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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1962
Page
9
A staff survey shows the Texas compulsory auto liability law fails to curb accidents or insure all drivers. Estimates say 35 to 50 percent of San Antonio drivers lack liability coverage, while merit rating prices many out of the market. Lawmakers plan possible overhaul or abolition, with calls to base rates on claims only and to rewrite the law next session.
Dr. Paul G. Abersold of the Atomic Energy Commission discusses how elements introduced into the body, aided by tracers, may rebuild tissues. He suggests most old cells are replaced within a year, with new elements from air, food, and water. Prof. Oscar E. Scholle adds a seed of perpetual life enabling constant repair if fed proper elements, except the brain and nervous system.
Readers react to a kennedy war stance and questions about Mexico’s role in the conflict. Letters discuss reparations, territorial outcomes, and the Alamo phrase, then pivot to critiques of foreign gifts and King Saud’s visit, with tax concerns and domestic impact in a packed readers’ page.
In this 1962 sketch Victor Riesel describes Mitt Romney, then Michigan governor hopeful, navigating church and labor issues. Romney defends personal viewpoints on church separation from state, supports collective bargaining, opposes right to work laws, and warns against concentrating bargaining power. He stresses no church stance, cites Democratic and Republican Mormons, and links Detroit and the auto industry to labor politics.
In a Health Talk column, Dr. Burton Fern explains how diabetes can harm nerves and circulation causing burning pain numbness and nightly insomnia. He advises doctor supervision diet insulin and B vitamins while offering home care tips like heating pads caution to avoid burns and protective measures for feet and skin. He notes nerves may recover slowly or not at all and encourages reader questions via the newspaper mailbox.
The essay traces Europe from feudal splits to Napoleon and Vienna, then World Wars, and the rise of Western European unity. It credits the Common Market and leaders De Gaulle and Adenauer with building political and economic cohesion while Asia and Africa fragment. It notes US and Soviet roles and urges resilience as Europe grows within a Western bloc.
The San Antonio City Council tomorrow is expected to adopt an ordinance regulating towing of cars illegally parked on downtown streets with a proposed five dollar towing fee. The filing appears in Through the Years notes from The San Antonio Light.
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