El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1981 Page: 10 of 36
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PagelO-A El Campo Leader-News, KICainpo, TX, Wed , June 24,1981
Postal Service Halts Deliveries To Firm
WCJC Calendar
Postal Inspector in
Charge W. R Newsome
announced that a tem-
porary restraining order
has been obtained which
directs the postmaster at
Austin to detain mail
addressed to Texas
Manufacturers Directory
(TMD),333Perry Brooks
Building, Austin, 78701.
U. S. District Judge
Jack Roberts, Austin,
issued the order on June
8, and scheduled a
hearing for June 25.
The order permits the
Postal Service to hold
mail addressed to TMD
until a ruling is obtained
from the Postal Service
Judicial Officer
Newsome said postal
inspectors at Austin and
Glendale, Ca., are in-
vestigating a scheme in
which the name of a
legitimate business
directory has been
altered and invoices for
unauthorized directory
listings have been sent to
various Texas
businesses
In a complaint filed in
Washington, D.C., the
US. Postal Service
alleges that, by means of
telephone calls,
solicitations and invoices
TMD falsely represents
the members of the
business community that
it is closely associated
with, or is the
representative of, the
Bureau of Business
Research at The
University of Texas at
Austin.
Further, it is alleged
that when TMD sends an
invoice, they
misrepresent to these
businesses which receive
the invoices that someone
in the business requested
and agreed to pay for
“directory advertising”
as identified on the in-
voice
Many of the firms
receiving invoices had
told TMD they did not
want to buy a listing in
the directory
Newsome stated The
University, through its
Bureau of Business
Research, has for ap-
proximately 30 years
published a legitimate
business directory called
“The Directory of Texas
Manufacturers,” but
does not charge firms for
listings in the directory
The address and
telephone number listed
on the TMD invoices is
actually the address and
phone numbei of an
Austin mail forwarding
and telephone answering
service.
False billing schemes
are sometimes successful
because victims fail to
verify that invoices
which are received
represent bona fide
obligations, Newsome
emphasized
For additional in-
formation, call 1-512-397-
5447 or 1 817 334-2912
TFU Evaluates Legislature
BEI4FRANKLIN
103 MONSENATTE
543-6191
Texas farmers and
ranchers had some good,
but mostly bad news with
the closing of the 67th ses-
sion of the Texas
Legislature.
“The Legislature bat-
ted less than .500 for
Texas farmers and ran-
chers leaving two major
bills, the gasohol tax ex-
emption and the prohibi-
tion on foreign purchases
of agricultural land,
standing on base,” Texas
Farmers Union
President Mike Moeller
said.
“The issue of tem-
porarily removing the
five cent motor fuels tax
from gasohol had better
than two-thirds support
in both houses, but failed
on the last day in the
senate because of a
filibuster,” Moeller said
The TFU is joining with
the sponsor of the bill,
Rep. Dan Kubiak of
Rockdale, in asking
Governor Clements to in-
clude the matter in the
upcoming special session
of the legislature.
“Texas should not be
left standing alone as the
only state in the
Southwest which does not
provide the tax incentive.
If we do not have a bill in
the special session, then
we can forget about
developing an alcohol
fuel industry for Texas,”
the TFU president ex-
plained.
Currently, all of the
states bordering Texas
and 27 other states pro-
vide an exemption for
gasohol at the pump.
Farmers benefit from
increased markets for
their products while con-
sumers benefit from
greater supplies and
lower prices, Moeller
said.
The TFU is supporting
the Kubiak bill which
calls for the nickel tax ex-
emption beginning
September 1, 1981, and
lasting until 1987 when it
begins phasing out at a
rate of one cent per year.
On the plus side, the in-
heritance tax exemption
and the bill removing the
ad valorem tax on
livestock and poultry
were passed by the
legislature, Moeller said.
But the Texas Farm
and Ranch Security Act,
passed by voters in 1979,
guaranteeing loans for
young farmers, was
delayed for two years.
State Oil Production Falls
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Despite a ninth con-
secutive year of
maximum production
schedules in nearly all
fields, Texas’ annual
output of crude oil and
condensate last year fell
below the one-billion
barrel mark for the first
time since 1965.
Moreover, a downward
production trend con-
tinued for the eighth
consecutive year since
Texas’ output peaked in
1972.
The total of 960 million
barrels included more
than 931 million barrels
of crude oil. Also
produced was 29 million
barrels of condensate,
according to figures
compiled by the Texas
Mid-Continent Oil & Gas
Association.
