Revenue Sharing Requires Careful Spending Review
City and county will receive the first installment of federal revenue sharing funds in coming days to cover practical expenditures such as equipment and street work. The second installment for the current year is due in January. Funds should improve welfare, safety, attractiveness, and living conditions without becoming part of the annual budget. Careful study aims to ensure value for every dollar spent.
New Technology Era Hailed From Apollo Moon Flight
At a Dallas American Astronautical Society conference, Dr. Paul Richards says the Apollo 17 December flight signals not an end but a beginning. He cites space based health monitoring aiding rural care, Earth surveys locating petroleum and minerals, and crop and forest disease detection from space.
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Reform measures outlined for Texas House and Senate rules
Texas leaders draft a nine point reform program for the House Speaker role and propose changes to open records ethics and campaign laws. Lt. Gov elect Hobby and Senate members discuss modifications to open meetings and lobbyist rules as part of a broader constitutional reform push ahead of the 63rd Legislature.
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Christmas and Sundays spark constitutional debate
In a Crossroads Report opinion page, concerns are raised about Christmas’s constitutional status due to religious ties and Sunday observance by public employees. It notes wage docking for Sunday abstention and mentions Attorney General Crawford Martin opinions on prison alcohol provisions and welfare cost sharing.
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Quotations on Wisdom and Law From Classic Authors
A collage of Renaissance to Enlightenment lines features Edward Dyer Shakespeare Bacon Beaumont and Fletcher Quarles Samuel Butler Swift Watts Young Pope Franklin Gray Goldsmith and others. The excerpt contrasts mind as kingdom virtue oath law pride ignorance and happiness with brief reflective verses.
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