Advocate (Newspaper) - March 24, 1971, Victoria, Texas THE VICTORIA ADVOCATE 321 Victoria Texas 77901 Wednesday March 24 1971 26 Genii House Beats Down Daylight Time AUSTIN AP Stale guaranteed Tuesday Ihal will get an extra hour of evening sunlight each day this summer They voted lo reject a weekend soliciting mail for Hie waiting for the school bus in the dark ami farmers whose Poerner told the House he don't understand daylight was nol advised who placed saving time placed the ads although he told a re- exempting Texas from by such groups as the Texas j Association operators and bowling daylight saving time Restaurant which begins April 25 movie o Then they tried lo make sure alleys saving In view of Mr Monday were run would you say is for the chickens and the asked Rep Carl Parker House OK's Voting Age Amendment Up lo Stales WASHINGTON AP A posed constitutional amendment to lower the voting age lo 18 in of Port get was approved 400 the hill was dead nnd could not representative knelt down lie resurrected by defeating readied in one mail hag motion to reconsider it out a big wad of an answer llo 19 by the House Tuesday anr Isn't it true that the people sent lo the stales for want DST Daylight time lion are the TV stations and isn't eliciting gales that the programs after daylight saving time lakes and Delaware leg acting wilhin an after the Firing of General Refused by Smith Sponsors indicated they and Iry to revive the Inter by Daughter lMay L rules which re- Mr would you are summer quires a vote better control over your Hep Tom Uher of Bav City I g V Fanners some wives Speaker Gus said right It wouldn't ng tho slate operators and make much Poerner They were followed closely rant owners have battled for Poerner and oilier supporters said I Tennessee Connecticut andj four years to have Texas join of thc angrily opened other The was opposed in I ho three bags and held up big of hearings by Approval of 38 gan arid ob- letters Of airlines television M stales must ratify to serve daylight time Isn't it true lhat one purpose lions stockbrokers and t Heps John Poerner of your is lo help the businesses thai benefit by hoop pan and Henry Sanchez of people who don't like toon he same time system as the done 1972 ballot sponsors had four mail gel their children up before of the country hags placed before and put them lo bed Wore Texas has a good I think you've got a and ratification is said letters said Hep tation lhat fits in wilh the by posing daylight time were of nation If we exempt 1C amendment in the Monday and Hep John Traeger of from Ms uniform time lon have de- the was supported are going to take a to lower Advertisements ran in housewives who don't like lo leap backwards in economi several newspapers over get their kids up and have them See Witnesses Demand Probe Of Stock Deals AUSTIN AIM would come of the whole structure of our college students lawyers late this week or early publicans and local next week lold a House ing age lo 18 If 14 states refuse to ratify proposed Amendment il will nol take fect Court Ruling The II million young cans who would be fully by it already arc eligible vote in 1972 presidential j election under act of Congress But thc ruled lhat Congress went beyond ils powers last year in voling to lower thc voting age in stale government has ever been own constitutions to permit Paid On Use of Planes AUSTIN AP Texas National Guard commander National Guard officer om state's modern history Tuesday the guard has had to reimburse the Air Force for ing airplanes without sion but Gov Preston Smith re- Austin Aqua ln August a senators request and hc transportation of reporters wives lo the Southern firo the officer The source of the money re- mained a mystery Sen 0 H Ike Harris of GENERALS ANSWER Texas Adjutant General Maj Gen Ross Ayers left and Texas National Guard chief of staff for air Brig Gen Walter Staudt answered charges of alleged irregularities in the Texas Air National Guard at a news ence in Austin Tuesday AP Wirephoto Where Ayers told a news conference was paid to the Air Force for a jet fighter at the Governors Conference in Va also in 1969 Ayers said the money was Dallas asked Smith Monday to not from tax sources demand Maj Gen Ross Where was it resignation and the removal of I am nol at liberty to divulge Brig Gen Waller Ayers replied He air chief of slaff for the later said it was not his own guard Because of the nor did il come from involvement and pressures that any guardsmen have occurred Report Answers The governor sent Harris a Ayers 60 and who letler Tuesday