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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1973
Page
2
The board announced average private car rate cuts of 4.3 percent, with potential further savings under a new competitive rating starting September 1. New coverages and laws, including personal injury protection and guest statute changes, may raise costs later.
Attorney General John Hill reaffirms that plucking pigeons tails to hinder flight for marksmanship trials can support torture convictions. He also rules on tuition for nonresidents, dual local offices, county alcohol questions, wildlife permits, court masters, official actions reimbursement, and tax deductions for firebrick refining.
A new enlistment option in the Texas National Guard allows non-prior service personnel a 90 day trial period. Under the plan non veterans can enlist for six years with three years in an active drill status and the final three in the IRR Control Group. No monthly drills in the last three years though summer training may be ordered. Texas is among 16 states offering the option.
The Texas Daily Newspaper Association will brief on the Constitutional Revision Committee’s work at Lakeway in Austin on July 26. The briefing involves the Texas Press Association and related groups.
The Winters Enterprise reports that broadcasters will not be briefed on Friday July 27 and a full Commission meeting is scheduled for July 27 28 29.
Lone Star Gas Company requests higher chargeable rates for Texas cities from 41.40 to 51.86 cents per 1000 cubic feet. Cities served press for State Railroad Commission review of the system’s market value. The commission had approved a prior rate hike after a value survey, while a Coastal Gas hearing remains postponed to July.
The Texas Supreme Court will re view a dispute over Flower Mound New Town mayoral refusal to call an election to disannex about a mile of territory.
Gov. Dolph Briscoe announced new appointments including Judge Stephen F. Preslar of El Paso as chief justice of the 8th Court of Civil Appeals and Mid land attorney Max N. Osborn as associate justice. He named Edwin Brown of Troup and James R. Dickson Jr. of Waco to the Finance Commission and Frank Lewis of Bay City to the Texas Water Quality Board. Other appointments include William D. Decker to the 212th district judge, Gary Pogue, Jerome Brite, C. A. Morris, Arthur F. Flores, Leslie H. Laffere, Tom Reding, John H. Burris, Jack S. Graves, Albert Ivy, George Jambers, Ray M. Keck Jr. to the Nueces River Authority. District Judge James R. Meyers of Austin was named by the Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge John F. Onion Jr.
Technician Willey Durden of Agriculture Research Service sweeps flea beetles from alligator weed on the Edisto River in South Carolina as part of a program to find pest control methods.
The Legislative Property Tax Committee may call experts to discuss taxing intangible assets such as bank accounts stocks and bonds as a solution to school revenue problems. A House education committee sub panel studies intangible wealth but shows little enthusiasm for taxing all such wealth.
The Texas Air Control Board warned against federal auto emission limits claiming $300 million costs for a mere one percent of pollution. The panel rejected testing federal authority in court while EPA planned July hearings in Texas. If approved, controls would start August 15, affecting gas supply, parking, car pools, anti-pollution devices and bus lanes.
House Speaker Price Daniel Jr directs the Human Resources Committee to investigate child care education and guidance facilities. The Welfare Board warns unlicensed facilities to obtain licenses or face fines and possible jail terms. Texas Animal Health Commission imposes fever tick quarantine measures.
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