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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1966
Page
3
An editorial argues that tight money stems from combined consumer demand, business investment, and wartime government spending. It explains the Federal Reserve controls money supply to curb inflation and suggests reducing nondefense spending and delaying nonessential purchases to ease monetary pressure.
A Sylacauga Advance column reprints Cicero say ing from the News and Courier noting taxation of bread wine income land and property and foreign alliances in ancient Rome. It contrasts past burdens with modern Great Society anxieties and ends with a wry closing line about feelings of relief.
Legislative Budget Board and Gov. Connally released general revenue budget plans in the 4.4 to 4.6 billion range for the 1968-69 fiscal year. Education, health, and judiciary allocations rise, with mixed drinks tourism drives and a 10 cent per drink tax proposed by supporters. Tuition hikes for Texas colleges and hospital construction funded under Hill Burton grants also appear in the reports.
Wichita Falls Record News reports communities study formal cooperation between commercial delivery trucks and staff cars with two way radios to alert police. A driver prevented wheel theft by reporting the incident, prompting police response. Plans require careful organization to avoid wasted patrols while leveraging real time tips from motorists and delivery personnel.
George Schuyler, Pittsburgh Courier columnist, argues riots stem from agitators and incitement, not ghetto congestion. He cites Harlem surveys from 1948 showing less congestion than 1910 and defends Harlem’s charities, churches, and orderly districts while blaming leaders of nonviolent marches.
A mooring dove shot near Crawfills Gap in Bosque County on September 22 was banded as an adult June 7 near Aberdeen South Dakota. Texas Parks and Wildlife reports the bird had flown 1200 miles from its summer haunts and was traced through the U S Fish and Wildlife Service.
Real estate transactions show W L Vanlandingham and wife transferring E2 lots 13 14 15 and 16 block 188 Wellington to R C Morgan and wife. Corrected deed records Rufus A Williams to Balde mar Gonzales and wife dots 1 2 and 3 block 135 Wellington. Earl Parker and wife to R E Blythe lots 7 and 8 block 91 Wellington. Rufus A Williams to Pedro Gonzales and wife lots 11 and 12 block 136 Wellington. Bill McCarver and wife to Roy K Smith South 90 acres of the SE quarter of section 36 block
Mrs. Rob Isbell announced two memorial books have been received by the county library The Home Book of Bible Quotations by Burton Stevenson and Harper's Bible Dictionary were donated by the children and grandchildren of the late Mrs Nettie Terry on the tenth anniversary of her death
Marilyn Philley is the December candidate for Campus Beauty at Clarendon Junior College. A freshman and daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin Philley of Wellington she is a Dogett cheerleader. The Campus Beauty and Beau contest runs through the year with ballots in May to choose Clarendon College’s Beauty and Beau for 1966 67. Some canaries live 15 years or longer.
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