Corsicana Weekly Light (Newspaper) - May 6, 1971, Corsicana, Texas VOL 84 TEXAS 75110 MAY 1971 189 Hog Cholera Proposed Classroom Building We received a change in the Federal Hog Cholera Quarantine this reports County Agnet Gene This change will affect all swine producers in the area of the county under the Federal The Quarantine affects all of Navarro County West of Interstate 45 and Highway Tlie new regulation states that any hog in this area must have a permit to move for any This means animals for slaughter as well as feeder and breeder Under the old animals could be moved to slaughter without a but this is no longer All of Navarro County is still under the State Quarantine which would still affect the eastern part of the State and Federal inspectors are checking all highways in the Anyone that is caught moving hogs without a permit will be To secure a I caU David State Inspector or the County Agents Veterinarians in the county can issue but the cost is borne by the swing Dickers Inspected Acting Police Chief Don Massey an Thursday the police depart ment had been directed to watch closer for expired Motor Vehicle In stickers and issue tickets to drivers who have not renewed this safety We want to give the public some warning that we are going to be wat ching for this had a Wholesale Prices Up i Proposed Bond Hall a owner to forget to have his car in Massey He referred to the new law that permits an owner to operate his car a year from the month of the previous whereas heretofore all vehicles in Texas had to be inspected each year by April Acting Chief Massey said the public should look at the number imprinted on their windshield sticker and make sure they had their car reinspected by the month the number He pointed out that in the past two police have issued between 20 and 25 citations to motorists operating cars with expired A motorist so cited posts a cash bond pending Notaries Notified Secretary of State Martin announced that all qualified Notaries Public desiring appointment for the new term which begins June and ends June must pay the required fee and file a new oath and bond with the County Clerk between 1971 and May i Secretary of State Dies further stated that any person not now a Notary Public who desires appointment for beginning of the new term on June should apply to the County Clerk before May The required ap plication forms may be obtained from the County Dies emphasized that Notaries Public should not sent requests for appointment or for commissions directly to the Secretary of State inasmuch as the law specifically requires that the County Clerk approve Notary Bonds and for ward copies of the application to the Secretary of PR Committee Sets Meeting The Chamber of Commerce Public committee will take a look Friday at 10 of a film and a slide presentation from as it con to seek out for updating and improving public relations slide Chairman David Lee announced We want to see if there are any ideas from either their film or their slides that we could incorporate in improving our local Lee The committee is exploring the and practicalities of the Chamber having its own promotional film made to supplement the Corsicana Has Heart slide presentation for image building pur Correction Hand reported that he was misquoted in the story on the Whites rally in Wednesday Daily He was quoted as saying I think it is a shame for either Black or to ask for discipline from the people operating the school He says it should have read to have to ask for WASHINGTON AP The rise in wholesale prices accel in handing the Nixon administration a setback in its effort to control the Labor Department reported The department said its wholesale price index advanced by of one per cent in with its key industrial commodities index going up by fourtenths of one per The increase was even larger on a seasonally adjusted with the overall index increasing by of one per cent and industrial prices by the same The April increase followed a slackening in wholesale prices in when the index advanced by only of one per cent on both an unadjusted and seasonally adjusted The department said farm products showed no change in while prices of processed foods and feeds actually declined by of one per But on a seasonally adjusted prices of farm products in creased by per with the cost of processed foods and feeds The department said the April advance brought the index to per cent of the 1967 per cent higher than the same month a year This meant that it cost to purchase the same amount of wholesale goods that 100 bought in The Bureau of Labor Statistics blamed the increase in the in index on renewed strength in prices of metals and metal Prices of these products had leveled off in recent o Massive Tax Blooming Grove Bond Election The Blooming Grove Independent School District will have a Bond Election for on May The election is for additional elementary a band vocational shop field house and football field track and renovation of the existing classroom The polls will be open on Saturday from 8 to 7 with voting boxes at Blooming Grove City Emhouse Com munity and the Loon ey All registered voters residing in the Blooming Grove District are eligible to Department Heads Give Reports Brockman Drafting Disaster Preparedness Plan By BETTY JEAN CLAY Sun Staff Writer Emphasis on cleaning up Corsicana and improving its public image will continue into May according to reports made Wednesday to City Manager Bob Brockman by the city department During last weeks observance of Trash RoundUp carried out statewide across Corsicana trucks hauled