The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1969 Page: 5 of 8
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Archer County News-* Thursday, May 15, 1969
SIX FLAGS Over Texas
AQUATIC ANTICS: Another new attraction for the 1969
season features the aquatir antics of four porpoises. Here’s one
being put through his paces by his pretty trainer. The porpoise
show is located on Skull Island. The porpoises are housed in a
115.000-gallon tank which is surrounded by permanent bleach-
ers with a seating capacity for 1,500 guests.
Welfare Increase Heads
Proposed Amendments
Nine proposed constitutional
amendments, headed by a re-
commended boost in the wel-
fare ceiling from $60 million
to $80 million and a $3.5 bil-
lion water bond proposition, are
ready for an August 5 ballot,
according to a news release
from the office of Vern San-
ford of Texas Press Associa-
tion.
Published ^in this issue of
The News, contents of proposed
amendments are being pub-
lished in full for four conse-
cutive issues. Secretary of
State Martin Dies, Jr., super-
vised drawing to determine bal-
lot positions as soon as the
legislature cleared the mea-
sures. Following are the
amendments, in brief, as they
will appear on the ballot:
HJR 3 - to delete obsolete
provisions from the Constitu-
tion.
HJR 9 - to authorize a $3.5
billion water revenue bond is-
sue for financing the state’s
share of a $9 billion state-
wide water plan.
SJR 31 - to raise the pres-
ent $4,800 a year salary of
state legislature to the state-
paid maximum level of dis-
trict judges ($18,000) and give
the lieutenant governor and
house speaker half the pay of
the governor. (About $20,000
a year)
SJR 6 - to exempt non-pro-
fit water supply corporations
from taxations.
SJR 8 - to raise the pub-
lic welfare outlay limit from
$60 million to $80 million a
year.
HJR 7 - to raise the consti-
tutional interest rate limit on
some state government bonds.
HJR 4 - to provide for as-
sistance payments to survivors
of volunteer firemen, police
and Texas Youth Council
employees killed on duty.
HJR 50 - to authorize an
additional $200 million in Texas
Opportunity Plan student loan
funds.
HJR 8 - to provide for an-
nual legislative sessions.
Voters last November re-
jected a raise in the welfare
ceiling to $75 million (which
has resulted in two cuts in
benefit payments) and a hike
in lawmaker pay to $8,400 a
year.
Taxes, Taxes, Taxes!
We have heard much about the increasing num-
bers of Americans who are on government payrolls of
one type or another. Some recent information indi-
cated that about one in five persons is among that
group of government employed.
It would seem that the above figure is slightly low.
since recent information disclosed by the U. S. Cham-
ber of Commerce indicates that - in a sense — Amer-
icans are 100 percent “working for the government"
It was calculated that during 1909, Employed Ameri-
cans will work two and a half hours of every eight-
hour day to pay their tax bills — Federal, state, and
local. That is more than 31 percent of our working
time, and while we are not actually on government
projects, were spending much of our time to support
the government.
The 10 percent surtax last year accounted for a
big jump in Federal taxes, but state and local taxes
are also showing a distinct upward trend. Most — if
not all — state legislatures are now busily engaged in
efforts to develop new taxes for more revenue.
To properly evaluate the rise in state and local
taxes, it should be remembered that Federal income
(individual and corporate) tax receipts are expected
to reach $122 billion in Fiscal 1969.
The average American’s tax load has changed dras-
tically since the beginning of the 20th Century. In
1902, all taxes — Federal, state, and local - came to
$17 per capita. In 1948 it was $349, and in 1958, $568.
For 1969 the estimated tax bill will be $1,000 for
every man, woman, and child in the U. S.
The future tax picture is rather bleak, although
there are efforts to improve it.
SS Payments Benefit
Many Arcker Citizens
A record $71,000 in monthly
social security benefits was
being paid to residents of
Archer County at the end of
December 1968, according to
Erton F. Tate, district manager
for social security.
"Throughout the country,
monthly benefits payable at the
end of 1968 amounted to nearly
$2.1 billion, some $350 million
higher than at the end of 1967,”
Tate continued. "Approximate-
ly three-quarters of the in-
creased monthly amount re-
sulted from higher benefit rates
authorized by the 1967 Amend-
ments to the Social Security
Act. The remainder of the in-
crease was simply due to a
greater number of beneficiar-
ies.”
