The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965 Page: 4 of 4
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4—THE WORTHAM JOURNAL. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2$. 1965
THE EDITOR'S CORNER
STILL LOOKING AT WATTS
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FAMILY# I1 ;l
LAWYER J
By JACK R. HAWKINS
In The Groesbeck Journal
fORMER U. S. ATTORNEY
General Robert Kennedy,
presently serving as United
States Senator, had this to say
in connection with the Watts
riot: "There’s no use telling
Negroes to obey the law when
many of them have reason to
feel that the law is their
enemy.”
With or without reason to
feel the law' is their enemy, the
penitentiaries of every state in
the Union are filled with people
who feel that the law is their
enemy. Does Senator Kennedy
think that they should all be
turned loose just because they
feel that the law is their enemy?
James Hoffa felt that the law
was his enemy when Attorney
General Robert Kennedy was
using it to prosecute him and
his union in every court in the
land, but Attorney General
Kennedy saw no reason to dis-
continue enforcement of the law
just because James Hoffa didn't
like it.
★
■pHE LATE PRESIDENT John
F. Kennedy was assassinat-
ed in Dallas November 22, 1903.'
Lee Harvey Oswald was the
man who did it. Lee Harvey
Oswald felt that the law was
his enemy and that the Presi-
dent of the United States as
the highest representative of
the law was the greatest of his
enemies. Therefore * he shot
him down. Had he lived to be
tried for that dastardly deed,
would a good defense in his be-
half have been that he thought
that President Kennedy was his
enemy?
A
|T APPEARS TrfAT law en-
forcement officers in this
country are being purposefully
and systematically downgraded,
often by people in high places.
When they show force against
constantly growing mob vio-
lence, they are accused of
“police brutality.”
For every example of police
brutality that can be cited, a
thousand examples of police
patience can be cited. How
about these wild mobs of young
hoodlums that converge from
all over the country at various
times at beach resorts? They
always go for the excuse of
having an outing, a good time,
but always the idea of a good
time winds up in the destruc-
tion of each other and the de-
struction of property.
*
-J-HESE HOODLUMS DO not
think the law Ls against
them, they simply want it to be
known that they are against the
law. It is their way of saying
“thank you” for the privilege
of being citizens of the greatest
and best country in the world.
It is their way of giving no-
tice that if they have their way
about it, it will not continue
to be the greatest and best
country in the world, because
their objective is to tear it down
instead of building it up.
Though many of these hood-
lums reside in air conditioned
homes, if they ever go home,
the excuse invariably given for
them by the sobsters is “the
weather was hot.”
Rarely have you heard of a
policeman injuring one of these
young rascals, b u t you have
heard of many policemen in-
jured by them. The main task
the policemen perform is an
effort to keep them from killing
each other.
*
|T IS DOUBTFUL if there is
a policeman in Dallas who
would not have gladly given his
life to have spared the life of
President Kennedy. Secret
Service men assigned for the
President’s protection would
also have gladly given their
lives. In fact, they threw them-
selves in line of fire just as soon
as they determined where the
bullets were coming from.
The laws that are being broken
so rampantly today are not laws
that were written by men.
Man's law is often complicated.
Rut there is nothing complicat-
ed about the basic laws of God,
two of which are “Thou shalt
not kill" and “Thou shalt not
steal.” All men understand
these laws. And no man is safe
unless they are enforced. An-
other basic law is "Thou shalt
not bear false witness.”
★
gUT THERE IS no law that
says a man must be a police-
man or a law enforcement of-
ficer. The hearers of false wit-
ness against the police, plus
more and more court decisions
that fail to back up the law
enforcement agencies with con-
victions, are making the police
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BARGAIN DAY CROWDS
Just after World War II, in the
heyday of scarcities, a grocery
store received a shipment of
hard-to-get margarine. The mana-
ger dropped a carton in a narrow
aisle and sang out:
“Oleo! Gome and get it!”
In t h e en-suing stampede, a
woman shopper was injured. In
due course she sued the market,
pointing out that the manager
should have known — from two
previous stampedes—what to ex-
pect. And the court granted her
substantial damages.
A store does not guarantee each
customer absolute protection
from the action of shoppers. But
a store may be held liable, if, by
its own negligence, it permits a
crowd to become dangerous.
In another case, a large crowd
jammed the entrance of a depart-
ment store on the opening day of
a sale. The management let only
a few shoppers in at a time, al-
lowing the rest to surge impa-
tiently against the glass show
windows. There were no guards,
no barricades, no warnings of
danger.
