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P.A., 4,;4;41..1.2. :A 4i ’44..6419″` ‘C Week in Texas USDA reports range and pasture f e e d supplies in i.,:Aas are as low as they have been since the department started keeping records in 1922. The only period as bad as now was 1934 during the dust bowl drouth. August showers were too few and too far apart to help. OSilsbee police officer Grady Tarver has been indicted on a charge of murdering Ernest Greenwood, a Silsbee Negro. The officer sought to apprehend Greenwood in connection with a disturbance report and said the Negro became violent and was drawing a knife from his pocket and choking him. OA N’S roman asked Amarillo police desk sergeant Charles Conley for a “license for a gun so There are more than 224,000 Texans currently receiving old age assistance, some 5,000 to 10,000 of whom are patients in nursing or rest homes. The maximum grant given them is $55 a month, of which $35 is furnished by the federal government and $20 by the -state. While $55 is the top, there are many needy old people who receive much less simply because the state welfare department has to split the available money thinner in order to reach all the eligible recipients. Many grants are for only $14 a month. Some cities and counties, recognizing that the state aid program is wholly inadequate, have set up funds to supplement the aid to elderly people in their localities. Welfare department w o r k e r s pointed out that to prove how inadequate the present average pension. of $41.80 is, one need only consider the current cost of living. The average pension amounts to a total of $501 a year for shelter, food., clothing, and incidentals. In spite of the fact that it is one of the richest states, Texas is giving much less help to its old people than other states. Latest national statistics compiled in ‘June, 1955, showed Texas ranks 38th in the amount of aid to old people. At that time, the average payment to each needy Texan was only $39.10 monthly. The topranking s t a t e was Colorado, which helped its old timers at the rate of $85.10. The national average for pensioners was $52.30 monthly. Other statistical indicators of how Texas is lagging in its aid to old folks is reflected in charts showing the state spends far less money than any other in administering the O.A.A. program. It hires only one public welfare worker to look after the needs of each 379 people who need help, and it pays only $1.31 to administer the program to each recipient. With an average public assistance caseload per worker of 379, which includes old age assistance, aid to the needy blind, and aid to dependent and neglected children, Texas hires fewer workers than any other state. By comparison, New York employs a welfare worker for each 54 cases filed. Where Texas spends $1.31 per month per recipient to administer its program, New York spends $9.45. YET in Nov. 1952, the voters of Texas turned down a constitutional amendment that would have authorized the payment of up to $25 state funds to the oneedy aged. The additional $5 of state aid would have meant a total of $10 more help for old folks, since the federal government would have matched the appropriation. THE TEXAS OBSERVER Page 7 Septembe 1956 2 I can shoot my husband. He is running around with another woman.” Conley said there’s no open season on husbands, sug gested she take some other steps. An Amarillo attorney, Hor ace Wilson, is starting his test case on the legality of radar “speed traps.” He’ll take his objections to the traps to the Supreme Court if necessary, he says. OA county fair ferris wheel went out of control and threw a woman and two children about 25 feet to the ground in Guadalupe County. The woman suffered a broken leg and arm, chest injuries, and head bruises. Winters said he was amazed that the proposition was voted down and admitted he couldn’t understand it. Some w elf a r e workers said the voters didn’t understand what the proposition meant. E. H. David of Houston, president of the Texas Nursing Home Op era t or s Association, whose membership cares for many of the sick aged pensioners, also said people voted against the pension increase because “they didn’t understand the problem.” “It’s an absolute disgrace to the State of Texas that we only give our old folks $55 a month. That’s not even room and board when a person is in good health. Texas LEGALS CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO Josiah Fisk, if he be living and if he be dead the heirs and legal representatives of Josiah Fisk, Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: mended to appear before the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A. M. on the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof ; that is to say, at or before, 10 o’clock A. M. of Monday the 29th day of October, 1956, and answer the petition of plaintiff in Cause Number 105,121, in which Marion Fowler is Plaintiff and Josiah Fisk, if he be living and if he be dead the heirs and legal representatives of Josiah Fisk are Defendants, filed in said Court on the 7th day of September, 1956, and the nature of which said suit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against defendants for title to and possession of situated in Travis County, Texas, being a part of the James M. Mitchell Survey, Patented on July\\ 26, 1950, Abstract No. 521, more particularly described by metes and bounds in said petition ; plaintiff alleges that he is the owner in fee simple of said land; Plaintiff further alleges that he claims title to said land in fee simple, under title or color of title from and under the sovereignty of the soil, and that defendants are claiming some interest in said 5 acres of land which said claims are barred by the threefive, ten and twenty-five year statutes of limitation ; Plaintiff further prays for removal of cloud from title, for costs of suit, and relief, general and special; All of which more fully appears from Plaintiff’s Original Petition on file in this office, and to which reference is here made for all intents and purposes ; If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. WITNESS, 0. T. MARTIN, JR., Clerk of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the City of Austin, this the 14th day of Sept., 1966. 