The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1969 Page: 2 of 8
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Page 2—NEWS—Mathis, Tex., Thursday, Nov. 13, 1969
Austin, Texas — Prospects of
,whopping new tax bits may face
Texans in 1971, 1973 and 1975
and a critical housing shortage
within the next decade is like-
ly-
Texas Research League heard
Court Records
John H. Miller, Judge
New filings: ,
In Re: Minors. Petition for
adoption.
Robert E. Korner Sr. vs Pam-
ela Stewart Weed et vir. Suit
injunction.
Edward Health and J. Shik-
cllo vs Jesus Corpus and Jesus
Edward Corpus. Suit for dam-
ages.
Lois K. Lawrence vs William
Boyd Lawrence. Divorce.
156th Distrcit Court
Joe Wade, Judge
New Filings:
In Re: Estate of W. A. Stein
deceased. Application to be ap-
pointed trustees.
W. C. McDaniel vs Richard
E. Haas et al. Suit for injunc-
tion.
David Flores vs Nolia Flor-
es. Divorce.
Richard S. Bisghop vs Marie
Suzann Bishop. Divorce.
County Court
W. A. Schmidt, Judge
New Filings:
State vs Alfredo De Leon.
DWI.
State vs Michael Douglas.
Worthless check.
State vs Henry Leandrew Brs-
wer DWI.
DWI.
Sate vs Jose Mancias. Child
desertion.
State vs Oralia M. Castillo.
•State vs James A. Polhermus.
Worthless check.
State vs James A. Pilhermus.
Worthless check.
State vs Robert Rice. Worth-
less check.
State vs Raymod Bauer.
Worthless check.
State vs John C. Morrow.
Worthless check.
State vs Carol Ann Duncan.
Worthless check.
State vs H. D. Brown. Worth-
less check.
State vs Adan Trevino Garcia
DWI-
State vs Conrado P. Avila.
DWI.
State vs Arnulfo Saenz Rivera.
DWLS.
New Term of Countty Court ....
Judge William A. Schmidt op-
ened a new term of court and
set the docket for hearings.
Some pleas of guilty were ac-
cepted and punishment assess-
ed.
Following are the cases heard
and others set for hearing:
State vs Walter Hester. DWI.
Case dismissed by Court on its
own motion.
State vs B. R. Roberts. De-
parting motor hotel without pay-
ing bill. Dismissed unable to lo-
cate.
State vs Jack W. West, Jr. De-
parted motor hotel without pay-
ing bill. Dismissed. Unable to
locate defendant.
State vs Michatl L. Harris.
Departed motor hotel without
paying bill.
State vs John Campbell. Un-
lawfully defrauding an innkeep-
bill. Dismissed unable to locate
defendant.
State vs Larry Moore. Depart-
ing from motel without paying
bill. Dismissed Unable ti locate
defendant.
State vs Jesus Chapa Hinojosa
DWI. Case dismissed. Previous
ly tried in corporation court and
fine of $170 paid.
State vs Luis F. Galenda. DWI
Set for De. 3, 1969.
State vs Ernesto Gonzales. En-
ticing minors from the person,
entitled to legal custody. Set for
Dec. 3, 1969.
State vs Frank Garcia and
Guillermo G. Pecina. Theft. Set
for Dec. 3, 1969.
State vs Juan Remigio Nino.
DWI. Set for Dec. 3, 1969.
State vs Joe Villanueva Olbe-
ra. DWI. Set for Dec. 3, 1969.
State vs Elseis Lee Marshall.
DWI. Set for Dec. 16, 1969.
State vs Pablo Sanchez Flores
DWI. Set for De. 3, 1969.
State vs Juan Barrego. DWI.
Plea of guilty accepted and pun-
ishment set at fine of $200 and
costs and 30 days in cousty jail
Probated for one year.
State vs Richard Abel Tijer-
ina Aggravated assault. Set for
Dec. 3, 1969.
State vs Virginio Gomez. Ag-
gravated assault. Set for Dec. 3,
1969.
State vs Tommy Douglas Ler-
my. DWI. Set for Dec. 3, 1969.
State vs Pedro Solis. Peeping.
Disturbing peace. Case dismis-
sed on motion of county attor-
ney. Faulty complaint.
the bad news at its 17th annual
meeting here.
James W. McGrew, new Exe-
cutive Director of the League
and one of the state’s top fiscal
authorities, warned of the com-
ing “decade of tax crises” like
that of 1950’s
McGrew sized up the 1971 tax
bill as at least $270 million and
maybe as much as $400 million
Furthermore, he predicted, a
bigger one will be in store two
years later and one not quite so
big in 1975.
