Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1972 Page: 2 of 18
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2—BURLESON STAR—JANUARY 13, 1972
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Keep those tags
Keep those instruction books
that came with the gifts your
family received for Christmas.
Whether you found garments,
camera equipment, a washing
machine or small appliances un-
der your Christmas tree this year,
save the instruction tags or book-
lets from the unwrapped gifts.
All these Christmas presents
will give you far better service
and longer wear if you follow the
manufacturer’s directions for
their use and care.
If it’s an appliance, you won’t
get the best operation unless you
maintain it according to instruc-
AUSTIN, Tex.—Candi-
dates for the legislature
are keeping an anxious eye
on a federal court which
last week heard massive,
consolidated challenges to
House and Senate redis-
tricting.
The three judges lis-
tened to four days of tes-
timony and arguments and
took the case under study.
A decision is expected in
a week or two in order to
allow time for appeals to
the U.S. Supreme Court
before the February 7 fil-
ing deadline.
Emphasis in the trial of
suits filed in San Antonio,
Tyler, Houston and Dallas
was on the issue of sin-
gle member vs. multi-
member (
House of Representative!
districts for metropolitan;
areas.
Challengers of the 1971 ’
reapportionment (based
on the 1970 census) by a
five-member board made
these key claims:
*Countywide districts
tend to prevent election
of blacks, Mexlcan-
Americans and Republi-
cans.
♦Elections in the multi-
member districts require
expensive campaigns
which few candidates,,
other than those backed by
big interests, can afford.
♦Single member or in- ;
dividual districts for the
big counties insure a
smaller constituency and
thereby make legislators
more available, respon-
sive and accountable to
the voters.
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"overreaching"
thority.
Bullock disclosed he is
having legislation drafted
to require full disclosure
by political parties at the
state and local levels. Un-
til that legislation can be
enacted, he recommended _
the political organizations prove land for industrial
development.
♦Motorboats or vessels sentative in District 51 has filed and wifi oppos’e Sen.
must have at least one ™
Coast Guard - approved
lifesaving device for ev-
ery person on board.
♦'Riprap" spilled from
trucks falls within the def- make the races shape up differently,
inition of loose material
prohibited by a new law.
♦All price advertising greater opportunity to be heard at the polls this year,
by optometrists is pro-
hibited.
♦Reserve deputy sher-
iffs may carry weapons.
♦Contempt of a com-
missioners court is pun-
ishable by fine not to ex-
ceed $25 or imprisonment
up to 24 hours.
SCHOOL FINANCE
STUDIES ON—Gov. Pres-
ton Smith designated a 12-
member task force to ad-
vise him on possible state
action needed following a
federal court decision that
the Texas system of fi-
nancing public schools is
unconstitutional.
At almost the same
time, Smith directed the
newly-created Commis-
sion on Inter-governmen-
tal Relations to head a
Wayne Hutson Editor and Publisher
The Burleson Star is an independent newspaper
published weekly ii the interest of Burleson
and adjacent areas by Burleson Publishing Co.
108 N.W. Renfro, Burleson, Texas, 76028.
Any erroneous reflection upon the integrity
and reputation of any individual or firm will
be corrected if brought to the attention of the
editor.
Second Class Postage Paid at
Burleson, Texas.
Subscription Price $4.00 Per
Year in Johnson and Tarrant
Counties. Other Areas $6.00
Annually.
TIME
There are times during our lives when families
are close in love, relationship, and togetherness. Then
comes times when various happenings tend to separate
loved ones.
There is one cure for these times. Although this
cure is sometimes brief for some it is a time when
families, no matter what distances separate them, no
matter what the causes may be, can rejoice and be
thankful.
Even though members of a family are tom apart by
past quarrels they are still brought together through
their hearts and Jesus for a time of thankfulness and
togetherness.
The cure spoken of here is Christmas Time. It may
seem only another holiday on the calendar for some,
but there is something in the air that moves the spirit
of love about and causes love to be in each and every-
one of us, thus causing us to feel love for all fellow
humans and brothers of nature.
Be thankful for Christmas is near.
C.C. (Kit) Cooke, a young attorney from Cleburne
already is in the race. He filed a couple of weeks ago.
A Burleson man, Rushing Manning hasn’t filed yet but
says he’s in the race. Incumbent J.E. Ward of Glen
Rose has indicated he will run, too.
