Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1977 Page: 3 of 18
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Burleson Star, Thursday, September 8, 1977-3A
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Farmer Independence
Break
★ Accident
Extensive
Damage
THE START
ONE WEEK ONLY
Load
Shifts
Burleson Fire Department did
★ Gramm
drive
■ 8-8Monday thru Friday, 9-2 on Saturday
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stand by until the truck was back m an
upright position. Firemen hosed down the
road to dilute the diesel which spilled from
the truck and ran for several hundred
yards downhill. The one-truck accident
occured on the service road to I-35W just
south of Hardgrove Lane. --Star Staffoto
SAVE
25%
It doesn’t happen often, but one form
of taxation went out of existence on
Aug. 29.
That was the day that sales tax on
over-the-counter or subscription pur-
chase of newspapers was eliminated.
You can thank the Legislature for that
bit of good news. Magazine subscrip-
tions are included in the exemption.
It means that consumers pay no tax
on newspapers under 75 cents.
More importantly for The Burleson
Star and the merchants who sell it over
the counter, the tedious bookkeeping
necessary to keep up with many single
sales of newspapers has been eliminat-
ed. It’s now a “non-taxable” item.
NO ONE HURT-Neither the driver nor
the passengers were hurt when their car
went into a ditch after avoiding collision
with another car where north FM 731
enters Highway 174 Monday afternoon.
Damage was extensive to the car in the
ditch which swerved and struck the sign
IF ALL OF THE REALLY NICE FALL CLOTHES ARE
TWO RACKS AWAY FROM YOUR SIZE, THEN . .
We agree with the farmers; they
ought to make more money for the job
they do of feeding the nation. But as
long as they are ‘willing partners with
the government in price fixing the
market manipulation things probably
won’t get better.
It was ironic that, while farm
operators were demonstrating against
dwindling profit in Hillsboro on Labor
Day, farm laborers were demonstrat-
ing in Washington against low wages.
The farm picture isn’t bright. Profits
are declining and the small farmer is
being forced out of business. Only the
giants with their lawyers and account-
ants can survive in today’s world of
high finance, crop allotments and price
supports regulated by the government,
and prices driven up and down at the
will of Uncle Sam’s bureaucrats who
hoard grain on the one hand and give it
away on the other to appease foreign
governments.
The prospect for farm laborers isn’t
much better because the farmers don’t
have the money to raise wages. As long
as profit continues to decline, workers
have little chance of bargaining with
their employers for better salaries.
The pity of it all is that the consumer
will be the loser in the end. As fewer
and fewer small and medium size farms
survive, the market is at the mercy of
the big producers.
Without free market competition
prices will go higher and higher...if
there is anything to buy. Without
Call now for
free figure analysis
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How To Take
A Federal
income tax
deduction of
up to $1,500
TILTJ -Jimmy W. Bell of Grand Prairie
found his truck in this precarious position
last Thursday morning when the load of
lumber he was carrying shifted while he
was making a turn and his truck tilted
over. No one was injured in the mishap,
but the “
were available to highway travelers. The
rest stop was sponsored again this year by
the Burleson CB Club, which also took
donations to help the Jerry Lewis Tele-
ethon for Muscular Dystrophy.
--Star Staffoto
profit as incentive farmers will not
produce food.
Stated simply, the national farm
program is not working. We’d be
better off without it.
Let the producers set their own
prices and take their own risks. It
might take a few years for the situation
to stabilize but the free enterprise
system will work if given a chance. Let
the farmers be truly independent.
The alternative is complete takeover
by the government which has proved it
can’t run a bussiness of any kind.
-W.H.
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Evans was knocked an additional 38
feet by the second impact onto the
north shoulder of the highway.
The first pickup spun around and
ended up in the median separating the
lanes of traffic and the second pickup
skidded into the righthand shoulder of
the road, said Investigating Officer
Dempsey Eakin.
The accident was just inside the
Burleson city limits.
Second Class Postage Paid at
Burleson, Texas
Subscription Price $6.00 Per Year in
Johnson and Tarrant Counties.
Other areas of Texas $8.00
Outside, $9.00
__ [Add 5% Sales Tax]
Editor and Publisher
News Editor
Society Editor
Advertising Manager
If I could show you a way
to claim a Federal income
tax deduction of as much
as $1,500 every year that
you work and use this
money to provide for your
own retirement, would you
be interested?
If you’re working and not
covered by a pension plan
I may be able to.
This results from the Pen-
sion Reform Act and if
you’re not aking advan-
tage of it you’re missing
out.
Let me show you how it
was meant to help you.
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at left before crashing into the ditch
Driver of the car was listed by Burleson
police as Joe Paul Lightfoot of Fort
Worth. Driver of the other vehicle [out of
picture to left] was Markaleta Wilson
Forrest of 409 Linda. The accident
occurred at about 5:45 p.m. -Star Staffoto
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Wayne Hutson
James Moody
Mary Cowley
Chuck Hutson
The Burleson Star is an independent
newspaper published weekly in the’
interest of Burleson and adjacent areas
by Burleson Publishing Co., 319 N.
Burleson Blvd., Burleson, Texas, 76028
Any erroneous reflection up the
integrity and reputation of any indivi-
dual or firm will be corrected if brought
to the attention of the editor.
Address all correspondence to the
Editor, Burleson Star. P.O. Box 383,
Burleson, Texas 76028. 295-5278
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game” preceding the Rangers-Red Sox
encounter last week.
