Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1971 Page: 2 of 14
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2 BURLESON STAR—FEBRUARY 4, 1971
Council Hears Opponents
Of Withdrawn 236 Resolution
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fixed for the bidding at
this time.
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The work is expected
to take an estimated 60
working days to complete
and will be done by the
W.D. Turner Construc-
tion Company of Lubbock.
The Turner firm was
awarded the contract with
a low bid of $249,258.22.
The projects include
FM 917 from Eagan to
IH 35W and IH 35W from
the Tarrant County line to
Alvarado.
Under $3,000
$3,000 - $3,999
$4,000 - $4,999
$5,000 - $5,999
$6,000 - $6,999
$7,000 - $7,999
$8,000 - $8,999
$9,000 - $9,999
$10,000 - $10,999
$11,000 - $11,999
$12,000 - $12,999
$13,000 - $13,999
$14,000 - $14,999
$15,000 - $15,999
$16,000 - $16,999
$17,000 - $17,999
$18,000 - $18,999
$19,000 - $19,999
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HILLEY PHARMACY
112 W. ELLISON 121 NE. WILSHIRE
295-1191 295-1 125
DIRECTOR—
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6 & H TEXACO
IH WILSNIK UVI. BIILESM, TEXAS
ROY GOLLA HON
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C. M. (Red) HARRISON
An Englishman spoofing the world
recently announced he had not, after all,
crossed a cat and dog to make a "dat".
But before he confessed his joke, all
sorts of fun resulted.
One newspaper suggested offsprings
be called kuppies. Another suggested if
a clam and a duck were crossed that
Meanwhile, a contract
for seal coat work on
106.806 miles of highways
within the Fort Worth
district awarded in Jan-
uary calls for work in two
Johnson County areas.
Address all correspondence to: The Editor Burleson Star, P.O. Box 383, .$■
Burleson, Texas 76028. Phone 295-4412.
in preparation for the
summer baseball pro-
gram, it was pointed out,
as coaches, managers,
sponsors and other per-
sonnel must be lined up
for the teams as well as
preparing schedules for
actual games and the
player draft this spring.
Applications may be
submitted to City Man-
ager Frank Proctor Jr.
or Park Board chairman
Loren Turner.
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NEW TELEPHONE - 295-3149
The Action Line at the Action Station
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AUSTIN, Tex.—Legis-
lators face a week of ma-
jor decisions.
Before the House are
key portions of Gov.
Preston Smith’s finance
plan. House followed the
> a
vote the proposal to lift
the $80 million a year
welfare spending lid.
An emergency $48.4
million deficit spending
bill to avert a welfare
crisis is perhaps their
biggest problem today.
A four-fifth vote of both
houses is required to su-
spend the Texas consti-
tution’s "pay as you go"
requirement and permit
lawmakers to o into the
red for the balance of
this fiscal year ... which
ends in August.
If legislators decline to
take this route, they must
pass a tax bill to raise
the money by March 1.
To place a revenue-rais-
ing measure into imme-
diate effect would require
passage by a two-thirds
majority.
Alternative is reduc-
Step 2-For each S1.000 of income (or
fraction thereof) over S19.999,
but less than S50.000. add 2 per-
cent of the amount vou deter-
mined in Step 1 above.
Step 3-For each SI.000 of income (or
fraction thereof) over S49.999,
but less than S100.000. add 1
percent of the amount you deter-
mined in Step 1 above.
If your income was S100.000 or more,
simply deduct 210 percent of the amount
determined in Step 1 above.
would produce a cluck. Still others
wanted to cross an owl with a goat
and get a hootnanny.
It was all good fun but the cat and
dog are still the cat and dog, which is
probably as it should be and one might
add dat dat’s dat.
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1970 OPTIONAL STATE AND CITY SALES TAX TABLES FOR TEXAS
If your income was more than S19.999.
but less than S100.000, compute your deduc-
tion as follows:
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tion in welfare benefits
by early spring.
Another matter being
moved to an early show-
down is Governor Smith’s
proposal to float a $450
million state bond issue
secured by income from
permanent school fund
revenue diversion. Both
bond issue and tapping of
school land lease money
would require constitu-
tional amendments.
