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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1971
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Three railroad union legislative
boards have merged into a single
Our job is to give our customers the benefit
of experience that many successful and
unsuccessful people have already paid for.
fenses committed prior to last Au-
gust 30, date the law went into
effect.
*Issue of tax cancellation cer-
tificates are authorized, and should
cover all tax certificates showing
no taxes due which had been per-
viously and lawfully issued.
“Computation of actual interest
expense incurred and to be recov-
ered as an item of selling price on
long term federal water contracts
shall be made by applying the
cumulative average effective rate
to only that portion of the “direct
cost” of the facility which is attri-
• Pool Meet Slated . . .
Complaints about the new Texas
catastrophe pool insurance plan
will be aired at a public hearing
in Austin December 7.
The State Board of Insurance an-
nounced it will “consider all as-
pects” of the plan approved by the
Legislature for 14 seacoast coun-
ties this year.
Texas Association of Insurance
Agents will offer testimony and
GROOM PHARMACY
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PICNIC SUPPLIES
KOMEN MEAT COMPANY
Bill and Leon Bohr, proprietors
WIEBERG’S MOBIL SERVICE
C. L. Wieberg. proprietor
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been dedicated at the University
of Texas.
State health authorities recheck-
ed September rabies tests after a
faulty lab check came close to let-
ting a case of the deadly disease
escape detection.
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ment even though convictions are
on appeal, Atty. Gen. Crawford
Martin held.
In other recent opinions, Martin J
concluded:
*A new “surtax” on misdemean-
gas equipment and a
safety hazard.
• AG Opinions . . .
The governor can
death sentences to life
• Appointments .. .
George E. Stanley of Port Ar-
thur was namedto the Veterans
Affairs. Commission, succeeding
the late Charles C. Ford of Long-
view.
Governor Smith named 10 mem-
bars of the Criminal Justice Coun-
cil executive committee and desig-
nated L. O’Brien Thompson of
Amarillo as chairman.
Smith appointed an 18-member
study committee on traffic court
reorganization.
Lawrence L. Jester has been
designated district engineer of the
State Highway Department’s At-
lanta district on retirement of G.
A. Youngs.
William G. Reid of Austin will
serve as general counsel for the
recently. - established Texas Crim-
inal Defense Lawyers' Association.
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes named
committees to study the system of
state licensing and: examining
boards and retirement benefits for
employees of public educational
institutions.
Professional counsel
usually comes high, but
the information and
experience we can offer
on financial matters
is yours for the asking.
United Transportation Union, Tex-
or and felony convictions ($2.50 to as Legislative Board to represent
12,000 railroad and bus line em-
ployees on legislation.
Deer hunting, one of the state’s
biggest businesses—involving 510,-
000 “customers” who spend about
$88 million in two months on 37
million acres of leased land—gets
under way this week end in most
counties.
Governor Smith declined the re-
quest of New York Attorney Roy
Cohn for a special investigating
committee to look into Attorney
General Martin’s probe of the $228
million Moody Foundation, saying
he has no authority to name a
committee with subpoena power.
O Courts Speak . . .
The State Court of Criminal Ap-
peals upheld Texas’ abortion law,
and said the state has the right to
prohibit operations, in a decision
conflicting with a June 18, 1970,
three-judge federal court ruling at
Dallas.
The Court of Criimnal Appeals
also reversed a Waco marijuana
conviction due to improper ques-
tioning of witnesses by the prose-
cuting attorney. 1 Attorney General Martin lam-
State Supreme Court heard argu- basted the new state code of ethics
ments in a suit seeking to nullify I for public officials as a “virtual
University of Texas acquisition of mishmash” and predicted a court
a 588-acre Odessa site for the new I effort by one or more political sub-
UT-Permian Basin campus be-1 divisions to invalidate it.
cause of the proximity of oil and J An experimental fusion machine,
potential which may help revolutionize ener-
gy producing mechanisms, has
stress “positive steps” that can
• Bonds Sold . . .
