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Stephrnuilir Empire-ribune
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Soviet Union. That brought him ~ the foreigners in Washington There should still be some
Genealogy corner
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simply because
ways to sin with
a burden and filth Now it is much
there are myriads of people finding
Jane Turner Hamm, 3507
Pinecone Circle, Louisville,
Ky. 40222 seeks descendants of
Martha Angle and
Robert Walters
legislative liaision man and lobbyist in
former Sen. Don Adams, Jasper, who
replaces former Rep. Don Cavness,
Austin, (who joined Gov. Bill Clements
staff).
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AN OPENLETTER
TO MY FRIENDS
Have you been snared? If
you are snared, do you want
out?
The scope and extent of cult
and occult participation in this
nation is far greater than the
and conditions.
Supporters of that approach have
argued one reason for the growth in
State agencies requests has been that
agencies, too, have had to forecast their
needs 30 months in advance - and have
tended to estimate on the high-side for
fear of being caught without sufficient
funds, and have spent excess funds for
seemingly no intent to rectify them. Yes, the earth will be
cleansed and made new in the Second Coming; may
no-one be mistaken about than, and forget.
Recently when it was learned that newsmen, since the
present administration took over, had been having some
difficulty with the unpronounceable and unspellable
names of numerous prominent personages, it appeared
time for some good old Americans to gain some
prominence also - if room could be found for them among
tion growth, new programs (some
instituted at the demand of federal
officials and agencies), and inflation of
opinion from economists over the
outlook for the economy-reflected in
numerous caveats and warnings in
Comptroller Bob Bullock’s revenue
estimates - have done nothing to ease
the job.
One solution proposed for the
problem has been to have annual
sessions of teh Legislature, with the
session in even-numbered years limited
to budget-writing, allowing the budget
. to reflect more closely current needs
hold in their homes.
Such a plan could free some $6 billion
or more in equity, he says.
budget matters - having, in effect,
annual fiscal sessions.
Lemuel Alexander Williams
and Mary Frances Kidwell,
Monroe County, Ky. 1870
census; to Chillicothe, Tex.
area (Hardeman County)
188?. Children: Samuel H
(mayor Chillicothe 1914);
Mary J ; twins William B. and
JohnM.; Sarah A.; Isham K.;
and Nancy C.
mg the same question ‘
"All we want to say is that
the people of the world should
not have illusions in this re-
spect," said Teng. "That is ...
they should not be lulled by
such agreements."
Teng said it is time for real-
ism, for "more realistic steps,
practical steps" to contain the
like a bank," he comments, we feel it
should be regulated like a bank.”
IBAT may request or support
to hegemonism, Peking’s buz-
sword for Moscow’s attempts
to extend Soviet influence.
Hegemony, a word which
doesn't turn up often in conver-
sation, means leadership or
dominance, especially that of
one nation over others.
Teng said the United States,
China, Europe, Japan and the
Third World should unite to
deal with Soviet hegemonism
BARBS
Phil Pastoret
funds allocated by lawmakers.
Part <rf the problem results from the
fact that lawmakers are called on to
prophesy and forecast State needs and
economic conditions 31 months in
advance when they write the general
appropriations bill for a coming
biennium.
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treaty with the Soviet Union.
He’d probably enjoy listening
to the opposition arguments.
Teng and the conservatives
most skeptical about SALT
may not speak the same lan-
guage, but they say much the
same thing. They argue that a
new arms deal with Moscow
would only mask Soviet efforts
to gain military superiority.
“Even if they stand by a par-
ticular agreement on SALT, for
instance, they will try to ex-
pand or go for military buildup
in some other field," the Chi-
nese leader said.
Teng said he does not really
object to negotiations with the
Soviet Union, and was not try-
ing to undercut President Car-
ter’s advocacy of a new SALT
accord.
“We are just saying that we
cannot place our hopes on such
agreements, that such agree-
ments cannot play too much of
a restraining role on the Soviet
Union,” the vice premier said.
That’s a familiar thesis.
Association of Texas is eyeing what it
calls the problem of credit unions”
and multi-bank holding companies as
part of its legislative efforts, IBAT
President Bill Sinkin. Texas State
Bank, San Antonio, reports
IBAT directors and legislative
committee members are to meet in
Austin Tuesday (Feb. 6) to discuss
legislation, but four areas appear to
have been picked, Sinkin says.
One is a bill for an "imtermediate
bank" or “bankers' bank" to provide
assistance to its members, who would
be allowed to invest up to five per cent
of their capital and surplus in the
facility - with no member bank owning
were on a par.
“Doesn't that show the ef-
fects of agreements and dis-
agreements?" he asked.
