Figures In Doubts Out Cameron Sees 1976 Growth Surpass State
The piece contrasts Cameron and Milam County gains with Texas as a growing metro state. It notes Cameron's 1976 sales tax rise of 16 percent versus a 14 percent state average, framing a forward-looking, confident view of Texas's modern expansion beyond 19th century rugged individualism. It emphasizes the space television computer era and Cameron as part of this larger trend.
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Bethlehem Steel ad urges public letters on energy crisis
A Bethlehem Steel national ad invites readers to write to the White House about the energy crisis using a preaddressed opposite page in the ad. The push aims to mobilize public input, echoing President Carter’s fireside chat and urging citizen initiative on federal policy.
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Bethlehem Steel
White House
Washington, D.C
Carter
Congress
Potomac
Property rights and autopsy consent guidance
The article explains that premarital property remains individual and can be sold without spousal consent, but community funds used for mortgage may create reimbursement claims in divorce. Joint tax refunds require both spouses' endorsements. A coroner may order an autopsy if foul play is suspected, but unauthorized handling of a deceased body by others is unlawful without next of kin consent.
Highway bills pace to Senate as Texas faces funding clash
Austin lawmakers push HB 3 through the House 121-27 with Briscoe designating the package emergency. The plan would divert three fourths of the state motor vehicle tax to roads, add 76 million in next biennium, and limit DPS share to 30 million a year. Opponents seek delay for budget clarity.
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Kerrville
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Hobby
Briscoe
Hobby
Legislative Budget Board
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Old Philosopher Warns Against Moonlight Mirror Minefield
A letter to the editor mocks a plan to launch a giant orbiting mirror to flood Earth with light at night. The writer jokes it would hurt farming and crop timing, and quips about blinds to block the glare. He also targets Indira Gandhi’s speech and TV coverage of Congress.
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Congress
Indira Gandhi
India
U. S. Congress
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