El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1981 Page: 30 of 36
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Page 12-C ElCampoLeader News, ElCampo, TX, Wed , June24 1961
The Speaker
Reports
by Bill Clayton
Several Bills Fail
The regular session of the 87th Texas Legislature
ended June 1 and it was apparent that the state’s
lawmakers would have to come back to take care of
unfinished business.
The return is necessitated by failure to reach agree-
ment on reapportionment of seats in the United States
Congress.
Also, there was no agreement on how to fund the
state’s institutions of higher learning
There were many other notable subjects which did
not make it through the legislative prov« ss
A cleanup of the tax reform law of 1979 failed in the
final hours.
A constitutional amendment on initiative and
referendum failed adoption.
For the first time in 40 years, the House voted on
pari-mutuel wagering and it was defeated almost two
to one.
In the final hours, a proposal for a constitutional
amendment creating a fund for surplus state money
to be invested in water development was caught short
in the crush
Efforts to repeal the state’s Sunday closing law,
known as the Blue Law, didn’t make it off the House
floor.
A constitutional amendment has authorized bingo
games, but laws authorizing authority for the games
failed to make the grade.
A bill to provide state textbooks to private schools
was a loser.
A bill to create a special school financing formula
for school districts unergoing court-ordered
desegregation failed to pass
A bill to exempt gasohol from the state’s five per-
cent sales tax didn’t clear the finai hurdles.
Several bills dealing with pornographic materials
weren’t finalized.
A bill to create a State Department of Commerce
was also left on the beach.
Actually, more legislation failed than even came
close to passing.
A total of 3,696 bills and 1,718 resolutions were in-
troduced during the session.
Of that number, leas than 800 bills will become law.
Clements Vetoes 27 Bills
Approved By Legislature
news of
Taiton
By MARY MKNUSTIK
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ELCAMPO
Last week, Gov. Bill
Clements culled 27 pieces
of legislation and more
vetoes are sure to follow.
In a move which took
most people by surprise,
Clements vetoed the
state Senate redistricting
plan.
The task of redrawing
district lines for the
Senate now goes to the
five-member State
Redistricting Board com-
posed of five Democrats
Lt. Gov Bill Hobby,
House Speaker Bill
Clayton, Atty Gen. Mark
White, Land Commis-
sioner Bob Armstrong
and Comptroller Bob
Bullock.
In announcing his veto
last Thursday, Clements
pointed out that, except
for Armstrong who is
retiring, all members of
the board will be up for
re-election.
Not Enough Blacks
Clements said he killed
the Senate redistricting
plan because it does not
create enough
predominantly black
districts.
Clements also objected
to the plan because it is
gerrymandered to put ur-
ban voters against rural
voters.
The urban versus rural
issue is traditional in the
Legislature, and was pro-
minent in the recent ses-
sion
The State Redistricting
Board will draw a plan
and submit it to the U S.
Justice Department.
Open Meetings Law
Clements also vetoed a
tougher Open Meetings
Law because he said it
would have ‘ invited
anyone in the world” to
file suit against the
public agencies which
operate behind closed
doors.
The bill had passed
both the House and the
Senate without opposi-
tion, and would have re-
quired governmental en-
tities calling emergency
meetings to publish
dockets explaining which
items were on the agenda
and why.
Armstrong Blames
Clayton
Land Commissioner
Armstrong has announc-
ed he will not seek re-
election, and House
Speaker Clayton is con-
sidering running for that
post.
Last week Armstrong
accused Clayton of kill-
ing a bill which would
program bonds
Clements is still mulling
the request.
Armstrong has tern
porarily shut down the
land purchasing program
for at least six months.
Unless the legislature
passes a constitution;
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lynda! Wiliam*
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
have expanded the
veterans land program
and requested Clements
to include the issue in the
special session set for Ju-
ly 13.
Clayton denied he
ordered an early subcom-
mittee death for the
Senate-approved $250
million in veterans’ land
amendment expanding
the program, the pro-
gram will die, he said.
Meier Switches Parties
State Sen Bill Meier,
D-Euless, announced last
week he will change
political parties and may
run on the Republican
ticket for either congress
or lieutenant governor.
Meier said he will not
seek re-election to the
Senate.
Prairie View A&M
Texas A&M System
regents will given $14.2
million in Permanent
University Fund bond
money to Prairie View
A&M, thus possibly
heading off a U S. Justice
Department race
discrimination lawsuit.
Legislators wrangling
over alternatives to fund
higher education were
thwarted by the A&M-
Prairie View dispute
over dividing the PUF
Prairie View will
receive the greatest
amount of TAMU System
funding for 1981 and 1982,
more than the main cam-
pus at College Station
which will get $10.8
million.
WCJC Schedules IAN Test
Mrs. Ametta Drastata
accompanied a group of
ladies to a convention in
Dallas. They enjoyed a
guided tour which took
them to Southfork. where
the TV series “Dallas” is
filmed. They had the
pleasure of seeing
“Dallas” characters
Bobby, Pam, Lucy and
Ray in person.
Mr. and Mrs Lad
Srubar and daughter
Michelle were weekend
visitors in Corpus Christi
with their son, Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Srubar and
sons, Wesley and
Forrest. Due to rough
seas, there was no fishing
in the Gulf and no fish to
brag about. Only brag is
that Michelle has a bad
sunburn. They had an
enjoyable time.
Paul Schoelmann was
taken to El Campo
Memorial Hospital
Thursday when he
became ill at home
student in 1971 and came
to El Campo for the 10-
year class reunion
Saturday.
