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Jacksboro, Texas, Gazette-News
Page 2
Thursday, January 21, I960
Merit Insurance Plan Opponents Seek
Changes By Board, State Supreme Court
By Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN, Tex.—Nothing that
has come out of state govern-
ment in recent months has
caused as big a ruckus as the
merit plan auto insurance rates.
It is possible to take either
side of the question and start a
lively argument on almost any
street corner.
Critics have mounted a two-
pronged attack: (1) to get the
Beard of Insurance, which
authored the plan, to change it
and (2) to get the courts to de-
clare it unconstitutional.
Board hearing to review the
plan was called at the request
of Sen. Grady Hazlewood of
Amarillo, one of the most vocal
objectors to the plan. Just be-
fore the hearing, a group of
attorneys from the Harris Coun-
ty capter of the Texas Associa-
tion of Plaintiffs’ Attorneys
DUERSON
INSURANCE
AGENCY
South Side of Square
Jacksboro, Texas
CIRCUIT CONSTRUCTION CO.
H. Leonard Power, Owner
Clean Out
Wet and Dry Bottom Stock Tanks
With Dragline
Cranes
Dragl
ines
Dozers
Clamshell
filed suit in an Austin district
court seeking a permanent in-
junction against use of the plan.
Chairman Penn J. Jackson de-
clared the Board would lisen to
all protests with an open mind.
Most insurance rates, he said,
are subject to frequent changes.
However, Jackson emphasized
that the Beard is directed by
law to consider safety incentives
and driving records, past and
prospective, in its rate making.
Under the merit plan, drivers
with no accidents or moving
traffic convictions on their rec-
ords fer the past three years
would get lower rates. Compen-
sating for this would be a slid-
ing scale for higher rates to be
paid by others according to the
number and seriousness of the
marks against them.
Loudest gripes are about the
retroactive feature of the plan
and the fact that any moving
traffic violation, no matter how
minor, counts against the
motorist.
Because it does go back three
years in effect, the plan is be-
ing labeled an “ex post facto
law” (law against something
that happened in the past)
which is unconstitutional.
Some motorists complained
that in the past they have paid
fines on tickets when they were
not actually at fault — just to
avoid the trouble of going to
court.
Sen. Hazlewood derided the
idea of putting all violators in
the same class — “those that
go 23 miles an hour in a 20-'
mile zone and those that go 100
miles an hour.” He charged, too,
that much ticket giving is mere-1
ly a money-raising proposition.
Residents of cities where traf-
fic is strictly policed and all,
accidents and violations faith-
fully reported to the Depart-
ment of Public Safety will get it
in the neck, said the senator.
Small towns are generally less
diligent in policing and report-
ing violators to DPS.
Hazlewood said he was and
still is in favor of a “realistic”
merit rating plan.
Defenders of the present plan
say that if law enforcement is
at fault, this, not the insurance
THE AMERICAN WAT
WIZARD WELLS
Mrs. R. V. Jones
Correspondent
i Mrs. Herman Brown, nee
■ Flora Mae Dougless, was honor-
I ed with a bridal shower January
14 at the Lone Star Place. Host-
' esses were Mrs. W. F. DeLong,
Mrs. Bert Ware and Loretta
Stewart.
j Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Jones and
Loretta Stewart visited in the
J. D. Estes home in Jacksboro
' Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Butch Upham
and Roy of Jacksboro visited in
; the Roy Pinion home Sunday.
! Rev. and Mrs. Eddie Kerwin
and children of Fort Worth were
guests in the Bert Ware home
Sunday.
! Mr. and Mrs. Jean A. Gregg
j and Jerrie of Bridgeport, Mr.
■and Mrs. Delano Worthington
! and beys and Mr. and Mrs. F.
j E. Worthington visited in the
Roy Pinion home Sunday.
I Mr. and Mrs. Willis Boyd of
Hobbs, N.M., visited in the Bert
Ware and C. A. Ware homes
; Monday. Mrs. Boyd is the form-
er Dorothy Jean Ware.
I Mr. and Mrs. Ray O’Donnell
; (Louise Henderson) of Kokadjo,
I Maine, Mrs. Carl Sharp and Mr.
! and Mrs. Curly Rustad and
plan, should be worked on. | fore any new appropriations will daughter of Fort Worth visited
Hospital Notes
Awake at Long Last
With all the fussing and (be considered.
fuming, say proponents, it must;
be admitted that motorists are
now giving more thought to
careful driving than ever before.
A traffic ticket costing $60 is
a sobering thought.
Teacher Session Urged
Texas teachers still hope to
get a salary raise in a special
session of Hhe Legislature this
year.
Leaders of public school
teachers’ organizations say they
believe Gov. Price Daniel will
call a session after Feb. 1.
Teachers want to see the mat-
ter come up at a special session
rather than at the next regular
session in 1961, In a regular
session, they would face again
the same obstacles they faced
in 1959, the necessity of taking
care of regular money needs
probably including a deficit, be-
. i in the W. F. DeLong home Sun-
day.
i Recent visitors in the W. D.
