Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1972 Page: 1 of 16
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RIO GRANDE
SERVING STARR COUNTY FOR SO YEARS
TPA AWARD WINNING NEWSPAPER
TEN CENTS
Vol. XXI No. lO Thursday March 9, 1972
Kio Grande City, Texas
Slarr County Youth Fair opens Saturday
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TO STATE MEET—Miss Rebecca Soto, pretty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Soto of
Rio Grande City displays to high school principal I. Ybarra the painting chosen to be
displayed state wide at an area Vocational conference to be held In San Antonio today,
Friday and Saturday. The work shows the different types of vocational education on each
pear of cactus and the rattler which are typical of the area striking out. The strike-
out and win theme will be carried throughout the conference. Other students going to
the conference are Ella Vela and Blanca Zunega.
Court rules out state
financing primaries
AUSTIN, Tex. - The
Texas Supreme Court ruled to-
day that tax dollars cannot be
spent on primary elections
without the legislature's ap-
proval
The court's decision appar-
ently means Gov. Preston
Smith must full the lawmakers
into special session before the
may 6 primary elections are
held.
Smith said in Houston Sunday
he would call an immediate
session if the court ruled one is
necessary. The governor said
he would not be deterred by the
fact that House Speaker Gus
Mutscher is on trial in Abilene
on bribery-conspiracy charges.
Secretary of State Dob Bull-
ock's lawyer, Clint Small Jr. of
Austin, contended in arguments
before the court Monday tliat
Bullock could pay state funds
to political parties without spe-
cific legislative approval.
But the court. Instead, agreed
with Atty. Gen. Crawford Mar-
tin that an act of the legislature
was required for state financ-
ing of primaries.
A three-judge federal court in
Dallas preflpiated the issue in
January by striking down
Texas' iiling fees for candi-
dates, the traditional source of
funds for primary election
The court's 12-page opinion,
by associate Justice Tom M.
Reavley. said that the appro-
priation of state money is a
legislative function.
He disagreed with Bullock's
contention that the election
code gave the Secretary of
State authority to spend tax
dollars in an emergency with-
out prior legislative approval.
"In the first place, we cannot
find anything in the statute
writing such a blank check to
the Secretary of state," the
opinion said.
Reavley also wrote that such
authority "would be an uncon-
stitutional delegation of legisla-
tive power in violation of the
separation of powers section of
the (Texas Constitution).
'It is the position of the rela-
tors (Bullock) tliat necessity re-
quires the approval of their
procedure, inasmuch as there
is no other moans of financing
the primary elections . . . And
it may well be that the only
other alteriative is an ex-
pensive special session of the
Legislature, which could come
as a burden on its members,
requiring them to meet a diffi-
cult problem in an brief and at
an inoportune time.
'However, these are consid-
i which'
The 1972 Starr County Youth
Fair will open on Saturday,
March 11 in Rio Grande City
with a parade through the
downtown area. The opening
event of the fair will start
at 9:30 a.m. according to Nar-
ciso Cantu, Jr. general chair-
man of this annual affair. The
parade will end at the Fort
Ringgold campus east of town
on highway 83 where fair-
grounds are located. This years
show will be the biggest in the
seven year history of the fair
and will inclide participation by
all of the Starr County schools
and 4-H clubs. Cantu further
stated that all events at the fair-
grounds are free to the ptiblic.
Boys and girls in Future
Farmers of America, Future
Homemakers of America and
4- H organizations as well a
students of Industrial Arts and
creative arts classes will ex-
hibit projects. Additionally the
science classes of the three
schools will be included in the
Science Fair Division.
The official opening of the
Youth Fair to the public is
scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Fol-
lowing the opening will be the
fudging of 4-H and FFA live-
stock projects including lambs
and beef cattle. Farm Shop
projects ranging from goose-
neck trU«f€ to barbeque pits
and Industrial Arts woodwork-
ing projects will be on exhibit
until the fair closes at 6:00
p.m. Girls Division entries in
foods and clothing will be ex-
hibited in the Multipurpose Cen-
ter .
