Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [119], No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1973 Page: 3 of 14
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BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER. FEBRUARY 22, 1973
Pace 3
One House member checks the bill number of a particular piece of legislation that is being
considered by the Texas House of Representatives. The video screen is linked with a computer
that is programmed with the most up-to-date information about the Legislature. For the con-
venience of the legislators and the Capitol staff, the video screens are located in the chambers
of both houses and at other strategic locations throughout the building. The one shown here
is at the rear of the House chamber.
Planting Time For
Fruit, Pecan Trees
The fact that spring is only
a few weeks away should make
most people take note,
especially if they're con-
sidering planting fruit and pe-
can trees.
County Extension Agent Ed
Migura advises homeowners to
order or purchase needed trees
as soon as possible to get
the best pick of available
supplies.
It's also important to select
varieties that are adapted to
your particular locality, em-
phasizes Migura. The county
Extension office can provide
information on which varieties
perform best in a given area.
For peach and plum trees,
select year-old plants that are
three to five feet high. Apple
and pear trees should be four
to six feet tall. Pecan trees
that are five to seven feet tall
are best Such trees will trans-
plant easily and will become
established more quickly. Ex-
cessively large, bare-rooted
trees should not be purchased,
cautions Migura.
When buying fruit and pecan
trees, always insist on disease-
free stock. Select peach and
plum trees that have Nema-
guard rootstock (rootstock that
has resistance to rootknot nem-
atodes).
Trees perform best on soils
that are well-drained and have
good penetration by roots, wa-
ter and air, so give special
attention to the planting site.
An important operation fol-
lowing planting Is the cutting
back of the main trunk and side
branches, points out Migura.
Pecan trees should be cut back
by one-third to one-half of their
top growth (that portion above
the ground level). Cut back
apple and pear trees to about
30 to 36 Inches above the ground
and peach and plum trees to
about 24 to 28 Inches.
Lf trees have side branches,
remove all of these below the
top 18 Inches of the malntrunk.
Any side branches above 18
inches should be stubbed back
to one to two Inches.
The main reason for prun-
ing the top growth of nursery
trees is to compensate for root
losses that these trees exper-
ienced when they were dug, ex-
plains Migura. In other words,
the top growth needs to be
balanced with the root system
so that the roots can develop
and become established.
All pruning cuts should be
treated with a tree wound dress-
ing as a protectant against In-
sects and diseases.
Pruning is also important
during the early years of fruit
and pecan trees so that they
will develop properly and take
the desired shape.
Migura adds that further In-
formation on selecting, plant-
ing and care of fruit and pecan
trees Is available at his office.
Bias in Bicycles?
To help its employees set
around the premises, a large com-
pany kept a supply of bicycles
available at all times. But all the
bicycles were men's. Women
workers finally went to the Equal
Employment Opportunity Com-
mission with a charge of "dis-
crimination on the basis of sex."
At the hearing, they pointed
out that men's bicycles were just
not suitable for them, especially
since they were also forbidden to
wear slacks. This impressed the
Commission, which duly upheld
their complaint.
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Legislature Uses Computers
In Daily Business Routine
TI.e bicycle case is typical of the
wide variety of issues that have
arisen under famed Title Seven
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Women have also complained
— almost always with success
— about hiring practices, dress
codes, height requirements, smok-
ing privileges, hours of work, and
seniority rules.
"Title Seven," said one c-jurt,
"rejects the notion of romantic
paternalism toward women and
seeks to place them on an equal
footing with men."
In fact, men too have won vic-
tories under the same law. For
example, the Commission found
sex discrimination in another
company that gave half-hour
lunch periods to its women em-
ployees hut only 20 minutes to
men.
Ne\crthclcss, Title Seven does
not apply to hardship situations
that arc not based on discrimina-
tion between the sexes. Take this
case:
A saleswoman accused her de-
partment manager of violating
Title Seven by deliberately mak-
ing her life miserable. She said
he made fun of her, gave her hard
assignments, and bawled her out
viciously.
It turned out, however, that her
fellow men in the same depart-
ment had the same talc of woe.
Since male and female employ-
ees were being treated with equal
harshness, the Commission decid-
ed to turn down the woman's
complaint.
The Commission said she had
not proven a violation of Title
Sexen, but merely that the de-
partment manager was a very
nasty fellow.
A public ncrvlff feature of the
Amrriran Bar Amiorialion and
tlie Tf«« State Bar A oriation.
Written by Will Bernard.
TIP TO MOTORISTS
Good brakes prevent a num-
ber of things, but they are use-
less when the car takes to the
air.
M'CK IS LIFE
Everything comes to the man
who waits — even his wife who
said she'd be ready in a minute.
During the 62nd Legislature
(1971-1972), over 3,000 bills
were considered In the Te as
House of Representatives alone
—more than double any other
session's total. That number
Is expected to rise by some
50% during this 140 day ses-
sion.
But the Texas House has
made a major breakthrough In
solving the problems of re-
cording the legislation In the
dally House Journal.
That breakthrough is com-
puterization.
The State of Texas is one
of the first states In the nation
to use computers In the dally
routine of legislative business.
Both the Texas House and Sen-
ate are using computers to sim-
plify following legislation
through the presc bed process
of lawmaking.