Continuation of the veterans land
program was assured by sale of
$20.8 million in bonds.
Land Commissioner Bob Arm-
strong said the sale means the
program can operate until almost
the end of 1972 when Texas voters
will have a chance to pass a con-
stitutional amendment to raise the
interest rate ceiling to six per cent.
The Veterans Land Board is con-
stitutionally authorized to sell an-
other $70.7 million in bonds. More
than 43,500 Texans have bought
land under the program.
AUSTIN, Texas.—A blue-ribbon
study commission has come out
strong for state constitutional re-
vision and widespread restructur-
ing of the state and local govern-
mental system.
The Texas Urban Development
Commission, winding up an 18-
month study which enlisted the
services of experts and laymen,
handed its 200-page report to Gov.
Preston Smith.
Smith, commending the body for
charting “a clear course for those
in government to act on,” an-
nounced appointment of a 17-mem-
ber, permanent Texas Advisory
Commission on Inter-governmental
Relations. The latter will follow up
on the report of the study group
headed by Arlington Mayor Tom
J. Vandergriff as chairman and
Dr. Earl M. Lewis of Trinity Uni-
versity in San Antonio.
“The Texas Constitution,” said
the Commission, “should be thor-
oughly changed to allow state and
local overnments to exercise more
initiative and to be more respon-
sive to current and future demands
but at the same time free to be
truly responsive to changing needs
and emerging problems."’
Among 50 major recommenda-
tions were the following:
* State government should begin
moving toward a new organiza-
tional and management system
and consolidation of urban serv-
ices in about 20 existing agencies.
*The governor should have more
power over budgeting and appoint-
ments and,removal of state agency
governing boards chairmen.
Local governments should be
reorganized to meet specific local
needs and granted greater fiscal
authority through additional rev-
enue sources and property tax
overhaul.
Growth of special purpose dis-
tricts must be checked.
* Urban growth planning pro-
grams and coordinated land plan- ,
ning should be launched at all lev-
els of government.
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• A New Governor . . .
Texas will have a new governor
briefly in December — when Sen.
W. E. (Pete) Snelson of 'Midland
takes over as chief executive for
the day.
Snelson, as president pro tem-
pore of the Senate, is third in line
for the governorship. Governor
Preston Smith and Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Barnes will absent them-
selves from the state December 4
so Snelson can have the honor of
serving as governor. He repre-
sents 35 counties of the 25th sen-
atorial district.
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but able to Texas Water Develop-
ment Fund money.
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• Pesticide Decision Put Off . . .
The new State Pesticide Advis-
ory Committee delayed its decision
on banning DDT for household
uses.
No recommendation was made
because the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency has not made its
official rulings on DDT, commit-
tee chairman Dr. Perry Adkisson
of Texas A&M University said.
The five-member committee will
meet again Decemiber 7 to consider
the matter. Texas Department of
Agriculture, charged with admin-
istering the state law on pesticides,
asked advice from the advisory
panel authorized by the eLgisla-
ture this year.
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• Hunt Invite “Disappears” . . .
State legislators and officials
who had been invited to hunt on
state game management areas
found the invitations suddenly
withdrawn after newspapers pub-
licized them.
Parks and Wildlife Department
Executive Director James U.
Cross issued the invitations, al-
though other would-be deer hunt-
ers are required to draw for the
limited number of free permits in
the areas. PW Commissioners ex-
pressed doubt special exceptions
could be made for state officials
and legislators, so the bid was un-
ceremoniously taken back. One
commissioner called for Cross’s
resignation over the incident, but
the new director said he plans to
stay on the job.
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Entered as second class mail at the Post Office at Groom, Carson
County, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
Edited and published by, MAX and HELEN WADE
Office Phone No. 3311—Residence Phone No. 3541
Groom, Texas 79039
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Wade, Max & Wade, Helen. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1971, newspaper, November 11, 1971; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1512175/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.