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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1966
Page
5
The writer from Kenedy, Texas recounts a live steam scale model engine built in Yoakum in the 1920s, praising old passenger locomotives and sharing memories of train trips. He argues for preserved rail heritage and urges renewed faith in fast trains to bolster tourism and national pride.
In Los Angeles Nixon read a note from a Bexar County Marine’s father delivered via a ration can, calling out Johnson administration policy. He told reporters the war in Viet Nam is winnable but warned prolonged opposition at home helps the enemy, while European leaders differ on support.
Washington reports include casualty tallies from Viet Nam through Aug 13 1966. In Washington Defense Secretary McNamara and his climbing party reached the 14 410 foot summit of Mount Rainier after a trek from Camp Muir. Nixon criticized the airline strike and Johnson administration policies while noting Hawaii’s tourist link. A student pilot died in a helicopter crash near Mineral Wells Texas.
The Eastern Airlines machinists and aerospace workers ended a 44 day strike and will resume flights at 7 50 a m. The first flight to depart San Antonio will be from Houston and the carrier will resume service to the area by Sunday. The Southern Pacific Co directors declared a quarterly dividend of 3714 cents a share on outstanding capital stock.
Hawkinsville Georgia police roundup netted three men tied to the highway shooting of state trooper M J Ethe ridge working near Perry on I 75. The suspects are Sylvester Martin alias Willie James 31 fugitive from Camilla jail Willie James Straughter 33 and Willie Jenkins 31 all from Valdosta Georgia.
A Saturn 5 moon rocket test model ruptured at Cape Kennedy during a Friday test as 800,000 gallons of liquid oxygen spewed over the Apollo launch complex. No injuries were reported and the 365-foot ground test model was undamaged. The area was evacuated and roads to pad A at Launch Complex were closed.
A blurred notice lists divorced individuals including Charles L and Patricia Becker, Lyndol H and Lorene Mdoma, Rodaclto O and Natalia G, Wiliam C and Virginia P, George H and Norma, Evelyn Ki m and Ronald E, Magnus F and Lorene, among others. The fragmentary item provides names without dates or courts.
The Judson District announces high school registration for juniors and seniors on August 29 and sophomores and freshmen on August 30 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. First grade requires birth certificate. elementary and junior students register August 29 or 30 from 9 to 11 a.m. at schools.
Police Captain G E Matheny head of the Juvenile Investigation Bureau for 19 years received the Clayton Award from the Texas State Juvenile Officers Association. The honor included a plaque and a $60 scholarship to the Texas Institute on Children and Youth. Inspector Jack Hutton presented the award in Chief Bichsel's office.
UPI reports Ramiro Martinez, a patrolman from Austin Texas who helped stop University of Texas sniper Charles Whitman, was welcomed in New York for a weekend visit. He was honored by Rafael Martinez and Local 32 officials with city officials and Hispanic groups attending to praise his actions.
A San Antonio physician, Dr. Carl Raymond Nelson, had his medical license canceled by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners meeting in Houston. Nelson faced malpractice charges, was convicted June 22 in an Iowa court of small fraud, fined $6,000 and placed on probation, with 20 days to appeal the board’s decision.
An undisclosed satellite using an Atlas Agena rocket was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base by an Air Force industry team. The Air Force gave no further details due to Defense Department policy.
Twenty seven student nurses of the 1968 Baptist Memorial Hospital Nursing Class received their caps during a candlelight ceremony at Northeast Baptist Church. The event marked the completion of the first 12 weeks of the nursing education program with Leo M. Dubinski, chair of the hospital advisory board, as featured speaker.
Sheriff's deputies report lightning hit a group of Army Special Forces trainees in the high peaks near Georgetown Colorado. One man was killed and five injured with two in critical condition evacuated by helicopter from terrain up to 13 000 feet high.
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