Requiem for a Truck in a Foreign Fault Line
A reflective monologue on a malfunctioning truck and the narrator’s life on the road through Mexico and Texas. The piece blends memory with humor as it recalls repairs, misadventures, and a deep, fraught bond with the vehicle and its odometer of identity. The narrator cites encounters with locals, a makeshift repair, and lingering longing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Mexico
Aubrey Kline
Tuxpan
Caldad Mante
Noboly
Probody
San Antonio Debates Moratorium and district shift over aquifer
In San Antonio a council moratorium on construction near the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone reveals deep ethnic and political polarization. Key figures warn district voting fuels tension while critics push to repeal Voting Rights Act constraints. builders cite growth limits as the real issue behind the moratorium.
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Janjarnoe
San Antonio
Faty Couttell
Edwards
Haroto O'Kelly
Batlders
O'Kelley
Gerd
Batapolint Cons
Hall
Councy
Digapolint
Thorny
Ralph Langley
Tmited Iste
Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Isaac
Langley
Itis
Texas
U.S. Justice Department
Frank Muanupelli
Builders Association
Novii
Manupelli
Poree
Central City Apartment Loans Okayed By City Council
City council approves $15 million package to convert four downtown buildings into 40 to activity units and builds a pedestrian mall linking King William Historic Zone with Municipal Auditorium. Loans funded from community development funds. Six days to start construction or funds reallocated. Opposed by two council members and abstention by one. Project costs include Casings Building $675,000 and Travis Building $420,000, among others totaling $1,000,000s. Pedestrian mall costs run $128,693.
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Jeff Currie
Frank Wing
Bernardo Eureste
Rudy Ortiz
Crockett
Buses del Rio
Souk Broadway
Unles
Travis
N. St Mary's
San Antonio Loan & Trust
E. Commerce
Richard Calvert
Centro 21
Edwarda Aquiter
Marion
Presa
Jefferson
Municipal Auditorium
King William
Huntleigh Project Faces Zoning Clash and Delay
City council orders a meeting with the San Amunio Housing Authority to discuss a height limit of 25 feet for a proposed senior housing project at Huntleigh Park. Residents fear devaluation. SAHA may be exempt but could observe the restriction. Council also delays an ordinance on on site water mains and approves a funds transfer to strengthen the city's bond rating, naming several individuals linked to the Economic Opportunities Development Corp.
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San Amunio Housing Authority
Huntleigh Park
Hunsleigh Park
Jim Parker
Parker
SAHA
Slayer
Tom Henry Cisneros
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Frank Wing
Benera Obligation Bonds
Tom Huebner
San Martin Declines CPS Board Nomination
Dr Jose San Martin refused a City Public Service board nomination after a City Council executive session. Mayor Cockrell expressed disappointment, hoping he would serve well. Council members anticipate a Mexican American or Black candidate for the vacancy left since January 1976 with a formal nomination process from the CPS board.
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Don Walden
Jose San Manintas
City Public Service Board of Trustees
San Martin
City Water Board
Kila Cockrell
CPS
Frank Wing Sai
Jose San Martin
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Elliott
Lig
Pleasanton
Corpus Christi
Karnes County
Floresville
Union
Jack
Orever
Old Anne's
Wally Moon
San Antanio Dodgers
Moon
Jaske’s
Jehovah's Witnesses
New York
Convention Center
Byron Samford
Datapoint
Exec
Greater
Sarr Antara Uaiders Association
Kelley
Central City
Huntleigh
SAH
Board of the
Economic Opportunities
Development Corp
Karren Owsowitz
Dese Lopez
Jeff Jackson
Catherine Wealdun
Eugene Finnes
Autamdina Suldivar
Joe Snider
Herman Little
Falie Martina
Bernie Villysenorarilirs
Felix Vriegas
Robert V. West
Cockrell
Eloy Centona
San Martin Salate
Council
Toke South
Convension Center
Comventioa Center
Spain
Aissinn
Kiser Reams
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