* * *
Two men are seeking the State Senate seat in Dis-
trict 22 whicjj is comprised of 17 counties including
Johnson.
And Johnson County is the second most populated.
Denton is first.
Tom Holmes of Granbury, formerly a staje repre-
Tom Creighton of Mineral Wells. Sen. Creighton is the
incumbent.
The redistricting plan is still in litigation and no
one knows how it will turn out. The whole plan may be
thrown out and something else submitted which will
If you have never read this version
of "Little Red Riding Hood,"here is your
opportunity:
"Once upon a time, in a far-away
country, there lived a little girl called
Red Riding Hood. One day her mother
asked her to take a basket of fruit to
her grandmother, who had been ill and
lived alone in a cottage in the forest.
'It happened that a wolf was lurking
in the bushes and overheard the con-
versation. He decided to take, a short-
cut to the grandmother’s house and get
the goodies for himself. The wolf killed
the grandmother, then dressed in her
nightgown and jumped into bed to await
the little girl.
"When she arrived he made several
nasty suggestions and then tried to grab
her. But by this time the child was very
frightened and ran screaming from the
cottage.
"A woodcutter, working nearby, heard
her cries and rushed to the rescue. He
killed the wolf with his axe, thereby
saving Red Riding Hood’s life. All the
townspeople hurried to the scene and
proclaimed the woodcutter a hero.
"But at the inquest, several facts
emerged:
"1. The wolf had never been advised of
his rights.
"2. The woodcutter had made no warn-
ing swings before striking the fatal
blow.
A while ago a Texas Girl Scout coun-
cil did a study on the plight of today’s
youth. The lead line in the report read,
'too much money, lack of responsibility
listed among the problems of our youth.
Too much money, boredom and too
much planned entertainment were three
of the most pressing problems of youth
as defined by youths.
The comment was made in the report
that parents should show strength of
character in decisions regarding right
and wrong in raising their children.
The report also pointed out that 'there
is too much leisure or ill-spent leisure."
The world is full of many pressing
problems -- but the most pressing one
is not finding new ways to entertain our
children.
Finding entertainment is a lot like
finding the pot of gold at the end of the
rainbow. It is impossible to go down to
the corner store and call for a quar-
ter’s worth of entertainment.
Entertainment, or a good time, is al-
ways secondary. It is the by-product of
something else. That something else is
contentment.
Young people are no different than
adults. They are seraching for some-
thing to fill a void and it always seems
that it must be found through some new
diversion or entertainment.
There is no denying that today’s youth
are restless, that they feel a need for
something new to do. Too many of them
look to fads.
Restlessness is the opposite of satis-
faction and contentment. The contented
person is not one who gets everything
he wants. He is the one who has learned
to want what he gets.
Many parents, ambitious for their
children’s happiness, have provided
CONSUMERS’
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"3. The Civil Liberties Union stressed
that, although the act of eating Grand-
ma may have been in bad taste, the
wolf was only ’doing his thing’ and thus
didn’t deserve the death penalty.
"4. The SDS contended that killing
Grandma should be considered self-de-
fense, since she was over 30 and,
therefore, couldn't be taken seriously
because the wolf was trying to make
love, not war.
"On the basis of these considerations,
it was decided there was no valid basis
for charges against the wolf. Moreover,
the woodcutter was indicated for un-
aggravated assault with a deadly wea-
pon.
"Several nights later, the woodcut-
ter’s cottage was burned to the ground.
"One year from the date of the inci-
dent at Grandma’s, her cottage was
made a shrine for the wolf who had bled
and died there. All village officials spoke
at the dedication, but it was Red Riding
Hood who gave the most touching trib-
ute.
"She said that while she had been sel-
fishly grateful for the woodcutter’s in-
tervention, she realized in retrospect
that she had over-reacted. As she knelt
and placed a wreath in honor of the brave
wolf, there wasn’t adry eye in the whole
forest."
—As reprinted in the Johnson Co. News
them with cars, money, readymade en-
tertainment, electronic gadgetry and
organized activity while society has giv-
en them almost an unlimited amount of
leisure time thanks to labor laws and
automated household chores. But we
have only added to their problems and
created new ones instead of giving them
the climate for happiness and content-
ment.
