The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 43, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 16, 1976 Page: 3 of 18
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Coleman, Texas, March 16, 1976
Sunflowers Growing
Total world production of sun-
flowers has reached 4 million
metric tons annually That
makes it the World's second most
plentiful edible vegetable oil—af-
ter soybean oil. Sunflower oil is.
comparable in many ways to*
corn oil: It is stable in storage
and amounts to approximately 40
COLEMAN DEMOCRAT-VOICE
per cent protein Sunflower oil is
valuable for use in animal feeds
legend has it that the early
pioneers crossing the plains of
Utah left a trail of sunflower
seeds so those following them
could follow a blossoming path
the next year.
m -OWER
M Balks s
by U.S. Senator for Texas W
JOHN TOWER
True Cost of Government
WASHINGTON—You pay a lot more for government
than you realize.
President Ford's proposed budget for the next fiscal
year calls for spending $394.1 billion, a little more than
$1,800 for every man, woman, and child in the country.
Congress very likely will raise that figure to more than
$400 billion by the time it completes action on the
budget.
The American taxpayer will, of course, provide the funds
the federal government will spend. Individual income
taxes, social insurance receipts, corporate taxes and excise
taxes will raise $351 billion of the budget total.
What the federal government doesn’t raise in taxes this
year to reach its spending levels it will make up for in
borrowing. And what the federal government borrows this
year, the taxpayers must in later years repay with interest.
The federal budget is, by itself, high enough to alarm
the fiscally responsible. But the budget does not reflect ,
substantial additional costs that the. federal government
imposes upon Americans.
In the first place, not all the spending by federal agen-
cies is reported in the budget. Congress has in recent
years excluded a number of federally owned and controlled
agencies from the budget totals.
Among these off-budget agencies are the Postal Service,
the Export-Import Bank, Amtrak. the Rural Telephone
Bank, the Rural Electrification Fund and the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corp. TheyNwill spend an estimated
$111 billion during the next fiscal year. , ,
More importantly, the budget does not reflect the costs
imposed on Americans by the forms and edicts issued by(
federal regulatory agencies. Nobody knows for sure how
much this is, but the estimates range as high as $130 bil-
lion a year.
We now have a small army of federal regulators, some
63,444 for nearly two dozen agencies with some regulatory
powers, and they generate a veritable .mountain- of paper-
work. It is estimated that the federal government has more
than 6,000 different forms in print, and that federal em-
ployees shuffle some 10 billion sheets of paper each year,
enough to fill the Houston Astrodome 50 times.
The costs that the federal regulators impose upon busi-
nesses—and through businesses to consumers—are two-
fold: First an enormous amount of time and manpower
is required to fill out the forms. Second, the regulations
imposed can substantially increase the cost of doing busi-
ness. or force a company to close its doors.
The American people have a right to hn<jw how^juich
their government is really costing them, so that they will
be able to determine whether they are getting what they
pay for Congress should restrict off-budget spending, and
Congress should attempt to determine the true cost of
federal regulatory agencies.
Scl the
I’RESEMEDBY Till
STATE BAR OE TEXAS
Q; 1 bought a pair of boot!
under a lay-away plan, but
am unable to complete the
payments. Can I demand a
refund of my payments niadtp
so far?
A: No. There is no law
requiring the merchant (o
refund your payments on lay-
away purchases. You should
ask the merchant whether he
will make such a refund
before you begin making
payments. If the merchant
agrees and makes refunds,
this agreement should be
made in writing and a copy
retained by the consumer.
Q: When I opened my new
business, I was required to
post a surety bond of what I
considered to be a large
amount before I could be
issued a sales tax permit. A
friend of mine in a similar
business was required to post
a much smaller bond. Why
are bonding requirements
different?
A: The bond is required
under the Texas Sales Tax
law for all new retail
businesses. Normally, the
bond amount is equal to three
times the level of sales tax
that the merchant estimates
he will collect during three
months. If that estimate
proves too high or too low, his
bond will be adjusted up or
down to reflect his actual tax
collections level. This ad-
justment wifi be made by the
State Comptroller of Public-
Accounts through the Comp-
troller's field offices around
the state. If the new retail
merchant remits his sales tax
collections properly during a
two-year period, the bond
B.-F. Meeting
Is Tonight
Goldman Comity Breeder
Feeder Association and Auxil
iary will meet Tuesday, March
lb, 197b'at 7:00 p.m. in the
Recreation Bldg, on the Rodeo
Grounds.
Hosts and hostesses for
March will be Messrs, and
Mmes. Clyde Thate, Ch„ T.
Elton McDonald, 0. R. Lawlis,
Leo Duvall, Maurice Kings-'
bery, Leonard Radde and Dale
Herring.
Mark Griffis will be in charge
of the program.
Little League
Meet Thursday
The Little League Associa
tion will meet at 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 18 at the
First Coleman National Bank
Clubroom.
All officers, directors, coach
es and other interested persons
are urged to attend.
