The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 19, 1967 Page: 1 of 10
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Th<’ impid <*f inrr«'«wt Uix-
w vcas brought hone- with ;i
j»r this pa-' w*>.-k (■• s.'lf i-m |
ployod I*1 "h.'n
hi estimate of the 1%<1 tax «...
filed self cmploy-'l w i
required to p: y SIT* ‘-ft :n s.k'i.iI
security lax
Rates in th<' xriM.'tl tee'Jl'ity
tax system wont up -o rapid;., !
during the post ye.a Ihut tiii
amount tiad jumtr'd to !$ 10"..IMl
when the I9*i»> '• \ return vv .
filed on April to
There slv utd
that th" sihxjI
could he token >tl!
trail of OUJ e'oete.l
tlves that use it for
he .omo WiV
'■euriiy sy-t' in
the etin-
ept csent i-
i politico!
boru- In keep th. int-eiv. - in d-
flee It appears to us th.it there
ahouM he two system- On'
truly VKial •< ear <v. paid U>i
honestly by the working fH-e-;.!'-
ot A meric t mil 'he .uhet ,
public relief th:i! the t»,l.u. iin
couid use for their
No ore wan lx h>
and children starve i>. d-'.itli hut
it appears to u. that S</( . il
Security is not the plat e to m.ik
ail sorts of piymeni- benefit.
Ing fe’rsons who hiv never [red
in a dime's worth of -ocial
aecuriiy tax
wn gtory | Schmidt.
" widow s j Ticket*
Taft H.ph Scht»■ .1 dr im i et'i ■.
■Ail) pi'".i m three one-act plav.
>11 April n and M in the iiudl-
iorlum
' A Sunny Morning" by Ser i.
, n ,ml Joaquin Quinton tells
he sti.iy ,m (||,| . wj(l|
| meet In the pnrk on a -ur.n.v
10. mint,' They discover that in
Hleir youth, they were swoei-
he.arts 1 he play features J) u
t’.-e-on and Kurt IVil-un. welol
• A,) |n 'ti tles and Mattie p.
I Si..rqt*i n in supftuilim; roIcK.
fivei hint by Alice (.rulen-
l»o.: is aimut Iwu women unci
lilt :!■ iimei-selva s Imc-libi Iin-
nit - toil P, t, , Pile,lie-- .lie th'
a.,men. M.iriiet .anti M inpiivt,
while Aim.awhna l.areii ,nt!
| Kl'iriml.i (iu/muti play | h e i r
j mire primilive .elves.
1 In* IllltlJ j.lliy lo hi* jiVsfnted
■ ■ "Box nnd C"\ ' by Morton,
j Hiis I a rot tell- . ; Mrs. u ,un-
" Plnyi tl hy Ii.nnle M;," Hi-
' iloll, won inis rented Hie sane
'Ka’Ml t() (wo Cliff), OflO tf> US*’
•d.>y -‘Mi! th** other by :
Ml'. Cox is played |,_v Mik.-
Howard md Mr Box by Mike
ior lilt* three [li.iy.
may he purchjs.n1 from the c.’m
m \i w< i k it pie (|,H
Meet
!Board To
There will !«• a minding of
; the Taft Sriviol Board ot Tras-
' ha s it 7 ,11 p ni Monday al
Politicians from He w..rd the site* I iiu-me . .,[;,, ■
have used mnthei lues), widow
and orjib .nit lo haifd up ym- GBOUP jq AmND cua
pithy for then' amhu,..,,. CONVENTIONIN DAUtJt
3IXl to forshd! any ,, slide tWNVtNTION IN DALLAS
lick on their s< hem.*- to bring ^ s aru*
more vote* to thee . ..use i T1 m driV' ">
Rail) oad Piles Sim
in district court
Another chapter in Souihern j early part of May in which to j Highway 181.
Pacific's lung buttle with the : file an answer to the case after j The first hearing: was MM to
City of Taft to dose their depot, which time the case wil! pre- j Sintnn in January
her.' w I- enacted last week 1 surnably lie fait on the docket i Subsequently the HaOitstM* '
when the company weni into ' and a date set for the hearing. In I mission ruled that Ska
di.vlrict court in Travis County a hearing of this type no now evf- ilic must ke<q> ttseir
to seek relief. J donee will be introduced and j in Taft.
