Insurance Tops Texas State Capital Agenda In Wind, Auto Rules
At the Texas state capital the State Board of Insurance discussed a wind storm catastrophe pool for high risk coastal areas amid complaints of price gouging. Allstate proposed auto rate cuts up to 20 percent for new 1973 and later cars with shock absorbing bumpers, with 10 percent initial relief for 1972 models. New rules to curb arbitrary cancellations and non renewals were reviewed, including 60 day auto policy protections and 30 day notices at annual expirations. A pollution control revision requires notification within 24 hours of spills on state leases.
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Austin — Insurance
State Board of Insurance
Larry Teaver
Allstate Insurance Company
Allstate
Teaver
Robert Armstrong
Land Office
Texas Supreme Court Review Hits Parents Immunity Question
The Texas Supreme Court ordered a district court trial in Cooke County over a teenager’s negligence suit against his father for a serious permanent injury, the first case to test whether parents are immune from actions by their children for events outside the family. The same term includes rulings on savings and loan branch applications, dumping laws harmonization, school act applicability, water rights tests, and state official per diem rates for travel.
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Texas Supreme Court
Cooke County
Supreme Court
Savings and Loan Association
Hallettsville
Bay City
W. Sale Lewis
Lewis
Texas Water Rights Commission
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University School of Medicine
Harris County
The
School Land Board Accepts 1.7 Million in Oil Leases
The School Land Board accepted bonus bids totaling over 1.7 million dollars for oil and gas leases covering 39 843 acres of state lands. Bids averaged 44.77 dollars per acre as part of a 76 bid bundle. Land Commission continues proceedings.
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School Land Board
Permanent School Fund
Land Commission
Gov appoints Texas state officials to multiple boards
Gov Preston Smith announces a set of appointments to state boards including Charles E. Wright Sr. to the Texas State Technical Institute board of regents. Others named span the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and the Texas Commission on the Arts and Humanities with multiple city and professional representatives.
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Charles E. Wright Sr
Austin
Afl-Cio
Preston Smith
Board of Regents
Texas State Technical Institute
Smith
Louis B. Orrill Sr
Dallas
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Robert J. Hibbetts
Amarillo
Angus H. Cockrell Jr
San Antonio
Lloyd J. Weaver
Fort Worth
Battleship
Texas Commission
Frank E. Tritico
Katy
C. H. Taylor
Houston
Margaret Ezzell
Port Neches
Texas Commission On the Arts and Humanities
S. Allen Guiberson
George S. Heyer Jr
Edward R. Hudson Jr
Lorrin G. Kennamer
Roy Riddell Jr
John. M. Wallace
Galveston
New Texas Democratic Rules on Delegate Selection Reported
Mrs. Carrin Patman of Canada reports new state party rules on delegate selection comply with national and statutory requirements. The rules will go to the State Democratic Executive Committee for consideration. SDEC Chairman Roy Orr says a meeting will be held in mid January after a public hearing to act on them.
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Democratic Party
Texas National
Carrin Patman
Canada
SDEC
Roy Orr
State approves retroactive raises for low pay workers
The pay raise plan covers about 12 000 of 63 000 state employees earning $2 or less an hour. Raises go back to September 1 under a Pay Board definition of severe inequity, allowing retroactive pay for workers paid below the minimum wage before and after the August freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Pay Board
Conroe Wins State Grant For West Fork Wastewater Plant
The city of Conroe secured a 443000 state matching grant for wastewater treatment on the West Fork of the San Jacinto River. The 1.77 million plant began November 8 with completion targeted for August 1972. Federal aid covers 55 percent and state 25 percent as a loan. State bonds funded by a May constitutional amendment enabled the grant. School site selected a 200 acre area in south Tar-?
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Conroe
San Jacinto River
State approves new school for mentally retarded in county
Rant County is to get a new state school for the mentally retarded. The decision follows a 1966 study recommending residential need factors for the mentally retarded in the Rio Grande Valley El Paso and Northeast Texas. Officials say plans are under way to meet the Rio Grande Valley need and a plan is developing for El Paso.
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Rant
Rio Grande Valley
el Paso
Texas
Department of Mental Health and
Turner to retire from Pardons Board February first
A. C. Turner, chairman of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, will retire February 1. Certified birth certificates will rise to $2 from $1.50, and death certificates will also cost $2. A House committee will study state medical welfare program costs. State Sen. Joe Christie of El Paso is the sixth Democratic entry in the lieutenant governor race. Suits challenging House redistricting have been lumped together and assigned to Dallas Federal Judge Joe Estes. Texas Air Control Board staff proposed a program to cut automobile air pollution by 20 percent with monitoring stations for Corpus Christi, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso and San Antonio. Changes in production rules in the East Texas oil field were recommended to the Railroad Commission by independent operators.
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A. C. Turner
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
House
Joe Christie
el Paso
Dallas
Joe Estes
Texas Air Control Board
Corpus Christi
Houston
Austin
Fort Worth
San Antonio
East Texas Oil Field
Railroad Commission
Den Dieters Club Hosts Christmas Salad Supper
The Den Dieters Club met Monday night at Mrs. Carl Pendergrass home for a Christmas salad supper. Gifts were exchanged. Queens for the week were Mrs. Bill Webb and Mrs. Paul Gerhardt. Those present included Mesdames Paul Gerhardt, Pearl Dunnam, Bert Humble, Bill Millorn, Boyd Bedford, Lillian Awalt, W. J. Briley and Bill Webb. The next meeting will be January 3 at The Den.
