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Page 2—Refugio Timely Remarks, Thurs., Aug. 10, 1967
Refugio Timely Remarks
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Was It Sudden?
Jerry Marcus
BY CARTER SNOOKS
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UNCLE ANSWERS HIS. QUESTIONS
The Internal Revenue Service of the United States
Treasury Department each week: issues a news release
under the caption of “Questions and Answer Column.
This is a series of questions and answers on I ederai tax
The'Veterans Administration weekly furnishes the
press with a series of questions and answers represen-
tative of quiries addressed tJ the VA._ •
The District Manager 6f the Social Security Omce
releases a question and answer “column ior pubuca-
tlOINow comes “Uncle Sam’s Selective Service” a series
of Questions and Answers from Lt. Col. William B. Sin-
clair, USAF, Chief, Administrative Division, State Se-
lective Service Headquarters, m Austin, Texas. Your
attention is invited to this feature which appears else-
where in this newspaper.
A goodly part of a page of each week.s issue could
be filled with answers by Uncle Sam to questions asked
of him by his nephews and nieces. In view of the increas-
ing use of the questions and answer type of news re-
lease (one of the easiest to compile and prepare) one
cannot help but wonder how long before all the various
agencies and boards and districts and departments will
be using “Q” and “A” to convey data and information
to the public. ^
DON’T HELP A GOOD BOY ...
The Justice Department has teamed with the Ad-
vertising Council to launch a national campaign aimed
at preventing automobile thefts. _
The Advertising Council promised that along witn
urging Americans to use “new, intensified laundry
detergents and to become a “one toothpaste family
again,” the industry now will advise the nation:
“Don’t help a good boy go bad. Lock your car. Take
^ That slogan, said Howard Black, an advertising exe-
cutive volunteering time with the council, will grab
the American lady viewer quite a lot.” The campaign
will be aimed largely at women, who, Black said, watch
television more and listen to radio more frequently than
do men. What’s more, he said, they are the biggest of-
fenders in inadvertently helping youngsters steal cars.
Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark, in launching the drive,
recounted the figures on stolen automobiles for last
year: Of 500,000 cars stolen, 40 per cent had the keys
left in the ignition and 80 per cent had been unlocked.
He said youths under 18—“many too young to even
have a driver’s license”—took 64 per cent of the stolen
cars, while persons under 25 years old accounted tor o
ner cent.
“If we will merely take the keys out of our cars and
lock it,” Clark said, most car thefts can be prevented.
* *
URGE USE OF SAFETY GLASS
A sharp increase in injuries to people who walk or
fall into glass doors, panels and tub enclosures is report-
ed by the U. S. Public Service, which estimates that
such injuries have reached a level of 100,000 a year.
One-third are among youngsters 5 to 14 years old. The
PHS is urging States and cities to require use of safety
glass in doors and panels in new homes and commer-
cial buildings.
For glass areas in your own house, the PHb recom-
mends safety bars to reduce the size of glass area, and
use of decals or stickers at eye level for both children |
and adults to make it obvious the glass is there. Many
injuries occur when people assume a glass door is open.
KEROSENE STOVE?
Many Americans will be amused to read that an
Australian film is seeking a supply of gasoline-operated
washing machines and kerosene refrigerators. It will
be a nostalgic reminder for others to learn that an
American firm is still the largest manufacturer of gaso-
line and kerosene stoves in the world, and sells the bulk
of its production to women within the United States.
/Y' « , "•
The Travelers Safety Service "Tailgating? Me?"
Following too closely is a dangerous practice.
Uncle Sam's
elective Service
Editor’s note: Below are
questaions now being asked
at draft boards. The ansW
ers are by Col. Morris S.
Schwartz, - State Selective
Service Director, 702 Colo-
rado St., Austin, Texas
78701. He will welcome your
questions.
Q—What must I do to qualify
for II-S classifieation as an un-
dergraduate college student?
A—You must file a written re-
quest with your draftuboard af-
ter June 30, 1967. At the end of
each school year you must fur-
nish the board with convincing
evidence that you are continu-
ing to pursue satisfactorily a
fulltime course of instruction.
Q—How is the phrase “satis-
factorily pursuing a full - time
course of instruction” defined?
A—An undergraduate student
taking a four-year course must
earn 25 percent of the credits
toward his bachelor’s degree at
the end of his first academic
year, 50 percent at the end of his
second, and 75 percent at the
end of his third. If five years of
study are prescribed by the
school for a bachelor’s degree in
some field, a student must earn
20 percent of the total credits
toward the degree each year.
q—What is meant by a “stu-
dent’s academic year”?
A—In determining a student’s
eligibility for classification in
Class II-S (college student), his
academic year shall include the
12-month period following the
beginning of his course of study.
AY
Youth Parade Latest
Town, Country Event
Karnes City.—General chair-
man, W. P. McNally announced
recently a new innovation for
Town & Country Days 1967.
Children up to 12 years of
age may enter themselves and
or their pets and vehicles in a
Saturday morning parade in
Karnes City Sepember 30 at
10:00 a.m. All entries will re-
ceive awards with the first
place winner in each category
of 10 to receive special recog-
nition.
