Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 127, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1971 Page: 1 of 20
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to the people of first State or Federal Govern- Library representative on the
- "BMpten villa and the ment money ever used by the City Council; Bud Higgs, Mrs.
srrounding community. The focal library, is to be utilised Frey, and librarians, Mmes.
FMIrT teM j to Inrhirtert in thr principally to build the Brummett and Purvis. Luther
ftMh Cwdy muinal budget far reference section of the library. Pack, Precinct 1 member of the
HIM and in the city budget at One thousand and fifty three County Commissioners’ Court,
• by 111,140 allowance for.the volumes were added to the and Charles Riggins are also
i coming year. library's shelves during the members of the Library Board.
wTlfcdt of total Wafei
Street in 1906
educational housing
'9 kitchen, still ms a Eimto Favara of Stephenville
“e"udndudiv.“m omebmhmnmsamemr2.°3Be mimee'swoik is the develop- Qenny dub owned buildin to
of this particular Fambro, Mias Varna Harris, ment I focal history
Jamins numerous lira. Grad* Pam. Mr Elmo scholarly resource ana a
hinges mainly on actual balloting,
constitutional amend- Continued efforts on tax legis-
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city support
tend hall complex.
tel* The kindergarten and t- •
tag - ralnahto programs were offered
for the first time this fall in the
open every afternoon except for Sunday afternoon, January present were Mrs. J. C. Terrell,
Sunday and Monday. The hours 24, from 3 to 5. secretary; Mrs. Brady Nix,
are from 14 pm. during the The Stephenville Public treasurer; Mrs. Carl Colwick,
winter months and 14 p.m. to Library has qualified for a Chairman of the Twentieth
the summer. $1,000 grant under the Library Century Club Library Com-
and use of the Services Act and this fund, the mittee; Douglas Smithey,
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Eighty-five students are rentedsite before such topicsas
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|P| AUSTIN (AP) - Still stunned voters before the legislature
mit by Gov. Preston Smith’s radical adjourns May 31.
E proposals to avoid a tax bill, “I guess we will be looking at
PP Texas legislators today awaited all the other means of raising
the last formality before they revenue” if his plan fails to win
can start passing bills. support, Smith said.
enge House Speaker Gus Mutscher The key amendments would
state said he would issue House com- authorize a >460 million issue of
3, miffae assignment* this after- “free public school bonds” and
norm, thus letting each of the 149 pennit the use of oil and gas
representatives know how revenue from school lands to
much clout he will have this ses- pay current education costa.
mail to Great Britain was or- to mail addressed to American
dered today by the U. S. Postal military personnel in the United -
Service. The action was taken Kingdom. Ireland also is not
immediately following affected. ♦
notification from the British The embargo applies to all
"“FWMtofceS To Merit Your Support”
PHCNVILIE ERATH COUNTY. TEXAS 76401
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sion. ____, Smith also wanted quick ac-
Once committees are ap- tion on amendments lifting the
bills can be 4% per cent interest limit on
introduced and set for-hearings. water development bonds and
The Senate’s committees have permitting a >100 million bond
been at work since this session issue to help cities upgrade sew-
started Jan. 12. age facilities
TSmith startled lawmakers Another emergency amend
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ayatem. Teachers’ salaries for SMOWBARN TOUCHES--Kenneth Evatt, contractor, (left) and two of his workmen put the plan of deficit financing, bond wudlifttesomilion annual
•mm courses are paid by the - final touches on the lost wire mesh screens to be put up around the openings on the north issues and incomplete welfare ceiling on state spending for
state with the only local OX- end of the show born. The work has been going on for the last two days and the finished appropriations based on the welfare benefits. Failure to get
product (see arrow) encompasses a double mesh screen around the entire open area to hope that Congress will absorb it passed and to vote more funds
all welfare: costsi by July1, 972. would mean reduced benefits
The plan, he said, would elimi- for some welfare recipients. :
note the need for any new taxes,
which are the chief problem of Smith made it dear he thinks
the legislature the House and Senate iteuM
“If they (legislators) don’t continue working on tax MBs
buy this plan, they ought to even if they do send the amend-
bring ne one of their own,” merits to the voters. There must
Smith said at a late afternoon be a 90-day lapse between sub--
l ta tin teMhg*s south Noise problems ta the old ;
and to considered Central Ward complex were
iremote"tromthemain lessened loot year m the sixth 2
7 — grade and junior high bands 1
of a six sctionsot eighth grade moved ta the rented Dixie |
tet ta science are headquartered to Discount bullding, situated
n the fee southwest corner and time approximately one block west .....
