Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1966 Page: 4 of 16
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EDITORIALS
The Door Is Either Open,
Or The Door Is Shut
What mates good reporters so hard-nosed
about open meetings?
Few sights are more distressing to public
officials than the reporter who comes into a
public meeting, takes out pad and pencil, and
takes voluminous notes — particularly notes
about “controversial* matters. If the discussion
gets particularly hot and heavy, the chairman
may exercise a great deal of ingenuity and
force to terminate the discussion.
He may say, *We want this off the record.*
The reporter,' if he is a good one and has been
properly trained, will then stand up and remind
the chairman that there is no magic spigot
which — during a public meeting — can turn
public information off and on. He may say that
his newspaper doesn't recognize the validity
of the phrase “off the record” when uttered by
officials at public meetings.
The chairman may decide to *go into executive
session*. Again, the cantankerous reporter will
rise to object, reminding the chairman that an
executive session cannot be regarded as a
haven of safety for any and all controversial
discussion and that he intends to sit In on the
meeting to use Ms own good judgment about
printing what goes on.
The inventive chairman may move for a
“study session,* "brainstorming session,* or a
‘committee of the whole* to consider the matter
later, 1fl private. The tax-paid attorney may
even crane up with a legal opinion that such
committee meetings are not technically “public
meetings,” that no formal action is to be taken,
and therefore the press and the public can be
excluded. But again, the reporter shows up at
the door, declaring that where public business
is being discussed, he has a right to be with
his pad and pencil.
There’s no doubt about it: Newspapers cause
problems for public officials. It’s been that way
ever since the English newspaper publisher,
John Wilkes, in 1771 won his battle for the right
of printers to carry full proceedings of the
House of Commons.lt was cantankerous printers
In the Colonies, such as Benjamin Harris and
James Franklin, who went ahead and printed the
truth, insisting that they had a right to do this
without previpus "clearing* by government
censors. Indeed, the American Revolution was
largely brought about by talented and outspoken
printers and pampMeteers.
Where does Ihe cantankerous reporter get the
idea he has s right to cover public meetings?
It comes straight out of the First Amendment
to the U. S. Constitution, guaranteeing a free
press, and from the essential nature of our
political system. In many states, it also comes
from "open meeting* and ‘open record* statutes,
although some newspapermen regard such
statutes as unnecessary because of the First
Amendment's guarantee of free speech and
press. It also comes from our common law --
the body of in written traditions which form the
well-spring for our Written laws. Editors know
that the easiest way — at least on the local
level — to open up “secret* meetings is simply
to report that secret meetings occurred, perhaps
with appropriate editorial comment.
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NEWSLETTER FROM
SENATOR RALPH YARBOROUGH
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TMs week 1 wish to tell you
about the proposed changes in
the income tax regulations by
the Internal Revenue Service
as it pertains to school
teachers in Texas and the
Nation. The school teachers
should be able to improve their
own education and better serve
CALENDAR
Fees for announcing for political
office in the Polk County Enterprise
are as follows:__________________
education by teachers should be
subtracted from their gross in-
come to order to determine
their income for commuting in-
come taxes—just as expenses
for other professional workers
such as lawyers and ac-
countants, are deductible.
These other groups are able
to subtract from their income
is not proposing reguiat
which, If adopted, will pre
their students—our children-- - the money they spend to attend
without bring penalized by the
Internal Revenue Service.
Yet, strange as It seems,
the Internal Revenue Service
ttions
l pretest
the school teachers from going
to school to improve their
ability to teach. These rules
deny education in summer
schools and to Institutes as an
expense of their profession. 1
oppose these Impending new
Internal Revenue rules which
would disallow these improve-
ment expenses to school
teachers for Income deduction
purposes . I do not think that our
teachers—and thereby our
school children
denied this opportunity for
additional teacher training fay
adding to the expense of the
school teachers.
Our children—the students—
will pay part of this price,
because many teachers will not
be aide to obtain the required
additional training. Therefore,
there will be poor teaching.
Information given me shows
that a teacher no longer will be
allowed to subtract the money
spent " to meeting higher
minimum education require-
ments. These include, for ex-
ample, summer school courses
to keep up or to learn new
teaching techniques or to learn
the use of new electronic equip-
ment in science and language
laboratories. The teachers will
not be able to subtract the cost
of this from their income in
computing the income tax.
