The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1969 Page: 3 of 8
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Austin, Texas —Senate filibus-
ters against new college bills
may take up much of the re-
maining days of the legislative
session due to close June 2.
A proposal to create a medical
school at Texas Technological
College in Lubbock brought pro-
longed oratory from Sen. Joe
Christie of El Paso who wonted
the school in his home town.
Sen. Don Kennard ol Port
Worth warmed up on the Tech
bill for an extended effort to de-
lay approval of a University of
Texas at Dallas on property of
the Southwest Center for Ad-
vanced Studies.
Senate State Affairs Commit-
tee voted out other bills to set
•up upper level (junior-senior-
graduate studies) colleges at
Midland-Odessa, Corpus Christi
and Texarkana and an addition-
al University of Texas dental
branch.
State Affairs Chairman Sen.
William T. Moore of Bryan em-
phasized he is opposed to all of
the bills and intends to make his
views known on the floor. Moore
postponed action on any of the
group over the weekend by leav-
ing town with the bills locked in
a vault — and unreported to
the senate floor.
Meanwhile, a House-Senate
conference committee coached
by Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and
House Speaker Gus Mutscher
plowed slowly through the job
of writing a one-year budget bill
that will necessitate no new tax-
es.
Gov. Prestcn Smith spelled out
his opposition to such a short-
term approach to state govern-
mental budgeting as more costly
in the long run as evidenced by
recent experiences with the one-
year plan and emphasized he in-
terprets the Texas constitution
to require a biennial appropria-
tions pattern.
By trimming proposed spend-
ing and switching some unused
surplus in several stage funds,
a conference committee headed
by Sen. A. M. Aikin, Jr., of
Paris and Rep. W.S. Heatley of
Paducah believes it can provide
the teacher pay raise requested
by the Texas State" Teachers
Association without new taxes.
Smith feels that the state’s
dollars simply cannot be stretch-
ed that far. Barnes thinks they
can cover the basic needs of
higher education, state hospitals,
and special schools and state
agencies, and still leave $61.0
million for first year of the
teacher pay raise.
Smith said there was a move-
ment afoot to kill the $15,000,000-
a-year general fund allocation to
|»rm-to-market roads. Barnes
said the Senate conferees would
not purpose taking that program
away.
Governor declined to say he
will veto the one-year bill. “Se-
veral alternatives will be open
to the governor,” said Smith.
“It would not be proper or pos-
sible for me to choose one at
this time, because I do not know
what the circumstances will be.’
Legislature Near Windup —
With adjournment deadline clos-
ing in, legislators are getting
day and night workouts oh li-
terally hundreds of bills.
House finally completed act-
ion on a watered-down $1.25-an-
ho u r minimum wage bill.
Amendments sent it back to the
Senate. House earlier approved
creation of a dental school for
San Antonio, new regulation of
coin-operated amusement mach-
ines, law banning possession of
LSD and other hallucinogenic
drugs, higher service charges on
large real estate loans, a new
upper-level college at Laredo,
strengthened rules for transport-
ing migrant workers, elimina-
tion of the requirement that ju-
rors be free-holders or house-
holders and county civil service
systems for major counties.
Senate, not so productive due
to filibusters, passed three bills
to remove legal obstacles to
heart and other organ trans-
plants, agreed to creation of a
new medical school in Houston
and another in an unnamed city,
approved a broadened tutition-
aid plan for needy students, and
proposed submission of a con-
stitutioanl amendment to abolish
the welfare spending ceiling in
1970 (in event the August 5 vote
fails).
Both houses completed action
on bills to expand the program
of special education for except-
ional children between the ages
of 3 and 21, make universities
out of Stephen F. Austin (Na-
cogdoches,) Southwest Texas
(San Marcos), Angelo State (San
Angelo), and Sul Ross (Alpine)
State Colleges, permit use of
Spanish in teaching in the first
six grades of public schools by
repealing the prohibition against
use of a foreign lnaguage in
public classrooms, create a
board to license private detec-
tives, set legislative salaries at
$6,800 a year (if voters approve
a constitutioanl amendment at
the special election Aug. 5 to per-
mit the increase from the pre-
sent $4,800 a year), allow courts
to issue driver licenses to per-
sons who drive for a living but
have lost their licenses for traf-
fic law infractions (to be used
on the job only and for pri-
vate driving), create the Uni-
versity to Texas Clinical Nursing
school at San Antonio, make
public agencies liable to per-
sons injured by mistakes of pub-
lic employees while driving mo-
tor vehicles or operating motor-
driven equipment and regulate
practice of optometry.
Omnibus Courts Bill — Rep.
