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Austin, Texas,—All eyes are
on the clock now as Legislators
vie for position at the Speaker’s
post, to "run” with their favorite
bills.
Time is swiftly bringing the
Legislative “race” to a close.
Hundreds of bills will die on
the calendar and never reach the
finish line.
But, hundreds have passed.
House members took a quick look
at a long, uncontested bills calen-
dar, then passed 164 measures on
to the Senate in two days.
Senators are now considering
these bills and scrambling to get
the House-passed tax bill under
the wire before adjournment on
or about May 10.
Subject to Senate approval is
a two-cent gasoline tax increase,
a one-cent-per-pack increase in
cigarette taxes, plus a tax on
cigars, snuff and packaged tobac-
co. Also in the omnibus tax bill
is a levy on trading stamps and
uranium ore. A hike in beer deal-
ers’ license fees is imminent. Con-
templated too is freezing of the
present natural gas production
tax at 8 per cent—originally due
to drop to 7 per cent in 1956.
It is estimated that the tax
bill, as written, will produce $25,-
000,000 a year in additional rev-
enue for the general fund. That
is $5,000,000 short of the'appro-
damages.
Workmen’s Benefits
Benefits for workmen are des-
tined to improve.
Passed by the House was a bill
by Rep. Garth Bates, increasing
the workmen’s compensation rate
from $25 to $35 a week.
A Senate bill by Parkhouse in-
creases benefits under unemploy-
ment compensation from $20 to
$25 a week, while restricting
those who may receive jobless
pay.
Governor Crawford Martin
You can call him Governor
Martin now.
Sen. Crawford C. Martin of
Hillsboro became governor for a
day. As President-Pro-Tem of
the Senate, he became acting
Governor when Governor Shivers
went to Washington and Lt. Gov.
Ben Ramsey conveniently ab-
sented himself across the Sabine
River for a day.
Friends of the Hillsboro Sen-
ator organized a “junior inaugu-
ral” in his honor.
^Shivers Has 1,000 Guests
Governor and Mrs. Shivers
were hosts to some 1,000 guests
at a formal reception at the Man-
sion.
The biennial affair, given for
legislative members, state of fi-
liation bill So, there will have cials and their wiv ’ was the bi
to be more levies, or the appro-
priation bill cut.
Veterans Land Bill
Both houses voted to submit a
constitutional amendment to the
people, in November of 1956, call-
ing for an additional $100,000,000
for the veterans land program.
Replacement of the Governor and
Attorney General as members of
the Veterans Land Board, by two
appointed members, is specified
in the bill.
Governor Allan Shivers and At-
torney General John Ben Shep-
perd repudiated the minutes of
the board as compiled by Bascom
Giles, former Land Commission-
er, and the Board ordered the
minutes corrected.
Senator Jimmy Phillips, mem-
ber of the Senate investigating
committee, immediately seized,
for photostating, all the old
minute books. Phillips said he did
this, under committee subpoena,
“to make certain that there is a
permanent record of the minutes
as they were originally entered.”
Labor Legislation
Three bills by Sen. George
Parkhouse, all fought by organiz-
ed labor, moved ahead in the
House.
The “Ford Motor Bill” was
softened, then passed, subject to
Senate concurrence. It prohibits
unemployment compensation ben-
efits to workmen idled by a strike
in other plants owned by their
employer. It exempts the work-
man who makes a good-faith of-
fer to return to his job.
Modified by the House labor
committee, and reported favorab-
ly, was Parkhouse’s bill to eli-
minate “Port Arthur” strike situ-
ations. It would stop unions
from picketing plants where the
majority of the workers were
non-union.
Another Parkhouse bill autho-
rizes' suits for injunctions and
party of the week in Austin.
Appointments Confirmed
Twenty - nine . appointments
made by Governor Shivers were
aprovecl by the Senate. These in-
cluded:
PRESIDING JUDGES — Judge
W. L. Jack Thornton of Dallas,
first administrative judicial dis-
trict; Judge Howard P. Green of
Cuero, fourth district; and Judge
Floyd Jones of Breckenridge,
eighth district.
