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8a?tr<m (TEXAS' AWsnrMEn, aoev*r ?, lttft
AI'STIN Jul,
letter my f i
Session ITT1-■' *i ' i,
written t>ii- I in:, -i
0«fl!n ill A •«?: ) — tl In <•
Special Sess;, it • alien |i\ tl;.' i
ernor for two ptirti -.*•.-.. I ;n
his proelamutl. r Tin \ '. t.. p
a two-year ipinviii' .t■
to lew the n< i.i\. 1.1
finance it
Since .Tunc I thorp lia •- -n
littlp time fm !.' '■ i i
what most people do this time of
year — catch up -i |ier-"ii r iH
ness matters !■ !;i\ with M. n f mii-
lies, maybe .'et hi -"'tin f • t. ,i
a vacation trip ■ ! went up to tin
fathers Stan ■ •> v ,:! {•••■• ••
mde a tile tor — t e\.->-1
idea of i *f il \:n"• ti<>• !' it ■
real plpastt'-p f.,i- n-.' I Most li" ■!-,
tors feel the t, tv .i on • tv ,1
IX'CailBP the tasl iv>i Inula- ■ II . in
now pmmls. s to In on, tl,.- ui,, t
difficult in recent \ • ii-
You will recall, ol eourse that
the legislature n Hi ,u- S, on
passed an appropriation.-. lill! mver
Ing the one vear I' •'intii' ■ Scpt.-m
her 1. I960 A Ion:: with H wen <e\
erai small revenue tin o>i> > h
Willi) haw ri-cjuit• 11 no tn-w t,i\. ■
and the onc-M ii I■ I .I h.n•
been Certified by >'•- Poll III '
as Itelti" v\;t>- n tin ft ii i, I ^ in i I, 'I
In the I • ■ s itin • Phi < i ti>
£'' 1 iff airs
* c \iT! i n: port
front
vnalor riia.lcv Herring
w",i r i ' • oi yi ii ip
' ipt • I • I 'ilsij mii (if
the ii • ,'in hi I I, , Ii 't,, J.,
t" • I ■ ' ■ in • tp ! * >u Hi ox-
'' • "••>! in- it- ■ ,n- on ' IteWidc
t. ley isum
Vmi no doubt In ill In i.Mii'SS
*ii"I thi ■ 'ire 1 to review it
here I will just i> (.in Smith
, fee':.. ' cry s| joii ' i, ll.it tin State
'• -uld liav, i two\, if ippropt t
li in hill i 11 hi i* than one lot each
v- ii of st it . ,|* it ion
'''lie Gov, rtiot i line before the
I- u-latui,' Monday an I asked for
<"•hi iion " I in-1 ii ,i|i(itnpi i
t; m mil $''.o7 iii ii--ii iii new ta.v's
to 11 iii,i .t i i >I Iii- wimill
i --- lis, in the loHoyving mm
net
l I ' 1 Illt'i. I In ■ 111 ll valeM
Inv si i ', million
i 'i 1 in ile- ta.v on
itit 'll, .lilies $:'7 Itt'llioll
i . i "., increase m the tax on
,i ,-i! <v; ? million
iii "nil- increase pel thousand
'tl ('.'i'|i-i ile fi ltieliise tax — S:'T'•
million
t*,i PI:i imT ileoholic heverage
un let Siii-. Tax — million
T'tTAl. VWI7 "i million
Tli> Hulls- u( Representatives has
• i i -in- l.tne ■,-t>,i t. • I a tax
I. n| then own design hut one
s|io Id be f, i Ihi-oininc any time
Tin Seitat must wail until the
OIJUEIR
THEATRE
Tilt w sM't i:i \\ \t «.t vi :sm
THE TRUE STORY OF CHE GUEVARA WHO FOLLOWED A DREAM OF JUSTICE
MO FREEOOM... AND CUcATIO A KIGHTM/ r.C f?f TE1R0R AND VIOLENCE!
