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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1962
Page
1
The Soviet Union endorses Sukarno's move to seize West New Guinea, accusing Dutch aims and urging U.S. support for Dutch airfield bans in the Pacific. The piece frames Sukarno as aligned with Communists and urges stronger U.S. backing of Dutch allies.
The United Steelworkers and steel companies aim for calm negotiations. Indications suggest the union will avoid wage and hour overreach. If David J. McDonald maintains discipline to prevent price hikes and industry insolvency, he would be seen as labor statesmanship serving the country.
The piece argues against creating a federal department of urban affairs by executive order, warning it would usurp Congress powers, threaten states rights, and enable vote buying. It cites Dr. Robert C. Weaver as a potential first Black cabinet nominee and questions the political motives behind the move.
A quoted prompt asks if it would be wrong for a man to kill his family to spare them in a nuclear attack when no help is available. It explores whether circumstantial factors alter natural law and moral duty under formal circumstances.
The text argues that taking life is morally wrong in Judeo Christian thought and warns that abandoning mercy will spread in non Christian societies. It notes Hiller left Christian beliefs and called many he viewed as a burden. The reopening of a scandal in Usrain is mentioned, emphasizing individual dignity and self-determination.
A fragmentary clipping features Elinor Glyn praising love as the greatest joy and influence, and actress France Nuyon praising psychiatry as revealing true selves, while a sign outside advertises “The only love money can buy” and puppies for sale.
A Sunday school lesson discusses the commandment to honor parents, noting duties to God and to fellow humans. It cites Jesus opposing Corban tricks, references the Gospel of John, and emphasizes filial responsibility and care for aging parents reinforced by the example of John at the cross.
Around the Plaza reports ninety six years for Mus dila Williams of 329 Cavalier, a Palm Heights Church member who enjoys books, TV and government news. Her sister Ida Sistrunk of Yoakum nears 98 as a family of five grows up with two boys and a girl. A theater cat found on Woodlawn lot warms to lobby visits and milk. Rex Allen notes in New York visits that locals call him Tex, though he is native to Arizona.
A compact 1952 chronology lists events on February 10 across decades. Notable items include pressure from Boston physicians to expel Dr Walter P Schreiber, the Normandie sinking in the Hudson, San Antonio traffic protests, and local memories such as a milk price plea and a bicycle club visit.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wilson told the PASO convention that exclusion politics must end, urging a remedy for preschool English instruction and opposing discrimination in state employment. Don Yarborough pressed transportation improvements as other candidates met with the committee. The event outlined endorsements for the governor race and featured James Donovan’s account of his role in the Abel-Pownall prisoner swap, with state leaders urging Mexican American voters to demand more from candidates.
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas citrus growers hope for a comeback after temperatures to 12 degrees above zero stripped foliage from seven million trees. Weeks earlier a hard freeze devastated 40 percent of oranges and two thirds of grapefruit. Texas Citrus Mutual cites 19 million dollars in losses with no official damage tally yet. industry experts estimate many trees survived and sprouts begin to appear.
A San Antonio psychiatrist testified that Phil Dycus, aged 15, was legally insane when he killed his parents in August 1959. Dr. Neville Murray described extensive tests and an hour of subconscious probing with truth serum revealing remorse but no guilt. The defense sought mirrored questioning of the interview under serum, but the judge overruled.
A mother of four was assaulted early Saturday as three youths forced entry on San Marcos Street. One held a butcher knife at her throat while another attacked her 12 year old daughter and the others searched the home. One suspect was booked. two others sought.
Claude Engle of York Sails, Mo was in county jail after arrest by the FRU on charges of fleeing interstate to avoid prosecution for burglary. Engle was taken into custody on a ranch near Helates, arraigned before US Commissioner John Banks, bond set at 5000. Arnold's Delicatessen at 1718 N Mein was looted of 773 by burglars prying a rear door and cash register.
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