The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 19, 1968 Page: 2 of 22
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THC TUIIA. (Swlshvr County) HCRAIO
thuraoay orcrMBr* 10 ma
UL giafi® Scholastic Census
(Qpeqpitl (Mn pugg
ttthiMt: Keenest/ we went do it MhKfve*.
win feat* (to ae*6rtton> do it
ftJNMT MHPPMR to to* mM tint Ms
■ e ortotouriwt wmM tmter on tows
tot
1 awut ttoy can
fc»."
Tin league ts wetting sappart from “entities
which advertise extemivety" and wffl tote a bul-
letin ea<ti month "calltng members attention to
tte TV networks, radio networks or group of inde-
pendent stations wMch are gtvtRg the ‘Uterty’ xMe
the heat presentation tn entertainment as well
as putottc affairs ”
Rant's brochure even offers a "confidential ci-
tation of honor” to members using their advertis-
ing budget as he suggests Wilson called this idea
"a veiled boycott of Intractable news and entertain
merit media ", adding that M had also occurred to
Bruce Palmer. Executive Director of the Rational
Southern publishers that He conM use Mg adver-
tisers on Ms board tar a boycott in toe radio - TV
business
ILdOM RRPORTOP that Palmer decided not
H. M. BAGGARLY
Naturally it ts from G M O’ltear since wo don't
knew anyone else who would desert the Texas Pan-
bandk* for Montana
He writes, "1 knew The Tulia Herald would go
down bill if l ever left, but I didn't dream it would
sink to the level of the issue received here yester-
day. the thmg that top-- the cake is the dirt\
dig that the Country Kditor made about us public
relations experts if you are going to make such
statements it seem- to me that you could find
somewhere besides the front page to print them "
T*S ROT THAT WE were not our usually articu-
Slated For January
children and one great great grand
child
1-uneral services will be held al
Wallace Funeral Chapel in Tulia
at 11 o’clock Thursday morning
KMct W R Dale, pastor of the
Primitive Baptist church of I.ub-
t-ock will officiate He will be as-
M-ted by Klder Jimmy Ha—. Pri-
mitive Baptist minister of \ma-
nllo Burial will be in lio.sc Bill
One fellow says that he doesn't
need to learn to live better for
he is only living half as good a-
he knows how. now
The annual enumeration of soho- uary
In-tics in the Tulia Independent Shortly after January 1 students
School District is completed an- in the Julia Ibiblic schools wall be
ntinlly during lb month of Jan- bringing home census blanks Par
I
w
to go this route, but to Mat actor Bob Hope
as the spiritual leader of a new moral crusade, de-
tails of which will be a an iiua ud later.
A few days ton, it was aanemneed by Palmer
that Dr MW on WaiuMowti told Rope wtoM lead
a national “CHuens for Justice with Order" group
aimed at ten million members and a "war chest" of
tc-n million dollars
VHE MlMt - PALMER approaches recall a toni-
I lar proposal six years ago by Donald 1. Rog-
ers. business and financial editor of toe New York
Herald-Tribune, now defunct. A speech by Rogers
was inserted in the Congressional Record by Sena-
tor Barry Coldwatcr. It called on corporations to
stop supporting -enwwfc.i of bundle** and toe enter-
prise with their advertising dollars " Rogers named
a group of "liberals" who should be denied ad-
vertising revenue and listed media who thOvM
get the money.
