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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1972
Page
2
Real clean 1967 Impala two door hardtop with running lights and air terms. Also a 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 two door hardtop six cylinder running and driving clean as a pin price.
Week no city taxes on this large 3 bedroom home with double garage and ample storage. Owner not living here, willing to talk terms. Located on a paved street with sidewalk, closets galore, and a formal dining room. Write C. B. Spill Box 191 Show Low AZ 85901 or call (602) 537-2999.
Winters Lions Club seeks children for the Texas Lions Camp for Crippled Children for upcoming summer sessions. Eligible are crippled blind deaf or mute children and past attendees. Parents may contact Gene Wheat or any Lions Club member for enrollment information.
The City of Winters Texas will receive sealed bids for leasing City Lake also known as Lake Winters a 661 acre property eight miles east of Winters. Bids due by 5:00 P M June 5 1972 in City Secretary’s office. Mail bids to be opened June 5 1972 at 7:30 P M at City Hall. The city may reject any or all bids.
The Governor's Committee on Human Relations urged state agencies to renew efforts to recruit minorities and women before ultimatums arise. Ray noted EEOC jurisdiction now covers local and state governments and will scrutinize state employment practices with federally approved plans. He warned that agencies must show concrete non discrimination steps and that past excuses may be rejected by federal courts.
Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin explains no authority for taxing bodies to levy fees on mixed beverage late hour permits and caterer permits for three years. Other opinions cover salary for public employee grievance committees, liability immunity of tax assessors, county court judge salaries, Trinity River Authority irrigation rates, medical board license revocation, Nueces water rights, and TWRC authority affecting Corpus Christi and WCID No. 3.
A task force of legal leaders judges and legislators urged modernization of the Texas court system. Led by State Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert W Calvert the draft calls for merging the Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals extending civil appeals to criminal cases merging district courts creating county level courts with lawyer judges and a statewide administrator overseeing the system.
Fifty-one counties are designated as poverty areas for Hill-Burton hospital construction aid. The expansion adds Maverick Falls San Saba Robertson Red River Kenedy Fayette Lavaca Grimes Hidalgo Lee Trinity Irion Leon Edwards Mason Goliad Llano Shelby Franklin Marion Hamilton Rains Cottle Hudspeth Burleson Motley Camp Coleman to the original list, enabling up to 90 percent federal funding for hospital and related facility construction.
The Texas Farmers Union warns the screwworm fly outbreak will intensify from early summer to frost. It urges Gov. Preston Smith to seek higher state funding for control at a special session, asks Congress for more federal aid to boost sterile fly production at Mission plant, and calls on ranchers to report suspected cases to county agents.
Gov Smith assigns M M Vicars to the Good Neighbor Commission to replace the late Jack H Drake. Arthur Busch and Z T Craver receive Texas Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations posts, Chester W Kyle to Real Estate Research Advisory Committee, and Charles Kirkham named chairman of the Legislative Property Tax Committee. State Board of Insurance reports complaints about insurers charging customers for physical examinations before renewing coverage, noting such costs must be borne by the companies.
Governor Smith tours flood ravaged Hays Comal and Guadalupe counties and calls for a federal disaster declaration plus aid for Caldwell and Webb counties. Early estimates show 16 deaths and about 15.0 million dollars in private property damage with 2.5 million in public facility damage. Senator Lloyd Bentson urges expedited federal response while Barbara Jordan prepares as governor for a day. June crude oil demand forecast up 700000 barrels daily and voter registration payouts reach 846783 dollars to counties. many counties have yet to file clerical expense reports for the June runoff.
Texas Parks and Wildlife biologists joined with regional and federal experts for two weeks of artificial propagation during the Chesapeake Bay stripers spawn. They collected mature fish, fertilized eggs, and faced turbidity and holding facility challenges. The Texas crew provided 180000 fry, second largest among participating teams, amid varied results.
The Criminal Justice Council executive committee approved 33 action grants totaling over 1.1 million dollars. The U S Department of Transportation accepted Texas agreement to carry out the highway beautification act, averting a potential 24 million dollar loss to the state.
The effort seeks a large predator fish to revitalize sport fishing across Texas lakes. 180 000 fry were shipped to Lewisville Hatchery for stocking and experiments, with an additional 20 000 provided by Louisiana biologists. Texas striper production over two weeks trails only a Florida firm with five biologists and about 25000 dollars in gear.
In Winters Texas during May 1972 the department used a fish hauling truck to transport adult striped bass from Maryland to Texas. Thirteen adults were netted for the 34 hour journey. one died en route leaving 12 survivors kept in a seven acre pond at San Angelo Fish Hatchery Number Two.
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