The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 35, Ed. 1 Monday, September 4, 1961 Page: 2 of 8
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THE WINICLER COUNTY NEWS, Kermit, Texas
PAGE I WO _Monday, September 4, 1961
A Smali Carrot
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One of the most important proposals made by the
President—and one which, in principle if not in detail,
should excite little controversy—is that concerning the
stimulation of industrial expansion and the moderniza-
tion of plants and equipment.
The stimulant proposed is a tax credit, to be ap-
plied against the federal income tax. The formula sug-
gested in the Presidential message is a complicated
one, and some fear that the average businessman might
not be able to fully understand it. So a substitue for-
mula, of a very simple nature is being considered, and
this, it is reported, has Administration approval.. Un-
der it, Congress would determine the amount of invest-
ment credit to be allowed. Say the figure established
was 8 per cent.. In this case a business could deduct $8
for every $100 invested in depreciable assets.
It is hoped this small carrot held before the work
horse will encourage business and industry to replace
obsolete equipment at a faster rate. This would mean
more jobs and better jobs, as well as more and better
goods for consumers. Increased business activity, and
the increased payrolls and sales, would produce in-
creases in tax revenue to offset the tax credit.
People Count Most
The tangible assets of a commercial enterprise can
be detailed in a standard balance sheet—the invest-
ment in plants and' other property, along with a listing
of income and profit and such matters.
But there are vastly important intangible assets
which can’t be so simply covered. Their name is
people.
president of a great American oil company,
which operates on the international scale, recently
visited a new refinery built by a Norwegian affiliate,
n writing about it, he said: “. . . more important than
the physical attributes of a new refinery are the things
one is not able to see—the thousands of hours of co-
operative effort of the experts in design, engineering,
purchasing, shipping, construction, air and water pol-
lution, and administration which have contributed to
(making it a^reality It is really the people who
count, and the organization which can bring all these
talents together with a real spirit of cooperation and
enthusiasm has a great intangible force working for it.”
And that force, in the long run, exceeds any other.
An enterprise must have tangible assets—money, land
tools. But it must never be forgotten that the intangible
assets—people—count most.
T hrough
The Years
20 YEARS AGO
The 1941-42 term of Kermit
Public Schools got under way
this week with an enrollment
of 710 students in the entire
system.
Pink Mitchell, prominent
West Texas rancher and Ker-
mit citizen, celebrated his 55th
birthday Tuesday very quiet-
ly in his home. Mrs. Mitchell
and the two younger children,
Ethel Faye and Billy, enjoy-
ed a chicken dinner and the
traditional birthday cake.
Wrenched away by a sud-
den twister or extremely hard
gust of wind, C. H. Souchek’s
small house in the eastern end
of Kermit sailed through the
air during Wednesday night’s
hard windstorm, tore down
light wires, damaged the T.
H. Stroud home and landed
in the street and Gene Crutch-
er’s yard as a heap of torn
lumber.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Nev Williams
Jr. and small daughter, Toni,
will leave Sunday to make
their home in Austin, where
he will enroll in University
of Texas.
Mrs. J. W. Morris entertain-
ed her little daughter, Sheila
Beth, with a birthday party
in her home Friday of last
week.
A marriage license was is-
sued to D. B. Roark and Miss
Betty Jo Day.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Gates
and daughters, Dixie Lee and
Lynda, have, returned from a
two weeks’ vacation spent in
East Texas, Oklahoma and
the Gulf Coast.
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Nev H. Williams, Publisher
10 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Tommy Thompson re-
turned by plane Sunday from
Mayo Brothers Clinic, Roch-
ester, Minn., and was report-
ed “much improved,’’ after
receiving medical treatment.
By Wednesday morning, the
second day of classes, 1,647
students were enrolled in Ker-
mit Independent School- Dis-
trict schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Adams
and son, Eddie, returned Sun-
day from a 10-day vacation
trip when they visited friends
and relative^ in Lubbock,
Childress and otlier Ban-1 ■
handle towns. ,,,,
II. A;. Coulter is on ,hip way |
to Pittsburg*, Pa., and' Now
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Answers
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Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office in Kermit,
Texas under the Act of March 2, 1879.
