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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1973
Page
1
A reader recalls taking his wife and three sons to a Brewers Midland game in which the water fountains near the restrooms were turned off. Concession staff reportedly said no drinking water was available. The note questions whether water was shut to push sales of cold drinks and snacks already purchased, with the paragraph continuing on later pages.
In Buenos Aires, retired Rear Admiral Hermes Quijada was killed today by extremists in what is tied to revenge for the August killing of 16 extremist prisoners at a naval base. The assailants abducted Santiago Soldati, son of a fin raider, a day earlier in Argentina’s 39th abduction of the year. Quijada died en route to a naval hospital.
Washington’s Congress returns from Easter recess facing a midnight deadline to extend or let expire President Nixon’s wage and price controls. A conference compromise would extend to April 30, 1974, but Republican opposition targets four amendments including requiring cost disclosure by large corporations and stricter controls on petroleum, impoundment limits, and wage definitions.
In Austin the Senate committee approved by a vote of 6 to 4 a measure supported by Gov. Dolph Briscoe to reduce auto insurance costs. The plan keeps the State Board of Insurance setting base rates using industry-wide premiums and losses, with to-the-board deviations allowed if they meet fairness and financial stability criteria.
U S District Judge William M Taylor Jr sided with Southwest Airlines in its bid to keep flying at Love Field and avoid moving to the Dallas Fort Worth regional airport The tiny carrier operates three planes on routes to Dallas Houston and San Antonio and promotes the commuter dollar and convenience of Love Field and Hobby Airport in Houston.
Kissinger will fly to Moscow for four to five days of talks with Leonid Brezhnev to lay groundwork for a planned June Washington visit. Discussions will cover arms control troop reductions in Europe and trade, with a focus on improving U S Soviet relations and Jewish emigration issues. The U S Embassy in Moscow lacks an ambassador since Jan 24.
HOUSTON AP The 16 day old meatcutters strike affecting Gulf Coast supermarkets from Orange to Freeport could end today as union butchers rate a tentative settlement reached Sunday. George Elwood Local 408 secretary treasurer said ballots would start at 7 am and if approved butchers would return to work by tonight or early Tuesday.
Sydney AP report quotes Linus Pauling saying French nuclear tests in the South Pacific will cause more abnormal babies and more cancer in parents. He cites radiation risks and urges precaution and study by authorities.
President Nixon accepted the resignations of Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and three top White House aides H R Haldeman John D Ehrlichman and John W Dean III The White House said Nixon will broadcast tonight from the White House on the Watergate affair Elliot L Richardson was named to succeed Kleindienst and lead the DOJ investigation into the June break in at Democratic headquarters
Florence Elder, mother of four, was stabbed 31 times and found in the San Antonio River. Police exhausted leads after months of investigation and dozens of suspects, leaving the case unsolved. This first article in a series reconstructs the crime.
Alma Puente awakens early February feeling unsettled as she contemplates possible causes including an alarm, her teething baby, a barking dog, and a noisy blackbird chorus from Ligustrum hedges near the San Antonio River.
Alma Puente awoke to a drowned scream in the river near Lexington Avenue in 1962. Florence Elder, 41, mother of four, was found dead mid-morning after being missing since the prior night. The report notes the chilling moment and the discovery of her body, as details unfold on page 1 and continuation on page 3.
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