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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1973
Page
2
Sunday 8:30 a m broadcast features Winters Assembly of God Church pastor Rev Charles E Steinberg on KRUN Radio 1400. A separate ad promotes a day care at 207 Tinkle with hours 7 30 to 5 30 Monday through Friday offering meals and rates for working mothers and school children.
A new House sub committee headed by Rep. Arthur Temple will probe juke box operations and needed regulation in coordination with a Senate panel led by Sen. Ron Clower. The hearings target alleged organized crime links and alleged industry dominance by big operators, amid a 1968 probe and secret records including a tape involving Raymond Williams and testimony by Pete Martinez.
Gov Dolph Briscoe leads a new hotline for runaway youths named Operation Peace-of-Mind with cooperation from the telephone company and staff. The Houston office will host two statewide inbound WATS lines, one national WATS line, and three local lines. Volunteers will relay messages to families and friends and direct youths to services, not to inform on them.
Businessmen who collect sales taxes must post bonds from 100 to 50000 after January 1. Failure to bond and pay delinquent taxes may lead to court action to close the business. State Tax Division head Fred Russ says 35 million in state and 7 million in local taxes are overdue since 1961, largely due to business failures. The new law aims to raise 3 to 4 million from delinquents and will require bonds for all new businesses for two years, with drops if delinquencies end and discounts for timely payments.
Governor Briscoe says he enjoys his job and has given no thought to quitting after one term. He avoided a formal announcement but left little doubt he will seek a second term in 1974. He also dismissed any need for a special legislative session, stating there is no reason to call one.
The Coordinating Board reviews college bond requirements in Texas, evaluating financing needs, voter approval processes, and potential impacts on university funding. The session outlines eligibility criteria for bond issuance and oversight mechanisms for district-wide projects.
College and University System reviews proposed rules allowing three Texas schools to issue tuition backed bonds. September 28 meeting in Dallas to approve rules and the tuition equalization grant procedures. UH may issue up to 40 million for Clear Lake Campus, Texas A&M up to 7.5 million for Maritime programs, and Pan American Edinburg up to 10 million.
Local page fragment notes the tab cost of proposed construction projects. This item appears as a brief in the Winters Enterprise edition, referencing budgeting details for community plans.
Attorney General John Hill ruled that state game and fish funds may be used to erect artificial reefs on submerged lands of the continental shelf seaward of three marine league limits. He also found that rapid transit plans must be provided to the Governor's Interagency Transportation Council by the city's governing body, not by the transit authority.
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