10 Jun 1965
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1965
Page
1
A Charlestown vote indicates strong opposition to urban renewal plans. A secession petition is circulated as the city funds a 42 million renewal project affecting 8,600 residents. The movement imagines forming a separate town centered near historic Bunker Hill.
The president's daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Thompson, age 21, will join 24 students on a summer excavation at Grasshopper Mesa in Grasshopper Arizona. The project, led by Dr. Raymond at the University of Arizona, aims to study a 1400s pueblo site once inhabited by the Coyotero Apache. The trip includes a defensive escort and surrounding secrecy as she travels from Gras shopper to Ely Minnesota before joining other events.
Sal Mineo, actor, says three Pennsylvanians who found a dead pet ocelot near Cape Henlopen Delaware may need antirabies shots after tests on the animal showed possible rabies. The ocelot, a large cat from Mexico to South America, died after convulsions.
Tsahei Martinez de Peron, wife of former Argentine president Juan Peron, arrives in Madrid following visits to Paraguay and New York. The trip aimed to brief Peronist leaders. the Perons live in exile in Spain. A separate archival record notes the British sloop De Braak sank off Cape Henlopen in 1786 with a rumored treasure, while a public hearing addressed divers who claim to have found wreckage.
The San Antonio Junior Chamber of Commerce launches advance ticket sales for two Santa Jose Theater productions this summer. June 24 to July 1 features Lightning From The East by Justin Nigel, followed by Los Indios de San Jose opening July 1 and running through August 15. Tickets available today from the Jaycees.
In Washington a Pentagon debate spills into the Senate as Senator Thomas J. Dodd defends Johnson policies against appeasers and defeatists. Dodd urges commitment to South Vietnam, arguing only a robust, costly effort can deter a Communist advance, while warning against withdrawal under political pressure from critics and NATO allies.
Rep Wright Patman chairman of the House Banking Committee urged Federal Reserve chair William M Martin Jr to resign and let President Johnson appoint his own replacement. He said Martin challenged the President on policy and cited a stock market drop and 1924 comparisons to attack current monetary and credit policies.
The article notes heated exchange over a Columbia University speech by Patman detailing parallels between today’s economy and prior depressions. Patman criticizes William McChesney Martin and urges action to curb the Fed’s tightening credit policy. Johnson and Fowler were slated for a White House meeting to discuss economic policy.
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