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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1969
Page
22
Analyzed May Day in Moscow noting absence of military hardware display. Brezhnev’s speech links Vietnam and Arab states to Soviet support, questioning trust in Moscow while warning against believing a peaceful shift. Calls for cautious deals aligned with U.S. interests while preserving skepticism about Soviet motives.
San Antonians are invited to a big 4th Army track and field championship at Fort Sam Houston Leonard Wood Field under lights on Thursday and Friday. Best Army athletes from Texas and four neighboring states compete in 21 events with free admission. Track is part of a broader U S Army sports program featuring lacrosse bobsledding fencing rowing and tug of war. Ten perpetual trophies will honor champions in baseball basketball bowling boxing golf softball tennis triathlon volleyball and wrestling. Weather hopes for improvement by Thursday.
A reader criticizes editorial calls for campus disorder statutes, arguing existing laws like robbery and theft suffice and urging strong enforcement. The letter, signed Mabel Miller of Waelder, also offers guidance on friendship, self-respect, and polite conduct, citing Andrew Jackson’s mother’s words as life’s law.
A Mother's Words notes that the second Sunday in May marks Mother's Day and recalls Andrew Jackson's mother who urged him to remember her guidance. Her final words advised him to make his own way in life, shaping his fate through self reliance and resolve.
A plea during Be Kind to Animals Week stresses spaying and neutering dogs and cats. Mercy Crusade of Van Nuys California cites 500 million surplus puppies and kittens born yearly in the United States, many killed in gas chambers or by starvation before adoption.
A few thousand students gather as a court orders a 10 day injunction against occupancy of a building. Black militants and SDS disrupt a campus address with boos and heckling, while the majority claps to rebuke the demonstrators. The speaker ends amid tension and mutual insults, noting the Vietnam war and funding context.
The piece discusses the pitfalls and political uses of decentralization in urban school systems, contrasting centralization as a tool for equalizing funding with decentralization as a slogan of wealthier areas. It critiques autonomy proposals for Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant and warns of nationalist and racist misuses.
The article explains sarcoidosis origins and that it is not a venereal disease. It notes Boeck’s description, its possible pine tree link, and that recovery often follows cortisone treatment. It emphasizes correct dosing by patient size and cautions that reactions vary with drugs, underscoring patient education and monitoring.
In general terms the Nixon administration seems to back social legislation in principle by supporting aid to education with decentralized administration. Block grants would shift standards and power to state bureaucrats, reducing federal control while giving states broad funding flexibility. The piece warns liberals not to aid this erosion.
The author cites Matthew 6 33 urging readers to prioritize God over material wealth. He argues proper perspective leads to prosperity and urges focusing on the Master above possessions.
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