The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1964 Page: 1 of 18
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Hopes for U.S, Growth Lie
With Tax Cut, Fowler Says
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Nocona Man Dies
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switch
Excavations Underway
For New Sey/age Plant
berry and Jerry Delleney
Ralph E. Duncan, manager of I Superintendent
the cost going
lines
NOTICE •
The Board of Directors of the
Montague County 4H and FFA
Livestock Show have changed
their meeting from Monday night.
February 24, to Tuesday night,
February 25. The meeting will
be held at 7:30 p.nj. in the Coun-
ty Agent’s office in Montagne.
result
both
er than to lower interest rates and
cheapen the value of the doHar.
This latter course has lierome itn-
in a
from
PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON made an impromp-
tu 15 minute talk to Bowie News publishers. Mr. and Mrs.
Emerson Lynq.’Jr.. and nine ether news men and women
in Washington Friday. The North Texas news grou.
there on invitation of Congressman Graham Purci
Ne
Bowie Delegation to^Seek
Action on Four-Lane 287
A delegation of Bowie
leaders will go to Austin
weak to ask for ^ppropriat ions
Jr.. Do ft year.
JLiocatH
between
cona
dv’e
next
to
make U. 8. Highway 2«7 four-lane*
Made- frowv Ahe-edgeet w e*y-
limits to both the Clay ard Wise
County lines.
This course*'of action was decid-
ed upon by the directors of the
major programs adopted for the
current organizational year
Directors pointed out that the
new highway will not by pass Bo-
wie and that action of "he type
they are seeking appears to be the
best guarantee that the city will
not be by passed in the future^.
The group has an appointment
to appear before the highway
commission at 2 pm Tuesday.
February 25. They will ask that
the four-lane highway Conner t
with the Bowie city limits south-
wesHn the present location
John Bennett, chairman of the
highway committee; Jack Lovelte
president of the Chamber; Fred
Bloom, manager: and the follow-
ing committee members or inter-
ested parties will attend the hear-
ing:
H. A. Richardson.
Crow, George Hoeldlke. Biir’Shll,
1-eon Brown. E. I. Head, Dow Ho-
ward, Harve Ratliff. G A Quisen-
the post office will observe the ' duction apd consumption through-
, I* ’Hie new tax structure”!?
I expected to have direct results
, the economy for at least j j
npm'y,. causing increased demand.
for gorgls' and services.
Factories now pursing along nt
lielow-feapacity levels will get back
into‘full production to satisfy this '
I demand.
answered
forced for the ' past
and that there are
; looking for work.
I This trend is being enforced hy
I automation which is reducing |ohs
I at the rate of 1,000,000 per year
and by the postwar baby boom
which is dumping milltons of
■ young men and women into the
| kAi market
If all factors continued at their
• present rate, he said, the unem-
, ptoymenl rate would climb to 12 7
per cent by lf»70 It is to avoid this
catastrophe that the basic reform
in the tax structure w.iS under
of (School
the community services section of1 Harbin and Mayor J. A.
the West Texas Chamber of Com-1 as ex officio mentors of
meree. appeared-before the-dire-- -tjeant"nf~dtrerrnn;tffn
tprs and told them of the functions banking of demand deposits of
develop- ,he ( hamber from ,he - F irs* Na’
, tional Bank at the beginning of
. the next fiscal year, alternating
-- between the two banks from- that
in the month was one of the I arg-P°'nt forward.
est in hhtory. with 338 in attend-I ————----
ance and that ticket sales came
within 590 of meeting all expenses. f"* . f"1 *. |
Response in the current mem- j pOI I1* |||^
bership drive has been good.