The Herald - Tribune repudiated Rogers and he
became a columnist for William Bhrkley’s Na •
tional Review BofleHn
tojbir tom .Nutorticm and mi
MM threat to our way of life is the effort of any
one clique to control the media, news
xine. radio and TV, by granttrig or
life blood of the media . .the advtotitog dollar:
Perhaps the greatest responsibility the federal
government has to the people is to tout the power
of the nation's vested interests
Even more important than profits to the bil-
lion dollar combines is POLITICAL and ECONOMIC
POWER If they can get (Ms, they don't have to
worry about their profit*.
thtHAT It TRUE ON the national level is also
ff true « the local level Fewer than a half
dozen big advertisers in Amarillo keep the Area •
nllo paper going This half dozen, if so inclined,
could bring the mightv Globe - News to Its ktoes
And perhaps toe top six advertisers oa televis-
ion could control that medium if n Inclined
And don’t think tor one moment that they
might not be so inclined under certain ctrcuin -
dartres
Take soap, automobile and tobacco advertisers
off television and what ts left1*
This is why we need a tJ. S. Supreme Court
and an adnftalOration In Washington which puts
hitman rights above economic rights, which Is
more Interested in Die good of the masses than in
the good of their would • be masters.
wspaper, tnaga-
wRNtoldtag me
A MOTE frrtn one of our tost
primitive outposts of rivtttaflan —
have been challenged It'-, tu-d that the idea we
were conveying wa* partial!* lo«t in the transla-
tion between here and Montana — probably some
where “west of Denver" a- the New York based
radio networks used to sa\ in explaining lint* dif-
ficulties between Hollywood and New York
We were speaking e# ex BERTS, ml Experts.
Naturally, that excludes Godfrey from the
group to which we referred
hJAEE ARE CURIOUS ABOUT -om* thing- For n
ft long time we've wondered how Herbert W
Armstrong's The World Tomorrow broadcast i-
financed since it insists that listener- not contribute
to the cause or pay for the end'e-s -tream of liter-
ature and expensively done brochures it ‘ends out
Ue noted that the program i- beard all over
the dial, and radio station- -imply don t carry a
SO • minute program v\en days a week for nothing
ReVe a-ked broadi a-fer- and others the source
Of the fimri- which keep thi- program going out
no one seems to know
We deliberately got our name1 on the program -
mailing list to see il wv might get a clue
Jk NEWSLETTER came through the mail, and
we still don't have the answer to our ques-
tion but we did learn -ome interesting things
about the organization
For instance, since June, the program has add
ed 225.008 new subscriber- to it- mailing list,
but it insis.s it has nothing for sate and want- no
contnbi’Mons
Its Ambassador College has three colleges, m
Pasadena. Calif . bmdon, England, and one 100
miles ea.-t of Dallas.
The college is "adequately endowed "
It pubti-he- a torn correspondence course with
more than 100.000 enrolled
Its Plain Truth magazine has a circulation of
1.500.9M. subscription frm It is eonstamly on the
lookout for goodie- to -end frm to its suborn be r-
It has large printing plants ai Watford. Eng
land. North Sydney. Australia. Sandy. Texas, and
Pasadena. Calif
The Ambassador payroll in the city of Pasadena
aVxie is 15.508.000 per year
Ambassador College is the largest pureha-er of
radio time in the world, broadcasting on nearly too
radio stations worldwide. xi<-hiding many of the
largest and top - prestige stations — daily
Its own superbly equipped modern television
studios produce program- for television in full color
It has a news bureau well staffed, al-o tele-
types whfch click off the late-t news from all thn-c
leading press services from all over the world. 24
hours a dav Its news staff checks daily «uih papers
as the New York Times, London Times. Che ago
Tribune. Christian Science Monitor, and the world -
leading magazines
Yet. there Isn’t an indication or hmt of the
source of its income
Such things frighten us Vie wonder who is up
to what Who has a -ubtle axe to grind"’ Who is
putting out ban for the public to swallow ’_
“As your mayor. I’ve been involved in the many
complex problems facing this city . .. problems that
seems to defy solution ... to I’m quitmg politics!"
