The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 2, 1974 Page: 3 of 16
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SiTATE CAPITAL
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!t X A S P«t SS AS SOCI A! ION
^AUSTIN, Tex: Constitu-
tional Convention delegates
will take i break from their
duties at the end of this
week - until after the May
4 primaries.
I hey voted last week to
recess for 30 days after ten-
tative passage of local govern-
ment and legislative articles
_ or no later than April 5.
They will return at 2 p m.
May 6 to finish up.
Delegates approved by a
123-47 margin (with a two-
thirds majority, or 121 votes,
needed as a minimum) a 60-
day extension of the conven-
tion after the recess. That
means a July 30 final adjourn-
ment date whether work is
completed or not
Chances appeared brighter
lor agreement on a revision
document lor submission to
voters at the general election.
Work already is completed
on the preamble, bill of rights,
anti articles'on the executive
branch, education, finance,
manner ol amending the con-
stitution,, voting rights and
local government.
flic article on the legis-
lature is expected; to take all
week
Yet to be considered are
judiciary and general provis-
ions articles, which stayed in
committee longer than any,
and the brief article on separa-
tion of powers.
All must muster a two-
thirds majority vote after the
recess before they can be sub-
mitted for approval of citi-
zens.
The convention already has
cost $1.8 million.. About
$590,000 is left from the ori-
ginal legislative appropriation,
which would be enough to run
the convention about 30 days
beyond May 6.
INSURANCE BREAK DUE -
High risk drivers can get a
though it may chart a fine
course between lobbying and
bribery.
In a series of new opinions,
Secretary of State Mark White
Jr. held;
Candidates can make cam-
paign expenditures to allow
the press to accompany them
on their travels.
Expenditures below $100
by friends for printing and
mailing campaign letters do
not have to be reported by
candidates.
A paid political advertise-
ment meets legal tests for
identification of the news-
paper carrying it if the name
of the publication appears
somewhere on the same page,
so an interested party may
readily ascertain the news-
paper’s location.
COURTS SPEAK - A
$238,250 judgement against
Ccncral Motors in the death
of a Houston woman who
died when her new car plung-
ed out of control was upheld
by the State Supreme Court.
U.S. Supreme Court upheld
Texas procedures for nomina-
tions of minority party and
break in insurance rates under
a new plan approved last week . independent candidates'
The Court of Criminal
Appeals reversed and remand
NYLENE
IS HERE.
Apply one coot on most surfaces,
rein for seven years.
(art rc?ily t" paint tin* inside
or oufMtlr of vour house, barn
su minimi; pool area. wood, metal.
niav»ni\ MLCtiinrrrr. (let ama/iun
M I I M The wen year lead-
free coat ini:. It’< the coating of the
Ws in the •Til’s. It’s lOO^r lead-
free. Safe for nurseries, plavrooms.
hroodrr houses and dairies. And it’s
guaranteed.to last 'for,7 years.
Stop |>\ the authorized dealer
hrlnn and pit k up a free sample of
NV|,l \’I . Or get ‘♦Ik* off your
lir*t'$|tlart, our dollar off your first
gallon.
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Dependability-Reliability
Since 1889
ZENITH, KELVINAT0R,
ROPER, MAYTAG, JENN-
AIR, TRU-TEST, H0MELITE,
McCulloch
The State Board of Insur-
ance authorized "upward de-
viation” from standard rates
for those drivers whose re-
cords do not qualify them for
either reduced or standard
premiums
Phoenix Insurance Com-
pany of the Travelers Insur-
ance Croup made the first
acceptable filing, providing a
market for the high risk dri-
vers at 35 to 115 per cent
above manual rates for differ-
ent classes of coverage.
Such drivers have hl’cn
charged up to 300 per cent
aluivc standard.
1-irxt National Insurance
Company of America (Safccd
group) was also approved to
provide coverage to higher
risk drivers at an additional
15 per cent for all private
passenger classes.
Sixty-nine companies have
been granted Board permission
to sell auto insurance at less
than standard rates, md two
have permission to sell at
greater rates.
NORMAL TRAVEL SEEN -
The energy shortage will case
enough by mid-June to insure
a near-normal summer travel
season in the state, according
to Texas tourist Development
Agency projections.
live Sunday gasoline sales
ban is the biggest factor in a
sis, per cent decline in atten-
dance at major Texas tourist
attractions during the first two
months of 1974, the tourist
agency figures.
Campaigns are being spon-
sored to encourage Texans to
spend their vacations near
home and residents of neigh-
boring states to visit Texas on
well-promoted package tours.
