Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 241, Ed. 1 Friday, July 22, 1977 Page: 1 of 18
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Brownwood Bulletin
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U.S. District Court Judge ban districts.
By JACK KEEVER
state money for education is tem.
trial is held on the merits of
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nate federal relief efforts.
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Results of session please Nabers
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PRODUCERS HAVE SPOKEN^
Beef referendum falls
BREEZING- The wind catches each of the nags held aleft
Thursday by students of Bay City High School TV giris were
High Thursday 95 (35C),
low Friday morning 70
(21C). Sunset today and
Saturday 1:42, sunrise Sa tur-
FREEDOM NIGHT—Getting into stories about
Groner Pitts pushes perilously close to territory
reserved for Fort Worth’s George Dolan. But
Groner volunteered this one, pulled from the
mountain of mail he received as a result of
heading up Freedom Night activities over the In-
dependence Day weekend.
Eleven students in Yvonne Eddins’ American
history class at Brownwood Junior High collec-
ted enough money to buy a flag and place it at the
traffic circle in her name. The letter they en-
closed had some nice things to say about their
teacher, including how she had instructed them
to respect the flag, the nation and other
Americans, as well.
But the students wanted to make one thing
clear. The letter opened, “Here is money some of
us have taken up for a flag for Mrs. Eddins, our
American history teacher. She’s not dead.”
Pollce sald the husband, Fred
Beaudoin, was working the
midnight to 7 a.m. shitt as a
machine operator at the Pratt It
Whitney plant In North Haven
at the time of the blaze.
A neighbor, Joseph Paolino,
said he went to the Beaudoin
house, about 100 yards from his
home, after his wife amelled
■moke at about 1:41 a.m.
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YAZOO CITY, Miss. -
President Carter, making
his first tour of the South
since his election, is taking a
first-hand look at an oil
drilling platform off the Gulf
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LISTENING - Two flag ramp attendees listen Thursday to the
critique of their drill instructor at Howard Payne University. A
competition for the flag teams was to be staged this afternoon.
(Bulletin Photo)
day and Sunday 8:44. Rain-
fall Thursday 33
OAKVILLE, Ont - Lee
Trevino predicts that his
firstround lead in the
1225,000 Canadian Open Golf
Championship would not
stand up.
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AUSTIN-It will be school
as usual this fall despite
federal judge's ruling that
the way Texas distributes
state money for education Is
unconstitutional, say
legislative leaders.
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BASKETBALL—As the story concerning legal
action the Brownwood school district is con-
sidering unfolded, we overheard a conversation
bemoaning the condition of the junior high gym-
nasium floor, which is buckling, sinking and
developing dead spots.
Everyone acknowledged the need for repairs,
but one silver-lining seeker observed, “If we
could just train the kids on how to use those dead
spots and buckles, think what a great home-court
advantage that would be! ”
BROWNWOOD area -
Partly cloudy with scattered
afternoon and evening thun-
derstorms through Satur-
day. Low temperatures in
the mid 70s, high Saturday
upper 90s
M •MAIEhs F
Will the real Tumbleweed please stand up?
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -
Fresh rain belts this city as
refugees and an army of
volunteers battle mud and
fatigue to search for flood
victims, briefly raising feari
that more might die in a new
deluge. The death toll is now
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He noted that U.S. District present system is subject to actually rural districts,”
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WEATHER
importance to a school finance
study commission created by
the special session and given
9200,000 for its work.
The commission “was put in
dozens missing thing like this," said Massey, D-
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - The city was evacuated abort- in approving a 9945.4 million
Refugees and a volunteer army ly before the storm, which set school finance bill last Friday,
battling mud and fatigue have off mudslides in several areas, the legislature also created a
found 46 dead in this flood-re- Winds up to 65 miles an hour board to determine the market
TUMBLEWEEDS—The Bulletin’s Lash Lash-
brook, who moonlights as chili cookoff and beef
stew judge at down-home doin’s when not writing
about them, sports a beard and western attire
which make him look right at home—even next
to a resident of Luckenbach.
Being an observer of Texas folklore, he
couldn’t pass up an opportunity to visit with
Tumbleweed Smith when he came to Brownwood
earlier this year. Smith has been collecting
Texas tales and personality sketches for his
books and syndicated radio show for years.
Lash was patiently waiting to visit as Tum-
bleweed greeted his friends when someone sud-
denly burst forth, grasped Lash’s hand and said,
A’We’re happy to have you in Brownwood, Tum-
“Heweed!"
