Postage on an ordinary first-class letter was increasing from 8¢ to 10¢, air mail was climbing from 11¢ to 13¢ an ounce, cards in regular mail were going up from 6¢ to 8¢ and air mail cards were to cost 11¢ rather than 9¢. La Grange Postmaster Oscar L. Cook said second and third-class postage rates were also increasing.

To the Editor: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” – Desmond Tutu All who enjoy freedom and want to live in a Democracy must not be silent. Moderates who keep hoping that the Republican nominee won’t be the former president are speaking out in favor of the other Republican running for President.

es emerged. This method was a lot more costly, but effective. The cost to plant a large area might be prohibitive. But to do an acre or more each year might be affordable. Checkerboarding the pasture will allow for natural seed dispersal and quicker establishment.

To the Editor: Since I subscribe to Shakespeare’s philosophy that “brevity is the soul of wit,” I am not going to address all the contradictions I found in Mr. Romberg’s Feb.

To the Editor: Fellow citizens of La Grange, I am really afraid. Our city council was so hard up to hire a city manager, that they almost doubled our retired city manager’s salary.

Living in a foreign country broadens my perspective on relocation, moving, and being a guest in another culture. I listen to brief snippets of the latest headlines either terrorizing or numbing the population of United States, and I am grateful to be in the bowels of what many believe to be the murderous country of Mexico.

To the Editor: In response to last week’s letter to the editor: There is no advantage to playing the “Blame Game” as was expressed in one of last week’s letters. I was recently reminded of the successful outcomes of two scenarios where there was plenty of blame on both sides of the situation, but insight prevailed.

To the Editor: In response Frank Cernosek’s letter from Feb. 23: It has been a while since I have responded to a letter in the Letter to the Editor section, but I felt that after Frank and I seemed to agree on something, it was worth celebrating.

T EXAS History Eighty-eight thousand paying customers packed the Astrodome on Mar. 3, 1974 for Elvis Presley’s two sold-out performances, his last at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

C APITAL Highlights Early voting in the March 5 primary election ends Friday with a host of candidates on the ballot in both parties, including president, U.S. Senate, all 38 Texas U.S.