calling resembles U.S Defense gestion that Ayers resign an in- sult and an affront to the of the people of our slate I have reached the inevitable tary Melvin Laird except Staudt has hair responded Tuesday to an Air Force report that was of guard Ayers said he had seen a conclusion that your approach mary of Air and of the four charges re- must be considered another ty partisan attempt lo it one of the most effective ers Texas is honored lo have serve in the office of adjutant the governor said Smith said Ayers a former college chum has helped state through more disasters and through more potentially volatile situations than any lions calling for various types a sl investigation then sent hc lor of to a subcommittee to be as church of Dallas urged ln lnc sml lo set a moral bv chairman Jim Nugent ol by not of rot Insurance f Thc Thomas Fry the First Presbyterian s urging posit Insurance Lorp Time Too Short iard H Poff of the I C the establishment of rT V Ul n systems would JL dioas Fraud Hep Kichard H Poff Move Made For Disaster indicated by his ReP Of When faels before the people in order next year f 11151 JV JHI it Ilia o- p t UJC Ul Ul lions lo the sponsor ol one r wc may Despite the an address before the said Tuesday night that the committee might board member Elmer Ba um in thc various into a single resolution He Of Texas and support in House for Chapler of American als ils officials amendment it was bitterly Institute that norm iicp w s neatly ol by some of the is absolutely absurd lo Paducah and two House Austin lie slated give them the time lo do job Don't hamstring them Wyatt who began his first Sparks of Victoria in a lerm in January said that he hone conference Tuesday wilh let the passengers wait and jov Preston Smith was ad- leave the next morning at no vised by the Governor that the additional expense to the county might be included in disaster Material passed out by area caused by drought ris office said the trip was tor politically influential For Visiting VFW Chief Rainwater of equire 15 hours a day which he is compensated wi Pass because commented noting that de House and Senate serve a month the state officials in- For CPL lhc he a say said Wiggins denied was any Ntm between thc stock AUSTIN The Tevas Water expressed concern thai f deals and the passage of the sid i y in of your mone executives a board legislator is expected lo make t charged with the responsibility decisions on how lo spend in many offices at the level in the VFW and at levels in his local post to investigate the The generating plant i s brief and lackluster debate and related located about five miles Nine slates now have voting Cloudy of Port Lavaca Thc I ages under 21 but only earlier Koell said thai members fromi is in evidence of will be drawn from lowered il lo Southeasterly winds value which lo partly cloudy that j js grossly nJ for lne people Texas and t0 these individuals when area means of and Alaska In increasing Thursday ali are no known peeled lo attend the y a investigation of pumps having a c om hi n Maine and Nebraska il in low in upper session here Hc said about said capacity of gallons per 120 and in Massachusetts 60s persons are expected lobe 1 believe the and Montana it is tf They have not been charged wilh any crime in this Sec Page ISA lating to the misuse of aircraft two were in part substantiated He said the other two charges vere not approved missions but were official and therefore no restitution was required They involved the transportation of slate and federal water quality officials to Beaumont and Corpus Christi on an County Judge William C tion trip and a public affairs airlift of civilians to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas Nev in 1970 Quick Decision the pollution inspection tour Ayers said he had to make a quick decision and this type of has received able consideration in the past He said Las Vegas trip approved bv the Air two days he decided to ions in South Texas Judge Sparks was lold lhat Victoria County does not quite meet requirements laid down including Harry Crutcher III o Dallas a strong supporter of Smith and the son of the for- designation as a drought chief of slaff who w area because Mal- Gcn- Thomi or d are based on a period for consideration and Ihal thc county's rainfall wai as Smith Ayers to re- place Bishop as adjutant gcn- ast spring was not far below average governor told eral The printed u ing a copy of the prospective the governor the ic county judge that on a itten notes bv some of conditions prevailing over c name tor past six months V i