In ttieir latest action the rail- the ruling will be made on si After a short interval dw BMft-
load filed a civil suit against j review of the evidence gathered n nd reffied their petition StwS
’ snolher h« aring was, IwM te
the State of Texas and the Rail- by the Railroad Commission in
road Conimission of Texas seek-; its twt> previous hearings,
ing lo set aside the ruling of; The long bailie between the
Hie commission keeping the de-, railroad and the City of Tuft
pot in T ift open. I began almost two years ago
Sine,.' the action was taken; when the railroud announced
against the Railroad Commis- j witiwut any warning that if was
1 I t
the .State of Texas, the suit will j d.f«)t in Taft. Previous to this
lie defendeti by the Attorney I different railroad officiate had
Gener.d’s office. An attorney' entered into discussions with
l.y the name of Tom -Mack has j city and county officials about
j been assigned to the case. j "replacing” their depot when it
j The stale will have until the j was taken by the widening of
Simon. For the second time *h*
railroad was enjoined from «taM»
ng their operation in Taft.
Having exhausted all meets
available to them through iim
Railroad Commissfein the malt
step for the ftdlroad wa.# to
k civil sui; against She R«ll>
ro ici Commisstiofii 'to
overthrow their ndingB, wjtedt*
in effect would allow ihe radl>
road to close the Taft dtspsi.
Tift is 2nd in Dist.
Meet; Regional Is
in Kingsie Saturday
HOME TO TAFT
Ml 3.
| Thursday for Die state FHA
There may lie .i umr when I 'Ohvention and will return or.
we'll have to upixise niiiHiertesai | SalUrday night. They are Mrs
aad children on all levels it it Herald Abel, Sylvia Beyer, B»f-
-JBMfts getting down lo ho-u-! ty Koonc*'. Irma Jefferson and
Inurs. Don't get us wo n;, sc r, K.-ren Do/.er,
ter motherh'*«f ml ehil-,ref),
but we are going to riM'iv the
right to question m> taxation! The policemen of Taft hav
issue without h'-;n:i ■ , - a h.eiin
Ro- Italian liner SS Raffaallo. The* tHc looks iike he has a secret! *,w? Gregory - Portland Wild-1 a time of 10.1 to win the lOO-yd
hert 8:dr ard her tvo chiidrcn tamay arrived in Taft over the to tell). j cals, displaying depth in every, dash while his team mate, A.-|
are shown here jest after arriv week-end. The children are. | event, amassed a total of 149 Jen Yeats, won the 440-yd daihj
ing in New York aboard the ! Chico, 6, left and Grant, 2 t-2. i
Police Report
eil by either of Hu m
No douiv such on issue wiii
be presented to th<» i>cipit> of
fbr Tafi Ind' j" r !i ;a .v-h... ' >w-
*«« CROSSROADS Page 6
'ssiji'd ll tir-k.-ts in the p-ist
■ week. There were four for sjverl-
mg. three for shoplifting and
,>ne each for driving on th*'
wrong side -f t'v road, impro-
i er right turn, running a -top
sign and running away.
Life In Iran "Interesting' But Former
Taft Girl "Glad To Be Home
points as many as the second j with a fast 51.7 and the 220-ydj
and third place winners com-1 dauh with u time of 32.6. Joe J
The Robert K. Bode family, Bode is the former Mary Lynn I op**ans working in the area or
has returned from a stay ,.t Barker. Her husband is an era- with American service person-
two years in Tener in, Inn ] ployee of Southeastern DriJIev*. nel. "We were members of the
and ore making Hiejr ti miior-; f omi>iin>' 1,1 I5a,!u'' ,in<i has : American Club and the Amerl-
. ,, i I.een working in the Iran .md j can Olliners Club.” Mrs. Bode I
a.y home a. fc.,1 Vtch.na. Mrs. . nth,,r fWds sin((. just about -HI of our!
I 195*i. Mrs. Barker had been in social life was confined to one)
Persia sine" February of 19GB! of these Hubs since most, of the
i with one three month vaea-! people we knew, or wanted to j
Hen in Taft two years ago, Mr. see, .also belonged to one of the
Bode is a mud engineer for the clubs. Most of our dining out
company. j was also tit one of these clubs;
Mias. Bode describes life in i however, on occasion when we
bilk'd to win the 28AA track
meet held last .Saturday at the
GP High School track.
The Wildcats won few first
places but they plnced a man
in every event and in some
events they placed as many as
iwo or three.
Davis, also of Taft, added an-
other first place to Taft’s to-
tal by high jumping 64.
