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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
1
In Santa Fe a special session of the New Mexico Legislature became the 13th called during 56 years of statehood. The brief meeting underscores ongoing legislative activity as lawmakers address urgent matters outside the regular session.
Rev Louis J Blume St Marys University president told a Texas higher education group that 5200 student spaces in private colleges could save 34 million in plant costs. He and Trinity University president Dr James W Laurie said private colleges could shoulder a larger share of Texas higher education needs according to a Coordinating Board report.
A 47 year old patient could not be saved after an animal heart transplant attempt at St. Luke's Hospital. The operation, believed to be the first of its kind at the facility and the fifth transplant type there, followed two earlier cases with two survivors. Everett C. Thomas of Phoenix, Arizona, is mentioned in relation to the early surgeries.
Readers relay community issues from river land use and flood control to college buy back policies and child swimming lessons. Topics include Martinez Creek widening, weed and mosquito problems, and a San Antonio College bookstore buyback plan. A reader praises a kind girl from a motorcycle club who helped a stranded family on SH 33.
A storm with 1 inch of rain caused landslides in Hong Kong killing twelve and leaving many missing. Nine bodies recovered from hill side shacks as police feared more buried beneath rock and silt. A junk owner reported three of his men drowned when the storm capsized their craft. Several hospitalizations followed the disaster.
U S Health Education and Welfare Secretary Wilbur Cohen will visit San Antonio on July 12 for medical school events after a July 11 University of Texas dinner in Austin. He will tour HemisFair, address 4 p m dedication ceremonies for UT South Texas Medical Center, with a reception and dinner to follow.
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