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T
HMADY. TF.YAf* KitlhAY. AUGUST A. W**
7(UJ &IJJUY HTAMDARD AND IfKART o’ TFYA* NEW
Truth vs Half Truth
Half truth:
Wets* ads try to prove McUulloch County has worse
traffic death record than surrounding wet counties.
TRUTH:
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FIGURES
SHOW FOR 19614964:
IMI-1943 At-race* IMil Death* To
Accidents
Death*
Accidents
Death*
Population Ratio
McUULLOCH ....
1.7
2.0
8
9
1
2440
MENARD ........
...3.0
3.0
2
2
1
1078
1,1, A NO
3.7
4.7
1
1
I
1398
BROWN
.8.7
9.7
5
5
1
4053
GILLESPIE........
...3.7
4.7
6
13
1
1546
MILLS
2.3
3.3
1
1
1
1807
KIMBLE
2.7
3.0
3
5
1
1127
CONCHO
1.7
.2.0
5
6
1
1311
THE TRUTH IS McUUIJ/H'H COUNTY HAS A
BETTER TRAFFIC DEATH TO POPULATION
RATIO THAN SIX OF THE SEVEN SURROUND-
ING COUNTIES.
Half Truth:
Wet.a* ads claim wet counties have less traffic
deaths than do dry counties.
TRUTH:
THE TRUE ISSUE IS NOT WHERE THE ACCI-
DENT OCCURS BUT WHAT CAUSED IT. DE-
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RURAL MO-
TOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOR
LAST 10 YEARS SHOW:
* ' •
ACCIDENTS INVOLVING
DRINKING DRIVER
Average Fatal Noil-Fatal
1954-1961 39.9% 19.9%
A » \
Half Truth:
By using only last year’s abnormally high traffic
ti ll in McCullioch County (9 deaths compared to
preceding 3 years average deaths of 2 per year)
the Wets try to prove legal alcohol sales make a
safer city.
TRUTH:
A RESEARCH OF THE RECORDS PROVE THAT
NONE OF THE TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN Mc-
CITLLOCH COUNTY LAST YEAR INVOLVED A
DRINKING DRIVER.
Half Truth:
The Wets infer that the failure of Brady to vote
in liciucr wilj seriously affect old age pensions,
teachers’ retirement and other state services.
TRUTH:
JOHN H. WINTERS, COMMISSIONER OF
STATE WELFARE, STATES THAT THE ENTIRE
AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL REVENUE IN TEXAS
IS LESS THAN i*/4% OF THE TOTAL STATE
INCOME. THE INCREASED LIQUOR CONSUMP-
TION BY MAKING BRADY WET, WHILE
GREATLY AFFECTING THE PRESENT BRADY
CONSUMPTION. WILL AFFECT THE OVERALL
STATE REVENUE BY AN INCONSEQUEN-
TIAL AMOUNT.
WHAT OTHER HALF TRUTHS. WILL BE USED BY
THE WETS TO TRY AND CONVINCE YOU
THAT THERE IS A RIGHT WAY TO DO A WRONG
THING?
VOTE THE TRUTH
Scratch The Top Line Saturday
McCulloth County Civic Loyalty League
('*11 7-2831 or 7-2748 or 7-2361 or 7-6041 for n ride to
the polls Saturday.
<w. rot. A*v.)
Ruined Coins Not
Worth Redeeming
1 DAI.I.AS </P>- If you have
any beat up roiu* you want it
dce»m«d, forcel it.
That’* flu* advice of F»tw«t
Hk'hter, a Ho lino iKirrr civil
Orrlre officer, who tried it
juat for curiosity, A fin three
weeks of effort, lie iwfivt'il n
If. S. Treasury i'hnk far M
cent* for a mutilated half dol-
lar he found in hia bark yard.
‘‘The coin was bent and ham-
mered or rhiiieled beyond re-
cognition,” aaid Richter, region-
al director of the Veterans Em-
ployment Right* Bureau.
He took it to hia hank to
see how such coina are handled
and the hank directed him to
the Federal Reserve Bank.