BY VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Asociation
AUSTIN — Gov. Price Dan-
iel, pointing to the record of
most other states that have
a general sales tax, warns
Texans that without concert-
ed efforts to shave state
spending the Texas tax could
grow to three or four per cent
in the future.
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; ■ More, than that, he said, un-
iters* there, is “prudent econ-
omy , aqd reorganization of
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...................—Woman’s Editor
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AP news dispatches.
Dedicated to the spirit of civic progress; to the unifi-
cation of the townspeople in a common purpose *or
the betterment of our community; to our churches,
schools and homes, that Kermit shall ever be a good
place in which to live and rear our children. And,
above all, honesty, decency, justice, tolerance, faith in
Almighty God~These shall be our citadel.
N.H.W.
Professional teamwork,
vital to your health!
Your Doctor and Your Pharmacist
Tour doctor’s ability in diagnosing and
prescribing for you . . . our meticulous
accuracy in filling his prescription . . .
both are essential to alleviating pain
and speeding your recovery from ill-
ness.
Simpson’s
Professional
Pharmacy
900 Myer Lane
Just Across the Street
Southwest of Hospital
Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Monday - Saturday
to my advantage to come un-
der the new law. Is it too
late to change?
A — No, the change to the
new pension law may be
made at any time. However,
once the change is made, the
recipient cannot return to the
payment system under the
old law.
Q — Was there ever a VA
hospital at Fort Hunt, Va.?
A — During July and Aug-
ust in 1932, the VA operated
a hospital at Fort Hunt for
indigent veterans. The hos-
pital was in operation only
six weeks.
Q — As a veteran, if I am
called back to active duty be-
cause of the Berlin crisis,
is the Soldiers and Sailors Re-
lief Act still in effect?
A — Yes, the provisions of
the Soldiers and Sailors Re-
lief Act are still in effect.
To make his point, Govern-
or Daniel reported that two-
thirds of the 34 states that
have general sales taxes have
increased the rate to three
per cent or more, and there
are now four states charging
a four per cent sales tax.
He again made clear his
dislike for the two per cent
Texas tax, but added:
“So much for the good and
bad which will result from
the new tax bill. On Septem-
ber 1 it will be the law of our
state, and as long as the law
is in effect, it behooves all
of us, whether we like it or
not, to co-operate in its en-
forcement. This I shall do,
and I believe every good citi-
zen will do likewise.”
MORE WORK — Governor
Daniel has found several
more items to be submitted
to the next special session of
the Legislature. He plans to
call the lawmakers back to
Austin again before the end
of the year.
Daniel’s expanding package
now includes maintenance
funds for farm roads, loan
shark control, municipal an-
nexation, tourist attraction,
lobbyist controls, adding
banks to the abandoned prop-
erty seizure law, improved
law enforcement measures,
and action on juvenile crime.
“As long as Texas continues
to grow,” he said, “there will
be more problems to solve, but
there are some which should
not be delayed. It will be my
aim to meet the most urgent
of these later this year or in
January of next year.”
BLUE LAW CONFUSION—
Under the new Texas “Blue
Law,” shopping for certain
items on Saturday or Sunday
may prove a chore. ':
The law that started out as
a device to hit the discouht
houses operating on Sunday
. was; changed to include Satur-
day asyan alternate because
the lawmakers felt a straight
Sunday closing law might ap-
pear discriminatory to some
religious groups who observe
the Sabbath on other days.
Included in the list of items
merchants are not allowed to
sell on one of the two week-
end days are lawn mowers,
toys, motor vehicles, clothing,
furniture, kitchen utensils,
air conditioners, home appli-
ances, jewelry, cameras, tele-
vision sets and radios.
