Hector Martinez Returns Home After Complex Transplant
A San Antonio man, Hector Martinez, 20, was released home Tuesday after major surgery to remove a heart near tumor at Bexar County Hospital on April 3. He previously received a $40,0000 bone marrow transplant in Seattle and plans radiation at the Cancer Research Center with follow up in San Antonio. He expressed gratitude for support and said he hopes to be exercising again soon.
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Hector Martinez
Bexar County Hospital
Martinez
Seattle
Roger
Aunar
The
Cancer Research Center
Critics Circle Awards honor Roots Eleanor and Franklin
Los Angeles critics crown Roots and Eleanor and Franklin as top programs with five trophies each, while The Mary Tyler Moore Show dominates acting and comedy awards. Ed Asner, Ben Vereen, and Leslie Uggams win in multiple categories as MTM shares best comedy and best series honors with MASH and Upstairs, Downstairs.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Roots
Eleanor and Franklin
Critics Circle
Ben Vereen
Chicken George
Leslie Uggams
MTM
Mary Tyler Moore
Comedienne
Eleanor and
Franklin
Ed Herrmann
Dane Alexander
ABC
National Geographic
PBS
Lincoln Center
Caral Burnett
Alan Add
Angela Baddeley
Indecency Charge Filed Against S A Man in San Antonio
Alfredo Gonzales 31 of 1138 Gen McMullen was charged with indecency with a child after an arrest in the 700 block of Wy Mayfield Southwest San Antonio. He was jailed on a 25000 bond set by Night Magistrate Manuel Lopez. A woman reported her 7 year old daughter lured into an apartment with 50 cents offered, but Gonzales fled as others yelled.
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Alfredo
Gonzales
Gen. McMullen
Mayfield
San Antonio
Gonnzales
Manuel Lopez
Light's Action Line Advice and Household Tips
A reader asks about funeral expense assistance for private versus national cemeteries, while other letters discuss yellowed piano keys and keeping them white. The column provides home remedies for ivories and guidance on preemergence herbicides balan, dac tal, and betasan, with Thurman Kennedy explaining product ingredients and how to request them at garden centers.
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Thurman Kennedy
Bexar County
Balan
Johnson Wrass Chaser
Ferrari Coffin Dispute Over Mrs West Burial Wishes
Testimony in probate court reveals Mrs. West favored a Ferrari grave option while relatives suggest a normal coffin. Witnesses cite friends and a nurse noting her fascination with Egyptology and royal burial customs. The judge notes no ruling on the validity of the 1972 or 1976 wills. death cause remains undetermined after a car accident and medical care.
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William Jack
Beverly Hulls
Mrs. West
Mildred Richards
San Antonio
Fred A. Semdan
Texas
West
Car crashes into Trinity Street home injuring child
A southbound car veered into a bedroom on Trinity Street, trapping a boy under the wheel while his siblings watched. Fire and police freed him as the wreck left a gaping hole in the wall. the room collapsed and several children were uninjured, with only Hector seriously hurt.
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Perrill
Donald Cortez
Ofricer
Trinity Street
Velma
Cynthia
Mary Ann
Dora Jean
Alice
Hector
Carrasco Probe May Be Held In Austin After Trials End
Texas officials discuss a possible court of inquiry into the Carrasco case. The inquiry could examine alleged jail favoritism at Bexar County Jail and Carrasco’s role as a chaplain’s assistant at Huntsville State Prison tied to the 1974 escape that left one inmate and two women hostages dead. The exact timing depends on all trials, with prosecutors eyeing a November to January window prior to any final decision. Rosa Carrasco, after 32 months in hiding, seeks her husband’s coffin at Roselawn Cemetery, while other charges face possible grand jury action for lack of evidence.
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Till Giron
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Austin
Texas
John Hill
Mondiy
San Antonio
Court of Inquiry
Hill
Carrasco
Bexar County
Huntsville State
Rosa
Roselawn
Hunstville
Walker County
Huntsville
George Cisneros
Bexar County Dist
Atty
Bill White
Gunfight at Temple Airport Seizes 200 Pounds of Marija—Smuggling
U S Customs agents fought a gunfight at Temple Municipal Airport Monday night, seizing an estimated 200 pounds of marijlata from a smuggler. The pilot of the plane, traveling from Mexico, was hospitalized after being wounded. his condition was not released. The pilot was the only person aboard.
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