Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1964 Page: 5 of 16
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- kicts would have to be 300 miles
wide—too large to be effectively
represented by one senator, no
matter how conscientious."
- Under the proposed amendment,
Smith said, states would be allow-
ed to pattern districts in the up-
- per houses of the state legislature
«•- the senate — on geographical
lines. The lower chamber — the
house of representatives — would
continue to be districted by po-
t pulation.
This is the system used in the
U.S. Congress but I'm of the
opinion that court also hopes to
eventually up-set this plan.
While we are at it we should
also make a justice an elective
office of the supreme court too.
-If you think this idea and others
you have read about the supreme
court are radical you should read
- what Thomas Jefferson thought
«.;f this august body, and he was
a little bit smarter than I am.
Back to politics
* A friend the other day was
wanting to bet me $5 that Presi-
dent Johnson would run strong
* in every box in Armstrong Coun-
•ty except Washburn. I didn't take
the bet but I do hold some reser-
vations. It will depend on what
happens between now and the
• election in November.
I've run into a surprising num-
ber of disgruntled Democrats
* who say they'll vote for Gold-
"water because of the civil rights
• bill, but, if things quieten down
over the nation that objection
could fade before the election.
However, if the demonstrations
keep up through the summer and
fall, Johnson could have a hard
' time against Goldwater, should he
be the Republican man of the
year. If the Republicans run any-
one else thep haven't a chance.
Yesterdays into tomorrows
We are fast approaching the
time when man will be forced to
wear side-arms for self-protection.
The supreme court is going all
out to hamper the hands of law-
enforcing bodies and free the cri-
minal, baby him, protect him and
give him a free hand in our soc-
iety. Even the rapist-murder is
now looked kindly upon.
I'm running into more and
more people who have armed
themselves and my prediction is,
it won't be long until it is a must
for every law-abiding citizen.
However, the law is stacked a-
gainst the law-abiding citizen in
some states.
In Texas you can carry a hand
gun in your car but it cannot be
concealed. In fact it can't be at-
tached to your steering wheel. It
must lay in the seat or someplace
in plain sight. You can get a per-
mit to carry a concealed weapon
but it seems that your life must
have been threatened before you
can get the permit. Rifles in plain
sight in autos and pickups are
permissable.
"Whoso sheddet.h man's blood,
by man shall his blood be shed,"
(Genesis 9:6) is still printed in
the Bible, unless some of our
people-planners have had it tak-
en out.
Fallen on bad times
The market for U.S. husbands
is getting smaller. In 1930 this
country boasted 102.5 males for
every 100 females. By 1950 the
proportion had dropped to 98.0
for every 100 women. Today it's
96.2 males per 100 women. Just
thot you ought to take advantage
of leap year.
The virtue of silence
A lot of people who aren't really-
very smart go all through life with,
scarcely anybody ever finding out
about it, simply by keeping their
mouths shut. Most of us talk too
much. We feel we ought to keep
up with the talkers around us
just to be sociable. Somehow we
have got the idea that it is im-
polite to keep still when we
haven't anything to say, that it is
an affront to other people if we
don't hold up our end of the
chatter.
People do more mischief with
their tongues than they do with
guns. They destroy dignity. They
demolish the barriers of personal
privacy. They ruin the reputa-
tions of their friends. All too often
they spill secrets entrusted to
them that they had no idea of
telling when they began their
gabble.
Oliver Goldsmith said if one of
his charactcrs, "Silence is his
mother tongue." Most of us would
be better off if we were to ac-
quire more facility with it, for,
among other things, silence en-
genders respect. Did yoc ever hear
of anybody bring described as a
"weak, silent man?" —The Little
Gazette.
Bold experiment
According to Parade juvenile de-
linquency, on the increase nearly
everywhere in America ,is declin-
ing in Montana. Why? Montana
scrapped its juvenile courts two
years ago, insisted upon dealing
with all offenders, regardless of
age, in open court. Their names,
addresses, crimes, parents arc all
completely reported in the news-
papers. The publicity has proven
a genuine deterrent to crime. Ju-
venile felony cases in Montana
are down 49%, traffic cases 75%.
Judge LZester Loble, who intro-
duced the "treatment like adults" THE CLAUDE NEWS 5
practice, says: "The system is ef- Claude, Texas JULY 9, 1964.
fective because we lecture offen- — ■
ders and their parents in open can no longer hide behind the
court so that .their cases can be anonymous charges which used
fully reported. It passes respon- to go On the record in the juven-
sibility on to the parents. They iie court."
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1964, newspaper, July 9, 1964; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth355626/m1/5/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.