The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 21, 1965 Page: 3 of 4
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NEAR THE SHORES OF UKE LAVON
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STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
AND
SIDELIGHTS
By VERNE 5ANFORC
AUSTIN, Tex. — A new gov-
ernor moved into the chief ex-
ecutive's office in the capitol
this week — but only for a
day.
Following tradition. Gov.
John Connally and Lt. Gov.
Preston Smith left the state
Tuesday — clearing the way
for Sen. Tom Creighton of Min-
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The icy fingers of Mother Nature may reach
for your crop this year but she will
never get it if you carry some
hail insurance.
TIME TO GIVE US A CALL'
WYUE INSURANCE AGENCY
Only Strang, Old Line Stock Companies
C. TRUETT SMITH - KITA G. SMITH
BANK BLDG. — Dial 394-222ft—
Look what
you save
traveling Santa Fe's
Family Fare
Plan
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How the Family Fare Plan works:
Father pays lull round-trip fare. Morn, and
children Irom 12 through 21 years, travel
round trip for the one-way fare Children 5
and under 12 travel round t ri, > for only half
the one-way fare. Children under 5 travel free.
Family Fares apply in Pullman or chair
car. Trips must start between Monday and
Thursday, but return trips may start any day.
See your local
SANTA FE
REPRESENTATIVE
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Say "Santa Fe via Chicago" for your trip to the NEW YORK FAIR^
THURS. APfffl 21, 1965—3
eral Wells, Senate president pro
tempjre, to take a 24-hour turn
as governor.
Creighton invited homefolks
from Callahan, Clay, Denton,
Eastland, Jack, Montague, Pa-
lo Pinto, Parker, Stephens and
Wise counties to his "inaugura-
tion".
He also turned out the usual
volume of proclamations and
commissions — and received
praises of his colleagues.
Creighton, 36, an attorney,
brought along his pretty wife,
Sue, and three children to the
governor's mansion.
MEDICAL SCHOOL VETOED
--Governor Connally vetoed
the bill authorizing Texas Tech
to establish a medical school
in Lubbock.
Connally said that not enough
study had been given to the
idea and that he preferred that
his recently created college co-
ordinating board be the su-
preme authority in new col-
lege programs.
Veto drew critical attacks
from West Texas proponents of
the school, including Lt. Gov.
Preston Smith and Sen. H. J.
Blanchard, both of Lubbock.
COMMISSION NEAKS PAS-
SAGE — After a two-week de-
lay, the Senate was ready to
take final action on the bill to
create a "Little Hoover Com-
mission" to cull waste and in-
efficiency from state offices
and agencies. Bill is sponsored
by Rep. Dick Cory of Victoria
and Sen. Bill Patnian of Gana
do.
An amendment which Pat
man considers crippling was
tacked on by Sen. Culp Krue-
ger of El Campo. Amendment
makes the lieutenant governor
and the speaker chairman and
vice chairman of the commis-
sion, replacing a provision that
the members would elect the
commission leaders.
DISTRICTING GUIDELINES
SET — Rep. Gus Mutscher ol
Brenham says the House Dis-
tricts Committee aims to get
a congressional reapportion-
ment measure to the floor by
May 1. Mutscher is chairman
of the committee.
Three optional plans for state
House of Representatives redis
tricting also are due from sub
committees by May 1.
Committee has adopted these
tentative legislature redisrict-
ing guidelines:
Population variance between
districts should be held to a
maximum of 15 per cent over
and below the mean average;
"At least one attempt" will
be made to eliminate "flotori-
al" districts;
Small counties without popu-
lation sufficient to justify a rep-
resentative of their own will
not be divided;
Two or more representatives
will not be allowed to run at
large in two or more counties.
Committee also approved Sen-
ate - passed bill to permit up
to 15 per cent population vari-
ance in forming legislative dis-
tricts.
House Speaker Ben Barnes is
optimistic that the Legislature
can solve the thorny redisrict-
ing problem without need for
a special session.
AMENDMENTS GET PRI-
ORITY — State representatives
returned from their brief Eas-
ter Vacations to find two pro
posed constitutional amend-
ments high on their work as-
signment list.
Governor Connally finally got
the balky House Amendments
Committee to clear for debate
measure to increase terms of
governor and other officials
elected statewide from two to
four years.
Committee also approved re-
districting pain-easer calling
for increase of State Senate
membership from 31 to 39, but
stripped from it provision to
lengthen upper house terms to
six years.
Pressure for submission of
both measures to Texas voters
I in November and August 7
elections, respectively! were in
tense.
NEW LAWS ADOPTED -
Dozens of bills have been giv-
en final passage in one house
and sent to the other for fur-
ther action.
Two bills by Rep. Dick Cory
would authorize commissioners
courts in all but the largest
counties of the state to give
I RESERVOIR
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS RESERVOIRS
FORT WORTH, TEXAS DISTRICT
P.O. BOX 1600, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
ESTIMATED DISTRIBUTION OF LAST MONTH'S VISITATION
TOTAL PERSONS j"
VISITING RESERVOIRS!
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! BELTON
IBENBROOK
j CANYON
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! GARZA-LITTLE j
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j GRAPEVINE
! HORDS CREEK j
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\ NA/ARRO MILLS !