BOARD OF REGENTS (State
Teachers College): H. L. Mills of
Houston, Miss Elizabeth Koch
of San Antonio, and Henry Sears
of Hereford.
VETERANS AFFAIRS COM-
MISSION: Marcus Weems of
West Columbia.
Dust Storm Disaster
• Alarmed by dust storms, John
C. White, Agriculture Commis-
sioner, says “Much of the land
in West Texas is in far worse
shape now than at any time in
history, including the dust bowl
era of the 1930s.
Following a tour of West Tex-
as, White made recommenda-
tions to the State and Federal
governments that steps be taken
to remedy the drouth situation.
SHORT SNORTS—The Legis-
lature made permanent 10 tem-
porary district courts and creat-
ed four more . . . Congressional
and judicial redistricting bills
died in the session’s log-jam . . A
constitutional amendment to let
the state make contribution to
persons who serve time in prison
for crimes they don’t commit
passed both houses and will be
voted on at the general election
next year . . . Two House bills
to tighten enforcement of nar-
cotics laws passed the House and
were favorably approved by the
Senate criminal jurisprudence
committee.
Sgt. and Mrs. Paul Jean Bier-
schwale spent a few days here vis-
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Bierschwale. Paul Jean has
recently returned from Korea and
will return to California where
he will be stationed.
Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Harris and
sons attended the funeral services
of Mr. Suffel’s mother, Mrs. J.
W. Suffel, at the Methodist
Church in Pettus, Friday. Burial
was in Beeville. Mrs. Suffel was
90 years old.
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New Sheep Disease,
Scrapie, Brings
Inquiries
By J. M. McLEAN
Several times lately we have
heard this question, pertaining
to a sheep disease, asked:
“Just what is ‘scrapie,’ any-
way?”
The questions have been
prompted, of course, by press re-
ports from Austin. The legisla-
ture has been asked to appropri-
ate $14,000 to match federal
funds to reimburse owners
whose flocks have been exposed
to scrapie.
There is no known cure for
the disease and the only way to
stamp it out is through slaugh-
ter of exposed flocks. This has
been done successfully in the
few other states in which it has
shown up.
That few North Americans
know much about scrapie is un-
derstandable. It is a newcomer
to this continent, although known
for hundreds of years in Europe.
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It is a rather interesting dis-
ease having many baffling as-
pects. A sheep does not have
much sense to start with, and
scrapie, described as a “chronic
infectious neurosis” caused by a
filterable virus, makes the sheep
crazier than it is and finally
causing its death.
For our facts concerning scra-
pie we are indebted to Dr. G. W.
Fisher of the animal diseases
eradication division of the agri-
cultural research service, USD A.
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Scrapie has been known in
Britain for 200 years and came in-
to this country via Canada. First
diagnosis was made in Ontario in
1928, the disease having been
found in a Suffolk ewe imported
from Scotland a few months earl-
ier.
In this country, first pcrapie
diagnosis was made in Michigan
in 1947. It has appeared in Cali-
fornia, Ohio, Illinois, New York
and Connecticut and in March
of this year in Texas.
It was estimated, Fisher said,
that flocks embracing a total of
about 7000 head had been ex-
posed in this state, including
several flocks in the Lamesa sec-
tion.
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Incubation period of the virus
may be as long as two or three
years. After the disease does
break out in the animal, death
usually occurs from six weeks to
six months later or even up to
15 months.
According to available reports
on scrapies, an exposed herd may
have only occasional cases over
a period of years, or again the
disease may effect as high as 50
per cent of the flock.
Apparently it is transmitted by
contact or infected pastures, al-
though it is thought there may
be involved also a hereditary fac-
tor. However, knowledge of the
subject appears to be somewhat
Vague.
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, In Britain, the disease is known
by several names, as it is in
France and Germany, the names
being indicative of some of the
symptoms. In England it is
known variously as “scrapie,”
(‘the rubbers,” “the goggles,’
“scratchie,” “shagings,” and
“cuddie trot.”
In France, where it appeared
in the middle of the nineteenth
century it is called “La Trem-
blante” and ‘pruiriago Lambaire.’
