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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1977
Page
10
Gov Briscoe designates Texas Farm Safety Week to reduce farm and ranch accidents. The statewide drive emphasizes traffic firearm and drowning hazards, urging renewed safety commitments to protect rural communities and workers on Texas farms.
City Council debates raising taxes to fund a $442.8 million city budget. City Manager Huebner proposes a $1.75 monthly waste fee increase to $3.25, aiming for $34.4 million in revenue and self sustaining garbage service. Council majority favors a $2.50 waste fee and a tax rise to $1.75 with various options. A budget analysis will be presented Monday, and higher costs are certain next month.
City Treasurer Jeff Gordon warns that the deadline for 1076 city property taxes without penalty is July 3, a Sunday. Taxpayers should pay by 4:20 p.m. Friday in the City Treasurer's Office at 506 Dolorosa to avoid penalties.
The piece notes the 6th Legislature has seen 90 special sessions in 130 years, with more than two decades having such sessions. It recalls Aug 12 1850 as the first special session in Austin and cites a $1256.51 appropriation for Maj. RS Neighbors to organize Presidio El Paso Worth and Santa Fe counties as a key early issue.
Jeffrey Hart argues the Catholic Church faces internal strife over secular and political matters rather than doctrine. He urges focusing on whether supernatural claims are true, criticizing entanglements with revolutions and Lefebvre’s traditionalist moves as harmful distractions from core faith questions.
The essay critiques public figures and commercial endorsements, noting how art and politicians become for hire. Buckley muses on a class of “virgins” who refuse endorsements, explores the ethics of endorsements, and mocks the idea of vanity branding with Barney's conservative clothes.
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