Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1975 Page: 4 of 15
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By DANNY LAMMERT
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PIONEERS ON PARADE—10 years
ago
SHS students win typing awards
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for
hooks, rods, etc.
former state champion, 46-45.,
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUSTIN
Gov. Briscoe offers Legislature
full course
of recommendations
BILL DAVIS
$«• tin Un
NMAUHON SHOP
. NEW LOCATION on South Side of Square
CUSTOM
JOES
UPHOLSTERY
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TRADE
WESTERN WEAR
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the
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of the 14 finalists in the farm
equipment dealer category of
the 1954 Brand Names Re
THEOSCOTT
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col-
can
bill,
rec-
re-
tax
Oil -Gasolines-Tires
Batteries-Wash and
Lubrication
Martha
won $10
other months and only managed to tie
September in the area of ambulance calls
Both months had 27 calls.
STAMFORD AMERICAN
January 30, 1975
UPHOLSTERY
Any Type FuraHare -
.Pick Up and Delivery
Mrs.l
in At
movii
the ul
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Mr.
were
Roundup of 1974 police action
t gives ample food> for thought
receiving silver ...
lease can be
business
topless
for sup-
Court of
Bunkley
Drug
The first successful ballon,
flight in the U. S. was on Jan
9, 1973
Texas turkey growers may
niae *** Ptf-fiRt fewer tur-«
SHORT SNORTS
A “bakery
broken when the
starts permitting
dancers to perform
per club guests, the
Civil Appeals held.
Taken from the files of the
Stamford American, Jan. 27,
1955. - '*
Beef calves will be shown
by three Stamford agriculture
boys at the Fort Worth Fat
Stock Show and exposition
' Weldon Holbrooks, their
instructor, and the boys with
their calves left Wednesday
for Fort Worth and the boys
will return Feb 4
The boys going are John
~ TreSdwell, Tommy Schoon
maker and T C Rice
Buie Implement Co. Inc of
Stamford has been named one
- Sal
Payt
"■'week
’ Mr.j
first prize for her essay.
Second prize of $5 went to
COMPLETE LINE OF SCHOOL CLOTHES
WESTERN WEARAND
■ WORK CLOTHES
won’t start
That’s probably as g’Ctod a reason as any
one else could offer If thafs^lfe 'Case,
apparently Stamford residents’ con-
fidence in the police was on the .increase
last year when confidence in the economy,
leadership and peace was somewhat less
strong
None of the other areas of the rundown
offered changes nearly as dramatic as the
misceilaneous category —
Coming the closest <kas the. number of
arrests In 1974, there were 241 arrests,
down from 1973 s 306 Showing almost the
-.same amount of drop was the number oi
disturbance calls. There were 131 in 1974i
57 less than 1973*s 188
In the plus column, there were 53 more
messages delivered in 1974 than there
wereTh 1973 Last year marked 162 while
the previous year had 109
The number of tickets issued decreased’
from 198 in 1973 to 166 last year, a drop of
32 A similar decrease was seen in the
number of burglaries w itb2Ureported last
year and 42 noted a year earlier
/ 'Other decreases came in vandalism,
down 17 from; 1973 s 40 to 32: hit and run
< atitds 1, dow n 6 from 14 tofi and funerals,
down jgteai J02 to 94.
v 202 W, McHarg
Stamford 773-3502
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WEDGECO tools help
you get more work -
FASTER
Wedgeco
Hinged Tools Bart
Wedgeco Built'
’ Sub-Soil Plows
’“• Areas which had increases include
other arrests, up from 42 to 55; juvenile
arrests, up from 34 to 46; larceny-theft, up
from 61 to 70; ambulance calls, up from
251 to 260; prowler calls, up from 45 to 50;
accidents, up from 120 to 124; and vehicle
„ t thefts, up from 3 to 5.
Interpretation of all of these figures
wpuld definitely take a statistician. Plus a
sociologist and several other experts.