Drive Chairman Bill Jack Evans I
reported but many of the workers,
have yet to turn in cards assigned | | Q| I I \r
to them. | - "
"We hope everyone will enm- r r •
plete their calls as soon as possi-; XX ,
ble so-that we can windup this'
gear's drive on schedule,” he add-
ed. -
It was announced that the an-
nual county youth stock show will
lie held Saturday. Feburary 29. tn
bowie and that the Chamber will
contPTRtlle 5l5p for
1ton of the show Is passed
Bowie, Saint-Jo and No-
n n t j
on |
year ’
I and Will not show its full effect for
I two vears or more
This is because business deci- ■
j «ions made today require time to
’ be put into action If company X
’ decides the tax bill offers it an
fpportunity to sell more of its pro-
duct and that a olnnt in Bowie
should be built to produce this ad-
ditional amount, it will lie manv*
‘ months before this decision turns
I into jobs and still longer before
| that increase of jobs produces, in
turn, greater prosperity in Bowie
Ixing term growth throughout
I-the entire economy is the goal
sought through the tax reform
move. It is hoped that the stimu-
i lotion will result in a constant
' evert growth for a number of y.-ars
1 and that the recessions f«»lt nwe
i and more frequently during th e
’ past eight years will be avoided
As background for the decision.
Secretary Fowler pointed out that I
unemployment has hoVered bet- !
ween 5 and 7 per cent of the work i
. > *•-- • seven years I
now 1 obo.bikj
and wo-
the labor
created
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i venue for the government to pve-:
I enme the loss’ created by lower
taxes and permitting Congress to
reduce the' national debt
” tnTSSiayi wifi not result from the
increased flow of money into the
economy "because there is more
than enough industrial t capacity
to produce the goods which will
be purchased with the money and
more than enough
men are available
market to fill
er runs
the year's total to 54, or an aver-
age of about one a day.
A grass and oil fire was report-
s
Htgftway 59 Sunday aftern<\oiv and
p-ass- nt-W Wore ' extinguished at
Willis -Grocery. tur-FVb'U;' a nd bn
Lindsey Street.
An oil field separator caught
fire ten miles out on Amon Carter
Road on Feb. 12, and the fire was
put out by_the local fire depart-
ment. *
association " I
Postmaster Ernest Chandler said ■ maintaining a High level of pro-
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regular Sunday dispatch, with no i *he economy.
expansion ot I home or rural deliveries, and no *
wide trade s.ince if would result in fn-cikmi, motivated by the si
the migration of capital1 from the for piofits. rather than hand
'Vnitert States to other nations
where interest 'rail's were I' ‘
and the real value of money proa
ter.
The deficit has lieen reduced to ‘ in circulation also, Fov ler point-
quarter what it had In-en and it cd out; and could result in' as
was hoped the tax cut would make
investment in the United Slate:
/nore attractive and result
flow of gold to this nation
overseas to counter act the neces-
sary flow in the other direction.;
He pointed out that a tax cut
was decidl'd on to rpmedv t h 0,
the observed in Bowie Saturday with drag
500 “ • —
Resulting profits will result in
™ .. .... greater taxable incomes both in
The" department made five oth- I individual and- corporate pockets
during the week. Wringing ' producing more than ■ enough
men
in
the jobs
without pushing up wages
Reduction of. the natiojial debt
will bd accomplished the great- ,
t-r flow of tax revenue created by
an expanding economy while gov-
ernmental costs are held stable
While the administration is not
advising cuts in national expendi-
ture to match the 12 billinns to he
lost In the tax cut, it has produc-
ed budgets which call for holding
the line in expenses . i.iio vwiw^v u<«» w<w.r ?i«<-
This will produce surplus reve- practical in this day of world-
rue enough to balance the budget • ■ - - » ‘
within two or three years if t h e
income from the increased activ-
One line Jias been extended to
about 1200 to 1500 feet from
plant, and another is about
feet in length at the present.
Construction of the disposal
plant is being done by Hester
Construction Company of L u h •
bock, low bidder on the project.
Modernization and
the sewer lines is being done by I windows will be open.
By Emerson Lynn. Jr.
(This is the first of a series of
i stories cohering "briefings" given
to a small group of North Texas
a a wsman .in Washington last..
I week The report covers remarks'
j made by Henry Fowler, Under-1
' Secretary of the Treasury. >
Stepped up employment, a move
toward full production, a redu<
tion in the national debt and
continuation of stable prices a
' all hoped-for results of the tax
cut bill passed Tiy both the Hoiue ;
of Representatives and the Senate.
