Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1984 Page: 4 of 30
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COW POKES
By Ace Retd
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State Capitol Highlights-
Possibility of second tax hike is
casting shadow in Legislature
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PIONEERS ON PARADE—20 years ago
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By LYNDELL WILLIAMS
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Affected are five families in
Stamford and seven in Anson.
The combined payroll of the
office is approximately 16,500
per month, with about $2,500 of
this being in Stamford. Slated
for closing also is the office at
Sweetwater. A delegation rep-
resenting the chamber of com-
merce of that town went to
Austin last Friday to protest
the order.
The city of Stamford will
submit a plan for further con-
struction of public housing
units in the city to the Housing
and Home Finance Admini-
stration of the federal govern-
ment for its approval in an at-
tempt to obtain federal
assistance for the project.
This action was authorized
in a resolution adopted by the
city council during their
STAMFORD AMERICAN
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The Stamford Bulldogs will
try to improve their 0-3 record
against the Haskell Indians
Friday night at 8 p.m. in the
Bulldog Stadium. Head Coach
Bill Anderson said the In-
dians, 1-2, are the closest to
Stamford in size of any team
the Dogs have played this
year.
The Indians have “a pretty
good little team,” according to
Anderson. The Haskell team,
a long time Stamford rival,
relies on a solid “five” defense
and a trapping and power of-
fense, the Stamford coach
said.
Stamford Chamber of Com-
merce banquet will be Mon
day night, Sept. 30 in the
Stagecoach Inn. The annual
event will begin at 7 p.m.
Speaker for the affair will be
Joe Riordan, well-known after
dinner speaker and raconteur.
A public relations counselor
by profession Riordan de-
scribes himself as an Irish
Seanachi.
Tax Hike Necessary?
The situation will become
complicated if oil prices
slump and reduce Texas pro-
duction, or, as one lawmaker
added, if the federal courts
order more vast expenditures
in the state prison or mental
health systems.
If future revenues don’t
come in, then the Lone Star
State, which has enjoyed bud-
get surpluses for years, will
have to indeed bite the bullet
and face a second tax hike,
because the rainy day money
has already been spent, much
of it on the education reforms
enacted in the Governor’s
special session this summer.
Taken from the files of
the Stamford American, Sep-
tember 24. 1964.
Taken from the files of the
Stamford American, Septem-
ber 26. 1974.
Stamford city council last
Friday named Thursday, Nov
14 as the day for a bond elec-
tion for a proposed paving
project involving a loop of
streets in northwest Stamford,
the extension westward of
Reynolds Street and the pav-
ing of two areas petitioned by
property owners.
The election will be from 8
a m. until 7 p.m. in the Youth
Center on the east side of the
square.
Estimated cost of paving is
$190,650 with another $46,207
estimated to relocate water
lines. Thus the bond issue
needed will exceed $250,000.
Specific streets in the proj-
ect will be Reynolds Street
from Furguson to the west city
limits, several streets west on
North Swenson in the vicinity
of Oliver to Haskell to
Handlan back to Swenson, and
Oliver from Orient to Harvard
and Texas near Trinity.
Office, School Supplies.
Office Furniture,
Equipment.
Printing
The plan is actually a con-
tinuation of the original hous-
ing program here in Stamford
under which 36 family units
were constructed during 1960
These are the units known as
Heritage Homes, which were
designed and built as low cost
housing for elderly citizens.
Local automobile dealers,
as usual the earliest harbinger
of a coming new year, will get
the jump on 1965 this week
when they introduce to the
public the newest creations
from the Detroit designers,
the 1965 model cars.
The new car debuts will
begin today, Sept. 24, with
others following on the 25th.
All American manufacturers
will introduce their new
models to the public on one of
these two days.
A party atmosphere will be
found at each of the new car
dealerships in Stamford, as
they present their new cars to
the public, accompanied by
refreshments, and at some
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According to Sanford
Hodge, manager of the Grand
Theatre here, Mel Barker, a
producer of short subjects,
will film a 30 minute picture
called “ The Stamford Story.”