This is extremely unfair to
teachers.
Most of our teachers are
dedicated people. They seek to
add to their knowledge and
teachi^ skill through summer
courses whether more school-
ing is required for their
positions or not.
Many of our teachers have
served for many years. They
have given their lives to their
students and their schools. Now,
they find that they have to take
more courses to get a new
teachii« certificate in order to
keep the job they have.
1 believe that this suggested
policy by the internal Revenue
Service Is both unfair and un-
reasonable. Expenses for
institutes, seminars and im-
provement courses in order to
determine their net income on
wMch their income tax is com-
puted,^ ^
Teacher's should be treated
on the same level and in the
same way. Our teachers are
professionals in every sense of
the word.
In the proposed changes, itls
my understanding that the In-
ternal Revenue Service also
plans to doaway with deductions
for money spent by teachers
for courses that might qualify
them for a different or better
teaching job in their schools.
TMs is wrong. Teachers
of courses to improve their own
teaching methods and go on to
higher jobs.
If they work and study to be-
come better teachers, they
should not be penalized by the
Internal Revenue Service —
whether the job consequences
are good or bad as a result.
Actually, if the teachers make
more money they promote
Income taxes and the Govern-
ment will be better off in the •*
long run—In addition to gain-
ing better trained children.
There is an old Chinese
proverb that says: “Learning
is tike rowing upstream; not
to advance is to drop back.*
We cannot afford to let our
teachers drop baric. And we
cannot afford to let our child-
ren suffer from studying under
teachers who are dropping back
in education because the
Federal government will not
allow them the money to pre-
pare themselves for the job.
District and Slat* Offices..... $27.50
County Offices $2500
Commissioners of Precincts ... $20.00
City Offices ............. $15.00
Justlcos of the Peace and
Constables .............. $15.00
Foes include original announcement,
which will be carried on Page On* and
Is limited to 10 inches, and the can.
didate's name to be carried in the
Political Announcements Column
through the General Election.
Announcements must be in the Polk
County Enterprise not later than 5
p. m. Tuesday of the week of publics-^ have see
WASHINGTON. The following
letters were recently answered
by the Department of State.
Please send me some Infor-
mation concerning Yugoslavia’s
views on the following subjects:
the admission of Communist
the
pay-
ment of the United Nations’
dues.
J. J.
China to the United Nations, t
war Hi Vietnam, and the pa
"< Washington, D. C.
Dear Miss J.:
The Yugoslav Government
has long been in favor of the
admission of Communist China
to the United Nations. The
Yugoslavs see the continued
absence of Communist China
from the UN forums as detract-
ing from the principle of
•universality* of membership.^
While the Yugoslav press re-*
ports various Communist
Ghinese statements criticizing
the UN and soys that the Chinese
mingly themselves re-
turn. Fees must be paid in advance.
For State Representative, 5th District
JOHN HANNAH
For County School Superintendent:
LUTHER C. fSandy; MOORE pre-
election;
For County Treasurer:
BURT PARRISH ^re-election; ,
For County Clerk:
KENNETH W. KENNEDY .(n-
jected any chance at the moment
of becoming a UN member, the
Yugoslavs maintain that sub-
jecting Chinese policies and re-
jecting Chinese policies and
representatives to the pressure
or world opinion through the UN
would serve to modify extreme
Chinese policies and actions.
With regard to the war In
Vietnam, the Yugoslavs call for
an end to American bothbing of
North Vietnam, which they
maintain is a necessary pre-
lude to negotiations to bring
about a peaceful settlement.
They declare that the Geneva
agreements of 1954 must be the
basis of any negotiations on
Vietnam and that the National
Liberation Front must take part
in the negotiations. The
Yugoslavs have no diplomatic
representatives in Hanoi, and
there is no Yugoslav trade with
or shipping to North Vietnam.
