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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1977
Page
12
The Youth Services Project distributes a safety list for elementary students with tips on reflective costumes, street crossing at corners, checking treats, avoiding candles, avoiding crowds, and parental supervision. It urges parents to study the sheet and plan a safe route to prevent Halloween accidents and tragedy.
Judge Blair Reeves, longtime county judge now court at law jurist, received the Gallantry award for outstanding achievement by a handicapped person. Mrs. Thoerrass West Sri Gath earned the Texas Volunteer Award as the state’s outstanding volunteer. Reeves, wheelchair bound, has forged a notable legal career. West led Bexar County Easter Seal Society and other local duties.
A fragment notes Veterans Day origins from Armistice Day and later shifts by presidential and congressional actions. It mentions commemorations, tributes, and the evolution of dates, highlighting veterans who served in wars and the tradition of honoring them in October and November.
John Chamberlain notes Soviet private plots on collective farms produce over a quarter of agricultural output despite small land shares. Editorials defend them as a check on social ills, while a dissenting economist calls for constitutional recognition of private enterprise and limited capitalism. Brezhnev’s stance remains cautious, yet open discussion of amendments is seen as unusual.
Henry J. Taylor argues ancient Chinese engineering by Shi Huang-ti used a vast crescent of willow forests at the Yellow River Great Bend to dam floods. He contends graft and regime corruption cause floods and dynasties to fall, framing Red China as tyranny within civilization’s harshest hoax.
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