All Karnes County youth 12
years of age and younger are
urged to participate. There is
no entry fee. Application blanks
may be clipped from any Karn-
es County newspaper. Every one
loves a parade and this spec-
tacular is designed to involve
the young people with the ad-
ults rooting from the side lines.
Clip the entry blank from any
county paper, check the cate-
gory of your choice and mail
to—Youth Parade Chairman, Bo
Myers, P. 0. Box 98, Kenedy,
Texas.
Town & Country Days
Youth Parade Entry Blank
No Entry Fee
Parade starts Saturday Morning, September 30,
1967—10:00 a.m. Appropriate Awards will be made to
winners in each of the following categories.
1. Most Original Costume ................................ .
2. Most Colorful Costume .............................. .
3. Best Decorated Bicycle ................................ .
4. Best Decorated Tricycle................-............... .
5. Best Musical Group .................................... .
6. Best Groomed Pet ........................................ .
7. Most Unusual Pet ........................................ .
8. Most Miles Traveled To Enter ................ .
9. Youngest Entry ............................................ .
10. Most Outstanding Horse and Rider
Austin, Tex.—Newspaper read-
ers throughout Texas soon will
be seeing long columns of type
about important issues as Sec-
retary of State John Hill begins
to advertise the six proposed
constitutional amendments to be
voted on November 11.
See Page 4—
Fourteen additional amend-
ments will be on the 1968 bal-
lot.
Eight of the 20 amendments
are of interest mainly to special
groups (eg: legislators or state
employees). Eight others would
provide local governments with
new powers or duties. Only four
of the group directly affect most
Texans.
Amendments to be voted on
this year will appear on the bal-
lot in this order:
* No. 1, House Joint Resolu-
tion 3, to permit counties to put
all tax money in a single general
fund rather than dividing in-
come in specified amounts
among separate funds for ear-
marked purposes as is now re-
quired.
* No. 2, HJR 37, allowing cit-
p ies and other governmental
i units within hospital districts to
' levy taxes for participation in
mental health and mental retar-
dation community centers.
* No. 3, HJR 17, reviving the
veterans land program and au-
thorizing a total of $400,000,000
in bonds to finance continued
purchase of farm and ranch land
by veterans, including those who
have served in Southeast Asia
during present hostilities.
* No. 4 HJR 6, authorizing
counties to pay medical, doctor
and hospital bills of county law
enforcement officers injured in
line of duty.
* No. 5, HJR 12, authorizing
a $75,000,000 state revenue bond
issue for the development of
state parks and recreational
areas. Bonds are expected to be
financed by a small admission
fee.
* No. 6, HJR 27, permitting
state officers and employees to
hold non-elective positions under
the state or U.S. governments
where there is no conflict of in-
terest and where the state might
benefit.
That’s all for ’67.
Top interest in these amend-
ments doubtless will center on
the park bond proposal and the
veterans land amendment.
Hospital mental health and
mental retardation groups will
emphasize the importance of
Amendment No. 2 to the new
community center approach of
treating mental patients close
to home.
Calling the 1967 election for
Veterans Day and a Saturday,
undoubtedly, was to assure a
large voter turn-out for the land
fund amendment. A substantial
campaign to urge its passage al-
ready is taking form.
Gov. John Connally is the
principal backer of the parks
bond issue. Last December he
unveiled a 10-year plan for ac-
quiring and developing 150,960
acres of recreational lands and
historical sites. This would more
than triple present state park
acreage and open a variety of
new facilities for outdoor recrea-
tion.
Only opposition to the amend-
ment to date has been based on
the $1 a car park-entry fee, in-
itially proposed by Connally to
finance the vast program; and
scattered complaints that facili-
ties included in the governor’s
master plan do not adequately
serve some areas of the state.
He is expected to spearhead
an intensive fall campaign —
supported by parks, recreational
and outdoor groups—to put over
the bond issue.
The veterans land amendment
Port Lavaca Art
Show Announced
Port Lavaca. — The Milner
Viking Inn Art Show will be
held in the Milner Viking Inn in
Port Lavaca August 19 through
August 27.'
Awards to be presented in-
clude best of show, $100 sav-
ings bond; second, $50 savings
bond, third, $25 savings bond,
first, second and honorable men-
tion ribbons in each class; Judg-
es Choice, Rosette Award; and
Public Vote Choice, trophy
award.
Three Best of Show winners,
Judees Choice winner and Pub-
lic Vote winner will be exhibit-
ed in Detroit, Michigan, Spar-
tanburg, South Carolina and
Wichita Falls, Texas.
She claimed he married her
for her money . . . and he
claimed he earned it.
JOHN HILL
... Secretary of State
that the districts assume full
responsibility for community
mental health and retardation
centers and services. It would
permit cities and counties to
levy taxes and issue bonds for
such services. Subdivisions with-
in existing districts would be
authirized to do so unless statu-
tes creating the districts expres-
sly prohibit.
