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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1973
Page
10
Production not food by John Chamberlain argues wage demands drive costs and inflation. It contends profits, productivity, and corporate wages determine prices, while unions threaten farm and industry stability amid beef price and labor strain.
The piece argues wage and price controls could curb inflation and calls for universal price contracts and early wage talks. It notes the USW proposal for seven month early negotiations and potential binding arbitration if no agreement is reached, citing past productivity studies by Ruttenberg and Scanlon as guiding examples.
The San Antonio Light backs the GGL slate for the April 3 runoff to complete the nine member City Council. Endorsed are Lila Cockrell Jose San Martin Claude Black and Alvin Padilla, with five GGL candidates in runoff: Roy Barrera Milton Guess Clifford Morton Alfred Beckmann Robert Dunn. Voter turnout low at under 29 percent. registration rules and ballot choices explained.
Holy Week in Our City brings South visitors for Easter shopping as stores run Christmas like sales. Chamber officials at Commerce and Alamo greet guests and offer guidance to attractions and eateries around Juske's and the Convention Center.
A reader recounts police conduct at a traffic scene and criticizes intimidation, then shifts to viewpoints on wartime aid, Arab Israeli tensions, and the value of restraint. The letter urges reducing junk food, advocating better diet, and laments rising meat and grain prices while noting farm losses from weather and feed costs.
The text remarks on peanut butter once costing 1¢ in the United States and mentions its popularity in Canada Mexico the Netherlands and Belgium. It suggests the spread was known in Europe well before becoming common in the U S and implies broader European availability.
A historical critique argues taxes can be robbery, citing U S. Treasury estimates of 248 billion dollars collected since Washington to World War II. The piece accuses government of pork barrel spending and waste while appealing to workers to fund proper taxes.
A fragmentary column voices peasant anxiety over taxes as the biggest living cost. It criticizes politicians as spenders and praises taxpayers who oppose waste. It notes rising protest locally and nationally, citing polls and taxpayer leagues gaining members.
A nationwide Urban Coalition survey finds 63 percent of voters struggle to name their representatives and 84 percent disagree with polices from Congressmen who raise taxes. The piece compares voters to a bloodied boxer, noting tax day gloom and the sense of zero left after taxes.
The piece surveys emerging methods to glimpse unborn babies sex using uterine imaging and hormone analyses. It notes debate on whether parents should be told and cites fears such choices could drive abortion or altered mate selection. A columnist adds a personal cheer for girls.
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