Regardles s of the House
vote on the bond issue,
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes
sizes up Senate sentiment
toward it as cold.
Mood of both houses
appears to favor early
passage of code of ethics
legislation.
If Governor Smith’s fi-
nance program doesn’t
fare better than he antic-
ipates, Barnes says, he
will ask House Speaker
Gus Mutscher to join him
in urging the governor to
submit some alternatives.
COURTS SPEAK —
Third Court of Civil Ap-
peals here turned down
the plan of the Frede- J
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This newspaper and its editor often
remind officials in government that
their meetings should be open to the
public and that the people have the right
to hear what their elected leaders are
saying and doing. In addition, the people
have the right to say so if they disagree
with decisions public officials are mak-
ing.
Thus, it was under unusual circum-
stances that The Star Editor "walked
out" in the middle of a public meeting
of the Burleson City Council last week.
Hindsight has given us better per-
spective and had we the opportunity to
consider the situation again, we pos-
sibly would have reacted differently.
Background is that the city council
was hearing a citizen who has critized
them openly and publicly before. He has
such a right and let it be known that
he planned to exercise it.
However, he deviated entirely from
the topic he had come to discuss, a
topic which qualified completely as
business which could come before the
city council. It had been properly placed
on the agenda.
It was the deviation that we disliked.
Many persons had come to discuss
another matter and the chamber was
packed. Perhaps many were witnessing
their first city council meeting.
Embarrassing remarks were being
made and more were to follow when
this writer left the meeting.
Again, we stress that every citizen
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Any erroneous reflection upon the intergrity and reputation of any individual
or firm will be corrected if brought to the attention of the editor.
should have the right to be heard by his
elected officials. To deny the right
would be tragic.
However, it is only just and fair for
all the people involved that remarks
be confined as nearly as possible to
the business at hand and the topics
announced. In a session of public of-
ficials who are setting policy by which
a complete city government will oper-
ate, it is not unreasonable to expect
that an agenda will be prepared and that
it will be followed closely. Efficiency
is promoted in this way.
We are not suggesting that any public
body hide behind an agenda and become
inaccessible to the people it serves.
We are saying, however, that if a
public meeting is threatened with dis-
organization the presiding officer has
the authority and duty to bring it to
order.
Public officials often are targets for
criticism. Some of it is even justified.
Never-the-less, nothing in the writ-
ten law or in the unwritten code of
society says that any public servant
must be subjected to verbal abuse in
his own meeting.
If not the man, then certainly the
office of an elected official deserves
respect. Such is the case from the
local level to the White House.
If the office holder himself cannot
command respect, then the voters can
take care of it at the polls, not at a
public meeting.
The youth underwent
surgery at All Saints
Monday night and his doc-
tor was encouraged by his
progress at mid-week.
Several bones in the foot
were broken.
Young Adams was all-
district guard on the Bur-
leson Elk football team
last fall.
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ford Motor Co;
contract to prbVx^ xwv
new Police cars. Two bids
were received. Crawford
Ford's bid was $6,407
for both cars while Sto-
o x>xU was
$6>506-
--Approved on second
reading speed zone ordi-
The 1971 Vega 2300,
Chevrolet’s new entry in
the mini-car market, has
received Motor Trend
Magazine’s 16th annual
Car of the Year award,
Al Foster, general man-
ager at Stovall Chevrolet
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Step 1-For the first S19.999. find the
amount for your family size in
the table.
DENTAL HEALTH WEEK
■ IS ALL YEAR- LONG
Many functions begin in the mouth. Certainly
a child in his early stage of development is cen- I
tered around his mouth as the starting point of
his communication. In the adult enjoyment of
food also begins in the mouth. A healthy mouth
is most important for a confident smile, good
appearance, and of course as the organ for our
human attribute, speech and language.
Keeping a healthy mouth is based on conser-
vation of teeth and the prevention of diseases of
the gums. The success you have is based on
proper personal care and regular visits to your
dentist. When he suggests a dental health aid
—we have it.
YOU OR YOUR DOCTOR CAN PHONE US
when you need a delivery. We will deliver
promptly without extra charge. A great many I
people rfely on us for their health needs. We
welcome requests for delivery service and charge I
accounts.
