Del Rio News Herald from Del Rio, Texas • Page 16

DEL Rio NEWS-HERALD SICTION WiDNIiPAY, AUOUfT TEC Officials Rap New Jobless Plan SUPERVISOR -Budje Smith, supervisor of to raise unemployment taxes to pay off the Texas Employment Commission office in unemployment taxes in other states. (News- Del Rio, is urging employers to protest a plan Herald Photo) Tax Rate Some Brackett Okeys Budget To Tune of $239,000 The Brackettville City Council put its stamp of approval Monday night on the 1977-78 budget, which totaled $239,000, little different Schnase Gets UT Honor Robert Craig Schnase, 222 Elizabeth Drive, is one of 181 students at the College of Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin to be named to the honor roll for the 1977 spring semester. Schnase, listed as Ampla Cum Laude, earned a minimum of 52 grade points during the semester to be listed on the humanities honor roll. Total grade points are calculated by multiplying the number of semester hours undertaken by the value of each grade, for example an A equals four points, according to Dean Stanley N. Werbow, who released the list.

from last year. The budget year runs from July 1 to June 30 annually. The budget as finally approved Monday night has $78,000 alloted for the general fund and $161,000 for utilities. The tax rate remains the same and was approved at $1.50 per $100 at 40 per cent of the assessed valuation. City officials said they are maintaining the revenues and ex- enditures at a fairly level isis.

Next year the city will probably face the problem of operating a solid waste facility to comply with state laws, it was said. The council learned Monday night that it will be six to eight months before the state will issue a solid waste permit for operation of a landfill. Before the site can be prepared and other steps taken, it will probably take nearly a year before it can be in operation, officials believe. Jerry Simpton, Del Rio manager for Central Power Light Co. appeared before the Water Board to Mull Irrigation News-Herald Austin Bureau Texas Water Rights Commission will hear Aug.

15 a request to divert Nueces River water for irrigation in Edwards County. W. 0. Poole is seeking a per- mit to divert 400 acre-feet of water a year from the Nueces River and 200 acre-feet a year from Pulliam Creek, a tributary of Nueces River. Poole wants to use the water to irrigate 550 acres of land.

council and explained the rate set-up as it applies to Brackettville. The high cost of energy is getting to be a heavy budget item, it was reported to the council. A pumping expense of $264 monthly has increased until last month it amounted to $1,200, it was said. Mayor William Mendeke explained the $100,000 grant received last Friday from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Funds will be used to provide valves and cutoffs so workmen can work on water problems without cutting the water off all over town; the El Paso Street bridge will be paved and the remainder will used for improving the water and utility system.

Zapata MUD Hearing Off News Herald Austin Bureau Texas Water Rights Commission has postponed hearing a request by Zapata County to create a County Municipal Utility District No. The district will contain approximately 1,175 acres of land within the county. The commission will hear the request Aug. 29. By LEN PAINTER News-Herald Staff Local Texas Employment Commission officials are urging Del Rio employers to protest a proposal that would raise unemployment taxes to pay off unemployment debts in other states.

Budje Smith, supervisor of the local office, and Don Hill, placement supervisor, said they are asking employers to write U.S. Rep. Bob Krueger or Rep. Lloyd Bensen or John Tower, R- Tex to protest a bill submitted by Congressman William M. Brodhead.

The Unemployment Compensation Cost Equalization Act of raise unemployment taxes in Texas to pay off debts of 21 states which nave overextended their unemployment fund. "This is taxation without representation," said Hill. "That's what we fought the American Revolution for." Smith and Hill said some states pay as much as $160 per week for unemployment benefits. According to Nolan F. Ward, TEC executive director, the debt of the 21 states has reached $4.4 million.

"Why should Texas pay for other states," declared Smith. "It's not fair." The highest amount of unemployment paid in Texas is $63 a week, Smith said. "We've always been proud that we (TEC) have been able to lower unemployment taxes," Smith said. A bill similar to the one proposed by Brodhead to the House of Representative has been submitted by Jacob Javits to the U.S. Senate.

The two proposals have been referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee. The amount of tax would be one-tenth'of a per cent, but Hill said it would be a considerable amount for employers with a large number of employes. "We feel there should be many letters sent to Washington, D.C. in protest of the proposal," Smith said. "This bill will cost local employers money." Phone File Film Is Available Joann Dean, Del Rio Division manager of General Telephone Company of the Southwest has a telephone courtesy film available for business and civic club use.

The film is in color and is titled "How To Lose Your Best Customer Really Trying" and is twenty-eight minutes in length. Pat Harrington in the role of a businessman, sees how a series of badly handled telephone calls result in a cancelled contract. Later, through flashbacks, he's shown how common sense and courtesy could have prevented the situation. It brings out practical ways to achieve telephone courtesy. "Those interested in securing the film should contact Jane Pratt at Telephone No.

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