Mott home were Rev, and Mrs.
Eddie Kerwin and daughter of
Fort Worth and Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Boyd of Hobbs, N.M.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brown
'of Bridgeport visited in the M.
to pay thTsamuch'L- DougJess home Thursday
Word was received Tuesday
of the death of Elmer Lewis of
Denison, brother of D. B. Lewis.
Faculty Raises Proposed
Commission on Higher Edu-
cation recommends the Legis-
lature raise salaries for state
college professors by 12 per
cent for 1962 and 18 per cent
for 1963.
Commission said Texas col-
leges need
more to be able to keep up with
other colleges in competing for
the available supply of teachers.
During its last session the
Legislature cut the Commis-
sion’s requested college budget
by 7 per cent.
Commission has agreed to
hear the University of Houston’s
request for inclusion in the
state college system at its April
meeting.
Patients admitted and dis-
missed from Jack County Hos-
pital during the past week were:
Wednesday, January 13: Mrs.
Jack Randall, Mrs. A. W. Cheno-
weth .Nellie A. Storie, admitted.
Thursday: Mrs. Don McDan-
iel, Mrs. Brooks Bowen, M. A.
Buttrill, Mel Rumage, admitted;
Mrs. Don McDaniel, dismissed.
Friday: Mrs. A. L. Smith,
Mrs. Hattie Langston, Bryon K.
Rose, admitted.
Saturday: Harry C. Lair, ad-
mitted.
Sunday: Kenneth Reynolds,
M. T. Clayton, Mrs. George L.
Horton, Neva Epps, Mrs. E. J.
Pewitt, admitted; Mrs. Jack
Randall, Mrs. Brooks Bowen,
Mrs. Fred Wooldridge, dismiss-
ed.
Monday: Mrs. W. L. Hicks,
Mrs. Don McDaniel, Monta Rhea
Johnson, Nicki Johnson, Vince
Johnson, Mrs. R. L. Johnson, J.
N. Wheeler, Melvin James, ad-
mitted; Mrs. A. W. Chenoweth,
Mel Rumage, M. T. Clayton,
William L. Jackson, Gary Auld,
dismissed.
Tuesday: Sam L. Baker, ad-
mitted; Mrs. A. L. Smith, Mel-
vin James, Sam Baker, dismiss-
ed.
Wednesday: Mrs. Bill Epps,
Bryon K. Rose, Harry C. Lair,
Kenneth Reynolds, Mrs. E. J.
Pewitt, Mrs. John R. Pearce, O.
B, Barnes, dismissed.
Congratulations
To Mr. and Mrs. George Hort-
on, a son, Gregory Glenn, born
January 18 at Jack County Hos-
pital.
To Mr. and Mrs. Don McDan-
iel, a daughter, born January 18
at Jack County Hospital.
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JACKSBORO, TEXAS
Banking Authority Spelled Out
Savings and loan associations
may not open branches without
approval of the State Banking
Commission.
State Supreme Court issued
this opinion in an 8-to-l decision
on a case in which a Houston
savings and loan association had
challenged the commission’s
right to pass on a proposed
branch.
Savings and loan associations,
like banks, are chartered by the
Banking Commission.
Court said this regulation was
necessary to prevent “excessive-
ly zealous competition through
control of building and loan
associations in an area.”
Dissenting judge said there is
nothing in the law to give the
commission this power.
Reservoir Plans Assailed
City of Fort Worth has join-
ed the San Jacinto River Auth-
ority in protesting plans to
build a Trinity River dam near
Houston.
An engineer representing Fort
Worth told the State Water
Board he felt Fort Worth’s fu-J
ture water rights would be im-
paired if Houston and the Trin-
ity River Authority built a
reservoir near Livingston and
take out 1,200,000 gallons a day,
as requested. To protect needs
of Upper Trinity Basin users,
it was suggested the Livings-
ton project be cut in half.
A spokesman for the San Ja-
cinto River Authority said he
felt the Trinity should not be
developed for Houston use be-
cause it is polluted with Dallas
and Fort Worth sewage.
Short Snorts
Sen. Culp Krueger of El
Campo has been named chair-
man of the Radiation Study
Committee created by the Legis-
lature to consider state regula-
tions and safety measures for
the peacetime use of atomic
energy .... Public school ad-
ministrators meeting in Austin
discussed the prospect of re-
quiring 20 credits for high
school graduation rather than
the present 16. Some superin-
tendents reported their schools
are already requiring more than
16, not including the “easier”
subjects such as music, health,
physical education .... Gov.
Daniel has appointed Jack
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Commission on Higher Educa-
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1965. Other executive appoint-
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and William J. Elliott of El
Paso to the Texas Real Estate
Commission and Dr. Louis T.
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Dennis, James R. Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1960, newspaper, January 21, 1960; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth733694/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.