This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1971
Page
1
AUSTIN Sen Jove Bernal urges Gov Smith to open a special session to address consumer protection. He targets bills on referral and pyramid sales plans and a three day cooling off period in home solicitation. He criticizes the House for leaving Senate bills pending and warns of two year delay for consumers.
Austin rep John Poemner urged Gov Esmith to call a special session to consider a daylight saving time referendum. He proposed a statewide vote during the regular session to avoid disrupting schools and gasoline supplies.
In a bid to unseat Gus Mutscher as speaker, Rep. Rayford Price of Bexar County gains support from Floyd and Bill Finch. Floyd cites leadership failures, power concentration, and stalled bills while urging party unity to back Price over Mutscher.
SELEISIL AUSTIN UM reports that House Speaker Gus Mutscher faced harsh criticism from Corpus Christi legislator Rep. Carlos Trai and others who accuse him of punishing opponents by blocking bills. Trai alleges Mutscher used dictatorial power to stifle his bilingual education bill and vows voters should remove Mutscher from office.
Texas lawmakers push a tax amendment to direct 8 percent of liquor tax receipts to state and 15 percent to counties and towns from mixed drinks. Rep. Vale argued funds aid local units. Rep. Dewitt opposed, saying it departs from policy. The amendment passed by voice vote after debate over wholesalers and local funding needs.
A Texas House floor vote tabled a plan to shift Bexar County into a second congressional district. The proposed amendment by Rep. Silber and Rep. Floyd would have moved Bus Canal Guadalupe Gonzales and Dewitt counties into a new district while keeping most of Bexar in the other. The measure failed and moves toward a conference committee, with the final redistricting to be decided later by state lawmakers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.