When a new treaty is signed
and sent to the Senate, oppo-
nents of ratification will be ask-
Preston Smith voted second-year
spending plans they didn’t like, and
brought lawmakers back to redo their
• spending plans.
Past governors also have had a form
of budget execution, through the
County, Tex. census with wife
Sarah and children Anna,
Alice, Minnie, and William W
Karnes.
( Information re Henry Wax
Karnes from THE HAND-
BOOK OF TEXAS, Vol. I, p
938).
fear of appearing to have estimated too
high.
Opponents have contended that such
limited sessions would expand, through
consideration of other matters, into a
year-round Legislature. And Clements
has indicated he doesn’t favor annual
Unlike his predecessor, however,
Clements may be willing to call
lawmakers into session to consider
Eletha G. Mauksch, Rt. 1
97A, Scales Mound, Ill. 61075
seeks information on her
ancestor William K Karnes
(Kerns, Carnes) and his sister
Susan (Mrs. Daniel Corley),
both from Hawkins County,
Tenn, and both on Bell County,
Tex. 1860 census.
Their brother was Henry
Wax Karnes who scouted
(with Deaf Smith) before the
Battle of San Jacinto.
William’s son, also William
K . appears on the 1880 Erath
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Under the law initially authorizing
Lelf-insurance trusts, the trusts are
exempit from regulation by the SBI -
but the agency is given the power to set
minimum, reasonable" requirements
for them.
That will be part of the committee’s
work - with the recently-created Texas
When it cornea to figuring
the amount, compounded in-
terest becomes confound-
edly difficult to manage.
-Americam conservatives have
been saying the same thing for
years.
Teng spelled out his skeptic-
ism about SALT while he was in
Washington, saying that a new
agreement would be the fourth
-since 1983.
The first, a partial ban on nu-
clear tests, came when the So-
viet Union lagged far behind
the United States militarily, he
said.
By the time of the next
agreement, nine years later,
Teng said, "The gap had closed
a great deal, although the
It’s the billing that soon
takes the cooing out of new
marriages.
..EDITOR'S NOTE: This
column is carried la the
Empire-Tribune when re-
quests for information regard-
ing genealogical research to
received. These requests
came from Mary Margaret
Davis whose column. All la
Your Family, appears in the
El Paso Times.
By BILL KIDD
ETAustin Bureau
AUSTIN - Government, according to
the classic textbook teachings; divides
into three parts: the legislative, the
judicial, and the executive.
That third segment in Texas is
headed by the governor - and at present
the governor is William P. Clements,
Jr., who appears to take his title of
“Chief Executive" at its full face value.
In his “state of the state” address to
lawmakers, Clements asked them to
submit a constitutional amendment to
grant the governor... with proper and
adequate safeguards, budget execution
powers to carry out the will of the
Legislature.”
Clements isn't the first governor
who’s wanted more control over state
budget matters, and in the past, the
Legislature hasn’t been altogether
reluctant to allow a governor some say
in carrying out the spending of the
statute, but would require a constitu-
tonl m the Constitutional Convention
proposed allowing the governor to
transfer funds between programs
within an agency upon the request of
the agency’s governing board, or
between two agencies with the approval
of the governing boards.
The two legisaltors who head the
budget-writing panels in the House and
Senate indicate they believe such a
limited approach to what the Governor
wants might be approved by the
legislature.
Rep. Bill Presnal, Bryan, who heads
the Appropriations Committee, feels
that approach might be acceptable
But," he cautions, “if he’s talking
about unlimited budget execution, the
Legislature won't go along with that.”
Abilene Sen. Grant Jones, chairman
of the Finance Committee, agrees.
The State Board of Insurance has
appointed an advisory committee to
assist in drafting minimum standards
for self-insurance trusts.
Such trusts, for workers' compensa-
tion in particular, are expected to be
one of the major insurance-related
issues during the current legislative
session, with measures providing for
such operations already introduced.
By M. Autry
Chicanery on a small scale but said to be growing fast •
was reported in Washington last week when it was
charged that some people are playing fast and loose with
long distance telephone calls and charging them to the
government as important and necessary A case in point
The son of a department head was said to have made a
two-hour call from Washington, D.C. to Florida at federal
expense, claiming he was an "unpaid consultant" to his
father. Cicken feed,of course, but if allowed to grow
without restraint it will soon get out of bounds '
Improper and inadquate preparation was given last
week as the reason for President Carter's lackluster
showing In delivering his recent state-of-the-union
address. Perhaps so but it is the duty of Carter's aides to
see, before he gets on the podium to speak, that he is
properly prepared in every way. Anything short of that
should raise s question concerning their suitability tor the
job. The more the aides blame others for Carter's failures,
the more falls on them.
