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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1968

Page

8

Nixon Gains Backing From Labor Unions In Quiet Realignment

A Washington Post report details how labor movement leaders and construction trade unions, totaling about 3.5 million, privately back President-elect Nixon. They praise his cabinet and style, anticipate cooperation on wage and cost issues, and note several cabinet picks with construction ties including Shultz Volpe Romney Hickel Blount. Publicly cautious, unions express readiness to work with Nixon while preserving influence in the Democratic sphere.

Richard Nixon Musicians Union Labor Movement Nixon Humphriev Democratic Party Nixon Rigne Building and Construction Trades Dept Afl-Cio Ted Department Kennedy Johnson Eisenhower Denacrots Meither Nixa Dick Nison Law-Ne-Order Subuchunides. Then Bare Fithe In Esimonmoy Oye Whet Chicago George Shultz Labor Fone Tileriy Chicky Vans John Volpe George Romney Walter Hickel Alaska Winton R) Blount Montgomery George Wallace Hieckel Gov. Volpe Mostow Red Clount Hammer and Ails Onion Ingene Construction Muherl Tumphrey Johmson

New Chair Endows Surgery at University of Texas Medical School

Semp Russ, the longtime San Antonio figure, endows the Dr. Witten B. Russ Chair in Surgery with 400000, adding a third endowed faculty position at the University of Texas Medical School San Antonio. The memorial honors Dr. Russ, a pioneering physician who helped organize the P S and the Bexar County Medical Society and led Texas medicine as its president.

Ofexas Medical School Sa Antonio Semp Russ O11 Witten B. Russ San Antonio Russ Physicians and Surgeons Hospital P&s Baptist Memorial Hospital Bexar American College of Surgeons American Board of Surgery New Medical School

Boating Regulations Guide Revised for National Park System

The revised edition of Boating Regulations in the National Park System is available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC 20402. It covers basic rules for operating pleasure boats on rivers lakes waterways and seashores under National Park Service administration and costs 30 cents.

Ha Light National Park System U.S. Government Printing Office Washington D.C National Park Service

Hodeanpy's Health Falls By Dr Lester Coleman

A ponderous essay on centenarians notes longevity is valuable when paired with happiness and dignity. Four interviewees from diverse backgrounds discuss coping with anxiety, resilience, and the art of living fully beyond 100. Fatigue signals overtaxing the body and calls for balance.

Hodeanpy Lester Coleman

Public debate on city waste and reuse of HemisFair site

Letters to the editor criticize the city council for spending about 25 million on HemisFair structures and failing to plan reuse. They question university and public use of a tower, call the spending wasteful and even fraudulent, mention Bible readings aboard a space flight, and mock space agency limits on future readings.

Fairgrounds Hoawash Manned Spacecraft Center Space Agency Supreme Court Joan Harlow

O'Hair Attacks Astronauts Bible Quote

V. V. Bryant condemns Madalyn O'Hair for criticizing three astronauts who quoted verses from the Bible after a moon mission. He argues her stance undermines Christian values and the Constitution, warning that atheism endangers the young.

Madalyn O'Hair Supreme Court Madalyn V. V. Bryant

Bible Digest I B Dean Lent Reflection

The piece notes devotion during Lent with a quotation from Matthew 4 10 urging worship of God alone. It argues that failure to walk with the Lord lets worldly powers rise, but a true servant remains devoted and awaits the Master.

The Education Debates and the Ancient Regime

A columnist critiques American higher education as fermenting with campus conflicts. He argues a lack of vested educational interests yields chaotic struggles between administrators, faculty, and students, and suggests reforms hinge on forming a dedicated pro education bloc.

Grades and Standards in Student Assessment

The speaker criticizes a trend to avoid examining Brades on intellectual merits and argues for a substantive policy on grading. He notes decades of experience with college exams and questions the reliability of letter grades while supporting a practical three-tier scheme.

Standards of Excellence on Campus Reflections

A critic argues that universities should not serve as shelters for unemployed youths and urges firm academic standards. He blames faculty and administrators for shirking substantive issues in pursuit of popularity, warning that students may be misled about the value of an education while educators abandon their duties.

Academy Vietnam John Kenneth Galbraith Umless

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