The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1969 Page: 4 of 8
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Legal murder
It is an easy matter to say that
a man who drives his vehicle smack
into another one when both of them
are traveling a mile a minute is at
fault-
The man can't deny it. He s dead.
And when some highway department
engineer says a sign ten feet high
and twenty feet wide ought to stop
people from running together, he's
telling the truth. It ought to.
But all the blame and all the pet
theories of engineers so far expressed
and used have failed to cure an un-
tolerable situation at Omaha.
It is enough to say that seven people
have been killed and twenty others hurt
in the past two years at a crossing
there.
That makes it obvious enough that
something is wrong there with the lay-
out, the engineering, the warnings.
People don't normally run through
stop signs and commit motorcide by
hurtling pickup trucks into gasoline
tank trailers. Not at the exact same
spot every time.
Highway patrolmen have sat at the
intersection of Highways 67 and 259 in
Omaha for countless hours in an effort
to stop the death and destruction. Their
best efforts aren't enough. Neither
would more of the same be.
There's something wrong at the in-
tersection and chances are that some-
thing is in the engineering.
When a chart on some wall some-
where in Austin shows enough people
have been killed to indicate what every-
one around here already knows, some
deskbound official will swallow his
pride and consent to the installation
of some light or other warning device
that will work.
Until he does, legal murder ought to
be very much on his conscience.
other views
Out of hand
The tax situation is getting com-
pletely out of hand.
The State Legislature is currently
embroiled in a controversy over who
should pay most of the new taxes
needed to continue financing state pro-
grams.
The first idea, naturally, was to sock
the consumer with a state sales tax
hike. There was talk of a consumer
revolt, and now the legislators are
talking about making business pay a bit
more of the new tax load.
It would appear that the entire tax
structure needs overhauling, both on
the state and national levels. But it
needs to be done with care, and not
with such haste that we wind up with
something worse than we now have.
In one case, an Act was presented
one night and brought up before the
House the next day when one con-
gressman says it would take three
COW POKES
days merely to read it.
When he finally got a chance to
study it, there were glaring errors,
one of which was that middle-income
taxpayers (in the $7,000 to $13,000
bracket) were neglected completely.
The taxpaying public is getting tired
of such shennanigans, both in Austin
and Washington. A rax reform act of
some kind is needed both places but
such acts should be written with every
taxpayer in mind and without the "As-
sistance" of powerful lobbies who have
already helped to make a shambles
of the tax program.
And while they're at it, the legis-
lators might finally get around to
seriously discussing ways of cutting
state and federal expenditures. The
small businssman has to do it if he
has enough money to operate as he'd
like to.
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Sage of Sulphur Bottom
Less sleep for some
(Editor's note: The Sage of Sulphur
Bottom on his johnson grass farm in-
terrupts his nap to write the follow-
ing.)
Dear editar:
I didn't object, since I was about
through with my nap anyway, when a
newspaper carried by a light breeze
landed on my face and woke me up
the other afternoon — it was a good
thing too, because the shade I started
out in had moved off and left me in
the sun — and after I came to I look-
ed the paper over.
A headline immediately caught my
eye: "Doctor Says Man's Sleep Will
Be Reduced To 3 Hours."
According to it, a British doctor
claime people sleep too much, says
the idea you should get 8 hours of
sleep every night is nonsense, that
five or six is enough and 3 is better.
This is a matter I'm going to have
to sleep on before I come to a de-
cision.
In the first place, I have noticed
that some of the happiest hours of
young parents take place when the
youngster is asleep, and while 3 hours
is some relief, 8 is better and if he
wants to go for 10 or 12 that's better
still. In this connection, it should be
pointed out that the doctor who is pro-
posing only 3 hours is now 70.
You show me a kid that sleeps only
3 hours and I'll show you a set of
parents ready to collapse.
Furthermore, if people stay awake
21 hours out of every 24, you can
multiply by a third the total traffic
congestion, air pollution, noise, street
rioting, etc., we re now getting.
In fact, probably what we need is
somebody to put the world down for
an 8-hour nap every other day and
8 hours of sleep every night.
One of the main troubles with the
world is that the people who are
running it don't get enough sleep. You
can't make me believe they'd get us
in the fixes they do if they'd waked
up clear-headed and refreshed any day
you want to mention.
My theory developed over years of
experimenting is that everybody should
go to sleep when he's sleepy and wake
up when he's not, and if 3 hours will
hold you, all right, but keep quiet
at least till dawn.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
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Real Estate Transfers
Baptist youth attend rally
COUNTY DRIVE
STARTED FOR
STORM VICTIMS
A drive for food, cloth-
ing and other needed
items for hurricane vic-
tims is being held in Mor-
ris county.
The drive was started
by Mrs. J. L. Ansley of
Rocky Branch.