At the Federal Reserve
Hank he was raretullv
ushered through a small
army of guard*. then told.
“The roin'a condition ia
In* had. You must send it
hark lo I hr mini fur rr-
demptiun aa bullion.“
Ririiler mulled the damaged
coin. A letter returned asking
for more infoi motion which
Richter supplied.
An explniintiori from the mint
*nid when coins are not recog-
nizable they are weighed and
the amount of ailver remaining
In the piece la determined. In
Richter's case the ailver was
worth the full Wl cent*.
The mint also advised
that it will not redeem
less than five pounds of
mangled pennies or nirklea.
Richter aays the next dam-
aged coin he finds will be
used aa a paperweight.
NOTICE
Annual Membership Meeting
of the
The United States has 46
percent of the total coal re-
serves of the world.
J J
YOU C ANT DRIVE, YOU’VE BEEN DRINKING
MCCULLOCH ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
Saturday, August 7,1965
9:00 A. M.—REGISTRATION
9:30 A. M.—BUSINESS MEETING
11:00 A. M.-ADJOURNMENT
Dr. Charles Jarvis, Dentist-Humorist
will entertain you.
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT
THE BRADY SCHOOL CAFETERIA
600 West 11th Street
Brady, Texas
PUBLIC NOTICE
Proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO ON THE BALLOT
PROPOSED C O N S T I T U-| not less than par value and
T I O N A L AMFINDMFINT ; accrued interest; shall tie is-
to hf; votf:d on at an
ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON NOVEMBER 2. 19G5.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLU-
TION NO. 6 proposing an
Amendment to Section 49-h,
Article III of the Constitution
of Texas so as to authorize an
increase in the total amount of
bonda or obligations that may
be issued by the Veterans'
Land Board to F'our Hundred
Million Dollars (|400.000,000) ;
providing for the issuance of
said bonds or obligations and
the conditions relating thereto
sued in such forms, denomi-
nations, and upon such terms
as are now or may hereafter
tie provided by law; shall be
issued and sold at such times,
at such places, and in such
installments as may be de-
termined by said Board; and
shall bear a rate or rates of
interest as may be fixed by
said Board but the weighted
average annual interest rate,
as that phrase is commonly
and ordinarily used and under-
nod in the municipal bond
ng thereto market, of all the bonds issued
and the use of the Veterans’ ! and sold in any installment of
Land Fund; and providing for
an election and the issuance of
a proclamation therefor.
HE IT KFiSOl.VED BY THE
legislature OF THE
STATE OF’ TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 49-
b, Article III of the Constitu-
tion of Texas, be amended so
that the same will hereafter
read us follows:
“Section 49-b. By virtue of
prior Amendments to this
Constitution, there has been
created a governmental agen-
cy of the State of Texas per-
forming governmental duties
which has been designated
the Veterans’ Land Board.
Said Boaid shall continue to
function for the purposes spe-
cified in all of the prior Con-
stitutional Amendments ex-
cept as modified herein. Said
Board shall be composed of
the Commissioner of the Gen-
eral ljind Board and two (2)
citizens of the State of Tex-
as, one (1) of whom shall be
well versed in veterans' af-
fairs and one (1) of whom
shall be well versed in finan-
ces. One (1) such citizen
member shall, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, be
appointed biennially by the
Governor to nerve for a term
of four (4) years; but the
member* serving on said
Board on the date of adoption
hereof shall complete the
terms to which they were ap-
pointed. In the event of the
resignation or death of any
such citizen member, the Gov-
ernor shall appoint a replace-
ment to serve for the unex-
pired portion of tb« term to
which the deceased or resign-
ing member had been ap-
pointed. The compensation for
said citizen members shall be
as is now or may hereafter be
fixed by the Legislature; and
each shall make bond In such
amount a* is now or may
hereafter lx- prescribed by the
Legislature.
