Rail reform plan by Buckley proposes new rail system
William F. Buckley argues New York commuter trains are failing with third tracks idle and heatless cars. He suggests abolishing the ICC, government acquisition of railroad beds, and leasing them to private operators under strict safety rules to foster competition and improve service.
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Lam
ICC
American Motors
Greyhound Company
Astern Airlines
Buckley Syndicate
Registration Rush For Off Year Texas Elections
Registration of AN 31 and the deadline for voter registration loom for a major off year twenty six race slate. Texans will elect a U.S. senator representatives and state offices, with substantial county and city races in Bexar County. Mail renewal is available through Tax Assessor-Collector Charles G. Davis, while newcomers must visit the courthouse office. A Census Bureau survey on 1968 voting showed 68 percent turnout among eligible ages, 62.6 percent official vote, and 23 percent unregistered. Younger voters under 24 had the worst turnout. older groups fared better.
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Charles G. Davis
Street Academies Aimed at Rehabilitating High School Dropouts
The government plans to employ postal workers in six American cities to recruit educate and counsel inner city youths. The program, announced by Postmaster General Winthrop Blount and modeled on a 1969 summer effort, would allow full pay leave for postal staff to run street academies aiding youths toward postal careers and schooling completion.
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Winton M. Blount
Post Office
Readers Say Plan Approved for Hiring Minorities in Trades
Wayne Johnson of Houston questions Congress approval of the Philadelphia Plan for minority hiring in trades. He suggests if the quota system stands in federal courts, a large share of Texas union jobs may go to minority workers, and if unconstitutional, same logic could strike down school child assignment quotas.
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Philadelphia
Congress
Nixon
Texas
Wayne Johnson
Houston
Black Panthers editorial critique and local responses
Reader letters discuss protecting constitutional government from subversion by groups including the Black Panthers SDS and Klan. Other notes praise quick police response to a no parking issue near a school. Residents envision Paseo del Rio as a vibrant riverfront with renewed activity and investment opportunities in San Antonio.
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Black Panthers
Panthers
SDS
Ku Klux Klan
Kenneth Williams
Police Department
Larry Suventes
Toros Glo Toros and Local Fan Identities
A letter cites Toros football success but notes San Antonio fans favor Dallas and Houston teams over local heroes. The writer also criticizes church influence on politics and vows to boycott stores lacking grape sales displays, labeling Chavez as a renegade union leader.
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Glo Toros
Ole Bob Deckert
Deckert
San Antonio
Dallas “Plow Boys
Houston “Doilies
Toros
Sill
Halbrook
Censorship and Media Access in a Military Context
A visitor asserts limited TV access abroad and compares AFNTV to AFN Radio Time and Stars and Stripes noting similar coverage. He questions the possibility of censoring private publications like Time and discusses public skepticism versus trusting televised news.
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Rynt
AFNTV
AFN Radio
Stars and Stripes
Time
Mexican American identity and pride clash with self-stigmatizing labels
In a sharply worded letter MIGUEL N HINOJOSA reflects on how hyphenated identities like Mexican American and Latin American expose a display of verme nza or shame in being Mexican. He contrasts self-directed labels used by various peoples with the broader sense of American identity spanning North Central and South America.
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Mexico
Lama
Miguel N
Hinojosa
Market IT Backs Dr Burns Plan for HemisFair Plaza
Market IT endorses a HemisFair Plaza market to boost city assets and attract tourists. The proposal highlights local artisans and craftspeople with limited opportunities seeking broader exposure.
Grapes and Grapes Rally Against Store Displays
Public and Catholic archdiocesan papers urge readers to act to deter stores from displaying and selling grapes. The pleas advocate communal pressure and religious conscience, framing the issue as a moral appeal to shoppers and local retailers.
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Archdiocesan
Grace Note Incident at Local School December
W Dain Higdon principal notes a December 18 incident at the school deemed newsworthy and thanks for the accurate reporting.
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W. Dain Higdon
Vietnamization and ARVN odds in the war effort
The author reviews CBS reporter Charles Collingwood's Vietnam special on Vietnamization, noting the need to equip ARVN with modern arms and training. He argues that earlier Pentagon neglect left ARVN underarmed, and credits Clark Clifford's 1968 push for M16s and modernization as a potential precondition for battlefield effectiveness, while acknowledging uncertain outcomes.
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Charles Collingwood
CBS
Collingwwood
Vietnam
Pentagon
ARVN
Military Assistance Command
Sween
William Westmoreland
Clark Clifford
New Orleans
Hanoi
Asia
Robert McNamara
Westmoreland
Robert Thompson
Clark Chifford
North
Paris
Ftealth Talk by Dr Lester Coleman
Dr Lester Coleman reflects on a minor scalp wound after an automobile accident and praises the care at a small upstate New York hospital. He stresses kindness and patient understanding as vital in medical practice alongside surgical skill and offers commentary on the physician patient relationship. He notes emotional needs of patients in hospital and in private practice. A suggestion that recreation should be part of daily activity.
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Upper
New York State
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New York
Penn Central Railroad
Greenwich
Conn
New York Daily News
Wrother
Ariel
Foulrone
Bity
Elly
New England
Mississippi
U.S
Senate
Bexar County
U.S. Census Bureau of Voters
Acadeamies
Roxana G. Catto
The
Chavez
R. GO. Brehm
Small Society
Brickman
Lester Coleman
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