The activities for the after-
noon will begin at 2:30 with a
Parade of Champions which will
bring together winning ex-
hibitors of all divisions.
Following the p«rad« ot
champions will be the auction
sale of the top foods entries
at 3:00 p.m. The final event
will be the Fat Lamb Auction
of all lambs show.
The full day of fair activi-
ties is to be climaxed with,a
Western Dance at the K. <3j
Hall with music furnished by the
Country Rolands. Of special in-
terest by the fens will be the
Starr County Roping Club
sponsored Rodeo on Sunday
afternoon at 2:00 p.m. March
12. The rodeo will be held
at the Sagunada Ranch arena lo-
cated nine miles north of Rio
Grande City on farm road 755
and one mile west at the sign
La Union to host
big Fiesta Night
without assuming to ourselves
what the Texas Constitution
does not allow us fcalling a
special session). That con-
stitution requires legislative au-
thorization and appropriation
for the expenditure of public
fluids," the opinion said.
The court said it would not
accept any motion by Bullock
or anyone else for a rehearing.
There was no dissent from
the other eight members of the
supreme court.
As expected, the court over-
ruled a 101G slate supreme
court decision that tax money
could not be spent on primary
elections on grounds tint the
primaries were private and not
public affciirs.
"Whatever the circumstances
of the party primaries in 191C
which may have been justified
their regard as purely private
affairs, this cannot be said to-
day," the court said.
"... The party primary is
an important part of the politi-
cal process, as is attested by
the many provisions in the
Texas election code regulating
it ... We hold that it lies with-
in the discretion and power of
the legislature to appropriate
state funds for this purpose,"
the court said.
La Union Elementary School
PTA Association will be host-
ing a great Fiesta Night this
Saturday night at La Union
School, according to Minnie E.
Radzevicius, president of the
organization.
The fiesta night will be held
on the school grounds and pro-
ceeds from the function will go
towards purchasing books for
the library which the organiza-
tion hopes to open soon. Other
proceeds will be geared towards
others projects of the organi-
zation.
"This is the first time that
this area has held anything
of this type for the benefit of
the children of that area" Mrs.
Radzevicius said.
"We are extending an in-
vitation to all the people of
Starr County to visit with us
during the Saturday night func-
tion." she added.
Among some of the attrac-
tions will be hay-rides, cake-
calks and many other games
for the general public.
The featured attraction will
be a bingo which will give away
prizes of cabrltos, automotive
oil changes and many other
prizes.
The highlight of the evening
will be a fat calf to be raf-
fled that night.
The night opens at 7:30 p.m.
Screaming youths
mob local boy
EDITOR'S NOTE — The follow-
ing article was written about
Benny Garza. Garza, a veteran
law enforcement officer, is the
son of Mrs. Olivia L. Garza
and the late Santiago Garza. He
is the son-in-law of Mrs. En-
riqueta Gomez and is married
to the former Norma ElizabpWi
Garza and the couple hav£ six
girls. Both are natives of Rio
Grande City but have "lived at
Seal Beach, California the ma-
jority of their livetime.
'
One unarmed Seal Beach po-
liceman was confronted by 150
screaming youths, spurred on
by a rock band, who surround-
ed him at the end of the Seal
Beach pier Monday night.
But there was no violence,
no arrests. The youths were
there to throw a surprise par-
ty for the cop - Officer Benny
Garza, beloved by the youth of
Seal Beach for more than 18
years.
"It just grew," said one of
those credited with being an
"organizer" of the affair. "So
don't use my name or anybody's
name with being an'organizer.'
The idea was mentioned, and
everybody pitched in."
They PRINTED 150 tickets to
sell for $1.50 per person and
it was an immediate sell-out.
They couldn't print any more,
because the small space at the
end of the pier wouldn't ac-
commodate any more. But there
were at least 100 more outside
the gates trying to get In, or
at least observe the action.
"We had to use the end of
the pier, because it's the only-
place there'd be no neighbors
to complain about the rock
band," the spokesman said.
It wasn't Garza's birthday,
see MOB page 7
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1972, newspaper, March 9, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194345/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.