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Page 16, The Nocona News, Nocona, Texas, October 27, 1983
Opinions |
Editorials
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Thursday, October 27, 1983
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Johnson Supply
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Morris Barron
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Jeff Richards
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Avis Robertson
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Lola Reynolds
June Roberts
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forjudges of contstitutional county
courts. Unnecessary delays, caus-
ed by inability of the regular judge
to perform his duties, would be
eliminated;
• Proposition 10 would allow a
city or town to use public funds to
assist in the relocation or replace-
ment of sanitation sewer laterels
on private property. The town
could pay for the initial cost and
allow the property owner to pay
back the amount within a 5-year
period; and
• Proposition 11 would expand
the Board of Pardons and Paroles
from three to six members, but
would streamline the parole pro-
cess by ending the current practice
of gubernatorial review of paroles.
Governor White is in support of
this proposition.
Junior Kevin Martin
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By Tracy Mesler
It’s hitting pretty close to home now. Not
as dose as it is hitting come American com-
munities, but it is getting close.
Across the nation, the families of U.S.
servicemen and sitting up, anxiously
awaiting word — the word they don’t want
to hear — that their son, brother, father,
husband is either dead, wounded or missing
as a result of the past five day’s actions in
Lebanon and Grenada.
It has not gotten that close to home to
Nocona.
But it is getting close.
L/Cpl. Robert Thompson of Nocona
returned last winter for a six months tour in
Lebanon as a member of the U.S. Marine
Corps multi-national peace keeping unit —
home he hoped from that bitter, ages-old
hotbed of religious and racial strife and war-
fare.
But over the weekend, in the aftermath of
the terrorist bombing of our Marine post in
Beruit, Thompson joined hundreds of other
Drinks bring
in tax revenue
Mixed drink tax collections
brought in more than $2,500 to
Montague County the past
quarter.
The county received >1,981.57
as its 15% share of the >13,210.46
in total mixed drink taxes collected
in the county for July August and
September.
A total of >2,986.51 in mixed
drink taxes was collected in the ci-
ty of Bowie with the city receiving
>447.98, or 15%, as a rebate from
the state. Saint Jo received
>138.34 as its 15% of >922.25 col-
lected within its incorporated city
limits.
The state’s 10% mixed drink
tax is collected by the Alcoholic
Beverage Commission and city-
county rebates are sent out
quarterly by the State Comp-
troller’s Office. The third quarter
rebate, for the state, was up 7.4%
over the same period last year.
and shipped out
Lebanon, but now there is Grenada.
That is what the U .S. M arine Corps is for
— quick, decisive, often times bloody
response to the world’s political and military
hotspots.
It has been a long time since the United
States has had to flex its muscles as “the
world’s policeman.”
It has been a long time since incursions
into the Suez Canal, the Domican Republic
and other spots.
And as a result, it is startling when those
times return and return so close to home.
One can only hope that our committ-
ments are strong enough to quickly,
decisevly accomplish our objectives with the
least amount of death and anguish as is
possible, for both sides.
But until the reports are in, all we can do
at home is keep hoping and praying for a
quick conclusion to the crisis at hand. A a
safe return for all of our servicemen.
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Leonard Rlechie 04) to "
"We need to remember that
even though there are not any ma-
jor statewide races this year, there
are important issues to decide.
The voters have an opportunity to
make changes in the way pardons
and paroles are granted; child sup-
port orders are enforced; and
financial assistance is offered to
veterans, in addition to other con-
stitutional matters.
"While all the amendments are
important, I am especially in-
terested in the child support and
pardons and paroles board
changes. I authored these
amendents in the Senate this past
session, and feel that these
changes. I authored these amend-
ments in the Sentate this past ses-
sion, and feel that these changes
would be particularly beneficial to
the state," Farabee said.
The Senator focused his
remarks on the final six amend-
ments. having commented on the
first five a few weeks ago. He ex-
plained that:
• Proposition 6 would give the
state stronger enforcement powers
over court-ordered child support.
This change would make delin-
quent parents-rather than the
state --responsible for the support
of their children;
• Proposition 7 would allow
bonds to be sold to financially aid
the Veterans’ Land and Veterans’
Housing Assistance programs;
• Propositon 8 would allow tax-
ing units to exempt certain frater-
nal organizations that perform
charitable and public service func-
tions from their property tax.
Local communities would be able
to decide whether the organiza
tion’s activities deserve tax relief;
• Proposition 9 would allow the
development of a system to assign
judges of statutory courts to serve
for other statutory court judges or
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By Tracy Mesler
It’s kind of nice to have a circus
come to town and the owners,
operators and employees think
enough of the image they leave
behind that they bag their own
trash and leave it ready for collec-
tion.
