Statewide emergency urged to curb Texas highway deaths
Gov. Preston Smith leads a public conference of about seventy safety minded Texans to launch a statewide road safety campaign addressing holiday crash surges. He cites 10 deaths daily and 3,481 fatalities last year with $875 million in losses, urging urgent action.
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Preston Smith
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Darkness Looking For Light
An essay on how churches and political bodies confuse core aims with surface rhetoric. The piece argues institutions must go outward to save themselves, embrace honest change, and resist fatalism. It contrasts despair with the need for cohesive, evolving society and ends with a call to seek light amid emptiness.
One Way At A Time In Central Texas Planning
Milam County faces a regional planning dilemma as Waco Bell County and Bryan College Station groups vie for influence. The piece argues Milam's central location makes it key to non metro Central Texas growth while urging a single regional approach. It stresses planning with a Central Texas relationship in mind while proceeding step by step.
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Milam County
Waco
Milam
Texas
Central Texas
Milam Co-Operation Brings Smooth Texas Highways
The Texas Highway Dept. plans a $2 million upgrade to Milam highways reflecting years of farm-to-market improvements. Cameron leaders and county officials supported widening and straightening projects, yielding 193 miles paved for farm roads and 124 miles for primaries. District 17 builders and officials across Bryan Hearne Cameron and Austin praise joint efforts, noting safer, smoother roads and ongoing collaboration as essential to continued upgrades.
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Cameron
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Department of Humor Proposed to Ease TV News Tangles
Dear editor argues for a Department of Humor to ease the Agnew TV news controversy. He quips that commentators may overanalyze Nixon's speech and that TV schedules shape coverage. The letter satirically suggests humor as a remedy for sensationalism and viewer fatigue.
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