Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [124], No. 76, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1978 Page: 3 of 14
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Homeowners may be
paying sharply increased
rales for their insurance
coverage.
The State Board of
Insurance staff last week
recommended raises in
property rates averaging
13.1 percent statewide.
Actually the rates vary by
area — 15.4 per cent for the
central part of the state, 12.5
per cent for the Gulf Coast
and 8.2 per cent for
Northwest Texas.
The Texas Insurance
Advisory Association, an
industry group, asked for a
14.1 per cent statewide
raise.
If the board grants the
recommendation, homeown
ers would pay $91 million
more than the present level
of $807 million a year for all
lines of building insurance
coverage.
Industry • spokesmen
claimed the increase is
needed because of the steady
rise in material and labor
costs.
In Dallas, homeowners
would pay about $.'(9 more on
standard coverage for a
$35,000 brick veneer home
($289 a year total). Owners
of a $25,000 home in the
same city, would pay $29
more.
The increase, if granted,
will be the first property
insurance boost in two years.
The board last year ordered
a two per cent reduction in
rates, although companies
sought a 6.6 per cent
increase. The cut was never
made since the industry
demanded a rehearing. Ac
turn has been delayed
indefinitely.
liiard members will meet
February 22 to hear argu
merit v on the latests
proposal, although a decision
likely will not be made until
next month.
looking Better
The state's financial out
look is much better than a
recent report indicated,
according to State Comp-
troller Bob Bullock.
Bullock termed inaccurate
statements attributed to one
of his top aides by-
newspapers to the effect
that the current fiscal period
will be only $21 million.
Actually, Bullock esti
mated, the 1979 legislature
will have around $750 million
in unobligated revenues to
meet new needs and improve
programs.
The $21 million figure,
according to Bullock, is what
was left in the treasury at
the end of the last legislative
session.
"We have two years to
build up other monies," he
said, predicting that natural
increases in energy, sales
and franchise taxes will
provide a substantial sur
plus.
Interest Raised
The State Depository
Board hiked the rates the
state will receive on its bank
deposits from 6.5 per cent to
seven per cent, the second
increase since November.
State Treasurer Warren
G. Harding, who urged the
raise by the State De-
pository Board, said Texas
w ill make more money on
investment income, and that
total interest income for
state government may exceed
S126 million during the next
year.
Harding estimated the
raise from 6.5 to seven per
cent alone will boost income
$9 million a year.
The treasurer's office
announced last week that
the percentage of funds
invested in time accounts
had reached 90.64 per cent
early this month, highest
in state history.
Texas has more than $1.8
billion on deposit in 1,300
banks over the state in
interest bearing time ac-
counts.
Harry Ledbetter, Hani
ing's Democratic primary
opponenet commended the
latest action but said the
increase should have been
ordered earlier.
Court Speaks
Texas Supreme Court
March 8 will hear an appeal
by Lone Star Gas Company
from lower court decisions
applying to one of its
contracts with a minor
supplier the son-called
"favor nations" provision en-
abling producers to benefit
from increased market
prices.
In other recent decisions,
the high court:
Refused to order cosmet-
ics executive Jacques
Bergerac, Dorothy Malone,
to increase a $300 a month
child support paid for two
daughters.
Told a Houston court civil
allegations that a Baptist
minister and three others
attempted to convert $650 in
church funds should not have
been dismissed.
Found that teachers can
be sued for on the job
negligence only in cases of
student punishment and
use of autos.
Concluded the state is not
obligated to pay most of the
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No amount of money can buy
better quality work or faster service
than you'll find right here at Bastrop
Printing Company. An order for 100
wedding invitations is treated with the
same careful attention as an order for
500,000 copies of brochures from a major
industry. So, no matter how large your
pocketbook, you won't find better work at
any price!
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cost of court ordered
custody placement of a
teenager in Brazos County.
The Court of Criminal
Appeals held border partol
men had no authority to
search a driver's car because
he looked straight ahead as
he drove by them. (The
order reversed an order
revoking probation of a
Harris County man).
The Court of Criminal
Appeals said a juror in an
obscenity case who acknowl
edged she did not think mere
nudity is obscene should
have been dismissed.
Disasters Studied
House Speaker Bill Clay-
ton asked the House
Agriculture Committee to
make a study of recent grain
elevation disasters and re
port findings to the next
legislature.
