal veins that underlie the area.
The fire started when a heavy piece of
mining machinery being relocated in the
main corridor about a mile from the lone
elevator shaft hit a live electrical wire,
generating sparks.
The fire had been localized Sunday night
in an area of about 400 square feet, less
than a mile from the mine entrance.
Consolidation officials said.
Consolidation President John Corcoran
told newsmen that some members of the
missing men’s families were keeping a
vigil around the entrance to the mine.
Parker County Briefs
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TO VISIT JAPAN-Two Weatherford residents, Mrs. Akiko Reneau and her
daughter Debbie will leave Wednesday for Japan where they will visit friends
and relatives. They plan to spend one month in Japan before returning home.
The Reneau family live four miles from Weatherford on the Mineral Wells
Hwy.
Democrat Photo
Israel boys attend rodeo
Plans are being made for two boys from
Israel to attend the Parker CountySheriffs
Posse Rodeo. They are Daniel Rabinovitz
from Tel Aviv and Isaac Pappo from
Haifa, Israel.
The 17-year-old boys are in Texas as the
guest of Mr. Ginsburg, vice-president of
Longhorn Council, B.S.A.
This week the boys are at Fort Worth
Ranch Scout Camp. On Wednesday, they
will be accompanied to Weatherford by
Gary Shahan, who has worked with them
this summer at Sid Richardson Scout
Ranch..
Posse members on T. V,
Be sure to have your TV on Channel 11
Tuesday at noon, to see three Weatherford
residents who will be interviewed con-
cerning the Parker County Sheriffs Posse
Rodeo.
The three people will be Sheriffs Posse
Captain Jimmy Hemphill, Publicity
Manager Ed Bowden and Sweetheart
Sheryl Woodruff.
The interview will follow the noon news.
Miss Rodeo Texas expected
Miss Rodeo Texas will be attending the
Parker County Sheriffs Rodeo. It was
announced today by Sheriffs Posse
Publicity Manager Ed Bowden.
The rodeo beauty, Miss Debbie Carter,
from Winthorst, Texas, will be riding her
horse in the parade and rodeo Wednesday.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Carter.
Debbie won the Miss Rodeo Texas title in
competition against girls from all over the
state of Texas. They competed in hor-
semanship, appearance, riding ability and
personality. The horses used in the
competition were provided by the Texas
Rodeo Association.
She will be in competition in Las Vegas
in September for the title of Miss Rodeo
America. Debbie will be riding her own
horse for the Miss Rodeo America title.
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NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL-Joe Tison assumes his duties today as the
principal of Weatherford High School. He served as principal for ,fhe
Weatherford Middle School for six years. He was a 1955 graduate of
Weatherford High School, attended Weatherford College for two years and got
his Bachelor of Science degree from North Texas State University in 1959. In
1962 he was awarded a Master of Education degree from North Texas. He
resides at 107 Sherry Court with his wife, the former Patsy Peioelman, and
their children, Donna, Jana, and Lance. Democrat Photo
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McCasland, Roger. The Weatherford Democrat (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 174, Ed. 1 Monday, July 24, 1972, newspaper, July 24, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1099397/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting East Parker County Genealogy and Historical Society.