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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1973
Page
2
Out-of-town garage sale offers girls winter and summer clothes in sizes 5 6 and 6 at reasonable prices this weekend. Vehicle ads include a 1950s Lincoln Continental and various used cars trucks and travel trailers with prices ranging from 225 to groups and payments.
The 37 member Commission to study the 1876 Texas Constitution is authorized by law and will convene next year as a constitutional convention. Governor Dolph Briscoe signs, chairs selection by a six member panel including Lt. Gov. Hobby and Atty. Gen. Hill. The panel may meet in secret to choose appointments, with public sessions for final action. TWRC to open a Houston area office soon.
Avon invites locals to join as representatives and earn extra income near home. Call 915 597 2915 collect or write Abs. Jeanette Chew 1105 W 12th Brady Tex 76826 for details.
A private investor travels to buyers to purchase old coins coin collections and silver and gold accumulations for cash. No dealers. Write Box 32 Abilene Texas 79604.
The House voted to approve a free flow of information shield law and a tough lobby control bill as part of Speaker Daniel’s reform package. The shield law faced five weakening amendments while the lobby act, overseen by a 12 member ethics panel, requires lobbyist reports including gifts or loans over 50 dollars in a month. Both measures go to the Senate for consideration.
A Fort Bend County man wins reversal of a 35 year sentence for robbery by firearms after the Court of Criminal Appeals rules a guilty plea invalid without proper warning on consequences. The Texas high court denied habeas for a Temple man in an obscenity case after refusing to reveal 47 magazines. The CCA found insufficient circumstantial evidence to convict a Harris County man of heroin possession, and another Jefferson County murder conviction was vacated for failure to advise on no contest consequences.
Lt. Governor Hobby will invite about 150 Texans to discuss governmental ethics at a conference late next month. He seeks input on what a state ethics code should include. An ethics bill is already under consideration. In a separate opinion the Attorney General ruled that Texas Board of Examiners in Hearing Aid Dispensing requires a physician or surgeon specializing in otolaryngology and a trained audiologist who are actively practicing.
The Texas Air Control Board notes slight air pollution improvement from two years of samplings. It credits its lenient clean up timeline policy for voluntary compliance by polluters. Governor Briscoe recalls Maj. Gen. Bishop as adjutant general amid Senate confirmation delays.
The UT Business Review argues Texas oil output last year rose with demand but lags energy needs forecast for 1973. It urges a deep water port to import for nuclear plants, notes temporary foreign dependence, and calls for expanded on and offshore drilling plus environmental fixes for coal.
The U S Office of Education approved nearly 2 5 million in grants to support Texas school desegregation efforts while Attorney General Hill backs a new deceptive practices consumer remedy act introduced in the House and Senate.
Social Security manager J M Talbot says most widows and some dependent widowers will see higher monthly payments starting February. About 89 percent of 315 million widows on record will gain, with 21.2 percent boosts for those who began benefits at 65 or later. Smaller increases apply to those who started before 65. some receive no increase. Information and help available at the San Angelo office or local representatives.
About 200 hunters won a free weekend hunt on Chaparral Wildlife Management Area after Betsy Booker a UT Austin sophomore drew names from the hopper at a public drawing on January 18 in the John H Reagan Building. The Parks and Wildlife Department runs the annual event which drew 1,440 applicants this year with the first 100 hunting February 3-4.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department won approval for a pilot waterfowl sanctuary program on about 3,600 acres near Toledo Bend Reservoir. The plan includes an 11 mile NE of Center site with 300–400 acres of old fields to be planted for waterfowl foods, not open to hunting.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officers open a new regional office in Houston serving as headquarters for Regional Law Enforcement Director Carl Covert and District Law Enforcement leaders at Suite 205 International Plaza Building 12620 TX 45 North 77037.
The article notes changes in the department’s staffing or offices. The district office at 1316 College Avenue in South Houston will stay open as a field office until further notice.
Classified notice announces sale of receipt books available at The Enterprise office.
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