Standby sales tax now at four
and a quarter per cent in many
areas) may be near its “politi-
cal limitation.” Implaiction was
clear that new tax trail's will
have to be blazed.
Gov. Preston Smith said half
the state’s 2,803,00 housing units
are “inadequate or substand-
ard” He requested the League
to study the problem and come
up with recommendations as to
the state’s role in the housing
field.
Housing shortage may reach
“crisis proportions” in two
years, Smith told League mem-
bers. Needs over the next
decade, he forecast, will demand
$1.5 billion worth of construc-
tion a year in Texas. Within the
same period, he said, housing
win have to be fousd for 875,000
new families, and slums and
overcrowding must be eliminat-
ed.
Greatest prospect for solving
problems of slums, contend-
ed the governor, lies in “effec-
tive programs of governments to
assist slum residents in becom-
ing home owners.” Public hous-
ing and rent supplements, he
maintained, “tend to isolate, se-
gregate and spotlight the poor,
while providing no long-range
changes in their situation’s.”
Smith suggested a statewide
building code may be needed an
State Housing Authority may be
helpful to coordinate efforts of
the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development with lo-
cal governmental units.
Wieting' Named
To Committee
On Recreation
State Representative Leroy. J.
Wieting of Portland will be vice
chairman of the House Interim
Committee on Recreational Wa-
ter Safety, Speaker G. F. (Gus)
Mutscher announced today.
Other committee members
are Representatives Ben Atwell,
chairman from Dallas, Ger-
hardt Schulle, Jr., of San Mar-
cos, J. A. Garcia, Jr., of Ray-
mondville and Griffith Moore of
Dallas.
The committee will continue
the work started in 1967 when
the first committee was headed
by Representatives Atwell and
Wieting.
According to House Resolution
472 which creates the Committee
on Recreational Water Safety,
data compiled by the committee
indicated a great need for new
efforts to assure hazardous con-
ditions existing with respect to
the recreational enjoyment of
the state’s rivers, lakes, streams
and bays.
“Representative Wieting and
the committee worked diligently
during the last interim hold-
ing hearings and obtaining data
on water safety laws and their
enforcement,” Mutscher said.
“We will look forward to their
report in January of 1971 with
recommendations for improve-
ment of our water safety efforts
and for better control, supervi-
sion and policing on the public
waters of Texas.”
Scout Camporee
To Be Held
At Camp Copano
One of the major activities of
the year for the Boy Scouts in
the Mustang District will be held
on November 22 and 23 at Camp
Copano near Rockport. The two
day campout is the annual Mus-
tang District Camporee and is
expected to attract oyer 200 Boy
Scout leaders from the 6 towng
in the district.
The camporee will be under
the leadership of Dr. H. F. Elliot
of Rockport, camping chairman
of the district: Wayne Meyer,
Sinton, chief'of th Copane Chap-
ter of the Order of the Arrow;
and Glenn Lewis of Portland,
district executive.
The camporee is a program
based on the basic scouting
skills, mapping, Morse code,
knot tying, lashing, fire build
and axemanship. Troops will ar-
rive early Saturday morning and
break camp around noon on Sun-
day. _ _........_____
Appointments ■— Governor
Smith has nearly 1,000 appoint-
ments to make to more than
ICO State boards, commissions,
and : udy. committees.
It i; a di ficult time-consuming
task In most instances, his trou-
ble is in finding a capable “can-
do” type of man or woman who
will or is allowed to accept an
extra job, which is usually non-
paying one.
Here arc some of the major,
view appointments made by the
Governor:
Chairman, Board of Mental
Health - Mental Retardation:
Ward R. Burke, Lufkin attorney.
Texas Air Control Board: Dr.
Willie Lee Ulich, Texas Tech En-
gineering Professor.
Texas Liquor Control Board;
Joe W. Burkett, Jr. Kerrville At-
torney; (re-appointment.)
Board of directors of the Red
River Authority: Joe B. Wolver-
ton, Wichita Falls, and Jim Bee-
son, Memphis.
Egg Marketing Advisory
Board: George J. Laughead of
San Antonio and John H. Nash,
Jr., Austin; Jack M. Dubose,
Gonzales; Boyd H. Hilley, La-
mesa; Gry H. Pace, Fort Worth,
and D. W. Reneau, Seguin (re-
appointments) .
Private Employment Agency
Regulatory Board: Mrs. Carrie
Lou Brandon and Miss Jacque-
line Virginia Johnson of Dallas,
Mrs. Geneva B. Boren of Lub-
bock, Victor L. Koenig of Hous-
ton, Comer Leon Slaton of Fort
Worth, Joe Earl Lassiter of Abi-
lene, Berlin Vance of Amarillo,
M. David Lowe of Houston and
Vard Langdon Miller of Fort
Worth.