Finally the glass cracked, and
a woman was badly cut. Here,
too, a court held the store liable
for failing to prevent an acci-
dent that it could reasonably
have averted.
However, the mere presence of
a crowd does not necessarily
make the store liable for mis-
haps. Not only must there be
negligence on the part of the
management but also there must
be a sufficient eause-and-effect
connection between the crowding
and the injury.
For example:
A woman was seated at the
hosiery counter of a department
store that was swarming with I
bargain hunters. Suddenly she
was bumped off her chair by an-
other shopper, going past in a
hurry. The woman sued the
store, but to no avail. The Court
noted that the injury was not
really caused by the crowd at
all, but by the recklessness of
one particular individual.
Besides, some discomforts must
be tolerated as part of the shop-
ping process, As one court put
it:
“Crowds are often found in
large stores at the time of spe-
cial sales, and during holiday
seasons. They are an unavoidable
feature of mercantile life in
large cities.”
job less and less attractive.
Someday we may be wishing
that good police had been en-
couraged rather than belittled
and scorned into seeking other
lines of livelihood.
FEDERAL WATER SYSTEM
LOANS TOTAL $24,000,000
AUSTIN. (TPA>— Federal wat-
er system loans totaling $24,-
000,000 have been granted 213
Texas communities and 218 more
aie seeking loans, according to
Sen. John Tower.
WIDOW WITH $159 A MONTH
FINDS A GOOD RETIREMENT
Vfrs. Noneetta Gephart is re-
tired on an Income of $158
a month, Is quite happy with
things, and is managing so well
she doesn't bother to spend the
Interest she makes on her savings.
Which is going to upset a lot
of wives who are yelling “Pover-
ty!” When their husbands come
home with $300 pensions.
Mrs. Gephart retired in 1961.
She got Social Security of $99 a
month and a pension of $60. "I
own my own home,” she says. “I
live downstairs where I have four
rooms and a bath. Upstairs I have
an apartment and two sleeping
rooms. Right now I have one
room rented out and ask only
$8 a month for it. I would keep
the other rooms rented if I had a
hard timfe. But I don’t____”
Mrs. Gephart spends $265 a
year for taxes on her home and
$33 for insurance. She says she
spends money about the same as
she spent it before she retired and
travels about the same. She has
two grandchildren and buys things
for them about as before.
“I had planned a trip earlier
this year and it was to cost $300,
I saved for it. Rut when the
time came I decided to use the
money instead to install new
i kitchen cabinets which I've want-
ed for years. If I had taken the
trip, at the end of it I would have
had nothing to show. But the
kitchen cabinets I will enjoy as
long as I live in this house.”
1 She does her own decorating
on the house, filling the plaster
cracks and scraping the walls and
ceilings before painting them. “I
like the work,” she says. She also
takes care of a large lawn. This
spring she rented a spreader from
a nearby hardware store to re-
seed snd fertilize it.
"I have never owned a car,” she
continues. “Always thought I
couldn’t afford It. People say that
if you don't need a car to get back
and forth to work It ls a luxury.
I lived, and still do, about half >
block from where I worked.
“I certainly don’t feel I am In
the poverty class, even though I
live on the $159 a month, plus the
$8. I don’t need to rush to the
grocery to get my checks cashed.
Sometimes I have on hand as
many as four checks I haven’t
needed to cash. I earn Interest of
about $593 a year on savings I
have. I don’t need It and Just
add It to the savings.”
Last Thanksgiving Mrs. Gephart
took a trip to visit her brother
and his wife. The fare was $30,
by bus. On Christmas she made
a trip to visit her grandchildren,
again for about $30, and again
by bus.
"I don’t see any difference In
my way of life since I retired.”
To live happily in retirement
on a $159 income, a single woman
must have a concept of life that
bypasses the Joneses and the fol-
derol, and must know how to man-
age. Many people now retiring
don’t have the first and never
learned the second.
N#w GOLDEN YEARS )6 pagt booklet
now r«ady. Sand 50c in coin (no •lamp*),
lo Dept. CSPS Box 1672. Grand Control
Station. Now York. 17. N. Y.
Market Is Steady
At Weekly Cattle
Sale in Groesbeck
The market was fully steady
on all classes, with butcher cows
strong to 50c higher during last
Thursday’s weekly sale at the
Groesbeck Commission Company,
Thursday, August 12.