NOTE: This table was prepared by the IRS District Offices in Texas for your convenience in computing your
state and city sales tax deduction. The amount added to the State of Texas sales tax deduction has been
rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
Tires 0 Batteries
Mechanic 01 Dity
Tneips 0 Mifflers
Brake Repair
0 Shock Absorbers
0 Road Service
W» 6Ih SIN IfMi S1IBRS
Fortenberry
Honor Student
At Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION—
B.G. Fortenberry of Bur-
leson earned "Distin-
guished Student" ranking
at Texas A&MUniversity.
The undergraduate hon-
or is awarded students who
have excelled academi-
cally. Recipients must
earn at least a 3.25 grade
point ration (out of a pos-
sible 4.0) during the
grade period.
In addition to a 3.25
or higher GPR, a student
qualifying for "Distin-
quished Student" honors
must have been enrolled
in a minimum of 12 hours
and have no grade lower
than a "C".
'Distinguished Student"
ranking is limited to 10
percent of Texas A&M’s
undergraduate enroll-
ment.
Fortenberry, a junior
English major, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Ball
Lof Rt. 2, Burleson.
A sizable crowd was on
hand Thursday night at a
regular meeting of the
city council, but those
who came to protest a
proposed resolution on a
federal rent supplemen-
tal program found the
item had been deleted
from the agenda.
A petition was present-
ed to the council, how-
ever, opposing the pro-
gram in the event it comes
up again. The petition had
more than 280 signatures.
The resolution was
first presented to the
council in regard to an
apartment complex pro-
posed on land near the
new middle school. The
resolution, if passed,
would have put the city
on record as having no
objection to a government
program which, in effect,
results in reduced apart-
ment rental payments for
certain persons of low in-
come who are elderly,
displaced, victims of na-
tural disaster or occu-
pants of substandard
housing.
The land owner, who
said he had agreed to
sell the land to someone
who wanted to build the
apartments, said he did
not then know the purpose
or connection with the
federal rent supplement
program.
The real estate broker
handling the transaction
apparently was in the
same category and it was
he who withdrew the item
from the council agenda.
Confusion seemed to
surround the govern-
ment's "236 rent supple-
ment program" and city
council members appar-
ently had received con-
flicting information on
the subject. Since thq^j
matter had, been rernovM
ed from i(he agenda, n®
’actlonwas LakeE-^1'
In other businei
—Awarded to/ Craw-
.. a sale
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On April 7 hearing is
set in the Third Court on
the Sharpstown Bank of
Houston dispute with an
insurance company over
a performance bond to
insure repayment of a
loan.
If you itemize your deductions, you
may use this table to determine the general
sales tax to be entered on Schedule A, Form
1040. Use this table ONLY if you live in
one of the 480 Texas cities that had a It!
•sales tax in addition to the 3*4<f State of
Texas sales tax. Other Texas residents should
use the Optional State Sales Tax Tables
printed in the regular Form 1040 Instructions.
(If you are a resident of one of the
approximately tw enty towns that added a
city sales tax after 1-i-70, you will have to
use the State of Texas tax table in your
regular instructions and compute a pro rata
share of the sales tax in addition to the
State of Texas sales tax, since your city did
not have a city sales tax for the entire year.)
If you are able to establish that you
paid an amount larger than that shown, vou
are entitled to deduct the larger amount. The
sales tax paid on the purchase of an auto-
mobile may be added to the table amount.
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AM0UNTS SHOWN INCLUDE BOTH 8TATE AND CITY SALES TAX
__________Family Size (Persons)
1 & 2_______________3 & 4
amusement center near
Six Flags in Arlington,
another major project in
which he is now involved.
The Lions Club will
meet at the First United
Methodist Church. Res-
ervations for the lunch-
eon can be made by con-
tacting a member of the
Lions Club.
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Savings and Loan Asso-
ciation to provide mobile
service to Burnet, Ban-
dera, Kimble, Llano and
Mason counties via trail-
er.
Burleson, Texas 76028. Phone 295-4412. ft'
the Texas Highway
Dept. The zones affect
traffic on east and west
frontage roads on I-35W
State Highway 174, fro nt-
a§e roads on 174 and FM
731 within city limits.