Last year’s production
level showed a drop of
more than 46.5 million
barrels from 1979 output
and was more than 330
million barrels below
1972 production of almost
1.3 billion barrels.
Nevertheless,
production in 1980 pushed
the all-time cumulative
total since 1889 to almost
45 7 billion barrels of
crude oil and condensate.
Edwin L. Cox,
president of the Dallas-
based association, noted
that despite the drop in
output there is an en-
couraging trend in one
aspect of industry ac-
tivity.
Since President Carter
began a gradual phaseout
of crude oil price controls
on June 1. 1979, a
phaseout accelerated by
President Reagan, the
number of wells drilled in
Texas has skyrocketed.
Last year’s total of
18,697 wells completed
was the largest number
since 1957, Cox noted.
This compares with
16,149 drilled in 1979 and
only 7,728 drilled a
decade ago in 1971. At
that time, the average
price of U.S. crude oil
was $3.48.
Wharton County, which
has had recorded
production since 1925,
last year produced
3,444,554 barrels of crude
oil and condensate at the
rate of 9,412 barrels per
day.
Production in 1980
boosted Wharton
County’s production total
through the end of the
year to 263,338,327
barrels.
Monday, June 22 through Friday, August 7
Early registration for 1981 fall term classes, by time
permit only. Come by the Counselors’ office
weekdays for information or call (713 ) 532-4650
Thursday, June 25
First Term WCJC summer classes Last day for drop-
ping courses with grade of “W”.
Tuesday, June 30
8 a m — Vocational Nursing pre-entrance testing, J.
R Peace Building, Room 214, $10 fee. Last testing
date.
Friday, July 3
WCJC Holiday, Independence Day.
Tuesday, July 7
College Level Subject Examination Program (CLEP)
tests, Pioneer Student Center, Student Activities
Office, fee $8 per semester hour.
8:30 a m., English and chemistery; 10:45 a m.,
college algebra and biology; 1:30 p.m., American
history, and trigonometry.
Tuesday and Thursday, July 7 & 9
6 to 10 p.m.— Defensive Driving Course, Administra-
tion Building, Room 101A, $12 fee.
Wednesday, July 8
Last day for dropping courses with grade of “WP” or
“WF”. First term summer classes, WCJC.
Thursday, July 9
8 dm.— American College Testing Program (ACT
Residuals), J. R. Peace Building, Room 102, $9.50
fee.
Final Exams and book buy-back at bookstore.
Monday through Thursday, July 13-16
Official opening day and registration, second term,
WCJC summer classes, according to initial letter of
surname as shown:
8:30 to 9:30 a.m., S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z; 9:30 to
10:30 a.m., M, N, O, P, Q, R; 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., I,
J, K, L; 1 to 2 p.m., D, E, F, G, H; and 2 to 3 p.m., A,
B,and C.
Friday, July 17
Deadline to register for “Basics of Running Small
Business” sponsored by Continuing Education
Department and Small Business Administration,
July 22 23 at WCJC.
IRS Changes Rules On
Withholding Allowances
The Internal Revenue
Service this week
reminded employers of
new procedures to curb
the filing of false federal
income tax withholding
forms
The requirement was
instituted March 19 after
indications that a number
of persons were falsely
claiming unreasonable
numbers of allowances or
total exemptions from
withholding.
In cases where an
employee files a
withholding certificate
(Form W-4) claiming
more than nine
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or total exemptions, the
certificate is sent to the
tax agency.
Under the new
procedures, IRS will now
notify the employers and
the employee of the
specific number of
withholding allowances
that may be claimed. The
employer must withhold
taxes based on this
number.
If the employee files
another W-4 certificate
claiming a number of
allowances greater than
the approved number,
the employer is required
to disregard the new
certificate.
However, if the cir-
cumstances warrant, an
employee may attach to
the new certificate a
statement explaining
why it should be honored
and the employer will
forward the new cer-
tificate and statement to
the IRS for consideration.
If the IRS determines
the new certificate to be
correct, the employer
will be allowed to honor
it.
Also, under the new
provisions, an employer
who experiences sub-
stantial problems with an
employee Tiling a false W-
4 contact the IRS District
W-4 Coordinator to ex-
pedite review action.
The temporary
regulations and related
notice of proposed rule
making appeared in the
Federal Register, March
19.1981.
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1981, newspaper, June 24, 1981; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth987135/m1/10/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.