= PROCTOR
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| SAN ANGELO
} WACO
j WHITNEY
j TOTAL
j March 1965
IIIIHIIIMHIHNI
82,000
98,100
32,000
41,300
128,600
107,600
8,100
219,300
24,000
12,200
78,700
181,600
| 1,013,500
Since Jan. 1,196b j Camping
188,600
208,600
91,400
88,200
254,600
232,800
18,100
606,000
53,200
28,700
292,600
1,400
i,4oo
3,400
3,400
1,600
1,200
8,500
2,200
400
10,100
433,000 | 12,200
2,495,800 j 45,800
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Picnicking
9,000
7,300
600
3,600
16,900
2,300
i,4oo
32,200
3,400
700
12,400
21,300
111,100
Boating
5,400
6,300
600
1,000
13,900
3,200
1,500
32,200
500
600
7,700
13,500
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Fishing
86,400
33,300
60,400
2,400
17,300
41,500
90,500
4,500
87,900
15,200
6,600
34,200
80,400
Hunting
700
1,000
700
17,200
1*00
700
474,200 20,700
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Sightseeing
1+2,600
26,500
29,000
18,700
51,100
27,400
1,700
39,400
7,200
5,300
15,700
1+8,800
313,400
Swimming
1,400
13,500
3,500
5,100
12,900
18,100
60,400
8 Apr 65
JRJ) Safety Sam sez, "LET'S MAKE THIS LAKE A SAFE PLACE FOR WATER SPORTS"
county officers raises of up to
20 per cent.
Sen. Don Kennard's bill to
create a North Central Texas
Airport Authority in Tarrant
County, which is opposed by
Dallas, was passed in the
Senate, but the House version
ran into a filibuster by Dal-
las delegation members in the
committee hearing.
Bill by Sen. W. T. Moore
would authorize Texas A&M to
accept James Connally A i r
Force Base for the state and
establish a technical institute.
POLL TAX REPEAL FAILS
— Proposed constitut i 0 n a I
amendment to abolish the poll
tax fell four votes short of get-
ting the necessary two - thirds
in the House of Representa-
tives. But measure was kept
alive by a parliamentary man-
euver.
Rep. Travis Peeler of Corpus
Christi is sponsor of the bill.
BUDGET WRITING TOUGH-
ER THAN EVER — Approprai-
tions bill conferees failed to
make the April 15 deadline set
by House Speaker Ben Barnes
for completion of their work
Despite any sharp differenc-
es between House and Senate
bills, the budget - writing job
in general is tougher than ever
this year. That's because of
creation of new state agencies
and transfers of duties — par-
ticularly in hospital and water
fields — plus impact of fed-
eral programs just being
evolved on state finances.
LOAN BILL ADVANCED -
Legislation which opponents
charge would mean the high-
est interest rates on loans in
the nation for Texans received
tentative Senate approval 16
14
Measure by Sen. Jim Bates
of Edinburg would allow an
nual interest rates on install-
ment loans of $9 per $100 up
to $6,500. An amendment, final-
ly accepted after strong objec-
tion, exempted small loan com-
panies from terms of the bill.
Another amendment exempt-
ed mortgage loans on real es-
tate.
NON - CITIZEN AID PRO-
POSED — Proposed constitu-
tional amendment to make old
age assistance to non - citizens
who have lived in the U. S
for at least 25 years received
heavy support in a House com
mittee hearing.
Rep. Joe J. Bernal of San
Antonio, sponsor of the bill,
said only three other states re-
quire citizenship for such as-
sistance. Many thousand long-
I time Texas residents, who have
| not qualified for citizenship for
such assistance due to language
| or other barriers, have no in-
j come at all today, Bernal told
: the committee.
COLLEGES GET FEDERAL
FUNDS - With $11,200,000
presently allotted for distribu-
tion in federal grants for col-
lege construction in Texas, the |
Texas Commission on Higher |
Education already has requests j
from 24 more colleges and
eligibility established for 12 jun-
, ior colleges.
Applications received amount
i to an additional $12,500,000 of'
construction requests under the
1964 Higher Educational Facili-
ties Act. Grants pay for 40 per
cent of the actual cost of new
construction for approved col-
lege facilities.
RAIN - MAKING STUDY,
URGED — John T. Carr. Jr..
weatherman with the Texas
Water Commission, says long-
range experiments in weather
modification should be under-
taken in Texas, even though at
present conditions do not seem
| favorable and existing methods
are expensive.
Carr says that ideal condi-
tions for rain - making are in-
frequent in Texas. However.
I experiments have shown there
are effective methods to bring
about rain where it would not
have fallen naturally and to
increase the yield of rain clouds.
SHORT SNOTS — Bill to au-
thorize the Texas Water De-
velopment Board to issue $100. ■
000,000 more in Texas Water
Development Bonds was heard
by the House Conservation and
Reclamation Committee and as-
signed to sub - committee . . .
George W. Hill, executive di-
rector of the Texas State His-
torical Survey Committee, has
resigned effective July 1 to be-
come president of the Southern
Heritage Foundation . . Gov-
1 ernor signed into law these
bills: raising compulsory
j school attendance age one year
! to 17; renewal of foreign stu
; dent exemptions from tuition
; in Texas colleges; and provid-
! ing for election of school trus-
! tees by the place system in in-
dependent school districts of
500 or more scholastics . . .
Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr ruled
that Hidalgo County cannot pay
attorneys appointed to repre-
sent indigent defendents in mis-
demeanor cases because there
is no provision in th constitu-
tion cr the laws which author-
izes the commissioners court
to do so . . In another opinion.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moore of 1
Waco were week-end guests of!
his parents Mr. and Mrs. A J
C. Moore.
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I SHALL NEVER SURRENDER..."
With these words. William B. Travis and 186
other Americans pledged and gave their lives at the
Alamo in the cause of freedom.
Throughout history, each generation of Ameri-
cans has been called upon to sacrifice life, property
and self-interest to preserve the blessings of
freedom.
What freedoms do you want to preserve for
yourself and your children . . . and your children's
children? What personal sacrifices are you willing
to make to assure these things?
Freedom itself leaves choice and action to you.
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