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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1964
Page
5
Secretary of State Crawford C. Martin mailed the 44 page certified list of state and district candidates and the sample ballot to clerks. Absentee voting begins 20 days before the general election with ballots posted 10 days earlier. The ballot lists Democrats Republicans and Constitution Party candidates in columns with three proposed amendments.
A group from Nolan County traveled to Austin to present a petition to State Highway Engineer DeWitt C. Greer asking rethinking of the plan to close the Sweetwater engineering office. Greer stated the closure was due to slackening work but promised careful consideration of the petition.
Gov John Connally directs a transfer of a 467000 grant from the Children’s Bureau to create a Regional Diagnostic and Referral Center at Denton State School. The Center will diagnose manage retardation and train personnel for North Texas near Dallas and Fort Worth. Funds cover five years of personnel. a Hill Burton loan is sought to finance building construction. Water engineers from 17 Western States discard and swap.
At the Association of Western State Engineers convention Marvin C Nichols of Fort Worth urged delaying the U S Bureau of Reclamation Gulf Coast canal project until state funds allow study of alternatives. Leon Hill Amarillo urged turning plans into buy in with public support. John Simmons Orange backed transfers between river authorities under Texas Water Commission oversight. J E Sturrock Austin warned of 2010 population pressure and a possible 100 billion moving water from Alaska for the Southwest and Northwest Mexico, urging engineers to educate the public and propose solutions.
State Land Commissioner Jar ry Sadler urges Texans to vote anew on continuing the veterans land program. He notes the program is just turning a profit for the state, reporting nearly 3 million dollars in profits last year with projections toward 80 million to 100 million. Voters previously rejected a 15 million dollar bond plan to fund land purchases for veterans at low interest rates.
This week's tour will be the first of three. On October 12 the Goldwater Special will tour four days from El Paso through West Texas and North Texas and wind up in Houston. On October 27 the candidates will make a plane tour of major cities not touched by the bus.
Johnson Humphrey head quarters in Austin announces appointments including Chairman Wm Hunters McLean Picked Mrs Eugene Locke of Dallas and Frank Erwin Jr of Austin as honorary co chairmen. Mrs Jerre Williams of Austin named women's activities director. Wayne G Wachman Bob Slagle Scott Mann named Young Citizens for Johnson. Wilmer Smith Dolph Briscoe and Romeo Korth are tri chairmen of Rural Texans for Johnson Humphrey.
Non farm employment in July rose to 3,316,300 from June 3,314,200 and July 1963 figures of 3,255,500 as the Texas Employment Commission notes. Jobless rate fell to 4.2 percent from 4.8 a year earlier. Governor Connally touts sugar beet refining in Hereford as proof of state opportunity and end product manufacturing using Texas raw materials. Other items include legislation to set officer training standards, a Yorktown bank charter challenge, record park visitation at 7,900,000, and highway plans to add 50 boat ramps funded by boat registration fees under the Water Safety Act.
Estelle Briley acted as hostess for a Wesleyan Circle gathering at the Methodist Church home of Miss Estelle Briley. Mrs. Ray Elliott led the program on Spanish American visitors with contributions from Mrs. Sallie Gray Margarite Mathis Mrs. Carolyn Nelson Mrs. James Hinds and Mrs. Crayton Stanley. Attending were Mrs. Eva Kelly Estelle Briley Mrs. Jiggs Nichols and visitor Mrs. C E Briley.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church held its third session on The Church's Mission Among New Nations with seventeen members present. Mrs. C. R. Willey presided and the group sang Rise Up O Men of God. The program featured Nigeria interview notes and an Africa missionary tour report by Roy Crawford and Alma Daniel, followed by closing prayer.
Analysis shows sixty three percent of highway funds across states go to construction. In Texas the five year average 1958 63 is eighty percent for construction while maintenance costs average about fifteen percent. The national maintenance share sits near twenty five percent.
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