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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1973
Page
2
Auction style notice lists household items for sale and multiple garage sales. Items include furniture, reels of film, toys, canister set, suits, beds, and a vibrator recliner. Locations in Roach Electric area 135 North Main and 206 Paloma plus 505 West Parsonage. Dates noted July 6 and 7 after 10 a.m. in Shirley Hall listings.
The final public hearings in Waco and Austin drew 34 of 37 commissioners as witnesses urged changes to the 98 year old Texas constitution. Speakers warned of tough fights over sacred cows such as right to work and school funding while proposals called for a concise document and stronger governor powers. Houston and Dallas tax receipts were noted with Houston over 9 million and Dallas about 6.3 million.
Officials examine Artesia Hall near Cleveland after court order moved operation to the state. Dr. Joseph Farrar, the founder, faces murder and failure to provide aid charges tied to a 17 year old's death. The welfare board reviews licensing and personnel while regional control is set. Local option sales taxes in Texas total $46.6 million for the quarter ended March 31.
The State Supreme Court agreed to review a street closure dispute cited by a hotel operator as costing him business and upheld a Bexar County district court in trying a 294,943 dollar damage suit for the State Insurance Board receiver on behalf of two defunct San Antonio firms. The court also ruled on several matters including the scope of guaranty agreements, timing for workers compensation claims, damages in a truck crash, a Houston death suit retrial, a six month delay for Gus Mutscher appeal, and a tuition grants question tied to parochial school state aid while noting ex post facto limits and county education office abolishment. A safety drive was launched by city and county officials.
The Governor urges top priority for a $1 million cooperative attack on traffic tolls. Project SAVE to launch July 1 spans Texas cities including San Antonio Dallas Denison Garland Grand Prairie Greenville Irving Mesquite Plano Port Arthur San Angelo Sherman Texarkana Tyler and counties Harris Cameron Hidalgo. Traffic safety coordinators will be funded by the governor’s Traffic Safety Administration with overtime officer deployment for targeted violations.
Governor Briscoe appointed Raymond Judice to the domestic relations court in Houston and Sam M. Paxon to the 210th district. He named David D. Adams as 145th district attorney and placed Fred Wulff of Brady on the Legislative Property Tax Committee. Robert R. Shelton in Kingsville was named vice chairman of the Texas Criminal Justice Council.
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