Results of the game were Fori
Worth Celebrities 9, Dallas Celebritie|
3, and $5,000 for the muscular dystrei
phy fund.
NAOMI CHECLOCK was involved i
in raising funds for MDA. She worked
in the Telethon for Muscular Dystro- I
phy, televised at the Southern Palace
at Six Flags over Texas.
Electronic Realty Associates (ERA) |
in the Metroplex area brought in ovei^
$12,000 in all for MDA. National)}^
ERA hit over $311,000 for the first
time as a corporation sponsor of the
Jerry Lewis Telethon.
LABOR DAY visitors in the Sait?
Cowley home, who kept close watch o
hurricane reports were Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Christensen and son from Ne'g
Orleans, La.
THE NICKELL FAMILY Reunion
an annual Labor Day Weekend affair a
Lampassas, was attended by 64.
Games, swimming and much food
were to be had when relatives conven-
ed at Lampassas City Park on Sunday.
Attending from Burleson were Bill
and Lanell Doty, Carl and Geneva
Nickell, Donna Doty, Jerry and Janet
Nickell, Carleen and George Harris and
Griff and Tina Harris.
BURLESON’S MORTY RAPFOG1
will be giving a report on the Natioi
Flute Association Convention at the
Sept. 11 meeting of The Texas Flute
Club. The meeting will be held at 3 p.m.
in the Choral Room at North Texas
State University School of Music in
Denton.
Rapfogel was among the approxi-
mately 1,000 attending the convention;
Aug. 19-21 in San Francisco.
He said flutists from various countr- <
ies around the globe, including 12 from'.
Japan, were present at the convention.
ASHLEY ASHMORE, owner of a
’73 Honda XR-75, no longer in his,,iv
possession, is offering $100 for inform- ®
ation leading to the arrest of persons
who took same from driveway between
11 p.m. Sept. 5 and 7 a.m. Sept. 6.
Ashmore is the son of Elizabeth
Wheat of 12, Mountain Valley Blvd. I
VISITORS TO EUROPE who have
recently returned to their Burleson
home are Mrs. Shirley Gersbach and ■
daughter Cheryl.
While in Europe, they visited with
Spec 4 Ronald E. Gersbach, their son
and brother, in Bayreuth, West Ger- ]
many.
Among other countries toured dur-
ing the 26-day visit were Austria, Italy
and Switzerland.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. E.F.
Gersbach of Burleson, Ronald is the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie A.
Pewitt, also of Burleson.
WE’VE LEARNED that the building
which recently opened as the 1898
House Restaurant, built in that year,
has quite an interesting history.
For instance, a stew-pe-aoM™.A p’
er resident of the house is Cher (Bono)
Allmond. <
In fact, Cher was a student in the/
Burleson School system for awhile. Hen
step-father, E.J. Southall, was the)
nephew of Nora and Ethel Southall,
now deceased sisters who lived in the
house.
PLANS FOR a horse project club
will be discussed, at a meeting of
Joshua 4-H Club at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 in
the cafeteria at Joshua Elementary.
More information concerning a horse
project may be obtained from Judy
Tice, 295-4460.
ROBERT WICKER is at home after
a two-day stay in St. Joseph Hospital
where he had ankle surgery.
In that he’ll be laid up for a few days,
visitors and calls will no doubt be
appreciated.
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ment policies.
The largest known oil reserve in the
United States is off the New Jersey
Coast, he noted, while the Northwest
has the largest coal deposits bearing a
superior type of coal to the lignite
found in Texas and now used to fuel
electricity generators such as the
Texas Utilities plant at Fairfield.
Local participation in the political
process can help, he added in answer to
a question, because of the need to elect
the “right leadership which could sell
the free enterprise system.”
★ Mishap
CON’T FROM PAGE ONE
from Crowley Road into the path of an
oncoming auto on SH 174, police said.
The driver of the second car swerved
to miss the other car and clipped a
highway sign and ended up in the ditch.
Friday, Glen Dale White, of 704
Lynnewood, lost control of his motor-
cycle while traveling south on Burleson
Blvd, and was taken by Jones Ambul-
ance for treatment at St. Joseph
hospital.
He told police that he was rounding a
curve when he lost control of the cycle.
He was knocked from his skidding
vehicle when it hit the ground and had
abrasions to the head, shoulders and
arms.
Two minor accidents rounded out
police activity over the holiday week-
end, at least as far as accidents were
concerned.
A parked car was struck by another
car Sunday on Cliffside Dr. and another
Sunday mishap was a minor accident
on the Stop N Go parking lot on SH
174.
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The effective date was Aug. 29, so
merchants should be sure and include
sales to that date in their quarterly or
monthly reports.
For consumers it means a savings of a
penney on each over-the-counter copy
and at least 30 cents for the year if you
take The Star on an annual subscrip-
tion basis.
It was more of a nuisance than
anything else, a headache for book-
keepers and a complex problem of
auditing and enforcement for the state.
Our thanks to the Legislature (only
two senators voted against the bill),
the Governor and Comptroller Bob
Bullock for their efforts. --W.H.
f.ahnr REST F0R MAN BEAST-The
Labor Day rest stop on the southbound
side of IH 35W was a fit stop for both man
and beast as evidenced bv these visitors
Monday. The dog enjoyed the shade even
if he didn’t get to partake of the goodies
such as coffee, soft drinks and cookies that
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Hutson, Wayne & Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1977, newspaper, September 8, 1977; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1211951/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.