That person had jumped to a conclusion that,
looking back, was not so big a jump. Lash
promises his beard is nowhere near as course as
a tumbleweed. But given these two pictures,
which would you guess to be the teller of tall tales
and collector of Texana?
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after fire
I PROSPECT, Conn. (AP) -
I The bodies of eight children,
I some of them bound and gag
I ged, and the mother of seven of
I the youngsters were found to-
■ day In their fire-damaged
house, police said. There were
unconfirmed reports the woman
had been shot
"Some of the Bremen found
some of the children in their
bonds, so we're treating it like a
P murder,” a state police
rrmn Mid.
1 Autliorities rehused to com-
ment on reports that the woman
| was shot. The spokesman would
I only say the case la under
FORT WORTH - A Ten-
nessee woman wants to take
over care and feeding of
some other woman's son if
the other woman will
reciprocate.
By Gene Deason
Whenever a new column like this appears, you
can be certain that a number of months of un-
certainty preceded its debut. Such is the case
here.
But during those months, the idea file gathered
some stories suitable for the occasion. To catch
us up on the happenings of the past few months,
here's a summary of some unpublished
tales—some old, some new—which we missed
before.
registered to vote actually cast that he hoped that producers ’
ballots An estimated 1.8 million who oppose the plan because a
were said to have been eligible alleged government In-
to participate volvement will now support
If it had been approved, the producer organizations
plan called for an assessment and programs to help the beef
on producers equal to three- industry."
tenths of one per cent of the
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AUSTIN - An 11-day
special legislative session
that probably will be
remembered most for
prompting the resignation of
a Supreme Court justice ad-
journs
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“I think we passed a good to be in violation of Texas and wealth escapes. from “bad faith" complaints
school finance bill," Nabers Federal constitutional and “I think the court has finally He also said he was pleased
■aid, adding that the question of statutory provisions on realized that the full wealth of the question of Seadock had
school finance will have to be taxation. districts is not considered in been addressed, noting the tan-
studied in detail before the next Nabers said he feels the or distributing state funds. . .and portance of petroleum imports
J regular meeting der, which indicated that the that the really poor districts are to the state. V
CAIRO -Egypt and Lbya
blame each other for
provoking an air and armor
battle in the North African
desert. Cairo says the
Libyans invaded western
Egypt; the Libyans say an
Egyptian force destroyed a
Libyan village, killing
women and children.
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Assoclated Press Writer Jack Roberts rejected appli- Leander and San Augustine,
AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) - It will cations Wednesday by the be added, have a good chance of
be school as usual this fall de- Leander and San Augustine proving that Texas' school fl-
spite a federal judge's finding school districts, which chal- nance system violates the U.S.
that the way Texas distributes lenged the school finance sys- Constitution and Texas law if a
AUSTIN-Rep. Lynn Nabers, Judge Jack Roberta handed challenge for not carrying Nabers said.
Brownwood, indicated overall down an order on two school taxation of all tangible and in- Nabers also said he feels that
satisfaction with the special finance lawsuits on the next to tangible property as required nursing home legislation passed
session of the legislature during the last day of the special under the State constitution and in the special seasion provides
the session's closing hours - session, in which Roberts in- taws, recognizes that rural adequate protection for persons
although he felt some things dicated he might hold the areas are burdened by ad in nursing homes from abuse-
could have been handled better present Texas financing system valorem taxes - while other and protects the nursing homes
value of all cattle sold during Officials estimated that if it
the first three years of the pro- had been approved the plan
unconstitutional, say two legis- Roberta stated in his order their plea
lative leaders. that the districts would not suf- “We're very favorably lm-
“There’s no big crisis about fer "irreparable Injury” if he pressed by the Judge’s order,”
the thing,” Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby refused their requests for pre- aid Adrian Overstreet, lawyer
said Thursday, the final day of liminary injunctions. for the Leander district
an 11-day special legislative He said, however, that relying “We’ve believed that all
session on school finance. totally on real estate - and along," N.T. Bennett of San Au-
“We will proceed with dis- ignoring intangible property, gustine said of the ruling.
tribution of school funds for the such as stocks and bonds - Rep Tom Massey, chairman
rest of the year,” said education discriminates against rural of the House Public Education
commissioner M.L. Brockette. school districts in favor of ur- Committee, said the order adds
Commissioners, given a
weekend reprieve of
threatened closing of Dallas
county jail to new prisoners,
move swiftly in efforts to
finalize location, plans and
financing for new jail.
