The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1979 Page: 2 of 8
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Texas Travel Facts And Oddities
Every Sunday from Dec-
ember through April is ‘‘live
steam day“ at The Engine
Room Steam Museum in
Alamo, Texas. The museum
is among a host of attractions
in Texas’ subtropical south-
ern tip. a popular haven for
winter visitors from through-
out the nation.
■ Texas Highways Magazine
The world’s most famous
source of beautiful red-plum
agate, as well as a dazzling
array of other gem and
mineral varieties, is the
Woodard Agate Ranch on
State Highway 118 south of
Alpine, Texas. Rock hunters
prooe the ranch's 4,000 acres
of rugged mountain-desert
landscapes and carry home
their finds for a modest 35
cents per pound. Ranch
lapidary experts offer am-
ateurs free help in grading
specimens. There are also
RV sites with hookups. -
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under new management
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Come by and get acquainted
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndell Williams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
AUSTIN lexxis govern
ment will have record in-
come in Ib.sn-NI, hut .1 mild
mid-1979 recession may slow
the state’s economic growth
to less than three pet cent,
according to Comptroller
Hob Bullock.
Bullock, m his biennial
revenue estimate to the leg-
islature. predicted money
f rom existing taxes and other
sources will exceed 521.1
billion or 52.H billion
above cm rent spending.
I he estimate includes a
S74 2 million balance next
August \1. But 5 100 million
of lhal has been appropri-
ated to agencies, and may he
spent I lie balance may be
reduced more by special 01
emergency appropriations h\
the incoming legislature.
Bullock said economic
prosperity will continue for
two more years, hut national
forces may slow growth to
three per cent or less.
The comptroller is di-
rected In (he constitution to
make a revenue estimate at
the start of each legislature
The legislature, under pay-
as-you-go requirements, can-
not spend more than the
comptroller says is available.
Bullock’s estimate is based
on assumptions there will he
a gradual recovery from
mild recession, and that fed-
eral policies will control in-
flation by mid-1981.
"We are talking about
something that has a high
probability of happening but
it is not .1 certainty.” said
Bollock
Kcwrsal Urged
T ime to
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plan for
New Year
It's still not too late for New Year's
resolutions...and one resolution
you might consider now, is to
make sure the holidays don't
wreck your budget again, like
they did this year! A well-planned
and sensible savings program
can help prepare you for holiday
expenses when they come again,
as well as building overall
financial security for your family.
Talk with us today about a savings
plan for you.
An advisory panel last
week recommended wiping
out .1 free/e on school taxes
paid by elderly homestead
owners which was just au-
thorized by voters last
month
I he Pmperty lax Advis-
ory ('ommittce said another
constitutional amendment
should he passed to cancel
(he freeze The November 7
tax relief amendment per-
mitted the legislature to pro-
vide for an optional SI0.000
maximum additional home-
stead exemption for home-
owners over 65. T he amend-
ment also directed that if the
additional exemption is or-
dered. school taxes on prop-
erty of the elderly cannot be
raised while it is occupied by
the same owners or surviv-
ing spouse.
Critics claimed the amend-
ment would in effect exempt
4 5 per cent of all homeown-
ers over 65 from paying
school taxes.
I he same panel also rec-
ommended a single appraisal
for property, a requirement
that real estate sales be re-
ported hv date and amount,
anil that owners of kind to
be valued on the basis of
agricultural productivity sub-
mit regular data on income
and expense from the prop-
erty
l oans Kci ommcriricri
First State Bank
A loan guarantee program
to make it easier for students
to get higher education loans
from private lenders was
recommended by a joint
legislative committee.
I he committee’s report
called for a non-profit cor-
poration to insure lenders
against default
Some hanks and other
lenders have removed them-
selves from student loan pro-
grams because of high de-
fault rates, lenders have
found a federal guarantee
program slow to pay on de-
fault claims.
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“Home-Owned and Home-Operated”
Member F.D.I.C. Wylie, Texas
FDI€
\t. Opinions
Cities lhal first adopt the
local sales and list lax after
October I. 197Vinay
impose the lax ob the rev
denied use of g.tv and elet-
trieitv. Attorney lieneral
John Hill said
In other recent opinions.
Hill concluded:
The l and Commission has
authority to institute court
proceedings through the at-
torney general to control ac-
tivities adversely affecting
stale lands administered by
the General l and Office
The Texas Adidt Proba-
tion Commission docs not
have authority to provide
financial assistance to pre-
trial release programs.
A county is authorized to
pay a Comprehensive Em-
ployment and Training Act
contractor where it is clearly
liable.
CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING
WYLIE
LOCKER PLANT
Phone: 442-2605 A.P. Yeager,
722-3383, Night
Short Snorts
I he Railroad Commission
again set the oil allowable
lor January at 100 per cent
of potential.
Applications for permit,s
to drill oil and gas lest wells
in Texas declined from 22.-
980 to 19,186 for the first
eleven and a half months of
1978 compared with 1977
Bids are scheduled to he
submitted February 6 in a
major slate oil and gas lease
sale.
December 29 is the dead-
line for obtaining ear regis-
tration renewals expiring in
December.
January 9 is the date of a
special election in the 10-
county 56lh House of Rep-
resentatives district to pick
a successor to Rep. Jim Nu-
gent. who was appointed to
the Railroad Commission.
The Texas State Board of
Public Accountancy promul-
gated and adopted a new set
of rules of professional con-
duct.
Ciov. Briscoe named I
Michael Mahaffey of Cor-
pus Christi to the hoard of
directors of the University
System of South Texas.
Briscoe appointed Jim S
Sale of Dallas and Ray Cly-
mcr of Wichita Falls to the
Texas Industrial Commis-
sion.
That's because he's still listed as just ‘‘Michael W.
Leon" in the telephone directory. There's no mention of
' his wife Joan. Nor their three teenagers. After all, don't
they deserve their own listings?
Well now you can let everybody know about the great
things happening in your life with the new edition of your
telephone directory. It's going to press soon. So if you're
about to make any changes or add a dual name listing,
:| now's the time to do it.
Just call our business office and find out what the
charges are, if any.
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AGENCY
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