Firm support for the UN has
long been a fundamental
Yugoslav policy. Consistent
with this attitude, the Yugoslavs
have paid their dues and have
been considering an additional
contribution to the UN to help
cover the current deficit. A
Yugoslav contingent has been
part of the United Nations force
In the Sinai peninsula for
several years, and the
Details Of Auto Insurance
Penalty Plan Explained
election;
For Commissioner, Precinct 4:
JOHN PRUETT rre-election;
For Commissioner Precinct 2:
L.W. PARRISH fRe-election;
For County Judge:
PEYTON WALTERS
For U. S. Congress, 2nd District:
JOHN DOWDY (Re-election)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct I:
W. B. BLOOMFIELD fRe-election;
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For State Senator:
CHARLES WILSON
For Attorney General:
CRAWFORD MARTN
AUSTIN—A year from August
1, Texas motorists who keep
out of accidents and are not
convicted of speeding or of
major traffic law violations will
begin paying less than careless
drivers for their auto insur-
ance, according to an announce-
ment made today by Wm. Hunter
McLean, Chairman, State Board
of Insurance.
“We are advising all Texas
motorists that how they drive
after August 1, 1966 will be re-
flected in August 1, 1967 in-
surance rates,* Mr. McLean
said. "Penalty points will be
charged for accidents, speed-
ing and major violations
occurring after midnight of next
Sunday. One penalty point will
Increase a motorists premium
for auto liability, medical pay-
ments and collision Insurance
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POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
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LIVINGSTON. TEXAS. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF MARCH J,
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT LIVINGSTON 77351, POLK COUNTY, TEXAS.
BV THE POLK COUNTY PUBLISHING COMPANY
ESTABLISHED AS THE EAST TEXAS PINERY IN 1061
Any tftmuoui reflection upon the character. Handing, or reputation of
any gerton, firm, or corporation which may appear in tltii newipaper wiM
he gladly corrected ipen being brought to the attention of the publisher
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year in Polk County ............................. S3 00
$•• Month! in Path County .................. ............. 180
One Year out of Pe* County ........................... 4 00
Sir Months out of Polk County ................./.......... 220
CLASSIFIEDS ANO CAROS Of THANKS CHARGED FOR AT THE RATE
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19. Hat
14. Helmet
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IB. Carpets
17. North
Syrian
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18. Urchin
20. Fleming
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21. Vipers
24. Swish
26 Be ill
28. Pastoral
sound
29. Keg
32. Talon
35. Palmyra
loaf i
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38. Greek
letter
38. Superior,
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44. Reverie
46. Ellipticals
47. Plateau
48. Trade
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loaves
2. Ringlet
3. Seed
covering
4. Rent again
5. Wool
refuse
4. Smell
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13. Serf
15. Sailor
18. Drum-
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signals
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ingredient
33. Armpit
34. Triumphs
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by 15%. Two points will mean
an Increase of 35%, threepolnte,
60% and four points of 90%.
These penalties will apply on
insurance written after August
1, 1967.*
"Many Texas drivers have
complained about the tact our
present system makes safe
drivers pay for the accidents of
unsafe motorists. The State
Board, in response to many
requests of tills nature, Mil de-
vised this program that we call
the "Texas Driving Insurance
Plan*, Mr. McLean stated.
'Because the Plan Is not
retroactive, It will require time
to take full effect. TexAs
motorists and law enforcement
officers should not expect early
results. Patience, firm law .en-
forcement and other measures
designed to promote traffic
safeiy will be needed for mean-
ingful results,” McLean added.
POINT SYSTEM EXPLAINED
Under the new Plan, one point
Is assigned for each automobile
accident resulting in bodily in-
jury, death or property damage
in excess of $50,
There are twelve exceptions
to tills rule. The exceptions in-
clude accidents In wMch the
driver Is not at tault.
Speeding penalties begin with
the second cqnvlction within the
latest 12 months period prior
to policy date or the third con-
viction within 36 months prior
to policy date. One point ia
assigned beginning with the
second or the third conviction.
No more than four points will
be assigned for all causes.
Penalty point assignments for
speeding, in effect, allow
drivers either any or two pen-
alty free convictions, depending
upon elapsed time between the •
convictions, and stop abort of
the seven convlctiose which „
cause action to suspend driver’s
licensee by the Department of
Public Safety i t f.
