Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 131, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 9, 1972 Page: 1 of 8
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STEPHENVILLE UNITED FUND
will vote Thursday to clear still another orders to conform to the new antibusing
APPROVED 1973 BUDGET (1971, 1972 Budgets Shown for Reference)
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anti-busing bill for a House vote.
guidelines.
Senators Debate National
No-Fault Insurance Law
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Doc Nicks Enjoys Patrol
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The Workshop was the seventh annual
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a a man can do." Nicks gave as his view of
police work
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Roy Nicks who
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in entering boys or teams in the contest
must register before 5 p.m. Saturday.
Swimming contests will start at 6:00
p.m The meet is open to the public.
Erath County's
Official
Professional gifts division of the United
Fund drive will be headed by James
Chambers.
Publicity tor the drive will be handled by
tically pay claims up to these limits:
$25,000 each for medical and rehabilitation
expenses; 175.000 for teat wages.
No one could sue except in certain cases
of serious injury and disfigurement.
"I really enjoy police work There is
never a dull minute and it keeps your blood
excited. It is difierent than any other work
marriage
That son is Wil
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Mrs Susie Coan, Mrs Jane Phillips. Mel
Bennett and Johny Marehart _
Bell Stern will serve as treasurer for the
campaign
The budget committee for the United
Fund is composed of Doug Pair. Mr and
Hailey. Mrs Dickerson and Mrs Coan
always comes to work at least an hour
early
Nicks grew up in Gordon, and has lived
in this city since 1943. He is married to the
former Lois Kay of Stephenville. They
have no children Doc as his friends call
him, does have one son by a previous
billion a year in premiums, is split on
no-fault insurance, with such compaines
as Aetna and Nationwide in favor.
Travelers and Allstate against; and the
biggest car insurer of all. State Farm,
neutral.
The bill is essentially a federal standard
which states would have to meet or exceed
in administering their own programs.
WASHINGTON AP - The Senate argued
Tuesday whether to send the national
no-fault insurance bill back to committee,
a move which could kill the measure for
this year.
Sen. Marlow Cook, |R-Kyj said he
favors sending it to the Judiciary
Committee because questions <• Senate
procedure and constitutionality were
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There will Not be a meeting of the
Antique Club for the month of August.
The regular monthly meetings will be
resumed on the second Thursday night in
September.
Texas Rehabilitation Center
Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Americon Red Cross
Stephenville Welfare
Medical Reseorch Foundotion
Tomos United Community Services
Untied Service Organizations
Operating Fund
Southern Diabetic Foundation
United Cerebral Palsy of Texas Inc
Stephenville Senior Citizens
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Press Association to be held in Brownwood hu
, Friday and Saturday.
In announcing sponsorship of the ■
luncheon Ex-Students Association Presi- ■
dent Don Jones said. We are grateful to ■
the members of the West Texas Press ■
Association for this opportunity to show ■
our appreciation to them We are deeply ■
indebted to the publishers of West Texas ■
newspapers for the excellent publicity ■
they have given Tarleton over a period of ■
many years A majority of Tarleton's ■
students come from the area served by ■
these people, and there is no doubt these J
newsmen have contributed immeasurable T
to the excellent image Tarleton enjoys in P
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TSC President Dr. W.O. Trogdsn, Joma, ■
Directar of Development J. Louis Evans, '
and Public Information Director Bud 5
Higgs will attend the Saturday luncheon in
Brownwood I
The meet exciting thing about police
of the police department so much that he work is not knowing what is going to
SAN ANTONIO, Tex AP - Mark B.
Williams of Plainview. Tex . told police
by telephone this week that he
discovered his attache case was stolen
from his hotel room during a recent visit
here
Williams is a minister, police reports
said
He said the attahce case contained his
red leather English Bible, copies of four
sermons. and drawings made by a local
artist for stained glass windows in his
church in Plainview.
teaching team of nine led by Frank Vel,
former Professor of Journalism at the
University of Detroit and Peg Westmore-
land. Publications Adviser of Gainesville,
mass arrests' in the event of large-scale
civil disobedience in the streets
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I The mobile chest x-ray unit sponsored
| W the North Texas TB Association will
be in Dublin today from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
in front of Higginbotham’s, Free cheat
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$13,550 Budget Set for I
Stephenville United Fund I
Stephenine’s annual United Fund Drive Dr Robert Fain will head the business I
wiu be held September 5 through October employees committee and will cochair the
11, according to Hilton Crane president of Tarleton State College drive with Dr.
the United Fund Committee members Jerry’ Graham e
met Tuesday morning and set the dates for Mrs Bonnie Dickerson will head the
the annual campaign which has a goal of government employgees contribution drive.