Gregory - Portland won the §
feature mile relay with a time
of 4:43.7,
Tafl winners were as follows:
a*e TRACK $
inmm
warn
MW
:City SeiifHficitiM
Taft came in second in the j
meet with 76 points, nosing out! ©svisifl
Aransas County with 73 points.; “
Allen Teats of Taft arid Big i W* $•«<»
Tom Lewis of Aransas County >
were the only two first place
winners. The rest of the blue! ^ ewr3*°*r ,ovw tla^ra
ribbons were well scattered. ^
Yeats [.laced first In the 440-1 Ihp Kwa,d Garmaev- Idem fks
vd dash the myd dash while •’ w”’. 80 iw*«
Lewi* scored a first in the shot i ***>•' tes»s h,; ^ *JW
j, i 8 fl,J’ SU6e 25 cents packet ion-
fe»»? Sff
At CSwrI
Is fefSf
i Teheran, the capital of Iran, a- would hear of some good eat-j Vrtefe merihTta I 76 fiW charge
X i:::?&* zz? %
big differ-; He 1 te-mg g.vxl at these two j ^hU. ! packed by me of the oldest.
i citing
don. with certain big differ- i a* 1 b. ing good at these two| pmh'^iv twn rf «be e« I I»el»d by one of die
nZ of the meet'fe.Mured j ^
The Bode family. and ail othe ' V'1 «hd most of our shopping j a photo finish between Taft and : <lre *ua‘an®»«d Tr!™-V
oil >" mp.-'tiy employees as well! lor f<*ai in .'teas that we were; Grwory-Portland in the sprint! , \ w'f all, danger
a; „tl, a Americans working in j HtmULir with and it you were! relay with Taft winning bv just! ¥ .1* pa*t.al,f: ws,.‘ ?!mvv
Hi. :a a, live throughout the idling to p..y the price you half a stride. Another race down { m Oste cUmat«.
, ,, . , , If you would like to have a
to the wire was the 88U-yd dash - . . , ,
, , . „ . : _ i free packet of flower weed* wst
that Joseph Gam of u-P won „ „w ,,, • ,
, , . , , T,.81 ... stop so trw? fcjWala rh&iTtmcy Til
by lunging ahead of Billy Grtf-i
ms t * " , 1225 Green Avenue and they will
- «- » >» -
any obligation to make a pur-
chase.
city and no! in any one conccn-! r'iLi-L‘ obtain any tyjv of f<*,".ls
• trated area "You tell a real that arc familiar to American
; ..'slate agent what area of the | house-wives,” she said. She went
i city you lo live in and what | on to rel He that high tariffs
! type <>( an mr'dati«,ns that you ' keep American food off of the
! want ,.nd they come up wnh ' legal -helves liut than any thing j up of new members this year
j just about anything you want," j can be bough! on the black j all times were considered rec-
Mt Ik«1e said. 'For the past1 market for a price. As for fresh; onds and thus no comparison
j two years we lived in an apart-j produce such as vegetables ami | against previous records could j
1 ment ihat was very comfort -' tomatoi - they were aiways j be made Some good times were j H«ni Y«StW«l*y
' ; ",r,, i| washing lhem in turned in by the Whaers whicbl Grave*We xervice* were »eM
Air- Title or -erne detergent and j should jwjt representatives from j Tuesday aHcmoon at the Taft
then i mdd solution of ck«tix. | this district in good stead (his j Cemetery for the infant son of
, 1 Md»po>e tout after a e.-ilam t Saturday at the regional meet j|r. and Mrs Louis Waters of
„ tiKtl. o. ..me you become .m- Kmg-ville. Scarsdele N. Y. Cage - Marshal!
mwu' u> ba*K- hM we d,dnt‘ Tommy Watson, CSallen’s ace Ftm, ra! ffomc was on charge os
Water** teferst Buried
able with all of the eonveniences
! ot any American home
' Bede went on to explain that
! their eotii|>.tny gives them a
| "cost af living” allowance that
j takes into consideration t h
* numlH'i in th. family, school- ( tek.- any - hances.” hundUcr. turned In • time •»! 39J
j mg, mil. etc. The Hoth-s own, ;! a car and . in his speciality the 330-yd hurd-
Despitc the fact that Amcri- ! Mr«. Rude did her own driving ies. while Lerm Berasen of Tu-
i f ins do j'fj! livi in a special. in any part of the city that , lo*o Midway won the Uh-yd
Revival service* wffl
Sunday at t?>e FMt.
Church in Oregoty and will s»v
finue tor a wees. The pstbSe
invited to arteed.
The Rev Chtss 'Water of t'afft
wil! be tfve evangelist mtl WSU.
begin the senfae w«lt tt»
mg warship hour «> JkiKMkkf-
Hi* ln« service them -adM V-
on the njortw® of Sundfty, A*MI
20.