. Employment will increase as i
A contest has already formed
for the city election schedule^ for
April.
J. C. Wood, incumbent city sec-
retary, will be opposed by Clark _
Wheeler, Bowie real estate deajo ed five1 and one half miles oi
who was first to file. —...........niwkwd*. so orc<».nxx*
In, the ractfW city oUrtrll xeafs.
meumbents R/--AK - --MBobJ Patter-
son. and Cecil Ice have filed for
re-election. Neither has drnwn an
opponent.
As of noon Wednesday, no cand-
idates had filed for the Bowie
School Board.
In One-Car Wreck
Jonis has held a job with a rock
crusher in Chico but was unem-
coo-1 ployed at the time* »>* death
ague I He had bfcert irt (Talnesvllle and'
Muenster during the course of the
evening and was apparently bound
for Bowie when the accident
cured
Surviving are his wife and two
childien of the home and his par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Jones of
Nocona. HLs father is employed
by Commissioner Belve Woods.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted by the Daugherty Funeral
Home of Nocona. :
much ‘tinail'jtion to" the economy
as the lax cut.______________——•----
This route has the disadvantage
of increasing federal control over
thCjeeonomy. however, and weak-
ening the private sectors, a result
that neither Congress nor the ad*
.ministration wished tn see.
eemx.mnr prohbm* w» face e**h ‘"•¥<; would rafljgr.'.’ In eonclud*
—. ....a ’see the federal government
co-ordinate the various sections of
the .economy so that it can grow
and <l<‘vel<’pe in an atmosphere of
j freedom, motivated by the search •
Ce... 9 . J.••rOmMtan tk-»»» OV’Ot*
the reins of our economy to an all*
high i |M‘vv>'i ful federal government."
We don’t want to destroy the
..i. [-“great magic", of. our .ejs'homy.
Another alternative* to . the t a x i which is the power of private in-
Cut would be a substantial in- vestment and tin- importance of. a
crease in federal government, healthy.- dynamic, private econ*
spending Ibis waiuld put money i oni.v. be said. -
Douglas Wayne Jones, 23. of
202 Marion Street in Nocona.'died
Monday night when he lost
trol of his car on the Montague
Highway about five miles north of
Bowie
Investigating officer Hlghw a y
Trooper Tom Brown said Jones
was traveling toward Bowie at a
high rate of speed when his vehi-
cle wont off the right side of the
road, swerved to the left shoulder
hnd thon rolled over several
times.
i Jones was flung from the car
during the course of a 600 yard
careen out of control
He was alone in the car His
body and,.the demolished car were
discovered about fl p.m. by X C.
McCann of Myra, a rural com-
munity in Cooke County.
Brown said he felt the man had
died before the car came to a
hault Both doors and center posts
of the car had been ripped out as
tire car turned over and over.
M M4MJL BULIHNG NEEIMl
TO BE STUDIED
Construction needs for the
Bowie school system will be dis-
cussed in a 'special meeting of
the Board of Trustes next Mon-
day night, it has been announced.
Supl. of Scheels T. A. Harbin
, 4 { said board members will review
■Lso decided to appoint j student population growth, assess
.j. j needs for the immediate fu-
Spears , lure and consider the possibility
of participating in a vocational
training program recently launch■
I** ______
Fire Injures
L. Roth
Leonard Roth suffered painful
turns on the hands and arm a _,b_rr'ea,'ed J?
fire at his place on the Salona
Highway Tuesday afternoon
The fire started on a tractor,
which was almost totally destroy-
ed, along with a small shed and
mme hay.
Bowie city firemen
the call at 2:13 p m.
to extend sewer
busy Steed Construction of. Fort Worth,
low bidder on that, phase of t h e
project.
The project, estimated to cost
about 5215.000. is being financed
by 5300.000 a. revenue bond issue
approved by the voters of Bmv*l ity of the economy reaches expec-
. last June 11 V tat ions
- t oi the disposal plant is
the ’•apidly-expanding pit” aid us- “JxM 5125.UOO. with the balance of
ing it to build a road to the pro-
posed trash dumping grounds.