Fla High School, consisted of ten
He said police will not allow traffic to be experienced yearbook advisers
’ blocked and if street sit-ins occur, we will
Saturday at the Stephenville city park
swimming pool Scout troops interested
The Northeast District of the
Comanche Trails Council of Boy Scouts
of America will have a swim meet
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The manual was prepared by the Youth
I International Party, the People's Coalition
for Peace and Justice, the Miami Women s
Coalition, Miami Conventions Coalition
and Effeminist Caucus
TSC EXES WILL HOST
PRESS LUNCHEON
- The Tarleton Ex-Students Association
will sponsor the Saturday luncheon of the
r Owl annual convention of the West Texas
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already has approved a constitutional already under court orders to go back into—----
amendment that would outlaw busing It court and seek a modification of those
Donald Di tDoci Nicks. M.
The carefully scripted plan, complete Aug 13 to present results
with maps and aerial photos, calls for the On Aug 12, demonstrators are to
peaceful occupation of Washington Avenue rename Collins Avenue the "Street
in the front of the hall and mass sit-ins on Without Joy'' and line it with posters 3
Meridian Avenue to the rear depicting alleged U.S. atrocities in '
"The objective is to surround the Vietnam
convention with angry protests as a visible
sign of America's refusal to accept a war
PROTEST PLANS LAID
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. AP - As President it includes a countdown on protests. On
Nixon begins his acceptance speech inside Aug 21, a senior citizens panel is to hold a J
cavernous Convention Hall, demonstra- mock trial of the Nixon administration's
tors will flood into the streets for "crimes" against various minority I
"nonviolent civil disobediences.'' accor- groups. Panel members are to go to
ding to a protest leaders scenario. Nixon's headquarters at the Doral Hotel
P.O. Box 45436
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a RODEO’ COMING TO TOWN-Rhonda Mier, dnughteraf Mr. and Mrs. TarvhE.
MH Up one of hundreds at posters advertaing the annual Stephenvile Roden, to
August 31 - September L The redee, spomsored by toe Erato County Liveuteth
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to Cowboys Aaseclateu. Mias Texas Rodeowilbeselectedanderewned during the rden. *
in The Mhs Texas Redee centest was movedt Stepheuvile Ate weekaherbetng held for
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involved J Done away with would be the current
Another senator favoring this action, liability approach in which an accident
John Tower. (R-Tex ,) takes the victim most often must go through the
administration’s position that no-fault is a courts
matter for the states and that the bill had No-fault advocates aay the industry
wide-randing repercussions for the federal takes in twice what is pays out and that the
court system - seriously injured and the survivors of the
The motion of Sen. Roman Hruska, dead only get back some 16 percent of the
IR-Neb., willprovide the first floor test on actual expenses and loses. Nearly •
the measure which would revolutionize the percent of the seriously injured never do
way insurance applies to 100 million car collect, they say.
owners. No-fault makes it unnecessary to
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limitations. Courts would have to try all The bill from the Education and Labar
other desegregation methods before Committee would establish those guide-
turning to busing lines, but antibusing forces till want the
The committee added a provision freeze on new busing orders enacted in
designed to concentrate more federal case the guidelines bill should die in the
education funds in inner-city schools to Senate
improvs their educational quality. ,__...0. ._______.
aporoo of the bill after glong struggte Ehank Cumtrom mesaucationana
flurry of voting on antibusing measures in Labor Commttee, the guidelines MR la — — — _ - - — . . . ___.__. .
the two weeks remaining before Congress milder than many antibusing members UNITED FUND OFFICERS - Pietured at Tuesday’s meetiog ef toe Stephenve
recess"rtemdpGblcan nXS desire, and a strong effort to toughen it United eommittee aretnewhewmtke the leadiresiga gemle sizSso far
Convention. P mn undoubtedly will be made. M ageytee. Left to «fht are Niton CranUF President, Mrs harbera Terrem
The Rules Committee, which controls One provision Southerners are certain to *** ***
the flow of legislation to the House floor. try- to revive would permit school districts 9 "’ ismwa -amPS."INe aM toe knatoees emptyees committee-
happen next I can’t explain it but it makes |
you feel like life is not just passing by.
