Registration drive ends January 31 for Texas voters
One month remains in the current voter registration period for qualified citizens lacking the required certificate. There is no poll tax now, and many in Bexar County simply need to mail the form from the tax assessor collector. San Antonio residents should note the April City Council election, with several incumbents stepping down and a lively contest anticipated. The new registration certificate is needed to vote in 1969 elections.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
Public reconciliation echoes James on civic virtue and saving the nation
A reflection linking Nixon Humphrey reconciliation and Vietnam with William James’s Boston Music Hall address on May 31 1859 97 unveiling Robert Gould Shaw monument. James praised civic genius disciplined temper toward rivals and swift rejection of internal enemies as nation saving habits.
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Humphrey
Vietnam
William James
Boston Music Hall
Robert Gould Shaw
James
Sunday labor and the rights of workers debated
Readers question whether Sunday closing laws favor store staff over the vast number of railroad and service workers needed for weekend operations. The letters argue for balanced shifts, highlight diverse occupations, and urge continued education before adopting broader social aims.
Dissenting Students and the Debate on Standards
Richard Rumanuk critiques dissent in The Light for December 26 asserting worry about future responsibility but overlooks the larger societal effort needed to sustain student life. He argues that improving any human endeavor is possible while noting evidence from dissenting students suggesting standards should be lowered.
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Richard
United States
Columbia
Fred R, Lancaster
Richard Rumanuk
Sunday rest ethos in service industries sparks 7 day operation debate
Evans argues Sunday as sacred rest for procery and department stores overlooks the need for 24 seven services. He notes railroads buses restaurants hospitals theaters and networks keep operations on Sunday and that policing fire fighting and civil services rely on Sunday staffing. He contends a 7 day system balances work hours and public access.
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J, B, Evans
On the Right Man Made Miracle Apollo 7 Flight Reflections
A journalist recalls the Apollo 7 launch days of high tension between science and poetry. He notes five million six hundred thousand parts risk and the 0.1 percent failure margin, witnesses the launch crescendo, and questions faith in human achievement versus poetic foreboding. The piece ends with a hint of divine overreach and moral doubt.
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Gur Kennedy
Apollo
Thane
Health Talk on Evolution Ruling and Monkey Ethics
A radio health feature riffs on the Supreme Court Darwin ruling and a 25 year old book by John E. S. Wood about apes visiting heaven. It recalls experiments at the Medical College of Virginia where baboons had liver and blood preserved for human grafts, suggesting future life-preserving techniques without sacrificing animals.
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Supreme Court
John E. S. Wood
Heaven
The Case for Abolishing State Government in 1909
A polemic arguing that federal and local government should dominate, describing state governments as hindering urban needs and often corrupt, while praising federal competence. It urges ending state authority and treating states as relics in a pyramid of governance, proposing strong federal and local roles with minimal state power.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Economic Opportunity
Megalopolis
Massachusetts
Congress
Great
General Court of
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