0. T. MARTIN, JR. Clerk of the District Courts, Travis County, Texas. By GEO. W. BICKLER, Deputy. CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO V. L. Stephens, Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and number cause: You are hereby commanded to appear before the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A.M. of the first Monlay after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof ; that is to say, at or before, 10 o’clock A.M. of Monday the 22nd day of October, 1956, and answer the petition of plaintiff in Cause Numer 103,432, in which Gladys Stephens is Plaintiff and V. L. Stephens is defendant, filed in said Court on the 3rd day of February, 1956, and the nature of which said Emit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant for a decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between said parties ; Plaintiff alleges cruel treat OWalter Henslee pleaded not guilty on six counts of intent to defraud the federal government between 1952 and ’55 in Houston. He tried to plead guilty on one count but Federal Judge 13 en Connally held that what he meant was that he had made an -honest mistake and entered the plea as not guilty. OTwenty eight prisoners at Huntsville slashed their legs with razors in protest of what they said was poor food. They were among 76 who struck last week in another food protest. Prison System Manager O. B. Ellis said the food compares favorably with that served in the best prisons in America. brags how it treats its orphans but it certainly neglects its old folks,” he declared. David said that every time the problem of meeting the obligation to the elderly people comes up, state officials always answer, “there i s n’t any money.” He pointed out there is money for highways and other construction and building projects. “Now they are talking about money for dams. It’s fine to have such projects, but what is more important more dollars for highways and dams, or to make our needy, elderly fellow men as comfortable and happy as possible in the twilight of life?” ment on the part of Defendant towards her of such a nature as to render their further living together as husband and wife altogether insupportable ; Plaintiff further alleges no children were born of said union and community property has been settled: Plaintiff further prays for relief, general and special ; All c which more fully appears from Plaintiff’s Original Petition on file in this office and to which reference is here made ; If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. WITNESS, 0. T. MARTIN, JR., Clerk of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the City of Austin, this the 6th day of September, 1956. 0. T. MARTIN, JR., Clerk of the District Courts, Travis County, Texas THE STATE OF TEXAS TO: MRS. VIOLET LIPSCOMB, a Femme Sole, Defendant in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: You are herey commanded to appear before the 98th District Court, of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A.M. of the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof ; that is to say, at or before, 10 o’clock A.M. of Monday, the 15th day of October, 1956 and answer in writing the petition of Mrs. Emma Lilian Lipscomb, Petitioner, in Cause No. 103,924, on the docket of said court, in behalf of Nathan Lee Lipscomb, Barbara Beatrice Lipscomb, Edwinna Lipscomb, Violet E. Lipscomb, and James Thomas Lipscomb, minors, and styled : “Amended Petition for Declaration of Dependence,” said original petition was filed in said court on the 6th day of for Declaration of Dependency being filed on the 8th day of May, 1966. The nature of the suit is as follows: Mrs. Emma Lilian Lipscomb, as petitioner, instituted this suit for the purpose of declaring Nathan Lee Lipscomb, a boy, 16 years old, Barbara Beatrice Lipscomb, a girl, 18 years old, Edwinna Lipscomb, a girl, 11 years old, Violet E. Lipscomb, a girl, 44years old, and James Thomas Lipscomb, a boy, 9 years old, Dependent and Neglected children, and to place the custody of said children into the care of their grandmother, petitioner, Mrs. Emma Lilian Lipscomb. If this citation is not served within 91 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. Witness 0. T. Martin, Jr., Clerk of the District Court of Travis County, Texas. Given under my hand and the seal of said court at office in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, this the 27th day of August, 1966. 0. T. MARTIN, JR., Clerk of the District Courts, Travis County, Texas By GEO. W. BICKLER, Deputy Issued this the 27 day of August, 1966. CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO %John Quiroz, Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: You are hereby commanded to appear before the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A. M. of the first Monday ifter the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof ; that is to say, at or before, 10 o’clock A. M. of Monday the 29th day of October. 1956, and answer the petition of plaintiff in Cause Number 102,958, in which Juanita Quiroz is Plaintiff and John Quiroz is Defend OMen students moving into a dorm formerly occupied by by girls at Southwest Texas State College were greeted with this dorm regulation: “Report your overnight guest and have her sign guest book.” OIn Corpus, a man on trial for driving while intoxicated was found not guilty after he testified that , the consent form he was asked to sign at a hospital turned out to be aconsent for amputation. After that, he said, he wasn’t signing anything. In Houston a 45-year-old man on trial in a narcotics case told Judge T. Whitfield Davidson “I enjoyed every minute of this trial.” Davidson told him he didn’t think he would enjoy his sentence, three years. OIn Dallas, picket lines formed at the Swift & Co. plant as 175 workers went off work in part of a 26-state strike. Charges were to be filed against three of the picketers who reportedly attacked a 50-year-old nonunion porter as he tried to cross the picket line into the plant. OSeveral cases of psitticosis, or parrot fever, lave broken out in Houston in connection with some turkeys from a Waller County farm, and a former member of the Houston Board of Health blasted the city health director for inadequate poultry inspection. OA sweet-smelling roach poison containing thallium poison has put at least eleven chil ant, filed in said Court on the 5th day of December, 1955, and the nature of which said suit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgneat in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant for decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between said parties ; part of Defendant towards her of such a Plaintiff alleges cruel treatment on the nature as to render their further living together as husband and wife altogether insupportable; Plaintiff further alleges that four children, the issue of said marriage, are now ‘living with plaintiff, who is the proper person to be awarded their custody and control and for which she prays judgment; Plaintiff further prays for order of court requiring defendant to contribute a reasonable amount monthly for the support of said children; plaintiff further prays for costs of suit