TOP- C«I!iji>IM V"***
JACK PALANCE 110(1 CAilRU
tfrturm, Cf *'' , A
tkiKW^H: -woe!Kill"
• .. fjrvm. > • i
' MdHETf
■ 'MWO -I.K>
SI'NDW MOM \\ M i.l •* ID II
:Hr
iiMiiwr-- umiw
Umbo of scuba dupes I
rock up a storm in a
mad pad under
the surf!
ti iwu« row ■ • it*
tony randall
janet leigh
JIM BACKUS KEN BERRY RODDY McDOWALL
/=sMERV GRIFFIN .. . t
U(ML) wtMUK n * •' 1®J * •
TI KHhAV, \im ST Iii
BANK NIGHT
th. A RawMder.
mum wi news
MHeston
MJoanHackett
DonaldPlensence
"Ml Penny
rttkmcoiw
CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS
%
Kiddie Parade is
Huge Success
<ii I ii I i:s l I it 11 l> I1 "i • ii . a ilaiiynien were eh
dill I i III. at III- iii Ml/a i'lii lust ■ r 1 mill I Itll-, till!', hole
.1 h lo I iii \u- ai lot iii ii\ . i: tivp : Ivi-.->i v beiirtl:
K Milois of |- .i, :ii", iii. \. I it i. -i- all and Kicliaril Kill
, i 'I oi: .is oi the Southern Division of Milk Pro-
I i, 11nil, ii Texas AiVM I'tiiversitj. Left to rifjhl ate
Iletir> W I faislei ol
> -1 Uel Willi* \'i 'Iill '
Kim t op advisory hoard;
ilelegale.
John
1--'' p- eii -i i..x hiii iM.il. \' ,m Niimhor
w> can I'niisidei the p ohietn \n> " M I til" lliIIIIH I
tax hill nitl-l
tion, oi initiate
present it 1 X'i
under the I'ui-titii
in the House ol Re-
Von can In very certain there
Will lie .1 loliU. healed debate ill
In.Ot llotl.se and Senate lii'lot e a
filial lax hill is approved I' would
III difficult to pi. .'let the filial out-
come, but 1 hope that when the
MtioKi i lea--, the lax hill will striki
some 11 asoiialile haailiee hetw , -n
husiliess and direct taxes
All of litis must. or ,-hould be
acivitnplished wtihin the !'ji days
allowed for this session This time
limit, yo ; «ili n nn iiiIm r ft' in x• oit
school da> civics lessons, is also
■el h\ the Constitution.
In tl vent that a maiority in
mth I lolls, and Sen,ati fail lo .u tve
Ipoll a tax lull h> tin• Cllil of this
session, Texas slate government
will face a very s> riotis situation
tide d The Stale fisi .11 year e>;
piles (t iniilni.'ht on Aui-usi ;:| ami
no funds of any kind nia\ he ex
lieuded for an> pnrposi after thai
time.
If that hottld happen — i (>ossi
hie but I hope not probable ease—
ihe linam inu of our public scl.ools,
'larlill:' ill Septetnlicr. Would hi
.•ravel,v affeeled So also would all
tin familiar functions of law en
lorccment, health piDtirams and all
the oilier serv ices and proti elions
we have conn- to cxpei t from out
state.
As a matter of pradieal ap-
proach, there .Hi a'l.-i natives to
the state's elilerin • i new fisi il
\ ar without mi .p 1 d i'"id-
The Le^islatun uttrl 1 p ■ -s a tcni
|ml ar> i xiensi. >• pri s. -m ,ipp
print ions or il mis'lil revert lo a
one year plan iii a the limits ol
revenue antieip •• i i1 presi nt
I ix sources.
I do not want to r is, a kind of
"bogeyman" spi u-r of stale iv
eminent brought i< i slam! till, but
I do want to eriipbasi,, the proti
I' in we are lacklitu: tin- s, s-i,hi
Tilt l.e-islaluic is laKuu: up lis
vvotk in full reali/alioti of that fact
In his speech Mo': I.e, I c.v Smith
asked for a harmonious nppioach
tl I Texas' IlKMU-y pi "bleu Is II' i. ■
us the important t! ,n. not w.ai
'lu mbers of the I .-.-i-: iluri i link
1 o« linn or lii.s pr,. -i ams but "what
y hi think of youi -wit respon-ibili-
ties."
T am confident il.is I,,".:islat ir,
will measure up to Its responsibili-
ties. Kvery leuislalor I know lia-
collie to Austin Willi I fi il
sire to work with the leadership of
the House Senate Illd Kxecllti\i
Department in liniliiu: the be I
olution imssible
To do thai will iv<|uire all ilu
experience, .iudgment, knowied-.-.e,
effort and patience of which each
one of us is capable. I hope you
know me well enough lo expect thai
I will devote myself to that Insk
wholeheartedly. Your suggestions,
vour thoughts and your s pport and
friendship will mean a lot to me.