FAMILY PLANNING
CLINIC FRIDAY
A clinic in family planning is
scheduled for Friday, March 19
from 6 to 8 p.m. at the offices' on
the 6th floor of the Coleman
Bank Building.
For further information call
Mary Jane Ortiz, 625 5145.
CROSS OF PEACE...This 111 foot high edifice on Bald
Knob Mountain near Alto Pass, Illinois, was built through
the efforts of one man, retired mail carrier Wayman
Presley. Tourists from all over the nation climb the moun-
tain to see the "Cross of Peace" firsthand.
Bloodworth.
Services Held
In Coleman
Services were held for- Mrs.
E. B. (<Meta D.I- Bloodworth,
age 66; of Rankin Saturday,
March lit at 2:00 p.m. in
Stevens Memorial Chapel. Rev.
Leonard Radde officiated with
interment in Talpa Cemetery.
Mrs. Bloodworth died Fri
day, March 12,1976 at 5:20 a.m.
in the Rankin Hospital. The
(laughter of Ralph and Josie
' Davis, sheswas born August. 19,
1909 in Ross, Texas. December
15, 1939 she married F. B.
Bloodworth in Paint Rock
Mrs. Bloodworth, a retired
school teacher, attended Daniel
Baker College in Brownwood
and received her Masters
Degree at Sul Ross University.
She taught school in Rankin for
t wenty-five years, Mozelle for
five years and at the. Morris
Ranch in Coleman for three,
years.
Surviving her is her husband,
Rites Held
Sunday For
Henry Pitts
Rites were held for Mr.
Henry Fitts, age 80, of Rt. 2,
Coleman, Sunday, March 14,
1976 ,at 4:00 p.m. .in Stevens
Memorial Chapel. Rev. Ed
Bigham, pastor of the Central
Baptist Church, officiated with
interment in Cob-man City
Cemetery.
Mr. Fitts- died March 12 at
9:20 p.m. in Overall Morris
Memorial Hospital. The son of
the late J. W. and Emma Fitts,
he was horn December 1, 1895
in Cause, Texas. He married
. Miss Lena Davis',June 22, 1920
in Coleman and was a member
of the Central Baptist Church
' and a veteran of World War I.
Surviving him are his wife,
Mrs. Henry Fitts of Coleman; a
daughter, Mrs. Luther (Ruby)
Kile of Coleman; and a
granddaughter, Dixie Ki)e, also
of Coleman.
Stevens Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements,
Pallbqarers were Willie
Blair, Homer Ferguson, BilJ
Dick Hickman, Loys Curry,
Wesley Kile and Leland Sikes.
Dutch Traders
Shareholders in the Dutch Fast
India Company received divi-
dends that in a single year
equaled close to 4(1 per cent of
their investment during the years
(rom 1600 to 1800 when the
Netherlands monopolized
Europe's trade with Southeast
Asia In that period the Dutch
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sailed around the world trading
gold silver,,iron. lead, textiles
and manufactured goods for silk,
indigo, opium, medicinal plants,
tea. coffee, sugar and spices
. Today; nothing succeeds half
as well as a well placed rumor.
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Sale
at
the
Turquoise |
Shop
(In Ralph Terry Studio--Just West
Of Post Office)
Beautiful Turquoise and Silver
Indian Handmade Jewelry
(Makes Lo-vely Gifts)'
Sale Bracelets
sSpochtl Group
- See Uur
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Turquoise & Coral Inlay,
Also Turquoise Stone and Silver
F.'B. Bloodworth of Rankin.
' Pallbearers were Boh Gor-
don, Jim Brown, Ted Walker,
Bill J. Hood, II. G. Adams, and
Leon Feuge. Stevens Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Reg. $32.00 values
_ Reg. $42.00 values
H Reg. S48.00 values
5 Reg. $54.00 values
1 Reg: S60.00 values ~
= WHILE CHOKERS LAST . .
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■ (All Prices Plus Tax)
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$21.00
$29.40
$34.80
$37.80
$42.00
-$9.50
requirement can be removed.
Q: Is it necessary for me to
appoint more * than one
executor in my will, in case
the executor dies before I do?
A: No, but under Texas law
it is advisable, If the only per-
son named as executor in
your will dies before you die,
or dies before your estate has
been settled, the court can ap-
point an administrator for the
estate when a qualified per-
son applies. However, it will
be much less expensive and
much more simple to settle
your estate if your will names
a second person who will take
over as independent executor
in case the first person dies
before your estate has been
settled. A court-appointed
administrator, unlike an in-
dependent executor, must
post a surety bond.
Q: My husband is behind
in his child support payments
— can he still have the right
to visit my children?
At Yes. Child support and
visitation rights do not
depend on each other. If your
husband fails to pay his child
support, your remedy would
be to ask the coiTrt to enforce
the child support order.
Likewise, if your husband
believes you are not fulfilling
your obligation to allow him
to visit the children as
required by the divorce de-
cree, your husband's course
of action would be to ask the
court to enforce the visitation
rights order.
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