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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1963
Page
2
San Antonio Light lists employment opportunities in the Business and Service Directory with yard work and home service ads. Readings include ads for yard men and related services as of August 7, 1963.
More than 300 people were evacuated by boat from Cheektowaga homes as heavy rain flooded streets with over four feet of water. Hundreds of motorists were stranded and about 80 percent of suburb homes were flooded.
Unofficial returns show Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson leading former Gov. J. P. Coleman in a four-man Democratic governor race with 110,987 to 94,966 votes as 1,453 of 1,882 precincts report. A runoff is set for August 2, with Charles Sullivan third.
A mysterious promotor, claiming to have cash waiting, dispatches agents through San Antonio and South Texas with Lucky Bucks and a plan to publish buck numbers in The Light. Winners find a match on a dollar bill and must send name, address, phone, and Social Security number to enter the contest.
A full scale hootenanny will be presented at 8 pm Friday in La Villita Assembly Hall to raise money for the March of Dimes. Featured performers include Mike Nesmith fresh from a New York engagement and the Shilo Singers Bob Price Tom Piper Bill Collins Bill Holloway Phyllis Barber Mark Weekly Martha Mitchell. San Antonians are invited to participate and tickets at the door are 99 cents.
Emid D. Pucci the Florentine fashion designer who predicted bikinis will be common in a decade won 2,780 votes in the April 28 general election as a Liberal candidate. He succeeds Vittorio Fossombroni who died of a heart attack, entering the chamber of deputies. Pucci has been a designer since 1952 and holds degrees in social and political science.
Mrs. Kennedy expected to give birth at Walter Reed Army Medical Center marking the first White House birth in 70 years since Grover Cleveland. The couple had planned privacy and security while Mrs. Kennedy vacations on Squaw Island. She has a history of difficult pregnancies with prior miscarriage and stillbirths.
Washington AP recounts the 1st Cavalry Division history from Civil War origins through World War I and II, noting its 20 year homeward drift, various campaigns, and its stance as a modern armored yet traditional cavalry unit patrolling in Korea era. The piece traces regiments such as the 12th and 5th, and emphasizes continuity of cavalry identity amid evolving warfare.
Washington AP reports both railroad leaders and union spokesmen show cautious progress in a dispute over new work rules. A 48 hour outlook may reveal if talks are real progress or shadow boxing as intensive mediation continues under Secretary Wirtz with carriers and various unions scheduled to meet.
AFL-CIO legislative director Andrew J. Biemiller urged the Senate to kill the Mexican farm labor import program. He warned action is expected this week to extend the program through 1964, saying it undermines wage and work standards for American farm workers on a wholesale basis.
Washington AP UPI Pierre Salinger wore a blue blazer presented by teenage safe driving champions at a ceremony marking the 12th annual Teenage Safe Driving Road-e-o. The event was sponsored by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce in Washington. A Costa Rican business delegation arrives in Mexico City seeking to boost tourism between the two nations.
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