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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1968
Page
5
Navy surgeon general says Navy medical corpsmen with Marines in South Vietnam have earned more than 2,500 Purple Hearts for death or wounds in action. About 4,000 enlisted corpsmen are in the air zone, with eight medics per 25 man Marine company.
Fort Worth AP reporting Dr. George Beto head of the Texas Department of Corrections says federal courts have effectively removed Texas rights to execute felons. He notes 26 on death row and predicts federal rulings may void the death penalty while urging a jury to decide guilt and a judge to decide punishment. He cites ethnic origin influencing death sentence rates in parts of Texas.
New York transit authorities estimate that 1.5 million counterfeit tokens, sold for five cents each, may be circulating through subway turnstiles, undermining the legal fare by about 15 cents per token.
Houston AP report says the first Texas Medical Association conference starts Thursday and is expected to draw about 5,060 attendees. The four day event will host 275 speakers and multiple seminars on new medical techniques. Over 25 specialty organizations will meet alongside the conference with symposia on school health cardiovascular diseases and alcoholism and about 20 scientific displays.
A Texas Gov Committee report notes the 1960s baby boom has not occurred, with births down from 1957 by about 56,000 and public school enrollment expected to fall over the next six years. Chairman Leon Jaworski urges using this period to push national educational leadership despite demographic shifts. Theodore Roosevelt reference is noted in context.
Pope Paul VI wept while addressing pilgrims from Brescia about his mother's life and the group he cherishes. He blessed them after noting Brescia as his birth region’s spiritual home.
In Austin AP report associate surgeon general Dr Eugene Guthrie cites studies on smoking harm. He notes a heavy smoker may lose about eight years of life compared with a nonsmoker and emphasizes public health concerns at a Sunday conference.
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