For one bill to become law
Pentecostal
Church
Activities
The men of The United Pen-
tecostal Church held a workday
Saturday as scheduled. Al-
though unable to work on the
roof as planned, they were able
to get a great deal of Inside
work done on classrooms.
Guest speaker Sunday even-
ing was Rev. R. L. Sharp of
San Antonio. Rev. Sharp is
presently helping Rev. L. E.
King build a new church in that
city. He is the new Youth Di-
rector of Section Nine replac-
ing Pastor G. R. Gowln, Jr of
Bastrop United Pentecostal
Church.
Everyone in Bastrop is In-
vited to come hear Bro. S. H.
Perdue this Friday at 7:30p.m.
Bro. and Sister Perdue are out-
going missionaries to Colom-
bia. Those already privileged
to hear Bro. and Sister Perdue
are sure you will receive a
blessing by being in this ser-
vice.
The Spring Banquet Com-
mittee has set March 10th for
the Young Peoples Banquet to
held this year at the Magic
Mill.
Wednesday morning at 9:00
a.m. is the regular Ladies
Prayer Meeting when ladles of
all churches are Invited to join
us for prayer.
CCW Nominates
New Officers
A short meeting for the mem-
bers of the Lockhart Deanery
Council of Catholic Women was
held at San Marcos, Sunday,
February 4. Nominations for
officers to be elected at the
May meeting were made. Mrs.
James Braden of San Marcos
was nominated for president,
Mrs. Shirley Morgan, also of
San Marcos, vice president;
Mrs. Glenn McGee of String
Prairie for secretary; and Mrs.
Susie Covacoz of Lockhart,
treasurer.
Miss Genevieve Bonkowski of
Lockhart was asked by the
president to be the Lockhart
deanery Clerical Endowment
Fund Chairman, and Mrs.
Arthur Goertz of Rockne Fam-
ily Affairs Commission Chair-
man.
The chairmanship of the
Community affairs, Church
Communities, organization
services, and legislation need
to be filled at present. Farlsh
presidents of the deanery were
asked to help in securing ladies
for these posts.
Attending the meeting were
Rev. Ray Wldacki of Lockhart,
moderator; Mrs. James Brad-
en, San Marcos; Mrs. Susie
Cavacoz, Miss Genevieve Bon-
kowski, Mrs. Tamoyo, Lock-
hart; Mrs. Glenn McGee, String
Prairie; and Mrs. Arthur
Goertz, Rockne.
Arrives For Duty
At Borgstrom
AUSTIN — U.S. Air Force
Sergeant John L. Taylor, son
of Mrs. Helen Ha mm on s of
DeQulncy, La., has arrived for
duty at Bergstrom AFB, Tex.
Sergeant Taylor, a munitions
maintenance specialist, Is as-
signed to a unit of the Tactical
Air Command which provides
air support for U.S. ground
forces. He previously served at
Da Nang AB, Vietnam.
The sergeant is a 1968 grad-
uate of DeQulncy High School.
His wife, Jeanne, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al-
fred Streit of Coupland, Tex.
Sergeant Taylor's father, John
B. Taylor, resides In Bastrop.
Is a complicated process, it
first must be introduced to the
legislative body and referred
to committee where the bill is
debated in public hearing. The
committee must refer the bill
back to the membership where
the issue is discussed by the
body before the majority may
vote for or against It. If It
passes one house (either
the House or the Senate), it
must then travel to the other to
undergo the same process
When it passes there by a
majority, It then goes to the
Governor for his signature or
veto.
The status of a bill—where
it stands In this lawmaking pro-
cess—must be followed daily.
"Without computers," Jeanette
Burk, House Journal Clerk, ex-
plains, "we spent many hours
during the session and the in-
terim declfering the entire
journey of each bill."
"This new computer system
cuts the work in half and pro-
vides Immediate, up-to-date in-
formation on all legislation,"
Joe Allen chairman of the
House Administration Com-
mittee, said.
"This innovation puts a large
state government like ours in
the enviable position of handl-
ing the great bulk of work
with ease, efficiency and ef-
fectiveness. No other state of
comparable size has yet to
fully utilize a facility like
ours," Allen said.
The computer system now
used expedites the work and
supplies Immediate informa-
tion, Mrs. Burk said.
The House Journal staff is
still working on the bound copies
of the Journal from the la it
regular session and the4called
Sessions that followed.
Previous volumes of the
Journal for regular sessions
never numbered over 2, but
there will be 4 for the last
legislature.
For this bound copy, the staff
must index each bill by its sub-
ject matter and by its author
and compile the "history" of
each bill. After this is done,
all the materials must be check-
ed and rechecked to cull out
any errors that exist. This pro-
cess requires a great deal of
time, energy and staff power.
But Mrs. Burk reports that
she foresees the computers tak-
ing over the bulk of the work.
When the session is over in
May, all that is needed is a
computer print-out of the index
ami the printing of the bound
editions -- all of which should
take about 4 or 5 months in-
stead of more than a year.
The Journal is a constitu-
tional requirement, and is the
official record of House pro-
ceedings. Approximately 250
copies of the bound edition are
printed.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. [119], No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1973, newspaper, February 22, 1973; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238401/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.