Anson Nosh of Cocp*
svilf lead the skisang tec .t#»e
week. Music wit! be tey Ssii1*,.
_ W. w. Tdatui at. it* «r*sa md
j Air*. H. 3 Watson at the pins*
On Afemdsty cvegtij® tt»e pp||
choir af the Firaft Bwpfbfaet <$&&&
at Portland mil Wn®
music under the AwwflMi at
Jaw Keith, muuswr af attoktil
j education
Servicer wffi t» JMM «},
j. ra Tuesday iwxrifh
„«J at 7 w- tmk «f,
Fir®m«s fis«# Ca#i
CMAM0IAU - » _______ D.IN Alim Yeats Joe! .-iffregated are;* MrBixle s ,id -he d- ■ ■ 1 'll w»* easy to high hurdles easily with a time
•TT?0? - Th«* »-ve boy* track meet m Kingsvlle Itawn| Bdiy ats* Joe} th.„ th„„ s.„ liU «..«•-• Irivc n>a ' yu wanted since ! of 14.6.
_ l ie! was with American or Bur- Sse BODE. Page 6 ; Ricky West of Taft turned in
regional j they are,
BVC (joys v* ...... ! ' , . , ... .
1 k«»r the Taft M.gh color* with the.r coach. Herb S.gle,, Oav.s and Ricky West,
r* SaWaa), M the regional they are. L to R. Julio Garci-t
j arrangements.
The baby died at birth an
' Saturday. He was the great-
grandson of Mrs. A. T Smith
of Taft, The baby's gnutdanotbar
is the former Miss Lota Mae
Smitti,
Taft School System Puts Into Operation Program To Improve Educational Opprtunitses
curriculam
cNi»urs«!B m
ihf*
Beginning With ,, system wide
'oh,"'! >Tar. t!v Taft
S'cfa,. embarked on •»
U°*ram to improve the quality
educatioii.ij ..[;;sir?unities :>f-
fordnl iK
.*! •' r Rnt/Jcr.
WPBCtOt'e
school h.nt rrt,n!" some
Prior to this evuluM-
M> These ini-luded ihe addi-
T?\ fA vor.-ukmai
Sehoiji and
• sw.es in iht.
*"r £‘"
***-57 to
f * 3963-64 >
Were rh»r,t., , . ,
'-inRes for the tx-ttei
Tmsm < K m *
ha, " tvere undertak-
'STf* T;«/f v.-ft, i c * i
t 1 System rv » «^
h&d°. . ’’r?nfn' hM f;<l 51
te e a "n” •» »• ibted
fytn». '’’‘ itton of .,ny -etaul
' *'r 'idins h* hupi A\ j;l
*U i'iidovppfq,- and object-
it
,h.
fives'. This is « st'ifcmehi
the ideal*, goals, and trutiw
Ihut the , liri s.is Mi h -.y - tern be-
lieve;- is the bails fw i!s
ance He said this phikwoph.v
xvns develiHK'd by teachers
:*.lmmWi,it»H» ami rcih ■
what they believe to be be
titjdcs of the eoniuiuiiu'.y.
school taeird. and the *■'<
toward the edocationat '^
The phd'tsopt'y :
of the Tat' s. I*«.i Hist.,
revised in 19W anil tMV:
-hut it* it
aii inflivuiu.il and uc*
sUiiicnts ip school at li-axt two
cepts the
ru'jjunsilrildy of pro*
years longer, and [swsihty Into
viH'ng th
i« fjfimiitSon and
tiifih -ciwo!. For thi- reason,
it'IVCri' lO
hvfp him di-vf lop md
the OcrupatkmHl Training pro-
erMv mv'iis.illy, enwtioBSlIy,
gram wax begtm in the Junior
;;e*the>ie:;
illy, morn By. socially.
High School in September 1965
:.iul |j4i>-
;.i lily ucrording to tus
'i his program not only providiil
■ .ti-
the
need*
The
etbililiOS.
kA i'L-'Ji'fS this v.^ivw
vibM'j'km with th-.
fumimmity *n orcl«vi
till
it
i-im <
the
•I in
‘ r >h
■*voragf* .‘10.H « tn
on avfTagf* of 2fi.7
Kvm though thf . v
snuk
bv th*1 hriorrl ul *Hfy*kau fi.
: 'We tKf
fuiK’titm th«fc ThH Sv Ji*
w> in
wrnlt rst jfKbnii of ao
iruiy liw h
rt;>vs .ilHl luilht’i
skills, ritlitttdw. tin*
util nioblr hitft ?
