The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1974 Page: 2 of 14
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from
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COUMAN DEMOCRAT-VOICE
S,TAT E CAPITAL
Highlights
Sidelights
AND ,
by lyndell Wilhams
AUSTIN-Rep. Bill Clayton,
moving fast to roundup
votes over the Labor Day
weekend, staked claim last
week to more than 100 votes
in the House Speaker’s race.
With 76 the minimum
needed to win, Clayton, a 46-
year-old farmer and rancher
from Springlake (population
about 300) in Lamb County,
indeed, appeared to have the
speaker’s job racked up.
But Rep. Carl Parker, 40,
of Port Arthur refused to
concede defeat
Rep. Fred Head of Athens
set die stage for Clayton’s
apparent victory by with-
drawing from the contest
and throwing 15. votes to the
West Texan.
While Parker was still
checking the pledge cards,
Rep. Jim Nugent of Kerr-
ville also withdrew and an-
nounced — along with 14
others—he would back Clay-
ton.
Then, Rep. David Finney
of Fort Worth released his
five remaining backers to do
as they pleased.
Parker claimed the Clay-
ton coalition — which in-
cludes staunch conservatives,
staunch liberals and down-
the-middle moderates — is
hastily and insecurely glued
together.
He said he still hopes to
shake it apart by emphasis-
ing to liberals his own vot-
ing record, particularly on
House reform, minority, la-
bor. consumer and ecology
legislation \
Most legislators appeared
to agree with Clayton that:
“For all intents and pur-
poses, the ballgame is over."
CRC TO MEET-The 37-
member Texas Constitutional
Revision Commission plans
an October 4 meeting here to
take a look at possible fu-
ture means of getting a new
state constitution.
The January-July Consti-
tutional Convention, with the
legislature sitting as dele-
gates, ended in failure. CRC
recommended a revision
draft to the convention which
has drawn wide praise as a
sound document
The blue ribbon commis-
sion, which conducted a 10-
months’ study in 1973, is
now officially disbanded
and must make the4»p*-to
Austin at members Own ex-
pense. Many have proposed
that the legislature take the
CRC revision draft and other
recommendation# and try
next year to come up with a
document which can be sub-
mitted to voters.
TYC OVERHAUL ORDER-
ED—U. S. District Judge
William Wayne Justice in a
200-page opinion issued in
Sherman ordered massive
changes in operations of the
state agency dealing with
youth offenders.
Justice directed that Gates-
ville State School for Boys
Arid Mountain View maxi-
mum security unit near
Gatesville must be “phased
out” as quickly as possible.
He cited records of cruelty
to youthful inmates there.
Texas Youth Council mem-
bers voted to appeal the
order because it did not
“take into account improve-
ments (during) the past
year."
TAX CUT TALKED-Both
Governor Dolph Briscoe and
Lieutenant Governor Bill
Hobby have suggested sales
tax rate cuts next year.
Briscoe called for elimina-
tion of the four per cent tax
on utility bills.
Hobby, in a speech here,
said he thinks the projected
$1.6 billion general revenue
surplus will lead legislators
to consider “very seriously”
lowering the state sales levy
in 1975.
Briscoe's proposal would
take an $80 million annual
load off utility bills.
AG OPINIONS—A law pro-
hibiting membership by li-
censed vocational nursps in
-labor unions with the right
to strike is unconstitutional,
Atty. Gen. John Hill held.
In other recent opinions,
Hill concluded:
• A justice of the peace
wmay not delegate to any em-
ployee exercise of his consti-
tutional or statutory judicial
powers.
• Records of State Bar
Grievance Committee pro-
ceedings are not subject to
mandatory public disclosure
under the open records act.
• The Workmen’s Compen-
sation Second Injury FYind
may be deposited in an inter-
est-bearing account.
• Wages must be paid at
least semi-monthly and with-
in 16 days after the day
earned.
• Certain medical records
of county hospitals may be
protected from forced dis-
closure.
BOOK HEARINGS ON-
More than a dosen individ-
uals and groups this week
presented 484 objections to
public school textbooks sub-
mitted for state adoption in
1976.
The three-day September
hearings — airing objections
and answers of publishers—
are the first step in the an-
nual adoption process. The
State Board of Education
will have the final say when
it votes on the books Novem-
ber 9. The board will also
hold a special public hearing
here November 8 to hear ob-
jections to specific books and
any claims of misconduct or
procedural irregularities.
POPULATION BOOMING—
Texas population is growing
by 30,000 a year due to mi-
grations from other states,
and nearly 250,000 new baby
Texans are born annually.
