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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1976
Page
1
Grand opening for Centena Park El Paso and 24td streets at 11 30 am Sunday with 150000 in improvements including tennis and hattball courts donated by Igase to the city via Eloy Centena City Public Service trustee and head of Centeno Supermarket.
August 7 1966 Gov Connally announced Canada joined seven nations approving participation in San Antonio's 1968 HemisFair. Other notes mention a 1956 watering system in Olmos Park, 1996 ballot machine concerns, school board tenure issues, a 1926 drive to recruit cotton harvest workers, 1916 smoking ban in theaters, 1896 dog licenses rising and active dog catchers.
City staff and COPS study the South Side to map residential and commercial zones for a six month moratorium on junkyard growth. The move freezes new junkyard expansion, with boundaries including Military Drive Kelly Field Centennial and Zarzamora, and follows council vote amid tensions over election results and councilmen Teniente and Nielsen.
Debra Isabel Del Liana was crowned queen of Lular Council No 2 during the Feria de Las Flores at Villita Assembly. Princess Sonia Canales and duchess Leticis Armanda Topez joined the crowning by U S Rep Alan Steelman of Dallas, who is challenging Senator Lloyd Bentsen. About 400 attended, with Saturday events including a breakfast for Steelman and a dance where the Rey Feo will be crowned, amid several candidates.
In Johannesburg and beyond, race riots intensified as police opened fire on rioters in the segregated township of Soweto for the third day, with at least one casualty reported. Authorities extended nationwide measures to quell the unrest.
In Chillicothe Missouri an estimated 1000 persons gathered at a small church to mourn Congressman Jerry Litton and his family, killed in a fiery plane crash Tuesday night just after the Democratic Senate nominee’s victory was confirmed.
Southern Pacific looks for clues after a box car derailment killed San Aramo resident Ray Broussard, 43, near St Mary's overpass. The crash occurred as two trains passed each other, leaving wreckage and a reopened St Mary's street after night work to clear the site.
Texas crawfish racing official announced the fatal heat related incident during the Texas Folklife Festival Cajun Country event. An earlier race star collapsed and died as organizers prepared for the next round, prompting a hold while Cajun celebrations proceed with a wake planned in Gunter Harel.
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