He who would bring happiness to his
children would give them responsibility,
would teach them and assist them in
creating their own wholesome enter-
tainment and would show them that hap-
piness comes from learning how to ad-
just oneself to whatever life dishes out.
True happiness and contentment come
from a feeling of construtive accom-
plishment, from achieving a goal, from
a job well done.
Yesterday's youth had to build their
own toys and playhouses. The joy came
not so much as in using the toys or the
playnouse as it came from constructing
them.
But Burleson voters and particularly those of John-
son County have a great responsibility and an even
ity of the promoter to
preserve order within the
assigned area.
COURTS SPEAK —The
Texas Supreme Court
sustained lower court or-
ders stopping sale of 500
magazines, films, books
and cards found by a San
Antonio judge to be "ob-
scene." The Fourth Court
of Civil Appeals, whose
judgment was affirmed,
had earlier knocked down
that part of the original
trial order prohibiting
sale of "similar" material.
AG OPINIONS — Resi-
dent aliens are eligible
for old age assistance and
aid to the blind. Atty. Gen.
no matter how the districts are aligned.
* * *
The thing to do is register and be qualified when an
election comes up.
To be qualified you must register at least 30 days
before the election.
Our first electionis April 1. That means you must be
registered by March 1 to vote in the school and city
elections.
The Democratic Primary is in May. So is the Repub-
lican primary.
Tobe quite frank, Burleson area voters have not
registered in overwhelming numbers in the past. And
when they did register they often did not vote.
Dennis McWilliams Johnson County Tax Assessor-
Collector said he figured a little more than half of the
registered voters would participate in upcoming elec-
tions.
We told him we thought more would register in the
Burleson area this year than before and that they would
vote when the time came. In fact, we have a steak dinner
as a little wager.
"We’ll push voter registration as a newspaper this
year more than we have in the past. And we’ll push
get-out-the-vote compaigns.
But unless the people themselves are really inter-
ested in using the power they have at the polls, it’ll
make little difference.
We hope that you'll keep abreast of the political
news and that you’11 weigh the issues and make a de-
cision at the polls.
One thing for sure, if you don’t somebody else will
make your decision for you.
* * *
If you need a registration application we have them at
the office of The Star. They’re free. That’s pretty low-
priced admission to something as Important as the
polls. And the ticket is good all year.
(Editor’s note: Following was written by Marine Cpt.
Cliff (Skip) Burdett, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.K. Wade
of 233 Smith before Christmas. His parents received
the message after Christmas. We reprint it at this
time because it still has meaning regardless of the
time of year. Skip is a 1969 graduate of Burleson
High School and has been stationed in Morocco since
August. He has been in the Marines for about two
years.)
Address all correspondence to the Editor,
Burleson Star, P.O. Box 383, Burleson, Texas
76028. Phone 295-4412,
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a harder job. We’ll see
as time goes by whether
they like it or not.. .Good
news was received by the
family of H.H. MARTIN of
Crowley. He had heart
hurgery in Harris Hospi-
tal in Fort Worth Tuesday
and is reported doing well.
JERRY MARTIN and ED-
DIE MARTIN, both of Bur-
leson, are his sons ...
EARL STANFORD is back
in circulation after ill-
ness. We wish him con-
l improvement ...
The folks on Academy
Hill are finally seeing
some Improvement on the
street situation around
Pr°Perty- Paving of invalidate the apportion-
n‘“J r' ’ • ” ment and draw new lines
or let the board's plan
stand.
CAMPAIGN REPORTS
URGED — Secretary of
State Bob Bullock has
urged state and county
political organization
chairmen to report cam-
paign contributions and
expenditures as candi-
dates are directed to.
He said 31 other states
require such reports by
law, though Texas does
not. State Democratic
Chairman Roy Orr of De-
Soto rebuked Bullock for
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POLITICS is gonna get interesting this year. And
Burleson voters should see as much political action as
anybody.
First off, it’s considered an "electionyear."That is,
it is a presidential election year and for some reason
more people seem to take an interest when a president
is to be elected than any other time.
But in addition to national politics, it appears that
more than the usualinterest wiU be developing in elec-
tions from city hall to Austin and all between.