It is interesting to note that the time of
year seems to have little effect pn any of
the categories. Most occurarices were on a
year-long basis. It would seem to be
expected that Ji^ly might be heavier than
othgr months in the areas of arrests, ,
accidents, tickets, etc. due to the fact that'
there are more people in town then at that
time than most months because of the
Cowboy Reunion.
But this is* not the case. July had.J7
arrests, 7 accidents and 12 tickets. The
heaviest months for these categories are
March and May with 29 arrests each, “
March with 20 accidents and February .
with 23 tickets.
A total of 515 retailers in 25
different categories have been
invited to submit presents-
tions to the panel of judges
composed of last years win-
ners. Judging will take in New
York in March. .
Winners have been an-
nouncedand checks mailed in
the essay contest conducted
by the Jones County Tuber
culosis Association.
Workman of Avoca
J. Ar favors
expansion
of rebates
Editor’s Mtet The Old
Philosopher aa his Johnson
grass farm on Paint' Creek
Dear editor: J,
As you know, first Congress
and the President both came
out for a tax rebate, then the
automobile companies fell in
line with their rebates Buy a
new car at whatever price you
can wangle out of the dealer
and the company in Detroit......
will mail you a check for $300
or so. »
' I guess this is the first time
in history we’ve ever tried to
rebate ourselves out of a
recession, but I’m in favor of
it. w
Only, it doesn’t* go far
enough. If a car company will
pay me to buy a new car, why
won't the filling station pay
me to fill it up withjgas? What
are the tire companies going
to do for me when I wear out
the first set? .
.What are the supermarkets
hung on? What kind of rebate
are they coming up with if you
buy a sack of new groceries?
These are uncertain times
and no half-way measures are
going to get us out of our
trouble. If I can get enough
people sending me rebates, -
and they ’ll scatter them out so
I’ve got an adequate amount -
coming in every month with
maybe a few extra? along
about Christmas time, I’ll
figure I’ve done my part to
whip the recession
Speaking of rebates, the
Soviet Union has beat us all
hollow in that department
According to article I read
yesterday, in 1972 the U.S.
agreed-ta.cut Russia's World
War II debt to us to $722
million, although it was a lot
more than that originally, in
some sort of trade agreement
giving Russia, what's called
".most favored nation” status,
but Russia has now said the
agreement has collapsed (I
don’t know who built the
scaffold) and therefore she
doesn’t owe us apything I'd
call that a pretty sizeable
, rebate >•
7. By the way, I’ve been
studying The car rebate plan
and I’m in favor of it but
wouldn't the companies sell
morecars if they sent you the
rebate before you bought a '
car so you could use that as a
downpayment?
Yours faithfully,
J A
Leroy Strickland and mem-
bers of his organization '
Four members of the cham-
pionship Stafford Bulldogs
who received special awards
at the All-Sports banquet were
James Herman, Rusty Kelley,
Max Jones and Eddie Jenkins.
Mike Anders spent three
days in Austin this week for
the inauguaration of Gov.
John B. Connally. The Stam-.
ford High School senior re-
ceived an invitation to the
inauguration for his contri
buttons to the recent cam-
paign
$2 50 went to Diane Oden of
Anson. Justin Rowland of
Hamlin received an honorable
mention.
Christ Lutheran Brother-
hood of the newly organised
Lutheran Church of Stamford
was organized with Dennis
Wilson named president.
_ Other officers are E. F.
Nauert, vice president; T. W.
Berry, secretary; Albert
Knipling, treasurer; and Dan
Rinn, chaplain.
773-3361, 301 €. Hamilton
programs and creation
new departments. Many
lege boards of regents
be expected to. fight the
The Governor’s many
ommendations included
peal of the state sales
on utility bills and steps to
remove problem drivers from
the ro&d. * ” — -------—
COMMITTEES NAMED —
The decks were cleared for
' action in the House of Rep-
resentatives with Speaker
Bill Clayton’s appointment of
standing committees which,
process legislation.
