High Noon law eyed to curb Texas agencies
An Arlington legislator proposes a so called high noon law to curb the growing state bureaucracy. The plan envisions annual sessions focused on reviewing agency rules and regulations and annual appropriations in even numbered years. Odd numbered years would keep routine sessions with one year appropriations. Critics question costs and motives.
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Texas
Arlington
Roy English
House
Senate
Opinion Page Commentary by Donald F Graff Features Letters
A collection of reader letters and commentary on current events appears on the opinion page, showcasing Donald F. Graff’s perspective as he highlights community discourse and public sentiment through multiple letters.
Workers Unite Versus Taxed Creed and Pension Blues
A rant denounces unions as corrupt and calls for solidarity against high taxes and pension waste. It argues workers toil, pay more as earnings rise, while the tax system funds politicians and undeserving groups, blaming modern policy for burdening labor.
Welfare costs and a new manifesto echo across politics
A Pierce of Paul Harvey style monologue condemns broad welfare programs totaling 210 billion this year and 250 billion next year, linking food stamps Medicaid and housing to unearned, tax free income. It cites 37,000 Los Angeles County families on welfare for a second generation, calls for a work ethic revival, and quotes Wally Hickel on workers and dependence.
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Los Angeles County
Wally Hickel
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Saudi legal cases and a 3.4 billion university project
An American businessman fled Saudi Arabia amid royal business frictions. Two British firm employees were flogged for home brew, each receiving 70 strokes. In contrast, a record $3.4 billion university complex bid by American and French firms aims to serve over 20,000 students in Riyadh within five years, signaling a major regional development.
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Saudi Arabia
McGraw-Hill
Engineering News-Record
Riyadha University
Mideast
Visitors Bring Capital Color to Washington Streets
In Washington the season brings many visitors via Future Farmers of America groups 4-H REA sponsored trips and senior citizens. Locals identify touring campers by roof racks canoes fishing poles and bicycles while the blue ridge and bay trips shape the motor cavalcade. A caravan like tarp and rope marks travelers from back home as they observe the capital.
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Washington, D.C
Future Farmers of America
REA
Washington
Blue Ridge Ountains
Chesapeake Bay
Sahara
Record May auto sales beat prior highs across GM Ford Chrysler
General Motors and Ford reported record May automobile sales with Chrysler posting a year to year rise of 3.6 percent. Domestic makers sold 962,985 cars, 129,592 more than May 1977, while seasonally adjusted figures for retail sales showed slight declines due to seasonal adjustments and weather effects.
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New York
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
U.S
Commerce Department
Nobody Driving in Early TV Skit Echoes Zaire Crisis
The recall of a classic TV gag about a driver and backseat passengers frames recent statements on Zaire's Shaba crisis. Fidel Castro and Agostinho Neto deny responsibility for incursion plans, while Mobutu acknowledges cowardice and rejects claims of inviting the attack. The piece critiques Africa’s leadership and alliances amid ongoing turmoil.
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Zaire
Shaba
Carter
Angola
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Agostinho Neto
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu
Africa
Language gulf grows between American and British speech
The author argues that distinct American and British versions of English are widening. Citing H L Mencken and Oxford editor Robert Burchfield, the piece notes differences in vocabulary and phrases such as TV versus telly and ill versus sick, highlighting hundreds of regional expressions and cross Atlantic misunderstandings.
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H.L Mencken
Mencken
Robert Burchfield
Oxford English Dictionary
The
Associated Press
Burchfield
Menchen
Atlantic
England
America
Local Publication Rates and Masthead from Snyder Texas Paper
Sunday morning and evening edition details published by Seyder Publishing Co. Located in Seyder Texas, it is entered as second class mail at Snyder post office. Subscription rates quoted: carrier in Seyder $2.59 per month, home delivery in area towns $1.00 per month, mail in Scurry and adjoining counties $19.95 per year, Texas and all other states $28.25. Rey McQueen publisher and Wacil McNair editor. Associated Press member with rights to AP dispatches and limitations.
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Seyder, Texas
Snyder Texas
Io Seyder
Scurry
Texas
Rey McQueen
Wacil McNair
Associated Press
Air News
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