We were surprised,pleasantly so, to see so much ac-
tion early in the year on the city council election. When
you have candidates Interested enough to file this early
—the deadline isn’t untilMarch 1 — you can be assured
that there is greater interest in the community at large.
So far we’ve already got candidates in all places for
the city election, including the mayor’s race. There
have been times when it appeared nobody wanted to
run for some of the jobs... especially since the pay is
so great -- $5 a meeting and no more than $120 a year,
says the City Charter.
* * *
But the interest doesn’t stop there. There are county
races, district races and state races on tap and Bur-
leson voters are in the unusual position of really having
a voice.
’ Because this area has grown so rapidly, voters here
J have the opportunity to really make a difference in the
outcome of more than just local elections.
“ In the race for State Representative, from the new
# district composed of Johnson, Hood, Erath and Somer-
# veil Counties, Johnson County is the most populated.
# And the majority of the population of Johnson County is
S the_northern third of which Burleson is the hub.
Crawford C. Martin has
held in light of U.S. Su-
preme Court diclsions.
In other recent opin-
ions, Martin concluded:
*A home rule city has
authority to form a non-
profit, no-stock corpora-
tion to acquire and im-
WARMING UP?MB
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Redistricting Issue
By Bill Boykin
Texas Press Association
Moderation in change sometimes is
the most rewarding tactic. There is
some good in the old and some good
in the new. The trouble is that we
are too interested in tossing out the
old instead of using the good in both.
As grandpas said when grandma re-
moved the spittoon from the living room,
'I shore miss the spittoon since it’s
gone."
To which grandma replied, 'You
missed it before, that’s why it’s gone."
Many of the things we miss from days
passed are among the missing because
we didn’t use them at all or didn’t use
them wisely.
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ions, understand its special fea-
tures, and use the most appro-
priate cleaning agents or acces-
sories with it
If it’s a fabric, the manufac-
turer’s instructions will tell you
what its fiber content is and how
it should be laundered or dry
cleaned.
If it’s a complex piece of elec-
tronic equipment there are cer-
tain do’s and don’ts to follow in
its operation.
Manufacturers are concerned
with your being satisfied with
tbeir products, and it is to their
best interest and yours that you
use them correctly. And the best
way to find out about a product
is to read the instruction booklets
or tags. Also, remember to send
out all the warranty cards for
products that you received.
tinued
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whose husband is a mem-
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to refer to money as
$ "dough". We never did
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The state, in defense
of the 1971 re apportion-
ment, maintained:
♦Multi-member dis-
tricts are not discrimi-
natory and do not dilute
minority group represen-
tation.
♦Prior Supreme Court
rulings have held that eith-
er multi-or-single-mem-
ber districts are accep-
table as long as they are
fairly drawn.
♦Single - member dis-
tricts tend to fragment a
county’s representation
and lessen chances of del-
egation harmony on key
• countywide issues.
Federal Circuit Judge
Irving L. Goldberg of Dal-
las, U.S. District Judge
William Wayne Justice of
Tyler and U.S. District
Judge John H. Wood Jr.
of San Antonio must make
the decision whether to
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make the reports volun-
tarily on contributions and
expenditures after Jan. 1,
1972.
The secretary suggest-
ed filing reports on party
funds used for county of-
fice campaigns with the
county clerk, district or
state office reports with
the secretary of state here
and reports of party mon-
ey spent in local elections
(countywicm, with the city secretary or
Tesentatlves city clerk.
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RULES STUDIED—Texas
Department of Public
Safety set a February 29
hearing on proposed rules
and regulations and mini-
mum safety and good or-
der standards for mass
gatherings.
I The 62nd Legislature
directed DPS to promul-
gate such rules which
must be met by promoters
in order to get official
permission to hold mass
gatherings, such as out-
door rock concerts.
Among the proposed
rules are those governing
adequate parking, light-
ing, access by emergency
vehicles and responsibil- study of~the effects oFthe
case and report suggested
solutions to the legisla-
ture by January, 1973.
Meanwhile, Lt. Gov.
Ben Barnes expanded a
senate committee on ur-
ban education and directed
an examination of finance
problems in the wake of
the federal court action.
At least seven groups are
now in the search for sol-
utions.
Concern has been ex-
pressed for security of
school bonds and even for
the entire dependability of
the property tax as the
main source of revenue
for all local governmental
purposes.
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