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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1971
Page
4
Mrs. Jack Allensworth of the San Antonio Association for Retarded Children explains how mental retardation varies by degree. She notes four levels mild to profound and describes adaptive behavior as the key adult measuring stick.
A reader cites a meandering blend of language references for goat meat and then shifts to a Medicare dental aid query. The text notes chevon is Spanish for goat meat, contrasts goat and mutton terms, and recounts a Bermuda origin etymology before moving to a Medicare dental assistance response from San Antonio officials.
EPI Chicago reports a 105 percent rise in homicides from 1965 to 1970. Police Superintendent James B. Conlisk Jr. notes firearm homicides up 171 percent and youth gun killings up from 34 to 271. Robbery-related murders increased as well, with overall crime climbing sharply.
The Defense Department announced that Jeffrey E. Cowley of Freer, James J. Wall of Bloomingdale, and Captain Carl R. Ciehill of Dallas died recently in Southeast Asia. Nixon reappointed a Texan to the National Mortgage Association. Sage Lemor trees have been cultivated in India for over 2,500 years.
A long report urges a regional center in San Antonio to serve all degrees of mental retardation with a fourfold program of detection treatment care and research. It argues for affiliation with UT Medical School and notes current services in San Antonio are fragmented and insufficient. The piece profiles families overwhelmed by Johnny a severely retarded child and the emotional toll on siblings and parents.
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