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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1964
Page
9
The Stock Show and Rodeo set new records at the Coliseum with livestock entries totaling 6 075 the highest in the exposition’s history and rodeo attendance reaching 126 295 slightly above last year. General attendance totaled 29 270 far surpassing the 274 365 mark in 1963. Congratulations to the fifteenth annual show organizers for an improved event that drew strong public response.
Dialogue between President Johnson and Prime Minister Home yields a blunt UK stance on Cuba. A formal note says Britain will push increased Cuban trade despite U.S. objections, aided by Spain Canada and Sweden. The administration faces options to tighten aid laws and address allied self interest.
Health column warns that alcohol and barbiturate sleeping pills form a dangerous mix, potentially causing serious illness or death by delaying alcohol excretion and harming brain centers. At Lackland Air Force Base researchers Elmer V. Dahl and Jack E. Wallace study chemical mechanisms behind this toxicity.
HW Ball calls for a full investigation of Bexar County commissioners over a bid for voting machines. He singles out Commissioner Ploch as representing Shoup Co. and criticizes court officials as wasteful dictators, urging accountability for taxpayer funds.
Harold E Ryder writes that the Commissioners Court action to buy voting machines resembles a local Bobby Baker case. The homeowner taxpayers fund part of an $180,000 expenditure, and Ryder voices concern over elected officials spending public funds.
E H McLean argues conservatives will ruin President Johnsons poverty elimination plan by blocking or watering down legislation in Congress. He states conservatives will then claim Johnson failed, like Roosevelt, and blames conservative foot-dragging for hindering liberal progress and harming the country.
National Association of Manufacturers allies with labor fights Johnson administration labor plan to create tri partisan committees to place overtime penalties nationwide. NAM and BIPAC push candidates in close races while Wirtz warns of 900000 new jobs and potential industry control. Corporate and individual funds to back political effort.
A concise defense of state sovereignty stressing that constitutional government relies on enforcing state laws and preserving state sovereignty. It argues that education is a state power, funded by federal money but serving state needs, urging each state to take care of its own people.
Louis L. Casten comments on a writer’s defense of Gus Hall and accuses the author of repeating a lie about Oswald. He urges readers to recognize propaganda aims and invites letters to the forum, noting brevity.
Summary of San Antonio history items tied to February 18 across years 1954 1944 1934 1914 1924 1904 1844. Notes include PTA luncheon turnout at Plaza Hotel mayoral bond idea post war improvements air corps cadets status change police chief marriage Volstead petition zoo opening and jail inmate counts.
John Chamberlain reviews Arthur Miller’s After the Fall at Washington Square Theater. Miller abandons liberal clichés, embracing a nuanced look at personal responsibility and decency in confession. The piece acknowledges flaws, including a self‑referential portrayal of Marilyn Monroe, but celebrates Miller’s break from past formulas and his effort to think as well as dramatize.
The Light urges citywide sanitary sewer and water extensions and full street lighting, a long range water supply plan, flood control participation, a storm sewer system, and adequate hospital facilities for the future.
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