Texas Southern University
Board of Directors: Dr. Ray-
mond D’Hart Douglas of Jeffer-
son, Rev. Marvin Collins Grif-
fin of Austin and Andrew Leon
Jefferson Jr. of Houston.
Texas State Board of Licen-
sure for Nursing Home Adminis-
trators: Mrs. Wanda Morgan li-
tis of Gonzales, James Pascal
Baker of Lufkin, Francis Austin
Flynn of Austin, Dr. Wilfred
George Millington of Nixon, Mrs.
Johsnie Marie Bension of Fort
Worth, Virgil Newton Maxwell
of Houston and Arthur B. Tay-
lor of Vernon.
State Board of Plumbing Ex-
aminers : William Howard Wil-
liams of Houston.
Ballot Spots Picked— Proposed
constitutional amendment to le-
galize the sale of liquor by the
drink will be in the second spot
on the Nov. 3, 1970, general elec-
tion ballot.
Here’s how drawings for other
ballot places by Secretary of
State Martin Dies, Jr. came out
last week:
No. 1 — Provision for remov-
al, censure or retirement of ap-
pellate court judges and justices
of the peace by a new Judicial
Qualifications Commission.
No. 3 — Uniform method for
assesing farm, ranch and forest
lands on a capability to produce
basis.
No. 4 — Making the State
Building Commission a three-
member appointive agency.
No.5 — Authorizing counties
to issue road bonds up to a
fourth of assessed valuation on
vote of taxpayers.
No. 6 — Increasing value of
homesteads exempt from federal
forced sale.
No. 7 — Providing for consoli-
dation of local government func-
tions and inter-agency contracts
for performance of governmen-
tal services.
Disappointing Lease Sale
School Land Board got disap-
pointing results from its sealed
bid oil and gas lease sale on
public school lands. High bids
averaged only $36 an acre, low-
ered by the $15.52 per acre av-
erage of over 16 thousand acres
leased in El Paso County where
there is no oil or gas production.
Land Commissioner Jerry Sad-
ler said the indications from
Congress that the 27.5 per cent
depletion allowance will be cut
undoubtedly hampered bidding.
Also, sales scheduled for Loui-
siana and heavy spending on Al-
askan leases cut the bids.
Of 770 tracts offered, only 184
drew. bids. Total high bids were
$4,113,468.60.
Courts Speak — Supreme
Court split six to three in up-
holding the constitutionality of
the controversial Saturday-Sun-
day closing laws. Chief Justice
Robert W. Calvert wrote the
dissenting opinion, contending
that the statute prohibiting the
sale of 46 items on consecutive
days of week-ends should be
knocked out.
High Court granted a writ of
error and agreed to hear oral
arguments on December 10 on
Houston landowners’ complaints
that the YMCA should not be al-
lowed to erect a building in
Houston’s Post Oak Estates sub-
division where lots are a mini-
mum of three acres in size.
Supreme Court rejected the
appeal of a Dallas man who
claimed part intertsf in vast
holdings of oil-businessman J.D.
Wrather Jr.
Reversing an intermediate
court and affirming a trial court,
the state’s top civil court held
that neither party in a Gregg
County auto accident case was
entitled to damages.
Court of Criminal Appeals af-
firmed a 30-year sentence of
black militant Lee Otis John-
son of Houston, convicted of pos-
session of marihuana after he
gave a “cigarette” to an under-
cover police agent.
U. S. District Court in Tyler
ruled that a teacher eannot be
dismissed from a job because of
political activity.
Governor Smith received a
$500,000 check representing the
federal government’s share of
the purchase of a 1,950-acre
Galveston State Park (formerly
the Maco Stewart Ranch) with
matching funds to come out of
the $75 million state park bond
issue.
Dr. B. B. Vail Jr., veterinarian
in charge of the screwworm era-
dication program in Texas, told
the Animal Health Commission
that this year may set a record
low in screwworm cases — 159
reported this year, against 9,286
reported last year.
Mrs. Lyndon Johnson has es-
tablished a cash award of $1,500
to go to the Texas Highway De-
partment foreman who has con-
tributed most to the aesthetic
pleasure and recreational oppor-
tunities for the motoring public;
award will be made in Septem-
ber, 1970, at the Lyndon B. John-
son State Park.
State Treasurer Jesse James
reports that October cigarttte
stamp sales reached $14,016,948.
76, partly due to the higher tax
rate which went into effect Oc-
tober 1.