She said that the hurri-
cane victims need canned
food, clothing, shoes, bed
covering and many other
living essentials.
A load of the needed
things will be shipped
from Morris county next
week.
Mrs. Ansley said that
if anyone had donations
for the drive they should
call her or Mrs. Ed Alex-
ander at Naples.
Dr. L. D. Lawler
Optometrist
202 South Van Buren
Phone PA4-4774
Closed Wednesday
Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Warranty deed from
E. C. McAlpin and R. A.
Hinson to Thomas K. Ew-
an et ux of the E. B.
Smith survey.
Trustee's deed from
Boyet Stevens to Earl
Smith of the John R.
Slaughter and John Bare-
foot surveys.
Warranty deed from
Olice Rogers et ux to
Bobby H. Johnson et ux
of the Isaac Campbell
survey.
Special warranty deed
from Federal Housing
Commissioner to Donald
Gene Murrell et ux of the
Edgemont Addition to the
city of Lone Star.
Warranty deed from
Aubrey L. Boozer Jr., et
ux to Charlie Robert Har-
vey et ux of the Isaac
Campbell survey.
Warranty deed from
Leona Spencer to Alton
Pearce Hooper et ux of
the F. J. Starr survey.
Warranty deed from
Barton Boyd Brown to
Jimmie Dee Brown et ux
of the Isaac Campbell and
J. R. Slaughter surveys.
Warranty deed from
Royce Williams et ux to
Welton D. Walker et ux
of the Daniel McKinney
survey.
Warranty deed from
Lone Star Steel Company
to Buck Florence of the
Edward West survey.
Warranty deed from
Christine E. Horton to
M. J. Walker et ux of
the W. M. Fultz survey.
Warranty deed from
The
Monitor
Thursday, August 28, 1969
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Lee Narramore,Publisher
Morris G. Craig. Editor
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Entered as second class
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der act of Congress of
March 3rd, 1879.
Notice to Public
Any erroneous reflection
upon the character, stand-
ing or reputation of any
person, firm or corpora-
tion which may appear in
the columns of this news-
paper will be corrected
upon being brought to the
attention of the publisher.
Lester A. Byrd et ux to
Daniel R. Lebow of the
J. M. Burris and Wingate
Truitt surveys.
Warranty deed from
Beatrice Copeland to Will
Wade et ux of the H. S.
Proctor survey.
Warranty deed from
James B. Peyton et ux to
Orbie Bush et ux of the
H. S. Proctor survey.
Warranty deed from
Mary Lou Williams et al
to Carrol Wayne Moore
et ux of the J. N. King
survey.
Warranty deed from
Mamie Medford et vir to
William Max McGee etux
of the E. B. Smith sur-
vey.
Special warranty deed
from Federal Housing
Commissioner to Carroll
Gene Newman et ux of the
Edgemont Addition to the
city of Lone Star.
Warranty deed from
Donald D. Deegear et ux
to Henry K. Fulkinbury
of the Casper Lowenstein
survey.
Warranty deed from
J. D. Foster to Tommie
E. Childree et ux of the
Iron Bluff Addition to the
city of Lone Star.
Warranty deed from
M. S. Glover et ux to
Morris A. Glover of the
Jonathan Henson survey.
Warranty deed from
Madalene Harmon to S.
L. Scrims her of the Isaac
Campbell survey.
Warranty deed from
Omaha Development Cor-
poration to Adray, Inc.
of the Isaac Campbell
survey.
Special warranty deed
from Federal Housing
Commissioner to Howard
David Coleman et ux of
the Edgemont Addition to
the city of Lone Star.
Warranty deed from
Bruce Edward Hall et ux
to Lusta Belle Morris of
the E. B. Smith survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from H. L. Glover
to Frank J. Budde of the
Jno Brandon survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Novelle Glov-
er to Frank J. Budde
of the Jno Brandon sur-
vey.
Warranty deed from
Clyde Crowder and Clyde
Crowder Jr., to Arthur
James Crowder et ux of
the John D. Nelson sur-
vey.
Warranty deed from
Herman Bockmon et ux
to Charles Price of the
W. M. Finley survey.
Warranty deed from
Joseph E. Parker et ux
to Lottie Stiggers of the
M. C. Vela survey.
Warranty deed from
Charles Lester Helpen-
stell et ux to John W.
Traylor of the Edgemont
Addition to the city of
Lone Star.
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Young People of the
First Baptist Church at
Naples will attend an
Associational Youth Rally
at Mineola this Saturday.
The Youth Choir of the
Richmond Plaza Baptist
Church in Houston will
be featured in a program
of religious folk music.
The youth from Winns-
boro will tell about a
summer mission trip to
the Rio Grande Valley
area.
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Morning Worship 11 a. m.
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