| mod to do now about social se- changes in the amount a per-on
cum., benefits'’ can earn and -till get benefits’
We want vou to know tow much A “ °l,*y yo* a55*med V ~ 'es 1 nd<T ,h* "*** I,W' *
We wuntywu to ktowl^ m*h „fMMlbaMy ** the burial expense, beneficiary can colled all of the
tve appreciate tne pennies turn « jj ^ M disabled that vou benefits if hi- earning- in 196* uo
the Drew Ftirson columns In the ^unnat aqrtc If your husband work- oof exceed $16*0 If be* earns oxer
Herald. |png enough under social se- $168S, it is possible for him to get
We enjoy the Herald and tael curity a top sum death payment at least part of the benefit- Ju-t
that it gives us an approach that be payable now The per-on how much will he payable to him
helps ns have a “balanced read- wk
Dear Editor
In-Service
Meeting
Is Held
•y MARY PRANCES WYNNE
Elementary teacher-, lum-iitly
studying fontinuou- ITogr*-• were
aided by are c.*n-ultan?- ..1 the
monthly In Service meeting Wed
ne-day m ! Yra fore- cafeteria
Mrs H.i/ei Strickland, of the
PESO office in \marillo. briefly
outluied the advantage- and pro
blems other -chool- ha\t encoun-
tered She pointed ait that only
with change i* 'here preen-- With
the elimination of the term grade
and the innovation oi lew'- . umt-
would he of achievemen rather
than unit- of time
The Contlnuou- Prngre— Plan
would ineorporati r diagnosti*
procedures and build pupil respon-
sibility for learning While tea.li-
sts would have more work, the
plan would help to eliminate di-
cipline problem- N- a child
would be kept where he cnukl
succeed Tea h r- would not 'ry to
force all eight year old children,
for example, into the -ante mold,
hut would re<< gni/i that ihildn n
grow and learn at quite different
rates
Mr C O Greeon Superintend
ent of S4h'»>!- a' It.di- exp nned
that when the fa< ult> at Rail-
had looked hard at wh.it The-, war
doing, th* y con. hided there mu-t
be a belter means of recognizing
individual diff'-n no in children
and ad'u-tiPu’ the -< hool program
to mo' the-.- difference- \fier
two year- of re-, archmg their
level- program w i- developed
Pupil- will not move ahead to
more advanced skin- until they
have mastered specific, minimum
requirements for each level How
ever, a £radc of wq, on a dtag
tre-tic test would allow a child to
progress if other factor- were fav
or able
In explaining a grading sy-tem
for higher grades. Gregory stated
that m ord*T to determine a vale
dutonon p«»fnts would be a-sign
e<1 to grades, higher levels being
a-'igned more points for an V He
-aid fhat this program ts no <ure
all but it allows children to ^<>rk
on fh*nr own level and erase- the
-tigma of failure
In implementing the program at
Hall-. Mr Smith, fwSool <"oun-«-l
r. explained that each chfld had
’ven test»*d and a l«-vel suggi'sted
by his previous teacher before t»
ing pl.iced tn a parrieular levrl
should the etnM not be able to
work successfully at this level, he
mold h*- placed either up or down
to a more -suable level
Vn important point that Smith
brought out was the fact that while
Yhf, of th* -todent enroihnent at
RiilLs ts Latin \menran and sqf, t'
Negro, t h e Contntunus fYogrev-
prog ram did not at any level bring
about a -egregatixl situation
ents. guardians, or persons in char-
ge ot the students are asked to
fill in the required information and
sign the blanks Completed blanks
sh«*iild h returned to th*' school
which the vtiild abends
\ schola-ti< is defined as one
who will N six and under eight
een wars of ag«- on S*'ptember 1,
l’trt’i
Th> school district issues a spe
cial appeal for patrons in the dis
trict to report pro schoolers,
thos.- who will beg'n school for the
first time next fall and who will
b>- sK vears of ag«' on S*-ptemN-r
1 1<W*
Patents of pre srhewders or
padnos who know of those who
will start -chool for the f-rst time
an- asked to call th«- school ad
m'n,ctration offxe. 895-150S. and
report the name-
Jh. school census is the basis
for determining fust how much
money the school distri* t will re
ceiv. in per capita income from
th*- state for th* next school year
\n accurate count of pre • -chool
ers is most important in order to
help pr,n. i pa I- and t*-a< h*-r- plan
effectively for next year s need
•
Mrs. Cox's Mother
Dies In AMrillo
Mrs B- ul.ih Taylor NS of Ama
tilio a t- d* id on .mi-.al a* Sort
-vest T> V.vs ilo-pit.ll .ilxiut « ■■ il*Kk
Tuesday night
Sh« wa- born IWJ m Fa-Hand
She and Jam*-- ft Lea were mar
ned in HBo ,t f asti, nd He died
m !84x and -h« wa- mamed to
I K lavlor x- V»-m role in IVYS
He ('led in 11AJ
Survivors include thre. son, W
M la*a *rf K. swell N M . K F
Lea '»f M dland *nd John lea of
Sonrveport La six daughter-
Mr K I hlqrfm*- Mr- Glenn
Moor* and Mr- W M Vaught
alt of \manllo Mr* hmmitt lul
ttei of Dallas Mre W K B.rfWh of
Brady. Mre Faye Cnv of Tulia
la grand- hildren 11 gre-a* gr nd
Mrs Hare) Dougia- FletuonMry
s« bools, is dire *mc th*- study h*-r>
\"isfing Mr- rvaigl.is tn >r.