Rena Rosson, chairman of the
House Judicial Districts Com-
mittee, says Sen. Murray Wat-
son’s bill which combines all re-
quests for new courts and court
reorganization will get to the
floor of the House before ad-
journment. Says Rosson, “a sub-
committee needs to work on the
bill, but it will probably be out
of committee next week.
Horses Run Slowly — Rep.
Glenn Kothmann of San Antonio
did not even come close in his
effort to submit to the voters
a proposal for local-option
horse race betting.
And the funeral oration of the
Kothmann resolution w a s
preached by Rev. David Allred
of Wichita Falls. Thirty-three
years ago his father, Gov. J. V.
Allred, kept calling the1 Legisla-
ture into special sessions until
horse race betting was repealed.
So this week’s fight by Repre-
sentative Allred was a re-run of
history.
Courts Speak —■ Finding no re-
versible error in the Court of
Civil Appeals, State Supreme
Court upheld the annexation by
Pasadena of 576 acres on the
Houston ship channel. Annexed
farm land of Houston Endow-
ment Inc. is surrounded by un-
annexed oil company holdings
and the foundation contended un-
equal taxation would result.
High court stuck with its de-
cision upholding forfeiture of
5,000 acres of sulphur leases by
Cobra Oil and Gas Corporation
in Culberson, Pecos and Reeves
counties.
A Lubbock prosecutor argued
for Supreme Court reversal of
the decision that juveniles charg-
ed with offenses have the same
right as adults to be proven
guilty “beyond a reasonable
doubt.”
Oil Allowable Jumped — June
oil allowable was boosted by
Texas Railroad Commission
to 63.5 per cent of potential,
highest since 1948 when an all-
out effort was made to replenish
war-depleted stocks.
Allotment tops periods when
foreign imports were shut off
due to internation crises.
Estimated top allowable is
4,187,252, slightly more than the
record 4,186,004 of August 1967,
when the Arab-Israeli war fired.
But actual production next mon-
th problably will be less than
that of August, 1967, when a 54
percent factor was in effect
Production figure for June is es-
timated at 3,258.184, compared
with 3,314,000 during the Arab-
Israeli crisis.
Maximum allowable for May,
under 53.8 percent formula, is
3,710,926. Actual production
will be about 3,089,660.
Commission Chairman Ben
Ramsey said crude stocks are
6.3 million barrels less than a
year ago.
Leases Bring $3.5 Million —
Land Commissioner Jerry Sad-
ler reports bids of more than
$3.5 million were received from
mineral leases on far West Tex-
as lands'of University of Texas.
Total brought the University
fund to $528,049,139.
Lease sale covered 78^000
acres. Actual acreage leased
during the auction totalled 66,
123, with an average bonus of
$53 per acre. Total of 251 tracts
were offered and air but 44 were
leased. Tracts were in 11 doun-
ties — Gaines, Andrews, Ward,
Winkler, Loving, Pecos, Terrell,
Reagan, Upton, Crockett and
Hudspeth.
Following University lands
lease sale, an additional tract
of 30,972 acres in Cotton Estate
land in Hudspeth and Culberson
counties was offered at auction
but no bids were received on it.
SHORT SNORTS
Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment has set hearing on June
9 to establish price on Sand
•marl, and gravel fill materials.
Millard K. Neptune of Austin
announce his candidacy for
state Republican party chair-
manship.
Land Commissioner Jerry
Sadler reports only five of 188
employees quit because of his
ban on mini-skirts and long side-
burns.
Texas Aeronautics Commis-
sion granted a permit to Amis-
tad Airlines to operate between
Del Rio and San Antonio.
C. T. McLaughlin of Snyder
has been named to energy re-
sources committee of Interstate
Oil Compast Commission by
• Governor Smith.
James H. Milam of Lubbock
has taken oath of office as State
Securities Board member.
Hart T. Makin of Houston will
be general counsel of U. S. Ge-
neral Services Administration.
H.B. Zachry of San Antonio
received the third annual gover-
nor's Tourist Development
award for leadership of Hemis-
fair, ’68.
Dr. Marvin C. Schlecte is new
assistant commissioner for me-
dical administration for Texas
Department of Public Welfare.
“Texas, America’s Fun-tire,”
a film depicting recreation and
fun-things to do and unusual
events set against backdrops of
the great diversity of scenery
found in the state has been re-
leased by th Texas Highway De-
partment.
Governor Smith proclaimed
May Youth Opportunity Month,
and called on taste agencies and
private employers to help pro-
vide work for disadvantaged
young people.
Balanced Diet Best
As Vitamin Source
College Station — Is a vita-
min a day insurance of good
health not necessarily.
Vitamins are needed for good
health but excessive amounts
can be dangerous. When daily
food intake is adequate, Fran-
ces Reasonover, Extension nu-
tritionist, says you don’t have to
take vitamin pills.
