The Howe Enterprise (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1968 Page: 6 of 8
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THE HOWE ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1968
SjfTATE CAPITAL
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Sidelights
AND
hu Vern Sanford
g^-SEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
A federal court lawsuit filed
with little fanfare may have
far-reaching consequences for
the state's welfare system and
finances.
Suit challenges the one-year
state residency requirement for
eligibility to receive aid to needy
families with dependent child-
ren. Actually,the issue goes con-
siderably farther than a single
class of assistance. Texas at-
taches this residence require-
ment to all major types of wel-
fare eligibility.
Welfare outlays in the state
last year totalled $257,900,000 of
which $65,600,000 was state mon-
ey.
Attorneys for Mrs. Angelina
B. Alvarez of San Antonio, mo-
ther of six children, entered the
federal court suit to require the
State Department of Public Web
fare to grant her AFDC assis-
tance, although she admittedly
has not lived in the state a year.
Suit claims the residence re-
striction is unconstitutional since
76 per cent of AFDC funds are
provided by federal government.
Atty. Gen. Crawford C. Mar-
tin, in an answering brief vig-
orously defends the state con-
stitutional and statutory provis-
sions requiring a year’s resi-
dency for welfare beneficiaries.
Lack of such restrictions, con-
tends Martin, would create a
“nomad” class of state-to-state
wanderers.
Legislatures of 40 states and
Congress recognize a residency
requirement as a condition of
eligibility, Martin argues. Suit,
he maintains, would compel
withdrawal of money from the \
state treasury without a pre-ex-
isting law.
A Pennsylvania federal dist-
rict court has upheld a similar
restriction as the one applied in
Texas, but a Connecticut court
threw out that state’s limitation
as unconstitutional restriction on
free travel. Latter suit now has
! gone to the U.S. Supreme Court
for review.
Texas case soon will be heard
by a three-judge court.
TAX BILL—
Legislative Budget Board staff
forcasters see a $122,800,000 tax
bill as necessary to finance the
Next best
thing to a
year ’round
Vacation
an
Electric
Dryer
Can you imagine the fun
of vacationing 365 days a
year? We can’t promise
that... but the next best
thing is an electric
dryer. It gives you washday
freedom you’ve never
known. All you do is pop
in your famity’s wash
...even dainty hand-
washables and permanent
press fabrics... and set
the time and temperature.
Clothes are gently
tumbled and come out so
fresh and smooth that
most are ready to wear
without ironing. Only
pennies a load! Take it
easy. See your electric
appliance dealer now for
an electric dryer.
TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
~ A tax-paying, investor-owned electric utility
$468, 500, 000 general revenue
spending bill tentatively recom-
mended by the Board for 1969.
This is about $25,000,000 above
1968’s spending level of $443,800,-
000.
According to staff predictions,
$345,600,000 in general revenue
will be available for spending
in 1969 after automatic deduc-
tions of money for earmarked
purposes.
GOVERNORS ASKED FOR AD-
VICE—
State Constitutional Revision
Commission panel has voted to
call on Gov. John Connally and
ex-Govs. Price Daniel and Allan
Shivers for advice on best stan-
dards for deciding how to
change the governor’s powers
|md length of term.
Executive office committee
debated at length whether the
governor should be limited to
one or two four-year terms and
whether Texas should adopt a
“cabinet” form of state govern-
ment with strong governor pro-
visions.
CRIME ON THE RAMPAGE—
Texas Department of Public
Safety reports that Texas crime
increlased 11.8 per cent in 1967
over the previous year, for a
new all-time high number of
criminal offences — one every
minute and a half.
.An estimated 332,986 major
crimes were commited in Texas
during 1967, compared to 297,810
offenses the year before, said
DPS Director Homer Garrison
Jr.
All major categories of crime,
murder, rape, robbery, burgla-
tered.”
Texas Aeronautics Commis-
sion will hold a bearing March
12 on application of Charles E.
King of Wichita Falls and Dal-
las.
Governor Connally has ap-
proved a $5,500 planning grant
for Smith County-Tyler area
Council of Governments and a
$6,500 grant for Heart of Texas
Council which includes Waco,
Woodway, West, Lacy-Lakeview
and Bellmead.
Attorney General Martin has
held that a witness required to
ry, aggravated assault and theft before a House commit-
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were up 10 per cent or more.
Only 27 per cent of known of-
fenses were cleared by arrests
during the year.
SHORT SNORTS—
Agriculture Commissioner Jo-
hn C. White warned Texas dairy
men to proceed with caution
when considering mandatory
laws regulating prices of milk,
saying “Price stabilization laws
can be harmful if they are hast-
ily written and poorly adminis-
tee studying liqour laws would
gain immunity from criminal
prosecution for unlawful acts he
had to tell about.
A record 20,684,000 out-of-stat-
ers visited Texas last year land
spent $1,200,000,000, reports Tex-
as Highway Department.
A $400,000 chair in Civil jur-
isprudence has been established
at the University of Texas law
school as a 51st “birthday pre-
sent” to Governor Connally.
Open 6 a.m. - 8 p.m., Monday thru Friday
6 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Saturdays
Delicious Home-Made Pies To Go
LUNCHES — Choice of Meats, 3 vegetables,
dessert, coffee or tea .................. $1.00
CITY CAFE
“FRIENDLY SERVICE”
CHES and PEARL RUFFIN — OWNERS
DAWSON
Propane Gas Co.
Tank Rentals or Sales
Phone FO 4-3969
Whitewright, Texas
We try to serve—to satisfy
FLAME CULTIVATION
O.K. Feed Mill
WHITEWRIGHT
For The Best in
FEEDS and SEEDS
Phone 364-2489
CUSTOM BUILT HOMES
CRESTVIEW ESTATES in HOWE
Murry Akins — Phone 532-3485
ROBERTSON
TEXACO
SERVICE STATION
Wheel Balancing
Tires — Batteries
Tire Repair — Road Service
Highway 75 N.—Ph. 532-9185
on your grocery bill at
CANADA
Grocery & Market
Hiway 289 & FM 902
DORCHESTER, TEXAS
BARRETT
RENFRO
Funeral Home
Phone 893-1133—210 E. Jones
SHERMAN, TEXAS
Jack Renfro, Owner ft Mgr.
Foxworth-
Gdbraith
Lumber Company
COMPLETE
BUILDING SERVICE
W. H. LONG, MANAGER
Ph. 532-3225 Howe, Texas
J. A. Wright
Insurance Agency
Where you save with safety
FIRE, AUTO, LIFE, BONDS
All companies are
Old Line Legal Reserve
Insurance Is Our Business,
Not A Sideline
208 E. Marshall Ph. 482-5259
Van Alstyne, Texas
INCOME TAX
SERVICE
J. A. WRIGHT
Van Alstyne, Texas
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Walker, Bob. The Howe Enterprise (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1968, newspaper, March 14, 1968; Howe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth840145/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .