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The Aspermont Star, Aspermont, Texas
Thursday, August 23, 1956
Thursday, Augus
SWENSON NEWS
MRS. RAYMOND HOY, Reporter
Dear Folks,
Isn't this cool weather wel-
come? Be even better if we
had rain, too.
Mrs. Glenn Hoy and Doug and
David have returned home after
spending the summer in Cali-
fornia.
, The Intermediate G.A.'s and
their sponsors made a tour of
the State Hospital and other
places of interest in Abilene on
last Monday. Those making the
tour were Georgia Nan Norris,
Alice Hoy, Lynda Yarboroufih,
Carol Alvis, Rebecca Hoy. Oar-
lene Brock, Mrs. Ned Wird and
Mrs. Ndrris Onslead. On Tues-
day evening, Mrs. Ward took
some of the class swimming at
Hamlin. i
Mrs. Ward Gardner is visit- ;
ing her son, Clifton Gardner,j
and family in Wilson, where her
dauRhter-in-law has been ill. j
The young people and Inter-1
mediate Training Union class ofj
the Baptist Church and their
sponsors and guests enjoyed an
ice cream supper at Lake
Sellers on Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lanis McMeans
were in Lubbock on Sunday,
where they were privileged to see
their son, Mickey McMeans,
graduated from Texas Tech.
Mickey and his family. Mrs. Mc-
Means, (the former Shirley Met-
calf), and their son, Stevie, re-
cently moved to Roaring Springs,
where he will teach vocational
agriculture in the public schools.
The revival meeting at the
Baptist Church begins on next
Sunday morning. The evange-
list will be Jim Thompson of
Rotan, and the song Deader will
be Dan Cozart of Abilene. Ser-
vices will bo held at- 11 a.m. and
8 p.m., with prayer services at
7:30 p.m.
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Yours truly,
Ur Cor.
By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN, Tex Campaign
headquarters of Price Daniel,
Ralph YarboL-ough and Will Wil-
son have been beehives of acti-
vity.
Daniel and Yarborough have
gone all out to win the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor
of Texas.
Wilson has campaigned even
harder than he did in the pri-
mary, in order to increase his
lead in the Attorney General's
race.
But withering Texas heat has
sapped campaign enthusiasm
among the voters. Interest that
developed in the July primary
has dwindled considerably.
Last month brought the targest
primary vote in Texas history—
1.576,870 in the governor'-
race. However, if the second
primary vote beats that of two
years ago it will surprise ev-
eryone.
Nevertheless the conservatives
and the liberals are .working for
a bip voter turnout on Satur-
day.
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Delegates Return Hrnne
Weary Texas delegates to the
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Democratic National Convention
have returned home to face
still bigger tasks.
Their goals: (1) to win un-
disputed party control at the
September 11 state convention
and (2) tti swing Texas back to
the Democratic column in No-
vember.
In both i fforts, they will
have the guidance of two of the
party's nio't influential loader
— U.S. Sen. Lvndon Johnson and
House Speaker Sam Ravburn
Hopes are based v>n th'- mild
civil rights platform plank that
was adopted at the Cluenji"
convention. Both Johnson an.'
Ravburn were credited with asr-
nificant roles in gammi;
"moderate" victory.
Manv of the Tex.'r: del, " '•'<
say they wilt have a hard timi
selling. the Steven-on-Kefanvcr
ticket in 'his state. There i
considerable muttering about the
nrn::pects of victory in Neve"'-
ber. And Former President
Harry Truman's cracks at Ste-
venson- didn't help a bit.
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\id Rrwrram Launched
Federal' and state machincrv
are urindinu out a three-nbasc
drouth aid program for Texa-
farmers and ranchers.
Action came as mountim* di-'
aster conditions caused federal
officials to release "one of the
bleakest crop and cattle situation
reports in 22 years".
Present plan's would provide
(1) certificates cood for $1.50
pet- hundredweipht toward feed
grain purchases, (2) certificates
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ii'jod for $7.50 per ton to buy
roughage and (3) Farmers Home
Administration loans to re-
finance debts on family-size
farms.
Initial details were worked
out at an Austin conference of
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture offi-.
eiafs, Gov. Allan Shivers, Agri-
culture Com. John White and
:!u Texas Emergency Drought
Committee.
USDA is providing $1 million
to finance the roughage pro-
gram. Governor Shivers has
allocated $100,000 from his emer-
gency funds for administrative
iperations.
Texas reaction to the federal
offers ranged from "fairly satis-
factory" from Governor Shivers
to "too little and and too late"
from some South Texas farm-
ers. .
USDA's weekly report on
T e x a s agricultural conditions
termed the drouth "one of the
most severe on record". It re-
ported pasturage conditions
"lowest since 1934" and feed
crops "very short" over most
of the state.
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Reservoirs Drop
Water in Texas' major reser-
voirs was down 20 per cent dur-
ing July, from 1955. Average
storage was 51 per cent of ca-|
parity. 1
As evidence of "critical condi-
tions", the State Board of Water
Engineers' monthly report cited
these further statistics: (1) July
rainfall was less than half of
normal. (2) Observation wells
continued a decline to all-time
lows in five areas of South Cen-
tral and West Texas. (3) Dwin-
dling streamflows and decreas-
ing storage resulted in water ra-
tioning in many cities in all
areas.
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More Safety Aids Asked
Next year's Legislature may
be asked to double the prcsen'
470-man state highway patrol.
Such an increase was urged
by Homer Garrison, Jr., direc-
tor of the Department of Public
Safety, in a talk before the
Texas Safety Association Women's
Conference.
Cost of safety precautions is
cheap compared to accident
costs, said Garrison. Property
los« alone has exceeded $1.5
billion in the past 20 years.
A legislative program being
pushed by the Association in-
cludes: (1) more patrolmen. (2)
county-wide traffic courts, (31
state-financed dnver education,
(4) prohibiting sale of fire-
works, (5) chemical tests for
.drunken drivers and (6) laws to
punish juvenilfe traffic offenders.
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Bigg$r Highway Program Started
Expanded highway building
under the new federal program
is off to a fast start in Texas.
In the first tabulation since
U.S. aid bill passage, the State
Highway Commission received
low bids totaling a whopping
$18,494,446. Of this, some $5,-
847,678 was represented by six
bids for improvement of federal
interstate routes.
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Short Snorts
Contracts awarded in Texas
during July soared to $86021,020,
highest point since July, 1952.
A "School Problems Forum"
has been scheduled by the Texas
Association of School Boards for
October 14-15 in Austin. Boare
members have been invited to
bring questions for group dis-
cussion and consideration by a
panel of top educators. •
Texas' oil allowable for Sep-
tember was set by the Railroad
Commission at 73,505 barrels a
day less than August. Per-
missive production will be 3,-
297,954 barrels a day on a 15-day
producing pattern.
Taxes on whiskey brought into
Texas from Mexico totaled al-
most $1 miilion last year. Last
week s audit of the Texas Liquor
Control Board showed 1955 col-
lections at $905,801, compared to
only $379,534 in 1954.
A portable classroom bleacher
has been developed by Univer-
sity of Texas engineers. It is
designed to give from 15 to 25
students a close-up view of
teacher demonstrations.
Streamlining! of State Library
services might save Texas tax-
payers a substantial' sum of
money, reports the Texas Re-
search League. An extensive
survey was made by the League,
at the request of the Library
Commission. * *
Gas companies continue to
hammer at the state for recov-
ery of millions paid under the
old natural gas gathering tax
liw. Latest to win a judgement
was the El Paso Natural Gas
Company, victor in an Austin
district court case. It was one
of several companies which
paid the tax without formal
protest.
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BIG QUESTION8 IN
AGRICULTURE
One of the great ques
fore the American pe
what to do about Agrii
whet Federal governme:
should be established o
Proposed Constitutii
Election to
bouse joint besolutic
K*fMtae m am*adm*at to &
Artlel* VIII of Ik* Conttiiutlo
m ■* to provide thai uw Cm
Court In *och county may lev
mum may bo noceaoary tor «
purposes. permanent Improvti
purpoMo, road and bride* pu
Jury purposes n lone •• th* to
tax ratio dooa not *xc**d II
(ft*) on th* On* Hundred Dot
valuation In any ono (1) y«u
vldlng further that tbo Coi
Court akall not Impair any
tend* or other oMIestlonoi pr
tho noMowry election and to
lot; and providing tor tko neci
lamatlont and puMieotleae.
■I IT RUOLVKD MY the
tube OF thi state Of
Soctlon t. That Svctkm (, t
of tko Conititutlon of th* Sta
bo amondod hu It horoaftor
lowti
"Soctlon . Tbo Stat* tax <
OMlualv* of th* tax n«<«Mary
public d*bt, and of th* taxo* i
tbo b*n*flt of th* public free •
never exceed Thirty.flve Cent
the One Hundred Dollar* (I
tlon, and no county, city or
levy a tax rate in oxen* of 1
180c I on the On* Hundr*d Da
valuation In any on* (1) y*ar
fund, permanent improvement
and bridge fund and Jury fun
provided further that at th
CommUiionero Court meet* to
nual tax rate for each county
whatever tax rate may bo net
four H) constitutional purpot
general fund, permanent i
fund, road and bridge fund an
as long a* the Court doe* not
outatandlng bond* or other obi
■o long a* the total of tho fi
levie* doe* not exceed Eighty
on the One Hundred Dollar* (
tlon in any ono (1) year. On
ha* ltvi*d th* annual, tax ral
•hall remain In force and e
that, taxablo year; and tho
may also authorise an additl
ad valorem tax to bo levied i
Proposed Constituti
Election to
'.KNATE JOINT RE80LUTI
ropoelng an amendment lo II
tlon of the State of Texai, am
tlon 48a, Article ill of the Cor
tna _ btat« of Texa*. to a* t
needed change* In and revi*
Teacher Retirement Syatera of
vldlag that thie uectlon shall
"tar, or repeal Section 61 of A
the Constitution of Texas as i
vember. 1954, or any enabllrg
passed pursuant thereto; provli
necessary election, form of b*
■nation, and publication.
■ T RESOLVED BY THE
TUBE OF THE STATE OP
Section I. That Section 48a
HI of the Conatitution of th
Texas be amended so as to read
"Section 48a. in addition to
given the Legislature under
Article ill. it shall have the rl
(axei t.j vstnblish a fund to
lireinent, disability and death
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proposing on amrndment
Article III of the Constltul
aa to chang* the memben
rran*' Land Board; ao
amount of bonds or obllg
he Issued by the Veterai
•hall be increaaed lo Two
Dollara (t20U.0ll0.000); pi
usuanre of said bonds or
the conditions relalinu I
use of the Veterans' Lan
ing for an election and
a proclamation therefor.
BR IT BESOLVED BY
TUBE OF TIIE STATE
8**>losi I. That 8*ction
of .tho Constitution of To
*o that tbo earn* will li
follow*:
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Board to be known as tkl
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Welch, Lowell C. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1956, newspaper, August 23, 1956; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth136256/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.