In Germany, where is has been
known since 1765, it is called
“Traberkrankheit” and “Gnub-
berkrankheit.”
Early symptoms, according to
a bulletin on the disease, include
“nervousness, apprehension and
increased excitability with tre-
mors extending over head and
neck. If animal is moved, it may
become tense with excitement
and exhibit rapid muscular tre-
mors affecting thighs and flanks.
The head and neck are often car-
ried high and somewhat stiffly,
the eyes staring and fixed.”
There is intense itching, caus-
ing the animal to rub or even
bite off wool. The gait becomes
unsteady and in the final stages
the animal is unable to walk at
all—San Antonio Light.
^age Three
The Harper Herald
Friday, May 6, 1965.
• Harper, Texas
GILLESPIE COUNTY
v CONSERVE,
^ DISTRICT NEWS ¥
"I conceive thai ihe land belongs io a vasi family,
of which many are dead, few are living, and count-
less numbers are siill unborn."
The Board of Supervisors held
their regular monthly meeting
Wednesday night. O. B. Harkey,
who is a State Director of the
Texas Soil Conservation District
Association was present. He dis-
cussed with the Board and en-
couraged the sale of more “Soil
and Water” magazine subscrip-
tions. Soil Stewardship Sunday
was also discussed.
The Board approved conserva-
tion plans for Wallace Lively of
Doss, W. A. Mosel of Petersburg,
Ernest Stehling of Morris Ranch,
Glen Young of Willow City,
Werner Crenwelge of Cherry
Springs, and Jesus Valdez on the
Tivydale Road.
In the near future complete
conservation plans will be work-
ed up with these men.
To make one little yellow grain,
Requires the sunshine and the
rain,
The hoarded riches of the sod,
And God.
Don’t forget Soil Stewardship
Sunday, May 15. Most of the
ministers in the District will de-
liver a message on Soil Steward-
ship.
* * *
A farmer must know the pro-
duction ability and limitation of
his land if he is to properly use
it.
Land differs in its capabilities,
sometimes between areas within
a single field just as people dif-
fer in their ability to do various
kinds of jobs. Some lands are
strong and fertile, others are
thin and less productive. Soil
Conservationists call these land
traits, land use capabilities.
An understanding of land ca-
pabilities is necessary for tho-
rough, lasting conservation plan-
ning, treatment and use. In other
words, in order for every acre to
return the most on the farmer’s
investment and labor, it must be
treated according to its needs
and used according to its ca-
pabilities. This means that the
landowner or operator first needs
to find out all about his land, the
kind of soil, how much it may
have eroded, how susceptible it is
to water or wind erosion and
so on. He may obtain this infor-
mation through the local Soil
Conservation District.
Mrs. Chester Bernhard enter-
tained with a party Saturday af-
ternoon honoring h.er daughter,
Eileen on her ninth birthday an-
niversary. Sandwiches, cake
punch and candies was served
to classmates, friends and rela-
tives.
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Alex Mittendorf, Prop.
A Revised Reserve Program is
in the making if the House and
Senate approve a bill the House
Armed Services Committee has
sent to the floor for debate. It’s
probably about the best bill that
can be worked out under present
circumstances, and has the sup-
port of such organizations as the
American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Reserve Officers,
and the National Guard—the lat-
ter with some reservations.
It is generally recognized that
the present reserve program, at
least in the Army, is very largely
a joke. Some of the trouble aris-
es from the slipshod manner in
which the Army managed reserve
training, but it has been difficult
to enforce a training program on
men who have been released
from duty.
The new proposal, applicable
to post-Korean veterans, makes
it possible to recall a man to ac-
tive duty for 45 days if he per-
sists in refusing any of the alter-
natives available for reserve
training.
Young men under 19 may, if
they desire, volunteer for six
months of basic training and then
become attached to local reserve
units, including the National
Guard, for a period of IVz years.
Princeton University, which
predates the Revolution, retains
on its campus old Nassau Hall
where the Continental Congress
once met, and which was fre-
quented by George Washington.