at a b--Tive|y de. ..rated t,-a tabl*-,
were Mr- Will*' n-boin. and \fr-
\erna Thom.*- Other primary tea
eher- hrtpmg were Mrs M»rv
M<» r*' and Mr f ul.< f’ Pv*-att
c«m« f th«
"Little Country Church'
CMtoM
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Yours very troly.
ARNO STRUVE
P O Box ISO
Abernathy. Texas
Social
Security
(Novo yen » jtow _______o______
tol utotjT StoNi > R: Dm*1 district manager of the
emaffer. ,,to- Social Security office
rtrMtON, NN Under present law. a
>i
respnnsibilitv for th*' defends on the amount of his total
burial expenses may either author- earnings and how much work he
toe ihi« payment to the funeral do*'« — and whether hr work1 in
None or claim the payment if he all months of the year, or just
or sbe paid the burial expen-* - *nme
Widow's monthly benefits may be Q — I'm W year* old and have
payable at age 08. or. if disability enrolled for medicare Mv cm -
to requirements are met, as early as plover now informs me I *an work
mm age N. only part • time This will cut my
TflMf H van at* between 66 and 72 earnings to *W80 per year fan I
■ and have nat yet applied for your get anything from So*ial security’
social security benefits because A — With the increase in social
yob are still working, you n*s-d security benefits and the liberali
to consalt the social security of ration on how much a person can
flee right away. earn and -till get all the benefits.
Recent changes in the Social it is very pos-ible you would get
Security Act have made it possible -ome -ocial security benefits for
tar Rimy people to work and sun th.' year F'd- example, if you
receive some social security bene- were entitled to $140 a month in
fits according to Travis (' Briggs, benefits and earned SJ000. you
' the Amarillo could get a- mu* h as VW in so
cial security benefit- for the year
law. a benefic - Q — I understand that I «an
iurv can earn up to ldNO a year earn 116NI and get all my social
Ifltl. Yto vriR Nrihi »■ eemMr md still receive all of his vxial vecunty benefits beginning in lOM*
lu iWt cbtaam ar by maH.) se*-oritv benefits If he cam- over Hut how al*.ut th*' in* ome I get
Ry TRAVIS C BRIMS »16J0 a year, fie gives op only one from rental of a horn*' I own’ 1
Q — I have a social security dollar in heneftts for each two dol that in< om<- in* luded in *h< $lf»wi’
card which I obtained before I lars he earns between IlfNl and ' — No The $1<P«i fig*jr»- on
married five year* ago I recent- 12868 For every dollar over $2*wi earning- upjdte- **ly to in*-om*
Iv went lo work and my employer he give* up one dollar in social earned from employment or -* lf
say* that I need a new soda) stetrity benefits employment Income from invest-
security number. Is this correct'’ Hmrever, no matter how much m*nts such as rentals in'*r> t.
