Senator John G. Tower Collection - 306 Matching Results

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[John Tower Speech about housing legislation, 1976?]

Description: Speech; Energy Conservation in Building Act of 1976; Financial Institutions Act; House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing; Housing Amendments of 1976, Sec. 235, Ginnie Mae programs, Sec. 236, Sec. 247, Sec. 202 (Elderly Housing Program), Sec. 8, Sec. 312 (Rehabilitation Loan Program); federal bureaucracy.
Date: 197X
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech about Legislation and Balance of Payment Deficit, n.d.]

Description: Speech; Housing bill; ; Rent supplements program for moderate income families; New Town Concept deleted from bill; Urban renewal program investigation; Public Housing proposal to allow tenants to make monthly payments over a period to count as down payment; Choice bills; Production and Stabilization Subcommittee; "Truth in Lending" bill regarding retail credit transactions; International finance - balance of payment deficit; private investments abroad; Effect of tourism on deficit problem; Impa… more
Date: 196X
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech about Marine Technology Programs, 197u]

Description: Speech; Earth Day; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Sea Grant Program; Texas A & M University's Program in Marine Affairs and Center for Marine Resources in Galveston; Texas Marine Biomedical Institute; Dynamic Texas Tektite Program; Commission on Marine Affairs; Seabed Treaty, Geneva; pollution; Coastal Zone Programs.
Date: 197X
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech about Minority Representation in the Engneering Profession (TAME) to TX Alliance for Minorities in Engineering at Lamar University, Dec. 2, 1977]

Description: Speech; Report of the AD HOC Planning Commission for Expanding Minority Opportunities in Engineering; National Advisory Council on Minorities in Engineering (NACME); Committee on Minorities in Engineering (CME); National Fund for Minority Engineering Students (NFMES); Bilingual education legislation; Bilingual Vocational Training Program.
Date: December 2, 1977
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech about National Energy Plan to International Assoc. of Drilling Contractors in Midland, TX, Nov. 8,1977]

Description: Speech; President Carter's energy legislation; Burden of energy plan on producing States like Texas; Balance between production and conservation; Texas' reliance on oil and gas; Coal conversion; Energy conservation; Public utility reform; Natural gas pricing plan; Pearson-Bentsen Amendment; Tax incentives.
Date: November 8, 1977
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech about National Health Insurance Proposals, 197u]

Description: Speech; National Health Insurance (NHI); American Medical Association; Medicare and Medicaid, 1965; 91st Congress 1969-70; National Health Insurance Partnership Act proposed by President Nixon; Healthcare Insurance Partnership Act (Medicredit) introduced by Senator Hansen and Congressman Fulton; National Catastrophic Illness protection Act introduced by Congressman Hogan, Senator Boggs and Senator Tower; National Health Care Act introduced by Congressman Burleson and Senator McIntyre; Health Se… more
Date: 197X
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech about pollution control, 197u]

Description: Speech; environment; air and water pollution control; solar energy; recycling; waste; technological advances; Space Program; fossil fuels; Dr. Peter Glaser, Research Physicist, Arthur D. Little Company; economic costs of pollution control.
Date: 197X
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech about Ratification of the Treaty on Outer Space, 196u]

Description: Speech; Endorsement of the treaty; NASA Act of 1958; Space Program intended for peaceful purposes - application of international law and the United Nations Charter; United Nations General Assembly 1963 resolution for countries to refrain from sending nuclear or other weapons into space; Space Treaty needed in the interest of national security; MOL Program.
Date: 196X
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech about Riots, 1968?]

Description: Speech; Suitability of Ramsey Clark as Attorney General of the United States; Law and law enforcement; [Washington, D.C.]; Anarchy; Looters; Arsonists; Father James Groppi of Milwaukee; Restoration of law and order.
Date: 196X
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech about riots and law enforcement, 1968?]

Description: Speech; Attorney General of the United States Ramsey Clark; Suitability of Mr. Clark as supervisor of law enforcement officers of the Federal Government; Father James Groppi of Milwaukee; [Washington D.C.]; Looters and arsonists; Restoration of law and order.
Date: 196X
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech about Seapower to National Honor Society, M.B., Smiley Senior High School, Houston, n.d.]

Description: Speech; Recruitment of new generation of students of the sea; Armed Services Committee; U.S. challenged at sea by international Communism; College courses in oceanography; Sea study programs at University of Houston and Texas A & M; Dependence on imported goods shipped on the surface of the sea.
Date: 19uu
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Partner: Southwestern University
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