,i wtf-suBtsinittP rtit'fnV
Highly dtmwcru
iviy ami im
Tcfclt ichkJab
•iTiyt, t?V ,iitii.it 1
Jven nw K
IX7ATIONAI.
i(3 emtn?!
,tn
lhai
in to
oU-ytMop
iksrtal
nunil*
will of
f«<
futore.
'.ur-e- to tit
en that an
,-o-i work
Kven tlwtugh
remaining in High
•exult ■'! our voea-
H), there w.'iv a
■: th ieili- itiVfpping
it tit, JlHti ,r High
catkmai interest
ei « holds had pro-
■ x!'"'itssifi !A voea-
t tbi Junior Higfi
jevjl w-iuitJ k'1;.
a*
voc.itJonal instruelton for the *ht-
lent, but -jS'eiai remedial in-
ktruett.m In the academic areas
as well. The results of this pto-
gram are most encoti* aging- T" "
di.>j>. ..ft i in the Junior Hath
School has tx en cut .iteaui !
jterixstt in one y a;'- ti/U" Ai!
indications are that dint*
<*ut rate will have decreased
again this year by the time u
final evaluation of the ftragrsm
is made. In the academic aiea
of reading nnd math, many stu-
dent- xvbo had never shovai as
much as a years gain Us achieve-
ment, gained a year or better as
a result of special classes. A
few studfnu made (tetuniisal
gam* id m-;' three years in
achievement .scores. This pro-
gram, because of state ffgu-
lot i-m ns to class stoe has re-
duced class sire in the Junk*
High from an average 2S in
1te3-6l to Ik 3 thi* year
kiue.ifion : Kvaiua-
t iun iruiicairit that n number of
student* needing tiprctal educa-
tion were i,.u--t m -l-i-v giud-?
tewl r«etiGW whew they could
iKvk b-'gin to comprehend the
learning activities. Some, sot a
result of frustration, became tit*-
clplim* problem* and disrupted
the regular class sometime,
thereby distracting other «to-
d'xnts from learning tKtthdttftt.
Sim? T%4 a mimber of tto-vs
students have been placed its
three special edwcutioB ctas««s
wtere they arc devlopfna usto
funcitenut human twing* at
tlk'u- twn rate. Stale Dej;ort-
mmhi rtgwiatKxts limits the
sues ni' these classes *» 14 kPj-
dent*. bemmiB it » onlf
HHBHHHK:
persistant individual instmetiesa
t.h;i! the*;' etrildren can ifeveiojx.
In the future, this program may
need to be expanded as there*
arc a number of stud-.■■■at* dwt
cannot be placed to present
classes because of ernwUmrat
limitations.
These surveys were used to
project the number of Vf>E sSa*
dcnUi wt» wif be needed sa
the years ahead. In 1967 'S6.5I.fl,
graduate* wili be needed; 46,747,
J968; 54,364, 130; and 83,645,
1976 - tor g oomblned sotei at
'AB.'SJ persons mih th is ktmi
of cdiK5a.tw3tal baelggrattitd.
Everett W, Fldtar Fhrestbse of
Vocational Office Ediicattatt st
the Te x ,tx Educatkin A^ets-vy
josnU «st 'dfe- rapni grwWlis M
C.fftoe 'VC*■ ‘vOMtil'd*. yiK tov'C'see—-.
by the atattatiea avtkdaMe ttgat
the- Utdted Stntaa Departaadiig
of Labnr. ISpavsew VrM. sart
oSSee oe«95e«km* sehfe ss® Wt
.........
rSsi
mm
*■
i4 ij
The Taft Fine
was eolkd mfi Tawsaiy
«ot» to «« mm Ssde m
Implement where snw*
had caught fire.
No damage wm exam. a
Saturday night gx? yum f0&
«d nut on she h^Sawgt vsjtwajl ».
car was «*5 &tx.
Wf5 they sr« to
J* mnmA . ’■
IH m
Of »tef- protpam Mir.
raraiwth ^
"■ft’# has e«Sgt
htrewt *r1kli®iii!» a s
BIT hiring
time work Harm ttef
Student, who mtstt te
for she high sscksw^ '
WE, have 1$2W*
wHtob to former SM&irttaR_____.
a* atQte Tfosy mk 8$:t
taktareper <wd qftbe&
tit
ssmmM masd.
denis mat eStm i
•elude m anaaj?
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Guthrie, Keith. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 19, 1967, newspaper, April 19, 1967; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth750318/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.