A — You always keep the same he earn* in the year, he can still st<»ck-. etc doe* not affect vour
number. Yonr employer meant that be paid for every month in which benefit-
vou shotrfd have the Social Secur- fie dues not earn more than $140 Many per-ons (n the panhandle
it v Admmistratim change your aNd fs not self - employed Brtgg tnav be losing valuable -«* ial -e
name on our record* The number added <urity benefit* Despite recent pub
will remain the same You may For further information, wrete h*it\ about changes m the law re-
obtain a change of name form at tn the Sonal Security Admintstra eardmg disability benefits for some
ynor loml post office tten. 10BR Adam*. Amarillo. Texas widow*, the \manlln Social Se, ur
q — I was burn m Mexico aod 7»l6l. They will he happy to an*- My offke is still finding person*
have never become a citizen al - wer aRy <|U»*fton'- you may have who are unaware of how the-e
though 1 Itove been working under EM lo Wefp vou file your applica- changes affre-t them
s*»cial security since it started flan far serial securitv benefit* Until this year only disabled
Will I have to become a citizen Q - Dde to Bines, i didn't cash workers and person* disabled in
in order to be eligible for any my mtfaJ security check tar the childhood rould receive social *»•-
benefits at age 62’ mirth of February I happen - curtty benefits because of di*abil
A — No, cMfeenship is not a ed to C8tne aero** H the other dav i»y Now a widow who is age 50
requirement tor engMIity to sre and wonder If it is *tm good Mav and disabled can receive benefits
cM security benefit- However. I cMh It’ on the <*>nal -*>curity record of
there are restrictions on benefit A — Yes, you may A few months her deceased hu-band To qualify,
payment* to certain alien* who are delay In ra-hfng the check will her hu-band mu*t have been in-
livlug outside of the United States make no difference It i- stfll ne- *ured at the time he died The
Q — I am the legal wife of a gdftabR However, evervone t* urg widow mu-t hr severely disabled
mau who died recently We tod ed to rtto fhrtr check* whrii they- and unable to work because of the
been separated for many ftof*. receive (tom dlsabilrty There will be a reduction
S nce I am 56 year* of age and Q — Do t h r Social Security in her benefit up to 56% depending
have ua children. I* there anything Amendments of 1667 make any on how near she is to age 66 at the
time sh* become* ♦•ntitN'ri to bene
fit -
\pparently many w idow - are re-
lyini: on information th*'> got from
’h*' social security office at t h e
tim*' th*ir husbands died They
were told th*-n that widow- could
net receive di-ability benefits on
their d.-c*>a-ed hu-b.md-" social
**•* urity B*'* au-e th* \ were told
thi* many believe the new pro-
vision doe- not apply t«i them
Any widow between age 50 and
80 who i- disabled -tumid check
with the ax ial -.-curity *>ffue to
venfy whether or not the n>-w pro-
M-ton- of the law applies to her
The local -/x-i.il vevurty office is
totaled at loop \dam- Strrs-t. \ma-
rtllo
COMMENTS
ty Troy A Harold
A • * 1*0" er yO jf
D.CV4 Hays S O’ft^r oown
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HIGHWAY
SAFETY
SERVICE
WAR WHFEl AlIGNMENT
TIRE BALANCING
TUNE UPS - BRAKES
Rhone 995 4609
409 NORTH HIWAY 82 .
TUIIA, TEXAS
Ckristmdi
1968
To Our Friends:
A very wise man once said, "To Have Friends You Must IE
One." And at this Happy Holiday Season if seems fKai
friendship is expressed more warmly than af any ethar time.
Your patrtonage has been sincerely appreciated—if is folks
like you who make our business possible—find we will do our
vary best to always serve you in the future as one friend
serves another.
And may the sunshine of happiness shine on your side of fha
street—all during Christmas, and for many yoars to coma.
Sincerely,
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 19, 1968, newspaper, December 19, 1968; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth506183/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.