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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1973
Page
2
Gov. Dolph Briscoe makes public an eight volume land use study ordered in 1972 by Preston Smith. The report proposes three approaches including local delegation, limited state role, or central state regulation with a statewide agency to coordinate land resources. It warns federal oversight if states lag.
In home day care open Monday through Friday from 7 30 to 5 30 with a large yard and play room. Provides breakfast lunch and snack. Rates for working mothers 12 50 per hour 1 00 for school children in the afternoon 40 cents hour for shopping. Contact Glenda Graham 207 Tinkle 754 4178.
Gov Briscoe unveiled a 605416 dollar crime prevention plan to cut burglaries by 18 percent in Abilene Amarillo Beaumont Odessa Waco and Corpus Christi. Midland previously launched a similar effort over eighteen months. The program funds trained units to analyze crime stats train police and raise public awareness nationwide security inspections.
For the 21st straight month the Texas Railroad Commission maintained oil production at 140 percent of market demand. Chairman Jim Langdon warned stocks are alarming as Middle East supply is disrupted and Texas drives output to maximum levels without waste. He criticized the federal government for not increasing fuel sources.
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed a murder conviction of a Corpus Christi teen after finding evidence suppression by prosecutors. It also overturned a 99 year burglary with intent to rape sentence over a bloody knife ruling. The State Supreme Court ordered removal of electric coop lines near Lindsay and upheld dismissal of a river bed hunting suit in Dimmit, Uvalde, and Zavala counties. Other notes include a 60 mph speed limit proposal, Republican leadership changes, mental health record access, and UT journalism educator Dr. DeWitt C. Reddick’s Sigma Delta Chi award.
Parks and Wildlife biologists counted stripers and hybrids in eight Texas lakes in October. Ed Bonn reported all but Canyon produced striped bass, with Navarro Mills stocking from 1971 also yielding fish. Pat Mayse yielded 21 fish averaging nine inches, Granbury produced 186 fish, and hybrids grew fastest. Further netting is planned late fall as part of a nationwide study.
A Texas delegation led by Lt Gov Bill Hobby travels to Germany to lure new industries to Texas and boost employment prospects. Diesel fuel for mass transit in major Texas cities is promised for 60 days, aiding sustainable mobility.
The Be Busy Sewing Club met in Mrs Etta Bryant's residence Monday afternoon for hostess handwork. Attendees included G Shott T Shott Fred Poe J C Martin M H Hogan Vada Babston Bill Millorn Nadeen Smith David Allen and Lewis Blackmon. The next gathering is set for Monday Dec 10 at Mrs Lewis Blackmon's home.
A 14 pound striped bass was caught on a trot line in Lake E. V. Spence north of San Angelo. The fish is estimated at four years old. Spence is noted as the home of the Parks and Wildlife Department striper program and contributed broodfish for Texas first induced hatching in April this year.
Local page details community happenings in Winters Texas including social notices, school activities, church events and market updates. Names of residents and organizations appear with brief notes on gatherings and dates.
Mr and Mrs Bernice Gardner hosted San Souci Club members for a Thanksgiving dinner with co hosts Mr and Mrs Harry Herman. Tables centered with glazed fruit nuts candles and fruit rings. Games of 42 were played and attendees included Raymon Lloyd Bill Minzenmayer Gattis Neely J W Bahlman Fred Young Sam Jones LaDell Davis and Harry Hermen.
In Milliorn home Mr and Mrs Merle Milliorn of Gainesville Georgia spent several days visiting in the home of his brother Mr and Mrs Bill Milliorn.
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