Friendly Ford, 117 E. Pecan
Home of the Af FORDable
Fords
[The Dealership That Really Cares About Our Customers!
Announces
We now have in our employment an
experienced CLEAN-UP MAN. So we can
now give our customers expert WASH,
LUBE, and OIL change service.
Come on in and give us the opportunity
to serve you.
Friendly Ford
Phone 625-4158
Colemon, Texas
ed a murder conviction of a
San Antonio man because a
juror was informed the man
had threatened to "kill again."
Too much prosecution evi-
dence resulted in reversal by
the Court of Criminal Appeals
of a 25-year rape sentence
asscsscvl a Dallas man.
The Court of Criminal Ap-
peals upheld two 100-ycar
sentences of a Dallas' man in
a rape-robbery.
REPORTS RECEIVED -
Plans from 222 state agencies
for insuring equal employ-
ment opportunity have been
received.
Thirty-eight of the state
agency affirmative action plans
have been approved by the
Equal Employment Opportun-
ity Office, and 184 are being
reviewed. Only five state
agencies have not submitted
plans and policy statements.
APPOINTMENTS - Governor
Dolph Briscoe named Dr.
James W. White of Houston
to the Veterans Affairs Com-
mission to succeed J. Walter
Janko of Somerville.
Other new appointments
•by Briscoe include J. H. Jemi-
son of Houston to the Texas
Cosmetology Com mission, and
Anthony Cangelosi of San
Antonio, Robert Uhr of New
Braunfels and Ross Forney of
Renner to the Interim Com-
mittee on Small Business.
Thomas L. Toone, former-
ly of Balmorhea, was appoint-
ed to the legal staff of the
secretary of state’s elections
division.
CRIME RATE UP -r Texas’
crime rate rose 3.1 per cent
last year, according to the
Texas Department of Public
Safety.
DPS reported 492,654
niajor criminal offenses during
1973 for a rate per 100,000
population of 4,177.2. In
1972, there were 472,011
major offenses and a rate of
4,051.9.
OFFICIAL OPINIONS- Basic-
information from police arrest
records should remain avail-
aide to the press, Atty. Gen.
John Hill concluded in a re-
vised opinion Monday. The
opinion replaced a contro-
versial one written last Jan-
uary holding Houston airport
police could withhold detailed
offense reports from newsmen.
In other recent opinions.
Hill concluded:
The new lobby control law
is not unconstitutional, al-
VALLEY DEADLINE SET -
Agriculture Commissioner
John C. White ordered all
Lower Rio Grande Valley
cotton farmers to complete
planting by midnight March
31 to further the pink boll-
worm control program.
The program includes plant-
ing and plow-up dates found
beneficial in fighting the in-
sects.
Counties affected by the
March 31 deadline were Cam-
eron and lower portions of
Hidalgo and Starr.
Planting deadline for other
counties north to Webb, Duval,
Jim Wells, anil San Patricio is
April 20.
SHORT SNORTS
Federal Environmental Pro-
tection Agency awarded a $1.2
million grant to Texas Air
Control Board to improve air
pollution controls.
R. B. McGowen Jr., Pecos
River Commissioner forTexas,
was designated to work with
the Texas attorney general to
obtain enforcement of the
Pecos River Compact terms
and assure state rights. Texas
claims New Mexico has de-
prived it of a share of water.
Fix-It Tip
Heavy pieces of furniture
are simple to move if equip-
ped with casters. Some items,
of course, you wouldn't con-
sider having casters on - a
sofa for example.
For those heavy items that
don't have permanent
casters, get yourself some
temporary wheels. They are
called three-wheel caster
dollies and they ’are not
cheap. But they are worth ev-
ery penny if you can avoid a
pulled muscle or a wrenched
back.
A caster dolly is a triangu-
lar-shaped metal plate with a
dip in the middle and a wheel
on each corner. The leg of the
object you are moving fits
into that dip. If it has no leg.
the entire corner can rest flat
on the top surface of the
dolly. They are built low and
you can slip one under the
corner of a heavy object
without too much difficulty.
Get yourself a set of four.
p A weekly public service feature from-
the Texas State Department of Health
Vlttwifi
*■— J.E. PEAVY. M.D., Commissioner of Health •
Coleman Democrat-Voice
Coleman, Texas, April 2, 1974
Page 3
TODE HENSLEY
Hensley Has
Statement For
County Voters
G. A. (Tode) Hensley, candi-
date for re-election as district
clerk, authorizes this news
paper to publish his statement
to the voters as follows:
TO THE VOTERS OF
COLEMAN COUNTY:
I am seeking re-election for
the office of District Clerk. I
have been your District Clerk
for almost twenty years. It has
been a pleasure to serve you,
the people of Coleman County. I
am asking for another term in
this office, for your vote and
support with honesty and
sincerity.
