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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1968
Page
5
V H Paris of Arlington is visiting his grandparents Mrs V H Paris and Mr and Mrs H L West and other relatives in the county. His parents Mr and Mrs Wendell Paris of Arlington will come for him next weekend.
Public notice outlines Section 64 authorizing the Legislature to consolidate government offices of political subdivisions within El Paso and Tarrant Counties. It requires votes in affected subdivisions and permits intergovernmental contracts for functions, with limits on offices held. The measure would be submitted on the November 1968 ballot with FOR and AGAINST wording.
Public notice summarizes a proposed Texas Constitutional Amendment adding Section 2-a to Section 2 and authorizing the Legislature by general law to exempt from ad valorem tax all or part of equipment, devices, or improvements on real property that reduce air emissions or water pollutants, if capital investment meets state air or water standards. The measure would be voted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1968.
The Llano News outlines fourteen proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution to appear on the November 5 general election ballot. Proposals cover retirement system management, welfare spending cap, university fund investments, road bonds, legislator salaries, tax exemptions for pollution controls, phasing out state property tax, contracting transparency, teacher retirement contributions, tobacco tax refunds, office consolidations in specific counties, revenue bonds for industrial development, warehouse stored property tax exemptions, and terms extending into January for office eligibility.
Public notice outlines proposed Texas constitutional changes to reduce and abolish state ad valorem taxes after 1978 with conditions for higher education funding, trust funds for Confederate veterans widows, and required ballot wording for the amendment.
Public notice summarizes proposed constitutional amendment to expand state funds for medical care and rehabilitation services for aged and disabled residents, with federal matching funds, cost cap of 75 million dollars, and related provisions. It outlines that Legislature may enact laws to cooperate with federal programs and sets submission to voters with opposed option.
Mrs Myrtle Helen Williams 74 of Sunrise Beach died July 24 in a Llano hospital. Funeral services were held at Sunrise Beach Baptist Church with burial at Rose Lawn Cemetery San Antonio. Waldrope Funeral Home directed. Survivors include daughters Helen Tumlinson and Merry Parsons and 13 grandchildren.
Valley Spring reports weekend visits from Forrest Smathers friends and Austin guests Jimmy Reid. Mason visitors Marlin Lange family and Cherokees’ stay noted. Mrs. Osbourn’s remodeled home near completion with partial move in. Several health and church events described.
Voters will decide on proposed constitutional amendment number four allowing Dallas County to issue road bonds under Article III Section 52 with a majority of resident property taxpayers voting. The measure would exclude past bonds from the debt limit calculation. The ballot presents FOR and AGAINST options for the amendment.
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