—Approved a prelimi-
nary plan for Pleasant
Manor Addition as rec-
ommended by the city
gg? planning board. The
B proval
were \
flooding
Creek.
--Approved final plat
of Pleasant Manor Ave-
nue and Pleasant Manor
Blvd, in Pleasant Manor
addition. Final plat of a
new development in the
Original Town of Burle-
son on property owned by
G.N. Gamble also was
approved.
i I’m beginning to wonder whether I'm a party to
the so called generation gap.
i Frankly, it’s difficult for me to get across a
message to young folks. And sometimes the older
_ folks, too.
I suspect that the fault lies with the "pointer" who
hasn't the answers to the questions that people of all
ages ask.
But while I don't always succeed, I enjoy talking to
young people when I think they want to listen.
Recently I reviewed a fifth or sixth grade textbook,
a portion of which dealt with journalism. (I think.)
The reason I was reading such an elementary guide
to good writing wasn't that a critic had lambasted
my grammar, although I'm sure he would have
been justified;
The problem was: I needed to know what the kids
were studying about so I would know how to go about
delivering a talk on newspapers. I didn't want to
repeat a lot of junk they already knew about.
So, I thought it was a good idea to "bone up" using
their book.
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To get directly to the point, I said a lot of things I
thought they would be interested in and then left a
period for questions and answers.
I must have explained what I said pretty well, be-
cause they didn’t ask much about it. (Or perhaps they
felt I'd already told them what little I knew, so they
graciously changed the subject.)
At any rate, I've discovered that it's best just to
give a little information and let the kids ask ques-
tions from there on.
They already knew about journalists. They were
more interested perhaps in the price of the ads. That,
and a question about how and why people's names get
in the paper.
I enjoyed talking to the fifth graders and am amazed
at how really sharp and alert the youngsters are.
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LAST WEEK, I had the opportunity to be on a panel
with some distinguished gentlemen of the community
who were to be quizzed by the boys home living class
at high school.
I looked forward to it and was ho no red to be includ-
ed in a group of panelists including Dr. T.M. Harvey,
Dr. Harold Putnam, Head Coach Jerry Richburg,
and State Farm Insurance underwriter Charles Mas-
sey.
These men all are considered experts in their
field.
As, I explained to the group of high school students,
a weekly newspaper editor knows a little about every-
thing but not a whole lot about anything.
I had looked forward to the panel discussion and
even asked one of the men to call me early enough
for me to be fully awake before the/meeting started.
y (I had worked the usual long shift weekly editors
■i take for gjtonted on press day aad..planned to sleep 1
as late as" possible the next morning.)
Sure enough, I wound up being late. Considering
what I contributed to the discussion, I probably could
have been a lot later and nobody would have noticed.
But I did get a little insight into the way some
experts think and how they have developed their
philosophy.
And it seemed to me that all the men on the panel
seemed to be together when they advised the high
school students to "do your own thing" or select a
job which you know you will be happy doing.
With graduation of another batch of seniors not
too far away, it seems appropriate to write it here.
I'm no expert on the newspaper business. But I
enjoy it. And that's what counts tome. And I do meet
a lot of interesting people, young and old, expert and
novice.
TOTALLY IRRELEVANT — Somebody accused a
golfer of cheating on his score. The golfer replied,
'I play golf for my health ... and a low score makes
me feel better."
our State Capitol
BY..VERN SANFORD
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—Accepted a petition
presented by R.L. Wynne
on behalf of himself and
other residents in his
area who asked that the
city repair a street which
he said the city had dam-
aged several years ago
when running a water
line. The city manager
was instructed to check
into the matter.
—Discussed possible
amendments to the city
charter. Among them
were proposed changes in
certain legal publication
requirements and a rule
which now requires bids
on purchases exceeding
$1,000. More discussion
will be held at the next
meeting.
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
The Burleson Star is an independent newspaper pub-
lished weekly in the interest of Burleson and adjacent areas by Burleson
Publishing Company, 108 N.W. Renfro, Burleson, Texas 76028.
Manor Addition
ommended
planning
board had declined ap-
Proval for lots which
were within range of
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BURLESON^STAR
Second class postage paid at Burleson, Texas.
Subscription price $4.00 per year In Johnson and Tar-
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