Weatker Changes
'Rotk The Boat’
Now In
Archer City!
ELECTRICIAN
Commercial and
residential writing.
T. J. Stephens
462-5558 Box 453
Wholesale ft Retail
Ignition Ports
for AH Cera
DONS
AUTO
PARTS
Archer City, Texet
“Wind and waves can turn
over or swamp small crafts,”
an official of the Texas Safety
Association warns in citing sud-
den weather changes in this
season of spring winds and
tornadoes. This is a major
hazard for both the seasoned
and novice skipper.
"Too many skippers become
overly adventuresome in Spring
and fail to heed storm warnings
or check local weather pre-
dictions before they cast off,”
George William Perry, Dallas,
president of tne Safety Associa-
tion, said, and added: "As
a result, they often find them-
selves in real trouble when
storm clouds gather.”
Compounding potential trou-
bles are other common
mistakes such as overloading,
improper trimming, unsea-
worthy crafts, lack of proper
auxiliary gear and poor sea-
manship, he reports.
The TSA president, a Dallas
attorney, suggests that skippers
not only observe weather warn-
ings and check local weather
forecasts, but that they also
learn to read cloud formations
and other weather signs which
warn of impending squalls. The
president holds the rank of
captain in the U. S. Navy Re-
serve and has served as flight
deck officer on the USS Boxer
and main battery officer on
the USS Toledo.
"If you are out on the wa-
ter and storm clouds threaten,
head for the closest safe an-
chorage or landing,” he ad-
vised. "Riding out a storm
might seem exciting, but it’s
taking too much of a chance.”
Following are other sug-
gestions:
Point bow into wind in a
sudden squall or take in sail
at once. If it is impossible
to make headway in a strong
sea, trail a set anchor from
the boat to keep it headed into
waves • a bucket will serve
as an anchor.
Load and trim (balance) pro-
perly. Most boots have a plate
showing maximum capacity -
a simple rule to follow is to
allow 150 pounds of passenger
and cargo weight to each 12.5
cubic feet of the boot.
By the end of May 1969, soc-
ial security will be paying
monthly benefits to more than
25 million people-one out of
every eight Americans. Al-
though retired workers com-
prise the largest group of bene-
ficiaries, almost one-fourth at
all people receiving benefits
are under 60. There are cur-
rently more than 3.8 million
children and .5 million young
widowed mothers receiving
payments. Yet the public con-
tinues to think of social se-
curity as a program for old
people.
In Archer County, 155 people
under age 60 are receiving
benefits. That figure breaks
down into 76 under age 18,
18 between 18-21, and 61 be-
tween age 22-59.
Many students would have
been unable to continue their ed-
ucations were it not for the 1965
Amendments to the Social Se-
curity Act which extended sur-
vivors' and dependent’s insur-
ance benefits to students until
their 22nd birthdays. In 1968,
that provision resulted in con-
tinuing benefits for 470,000 stu-
dents.
Monthly payments to the fam-
ily of a worker who dies, leav-
ing a widow and two or more
children range from $82.50 to
$434.40 a month, depending on
the worker’s average earnings
under social security. Pay-
ments to the young family of
a worker who dies at an early
age could total as much as
$85,000 to $100,000.
Tate also pointed out that
by the end of 1968, approxi-
mately 90 percent of Ameri-
cans 65 and over were either
receiving cash benefits or would
have been eligible for such
benefits if they or their spouses
had not been working.
In terms of Medicare, almost
all people in the country 65
or over are eligible for hos-
pital insurance benefits. Like-
wise, 95 percent of all older
persons in the country have
elected coverage under the vol-
untary supplementary medical
insurance plan which pays a
major part of physicians’ fees.
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and
THE LOCOMOTIVE
On* day P. K. Wrigley was riding
* on a train with a Mend and the conver-
sation turned to the chewing gum busi-
ness. The friend, who had an eye for
saving a penny, suggested now that
Wrigley chewing gum was so well known and had such a large distribution that it might be wise to
dispense with the advertising, save that expense and make that much additional profit.
"I could ask the conductor of this train the same question,” replied the financial genius, "This
train is now going 60 miles per hour, so why not disconnect the engine? Advertising in merchandis-
ing is what a locomotive is to a train. It is the power which keeps it going."
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Stults, Joe K. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1969, newspaper, May 15, 1969; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth709248/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.