Clayton said goal of the
interim study is to deter
mine if legislative action is
needed to prevent future
occurrence of disasters like
the Galveston elevator ex
plosion.
Short Snorts
Democratic ca ml id at es
paid $174,600 in multi-county
filing fees for places on the
May 6 ballot. Forty-one
statewide candidates paid
$63,000 in filing fees.
Beaumont attorney How-
ard N. Richards returned to
Governor Briscoe's staff as
an administrative assistant,
temporarily succeeding
George Lowrance, who
joined Briscoe's campaign
team.
U.S. Senator John Tower
served notice here he will aid
a filibuster effort against
labor reform legislation.
The School Land Board
and other Boards for Lease
will hold an oil, gas and
sulphur lease sale in the
General Land Office June 6.
Texas school districts,
cities and other political
subdivisions increased their
bonded indebtedness by a
record $2.5 billion in 1977.
The City of Huntington is
seeking an emergency
federal grant to repair
dangerous leaks in its gas
system.
Esco Walker, associate
justice of the Eleventh Court
of Civil Appeals, announced
he will retire March 31.
March 1 is the deadline for
renewing motor vehicle
registrations by mail.
Texans and visitors
shelled out a record $540.5
million for mixed drinks last
year, a 25.7 per cent
increase. Sales brought the
state $38.3 million in
revenue, counties $8.1 mil
lion and cities $7.5 million.
Two hundred and fifty
new manufacturing plants
located in Texas last year —
an increase of 29 per cent
over 1976. Expansions
totalled 291.
Thursday, February l\, 1978, I HE BASTROP ADVERTISER, Page 3
From this view,
it appears that
the First Baptist
Church on Water
Street is nearing
completion of the
new win#- Besides
addition of the wing
a covered walk-
way adds to the
beauty of the
structure.
Evans invites public to visit during
Public Schools Week, March 6-10
MSHARON
SCHOMAKKK
Superintendent Charles
Evans told the ADVERT1S
ER that Bastrop Public
Schools will recognize Public
School Week, March (i
through 10.
Parents are invited to
attend any of these days, and
are asked to check by the
office from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. to register. Free
ribbons and bumper stickers
will be available to the
visitors in the principals
CTHSA
requests
comments
The Central Texas Health
Systems Agency will pre
sent its first Health Systems
Plan and Annual Implemen-
tation Plan to the public in
March. These plans will
guide improvements to
health care delivery in this
area. As consumers of health
care, you may review these
plans at the meeting or at
your local library and submit
written comments.
The meeting will be held
Thursday, March 9, at 7 p.m.
in the Auditorium of the City
Electric Building, 301 West
Avenue in Austin.
office. recognize Public School special open house are in the
All four schools will Week, and plans to have a making.
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Vaccines
available
Health officials are con-
cerned that parents are not
having their children im-
munized. "Protecting a child
from immunizable diseases
benefits the health of the
total family," stated John
Wellman, M.D., Director of
Public Health Region 6,
Texas Department of
Health. In 1977, four deaths
resulted from complications
due to measles. "These
deaths could have been
prevented with adequate
protection against measles,"
Dr. Wellman said. "In most
instances, one dose of
vaccine will provide life-long
protection against measles,
mumps, and rubella," stated
Dr. Wellman.
Other immunizations that
are available at the public
health clinic are polio,
diphtheria, whooping cough,
and tetanus vaccines. In
most instances, these same
vaccines can be received at a
private physician's office.
Health officials recom
mend that children begin
immunizations at two
months of age by receiving a
dose of oral polio vaccine and
a shot for diphtheria,
whooping cough, and
tetanus. Dr. Wellman also
said that adults need a
tetanus/diphtheria booster
every ten years. Tetanus/
diptheria vaccine will be
available for adults.
There will be an immun
ization clinic in Smithville
Monday, March 13, between
9:30 a.m. and 12 noon at the
Comunity Action Center and
in Elgin Monday, March 13,
between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30
p.m. at the Community
Action Center.
Vaccines are made avail-
able through the Texas
Department of Health,
Public Health Region 6.
The Bastrop
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Pannell, Leland R. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [124], No. 76, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1978, newspaper, February 23, 1978; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335032/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.