The law has teeth — a fine
of $100 is provided for the
first conviction, going up to
$500 and six months in jail
for subsequent convictions.
SELLING TEXAS — The
State Industrial Commission,
given $100,000 by the Legis-
lature and charged with the
duty of selling Texas as the
place for industries to locate,
faces a challenge.
Chairman E. B. Germany
told-the commission, “It is a
challenge to make that $100,-
000 do what it is supposed to
do even though it is not
enough to do what we want
to do.”
Executive Director Walter
Dickerson reported 3,000 cop-
ies of a brochure entitled
“Texas: A Strategic Lo-
cation” have been printed.
Brochure will be distributed
to a “very carefully selected
group of people who have re-
sponsibility for making de-
cisions,” says Dickerson.
He appealed to Texas cities
to contribute information for
the commission’s industrial
surveys. Such information
would he kept on file for the
use of industrialists consider-
ing Texas sites. This would
make it possible for industri-
calists to choose an area with-
out it being known in ad-
vance. : • i i i
ATHLETICS - State col-
lege and university athletic
programs, with few excep-
tions, are not self-supporting,
says State Auditor C. H. Cav-
ness.
He made the statement in
connection with a report on
the opeations of Sul Ross
State College at Alpine where
the athletic program showed
a $26,357 loss for the year.
Income was $56,245, while ex-
penditures amounted to $80,-
136.
Cavness noted that athletic
scholarships and coaching sal-
aries have been paid from
educational and general funds.
Insects comprise the largest
group of all living creatures.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
WASHINGTON — Some im-
pressions formed in Europe
during nearly two months of
observation there are present-
ed here today. They are de-
rived from many frank con-
versations with heads of gov-
ernment, foreign ministers,
and well-informed editors of
important newspapers abroad.
There is, first of all, a high
regard for the United States.
Its prestige has never really
been impaired, though dis-
appointments in the postwar
years have been noted and
editorial criticism at times
has been severe.
Basically the United States
is looked to for leadership,
which is somehow expected to
be perfect in form and sub-
stance and method. The mo-
ment American policy seems
at variance with what highly
placed officials in other coun-
tries think it should be, they
do not hesitate to express
themselves about it. Too often
the newspapers reflect this
dissatisfaction, and the epi-
sodes then become magnified
beyond their true importance.
There is, however, funda-
mentally a difference in view-
point. European nations are
struggling for economic equi-
librium and ways and means
of satisfying the pressures for
more and more welfare pro-
grams for their growing pop-
ulations. They are not as
strong by any means as the
United States, nor have they
its potential resources. They
have drifted into sheer depen-
dence on America for mili-
tary, if not economic, support.
As for a big war, it is fear-
ed but everyday life doesn’t
seem to be modified because
of that fear. Normal process-
es of development continue,
and officials, though worried,
seem confident that war will
be avoided.
If the correspondent brings
back, however, one single im-
pression about the whole sit-
uation, it is that America is
not furnishing the leadership
it should in the world today.
It’s too bad that President
Kennedy has not himself here-
tofore had the benefit of ac-
tual experience in internation-
al affairs. Two years from
now he will be doing perhaps
many of the things he ought
to be doing today. For he will
l,earn the .hard way that
trying to harmonize differ-
ences with the Western allies
is a frustrating task and re-
sults in the end in policies
that' .represent a common de-
nominator of weakness rather
than strength.
President Wilson during
World War I gave an example
of leadership that might well
be repeated today. He did not
worry too much about what
his Allies said or thought
about the large programs of
policy that he believed should
be formulated for the post-
war years. He spoke out di-
rectly and forthrightly. He
didn’t feel that he had to con-
sult Allies on how each para-
graph of his speeches or
statements should be worded.