I am married to the former
Joyce Wilson w ho was born and
feared in Santa Anna, Texas
and lived most of her life in
Coleman County. She is pre-
sently employed with Coleman
TV Cable Co., Inc.
My office Deputy is Rebecca
(Fenton) Ewing and she is very
capable and efficient to fulfill
the duties of this office.
I feel that my first obligation
is to my office and therefore I
will not make a.door to door
visit with you. I plan to see as
Diabetes is a scare word
for many people-conjuring up
thoughts of coma, early death
or a lifetime regimen of shots
and measuring your diet.
There’s no use denying that
diabetes is a serious disease. It
does rank among the top 10
causes of death in Texas,
reports the State Health
Department. And, it is one of
the three leading causes of
blindness.
But today the greatest fear
from diabetes should be in
having the disease and not
knowing you have it. Once it is
out in the open, you can receive
treatment.
The Health Department
went looking for diabetes
recently in two South Texas
counties and found it. Special
free clinics were held in the
offices of private physicians and
Health Department clinics in
Starr and Hidalgo Counties.
Television messages urged
people to avail themselves to
these tests.
In the two counties, 835
persons hearing the messages
responded for the simple tests.
Of these, 136 had positive high
blood sugar.
In addition to the 835,
another 440 persons received
diabetes blood tests at regular
Health Department clinics. In
the six weeks following the
short campaign, another 269
persons were screened at
many as possible and to the
ones I fail to contact, I want you
to know I have appreciated
your vote and support in the
past and I’m asking for your
vote again. It will be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you,
G. A. (Tode) Hensley
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clinics or by private physicians.
Control of diabetes today is
so effective that most people
who have it need not be
seriously impaired. Diabetes
are found in athletes, business
men, housewives, factory work-
ers, politicians, farmers, grow
ing children. And all can lead
worthwhile, productive lives.
Their lives are being prolonged
dramatically as long as they
take the extra care rfdcessary
to keep diabetes from taking its
rapid toll if unchecked.
Just what is diabetes?
Medical authorities don’t know
exactly what causes it, and they
can’t cure it. But they can help
a person live with it. They
know that the diabetic’s pan-
creas produces either no insulin
or not enough to utilize
properly the sugars and starch
es he eats. This in turn
interferes with the body's
handling of fats and protein.
Sugar build up in the body can
lead to serious consequences -
poor circulation, heart disease,
blindness, infection, kidney
failure, high blood pressure,
stroke. Some of the overt
symptoms may be loss of
weight, excessive thirst, tired
ness, frequent urination, ex-
cessive appetite.
Diabetes can cause an accum
ulation of problems before the
victim becomes aware of them.
That's one reason public
health officials and private
physicians urge everyone to be
sure of their own conditions. A
blood or urine test can give you
the answer.
There are certain high risk
factors which make a person
more likely to get diabetes. It's
these high risk individuals who
need the ' test most *8'f ’all.
Heredity is one of the risk
factors, if there is a history of
diabetes in your family. But ask
yourself these other questions.
Are you 45 or older? Ape you
overweight-obese? Have you
had any babies that weighed
over nine pounds at birth?
Every "yes” answer increas
es your chance of having
diabetes, and it should compel
you E6 have a checkup to be
sure. Even if you aren’t a
person at high risk, don't you
want to know for sure that you
aren't one of the two million
hidden diabetics in this coun
try? Your State Health Depart
ment urges you to take this
step toward good health-now
-and in the future.
Tizzy
Cultivate tolerance—it's part
of the business of life.
* i it
“I’ll always remember
you fondly, Freddie -
as the boy who in-
troduced me to Johnny
Harrison tonight!”
To The Voters
Of Coleman
School District:
As a candidate for Place
7 your vote will be
appreciated on April 6. As
parent of school children,
and taxpayer with land
holdings, I feel qualified to
serve on the Coleman
School Board.
If elected, I will serve to
the best of my abilify, giving each decision
careful consideration from the viewpoint
of a Christian, parent and taxpayer.
JIM BURK
Political Adv. Paid by Jim Burkett,
Burkett Route, Coleman, Texas D45-C18p
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The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 2, 1974, newspaper, April 2, 1974; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth752108/m1/3/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.