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Thursday, April 16, 1959
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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CONGRESSMAN
CLARK W. THOMPSON
9th TEXAS DISTRICT
The Easter Recess at home in
Texas was highlighted by visits
around the District and several
notable events. Among other things,
I attended the Groundbreaking
Ceremony at Halletsville—some-
thing which I have dreamed of and
worked toward for many years. It
was a joy to stand before those
patient friends of mine, who had
carried the burden of flood threats
through the years, and to assure
them that from now on, with the
completion of this comparatively
simple project, they need never
again fear water on Courthouse
Square. The greatest lesson to
draw from the years of effort is
that, with faith and unified effort,
things can be accomplished, even
when they seem at times to be
hopeless.
Another event which I shall nev-
er forget was the dinner given un-
der the auspices of the IMid-Coast
Water Development Association at
El Campo. To each one of the more
than 500 friends who gathered
there to greet and encourage me,
I wish I could say a personal
“thank you.” I am constantly re-
minded how kind people are to me
and how much I owe to everyone
for whom I work. The day was
marred by only one thing—Libbie
had the flu and couldn’t be present.
She had been with me at the Busi-
ness & Professional Women’s Din-
ner in Wharton two days before. I
brought her home from that won-
derful affair to put her to bed for
two days, and she recovered nicely
in time to leave for Washington
the following Sunday.
Representative Bob Poage of
Waco is working on a compensa-
tory payment plan to cover most
major field crops. As you in agri-
culture may recall, he has been
working on it a long time and
now, in view’ of the troubled con-
ditions, he is trying to complete it.
At the moment, it looks as though
it might be the starting point for
discussions and Hearings in the
Agriculture Committee. Bob pro-
poses to meet five conditions which
he thinks, and I agree, are essential
for any broad farm program:
1. Surpluses must be reduced and
prevented in the future.
2. Our farm products must move
into the domestic and foreign mar-
kets under the law of supply and
demand.
3. There must, of course, be sub.
stantial income for the producers.
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TOGO
$1.00
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From otit ofth.e Earth.
BY JOHN
MONROE
THE CATASTROPHIC
1833 ERUPTION of
THE VOLCANO KRAKATOA IN
THE EAST INDIES SENT
SHOCK WAVES AROUND
THE WORLD THREE TIMES,
SHOT ROCK AND ASHES
17 MILES IN THE AIR,
AND CREATED ~ IF. LOUDEST
NOISE EVER RECORDED,
HEARD 2,000 MILES AWAY
THE WORLD'S LARGESTlake of asphalt,
COVERING 100 ACRES, WAS DISCOVERED
AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY IN
THE JUNGLES OF EASTERN
Venezuela, it stimulated m
THE FABULOUS SEARCH FOR OIL fPP
IN THAT COUNTRY WHERE
TODAY THE LARGEST OIL PRODUCER
IS A U.S. COMPANY,
CREOLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION
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THE GEYSERS of yieuowstone National Pm.
NUMBERINGMORE TUAN OO, ARE UNEQUALLED IN
SIZE AND ROWER. THE LARGEST OF THEM SPEW
STEAM AND SCALDING- WATER MORE THAN
20 STORIES INTO THE AIR.
Many Unforseen Accidents Happen In
Offices Where Hazards Supposed Few
AUSTIN—“We don’t often think
of office work as being dangerous,
but in their inconspicuousness that
hides office hazards.”
J. 0. Musick, general manager
of the Texas Safety Association,
made the above statement, today,
as he discussed safe office practices
that will reduce employee acci-
dents.
“In offices, or anywhere else, the
right way is the safe way—and the
smart way,” Musick said. “It has
been frequently demonstrated that
many accidents happen in every of-
fice. Fortunately, most of them are
minor, but a few have been very
serious.”
The safety expert said that em-
ployee falls and handling materials
were the cause for most serious in-
juries, but that many other office
“gremlins” were about, just wait-
ing to be the cause of an accident.
Musick listed the following “bak-
er’s dozen” rules that should be
followed to help reduce office ac-
cidents:
1. Keep all drawers of desks,
cabinets and files closed when not
in use.
2. To avoid pinched fingers, use
only the handles in closing doors or
drawers.
3. It is dangerous to open more
than one of the top drawers of a
4. Government costs must be
drastically reduced below their cur-
rent figure.
5. Production controls must bt
minimized, or eliminated entirely,
and they must be as flexible as
possible.
Representative Poage is one of
the soundest thinkers and best in-
formed Members of our Commit-
tee. The program he outlines could
certainly be made to fit into the
thoughts you and I have often
expressed to one another. I’ll watch
this proposed legislation with great
care and will keep you posted.
filing cabinet at a time. Some files
will tip over easily.
