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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1969

Page

3

Cigarette Promotion Spending Faces U.S. Policy Debate

Agriculture Secretary Ditmard Hardin weighs whether to continue spending about 2300000 yearly to fund overseas tobacco and cigar advertising programs in Japan Thailand Austria and Europe The government funds cover roughly a third of the program costs with private industry and foreign tobacco systems also contributing The FCC is considering advertising on tablets and television while the Supreme Court hears appeals on broadcaster free speech claims.

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City Council approves pool repaint and library AC work

City Council awarded a $14,578 contract to W. E. Wilcox Pools to repaint five pools Central Concepcion Elmendorf Roosevelt and San Pedro. A $3,554 bid from Tezel Cotter Air Conditioning Co for replacing a steam boiler in the old main library was approved. The council also approved an agreement with the Paseo Del Rio Association for river bank use during festivals yielding 16 percent of gross profits to the city. A push to close the open ditch from the Rilling Road treatment plant to Mitchell Lake was discussed in a Villa Coronado residents’ protest with potential legal action. A plan to rebuild 120 feet of wall along the San Antonio River behind Soledad was approved at $12,290 with Leslie Hutton Construction Co winning the bid. half the cost to be paid by adjacent property owners.

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City to study safety standards for construction projects

City officials moved to draft a ordinance establishing minimum safety standards for construction sites after Coun cilman Pete Torres questioned current practices. Labor leader Elon Schroeder had requested the measure a year ago following worker deaths downtown, and City Manager Jerry Henckel said a study the problems would be set up by a city commission.

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Witte Memorial Museum Move Approved by City Council

City council approved use of the Witte Memorial Museum site at the fair grounds for the Confluence Museum operation. The San Antonio Museum Association, which runs Witte, will lead the project with city and suburban support and revisions to funding plans discussed by Councilwoman Lila Cocks.

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Bill to Joining Union Passes House Debate

Rep Carl Parker of Port Arthur introduced a bill allowing public employees to join labor organizations of their choosing. The measure aims to permit freedom to organize and participate in unions without restriction.

Tests to Begin Aquanauts Seeking a New Voice

Navy's Sealab II prepares to host a 12 day underwater living trial off California with aquanauts from military civilian and foreign backgrounds. The experiment aims to improve communication and human performance at depth while testing voice clarity, oxygen use, and equipment. A sea lion and porpoise assist in operations as researchers study speech distortion and methods to relay clearer transmissions.

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East Germans May Hold Maneuvers

East German military maneuvers are reported as the Warsaw Pact plans war games in the near term. Western fears rise of traffic disruption to and from Berlin as jets and fighter corridors hover at low altitudes, threatening commercial airliners and reminding of 1965 protest disruptions near West Berlin's Parliament.

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Byrnes Hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit

Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes remained hospitalized in the ICU at Baptist Hospital in Columbia with an illness described as indisposing. Doctors declined to specify the ailment, noting it would be serious given Byrnes’s age and long career in public service from horse and buggy days to atomic age diplomacy.

Columbia 3.C James F. Byrnes South Carolina Baptist Hospital Josey Byrnes Supreme Court Pywight D. Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon Dyrnes U.S House of Representatives U.S. Senate U.S. Supreme Court Roosevelt

Wisconsin and Duke Campuses Roiled by Student Strikes

On several campuses black students and allies pressed demands for expanded education and faculty representation while Wisconsin guardsmen posted at the Madison central campus. At Duke University and Mississippi Valley State College students held sit ins, disrupted classes, and forced administration meetings over racial equity and campus resources.

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Controversial UT Play Wins Stiff Backing to Stay Open

The University of Texas faced debate as the Curtain Club production Now the Revolution received conditional support from the student union board of directors. The board resolved the play could continue, though an arrest legality fight loomed. administrators had ordered its closure, signaling a campus battle over censorship and campus governance.

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