[John Tower Speech about the defeat of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1972 in Dallas, Oct. 12,1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech about the defeat of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1972 in Dallas, Oct. 12,1972]

Speech; Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1972; Federal Housing Assistance (FHA); Community Development Legislation.
Date: October 12, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech about Community Development Revenue Sharing given to Texas Mayors in Dallas, Texas, October 16, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech about Community Development Revenue Sharing given to Texas Mayors in Dallas, Texas, October 16, 1972]

Speech describing the failure of federal urban development programs and explaining Senator Tower's proposed community development revenue sharing legislation that should alleviate fiscal and planning problems in urban development and give more oversight to local mayors.
Date: October 16, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pre-Plymouth Peregrinations (open access)

Pre-Plymouth Peregrinations

Presidential address given by Jesse E. Thompson before the Texas Surgical Society in San Antonio, Texas. In the speech, Thompson discusses Cabeza de Vaca's time living with the Native Americans of Texas and the conquest of Mexico, with particular focus on the operations he performed, including the first recorded surgical operation in North America.
Date: October 9, 1972
Creator: Thompson, Jesse E.
System: The Portal to Texas History