“The Commissioner of the
General Land Office shall act
aa Chairman of said Board
and shall lie the administra-
tor of the Vet' ran*’ Land Pro-
gram under aurh terms and re-
striction* ** nre now or may
hereafter be provided by law
In the absence or illness of
any bonda may not exceed
four and one-half per cent
(4‘s%). All bond* or obliga-
tions issued and sold hereun-
der shall, after execution by
the Board, approval by the
Attorney General of Texas,
registration by the Comptrol-
ler of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas, and delivery
to the purchaser or purchas-
ers, be incontestable and shall
constitute general obligations
of the State of Texas under
the Constitution of Texas;
and all bonds heretofore is-
sued and sold by said Board
are hereby in all respects vali-
dated and declared to be gen-
eral obligations of the State
of Texas. In order to prevent
defuult in the payment of
principal or interest on any
such bonds, the Legislature
shall appropriate a sufficient
amount to pay the same.
“In the sale of any such
bonds or obligations, a prefer-
ential right of purchase shall
be given to the administrators
of the various Teacher Re-
tirement Funds, the Perma-
nent Ur.iveraity Funda, and
the Permanent School Funds.
“Said Veterans’ Land F’und
shall consist of any lands
heretofore or hereafter pur-
chased by said Board, until the
sale price therefor, together
with any interest and penal-
ties due, have been received
by said Board (although noth-
ing herein shall be construed
to prevent said Board from ac-
cepting full payment for a
portion of any tract), and of
the moneys attributable to
any bonda heretofore or here-
after iaaued and aold by said
Board which moneys so attri-
butable shall include but shall
not be limited to the proceed*
from the issuance and sale of
such bonds; the moneys re-
ceived from the sale or re-
sale of any lands, or rights
therein, purchased with such
proceeds; the moneys received
from the sale or resale of any
lands, or rights therein, put-
chased with other moneys at-
tributable to such bonds; the
interest and penalties received
from the sale or resale of such
lands, or right* therein; the
henuses. income, rents, royal
said Commissioner, the Chief j ties, and any ether pecuniar)’
Clerk of the General luind Of- benefit received hy said Hoard
fire shall be the Acting Chair- from any such land*; sums re-
man of said Hoard with the | reived by way of indemnity or
same duties and powers that t forf.itura for the failure of
said Commiss.oner would have any biddtr for the purchase of
if pree"nt. j any such bond* to comply with
and pay for
’The Veteran** t.and Board
may provide for. issue and sell
not to exceed Four Hundred
Million DolhM (8406.040 Apt))
in bonds or obligation! *f the
State of Teens for the purpose
of creating a fund to he
kaown as the Veterans' Fond
Fund. Two Hundred Million
Del la i a (flon.oooong) *f
which have heretofore been Is-
sued and sold Such bunds or
obligations Shall he Sold for
hia bid and accept
such boiyde or for the failure
of ati) Wddar for the purchase
ef any lamia comprising a
part of sa4d Fund to comply
with Me hid and accent and
nay for aay aurh lamia; and
internet received from Invest-
ments of aay aurh moneye
The principal and Interest on
mode heretofore and h* re
the ■
as
id by aaid Board
paid out af the
moneys of said Fund in con-
formance with the Constitu-
tional provisions authorising
such bonus; but the moneys
of said F’und which are not
immediately committed to the
payment of principal and in-
terest on such bonds, tlie pur-
chase of lands as herein pro-
vided, or the payment of ex-
penses as herein provided may
lie invested in bonds or obli-
gations of the United States
until such funds are needed
for such purposes.
“All moneys comprising a
part of said Fund und uat ex-
pended for the purposes here-
in provided shall be a part of
said F’und untH there are suf-
ficient moneys therein to re-
tire fully all of the bonds
heretofore or hereafter issued
and sold by said Rourd, at
which time all such moneys
remaining in said Fund, ex-
eept such portion thereof as
may be necessary to retire all
such bonds which portion shall
be set aside and retained in
said Fund for the purpose of
retiring all such bonds, shall
be deposited to the credit of
the General Revenue Fund to
be appropriated to such pur-
poses as may be proscribed
by law. All moneys becoming
a part of said F’und thereafter
shall likewise be deposited to
the credit of tire General Rev-
enue F'und.