over 200 loads of all types of according to Earl newly appointed acting Sanitation Hellner voiced his thanks to all the other sewer and street departments for the help they Street Superintendent Larry DeMoss department supplied two trucks which accounted for 87 loads of refuse hauled to the dump And City Brockman voiced his thanks to all personnel for the assistance they Much remains to be trucked Hellner and will be as city per can get around to On two other houses and junked reports were Don in his first day as acting police reported a check with the city attorneys office reveals 50 complaints on removing junked cars from the streets and yards are in process and an officer had been assigned Wednesday to concentrate on notifying owners of other vehicles to remove Building Inspector Delma Ware reported that he has completed a survey in the process of condemning sub standard houses in Housing Area 2 as designated in the master We found 102 houses beyond To date there are 71 of these houses in some stage of condemnation he He broke this down with the ex planation that appeals have been filed by owners of eight in 38 cases where notices have gone out owners still have time left of the 30 day period in which to comply owners have not been traced in 11 condemnation cases and 14 cases have been V forwarded to the city attorney for follow up action to bring about These things take time and we are proceeding as fast as we he noted while taking care of other duties he Ware added he had not been aware of how big garage sales were in this town until the new zoning ordinance required permits be The has been in effect now for five days and we have issued 24 garage sale permits or an average of five a day and already we have had to go to a cross index filing system so we can keep up with how many they have The ordinance spells out an individual may have two a or once every six Manager Brockman informed the department heads that he and City Engineer Jack Matthews are now in the process of drafting a new disaster preparedness plan and put them on notice that in the future when a severe weather alert or a natural See Page 10A AUSTIN approved and sent to the governor today a massive tax that would raise living costs for ordinary consumers and The House accepted the Senates tax which consists mainly of consumer by an 8660 This fell short of two thirds majority needed to put the measure into effect trimming million from the million a move was expected later in the day to reconsider the vote and try again to get the twothirds Liberals and Republicans opposed the but to persuade the House to reject it and appoint a joint conference committee to write a com promise tax I think this is declared Atwell of near He was House Tax Committee Atwell contended business would pay million in added taxes over two years because of the But liberals contended the measure the words of Dave Allred of Wichita onerous burden on the people elected us to come down here and represent The record tax was needed to pay for new state spending for mainly welfare and Speaker Gus had tried during the morning to assemble a two thirds decided Wednesday to ask House members to accept the Senate writen as a substitute for a tax plan approved by the House in No tax measure is popular nor There are features of this with which I personally major legislation of this type is composed of Mut scher With revenue estimates based on the July 1 effective the tax would the tax from to 4 per cent million in revenue over the next two The sales tax rate in cities with the 1 per cent local sales tax would be five per the motor vehicle sales tax from 3 to 4 per cent and extend the tax to car the corporation franchise tax by per 3 cents a pack to the cigarette for a total of Improvement Judges Eye Barry Area By LAWRENCE Sun Staff Writer for the Texas Community Improvement program toured the City of Barry and outlying areas this morning and viewed a slide presentation on improvements in the community as a part of judging for the Agricultural Extension Services District 4 Community Improvement Sponsored jointly by the electrical utilities companies in Texas and the Extension the contest includes this year five communities seeking the title of Most Touring the area this morning were judges from Denton plus Barry Mayor John Barry Gin Manager Noell Postmaster James Watson and Barry Community Center Organization officials Marshal Mary Joe Marcia Beulah Miss Wanda and Ethelene plus Billy County Commissioner from Dan teenager Raymond Will Lee Raymond Fannie May and County Extension officers including Gene Gloria Ed Doug Presley and Miss Pat Jackie Boswell assisted in the presentation on the home and town Results were expected to be known Friday Weather All Aboard Sherry Miss Corsicana of checks out the Jaycees train that is expected to be in operation at Jester Park Saturday from 1 until following completion of in and repair that has been in progress for three Aiming at the first days operation in connection with Big X Days to i encourage childrens the Jaycees will be operating the train on Saturdays and Sundays the rest of and Wednesdays and Sundays starting in Price of a ride is 25 Details of a name the Train contest will be given In Fridays Daily Sun Staff Photo by Dale Baker Weather Bureau in formation for the 24hour period ending at 7 High low High temperature this date lust year Low last year No Total rainfall to date this year Total rainfall to this date last year NORTH CENTRAL cloudy with widely scattered thun low 58 to Fair and not quite as warm high 83 to