T! ere was very gtxxi demand
Ion all classes, with very good
[buying power represented as 743
'cattle and calves were sold
I
Stinker and feeder cattle and
yearlings; good quality steer cal-
ves (few lightweights offered)
$23 5G to $26.50; good quality
heifer steer calves $21 to $23;
plain steer calves $21 to $23;
common steer calves $17 to $20;
plain heifer calves $16 to $18.50;
steer yearlings $19 to $23, and
heifer yearlings $15 to $19
Bulls: heavy $16 to $17 50;
light $14.50 to $16, and canners
$14 down.
Butcher rows: fat cows . nd
helferetles $14 to $16; canner and
cutter cows $10 to $14, and shells
$10 down.
Butcher calves: good and
choice calves $22 to $24.25, and
low grades $20.50 down.
Stocker cows and cows and
calves: good pairs $140 to $180;
plainer kinds $100 to $140, with
very few young replacement
kinds offered.
Six hundred cattle and calves
were sold at the August 19 sale.
There was good demand on all
classes of stocker and feeder
calves with the better kinds 50c
to $1.00 higher. Butcher cows
moved very well with young fat
kinds strong to 50c higher. But-
cher calves were weak to 50c
lower from the previous week.
There are about 125 species of
goldenrod in the U. S.
Florida has 26,820 apartment
buildings.
Journal Wanl-Ads Gel Reiulti.
WANT-ADS
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3347. 16 8t
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DR. WILLIAM D. PITTMAN
MEXIA. TEXAS
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IN WORTHAM IT IS
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COMPLETE HARDWARE SERVICE — LIVE AND LET
LIVE PRICES — QUALITY MERCHANDISE!
SHOPPING IS A
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Phone RO 5-3291 — We Deliver
HOWARD'S
GROCERY
& MARKET
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 & 28
—#-
80 COUNT
NAPKINS
2 for 25c
DIAMOND A
CUT GREEN BEANS 2 for 45c
PINK BEAUTY
SALMON
MRS. TUCKER'S
SHORTENING
Tall Can 63c
3 Lbs. 65c
MAZOLA OIL
APPLE SAUCE
SLICED BEETS
COFFEE
SUGAR
Qt. 69c
2 Cans 35c
2 Cans 25c
Lb. 85c
5 Lbs. 55c
SWAN LIQUID DETERGENT
1 Qt., 6 Oz. - 63c
LUXURY
ICE (REAM
Vi Gal. - 69c
SHOP OUR STORE
EVERY DAY FOR
COOL BARGAINS
MELLORINE
CREAM
Vi Gal. - 35c
or - 3 for $1.00
★ MEATS ★
CHUCK
ROAST
CHUCK
STEAK
Lb. 45c
.............Lb. 45c
TALL KORN BACON
FRESH
GROUND MEAT 3 Lbs. $1.45
FRYERS Lb. 35c
Lb. 70c
Special Hearing
To Discuss Beef
Import Problem
Senator Murray Watson call-
ed to the attention of area live-
•stockrtien a meeting concerning
meat imports scheduled for 10 a.
m., Tuesday, August 31, ;n the
House Chamber of the State
Capitol in Austin,
The meeting, called by Agri-
culture Commissioner John C.
White in accordance with recent
legislative action authorizing 3
study of the economic effect of
meat imports on Texas, will be
attended by State officials and
leaders of the Texas livestock in-
dustry. Senator Murray Watson
has invited all interested stock-
men to attend.
Speakers at the meeting will
include Commissioner White,
Texas ranchman Dolph Briscoe,
and Dr. Jim Stevenson. Director
of Economic Research for Ar-
mour and Company of Chicago.
Crime News Study
To Be Made By
Interim Committee
AUSTIN <TPA> — First three
members of the Legislature’s 11-
member "Interim Committee to
Study News Media on Proceed-
ings in Criminal and/or Civil
Courts" have been named by Lt,
I Gov Preston Smith
j They are Sens. Dorsey Harde-
j man of San Angelo. Culp Krue-
! ger of El Campo and Bruce Rea-
gan of Corpus Christi. Yet to
; be named are three members
j from the House of Representa-
! tives, three from the news media
and two from the State Bar of
I Texas
Panel resulted from contro-
; versy over deletion of a provis-
ion from the new Cede of Crim-
inal Procedure which would have
severely restricted pre-trial news
coverage. The new code takes
effect January 1
The study committee was au-
thorized to take a sharp look at
existing coverage.