An attorney general’s-opinion
held that the constitution does
not allow political subdivisions
within the boundary of a hos-
pital district to levy taxes for
medical and hospital service.
Under that ruling, cities and
counties located in such districts
were restricted from participat-
ing in establishment of commun-
ity health centers. Therefore,
only hospital districts could es-
tablish such centers, a key part
of the mental health program.
Amendments No. 3, No. 4 and
No. 5 are self explanatory. and
apparently non-controversial.
Amendment No. 6 is aimed
primarily .at permitting educa-
tors, who are paid from state
funds, to serve on federal ad-
visory boards.
SUMMER OPENING POLICE
Week Days—2 P.M.
Sat. and Sun.—1 P.M,
SUNDAY-MONDAY
1ST FEATURE
THE DRIVER'S
SEAT
F
A motorist who is lost or con-
fused has many things on his
mind besides his driving, and is
“an accident looking for a place
to happen.”
Dangerous, at best, during
daylight, this situation becomes
doubly lethal after dark.
For this reason, many state,
county and local highway de-
partments are switching their
traffic sign inspection teams’
workdays to workniglits.
Their reason is logical: ‘‘If we
can find our way at night, it’s
likely that we can find our way
during the day,” says one in-
spector working for the Connec-
ticut State Highway Department.
Beginning last month, two-man
inspection teams take to the
roads in that state for four hours
of one night of each week. Each
team is given a specific set of
directions to follow, much like
those you give your out-of-town
relatives when they come to visit
you (East on Route 32 to No.
53, south on No. 53 to Main St.,
etc.)
The teams then take notes on
all signs that confuse or do
not fully inform the driver of
his location and/or upcoming in-
tersections. The teams, then, re-
port these sign deficiencies to
the Highway Department.
also check all
Glub your neighbor...
take him to see
The incredible
Mr. unpet
From Warner Bros.
2ND FEATURE
Bill
BLUFFING?
It is difficult to believe that Senator Ralph Yar-
brough is sincere in his hints of returning to Texas to
become a candidate for Governor in the 1968 campaign.
It is well understood that the Senator would like to
serve his state as governor, particularly in view of hav-
ing been denied the position several times. Too, it is
realized that he now has the strongest organization in
his lifetime. True, he would like the personal satisfaction
of a campaign against John Connally.
Personal preferences and ambitions must, however,
give way to matter of fact, common sense reasoning.
Why should he surrender an office of six-year term
to one of two-year term? While Price Daniel left the
senate to win election as governor of the state, history
reveals that Daniel met defeat in his bid for second
reelected term of office.
There are many, many Democrats who will not ap-
prove of Yarbrough giving the post of Senior Senator
from the State of Texas to a member of the Republican
party. Yarbrough would learn that supporters of him
as long long as he holds Democratic seniority in the U.<
Entrants may enter more than one category, simply
check the proper number in the designated space. Mail
entry to Youth Parade Chairman, Bo Myers, P. 0. Box
98, Kenedy, Texas.
Deadline for mailing entries is Tuesday, September
20.
Clip this entry and mail NOW.
All entries will assemble Saturday at the Karnes
City City Hall at 9:00 a.m. All Pet entries must be coop-
ed, caged, led or ridden. Entries restricted to 12 years
of age and younger.
S. Senate would not remain in his camp without his
holding that place of authority and leadership. There
are those who firmly believe he can serve the people
of the state (and what is an elected person but a ser-
vant of the people) to greater advantage as a senator
than as a governor.
It must be believed that the Senator is just bluffing
a threat concerning entering the race for Governor of
Texas.
---- ---------- The teams ---- -
would add another $200,000,0001 signs they encounter for re-
to state bonds previously author-1 fiectivity, location, visibility,
ized and through which 35,300 1 proper wording, etc.
veterans have purchased farm ! from these reports, the High-
and ranch properties at low in-1 way Department prepares a list
..----+ a 4n. locations where signs are in-
adequate, in need of repair or
missing altogether. Maintenance
schedules can then be accurate-
ly prepared from this list, and
the most dangerous sign defi-
ciencies can be given top prior-
ity.
Traffic sign inspections are
much more valuable if made at
night, because certain defects
terest rates spread over a 40-
year pay period.
This amendment would raise
the amount which could be bor-
rowed under the program from
$7,500 to $10,000. The program
was initiated in 1949. Additional
bonds were approved by voters
in 1951 and 1956. Amendments
to enlarge the bond authoriza-
tion were rejected at elections
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in 1963 and 1965. Opposition, WOuld not show up under day-
came mainly from Dallas and | scrutiny.
Houston. i —--
Proponents emphasize that,
while thousands of veterans
have benefitted from the pro-
gram, it has cost the state no
money and actually has turned
a profit of $2,500,000 a year while
providing an expanded land
market.
Opposition has adopted the
argument that it is not the func-
tion of the state government to
engage in the loan business and
that veterans have had plenty of
time to participate. Some also
contend that “cheap money” in-
vites purchases of land not
needed and which will not be
put to productive use.
Amendment No. 2 specifies
that creation of hospital dis-
tricts, does not have to require
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