The friendly controversy between Christians relating to
the Second Coming and its time of arrival continues to
simmer and boil, a few intelligent persons contending that
it won't come at all because God is too loving and patient
with his people to destroy them. Not so' The rebuttal to
that is the fact that the Creator destroyed his handiwork
once with the Great Flood when sin and crime got so
rampant in the world that the stench offended his nostrils
to the high heaven and it was time to rid the earth of such
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The faster over 55 yew
drive, the greater the
chances you won’t live to
see 70.
more than five per cent
Three or four states have tried that
approach, Sinkin says, and it appears to
be working.
IBAT also is considering seeking
restrictions on the size of bank holding
companies, although no specifics have
been determined.
Past efforts have attempted to limit
holding companies to a percentage of
the total deposits in the state, or
number of banks, but haven’t met with
any success in the legislature
Sinkin anticipates IBAT will seek
legislation aimed at credit unions, with
use of share drafts (which some
bankers have argued are simply
checks) a particular target.
• ‘ If a financial institution wants to act
1 ov erage for golf carts temporarily on
public thoroughfares
Sen AH ilket Harris, Dallas, has
introduced legislation to allow forma-
tion of a “Texas • Mutual Trust
investment Company" for use of
smialler banks in the investment of trust
funds.
An aide to Harris notes larger banks
can invest such funds (subject to
various restrictions) but that smaller
banks may not have enough funds to
make for a profitable investment.
The company authorized under SB
153 would allow "pooling" of such funds
for investment purposes.
Legislature wary about governors power on spending
“ " •,,,,hv Authority to shift funds within an
transfers couldn’t be authortoed by agency likely would find support, and
perhaps” transfer between agencies,
Jones said.
T don’t think he would have
prospects of passing anything further
than that,” he adds.
Clements' staff has yet to make clear
exactly what powers Clements would
like
Presumably, he'd like to have as
much authority as possible, feeling, as
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Na”
Medical Liability Trust (sponsored by
the Texas Medical Association)
providing a model for consideration.
In addition to rates, there will be 33 or
more items on the agenda for the Board
of Insurance property lines hearing on
Feb. 21.
Most of the items have been set at the
request of the Independent Insurance
Agents of T exas.
A number of the items involve
"riders” in the appropriations bills,
which attempted to spell out conditions
under which funds could be released to
agencies, or allowing the governor to
transfer funds upon finding certain -
conditions existed.
But rulings from the attorney
general’s office have held that such
attempts are unconstitutional; Attor-
ney General Crawford Martin, late in
Smith’s administration, ruled such
John Connally and
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an aide puts it, that money
management “is his long suit.”
What the Legislature grants is hardly
likely to be wholesale authority, since
the budget-writing power is one of its
most valued prerogatives.
That's reflected in the reply-only-half
joking - of one member when he was
asked about his feelings on giving the
governor budget execution powers ”
Why,” he said, we always kill the
governor’s budget"
Looking at national needs
By Martha Angle and Robert Walters
WASHINGTON (NEA) - Members of Congress, like
retail sales personnel, are expected to pretend that the
constituent-customer is always right. But it ain’t necessar-
ilyso. etter
AB too often, John Q. Public is likely to be passionate in -‛‛V‛
his opinions but parochial in his outlook. His interests and •.
his perspective are shaped by his own experience. He may te ediitor
acknowledge the possibility that people elsewhere in the 1 • •
A final bit of legislation being
considered would be a bill to allow
State-chartered banks to "do what
national banks are allowed to
do...because we don’t know what’s
coming there."
changes in the use of multi-peril
policies and homeowners coverages -
but also include such matters as
NEEDISA..
...OR ELSE.
around like: Smith, Jones, etc. to give the town an
American tone and color These people with the odd and
unfamiliar names may be top i efficiency but
native-born Americans might prefer to hear home-grown
names called and in print occasionally for a change
Soliloquy Can a man buy his paksage into haven? Yes,
but not with filthy lucre or any other material substance
Man must do the Lord's bidding to his utmost and all his
accountable life before he acquires the right of entry to
the Holy City, then not because of his own gooddeeds but
because of his Master s grace and love for those who try to
do His will They fail occasionally, yes, but they have
recourse to the Lord through prayer by which forgiveness
may besought and which never goes mad There is no
mere man who doesn't stumble, but mankind should
remember that the great apostle, Paul, once said, "None
is perfect, no not one" and in another scripture. “When I
would do good evil is always with me," and thus resolve to
go on to higher ground.
