The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1972 Page: 2 of 6
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Page 2, The Big Lake (Texas) Wildcat, Thursday, sepiemoer i, ivu
Analysis Of Constitutional Amendments
A Weekly Report Of Agri-Business News
armcast
Compiled From Sources
Of The Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White, Commissioner
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Beef Factory Increases . . . Egg Production Shows
Gain ... Cattle Sold At Auction Declines ... Egg- type
Chicks Decline . . . Screwworm Agreement. ..
THE BEEF FACTORY of Texas-the nation's
largest -has increased almost 275,000 head during the first
half of the year.
The number of beef cows, which determines the
numbers of beef calves to be produced, total 5,725,000 in
Texas as of July 1. This compares with 5,452,000 as of
January 1.
The number of all cows in Texas has also shown an
increase. Total cow numbers in the state as of July 1
totaled 6,080,000 head; this compared with 5,807,000
head as of January 1.
The Blacklands have the highest number of beef cows
and all cows. As of July 1, there were 920,400 cows
(854,000 of that being beef cows) in the Blacklands. The
east Texas and south central Texas regions were next in
total numbers of cows and beef cows.
The east and northeast Texas area had 775,000 beef
cows and a total of 864,100 cows as of July 1. The south
central area had 766,000 beef cows and a total of 810,500
cows as of July 1.
EGG production in Texas during July was up three
percent from a year ago, but steady with last month. Total
egg production during July totaled 222,000,000.
Nationwide, egg production was down one percent from
last year.
Total numbers of Texas layers as of July 1 were 11.7
million. Texas eggs laid daily per 100 hens averaged 61.2
during July; a year ago the average was 57.6. Nationwide,
the average was 62.7.
The July hatch of egg-type chickens in the state was
down 34 percent from a year ago and 23 percent below a
month earlier. Broiler chicks showed an increase of three
percent. The total turkey poult hatch for July was up 18
percent from a year ago, but 33 percent below a month
ago,
A NINE percent decline in numbers of cattle and
calves marketed through Texas auction markets inspected
by the Texas Animal Health Commission is reported by the
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service.
Cattle and calves marketed totaled 619,000 head, or
nine percent below a year ago. Sheep sales totaled 132,000,
down 17 percent from a year ago and 39 percent under a
month ago. Sales of goats at 27,000 were down 31 percent
from a year ago.
Hog sales totaled 45,000 head; this is 29 percent
below a year ago.
THE FINAL step toward eradication of the
screwworm in Texas has been taken. An agreement between
Mexico and the United States was signed recently which
will result in a cooperative effort to eradicate the
screwworm in Mexico. ■ --r••••>■• - -v v
It will involve building a sterile screwworm fly factory
off the Isthums of Tehuantepec in Mexico. Production
from this plant and from the fly factory at Mission will be
used to wipe out the pest in Mexico.
Livestock producers in Texas are urged to continue to
check their livestock regularly, treat wounds on livestock
for screwworm control, and continue to submit suspected
samples to the fly laboratory at Mission.
Eradication officials say plans are being made now to
combat the screwworm next year.
Its nine-feet wing-spread
makes the condor the largest
bird that flies.
One horsepower is the power
required to lift 33, 000 pounds
one foot in one minute.
TIKES TUBES BATTEtBS ACCESSORIES
VtfAKNER LEAR HUMBLE STATION
Washing and Greasing Our Specialty—Give ns a trial
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Big lake, Team
AMENDMENT NO. 7-S.J.R. NO. 16
(Amending Article I of the Texas Constitution hv
adding a new Section 3a to provide that equality
under the law shall not be denied or abridged be-
cause of a person’s sex, race, color, creed, or
national origin.)
The proposed amendment adds a new section to the Bill of
Rights in the Texas Constitution. The Texas Constitution does
not expressly prohibit discrimination because of sex, race, col-
or, op national oriain. On adontion, the amendment
increases the constitutional guaranty of equal rights to all per-
sons by prohibiting this discrimination.
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Equality of rights is a concept inherent to America which was
first expressed in the Declaration of Independence. All of the
constitutions of Texas have contained provisions broadly deal-
ing with equality and providing that all free men have equal
rights. Section 3 of Article I of the Texas Constitution guar-
antees equal protection of the law and political equality to all
persons, but makes no provision for discrimination because of
sex, race, color, creed, or national origin.
Some furtherance in the accomplishment of equal rights has
been made by statutory enactment and repeal. Examples of
the progress are the adoption of new provisions pertaining to
community property and the right of a wife to full authority in
dealing with her separate property, the repeal of statutes re-
quiring separate acknowledgments, and the repeal of numer-
ous racially discriminatory provisions in the Texas statutes.