WALKER FUNERAL HOME
Cash Burial - Hospitalization
Polio - Cancer - Life Insurance
WE ACCEPT ANY BURIAL POLICY AT FACE VALUE
Wortham, Texas
Phone RO 5-3941
Attorney General
Gives Opinions On
Several Questions
AUSTIN. (TPA)—In requested
opinions. Attorney General Wag-
goner Carr has held that:
• Texas Western College can-
not use money appropriated by
the Legislature for tuition schol-
arships to aid students living in
Juarez, Mexico.
• Sections of a new act insti-
tuting jury wheel system in Ti-
tus, Young and Kerr counties are
unconstitutional “local and spe-
cial laws."
• El Paso County commission-
ers have no authority to grant an
easement across Ascarate Park
for an underground gas pipeline,
• A city, after annexing an
area including a county road,
does not need permission of the
county to abandon and close such
road or street.
BLUEBONNETS (ITALIAN
STYLE) TO GREET TOURISTS
AUSTIN. (TPA)—Visitors stop-
ping at Texas Highway Depart-
ment tourist information centers
soon will get a look at bluebon-
nets regardless of the season—
plastic ones, that is, made in
Italy.
TEENAGERS TO DISTRIBUTE
CONFERENCE FINDINGS
AUSTIN. (TPA) —The 1,600
teenagers who attended the third
annual Attorney General’s Youth
Conference on Crime will distri-
bute their findings on causes of
juvenile crime and school drop-
outs to youth and community or-
ganizations.
HOSPITAL AND SPECIAL
SCHOOLS BOARD REPLACED
AUSTIN. (TPA)—Monday saw
the lxst meeting of the Board for
Texas State Hospitals and Spe-
cial Schools, now replaced by
the new State Department of
Mental Health.
COMMISSION SETS HEARING
ON BUS FARE HIKES
AUSTIN. (TPA)—Texas Rail-
road Commission hearings are
set for September 8 on request
of National Bus Traffic Associa-
tion, Inc., for a 10 per cent hike
in local and interline rates and
charter services.
There are 9,315 Baptists in
Norway.
531.000 ACRES TO BE
OFFERED FOR LEASE
AUSTIN. (TPA)—Land Com-
missioner Jerry Sadler has an-
nounced that 531,000 acres will
be offered at the third oil and
gas lease sale of 1965 on October
5 in the General Land Office.
BRACEROS COMING IN
WON'T WORK IN TEXAS
AUSTIN. (TPA)—None of the
8,000 braceros who will be ad-
mitted from Mexico to the U.S.
between September 1 and Oc-
tober 1 will work in Texas, ac-
cording to Texas Employment
Commission.
WATER COMMISSION
SETS OCT. 25 HEARING
AUSTIN. (TPA)—Texas Water
Commission set October 25 for
hearing on application of North
Texas Municipal Water District,
Wylie, to triple Lavon Reservoir
conservation storage.
JENKINS
Grocery & Market
SPECIALS FOR FRI. & SAT., AUG. 27-28
CRISCO
SHORTENING
3 Lb. Can
89c
ADMIRATION
COFFEE 1 Lb. Can
83c
MELLORINE
Gal. 35c — or — 3 lor $1.00
Vi
IMPERIAL PURE CANE SUGAR
5 Lb. Bag - 39c
(WITH $5.00
PURCHASE)
WE HAVE A
VARIETY OF
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
PREMIUM
CRACKERS
1 Lb. Box - 31c
GLADIOLA
FLOUR
10 Lb. Bag - 99c
MORTON HOUSE
BAKED BEANS
17 Oz. Can - 25c
HOUSEHOLD CLEANER
TOP JOB
Large Bottle - 69c
LILLY BRAND
SALT
2 Boxes - 19c
CHARMIN
NAPKINS
2 Pkgs. - 25c
KOTEX
Reg., Jr., or Super
39c Box
★ M EATS ★
★ PRODUCE ★
FRESH FRYERS
30c Lb.
RED POTATOES
10 Lb. Bag - 45c
FRESH
LEMONS - 3 for 10c
CALF LIVER
55c Lb.
Pecos Cantaloupes
15c Each
Phone RO 8-3381
WORTHAM
We Deliver
FOR FORD AND FALCON
BATES MOTOR COMPANY
Phone RO 5-3461 — Wortham
SALES AND SERVICE SEE...
DICK SCOTT
Phone GY 6-3864 — Mexia
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Farquhar, Dolores. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965, newspaper, August 26, 1965; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1060827/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.