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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1972
Page
2
The Good Neighbor Annual Bazaar is scheduled for Saturday December 2 at 206 S Church. Attendance and proceeds are expected to support community programs and local charity initiatives.
Classified note offers a 1965 Impala SS 409 in good condition with automatic transmission and air, plus good tires. Contact R Q Marks at 734 3371.
Two houses described. One on West Street offers 2 bedrooms and a bath with a carport and fenced back yard on a corner lot. The other on Wood Street includes 2 bedrooms a bath a utility area and a garage with a fenced back yard.
December 31 deadline set for owners of outdoor signs along interstate and federal highways to obtain $25 licenses and $5 per sign under the Texas Highway Beautification Act. Stage one requires a $2,500 bond per county up to $10,000, with exemptions for on premises signs. Abandoned and illegal signs on controlled highways are being removed.
State legislators heard summaries from a Lyndon B. Johnson School briefing on three January challenges. Officials warned the court system lacks coordinated oversight, urged judicial reorganization, and called for major overhauls in property tax administration and school finance amid anticipated federal revenue sharing.
Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin says agency private meetings with attorneys may discuss only pending or contemplated litigation and internal administrative matters with staff. The opinion, sought by Beaumont’s Hanna, clarifies the open meetings law and adds recent rulings on delinquent tax property sales timing, campaign contribution bans on bond sellers, and hunting licenses by the Parks and Wildlife Commission.
U S Senator John Tower and Governor elect Dolph Briscoe ran campaigns totaling five million dollars setting a new spending record.
The State Board of Public Welfare ordered staff to develop programs to meet Social Security amendments requiring federal funding for aid to all adult welfare categories starting Jan 1 1974. Eligible groups are needy blind needy aged and permanently and totally disabled. The plan includes continuous review for those in medical facilities and a 90 day residency for newcomers. The board also proposed wage garnishment in child support cases.
The Dale Sewing Club gathered at Mrs. Allie Jones home on Tuesday to sew and craft. Members discussed plans for funds supporting Economic Opportunities Development Corporation activities across Atascosa Karnes and Wilson counties.
A social item from Winters Texas notes a party held December 12 in the Thormeyer Building. Attendees included Mesdames Ernest Smith Clifford Lehman Herman Spill Quincy Traylor Raymond Knight Carol Stoecker Jack Whittenberg Marvin Traylor I W Rogers and Allie Jones.
The State Insurance Board heard a complaint that a federal law to boost workers compensation for longshoremen and harbor workers is unrealistic in defining covered employees. A Houston agent argued higher premiums would extend to all shipyard staff, shifting costs to a $15 million payroll owner. Benefits would rise from $167 to $267 weekly by 1975.
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