The filming will start in
about two weeks, and will take
about two weeks to complete
the shooting.
The film will show various
civic clubs, the high school
band and football team, also
many other school activities.
A number of scenes will be
filmed downtown.
Part of the movie will star a
number of Stamford children
in a talking comedy. The pic-
ture will be made in sound and
color.
When completed the picture
will have its first showing at
the theatre and then will be
available for other showings.
First steel on the new Stam-
ford Hieh School auditorium.
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I ’ • Veh«i« inspection
The group was reminded
that there are honest people in
all businesses, but the number
of dishonest ones is growing
Caution can save a lot of
money.
Ray Green, Public Affairs
Officer of the Department of
Public Safety, shared travel
information with those pre-
sent, who learned about
historic and scenic areas of
the state that were within
close driving range.
Diane Parrish, Green
Thumb State Director, con-
ducted a question and answer
segment on administrative
matters.
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Pressure on White
The prospects of advocating
another tax increase, espe-
cially in the manner in which
he led the charge for school re-
form, cannot be attractive to
White, a Democrat, as he
thinks about re-election.
For some months now the
state has been plastered with
billboards bought by the op-
position party which remind
passersby that White has
reneged on one campaign
pledge of “no mdre taxes.”
Two tax hikes, one on the
heels of another, could only
double the amount of political
flak that White would surely
catch on the ’86 campaign
trail.
Even if taxes aren’t raised
again, it remains to be seen
whether the new school re-
forms will be acceptable to the
public—whether they will like
what they have paid for.
Some people get tired of hearing about the
presidential elections held every four years
in America. But we should never get tired,
bored or disinterested in politics. America’s
democratic voting system made the U.S.
the great country it is.
We’re less than six weeks away from the
1964 election. But, more importantly, we
are less than 10 days away from being able
to register to vote in this election.
This election is just as important, if not
more so, than past national elections. The
people elected this fall will vote on such key
issues as the 1985 farm bill, the national
budget and federal deficit, and the income
tax system.
The coming election also has some very
interesting individual races developing. Of
course, the foremost election is between
Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale. Both
men offer the voters a remarkable contrast.
However, at the state level, Texans have
an interesting and more contrasting elec-
tion in the one for U.S. Senate. Republican
Phil Gramm, who was just in Stamford, is
waging a strong fight against Lloyd Dog-
gett, a liberal running on the Democratic
ticket. Both men offer the voters completely
different views.
Gramm, who used to be a registered
Democrat, has really thrown a wrench into
the voting booth. Texas has traditionally
been a Democratic state. However,
Gramm’s conservative views are closer to
most West Texan’s thinking than Doggett’s
views. And West Texas has long been a
stronghold for the state’s Democratic Par-
ty. It will be interesting to see how die-hard
Democrats in West Texas vote in this race.
For All Your
Insurance
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AUSTIN — The Governor
last week launched the major
overhaul of the public school
system by appointing a new
membership of the State
Board of Education
But still unanswered is the
question of whether another
tax increase will be necessary
to pay for those reforms and
other items in Texas govern-
ment.
While Gov. Mark White was
naming his 15 appointees to
replace the 27-member elec-
ted board that was dismantled
under the reforms, Texas
Comptroller Bob Bullock was
predicting that state revenues
will be at least $200 million
short of what is needed to
maintain services in 1986-87.
Bullock said state legisla-
tors won’t be able to approve
even a no-growth budget, if his
estimates are correct. And if
the Legislature wants to ex-
pand state services to make
up for inflation and population
increases, lawmakers will
need to come up with an addi-
tional $1.7 billion.
Speaker of the House Gib
Lewis and a key committee
chairman, Stan Schlueter of
Killeen, promptly vowed to
fight any new tax increase in
the coming session, explaining
that taxpayers could not swal-
low another tax hike so soon
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Short Takes
• Senator John Tower says
he will participate in, or per-
haps lead, a filibuster to block
passage of the Simpson-Maz-
zoli immigration bill.