veged city. Dozens are missing, whipped up caked mud, cutting value of all property — "real
and damage is put at more than visibility to 100 yards, and personal, tangible and In-
"“Onhursday, bodies were forecastgooa Wweather for the in.eachschoold
pulled from bashed houses and weekend, however, giving a Senate committee approved
twisted rubble littering the cleanup crews hope that they a proposal to ease the con-
scarred seven-county flood area would be able to resume work in troversy by removing from the
in southwestern Pennsylvania, earnest. Texas Constitution a require-
“We’re expecting more bod- “There is hardly anything ment that Intangible property
ies,” said deputy Cambria that creates the mess a flood be taxed. The proposal was left
County coroner Arthur Keiper creates,” said Jack Minnotte, hanging, however, in legisla-
from his makeshift morgue in chief of the U.S. Army Corps of tors' eagerness to quit and go
the East Hills Elementary Engineers'engineering division home.
School near here. Officials said assigned here. Hobby said, "No responsible
they had no way yet to accu- The Corps sald damage in judge is going to suspend the
rately guess how many might Johnstown alone would exceed operation of government.”
be dead. 9117 million. Asked if Roberts' finding
Scattered looting was report- “Had we not built the flood posed a “potential crisis,” Hob-
ed throughout the area, and control project in Johnstown by replied. “The legislature
some residents armed them- after the 1936 flood, those meets every two years — that's
selves to protect what little they damages today would be 9465 what it's here for.”
had left. Police arrested three million," said Herman Lar- the future, Massey said,
men ransacking a Johnstown dieri, a flood plain management -one alternative is to Increase
bar Thursday night. expert. J the Foundation School Program
Half an inch of fresh rain President Carter declared the go that we assure an adequate
belted this devastated city of region a federal disaster area education for our students and
41,000 Thursday afternoon, on Thursday and dispatched fund it completely by the state
briefly raising fears of another special assistant Greg Schnel- from some broad-based sour-
deluge, before tapering off to a den to serve, as Schneiders de- ce »
steady drizzle. scribed it, as the President's
"Oh, my God, were people “eyesandean." Another possibility, he said, Is
concerned,” said county Civil Richard Sanderson, staff di- the use of the income of a school
Defense director Elmer Shenk rector from the Federal Dis- district’s residents as the
“It looked like a major storm, aster Assistance Adminis- measurement of ability to pay,
and that's all we would have fration, was assigned to coordi- rather than the value of their
Wray Finney, president of the 944 million a year. The checkoff
American National Cattlemen's would have been mandatory but
Association, which had strongly a cattle producer could have
endorsed the beef plan, ex- requested a refund if he chose
pressed “extreme dis- not to contribute
By DON KENDALL partment said today Agriculture Secretary Bob appointment".that.producens Ed
AP Farm Writer Preliminary returns show Bergland said in a statement falled to vote the required two- p •
WASHINGTON (AP) - that 56.5 per cent of 231,046 that, "The producers have thirds approval > HE
Cattle producers bare voted cattle producers who voted in spoken " While the plan did not re- Ei
down a proposed nationwide the referendum approved of the The vote was 130 464 in favor celve the required two-thirds 24
plan to par for a 940-millioo beef plan But » tw.-thirds majority and 100,582 against, according fovorable vote, it is significant m
research and promotion was necessary to put the pro- to the department s Agricul- that , majority of those voting •a
program. the Agriculture Do- gram in effect tural Stabilization and Con- did recognize the need for more E,
serration service which coo- adequat funding of research '
ducted the referendum held and information programs,” -212
Julya515 ...._____ Finneyvsaid bi a statement E.
Officials said that 72 per cent 62902
of 322,175 beef producers who The assoclation Waiter said
part of the ■are dhan M students attending flag camp activitles
on the Howard Payne campus thia week. (Bulletin Photo)
15 Deily 35 Sunday
investigation
m— The women was Identifled as
I F0" Cheryl Beaudoin, a mother of
12. •6- seven Police identified her
Ee „ children as Fred, 12, Sharon, 10,
W . 52 Debbie, 9, Paul, 8, Rod, 9, Holly,
3222k 5, and Maryy Lou, 4 The eighth
#” W E child was identifled as Jennifer
3-2* Santoro, 1 6-year-old cousin
5 224MH trom nearby Waterbury.
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Deason, Gene. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 241, Ed. 1 Friday, July 22, 1977, newspaper, July 22, 1977; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1573057/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.