But the most important
factor in growth and decline
of cities, according to a new
report by Robert I. Ryan,
editor of Texas Business Re-
view at The University of
Texas, is not birth rates but
job opportunities or lack of
them. One hundred and
eighty-five of the 254 coun-
ties actually lost population
through migration in the
last decade. The Negro pop-
ulation increased during the
sixties at a 55 per cent high-
er rate than the white pop-
ulation.
STATE JOBS TO IN-
CREASE—State employment
will increase substantially
during the next half dosen
years, according to Texas
Research League.
The League, a privately-
supported research group,
predicted non-educational
employees will increase from
58,700 to between 78,000 and
95,000 by the fiscal year
1980. The average cost per
employee is estimated by
TRL to increase from $9,174
(a 1972 figure) to more
In the News
FORMER Democratic Sen.
Eugene McCarthy of Min-
nesota has unveiled plans to
head up a new political
party for voters dis-
enchanted with both Re-
publicans and Democrats.
McCarthy said his group
would be more "an alterna-
tive” for Americans rather
than a third party.
than $12,000.
SHORT SNORTS
September 16-21 has been
designated Voter Registra-
tion Week.
Senator Jim Wallace of
Houston served as govemor-
for-a-day Saturday. Senator
Peyton McKnight of Tyler
was honored Monday at spe-
cial “McKnight Day’’ cere-
monies in Tyler.
Secretary of State Mark
White Jr. certified the gen-
eral (election ballot—without
the Socialist Workers Party
candidates.
County Native
Dies in August
In Houston
Charles Alvin Freeman, 51,
who was born in Talpa
September 23, 1923, died
August 24, 1974 in Houston
after a brief illness. A memorial
mass was held August 27 in St.
Cecelias Catholic Church in
Hfiuston focJdr. Freeman,- who
had donated nis body for cancer
research.
Son of' Mrs. Laura Freeman
of Abilene and the late Cecil
Freeman, he was a graduate of
Coleman High School. He spent
three years in the Army
Engineering Corps during
World War II, married an
Army nurse, Mary Ann Lepak
in 1945, and graduated from
-Texas Tech in 1947. A chemical
engineer with Magnolia Petro-
leum Co. he spent seven years
in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, as
District Superintendent of Pro-
duction with Mobil Co. before
moving to Houston in 1973 to
become Process Engineer.
Surviving him are his wife of
Houston; four daughters,
Sister Jo Ann Freeman of
Rochester, Minn., Mrs. Eli
Eisenberg (Judy) of Calgary,
Canada, Susan Freeman of
Spokanne, Wash., and Chris-
tine Freeman of Houston; two
granddaughters of Calgary;
two sisters, Mrs. Luella Coch
ran of Abilene, Mrs. Dan (Celia)
Gent of Irving; and his mother,
also of Abilene; and an uncle,
Roy. Freeman of Coleman.
Hospital
News
loleman, Teioi, Sept. 10, 197"4
Latin Club
Organized
At Hi School
ADMISSIONS;
Kit Horne, city
Mrs. Hardy Parrott, city
Mrs. James Comedy, city
Shanan Saverance, Novice
Rhonda Vaughan, city
Mrs. R. E. Jones, Valera
Mrs. S. S. Lane, city
Mrs. Freddie Crowder, city
B. 0. Blair, city
Mrs. Vera Burdick, city
Joe Matthews, city
DISMISSALS;
Mrs. J. C. Boyle, city
Mrs. Dora Faries. city
Mrs. Allie Byrd, city
Tracy Mauldin, city
Kit Horne,,city
Rodney Hammond, city '
Mrs. Era Feeler, city
Shanan Saverance, Novice
Rhonda Vaughan, city
Mrs. S. S. Lane, city^
Oran Haney, city
The newly formed Latin Club
had its first meeting Thursday,
Sept. 5, at Coleman High
School. With Mr. Borges as
sponsor, the dub elect*
officers, discussed membersh
of state and national clubs, ana
talked about competitive and
money making projects. There
were 16 members present.-
The elected officers are as
follow: president. Jerry Thom-
as; vice-president, Dianne De-
vanney; secretary, Marchetta
Templeton; reporter, Meg
■Rush; sergeant at arms, Scott
Horne; and research chairman,
Dana Griffin.
The club consists of Latin 1
and II students and all other
students who have completed
two years of Latin.
There are many times when
the almighty dollar won’t even
purchase a little courtesy.
SHOP IN COLEMAN
VISIT FROM
NEW MEXICO
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Candler
and children of Los Alamos,
New Mexico visited last week
with his father, R. J. Candler at
Fisk and with her mother, Mrs.
Ross Greer, in Coleman, „
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The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 10, 1974, newspaper, September 10, 1974; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth751691/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.