You feel each day like you wake up to new I
adventure
Actually. Nicks added. “I can do most I
anything and get by with it because people I
mix me up with Bill MeCleery. I do the !
mischief and ote* Bill gets the blame.
"Really thought." Nicks went on. "Hook I
like a movie star and Bill's only connection I
with that industry is that he looks like he l
might get to play Frankinstein.
"But," the officer continued to rib the I
reporter, "people still think lm Bill and I
since I'm always into something and he is 1
just out there doing his work, 1 never I
correct people who call me MeCleery. It is I
nice to have somebody to take the heat " I
Actually, according to Police Chief !
Darrell F. Holmes. Jr Nicks is one of the I
most "steady and dependable police 1
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House Committee Approval
Busing Limits Bill Wins I
WASHINGTON AP - A bill that would That bill, requested by President Nixan
impose strict limits on the federal courts" last March, would prevent the federal
power to order busing in school courts from issuing any new busiag orders
desegregation cases was approved 21 to 16 until next June 30
Tuesday by the House education and it is designed to treeze the busing
Labor Committee. situation where it is now in order to give
The bill would prohibit cross-town Congress time to pass permanent
busing of elementary-school pupils and desegregation guidelines for the courts to
permit it at higher grades only under strict follow.
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So states a 24page Manual for the
Republican Convention" put together by
five activist groups as a guide for
demonstrators arriving here for the GOP
meeting in Miami Beach, Aug 21-33
No projections on the number of
demonstrators are made. Only a few
thousand attended the July 10-13
Democratic national conclave here
A Miami Beach police spokesman said
authorities "had been looking for some
noticeable buildup, but there just hasn't
X YEARBOOK WORKSHOP 1
awards GO TO STAFF
~ Th* Democratic approval to the Credentials ( ommittee s were arrested in connection with Mrs Lorraine OMen. advisor, Gail
National Committee convened in extraor- actions on the delegates challenges demonstrations during the Democratic Rankin and Debbie Spitzenberger
dmary session Tuesday to end a troubled involving a handful of committee posts in convention. 5 members of the yearbook staff of
political chapterby naming Ohio Wisconsin. New Jersey and Virginia The new manual says; "As a result of Stephenville High School, have been I
Shriver as the tuun vice presidential And. as an echo of the troubles over the many discussions, we chose to describe the awarded Certificates on completion of a
nominee to run with Sen George S vicepresidential nomination, the commit- tactics for this demonstration as militant week long course in yearhwh procedures
. y______ - *7 to ^tawn^aon to study nonviolent confrontation.- - The course, conducted at Furman 1
in an aterwoon bNneSS sesson.Mhe alternatives for the present system of This mean that we always express University. Greenville. S C„ was
committee gave standing applause when a naming the No. 2 man on national tickets ourselves in the strongest manner sponsored by the Yearbook Workshop of
resolution was offered cpmmending ' Clearby. the committee's interests was possible; that we remain nonviolent, that city.
EeEagletono Missouri who not in the routine business session but in which means we don't trash (damage During the week they concentrated on ]
resigned from the ticket after disclosing the evening proceedings to fill the spot property i or attack police. National Guard Yearbook layout and design, typography,
that his medical history included Eagleton vacated, by naming the or Grs: and that we remain contronta- copy writing and photography The
psychiatric treatment. The resolution was handsome. S6yearold Shriver, onetime tional ■ "
adopted by acclamation. Peace Corps director and a member-by Police Capt Dixie Kruidenier said
TheComumitteemembersalmostroutine marriage at the Koanady ctea. authorities have "contingency plans for
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E $13,550 for 14 agencies
E Lyle Lacy will serve as Drive Chairman
T for the campaign Crane said Working
with Lacy on various committees will be
Mrs Barbara Terrell. chairman of the
house to house campaign to be held
October 9 Bill Hailey, principal of
2a Stephenville High School will be chairman
8 of the business section of the campaign
C. H Maguire and Fed MeCleskey will
be co-chairmen of the advance gifts
committee
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