Three points will beasalgned .
for conviction of:
(a) driving while under the ,
Influence of Intoxicating liquor
or narcotic drugs; or
Q>) failure to stop, render
eld, or disclose identity when
Involved In an accident; or
(c) negligent homicide, mur-
der by driving while Intoxicated
or aggravated assault arising
out of the operation of a motor
veMcIt; Or
(d) any offonse punishable as
» felony under the motor ve-
Yugoslavs have in other ways
given evidence of their sup-
port of the UN and its pur-
poses.
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Every year my high school
Spanish Club initiates a Christ-
mas project whereby we donate
either toys, food, candy, old
clothes, or books and other
educational items to some
worthy cause. This year we
would like to send some of these
items to the Dominican
Republic. Could you tell us
what the children could use,
and where we should send them?
P. C.
Floral Park, N. y!
Dear Miss C.:
We believe that the children
of the Dominican Republic would
be most happy to receive gifts,
and suggest particularly toys,
warm-weather clothing, books
(in Spanish) and other edu-
cational material.
The United States Navy
sponsors a ‘Project Hand-
clasp,* under wMchitwilldoits
best to provide ship transporta-
tion of donations to the
Dominican Republic. We
suggest you write directly.to the
following address for further
details:
Project Handclasp
Naval Supply Center
Norfolk, Virginia
Attention: Cmdr. G. W.Schlierf
Do you have an inquiry? Send
it to:
“The Diplomatic Pouch*
P/MS, Room 4835
US Department of State
Washington, D. C. 20520
THE OPEN HOUSING BILL,
as it is called, though it has
six other sections in it, is pre-
sently being debated in the
House. Following four days of
debate, even the. proponents of
the bill have begun to severely
criticize the draftsmanship of
the bill.lthas finallygotthrough
to some of them that we were
right about the dangerous in-
tendments hidden in the langu-
age of the bill, and that the
representations made lis to its
contents were misleading and
untrue, though perhaps un-
intentionally so. However, the
House will probably pass the
bill anyway.
I have previously discussed
Title IV, the housing provision,
and Title II, concerning jurors
in state courts, which would
give the federal attorney
general power to appoint a jury
commission to take the place
of local jury commissions in
any counly he wanted to, hy
going into a federal court. In
the attorney general’s state-
ment about the bill, he intended
to use it also to control the
parties to law suits and their
attorneys ‘ in exercising their
peremptory challenges in
selecting jurors to try their
cases.
Title ID of the bill is the
renewal of the attempt started
in 1957 to put its language on
the federal law books. This is
the one thatl have always desig-
nated as the "mind-reading*
title. It gives the federal
attorney general the right to
bring an action, without a com-
plaint, and even if everyone in-
volved is opposed to it, against
a person if the attorney general
is of the opinion that the person
is about to do something which
would deprive another of any
right, privilege or immunity
granted, secured or protected
by law. No other action would
be required, so the attorney
general would necessarily re-
quire a mind-reader to deter-
mine whether the person he
sued was thinking about doing
something, without having made
any move to do it. In connection
with this title, the attorney
general stated that if this power
is given to him, he would expect
to be given, the national police
force that it would take to use
it. I do not believe Americans
want a national police force, at
least sq long as any of us are
alive who remember the
ruthlessness of the national
police forces of recent
totalitarian dictators, including
Hitler. *
THE ARMY’S COPRS OF
ENGINEERS heeds engineers.
It is short of trained men for
construction, water resources,
utilities, and related fields.
College graduates with .five
years experience can get cap-
tain’s bars. The Vietnam war
and the general Manpower sit-
uation caused some of the short-
age, but it is mostly because
of growing interest in flood con-
trol and big reservoirs, and
such activities as boating, com-
mercial fishing, recreation,
farm irrigation and barge
transportation that make it
harder for the corps to get by
with its present personnel.
SUMMERTIME BAND CON-
CERTS on the east side of the
Capitol are favorite evening
pastimes for the people of
Washington and tourists alike.
There is no charge. On various
evenings, the United States Air
Force Band, and the Army,
Navy and Marine bands fur-
nish the concerts. Near the
Washington Monument, the
Shakespeare Summer Festival
Is underway, presenting *The
Winter’s Tale.”
VISITORS IN WASHINGTON
this week were Mr. and Mrs.
