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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1966
Page
7
Public Library staffer Marie Berry outlines kite origins from Greece and China to 18th century weather use and Benjamin Franklin. She highlights Chinese flowers and Japanese long kites, box and bow varieties, and a 23 385 foot record tied to tandem kites.
Bexar County Republican chairman Wheatley said Democrats assume Latin Americans will vote Democratic, prompting a shift to the GOP. He argued Carr erred calling voters unsophisticated and touted Republican inclusion of Latinos in leadership and long term education efforts.
State Atty Gen Waggoner Carr will visit San Antonio to review if his office can assist in the voter registration inquiry led by District Judge Archie Brown. The court is examining poll tax and free voter registrations with over 500 records tied to the inquiry.
The Purple Heart was awarded Friday to Mrs. Johnson A. Meade widow of Airman J C Meade formerly with the 3700th Civil Engineering Group at Lackland Air Force Base He was killed in Viet Nam and may be the first base Military Training Center airman killed there Maj Gen H K Mooney presented the honor attended by the Meades Dover-Foxcroft Maine.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. paid its 1965 taxes to the city of San Antonio on Friday amounting to 665,785 dollars. City Manager Jack Shelley received the check from Lonnie Griffin, new division manager for Southwestern Bell in San Antonio. The company remains the city’s largest taxpayer, with last year’s payment at 524,331 dollars.
Two Viet Nam veterans will speak at the San Antonio Council of Presidents meeting at noon Monday in the Menger Hotel. Speakers are Sgt. J C Harvie T Sanfort and Staff Sgt. Robert Schultz, both stationed at Ft Sam Houston. Souvenirs from Viet Nam and slides and films of the war theater will be shown.
Jack E. Farmer, candidate for state representative Place 10 in the Democratic primary, will host an old fashioned rally at the bandstand in San Pedro Park. The party starts at 6 p.m. with tickets at the gate.
Bexar County Chapter of the American Red Cross runs a first aid station on the lawn by the 18th green at Oak Hills Country Club during the Texas Open. Aiders have worked 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily since the tournament opened Tuesday, treating only a few minor cuts and bruises and no caterpillar stings reported so far.
Mayor McAllister will read a proclamation for National Music Week on May 18 in San Antonio during a L A Youth Symphony Orchestra concert at Edison High School. The 43rd annual event theme is Lets Make Music a Living Force.
The Department of Radiology at Santa Rosa Medical Center won first place in a Texas Society of X Ray Technicians contest. A Santa Rosa scientific exhibit earned the Jesse B Johnson Memorial Trophy at the Corpus Christi annual meeting. A scrapbook of the department’s activities placed second.
The Labor Department reported a one tenth of one percent drop in the wholesale price index for the week ended April 26. The index fell to 105.3 percent of the 1957-59 average from 105.4 percent, with declines in farm products processed foods and industrial commodities.
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