c t o r i was the notation County could very well be FIRING Page ISA as one of the stricken counties A meeting of Texas Disaster Defense board will make the decision on ing the disaster area this week and Judge Sparks said Gov Smilh indicated to him that Victoria County would be given full consideration Index Health IB Livestock I Markels SB Paradi Page Rainwater will remain in Victoria overnight nnd journey to Houston the following day where he will visit with Houston VFW members as he continues his tour of posts in thc state All VFW members are invited lo attend event here added Roell Cli tickle Business In tell us what will happen Business tell us what did happen Greg Slathis finding little use for the he brought on his visit from flill J n c k s n n scheduled a weekend pass from Veterans to Ills eliding anniversary with wife and family The NTI willing to a live to the Exposition committee if anyone can capture the creature before il destroys their back yard and flower beds Mrs Walters Citizens Memorial Hospital Charlie and ready now lo tackle thc great out-of-doors Huck Finners Close Book on Possible Sequel MODERN FINNS The four Victoria youths pictured above left to right William Hull Johnny Bennett Tom Bennett and Miller along with Miller's clog Baron arc pictured by the rubber rail that took hem on an unexpected but ad- venturesome trip through Lavaca Bay Monday when they became ded in Matagorda Ship Channel and spent some long cold hours on water Advocate Photo By HENKY WOLFF JR Advocate Slaff Writer Four Victoria youths and a German Shepherd dog named Baron were thawing out Tuesday after a Huckleberry Finn adventure the previous day in which they became stranded on Lavaca Bay after tides look control of rubber raft in the Matagorda Ship Channel Taking advantage of a school holiday William Hull 17 son of Mr and Mrs W D Hull Johnny 15 and Tom Bennett 17 sons of Mr and Mrs Jim Bennett and Miller 18 owner of thc dog put on their and headed for the beach early Monday after- noon About p.m three of the youths Hull Miller and Tom Bennett and the dog drifted ashore in the small raft at new Central Power Light Co plant at Point Comfort while the younger member of the parly wailed patiently for about two more hours for the Coast Guard lo pick him up on an oil platform in the bay Sunburned hungry and cold but otherwise in good spirits the boys had completed an adventure lhat they will remember for a long lime but nol one they care lo go through again All four said Tuesday hey are not in any hurry to get back to beach Thc adventure began about 1 p.m when Delbert and Johnny with Baron for company rode the two-man raft to an island aboul two miles offshore With Johnny nnd Baron staying behind returned fo the beach and accompanied by William towed Tommy to the island on an air tied to the raft Their problems began as back toward shore after spending some lime on the island With Tommy Johnny and Baron in the rafl and and William on the air mattress everything was fine until the tide came in and current began to sweep thc small boat air mattress four boys and dog toward the shore about 10 miles away at Port Lavaca and Point Comfort Near an oil platform Johnny jumped out in an attempt lo bring the rafl lo platform but the raft kept going wilh Johnny remaining behind The boys estimated thai il was about p.m when happened I hollered and told Johnny lo stay on recalls The three boys remaining on the boat tried un- successfully several times after that lo land on one of thc many sandbars along the channel but each time as hey neared their destination straining on two small aluminum paddles tiie current swept them back out lo sea Their problems were compounded by water gelling into the heavily loaded raft in which the three boys and dog were now huddled together Letting Baron swim on his leash the three dumped the water from the rail in water over their heads hut also lost their shoes and canteens in he process Baron was good about thc whole said adding Ihal after the sun went down and it began to get cold thc dog's body heat contributed a lillle warmth to the three shivering huddled in the tiny boat By boys had decided lo make thc most of it and let the boat wherever the current would take it Meanwhile back at thc platform Johnny was con- whether or nol he should try lo swim to shore but the rough cold water pushed these thoughts from his mind Johnny had not ealen since breakfast but he said thai didn't worry me very much He was more intent on getting someone to pick him up and finally after Sec YOUTHS Page ISA