• State Sen. Bill Sarpolius
plans to introduce legislation
to raise the drinking age to 21.
• Comptroller Bob Bullock
says the tax bill passed during
the special session covers
parking meters, so cities will
be required to collect and
remit the tax.
• The Department of Public
Safety says Texas' crime rate
dropped 3.7 percent for the
first half of 1984.
• Texas Democrats re-elec-
ted Bob Slagle of Sherman to a
third term as party chairman.
Then and Now
Schlueter, whose Ways and
Means Committee controls the
gate for any tax bill, summed
up the prospects this way:
“Last time we had an issue
(public education reform)
that the people believed in. It
had the two ingredients,
necessity and public support.”
But the coming crunch, “the
State may come up with the
necessity, but you will not
come up with political sup-
port.”
Before the new board
take action, it must receive
clearance from the U.S. Jus-
tice Department, which ap-
proved all election changes
Sometime in the next session,
the appointees must be con-
firmed by the Texas Senate.
County Commissioners Court.
They were in the form of let-
ters addressed to members of
the Texas Highway Depart-
ment headed by D C. Greer
Editor’s note: The Old
Philosopher on hi» Johnson
grass farm on Paint Creek has
trouble with foreign policy this
week.
Dear editor:
One of the issues in the
Presidential race, if there are
any other than who can get
televised the oftenest with the
biggest crowds with the most
flags, is supposed to be foreign
policy — which candidate is
better equipped to handle it.
I have never understood
foreign policy or what it’s for.
For the most part it looks like
trying to settle a family squab-
ble next door, something most
people had rather dodge if
they know what’s good for
them.
Some prospective can-
didates, looking ahead to a
race, visit a lot of foreign
countries to prepare them
selves, if they get elected, to
handle foreign affairs.
Getting acquainted with
heads of foreign governments
who may not be in office by the
time you get elected is like a
football coach’s using a
5-year-old scouting report to
prepare for next week's oppo-
nent.
Also, it’s hard for countries
to understand each other’s
foreign policy when they don’t
understand their own I doubt
if there are 10 voters out of 75
million or 2 congressmen out
of 435 who know what our for-
eign policy is right now, and
none who know what it’ll be
tomorrow. Count me among
those who don't know what it
was yesterday.
I remember that when
Richard Nixon and Jack Ken-
nedy debated about foreign
policy on television they spent
half their time talking about a
couple of islands few had
heard of at the time and no-
body has heard of since.
Trying to establish a foreign
policy with the squabbling
shape the world's in today is
like a farmer's trying to plan
next year's farming opera-
tions on a normal year, when
every farmer knows there
never has been a normal year.
The weather, like nations,
operates in a very haphazard
pattern. How does anybody
know when the next uprising is
going to break out in Central
America or a hail storm in
Jones County?.
Yours faithfully,
J.A.
UNKLEY
DRUG
Blueberry growers will
meet Oct. 12-13 at Stephen F.
Austin State University in
Nacogdoches to hear discus-
sions on production and
marketing potentials.
Growers from Texas, Arkan-
Land Bids
Texas Land Commissioner
Garry Mauro released a list of
80 tracts of state land that
have been authorized for re-
sale to the highest bidder by
the Veterans Land Board.
Mauro is offering terms of
nine and one-quarter percent
to veterans and 11 percent to
non-veterans on a 30-year
assumable fixed rate loan.
A public reading of the bids
will be held Oct. 17 after the
bids close at 10 a.m.
Gerald B. Fincher, area
coordinator recently hired by
a four county area of West
Texas for participation in a
Concerted Services in Train-
ing and Education project, has
resigned from the position due
to health and personal rea-
sons.
Fincher, from Haskell, was
selected from eight applicants
to serve as coordinator in
Jones, Haskell, Knox
Stonewall Counties in
August.
The annual United
campaign will kick off
next week with a concerted
drive toward the $15,430 goal,
according to Albert David,
campaign chairman.