Last week when Nelson Rockefoller died and was
Independent bankers eyeing multi-bank groups
Ry RUI, KIDD more than five per gent. like a bank," he comments, "we feel it IBAT, incidentally, has a new
AUSTIN - Independent Bankers
legislation for "reverse annuity
mortgages," a plan to allow homeown-
ers to borrow against the equity they
country — not to mention the world — have problems
different from his own, but he doesn’t much care.
His one question for his congressman is “What have you
done for me lately?"
Unfortunately for the nation as a whole, entirely too
many members of Congress — especially in the House —
now spend the bulk of their time trying to answer that
question to the satisfaction of enough constituents to insure
a return ticket to Washington at the next election.
They use most if not all their official allowance to hire
“caseworkers” to track down constituent Social Security
checks, or staff aides to birddog sewer grants, water
projects and other "pork” for the folks back home.
Every time a controversial issue looms, they whip off a
questionnaire soliciting constituent opinions on bow they
should vote. They scour the mail, race home every
weekend and "vote the district.”
They become, in other words, “Mr. Fix-its" for the
people in their own districts, not national legislators
balancing the interests of all Americans, as the Founding
Fathers originally intended.
“I’m afraid we're getting too many people in Congress
whose sole aim is to get re-elected,” conceded Rep Paul
Simon, D-Ill. one of the most effective and conscientious
members of the House.
Simon, now serving his third term from the 24th District
in southern Illinois, has felt the pressures so many of his
colleagues succumb to. But he has quietly resisted them.
Last fall, for instance, one newspaper in his district
endorsed Simon for re-election but grumped about Ms
“straying towards world politics," suggesting his average
constituent "believes there are more than enough prob-
lems in Southern Illinois to keep a legislator busy."
Instead of apologizing for his service as a U.S. delegate
to the United Nations, or for his work on problems of world
hunger, Simon carefully and patiently wrote a column for
all the newspapers in his district explaining why the rest of
the world matters to Southern Illinois.
He reminded his constituents, many of whom live in
rural areas, that one out of two acres under cultivation in
Illinois produces food for export to other countries; that in
the southern third of the state, some 15,600 jobs are directly
related to manufacturing export goods; that inflation is
affected by the unfavorable U.S, balance of trade with
other countries; that world hunger contributes to interna-
tional tensions.
It wasn't the first such column that Simon, a former
newspaper publisher, has written for his constituents. And
it won’t be the last. He is one congressman who takes his
leadership responsibilities seriously, and that includes the
responsibility to educate his constituents.
Nor is Simon alone. There are other members of the
House and Senate equally disturbed by the tide of
parochialism, single-interest politics and "me-first" rhe-
toric now washing over Capitol Hill.
They are by no means indifferent to the needs and wishes
of their own constituents. On the contrary, most are
assiduous in performing casework and pursuing federal
largesse for their districts. But they do not stop there
The best members of Congress acknowledge their
responsibility to look beyond the borders of their own
districts, their own states, to the problems and needs of the
nation as a whole.
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By WALTER R. MEARS United States was somewhat in
AP Special Correspondent the lead. "
WASHINGTON (AP) - It’s Another came in 1174 and
Joo bad Teng Hsiao-ping wog‛ Teng said. “By that time even
w in town when the Senate gets opinion in the United States ac-
Haround"to debating a new kndwledged that the military
strategic arms limitation strengths of the two countries
This is because the typical
American is now a member of
one or more cults, knowingly
or unknowlingly.___
The break-down of structure
in the early 1960‛s, the
disintegration of self-confi-
dence in the late 80’s, and the
steady erosion of trust in the
early 1970’s has vortexed in
A.D. 79.
The sins of our fathers of
this century have been visited
upon this, my generation.
Let us return to individual
determination. Let us return
to common sense. Let us
return to ourselves.
Jeffersonian ideals, pioneer
lands, a shared community.
Resigned cult member,
JohnW.Cunyus--
Stephenville
cremated, the nation lost one of its most wellknown and
- popular citizens Rockefeller never tired of trying for the
presidency and was ready to try again when he missed in
i all probability, had he been less wealthy, he may have
been elected, in which event he just might have made a
. wise President But it just wasn't to be. Perhaps too many
Americans thought a vast family fortune would be too
preclusive of his getting elected or making a good
President if he did so. A bit farfetched where an intelligent
man was involved. But that's the way the U3 political
ball bounces
Meditation: How can a layman or laywoman be really
helpful to their church organization? There are ways if the
desire is present A former Stephenville woman, now
residing in Corpus Christi with her family of three grown
(hildren and husband, has shown the way • Several years
ago she contracted with a maker of unusual designs of A
hand-made jewelry to sell the products and give the
profits to her church. There the fairy tale began For a
year or so she used her home as a place of business with
cardboard boxes for containers and counters The
business grew rapidly and soon mere room was needed
and obtained. '
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