November 1 saw 324 private
clubs and 964 taverns in 17
counties and 22 city governments
holding special late hours (2
a.m) permits under the new law.
Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin
has urged the Federal Power
Commission to establish “just”
gas prices for wells in the Texas
Gulf Coast and Hugoton-Anadar-
ko Field of the Panhandle.
Governor's Criminal Justice
Council has recommended an
allocation of $213,349 in federal
funds (to be matched by state
and local money) in Texas’ con-
tinued crime fight.
Texas Ranger Capt. Clint Peo-
ples of Waco has been named
first senior captain of Rangers,
top post in that select law en-
forcement organization.
Tickets on Sale
At A&I For
Sam Houston Game
Kingsville — Tickets for the
Texas A&I — Sam Houston State
football game, to be played No-
vember 15 in Huntsville, will go
on sale at the A&I business of-
fice Monday morning.
All seats are reserved. The
adult tickets are $3 and student
tickets are $1.50. Students must
show identification cards, to pur-
chase the discount ducats.
Appetites Increase
With Cool Weather
College Station — Cooler wea-
ther increases appetites and
squeezes the family food budget.
Here are some suggestions from
Gwendolyne Clyatt, Extension
consumer marketing specialist,
to help get the most for the food
dollar this week.
Pomegranates, tangerines, per-
simmons, and pineapples are
now in markets. Texas citrus
have debuted and their supplies
will increase in the weeks ahead.
Fresh fruit and vegetable it-
ems, in good supply at the most
economical prices include appl-
es, bananas, oranges, Tokay
graphs, cranberries, potatoes,
tirnups, cabbage, carrots, cauli-
flower, tomatoes, hard shell
squash and dry yellow onions.
Grapefruit, avocados and can-
taloupes are moderately priced.
The beef market is irregular.
The features are a real value.
Keep an eye on ads for beef
specials; comparative shopping
can result in real values, re-
minds the specialist.
Attractive prices may be
found on round steak, blade
chuck and standing rib roasts.
Turkeys, 16 pounds and up,
are the big protein value. Check
the poultry counters for good
buys in whole and cut-up
fryers and chicken hens.
Cartwheel Lodge Will
Open Sunday in Taft
The Cartwheel Lodge of Taft
will accomodate about 98 pa-
tients when it opens for business
next week. Actually, the building
was designed for 100 beds but
at the last minute the owners
switched two of the rooms to re-
creational purposes to give the
old folks more to do.
Cartwheel of Taft is designed,
and approved, to take care of
Type 2 and Type 3 patients un-
der the federal government’s
Medicaid Program. This type
of patients are ambulatory and
do not requ're extensiive care.
The Lodge that is being read-
ied in Taft is the result of long
study in nursing home design
by R.C. Donnell since he has
constructed a number of homes
of this type during the past se-
veral years. At the present time
he has jhst complettd similar
homes in Pleasanton and Jour-
danton and plans to start one
m Ruckport and Annaville with-
in a short time and then move
into Central Texas where he has
still other units planned.
The Cartwheel Lodges are de-
signed to make things conven-
ient for the patients as well as
the attendants. The pa-
tient wings of the lodge ra-
diate out of the rotunda like
spokes. This makes it possible
for nurses to keep a visible
check on all wings from one cen-
tral station.
Policies of ihe home permit
the admission of both male and
female adult patients, including
married couples. Patients are
admitted to the home by a phy-
sician and continue under the
care of a doctor.
Cartwheel Lodge is an ICF
III approved by the Texas De-
partment of Health and Texas
Department of Public Welfare,
to participate in the Medicaid
vendor program.
The Lodge is equipped with a
doctor’s consultation room,
therapy equipment, examination
room and recreation room to ac-
comodate both the male and
female guest. The chapel, with
a seating capacity of 100, is pro-
vided for guests and their* fami-
lies and friends.
Meals are prepared by the
Lodge’s staff and consist of three
■meals daily7 with refreshments
at 1G a.m. and 3 p.m.
Cartwheel Lodge
Of Taft
(Nursing Care For Senior Citizens)
SUN., NOV. 16, 1969
From 1:30 to 6 p.m.
1200 Gregory Street
“ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL”
TAFT, TEXAS
Gospel Quartet Will
Provide Singing
DOUG PENDERGRASS
CO-ORDINATOR
MRS. EVA NELL SMITH
ADMINISTRATOR
MR. and MRS. R. 0. McDONNELL
OWNERS
You Are Cordially Invited To Attend
OPEN HOUSE
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Singleton, J. M. The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1969, newspaper, November 13, 1969; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1206042/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mathis Public Library.