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in San Antonio in a house that's one of the most interesting, prettiest houses in Texas surely, and they're both unusual and charming. They they gave a dinner one night I was there. Visiting Texas is a very pleasant occasion, even though the landscape is very flat in most places, exept around the ranch. Terribly flat.

On the way to -- well, it's not very dramatic on the way to San Antonio, although San Antonio is a lovely city.

I'm not getting on with this. This is too much --

Q:

One other question about Baylor. The dedication of the Alkek Tower. What is that?

Lasker:

Well, that was a tower, a research facility, added to the research facilities they have, given by a man called Alkek. It was a festivity for the dedication. It was very pleasant, but it didn't change anything. The building will make Baylor a more efficient school.

Q:

Now, Jane also has listed that this past July 4th, you had Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers) here at the farm. Her birthday. And she turns up elsewhere in the outline --

Lasker:

Well, she came here for her birthday.

Q:

Who is she?

Lasker:

She's Ann Landers, the columnist. And she's very interested in health problems. She was very helpful to me when we tried to get the Cancer Acts of '71 passed. Her column generated about a million letters to Senators and Congressmen. It was fantastic.





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