rtera. dasses range ta number from « campus. Heavy traffic on 42"
Austin before moving to meetings neat Monday ni
Stephenville, and worked with ’ An interclub f
ay Department in Weatherford was prenent, I
right-of-way. He these Kiwanis members
e procedure of ob- tended a special invitation
ofa Postali
; (lied byMrs. Joe Frey, whose
work mo representative of the
Twentieth Century Club has
detration.that.an other TOUR SOUVENIR-C. N. Merrell displays a 12-pound
Statess to Great Retain coconut which was purchased at a public market in Los
including England Scotland Mochis, Mexico during the recent journey of 17 Stephen-
Wales and Northern Ireland ville delegates promoting the U. S. Highway 67 Associa-
tion. This local delegation returned Tuesday night.
The British Postal Ad-
ministration advised that the
strike to expected to continue
for an indefinite period and all
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aarted at fee present Ward laboratory to avallable for the danger of youngsters crosaing
school structure la 1939 after lmited number of experiments railroad tracks each day have
qeventhindephigradepgpu conducted been the maih objections to this
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Eminent Domain was the "Eminent Domain is a harsh
topic Don Jones discussed at the doctrine but is necessary for us
regular meeting of the Kiwanis to live in our organized society
Cub last Tuesday night. Jones we have today,” Jones stated,
is an attorney in the law firm of Cecil Smithey was in charge
Glasgow and Jones.. of the program and introduced
Jones stated that the Don Jones.
eminent domain practice Jesse Sexton, Chairman of
originated in England where the the Education and Attendance
king controlled the land. He committee, reported ways his
stated the meaning of eminent committee was anticipating
domain to The right and power improving attendance and fee
to take private property for procedure to be followed to
public use if the owner receives indoctrinate new mmbsrs into
adequate compensation,” the dub.
Those having the power to take gindine was la by
private property for public use Ni Wythe accompanied by
are government agencies at all VY ♦ i w
levels, raliroads, highways, Johnnyciafkanajnckwoifed
utilities, the Circle K Club of Tarleton
Orders Embargo
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aciutles constructed. The end of the year annual Mrs. Opal Carter Brummett, past year bringing the book ments. Smith said the changes lation would put the lawmakers
A speciab education media report given at the January who has served as librarian for stock count to 16,978. Of these must be approved by the in better shape to pass a reve-
csMtor, darkroom for junior quarterly meeting Monday of the last four years, will continue additions, 610 books were pur- legislature early in February so nue bill if the voters turn down
high Md Central Ward film thestephenville Public Ubrary with her duties at the dr- chased at a cost of |1,166.I7 they can be submitted to the the amendments, he said
presentations, a much-needed Board revealed that the city culation desk, including rebindings, and 443
Storage room and even brary circulated 37,382 books Announcement has been were gifts including 1K special
“ painted checked out during 247 days of made for an Open House at the selections marked as
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in the cityowned and renovated predation to Mrs. Frey. The of the Ubrary Board, presided _ "682.
post office building at North newly formed Friends o f at the January meeting Monday
Columbiaand Mason Streets, to Library have planned the event night at the library. Others
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Parnell, Charles & McCleskey, John. Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 127, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1971, newspaper, January 21, 1971; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1483294/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.