I visited the famous campus the
other day to take part in a forum
program sponsored by the Amer-
ican Whig-Cliosophic Debating
Society. The latter also predates
the Revolution and is now headed
by Bruce Akers of Ohio. Inci-
dentally, Akers’ brother married
a daughter of the Sayers Farm-
ers at the Farmer ranch near
Junction last summer.
The late Professor Einstein’s
home is adjacent to the Princeton
campus. Contrary to general be-
lief, Einstein was never attached
to Princeton. He did his exper-
iments which unlocked many of
the secrets of the universe, at
a nearby Research foundation,
privately funded and endowed.
Speaking of research, did you
realize that the $15 million spent
by the Government and private
industry to develop hybrid corn
now brings in more than $1 bil-
lion a year?
Dr. Felix T. Tybor
Optometrist
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Palace Theatre Bldg.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehne and
little daughter of San Antonio
spent the weekend visiting nis
parents, Mr. and Mrs, Alfred
Lehne.
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Chaplain and Mrs. A. C. Leh-
ne of Fort Hood visited their
daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Alf red
Lehne Tuesday.
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Iral Calentine spent Saturday
night and Sunday with his moth-
er, Mrs. Carrie Calentine, and his
children.
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Mb. and Mrs. B. L. Cook of
Fredericksburg visited Mrs. J. F.
Cook and J. C. Cook Sunday.
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Cerebral Palsy Drive To
Be Held In May
Bexar County Chapter of Uni-
ted Cerebral Palsy will hold its
annual fund-raising drive during
the month of May, according to
chapter Pres. Benno Clemens.
Seventy-five percent of the
funds raised in the San Antonio
area will remain here, he repor-
ted, and will be used for the
maintenance and operation of the
new enlarged CP center, 502 W»
Mistletoe, which will open May 1.
The 3-story building was pur-
chased and remodeled with fund®
raised during the 1954 driv^,
which brought in some $113,000.
Included in the new center
two physical therapy rooms, i
speech therapy room, two oceupa»
tional therapy rooms, gymnasi-
um, examining room, receptic%
rooms, offices and kitchen, ^
additional therapist will also h4
added to the present staff of
therapists and the medical dirJ&
tor. i
Clemens reported the new cen-
ter has sufficient room to expand
to absorb the entire waiting lisi
of patients who have been un-
able to receive treatment because
of lack of space in the preseiffi
center at 1018 McCullough. Some
90 youngsters are being treated
at present. They come from all
over south Texas and as far
away as Mexico, and are treated
free of charge.
“Now that we have the new
center,” said Clemens, “We will
need funds to keep it in operation
during the coming year. This in-
cludes paying our therapists and
maintenance.”
The present center, with three
therapy rooms, was opened in
March, 1953, as a result of the
first local drive.
The remaining 25 percent of
funds collected locally will go to
the national program of research
and training, Clemens added.
“Just as the March of Dimes
aided in research leading to the
Salk polio vaccine, United Cereb-
ral Palsy is helping to support
the search for a means of pre-
venting Cerebral palsy,” said
Clemens.
For example, scientists are now
at work on a apparatus which
can warn of a dangerous lack of
oxygen in new boras, a condition
which has been found in certain
investigations to have caused a
good percentage of cerebral palsy
cases.
The national organization also
is providing training of specialists
because of the critical shortage of
therapists and other trained per-
sonnel. Goal of the fund drive,
nationally, is $10,000,000.
Clemens pointed cut some
10,000 cerebral palsied babies
are born in the U. S. every year
and there are now some 550,000
persons in this country who were
born cerebral palsied.
Cerebral palsy is caused by an
injury to various cells in the
brain which may occur before
birth, at birth or at any time in
later life as a result of accidents,
fevers or other injuries. It is not
inherited, or infectious and is
not feeblemindedness, and
through correct diagnosis, proper
education and treatment, CPs
can be helped.
Kenneth Whitewood, who at-
tends SWTSTC in San Marcos
spent the week-end with, his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White-
wood.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Stevens,
Jr., of Odessa spent the week-end
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Stevens Sr.
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Supt. and Mrs. Edward Bailey
and daughter's visited Mrs. Bai-
ley’s sister in Lolita during the
week-end.
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