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den Dieters Club
Carl Pendergrass
Bill Webb
Paul Gerhardt
Mesdames
Pearl Dunnam
Bert Humble
Bill Millorn
Boyd Bedford
Lillian Awalt
W. J. Briley
The
Den
Card of Thanks to Neighbors and Friends
We thank neighbors and friends for visits flowers cards prayers food and other acts of kindness during my hospital stay and after returning home from the hospital signed Mrs Roy Rice and family
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Roy Rice
Expression of thanks for Dick Kruse loss
Family of Dick Kruse thanks those who offered sympathy and help after his death. They mention Pastor Probst and the choir, Ted Meyer, Dr. McCreight, North Runnels Hospital staff, delivering meals, and the floral memorials.
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Dick Kruse
Probst
Ted Meyer
McCreight
North Runnels Hospital
Montie Hardegree Dies in Colorado City at 66
Montie O Hardegree 66 a former Winters resident and Mitchell County Tax Assessor- Collector died Saturday at Root Memorial Hospital Colorado City where he had been a patient six days Funeral was held Monday at First Methodist Church Colorado City Rev Billy Wilkinson officiating Burial was in Colorado City Cemetery He was married to Odessa in 1924 and had one son Benny Joe of Houston one daughter Alice Sue Webber of Denver City three brothers and three sisters survived He had operated a bakery and grocery in Winters and later Colorado City where he ran a bakery. he served two terms as tax assessor- collector.
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Montie O. Hardegree
Winters
Mitchell County
Root Memorial Hospital
Colorado City
First Methodist Church
Billy Wilkinson
Hardegree
John T. Hardegree
James Lee Johnson
Carl Baldwin
Buford Baldwin
Odessa
Runnels County
Benny Joe
Houston
Alice Sue Webber
Denver City
J. J
Sand Springs
R. V
Temple
Odie Rhea
Gladdys Hays
Ballinger
Dora Priddy
Midland
Kyle
Hubert
Friendly Ladies S S Class Christmas Party at First United Methodist
The Friendly Ladies Sunday School Class at First United Methodist Church held its annual Christmas party. Mrs. M E Leeman gave the Christmas story and Mrs. Ralph Arnold installed teachers and officers for 1972. A salad supper was served with hostesses listed.
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Friendly Ladies
First United Methodist Church
M. E. Leeman
Ralph Arnold
Bessie Baldwin
Maurine Davis
Lois Jones
Lou Esther Gerhardt
Jo Arnold
Eva Kelley
Willie Lois Nicholas
Mildred Hambright
Odessa Dobbins
Lula Belle Leeman
Myrl Young
Marie Neely
Betty Sanders
Sallie Gray
Ava Crawford
Becky Poe
Margaret Bell
Aleene Mapes
Hazel Badgett
Lillie Marks
Edith Drake
Gladys Wilson
Margarite Mathis
Jonah Vinson
Beatrice Traylor
Pauline Mayhew
Addie Beth Stanley
Sympathy to the family of Mrs John Gerhart
The family of Mrs John Gerhart thanks readers for comforting sympathy and help in their recent sorrow.
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John Gerhart
Itp
Winters ISD approves jury duty pay policy for teachers
Winters Independent School District trustees adopt a policy ensuring only the jury duty pay a teacher receives is deducted from prorated salary during school sessions. The move addresses pay loss when teachers are summoned for jury duty amid new state exemptions.
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Board of Trustees
Winters Independent School District
McKenzie Couple To Present Christmas Program At Hermleigh
Mr and Mrs Kirke McKenzie of Winters will perform for the Hermleigh Lions Friday evening December 17. Mrs McKenzie plays piano and vibraharp while Mr McKenzie handles the cornet. They will perform and sing along with selections including White Christmas Shepherd Boy Silent Night and Glorious Christmas Day a song by Mrs Darlene Sims of Winters.
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McKenzie
Hermleigh Lions
School Bus Sold At Tuesday Meeting
At the Tuesday night meeting the school district board sold an old school bus for 1208.00 dollars.
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A. D. Lee
Winters Flower Shop
Dial
E. J. Bishop
Lillian
Nadine
Church St
Weldon Minzenmayer
John Middleton
S. Magnolia
J. L. Dunnam
Mel St
Bath
Nath White
Abilene
Buck Coleman
Courthouse
Roselane Street
C. B. Spill
Ariz
Wesley Wharton
Ite
W. T. Billups
Ted Meyer Or
Manuel Esquivel JR
Ballinger Monument “Company
Byron Jobe
Ballinger, Texas
J. O. Smith
J. E. (Buck) Smith
Gattis Neely
Call Abilene
S. Arlington
Lucy Kittrell
Trailer Parks
W. J. Yates Trailer Park
Floyd Sims
State St
Registry Service
Bahiman Jewelers
Fireside
Clifford Hill
Ballinger Salvage Company
Charles Mills
LOST
Victor J. Merfeld
Bill Proctor
Enterprise
Luzier
Luzier Dynel
N. Rogers
Byron D. Jobe
W. Dale
O. Dale Proctor
AG Opinions
Crawford Martin
Martin
Grant
South Tar
Griffin
Dror
Er. Soc
Gandy
Frozan
Sunkist
Balkum’s
den Dieters
Buford Owens
Winters Enterprise
Smith Drug Dial
DER
Texas Almanac
Dallas Morning News Communications Center
City
State
Zip
Montie Hardegree
C. City
S. S
Blackmon Repair Shop
General Mechanical
North Church
Swatchsue Electric Co
Sales & Service
Homesite Chain Saws
J. J. Swatchsue
Jose de la Cruz
Lonnie Fowler
T. A. McMillan
Riess Radio & TV
Mansell Brothers
John Deere Dealer
North Main
Graven’s Plaster & Hobby Shop
West Dale
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