That’s what happened Sunday.
Monday morning City
Manager Tommy Sparks was in-
formed that the trash from Sun-
day’s two performances of the
Franzen Bros. Circus had been
bagged and was waiting to be pick-
ed up and hauled off.
You know, there are times when
Noconans don’t even think as
much of our public facilities.
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The word about the airport
grant was great news for the city.
According to the Texas
Aeronautics Commission, on a
scale of 1 to 100, with 100 being
the best possible airport. Nocona
rated a pathetic 11.
With the grant, the runway can
be resurfaced, the taxiway and
parking areas can be moved, the
runway lighting can be replaced
and the airport can be secured.
While such improvements
won’t show up in the city’s cash
register immediately, it will help
improve our community’s already
solid image.
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There may just be a disgruntled
county employee or two following
Monday’s commissioners court
meeting.
The commissioners gave
themselves and most of the other
elected county officials a >1,500 a
year pay raise.
They also granted raises of bet-
ween >400 and >600 to the deputy
sheriffs.
They also granted raises of
>1,200 to their county road hands
and >1,500 to their four county
road foremen.
For the county secretaries, of-
fice deputies, jailers and other
employees? The commissioners
gave them nothing.
That raised the hackles of some
of the other elected officials, such
as County Tax Assessor-Collector
David Moyer who has consistently
plugged for proportionte raises for
his six deputies.
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It’s been done! says City
Manager Tommy Sparks.
He had not been getting the
phone calls, but it did not take him
long to act once he was informed
of some public griping about
obstructed intersection views and
a lack of lights on the city water
tower.
"Just came by to tell you that
there’s a light on the water tower
now,” Sparks said Tuesday. The
city manager noted that by law the
city is not required to have a red
light atop the water tower since the
145-foot tower is well below the
200-foot minimum.
"But we like to keep it burning
anyway," he said.
Several interseaions that were
being obstructed by a variety of
objects, have also been cleaned up.
And Sparks said, "If people will
just call us and let us know where
the problem is, we’ll get on it."
As far as the obstructed in-
tersections on U.S. Hwy. 82, he
has contaaed the State Highway
Dept., which is responsible for
that roadway.
RubyMaxwell West Columbia, TX Elton W. Yancey La Marque. TX
J. D. McElhannon Dallas. TX S J . Young Nocona
Although some candidates for
the 1984 elections have already an-
nounced. Senator Ray Farabee
(Wichita Falls) is reminding his
District that there is also a 1983
election that they need to vote in.
At stake are eleven constitutional
amendments, two of which were
sponsored by the Senator.
“On the years when there is no
election for statewide office and
voters do not hear candidates cam-
paigning, it is easy to forget that
there is still an election. This year
it will be held on November 8, and
voters will have the opportunity to
vote on constitutional amend-
ments dealing with child support,
the pardon and paroles system, the
Permanent School Fund and other
issues, I urge voters from the 30th
District to vote for all of these
amendments," Farabee said.
Farabee outlined five of the
eleven amendments, and promis-
ed that his office will release infor-
mation on the other six in follow-
ing weeks.
Amendment 1 would authorize
counties with a population of
30,000 or less to have fewer
justices of the peace and constable
precincts. Farabee noted that this
amendment would save counties
money.
Amendment 2 proposes to
change the homestead exemption
of urban homesteads from a
monetary limitation to the size
limitation also used by rural
homesteads. This change will
avoid future amendments to the
Constitution when the price of
land or the standard of living
changes.
Amendment 3 would allow the
Legislature to grant agricultural
producer associations the authori-
ty to collect refundable
assessments on their product sales.
Farabee said that such an amend-
ment would allow agricultural pro-
ducers to promote their products
in a more cost-effective manner.
He explained that passage of the
amendment would not
automatically result in mandatory
assessments, but would give pro-
ducer associations the right to hold
a referenda to decide if the
assessments should be levied.
Amendment 4 would authorize
provisions to temporarily fill the
offices of state senators and
representatives when incumbents
are unable to fulfill their duties
during emergencies caused by
enemy attack. It also sets a pro-
cedure for the suspension of cer-
tain legislative procedural rules
during these emergencies.
Amendment 5 proposes to allow
the use of the Permanent School
Fund to guarantee school bonds.
Because the current economic con-
diticns result in high interest costs
for school construction, many
districts have not expanded their
schools to accommodate the new
students moving into Texas.
Senator Farabee explained that if
the state guarantees these bonds,
interest costs can be brought down
and necessary building and
renovating will cost taxpayers less.
Farabee also said that this is vir-
tually a risk-free program for the
state, and will benefit school
children, teachers and the educa-
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