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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1971
Page
2
An indoor garage sale by three families runs Friday and Saturday at 603 Novice Road hosted by Mrs. Joe Kozelsky. Also offered is a 1963 model Dodge 60 passenger school bus sold by sealed bids with bid opening on December 14, 1971, viewable at the Winters School Bus Garage.
The bribery case of House Speaker Gus Mutscher shifts venue from Austin to Abilene with February or March trial dates. Judge Tom Blackwell sent indictments of co defendants Rep. Thomas C. Shannon and S. Rush McGinty to Judge J. Neil Daniel in Taylor County and noted extensive capital area publicity could affect juror impartiality. Mutscher seeks fair trial. defense cites news coverage while the state argues Austin power dynamics hinder open consideration. Trial originally set for January 10.
Texans who filed valid claims may receive up to 60 percent refunds on antibiotic purchases from 1954 to 1966. Attorney General Crawford C. Martin says refunds are expected by March 1972. Hospitals and state agencies will share in a $4.6 million recovery against five drug companies after the Supreme Court denied the companies’ last appeal.
Secretary of State Bob Bullock rules candidates who moved into new districts before the 7 November 1972 election may run for House and Senate seats. Attorney General releases opinions on gas tax timing take or pay contracts railroad crossing flagger duties district notices criminal appeals salaries Corrections airplane purchases and hospital district attorney fee portions. Gov Preston Smith names W Larry Teaver as chair of the State Board of Insurance highlighting consumer representation.
Gov. Smith appoints Kountze insurer John Blair to the Texas Air Control Board, places Charles W. Woolridge on the Trinity River Authority board, selects Carlton Carl as acting press secretary, and names UT Austin figures Dr. Stanley Burnham and Albert A. Rooker to fitness and executive roles. Eastland to chair the Judicial Qualifications Commission. A 26-member Advisory Council on Alcoholism is formed to aid a state plan.
Appraisers have finished the preliminary valuation of treasure from four century old shipwrecks off Padre Island. Final reports go to Federal District Judge Reynaldo Garza of Brownsville who ordered the appraisal in a lawsuit. Platoro Inc. seeks title to at least half the artifacts while the state claims all items and may take the case to the Supreme Court.
Dallas attorney Barefoot Sanders, 46, former federal district attorney and White House aide, enters the U S Senate race against incumbent Republican John Tower. He is the first Democrat to announce for the seat as W W L Bill Jones Jr. begins a Democratic bid for lieutenant governor with campaign headquarters in Odessa.
The Texas Safety Association warns that seventy driving drunks may die in traffic crashes during the holidays. Charts show alcohol by weight needed to reach the ten percent blood alcohol level. TSA urges motorists to stay alert and evasive. Conservationists push for a 100000 acre Big Thicket National Park in East Texas. The State Banking Board approves nine phantom bank charters in Waco Longview and Houston. Russell International Mining Corporation was enjoined in a court action.
Washington notes that the Senate is weighing a bill to merge pro basketball into a single league, challenging long standing antitrust exemptions. The piece traces baseball's 1922 exemption, evolving sports commerce, franchise moves like Seattle to Milwaukee and Washington Senators to Dallas Fort Worth, and the tension between regulation and big money in football basketball and boxing.
Beaumont district court issues notice regarding RIMCO securities offered for sale in Texas. The filing outlines actions to register the offering, warns investors, and sets potential compliance steps under state securities law.
Ball club owners claim professional sports differ from other industries and justify limits on players leaving midseason. They stress loyalty of fans as essential to profits and warn that free movement could undermine the sport’s standing and public interest, despite inequities to be resolved.
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