Work started last week, and al- '
ready two trunk lines serv'e the
ptant are being -extended? f ’
These are the basic assumptions
the government has made, in oro-
oosing the reduction of taxes. Sec-
retary Fowler said.
He stressed that the program
1 v as one of basic tefo-jp and was
rbased on the feeling-that high in-
.come tax rates had acted as a.
! on the economy, draining off ,
money into federal programsJ
Construction crews were
this week on excavations for the
city’s new sewage disposal plant,
and construction of new sewer
lines to serve the plant.
Excavations for the new Spirr.-
gester disposal plant are under-
way. with city trucks and crew :J tast Ji
hauling sand r'oek and gravel from 1 ^ost
of the West Texas organization an.l
its Importance in area <
ment.
Directors of the Chamber were
told that the banquet held earlier
attend- [
came ,
CUMNOS REPORTED
FOR NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Washington’s Birthday will be
the closing of both.banks, the post | , .
office and the savings and loan which would otherwise have lieen
spent in building new plants and I
My wife and 1 spent Thursday,
Friday. Saturday and most of Sun-
day in Washington, DC. and I
have looked this typewriter sous re
in the eye for the last three hours
Tl J """B ' llfiv « wtljr LU 1 UpUfl
taken
Turning tn questions risked hv
the group Secretary Fowler said
the balance of payments problem
was one of the most critical of our
immediate time but that substan
tial progress was being made In
combatting it.
PiA'cipitation for WeeF1
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BOWIE WFATHER
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National Guard Plans
Open House Saturday
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BOWIE GIRL working in Ccng.‘Purcell's cfjice is Mrs.
Ben Coffey. She and her husband have been in Washing-
ton two year*. He 1* serving in the Air Force as a career.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Overstreet of
Bowie. ‘ News Photo.
Eight new recruits to the Mon-1 the fu-mory.
tague County unit of the National i P m
Guard will be introduced here Sat- ■' highlight of the evening will
urday mghl in annual Muster
ceremonies. candles in honor of- George
State Reprasentalive Jack Cr91n; Washington s hi thduy
will be speaker of the evening and
will present a Texas Flag to Capl
Cecil Adkins. Troop Commander
here.
Every Toxas guard unit is
ceiving a state flag at the Muster |
.'•ay ceremoufe* as a gift froin the I
state.
Refreshments will bo served and .
the public is invited to attend the
ceremonies, which will be held at I
in a way that will do justice to the
experience. -»
It just isn’t an easy stoFy to
wHte. »■'
So I'm breaking it up into pieces
with the hope that our readers
will be able to get a clrtr picture
by fitting them al) together
We were invited to the capitol
by Congressman Graham Purcell.-
wno thought the newsmen in h i s
district would benefit by direct
exposure to the policy-setters
Purcell and his capable staff
arranged briefings for us by sev-
eral top officers of the govern-
ment including the President A
the United States, the Secretary
of Agriculture, a very famous Un-
der-secretary of State and a dos-
en or mere officials with some-
what lower rank but vast store-
houses of knowledge in the fields
Ujey represented.
Just to get the record straight
from the first in this day of sus-
J picion and innuendo, every® n e
who attended paid their own way
end what personal hospitality wnz
extended our way by the Congress-
man and his gracious wife was
just that—personal, not govern-
mental.
The jet flight to Washingt o n
trkes less than three hours. Thji
c-»rip.
TEXAS
BOWIE
TRUTH IS OUR BLADE
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Box 8066-
DaJXao, Toxas
OUR BLADE IS OUR SHIELD
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Twas Said
The Inin art of memory la tha
art of attention. —Samuel Johnaon
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CHARMING TONI GRIFFIN. ISyear-old sophomore,
waa selected as 1984 Basketball Sweetheart at Bowie High
School. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Grif-
fin. Newt Photo.
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NUMBER 8
President Washington is cred-
it<«i with, originating inc5 National
Guard and is honored for this rea- •
sop each year on the anniversary
of hi' bi'-th by National Gunrd un-
its all met the nation.