Today there is a conflict be-
tween materialism and ideal-
ism, between adherence to
principle and a readiness to
barter with the Communists
—to buy peace at the expense
of principle. The Western Al-
lies are divided in their con-
cepts of what ought to be
done about East Germany,
for instance, and are allow-
ing themselves to be pushed
around on the subject of hu-
man rights in East Germany
as well as in East Berlin. The
United States gives an im-
pression of timidity in what
is euphemistically described
as caution and restraint. But
it actually is furnishing to
Khrushchev — as happened
with Hitler — the feeling that
the Western Alliance is not
as strong as it is cracked up
to be.
Outwardly, some lip service
is being paid to the cause of
reunification of Germany. But
.under the surface, there is
fear of such a contingency.
Memories of the war have
not vanished in Europe, al-
though American policy to-
ward Japan shows how war-
time feeling can be super-
seded by a new sense of
friendship for a former en-
emy.
The Bonn government is a
free and democratic govern-
ment. Like the Weimar Re-
public of the 1920’s, it needs
help and encouragement.
West Germany needs to be
reunited with East Germany.
Otherwise, West Germany
will be repossessed someday
by the same kind of militaris-
tic groups that gave Hitler
his chance to rule.
Keeping Germany divided
is dangerous to the peace of
the world. President Kennedy
should speak out in this cause,
even if the Western Allies do
not dare to do so publicly.
They should already know the
spirit of revenge that can be
built up inside a defeated
country. And they should
know, too, that some strong
voice of leadership must
emerge today . if . the Berlin
problem is to be put into its
proper perspective,
Mr. Kennedy’s plea for a
reunified Germany would not
be applauded publicly today
by the heads of government
in Western Europe nor by
some of the politicians. Pub-
lic opinion within {heir coun-
tries isn’t ready for it. So
American spokesmen must
lead in this cause. It takes a
rare courage to speak out
and lay before the world the
bases of an enduring peace
and to strive to get world
opinion behind such a pro-
gram.
If the Weimar Republic had
been supported in the 1920’s
by the West, with financial
and economic programs, there
wouldn’t have been a Hitler
or a second world war.
The Russian people don’t
want war, but they don’t
know that the way is being
prepared for it by their own
misguided rulers. They are
not being told. The true v^|be
of America that can help pre-
vent a world war and insure
peace has not yet been heard.
This Is
The Law
In Texas
Entering into a business of
your own, either in your spare
time or on a full-time basis,
is a big step. Careful consid-
eration should be given every
part of such a venture. How-
ever, John did not bother to
find out what his rights were,
and he lived to regret it.
While in the military ser-
vice, John learned the butch-
er trade. Upon returning to
civilian life, he decided to
open his own shop. After look-
ing for some time, John learn-
ed of a small meat shop in a
good neighborhood that ^as
for sale. The shop was doing
a thriving business, and
seemed to have a substarAal
number of regular customers.
The owner, Amos Jones, show-
ed John the books which in-
dicated a good return. This
appeared to be just the op-
portunity that he had been
looking for so John bought the
shop.
Business went on briskly
for about two weeks — just
long enough, in fact, for Amos
to open another butcher shop
right around the corner. All
of Amos’ customers followed
him to his new location. John,
a newcomer to the town, saw
his trade practically vanished.
Yet he could do nothing.
John might have prevented
this situation from arising. He
could have put a clause into
the contract of sale prohibit-
ing Amos from opening an-
other butcher shop within a
given area around his old
shop, or even in the sairm
town. This clause could also
have provided against Amos
returning to the operation of
a meat market for a certain
length of time. ff
By his failure to discover
and exercise his rights, John
had lost them. In ente'ring a
new business, as well as in
most other ventures in life, it
is still a good policy to look
before you leap.
Fire insurance dates from
the great fire of London in
1666.
ON THIS
LABOR DAY
we salute
the laboring
men of Kermit
and Winkler
County!
The convenient way — and the safe way — to handle
your property insurance is to have it placed in one policy
written by your local agent. He is an expert on all types of
coverage and ready to serve you at all times.
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Insurance Agency
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Williams, Nev H. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 35, Ed. 1 Monday, September 4, 1961, newspaper, September 4, 1961; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth905312/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.