Claytom.named Rep. Bill
I’wrsnaj of ffryan, 42, chair-
man of the budget-writing
Appropriations Committee.
Presnal is a conservative
cattleman, and called for a
tig^t - fisted approach to
~ spending.
Rep. Tom Massey of San
... Angelo, another conservative,
will be chairman of the Pub-
lic Education Committee,
which will process school fi-
nance reform measure. Rep.
Fred Head of. Athens was
designated chairman of the
Higher Education-Committee.
Rep. Tom Uher of Bay City
will head the workhorse. "
State AffairS"- Committee,!-
R^p. Ben Grant of Marshall
will chair the Judiciary Com-
mittee.
Rep. Day Hutchison will ■■■ >
be chairman of the Constitu-
tional Revision Panel; Eddie
IWTrtice Johnspn of Dallas
-----Libor; Jfoin ACraddkk
Midland, Natural Resources
AUSTIN, Tex.—Gov. Dolph
Briscoe served up a smorgas-
bord of legislative recommen-
dations which ' could keep
lawmakers jumping for ■ the
next four months, even if
they had no proposals of
their own.
Briscoe Offered a 10-part
package, assigning top prior-
ity to complete restructuring
of the, public school finance ,
system and again serving
warning he will not approve
a tax bill.
He said he hopes the 64th
legislature will be known as
the “Public Education Ses-
sion.” ‘ ' '■
The governor made no 1
mention of two -dis-
til used issues: Conatftutiqtm)
revision and creation of a
public utilities commission.
He called for the “weighf-
0d pupil approach” to dis-
tributing state aid. That
would base state and local
spending on actual cost of
instructional programs gear-
ed to individual district needs
and ’ measured against the
best 42 districts. The local
district’s ability to pay
would be based on taxable
value of its property.
Briscoe placed heavy em-
phasis on legislation to as-
sure individuals’ right to
• privacy. •“
He drew some of his best
applause with proposals to
expand powers of the Co-
t ordinating Board, Texas Col-
lege and University System, v
-fiver _ne.w .
ion
Craig Washington of Hous-
ton, Criminal Jurisprudence;
Luther Jones of El Paso,
Elections; Bill Sullivant of
Gainesville, Environmental
Affairs; Joe Hubenak of
Rosenberg, Agriculture and
Livestock;
Chris Semos of‘ Pallas,
Business.and Industry; Jerry..
Donaldson of Gatesville, Fi-„
nancial Institutions; Pete
Laney of Hale Center, House
Administration; Lane Denton
of Waco, Social Services;
Lynn Nabers of Brownwood,
Health and Welfare;
Ben Bynum of Amarillo,
Insurance; E. L, Short of Ta-
h o k a , Intergovernmental
Affairs; Tim Von Dohlen of
Goliad, Judicial Affairs; Ben-
nie Bock of New Braunfels,
Liquor Regulation; Felix Mc-
Donald of Edinburg, Calen-
dars and Tom Schieffer of
Fort Worth, Local and’’Co'n-
sent Calendars. >
WELFARE SPENDING UP
• -“-Welfare spending during
the last fiscal year canrje to
$613.7 million in Texas, the
State Welfare Department
reported.
Of- the total, $406.8 million
was in federal funds. Medical
expenditures increased sharp-
ly, but average family pay-
ments declined slightly. More
thap a millibn Texans re-
ceived food stamps at the
end of fiscal 1974.
gen
whe
and
’ ANTHONY'S
Your Complete Deportment store—
Master Charge, Bank Amerlcard,
'^kai
Those
awards -were Patricia Smith,
Sheila Youngquist, Preston
Sqnpkins, George Moritz,
Marilyn Teichelman
Four Students received gold
awards for their putstanding
achievements They were
Ingrjd Haterius, Evelyn Gray.
Linda.Lindsey and Troy West
The parking lot around the
Stamford National Guard
Armory has been topped with
base ' material but the ,
material has not had suf
ficient time to become packed
as a result the rain made a
mess of the lot.