“When a Division of said
Fund (each Division consist-
ing of tlie moneys attribut-
able to the bonds issued and
sold pursuant to a single Con-
stitutional authorization und
the lands purchased there-
with) contains sufficient mon-
eys to retire all of the bonds
secured by such Division, the
moneys thereof, except such
portion aa may be needed to
retire all of the bonds secured
by such Division which portion
shall lie set aside and remain
a part of such Division for
the purpose of retiring all
such bonds, may be used for
the purpose of paying the
principal and the interest
thereon, together with the ex
ponses herein authorized, of
any other bonds heretofore or
hereafter i'sued and sold by
said Board. Such use shall be
a matter for the discretion
and direction of said Board;
but there may be no such use
of any such moneys contrary
to the right* of nny holder of
any of the bond* issued and
aold by *aid Board or viola-
tive of any rontrart to which
said Board ia a party.
“The Veterans’ Land Fund
shall he used by suid Board
for the purpose of uurchus
ing land* situated in the State
of Texas owned by the United
States or any governmental
agency thereof, owned by the
Texas Prison System or any
other governmental agency of
the State of Texaa, or owned
by any person, firm, or corp-
oration. All lands thus pur-
chased nhall lie acquired at the
lowest price obtainable, to be
j paid for in rash, and shall
j be a part of saki F'und. Surh
! lamia heretofore or hereafter
purchased and comprising a
j part of said Fund are here
| by declared to h» held for a
i governmental purpose. al-
though th, individual pun ha*
ere thereof shsll he subject to
taxation to the same extent
ami in the same manner as
are purchasers of lamia dedi
rated to the Permanent Free
Public School Fund.
“The lands nf the Veterans’
Und Fund shall be e>4d hy
said Hoard In such quantities,
on suet, terms, at *urh petres,
at such raw e of mteiwa* amt
under such rules and re rule
i turns a* are now »r may here
'alter he provided hy law te
Texas veterans who served not
less than ninety (90) continu-
ous days, unless sooner dis-
charged by reason of a serv-
ice - connected disability, on
active duty in the Army, Navy,
Air F’orce, Coast Guard or
Marine Corps of the United
States between September
16, 1940, und Marrh 31, 1955,
nnd who upon the date of fil-
ing his or her application to
purchase any such land is a
citizen of the United States,
is a bona fide resident of the
State of Texas, and has not
been dishonorably discharged
from any branch of the Armed
F’orcea above-named and who
at the time of his or her en-
listment, induction, commis-
sioning, or drafting was a
bona fide resident of the State
of Texas. The foregoing not-
withstanding, any lands in the
Veterans' Land Fund which
have been first offered for
sale to veterans and which
have not been sold may be
sold or resold to such pur-
chasers, in such quantities,
and on such terms, and at
such prices and rates of in-
terest, and under such rules
and regulations as are now or
may hereafter be provided by
law.
“Said Veterans’ Land Fund,
to the extent of the moneys
attributable to any bonds
hereafter issued and sold by
said Board may be used by
said Board, as is now or may
hereafter lie provided by law,
for the purpose of paying the
expenses of surveying, monu-
menting, road construction, le-
gal fees, recordation fees, ad-
vertising and other like costs
nercaaary or incidental to the
purchase and sale, or resale,
of any lands purchased with
any of the moneys attribut-
able to such additional bonds,
surh expenses to lie added to
the price of such land* when
sold, or resold, by said Board;
for the purpose of paying the
expenses of issuing, selling,
nml delivering any such addi-
tional bonds; and for the pur-
pose of meeting the expense*
of paying the interest or
principal due or to become
due on any such additional
bonds.
“All moneys attributable to
| the bonds issued and sold
puisuant to the Constitution-
al Amendment adopted on No-
vetnber 6, 1956. shall lie cred-
ited to said Veterans’ Land
F'und and may tie used for
| the purpose of purchasing
additional lands, to lie sold as
provided herein, until Decem-
ber 1, 1966; provided, how-
ever, that so much of aurh
moneys as may lie necessary
to pay interest on such bonds
shall lie set nside for that pur-
pose. After December 1, 1966.
all money* attributable to such
| Winds shall be *et aside for
the retirement of aurh bond*
j ami to pay Interest thereon;
1 ami when there are sufficient
money* to retire all of aurh
bond*, ail of such moneys then
remaining or thereafter In*
1 coming a part of aaid Vet-
erans’ I and Fund shall be
governed aa elsewhere pto-
: \ idiwt herein.