Individuals differ in the
amounts and types of vitamins
needed and a doctor can pres-
cribe (he type to suit indivi-
dual needs. The Texas A&M Un-
iversity specialist advises seeing
a physician if you feel you need
vitamins.
Excess amounts of Vitamins
B and C are easily disposed of
by the body without harm. How-
ever, too much Vitamins A and
C can be dangerous because the
body has no way of getting rid
of excess.
Good food sources of Vitamin
A are liver, egg yolk, dark green
and yellow vegetables, deep yel-
low fruits, whole milk, cheddar-
type cheese and ice cream. Miss
Reasonover notes that most
people do not get enough Vi-
tamin A.
Symptoms of excessive intakes
of Vitamin A include fatigue,
abdominal discomfort, bone and
joint pain, loss of body hair,
headaches and yellowing of skin.
Excessive Vitamin D leads to
nausea, frequent urination and
diarrhea. It can also cause weak-
riess and depression, explains
Miss Reasonover.
Foods high in Vitamin D are
fish liver oils, egg yolks, liver
and milk fortified with Vitamin
D.
A well-balanced diet is the
best insurance for good health,
emphasizes the specialist.
C0NSERATI0N
Do you have an adequate sup-
ply of stock water. When man-
aging grass, proper distribu-
tion of grazing is very Impor-
tant and a very effective way
to get this is by comstructing a
stock water pond where cattle
do not have to travel more than
a quarter of a mile for water.
Of course this is only a rule
of thumb because an adequate
pond site location must exist.
Pond site location is very im-
portant because the drainage
and the type of material will
determine whether a good pond
can be constructed. This area
has an evaporation rate of about
60 inches a year, therefore ponds
must be constructed as deep as
possible -not less than 10 feet.
There are two types of farm
ponds - the pit type and the im-
pounding (dam). The pit type
pond is usually used on flat
drajn or creek or on a large
water shed. The pit type pond
will normally hold water only in
the pit, but often, it might im-
pound 2 feet of water against
the of an adequate spillway
faiVa exit. The impounding
type is a levee constructed
across a well defined creek with
enough depth and height to dam
it. A natural spillway can be
used or a designed spillway
must be built.
Reseach Work
Underway On
Grass Killer
College Station — Develop-
ment of resistant strains may
be the only way to combat the
devastating lawn grass killer,
St. Augustine Decline (SAD),
says Norman L. McCoy, assis-
tan Extension plant pathologist
at Texas A&M.
Found to be a virus by Texas
A&M researchers, the disease
cannot be chemically controlled
because it is parasitic on the
living plant cell. No viricidal
chemicals are available which
will effectively eliminate the vi-
rus without harming or killing
the plant. ■
Since discov ery of the lawn
killer in 1966, Texas A&M has
named the disease, noted its
mechanical transmission, and is
now progressing toward devel-
opment of resistant varieties.
Economically, this disease has
already had a shattering im-
pact on South Texas homeowners
since 96 percent of Gulf Coast
lawns are St. Augustine grass.
In Corpus Chi'isti area SAD
is expected to cause an estima-
ted loss of $18 million.
St. Augustine grass is grown
in 56 percent of Texas lawns
with an annual estimated main-
tenance cost of $211 million.
Evidence of St. Augustine De-
cline has been found in 11 Gulf
Coast counties ranging as far
north as San Antonio and Hous-
ton, Counties where the viral di-
sease has been identified in-
clude Nueces, Harris, Bexar,
Wilson, San Patricio, Kleberg,
Jim Wells, Willacy, Cameron,
Hidalgo and Starr.
From The
Preacher's Desk j
L. G. Pool, Minister
Highway Church of Christ
In James 1:22, James instruct-
ed us by these words, “But be
ye doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving your
own selves.’ With this passage
of scripture in mind we should
ask ourselves the question, Why
are there so more hearers than
doers of the word
My friends, I’m afraid, ge-
nerally speaking, we deceive
ourselves and come to view our-
selves, not as we really are,
but as we would like to be.
We usually view ourselves as
“doers of the word” and con-
sider ourselves faithful ser-
vants of the Lord. Based upon
our accomplishments I would
say we are dreaming a “fairy
tale” and deceiving ourselves
by believing we are really that
which we dream ourselves to
be.
R. C. Bell once made the
statement, If each one of us
would do today what we know
to be right, it would revolution-
ize the church. There is no doubt
this statement is true - but - w-e
continue to dream of that which
we would like to be.
Our dream can come true,
but work - hard-work - in the
vineyard of the Lord is neces-
ary for this to come to pass,
Let us be honest with oursel-
ves - does God see us as we see
ourselves
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