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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1964
Page
6
The piece reflects on George Washington as the leader in the war for freedom and the first executive of the new nation. It stresses his love of liberty, willingness to pay the ultimate price, and his sacrifice beyond wealth and status. It links his legacy to the nation’s birth anniversary and to lessons for citizens and the young.
Robert O. Lytton, district engineer for the Texas Highway Department, is honored as Engineer of the Year by the Bexar Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. He has 30 years with the department and directed freeway planning and construction valued near 100 million dollars in San Antonio. In 1959, he led a 12 county district supervising 400 miles of interstate highways, the most in Texas.
A pair of Scots located two torpedoes lost near the U K Ilery Loch base in Scotland. They retrieved the gadgets after a long trek through rough weather and were paid 98 pounds, split ten ways, which they called an insult. The Navy said the amount reflected what could legally be paid.
In Light two letters from Helen Hudson and Lucille Sahakian urge readers to reject complacency. Helen warns about foreign sweet talks masking underhanded aims while Lucille critiques youth following hairdos and fashion over growing into responsible adults.
Ronald E. Thiel requests readers of The Light to share experiences with sod houses or dugouts across the United States and Canada for a historical census. He seeks locations, family names, descendants, and even photographs, to be included in a prairie settlement study conducted from Calby Kansas.
The San Antonio Light editorial page on February 18 praised several writers including H. W. Ball on compnssion ers, Harold E. Ryder on voting machines, E. H. McLean on Conservatives, M. M. J. on state's rights, Louis L. Casten on Gus Hall, Victor Riesel on NAM Arms for Combat, and John Chamberlain on New Play Shows Miller's Matured, with Clarence L. Avant noted.
A longtime reader announces he may quit The Light after reading the Wednesday editorial titled A Gestapo. He complains the paper should not discuss Alabama's handling of the Negro question and signs as AN OLD TEXAN.
The piece reports a planned mission of U.S. water front experts to Moscow to press Soviet authorities to permit American ships into Soviet harbors for grain shipments. It details port restrictions, costs of reconditioning mothballed ships, and prior promises of a 50 50 cargo split with U.S. shippers, amid tense high-level discussions involving union leaders and government officials.
A 1964 report notes two women in the United States and Soviet Russia who appear to read colors and scenes with their fingertips. Tests by Dr. Richard P. Youtz of Barnard College and Moscow researchers show partial color differentiation and image recognition through touch, suggesting a rare fingertip sight capability present in about one in six individuals.
A revived Midland Canal idea traced to George Washington envisions a Virginia to Ohio River waterway with 296 mile tunnel at Natural Bridge to Deepwater and deepened river channels. Proponents cite political lessons from earlier conventions and explore funding via tax free bonds and atomic blasting. The concept links Washington Jefferson and Lewis and Clark visions, while acknowledging rival routes like the St Lawrence Seaway and Erie Canal.
A San Antonio year start report shows city revenues for the first six months were $200000 below the budget as Manager Winton disclosed on FEB 22 1954. The notes span FEB 22 across 1944 1934 1924 1914 1904 and 1894 with items from taxes to local events.
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