A reminder We have an election
"ti August a on nine proposed
iniendniellts to the Texa- Omsliltl-
lion There are hones) and sincen
'ifferetieps of opinion among |*'o.
pie as to the wisdom of various
amendments. I have the greatest
f. ill in people who vote, and 1 trust
vmi will lake the time lo inform
yoiirseli on what these amendments
are all about and then exercise
your liesl judgment in casting yout
vote. Voting is Ihc mast important
ingredient of democracy, and 1 will
support the decision you make.
CHARLES IIKRKING
27 IVlillion. \n
All-Time Hiitli
T'i" f'il I--II call has passed the
:;T.(**l,iH o mark
In announi nig the new total ol
t-nrollecv Jack C'okei, M in.i.'er ol
the \'< '■ i hi- \iimiiiistr ition Re-.o-
• n.d Offici in ico. said Ilia)
Vietnam vet' ran;, discharged to
\Ugusl I imi ed the ledger itiunl
to the highest peak 111 liLsloiy.
Ill l ev lew itll! Ilie veteran popu-
itinil the VA Maliagei noted thai
the ilVela.-e il!i- ol all 27 million
veleians lia increased to -1-1!!
years.
Broken down In wars the aver
me .me - I veterans on tile active
rolte are:
Spanish-American War (6,0(10 vet-
i■ r;111si !*l : yi us; World War I
)l.tH7.(HKIi 717 \ears World War
11 (l ! a( 2,000 \ etcransi -l!l 7 jears:
Korean Conflict Ci S17,00(l veti'ransi
10 years and Vietnam era CI.Itiit -
lKM) veterans' 2ti 2 yt'iir-
Also on the VA rolls are '1,1 II.-
000 who served in the \rnied l-'or-
i-es between the Korean Conflict
md Vietnam. Then averagi' a-.:e is
.'<1.7 years.
The total aliove tops 27 million
since some veterans ser\'ed in more
than one period.
Whili ni'isl of the nation - vet
era lb- ha\i taken a<l\.inlage ol
sonic rights during the ?.Vyeur his
tm\ of tin (II Hill. Coker pointed
nil m i I'H pai licipiitioti wa lour
million in i'due 11 ion .m l another
7 5 million for on-Ihc job truining
Miliums ineiudin many Of those
who re, e• veil •• 111' 11 hi and train
ing benefits, also have receded
other benefits such as loan guaran-
tees for purchases of homes, busi-
ness, • and farms, and compensa-
tion or pensions.
Thi V \ Mai;a: er |>iinled out that
Vietnam veterans who did not com-
plete I ; .'Il scl l 'I llaX i III p|i" u'-
tunilv vete' ins of others wars did,
in thai Ihc VA will |m\ them a
monthly subsistaiice while tln-y
1 urn their lii-.ii school diplomas.
This i Ii ii - not reduce their cnlltle-
men) for other educational or train-
ing benefit-.
Compli ie information on (II Rill
benefits is available at any VA
office, locations of which are in
file whiti pace- of telephone direc-
tories
Miller Family
Has Reunion
The sixth annual Miller reunion
was held Sunday. Alums! at the
H.l.strop Stale I'urk Willi 120 ilev
i end,'Hits of the Jallles W Miller
family present. A cuvereil ili.sh
dinner was served
Tliose attending were from Aus-
tin. Hastrop. Ray Cit> Helton. Hra-
/oria. Klein. Houston. 1 -ainl Hill,
Mineral Wells, Navasota. New
Hraunfels. Round R.M-k, Smllhville
and Tyler.
The oldest person present was
Mr Vincent Miller of Houston and
the youni!i st was Seolt Morriss son
of Mr ami Mrs Marvin l.ec Mor-
riss of Austin
Next veiir's reunion well Im> held
in August at the Hastrop Slate
Hark
VISIT HKKK HNHIH TK
TO MKXIC'O
Mr and Mrs .lack T I.amkin
Jr , .lay and L.vnnc of College Sin-
lion were over-night uucsts of their
tuoihct and grandmother, Mrs.
Otis Raton Tliey were enroute to
Monterrey, Mexico and surrounding
area for a week's vacation.
Medicare
Is Three
Years Old
Thi- month the Nation's Social
Security Medicare p-ogram cele-
brate-; its third year of operation.