Of the 100 or so cars which
brought people to the banquet
15 had to be pulled out by Sgt
Statistics to a lot of people are simply
fc)teis of figures recorded for reference with
Jittle other purpose.
To others, statistics can be interpretted
‘to mean a variety of things, depending to
’a large extend on the interpreter. _
s "* At.hest, close examination of statistics
can best be termed as speculation Some
’ speculation has better basis than other
A yearend report from Stamford Police
Department gives a volume of statistics
adequate to choke down even the most
ivicj statistician.
Last year’s police report compared to
that of 1973 reveals few; earth-shattering
iifferences in police actions — a few more
af one type of call and a few less of
another in most instances
Actually, a tt^category run of
activity shows increases irt nine-Areas ai
decreases in seven, whicri almost aver-
-ages out >—•—
However, one^tegory in which there
was a drastic increase catches the eye
and pushes the increased activities far
ahead of the decreases categories.
Last year saw an increase in miscel-
„ laneous telephone calls — those not
otherwise listed in specific areas — from
689 in 1973 to a whooping 1282 in 1974’,
That’s an increase of 593 calls
That’s where the statistician comes in
to jask why the marked increase in that
one area when the maximum increase in
any other area is 53 and the maximum
decrease is 65.
It’s hard to say but City Manager H R. .
Macomber and Police Chief B Q Cooper
venture one theory that the general
population is expressing more confidence
in the local police by calling on them more
when they have problems ranging from
stray dogs to wild animals to cars that
• Wedgeco Built Hoeme - ■ -
Style Chisel Plow
Also Spacers. Shanks,
and Foot Pieces.
WEDGSCO
j FARM
EQUIPMENT
773-5112 Stamford
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Jenn
ptay<
Taken from the files of the
Stamford American. Jan. 2f.
1965.
National Students Type
writing Tests from the Na- _
tional Business Education
Association were adminis
tered to Stamford High School
typewriting classes at mid-
term by^lrs LaNeta Carlock
commercial teacher
Students that received
bronze awards were Paula
Burk, Doris Escobedo, Linda
Mickler, Martha Westfall.
Lisa Andrews. Jennifer Craig,
Lynn Short, Joy Westfall,
Sally Carothers. Eddie Har
A typewriter eraser .will . vey- Chuck Brownfield, Jack
at the state tournam^rrt to Snobk, a remove rust spots from guns, Hfirkjp^L^ Sgnuny Gonzales,
and Wayne Raley. ——
There appeared early last week in a
sports column of the Wichita Falls Record
News an item concerning a former
Stamford area basketballer
The column by Mark Shaffer concerned
Russell Letz, former All-State player at
Old Glory and son of Mr and Mrs.
Edward Letz
The main topic of the column praised
. Letz from his rise from a Class B- basket-
ball player to a starting position on the
nationally-rankdd New Mexico State
^University squad.
1*he NMSU Aggies, who are ranked No.
19 in the nation, have a 10-3 record going
into this week with one of those losses
being to third-ranked Louisville.
The team is number one in the nation
defensively Letz averages 20 minutes
play ing time per game and has averaged
eight points per outing
He went 10 NMSU after narrowing down
the 25 scholarship offers he had from
schools as far away as the ,UA}Wers'ty of
Maryland. ’ ................
Letz attributes his success iff making
the transition to college basketball to
getting a valuable break while still
playing at Old GJory. An assistant coach
at NMSU saw- him play in junior high and
remember him
Later, Old Glory made it as far as the
semi-finals in the state tournament during
Iz'tzs senior year, giving him the
exposure needed tQ,bg,ooliced by cojlege(
coaches
Letz’s high school record produced 3460
points over four ye^rs for a 25 point per
game average Old Glory had a 36-5
record during Leto's senior year and fell
IN STAMrORD
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8 a.m.io 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday
PIONEERS ON PARADE—20 years ago
Winners announced in essay contest
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Lammert, Danny. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1975, newspaper, January 30, 1975; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1205320/m1/4/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.