The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the
United States Constitution denies to the states the power to
legislate different treatment to persons placed by a statute intc
different classes on the basis of criteria wholly unrelated to the
objective of the statute. It requires that a statutory classifica-
tion not be arbitrary and that it rest upon a difference having
a substantial relation to the object of the legislation so that all
persons similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike. As
recently as November, 1971, the Supreme Court of the United
States extended the protection of the 14th Amendment to a
case involving discrimination based on sex by ruling that the
equal protection clause bars a state's statutory preference of
men over women for appointment as administrators of dece-
dent’s estates. Basically, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 pro-
hibits discrimination on the ground of race, color, religion, or
national origin, and in sections dealing with equal employ-
ment opportunities Congress added a prohibition covering dis-
crimination on the basis of sex, in addition to discrimination
on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin.
The proposed amendment to the Texas Constitution is con-
sistent with the 14th Amendment to me United States Constitu-
tion and The Civil Rights Act, but is designed expressly to pro-
vide protection which supplements the federal guarantees of
equal treatment.
ARGUMENTS
FOR: The protection afforded by constitutional guarantees is
more effective than statutory prohibitions and the repeal or
amendment of discriminatory statutes. Victims of discrimina-
tion need the right to use the judicial process to challenge the
constitutionality of discriminatory legislation.
Discrimination exists in many fields, and only a comprehen-
sive equal rights amendment can change completely the status
quo.
AGAINST: The proposed amendment is not necessary be-
cause discriminatory laws now existing may be repealed by
statute.
Adoption of the proposed amendment could result in con-
fusion and litigation as to die meaning of "discrimination."
People Underestimate
Social Security Payment
People tend to underesti-
mate the monthly benefits
social security can pay. Ac-
cording to a recent survey,
only one person in 25 gave
the correct answer to this
question:
“Let’s take a man 35
years old, with a wife
and two young children
and average earnings
of about $500 a month.
If he' became disabled
and couldn’t work any
more, about how much
do you think he and his
family would get from
social security? Or if he
died, how much do you
think his wife and chil-
dren would get? (Just a
rough guess.)”
The question was put to a
sampling of people 18 and
over across the Nation. The
correct answer is about $500
a month, according to social
security officials here.
“But three out of four peo-
ple guessed the social secu-
rity payments would be $350
a month or less,” a spokes-
man said. “More than half
guessed $250 or less. One out
of four guessed $150 or less.”
Social security pays
monthly disability benefits
to eligible workers and their
families
severely disabled and cannot
work for a year or more.
Survivors benefits are pay-
able to certain family mem-
bers if the worker dies. A
worker’s benefit amount is
based on his average earn-
ings covered by social secu-
rity over a period of years.
“If a 35-year-old worker
becomes disabled in 1972,”
the spokesman said, “he and
his family could be eligible
for disability payments if he
had worked in jobs covered
by social security for 5 of
the 10 years before he be-
came disabled."
If the worker died, the
spokesman said, his wife and
children could start getting
payments from social secu-
rity if he had worked IV2
years during the 3 years be-
fore he died in work covered
by social security.
“A woman who works is
building similar protection
for herself and her family,”
he said.
Monthly cash social security
benefits depend on the earn-
ings credited to a worker’s
record.
American workers build four
kinds of protection with
their social security contri-
butions — retirement, sur-
vivors, disability, and Medi-
care hospital insurance.
Classified Ads Gets Results!
Analysis Of Constitutional Amendments
AMENDMENT NO. 6 - S.J. R.NO. 7
(Amending Article vni, Section 1-b. of the
Texas Constitution, to provide that the var-
ious political subdivisions of the state may
exempt not less than $3, 000 of the value of
residence homesteads of all persons 65 years
of age or older from ad valorem taxes under
certain conditions.)
The proposed Amendment No. 6 would add a new subsection
tr\ Article vttt section 1-b. tn allow political subdivisions of
the state to exempt not less than $3, 000 of the value of resi-
dence homesteads of all persons 65 years of age or older from
all ad valorem taxes levied by the political subdivision.
BACKGROUND
During the decade of the depression, interest began to devel-
ope in the possibility of abolishing the state ad valorem tax as
a means of reducing the burden of property tax on Texas citi-
zens. In 1932 the first step in this direction was taken with the
adoption of an amendment which added Section 1-a to Article
VIII to exempt $3, 000 of the assessed taxable value of all resi-
dence homesteads from all taxation for all state purposes. Then
in 1948, the present Sections 1-a, 1-b and 1-c were adopted,
and effective January 1, 1951, the state abandoned property
tax for its revenue purposes, with a few minor exceptions, al-
though the ad valorem tax remained a major part of the tax
structure of the political subdivisions of the state. The amend-
ment in 1948 also provided that the exemption of $3, 000 val-
uation of the homestead apply both to state and county taxes.