4. Never operate a machine until
you have been trained to operate
•'t safely and always turn off elec-
trical machines before cleaning or
adjusting them.
5. Keep all waste baskets in their
nroper places.
6. Typewriters, adding machines,
small computers and other desk
machines should be securely an-
chored to avoid “creeping.”
7. Electric wires and cords are
excellent “trip teasers,” so keep
’Urn out of walking areas.
8. Don’t use boxes, chairs, small
desks, etc. as a ladder or you will be
mviting a dangerous fall.
9. When sitting in a swivel chair,
sit firmly in the center and keep
your feet on the floor. Leaning
“way back” may be your idea of an
executive-look, but it is also one of
the leading causes of serious falls.
10. Hold railing when using stairs,
stairs.
IT. Use “horse sense” not “hors°
play” around an offi-e. Thoughtless
practical jokes often turn into ser-
ious accidents.
12. Get help when moving boxes,
desks or other heavy objects.
13. Report all accidents, however
minor, to your superior.
“These warnings may seem un-
necessary, to many persons.” Mu-
sick said. “Yet approximately 25,-
000 American office workers receive
disabling injuries, each year, sim-
ply because they did not follow
common sense safety precautions.”
Traffic Accidents
lake 2,342 Lives In
Texas During 1951
AUSTIN—Texas traffic accidents
last year not only took a total of
2,342 lives—an average of almost
200 each month—but also resulted
in an economic loss of $347,311,-
000.
Colonel Homer Garrison, Jr., Di-
rector of the Texas Department of
Public Safety, pointed out this
week that most of the worst acci-
dents occur in rural areas.
“The tragic loss of lite by far
overshadows any monetary consid-
eration, but the staggering amount
of property damage wrought on
the streets and highways of our
State should not be overlooked,”
he said.
Considering the fact that so
many of these accidents happen in
areas where farmers and ranchers
live, Garrison used an acre of land
to illustrate one way to look at
the “high cost of traffic accidents.”
“An acre of land measures 43,-
560 square feet,” he said, “and
United States currency measures
about two ar*d five-eighth inches
by six and one-eighth inches.
“If an acre of farm or ranch
land were completely covered with
one-dollar bills, then a layer of
two-dollar bills, thfn layers of
fives, tens, twenties, fifties, hun-
dreds and five-hundreds—and lh:s
topped with 231 tons of silver dol-
lars, then this would represent the
economic loss from traffic accidents
in Texas during 1958.”
Garrison, drawing upon the De-
partment’s Statistical Services Di-
vision, noted that $347,311,000
would buy 5,000 farms or ranch:.-
at $40,000 each, 5,000 refrgerator-
freezers at $800 each, 5,000 elec-
tric kitchens at $700 each, 5,001
color TV sets at $700 each, 5,000
living room suites at $1,400 each
5.000 air conditioning units at $1,-
400, 5,000 pickup trucks at $3,000
5.000 tractors at $3,000, and 5,COO
registered bulls at $600.
“And there would still bo enough
money to furnish the head of cat’r
of these 5,000 farms or ranches
with a bank account of $17,862-0.’
he said.
New Low Requires
Mud-Flops On All
Dual-Wheel Vehicles
AUSTIN.—Colonel Homer Gar-
rison, Jr., Director of the Texas
Department of Public Safety, said
today that under a new State law
it is now illegal to operate dual-
wheeled vehicles on the highways
without mud-flaps on the rear to
protect drivers in hack of them.
The law, which formerly applied
only when the pavement was wet,
now requires mud flaps in all kinds
of weather for certain vehicles. It
became effective April 2, 1959.
Under regulations issued by the
Department, Garrison said, the
flaps may be made of metal, rub-
ber, rubberized material or other
'ubstantial material rigid enough
I o prevent mud, slush, gravel or
other matter being thrown from
the rear of a dual-wheeled vehicle.
Pole trailers, truck tractors op-
erated alone and without being in
combination with a semi-trailer,
and all trucks operated on private
property do not come under the
provisions of the new law.
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A farmer hired two city boys to
work his farm. He put one to milk-
ing and the other to plowing. Look-
ing in on the first boy, he found
him feeding the milk to the cow.
Ho inquired as to why. “Well, you
see,” explained Joe, “just as I fin-
ished milking her, she stuck her
foot in the milk, so I decided I’d
better run it through again tf
clean it.”
The story of
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ful structures, "That church has been established here for many years. Everyone
knows what it is and what it does. In the tower of the church is a bell and every
Sunday it rings out to remind folks to come to church.
"Shoppers go where they are invited and stay where they are well treated," con-
cluded the publisher.
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newspaper advertising is a repeated invitation and a
reminder to come and do business with that store."
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