The last chance to take
the pre-entrance
examination for the next
class in vocational
nursing at Wharton
County Junior College in
Wharton will be Tuesday
at 8 a m. in Room 214 of
the J R Peace Building
Classes start August 24
in the 12-month program
which is state and
nationally accredited and
prepares students for
Licensed Vocatior "1
Nursing Certificate
testing.
The students are ex-
pected to be the first to
occupy classrooms in the
M G and Lillie A
Johnson Health
Occupations Center
nearing completion at the
northern edge of the
campus.
The laboratory for
Correction
Ellen Ely, 1981 El
Campo High School
senior and a member of
the distinguished honor
roll for the final grading
period, was incorrectly
identified in the June 17
edition as Ellen Fly. The
Leader-Newt regrets the
error.
Public Notice Aviso Publico
Gouthwettem Bed. in accordance with
•te rules of the Public LMMty CommWeton of
Texas, hereby gives notice of (he com-
pany s intent to implement a new schedule
of telephone rates In Texes effective Jufy 21.
1961, unless otherwise determined by the
Commission
It is expected that the requested rate
schedule will furnish a 15 8 percent
increase in the company's intrastate
revenues.
A oomptats copy of the new rale ached
uta ia on Me with the PubNc Utility Commia-
ston at Austin, Texas, and with each
affected munidpaNty served by Southwest-
ern Bel. and is sveitebte tor napeoBon in
each of the company's public business
ofNoss in Texas
Notice to Customers of
Other Telephone Companies
The Mng includes, but is not limited
to. proposals to increase rales tor m-
torexchange private Una and foreign
exchange (FX) service Changes m
such rates would atoo affect customers
of other telephone companies be-
cause such companies provide m-
ferexchange private line and foreign
exchange service In accordance
with rates specified n Southwestern
Bal a tariffs
Southwestern Bel. en con form tdad a las
regtas dal Pubic Utility Commieaion (Corro-
ston da Servtcioe PubScoe) da Texas, por la
presents heoa saber au intencton de estab-
fecer un nuevo arancei para aervicto de
totofono en Texas con vigencia a parbr del
21 de >*> de 1981. a monos quo la Com-
ston haga otra determination
Sa eapara qua e! nuevo arancei que so
ha soHdtado rendk* un aumento da 15 8
por aento en loo ngrosoe mtraestataies de
la comparts
Una copia complete del nuevo arancei so
ha archivado on lea oBdnas del Public Utility
Commission on Austin. Texas, ai igual que
en cada muntapakdad afectada y servida
por Southwestern Bel. y cada una de las
oftomas de la compartta para negoaos con
el pubtico en Texas tiene una copia para
lectura pubkea
Aviso a lot Clients* de
Otra* Compohiat de lelefono
El regietro metoye pero no se imrta
a. propueetes para aumentar las larv
fas para servido de tinea privada entre
centrales teietomcas (interexchange
private kne) y servido de central tefe-
tontca extraniera (foreign exchange
FX) Cambios en dichas tanfas de
servioo tambten afectarian a den-
tes de otras compartias de tefetono
porque dichas compartias proveen
los servicios ya mencionados en
contomndad a tanfas eapecMIcadas
por Southwestern Bel
(Q Southwestern Bel
student instruction and
practice will be equipped
to resemble a hospital
unit. A glassed-in shower
stall and a bath tub
provides students with an
opportunity to practice
patient-care skills under
supervision of WCJC
nursing instructors.
The medication room
has been patterned after
hospital facilities.
Students will follow the
routine of giving
medications in the
training lab under
supervision as they are in
the hospitals.
The L B Outlar
Auditorium will have
equipment to show films,
filmstrips, writing or
drawing diagrams.
In addition to suc-
cessfully completing the
pre entrance
examination, applicants
for the class must be a
high school graduate or
have a GED (high school
equivalency diploma).
The pre-entrance
examination costs $10.
Additional information
may be obtained by
contacting the Vocational
Nursing Department at
WCJC, 911 Boling High-
way, Wharton, 77488,
phone 1-532-4560, ex-
tension 267.
Mr. Oscar Iriarte and
his wife, Mechi, of
Iquitos, Peru, arrived on
Thursday at the home of
his American parents,
Mr and Mrs. W L
“Spot” Thornton. Oscar
made his home with them
as a foreign exchange
Mr and Mrs Richard
Valcher and daughter of
Giddings spent the
weekend with her
mother, Mrs Lorriane
Livanec.
Mrs. Rudy Bi?ek ac-
companied Mary Ann
Kucera to Stafford to
visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Woodrow Trlicik Kucera
went into Houston to visit
with her lather on
Father’s Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Poncik of Houston visited
with Mr and Mrs. Joe F.
Naiser on Friday after
attending the funeral of
his brother, Anton
Poncik, in El Campo.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Daughterty of Houston
visited with her mother,
Mrs F. J Petschka,
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Sumbera of LaSalle
visited her brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Kahanek,
Sunday.
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helping to assure
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for toons
It takes experience to build safe and
efficient nuclear power plants like
the South Texas Project at Bay City.
And Brown & Root's piping draftsman,
Diana deLeon, has that experience.
She’s been on the job since 1977.
Diana has worked up through the
ranks from her first job with Brown
& Root as a surveyor. She takes pride
in the work she’s doing, which includes
pipe-related design and drafting.
The South Texas Project is one of
the largest nuclear-fueled electric
generating plants in the U.S. It ri
also one of the most complex and
demanding engineering and con
struction projects in the country.
Diana deLeon has the background,
training and experience to meet these
challenges. That's why she's working
in Bay City, helping to assure safe
nuclear power for Texas.
Texas Brownbuilder* and Brown A
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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/m1/30/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.