On .Inly 1. lOWi. Ibis program, de-
signed lo help pay for health care
for older Americans. Iieeanic a
reality Since ilia) date millions of
people age fia and over have used
Illt'ii red, whili ainl blue Medicare
card. This program and the know-
led: thai this card would help pay
hospital and doctor bills has re-
lieved their worries about the cost
of being ill In fact, knowing they
liav this protection has helped
many gel well quicker
Mr Kd M. Bowers. Manager of
I he Austin social security office
stated that in Texas during tin*
three year period Medicare lias
covet ed 1.00S.H00 iKispilal slays and
Home Repairs At
Record High In
Materials-Labor
: COLLEflF STATION - Since the
cost of new housing has Increased
nearly 20 percent in tile past year.
value-conscious homeowners remo-
del lo improve their surroundings
Kxpendilure for home repair
and modernization are at record
highs, reporls Extension housing
specialist .lane Berry. Tight money
has little effect on remodeling de-
risions since home improvement
loans generally are available at
banks, or charge accounts may he
used for material, she adds
Some families are becoming "do-
il-yourselfers" while others are
I turning lo cheap, unlicensed "han-
dyman" operations in an attempt
to cut costs
Home handymen can install
new carpets with loam
hackings, without special tools The
resilient cushion of loam rubber is
belly enough to hold the carpel in
place wlihoul adhesive or nails.
, . , , Simply roll out the rug, and trim
inor, than .>i>,N00 admissions for 11, ,r( jj, wln, ,scissors.
[msi hospital extended
under
Little White Dove and Vi
Snak, wei. Ht'lc •! the -s' on'
] standing cuti > in the Kuldu P ■ ■'
j that was a real higlilmht < Ml-
| coming it 10 ,.'c|.rk last I- -
; morning Tliey were portrayed In
Kathy and Kirk Smith I'hililreu
Mi and Mrs Doug Smith
Winners by ratppnrier liv 1 i■' I
the following:
Best C,tuple' "The Tr ' i"
Sandra and R^hln .Tahtisen •1
dren of Mr and Mrs Rolieri .lab-
sen. first place "The Rank Rnt
Ihm's." Phil and Mike l.cstei
dren of Mr and Mrs Phil Li ■'ei
second place.
Best Oroup- "The Cay •*''
Rrenda. Terri and Ronnie T. -\.lt i
I children of Mr and Mrs Mauri' ■■
I.owi'en, first place: "Tin- Indi u
• Croup." Carol. R« -•• Trey and R, ■
' Cry "-up children of Mr and Mr
Jimmy Cry sup second place
Most Original* "Peter Pari. Cap
lain Hivik md Windy " Adam -M!
bright, son of Mr and Mi John
Allbrighl: Kevin llennesey son .,i'
Mr and Mrs Hobby llennesey
Angela Fiindetburk daughter of
Dr and Mi- M R Fuiirierburk
first place: "lliekery. Dickers
Dock," Mark Kelle\. sou of \1
| and Mrs Floyd Kelley. secon.
| place.
| Most Comical: "Tlie Dog Cat
j chers," Jack and Tommy B rns
: sons of Mr. and Mrs .Ta.-k Bun -
| and Jim and Steve Reedy, - ms •
Mr and Mrs. ,b-rr\ Reedy fit-i
I place: "The Country Farmer "
Stacy Turner, son of Mr and Mi-
(iuylun Turner seinn.l plaee
Musi Beautiful* "Front et
Belle " (layle Ratliliiail dan 'hi- r
of Mr and Mrs Joe l.ec R.ithman.
first place: "Southern Relic Ay i
I.inetilierger, daughter of Ml and
Mr- Hulterl l.inenbei get*, si to I
place.
Rest IVcorated Wheel-- "Th
Patriotic Wheels," Barbie Nieliol-
daughter of Mr and Mrs. David
Nichols, and Debbie Oflierne. dan
ghler of Mr and Mrs T K. (><l
ionic, Inst place; "Colorful Hikes
rubber j Rcnlon and Allen Kskew. sons o|
Mr. and Mrs C A. Kskew, second
place.
Best Western Division: "The
Old Days," Malynn and Jim flai
ner. children of Mr. and Mrs Mike
Re
Ho
B
Mr
Fieb
Mr
olaci
M i
1 ■
tv.
and Mi
pi ., e
*y Tlmr
>n of
•h set
/I Fl'i
Mi
Ho
Join
Pli
Johnson,
V 1' I i
m.l
John Wi
Di
Cl
;-ntrie
ip High S-'hool
icctlon of Jack
'd tli
|i
•k
nv iei
and Riduiix
was i uipo-.
fas, inatln '
children
The Basic
under Ilu di
matin, furn'e
sic Tliey Were
new Basil,ip fii
urpris,' guests
Mis- Sandy and
candy from
F' ird pick '1)1
Motor Company
Each \'ouni -tPi* entpfine
null' litis vi tr was given :
eipalini! i ibbon bad •• Tin
prelly first it id sc. >m1 pia
butts and li e beautiful puM
stiindlne i-nllv ribl>m wee,
diu'i. i.- i in I
Rand
Wi'iile-
from
I I loppy
• ird i new
mipl Intents
I bv the
md the
Klin TV.