The ceremony will take the
place ot a regular'drill and wlll_.
lie attended hy u|t members of
the local unit and their iamilies
as well as by any others in t h •
community who wish to attend.
• moat all of our time there—not
coming and going.
a.m. with a tour ot the White
House. My own memory of t h I a
trip is somewhat blurred by t h e
fact that we were waiting through-
out the trip to learn whether or
not we would be met by the Pres-
ident. Just as the tour was finish-
ed. an aide to the President came
up to say an appointment with
him had been arranged.
We killed half an hour with cof-
fee. then made our wav into the
business annex to the White House
where Johnson work*. We were
ushered into a middle-sized con-
ference room called the Fish
Room (because JFK had a aail-
Hsh mounted and hanging on the
wall) where we chatted nervously
and waited another 45 minutes
Then President Johnaon walked
quickly into the room, surprising
everyone, and had Introduced him-
self to three of u* before the rest
could regain composure and mus-
(Continuad on Page 1)
We arrived about 5. p.m. Wed-
nesday night, we’re met by Pur-
cell and two staff members. Nor-
man Duncan and Gerald Shad-
wtek AH three al these Tnen stay-
ed with u* throughout the next
two days, helping in every way
they could to see that we got the
most from our visit.
We began Wednesday night with
an after dark tour of the city. AU
the lights except those at the
White House are still on. At night
the monuments, the capitol dome;
the great governmental buildings
are most impressive. Illuminated
by spotlights, they stand out a-
gainst the blackness of night. Noth-
ing detracts. It is an insensitive per-
< son who can drive through this
gallery without beirtg 'TJrdfoundly
moved-.
Our sight-seeing began again
the next morning at 7:30. We
toured the congressional office
building, then walked through the
underground tunnel ,whieh takes
Congressmen. to the capitol with-
out the nuisance of traffic and
oblivious to the weather—which
was. by the way, hovering be-
tween rain and snou throughout
our visit. -
We hod breakfast, then toured
the Capitol itself. Some of it is
magnificent, some commonplace,
all of it dear to us. We will never
see that dome again without >he
memories of this short trip flood-
ing back.
Sight-seeing was over for the
day afier this trip and we report-
ed to the Treasury Department to
listen to a detailed analysis of the
new tax bill and its meaning tn
the economy This story Is too
tong for this column and will be
written separately A separate
story will also be written on the
information and impressions we
gained from Interview* with Sec-
letary of Agriculture Orville Free-
man and member of his staff that
afternoon—an afternoon which
lasted until well after 5 p.m.
Friday morning we started at I
Thankfully vours.
JAMES R FLOWERS
District Director.
Postmaster
Chico, Texas 76030
. TEXAS CHAPTER NO. 18
National Association of Postmasters
of the United States
OFFICE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR
A District No. 13, Chico, Texas 76030
Dear Citizens of Bowie: ■
When the Postmasters'of the Thirteenth Congres-
sional District of The National Association of Postmas-
ters of The United States met in Bowie on January 31.
we did not anticipate the rbval treatment which wp re-
ceived from the citizens of Howie Everywhere we went
during our short stay we were treated with the utmost
kindness and consideration.
The Chamber of Commerce spared nothing to make
. our visit a memorable one from the beginning to the
end. Your chamber President Mr? Lovette and Manager
Mr. Bloom along with your MayorJ Mr Spears repre-
sented all of Bowie in a fine way. I know you are nroud
of them and of your Postmaster—Mr. Chandler and his
staff. They are a winning team that worked so hard
for us and on your behalf to help us-The First National
Bank was so nice in letting us use the nice community
room. ’
To be able to meet arid associate with such fine peo-
ple as you makes one proud to be an American
We thank you Bowie ko verv much for everything
you did for us from the small things to the big ones— ,
for all the pleasant smiles atwi friendly greetings to the
hard work done in planning and making the visit such
an enioyable one.
We have been invited bv your Chamber of Com-
merce and Postmaster Chandler to hold our meeting in
Bowie next year. We are eagerlv looking forward to
seeing vou again. May all the blessings you so richly
deserve be yours.
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