Artie Kirkwood and children,
GaU and Mike, of Athens; Dr.
and Mrs. V. L. Sternitzke and
children, Carol and David, of
Huntsville; Mrs. Exa Lee Lucas
and son, Larry, of Crockett; and
Mrs. Ross Wiliamson of
Bedias.
SENATOR TOWER'S REPORT
1. Novelist in "Sadness of
o Happy Time/"
Claudine Longet
Ann Landers
Sue Langdon
2. Host of ,/uly 3! “London
Palladium Show'.
Ben Gaxiara
\ Lena Horne
Fess Parker
3. Older brother in film
“The Mountain."
David MacCallum
J. Carrol Naish
Spencer Trocy
4. Masquerading wife in
“Occasional Wife."
Patricia Horty
Peggy Lee
Shelly Winters
5. Hired sh#iff inBononro's
“Peoce pffker."
Henry Fonda
Michael London
irk Fleming
There has been considerable
talk in Washington of increasing
taxes to fight the high cost of
living. The federal government,
rather than cut back its own
unnecessary spending, has hit
on this method--even though a
tax increase would simply fur-
ther Increase the American
family’s cost of living.
Since the logic of raising the
cost of living to fight the rising
cost of living has been some-
what lost on the taxpayers, the
Internal Revenue Service has
had to cast about for some
way to increase taxes without
calling it a tax increase. One
way it found to do this was
the curtailing of customary tar
deductions which our tax laws
provide many classes of
citizens for many different rea-
sons.
It was this attempt at a hidden
tax increase which caught our
teachers.
The Internal Revenue Service
has decided that contrary to
past practice, contrary to rea-
son, and contrary to the intent
ChangesMade
In Recruiting
The Army has begun ma-
jor changes this month in its
recruiting program by con-
solidating its continental and
overseas organizations and
by requesting 460 more per-
sonnel for its field recruiting
force.
Assuming responsibility for
worldwide activities will be
the U. 3. Army Recruiting
Command at Fox Hill, Va.
Prior to thia change, super-
vision of recruiting was di-
vided between the Continen-
tal Army Command at Fort
Monroe, Va., Which recruited
in the United States, and the
Department of the Army,
of Congress, teachers no longer
will be allowed tax deductions
for'SMsty courses they take to
improve their teaching qualifi-
cations.
Both the Texas State
Teachers Association and the
National Education Association
have protested this arbitraiy
federal tax action, pointing out
that the curtailment would wipe
out 25 years of programs aimed
at encouraging and helping our
teachers to train themselves
so they may better train our
children.
The effect of this IRS ruling,
if applied to teachers, will be
detrimental to the school child-
ren of this nation. The ruling
will derteinly discourage
teachers from seeking
additional training which they
constantly need to keep abreast
of latest educational develop-
ments In their field of speciali-
zation.
Thus, we see a surprising and
shocking consequence of our
inflation. Because of inflation,
we find our federal government
actually discouraging teachers
from Improving their teaching
knowledge and from undertaking
educational travel.
* Let it be noted that this cur-
tailment of tax deductions for
education expenses also will
strike st other Americans such
ss doctors, lawyers, dentists,
accountants, and Skilled tech-
nicians.
I have called upon the Internal
Revenue Service to rdverke It-
self and to restore the
education-expense deductions.
There Is no doubt we have In-
flation, but teachers are not
to btame and should not be
singled out as victims.
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and Puerto Rico.
The Army is increasing its
volunteer recruiters from
1750 to 2200.
hide laws of this State.
Two point* will be assigned
for conviction of:
(a) driving while license sus-
pended or driving without a
valid driver’s or operator’s
license In force and effect.
(b) any other moving traffic
violation as a result of which
an operator’s or driver’s
license was suspended or re-
voked.
The Driving Insurance Plan
is not retroactive ss only ac-
ddents and convictions oc-
curlng after August 1,19C6 will
be considered when the Plan be-
comes effective August 1, 1967.
Eventually, a 36 months
driving record will be con-
sidered but till* will not occur
ttitil 1960.
wail and Puerto Rico sta-
tiona, the Command at Fox
Hill will supervise 74 Armed
Forces Examining Stations,
1,034 recruiting stations and
some 7,000 military and ci-
vilian employee*._
Good Lav EflforcMNnt
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