(hpowlnc
iel low
if Ash
the pa-
i parti-
se. till'
10. nih-
il e out •
' 111 ule
the i1
pos ihle b\ tile First S'aliotlid Huttk
mil the i 'iii - i Si .*, II in',.
Pai ule lud", - were Mi- Hetty
Moore Mrs S .t'les MeV.. M--
VelHc l.und"' n md Mrs (llenda
Schitieiler al' of I-'l-gin.
One of the be ' ol i'.ani 'I 'I Uld
most elf ciciilly handled, ihc pa
r id, w is plant'' d and dii. cted by
M' s Joe I., e Ratlin in eominittei'
chairman, and C.n' ('.m|>-t* Billy
Maynard, Mis Duvld ^iiulli and
Mrs l«nry Turner I'hey worked
hard and elfix'tively to put on a
real I v successful parade
Tliey as a c-immiilie have ex
111 esseil I hi-i r lb. eii t.1 all "! 'Pc
parents Old . 11;lilr,-u \M.-i tmik lit
inter si in the paiadc and lo e\
eiyone who helpefl In any uianner
Paymenls
sur.ince program
ooo and u
care,
the hospital in-
totaled SIXa.OX:,
total of S10M.707.000 has
the Medical In-
been paid under
surance program.
In Texas hospilals. 272 extendixl
care facilities and '19 home health
agencies have met the Medicare
iptalily .standards and are partici-
pating in tin Medicare program.
In the Bastrop area, a hospital
I already participates in the pro-
gram.
If you are 6T) or older you should
have a Medicare card If you have
any questions about the Medicare
p: i'gram contact the social security
office in Austin at a.li Barton
Springs Road, The telephone num-
ber is 17 .771. 'lite office is open
s :;o to 1 .".ft Monday through Friday
and Saturday morning H:00 to 12:00.
Rfl/MrUtrlp
STOwm
DON T THROW m
KXAS NKMMV HNfflni
Library
Corner
Are you looking for some FRKE
entertainmentTry the Library!
To check i Imok out at out l.ibrary,
ill that is needed is a library card,
ll you don't have one. ask Mrs,
Browning, the librarian, to make
out a card lit your name There is
no charge just Ihc assurance that
you will lake care of the hooks
you check out. Oct a library card
for everyone in your family!
Is there a young person in your
family who is interested in pioneer
stories?
"Carolina's Courage" by Eliza-
beth Yates is a story of a young
girl and her family who leave their
I tonic in the East and travel to
Indian country. The hardships and
courage of these pioneers plu- the
encounter with possible unfriendly
Indians proves an exciting story
for ages S lo 12
"Tommy O'Toolc and l-trry by
Anna Cordis is a «o<xl adventure
Ixiok written primarily for first
graders. 'litis hoy and bis dog,
I .airy, find fun and action as they
help with daily tasks about the rail-
road station. Someone was offer-
ed a job with the movies Was it
Tommy or his dog? Read this sto-
ry and find out.
a word from
Billy E. Maynard
Agent
Austin Savings
Bastrop
To all the people who've been by our office
, . . thanks! During the entire month
of August, we're celebrating our appoint-
ment as Agency for the Bastrop
Office of Austin Savings. Be sure to drop
by at your convenience ... let us
explain all the benefits of saving with
Austin Savings (such as free Texas Gold
Stamps) . . . and register without
obligation for the 100,000 Texas Gold
Stamps we'll be giving away on September
I. (f irst prize — 50,000; second —
25,000; live prizes of 5,000.) You need
not be present to win. (You're
•always a winner when you do business
with Austin Savings.)
FREE!
100,000
TEXAS
GOLD
STAMPS
Maximum <Iix i,lends
5 I 4' on Sax im . Cer-
tificate* - $ 1 .(Hill iii ni ne
, . , 4' • on I 'a*<-> Book
Savings. Annual rates . , .
compounded or paid
quarterly.
You're in Good Company at
bastrop a<;km:y
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