Various local clubs are
working in several different
areas, David said, and con-
siderable work is expected in
the drive next week. He said it
was realized that it would take
longer than one week to
achieve the goal, but plans
call for a big push next week in
an attemot to reach the goal.
If Gramm is successful in obtaining the
cross-over votes, Republicans will have
staged a major victory. If this were to hap-
pen, state party leaders might wise up to
the fact that they need the conservative
vote. And if they want those votes, they’d
better start listening to the old Democrats.
There’s another race many folks around
here are waiting to cast their ballots in. And
that, of course, is the re-election bid for
Stamford Cong. Charles Stenholm. Many
people can relieve their consciences by
casting their vote for Charlie. Luckily, we
already know he’s won.
Finally, Texas voters this fall will decide
the fate of 8 constitutional amendments.
The most popular of these revisions would
be the creation of a fund for all the state
universities that do not have access to the
oil monies given to colleges of UT and A&M.
Those schools are bankrolled by the state’s
Permanent University Fund (PUF). The
non-PUF money would come from the state
treasury.
This all points to an important election,
one which all eligible voters should take
part in and exercise their rights. And in
order to vote, you must be registered by
Oct. 7.
We urge you to take the time to register.
If you’ve moved from one city or precinct,
to another since the last election, you need
to update your registration. Voter registra-
tion cards are available at Cong. Sten-
holm *s local office, or can be picked up at
the Jones Countv Courthouse. And registra-
tion booths also will be set up at local stores
this weekend, so get involved in your coun-
try, and register to vote.
New Board
With that thought no doubt
in mind, White named a new
state board with a strong busi-
ness management back-
ground to make sure the re-
forms don’t falter.
He also maintained minori-
ty representation on the new
board, as he said he would try
to do.
The new membership has
three Hispanics, two blacks
and five women. Six members
are businesspersons, four are
educators, three are lawyers,
one physician and one dentist.
Only two are holdovers from
the abolished elected board.
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was put into place Tuesday
and work is to proceed rapidly
from this time on. The steel
was fabricated in Oklahoma
and the company was running
late in deliveries. .
Already brick for the build-
ing is on hand and the walls
are likely to go with little
delay, weather permitting.
Meanwhile, three other ma-
jor construction jobs in the
town are marking time. Rainy
weather is holding up work on
the new Presbyterian Church
and the new building for the
Stamford Federal Savings and
Loan Association.
G H. Cobb of Cobb Ford
Sales said Wednesday that his
building is waiting the arrival
of steel.
The Stamford Chamber of
Commerce this week joined in
protesting the closing of the
resident engineer's office of
the Texas Highway Depart-
ment in Anson.
Similar protests have been
made by the Anson Chamber _ ______ ______ _____
of Commerce and by the Jones _ regular meeting here Friday
8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. .
Monday - Friday
CLOSED SATURDAYS
j' Oil-Gotolinw-BaHwriM-OiWMl
Wmh ond lubrication
Green Thumbers attend session
If something sounds too
good to be true, it probably is.
Many have heard the term
“rip-off.” Some people call it
.“being taken” or “being
conned.” It is all the same
thing, and as the sixty Green
Thumbers learned in a recent
training session, there are
people who will try to take ad-
vantage of older citizens just
because they are older.
Attending the session from
Stamford were Maudie
Golden, Viola Stanford,
Gladys Summers, Jessie Ber-
ryhill with host agency super-
visor Linda Martin and Dollie
Lobstein.
In a program entitled
“Bunko,” Officer Billings of
the Crime Prevention Unit in
Abilene gave tips on how not to
be the victim of a con artist.
The participants who gath-
ered in Colorado City Sept. 24
were warned about rushing in-
to cash transactions, disclos-
ing personal banking informa-
tion to strangers and signing
any contract without reading
it first.
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after the record tax bill this
summer.
The Governor has not in-
dicated whether he would sup-
port another increase this
spring.
TRADE IN STAMFORD
Patronize your local merchants. SVJ
Build up home town economy.
PIONEERS ON PARAM—10 years ago
Nov. 14 set for paving bond election
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