The proposed Amendment No. 6 would exempt further the
homestead exemption by allowing a county, city, town,
school district, or other political subdivision of the state to
exempt not less than $3, 000 of the value of residence home-
steads of persons at least 65 years of age from all ad valorem
taxes levied by the political subdivision. This provision is not
manadatory, but stipulates alternative methods of determining
the exemption. The governing body of the political subdivision
may allow the exemption by its own action, or the voters may
determine by majority vote to allow the exemption at an elec-
tion to be held on receipt of a petition signed by 20 percent of
the voters who voted at the subdivision's last preceeding elec-
tion.
ARGUMENTS
FOR:
Ad valorem tax is the basic form of taxation which counties,
cities, towns, school districts, and other political subdivisions
depend upon for revenue, and the largest taxes on real estate
are levied for local purposes by local governments. Therefore,
the present t homestead exemption does not grant any of the
tax relief needed from the most burdensome ad valorem tax
existing in Texas today.
Texas has a long history of protecting the homestead. The
senior citizen who lives on a fixed income is hurt by inflation
and needs the protection and relief which the proposed amend-
ment would allow.
The proposed amendment protects the local government and
its creditors by granting the option of allowing or not allowing
the exemption and by authorizing taxing officers of the politi
cal subdivision to continue collecting the tax against the home-
•stead if it has been pledged for the payment of a debt and is
needed to prevent the impairment of that obligation.
AGAINST:
The reduction of tax revenues of city, school and other tax-
ing districts could handicap the political subdivision in perform-
ing essential functions and services.
A basic concept in Texas law demands that property taxes
shall be equal and uniform, with all property taxed in propor-
tion to its value. Special tax treatment for one age group
would be inequitable and discriminatory and result in shifting
a greater tax burden to all the age groups which are not grant-
ed such exemptions.
Social security, retirement, and welfare programs of today
so assist those over 65 that the need for further protection of
the homestead is consequently diminished.
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Reagan Owls' 1972
Football Schedule
Sept. 15 - Ballinger, there:.
Sept. 22 - Sonora, there.
Sept. 29 - Iraan, here.
(homecoming)
Oct. 6 - Alpine, there.
Oct. 13 - Open .
Oct. 20 - ‘Ozona, here.
Oct. 27 - ‘McCamey, there.
Nov. 3 - * Coahoma, here.
Nov. 10 - * Crane, there.
Nov. 17 - ‘Stanton, here.
‘District games.
REAGAN OWLS JR. VARSITY
Sept. 14, Crane, There, 6:00
Sept. 21, Sonora, There, 6:30
Sept. 28, Ozona, Here, 6:00
Oct. 5, Crane, Here, 6:00
Oct. 12, Ozona, There, 6:00
Oct. 19, Me Carney, Here, 6:00
Oct. 26, Sonora, Here, 6:30
Nov. 3, McCamey, There, 6:00
REAGAN COUNTY JR. HIGH
Sept. 14, Crane, Here
Sept. 21, Sonora, Here
Sept. 28, Ozona, There
Oct. 5, Qrane, There
Oct. 12, Ozona, Here
Oct. 19, McCamey, There
Oct. 26, Sonora, There
Nov. 3, McCamey, Here
*7th Grade games will be
played at 5:30 and 8th Grade
games will be played at 6:30.
Using Fabric Scraps
Is HD Club Program
The Midkiff Home Demon- “
stration Club met Tuesday
afternoon, Aug. 29, in the
El Paso Natural Gas Co. re-
creation hall. Upton Co.
home demonstration agent
Jalyn Burkett presented a pro-
gram on using fabric scraps.
Such items as patchwork skirts,
house slippers, bottle jackets,
and tapestry-type pictures
were shown to members with
instructions on how to make
them.
New federal regulation re-
quirements to comply with
recent additions to the Civil
Rights Act in regard to club
membership was discussed. A
home demonstration club must
now have at least one minority
group member or show that
! efforts have been made to en-
list minority group persons.
Members received new
yearbooks. Refreshments were
served by Mrs. David Cole.
Wong, used by at least 150,
000, 000 Chinese, is the
world’s most common family
name.
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3, 1879.
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Werst, J. L., Jr. & Werst, Mrs. J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1972, newspaper, September 7, 1972; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth615095/m1/2/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.