“All of the moneys attrib
otahie to any wiiea of bond*
i hereafter issued and aold by
aakt Hoard (a aeries of Winds’
. being alt of the bonda Issued
1 and sold in a single transaction
aa a stag!# installment of
hoods) may he u*ed fee the
purchase of Made ae herein
pravkteg, to be sold as he win
pnivkled. for g period ending
eight (■> years after the date
uf ante of *«rh eerie* of bunds;
{provided. however, *h«t so
much ef aurh swwn aa may
be pemtrr It M) mtoreet «a
bond* hereafter hawed and aold
shall be set aside for that pur-
pose in accordance with the
resolution adopted by said
Board authorizing the issu-
ance and sale of atu’h series
of bonds. After such eight (8)
year period, all of such mon-
eys shall lie set aside for the
retirement of any bond* here-
after issued and sold and to
pay interest thereon, together
with any expenses as provided
herein, in accordance with the
resolution or resolutions au-
thorizing the issuance and aale
of such additional bonds, until
there are sufficient moneys
to retire all of the bonds here-
after issued and sold, at which
time all such moneys then w-
maining a part of said Vet-
erans’ Laud Fund and there-
after becoming a part of said
Fund shall be governed as
elsewhere provided herein.
“This Amendment being in-
tended only to establish a bas-
ic framework ahd not to be a
comprehensive treatment of
the Veteruns’ Land Program,
there is hereby reposed in the
Legislature full power to im-
plement and effectuate the de-
sign and objects of this
A m e n d m e n t, including the
power to delegate such duties,
responsibilities, functions, and
authority to the Veterans’
Land Boaixl as it believes nec-
essary.
“Should the Legislature en-
act nny enabling law* in anti-
cipation of this Amendment,
no such law shall lie void by
reason of its anticiputory na-
ture.
“This Amendment shall be-
come effective upon its adop-
tion.”
Section 2. The foregoing
Constitutional Amendment
shall be submitted to a vote
of the qualified electors uf
this state at an election to be
held on the first Tuesday
after the firat Monday in
Nevember. 1968, at which elec-
tion all ballots shall have
printed thereon the following:
“F'OR the Amendment t»
Section 49-h of Article III
of the Constitution of Texas
to increase the Veterans’
Land Fund by 1*00,040,000.-
00; said F'und to lie used for
the purpose of purchasing
land in Texas to lie sold to
Texas veterans who served
in the Armed Service* of
the United States between
Neptemlier Hi, 1940, and
March tfl, 1965: auoh fund*
to lie expended in accord -
anre with instruction* and
requirement* thst may be
provided by law"; ami
“AGAINST the Amendment
to Section 49-b of Article
III of the Constitution of
Texas to increase the Vet-
erans’ Land Fund by 8204,-
000.000 IK); saki Fund to be
u«ed for the purpose of pur-
chasing land in Texas to be
aold to Texas veteran* who
served In the Armed Serv-
ice* »>f the United Stetea
between Septemlier 14.
1840. aid March 31. 1966.
such funds to he expended
in areordnnee with Instruc-
tions and requirement* that
may he provided hy law."
If it appear* from the re-
turn* of said elertlan the! I
| majority of the vote*
i were in favor of *am*
merit, the same shall become a
fvir* of the State f'onatite-
Ittoa end he effective from the
i dele set forth In aetd AmusF
meet. and the Gevefwer ehwll
•aetse g pro* Uaiatiun It keep
inp therewith
Vetkin 8 The Go venter el
; the Btste nf Texes shall
! the aeeeeanry prerlematteh
j fee said »lectin* and ahh*
have th* aaime published aa
, required hp the Cewetitwltew
1 and Law* ef this stale.
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