Gethsemane Baptist program and local club notes in San Antonio
The Gethsemane Baptist Church at 651 Rice Road will host an event on Friday featuring the Diack family and Africa in Retrospect with Mrs. Martha A. Davenport of Afro-American and African United Family Inc as guest speaker. Serra Club luncheon at Arden Grove led by Rev. J Willis Langlinmais of St Marys University. Trinity University summer exercises at Marguite G Parker Chapel, record summer enrollment of 2446. San Antonio Lodge of Perfection names David G Fernandez as venerable master with officers including J Edgar Melnire Reece L Harrison Jr Baxt G Heaton Lincoln A Hershey Roy E Dinsmore. Celebrity Sweepstakes contestants to be shown on KMQ LTV Channel 4 beginning Monday, taped for network through Aug 20. U S Bureau of the Census staff to conduct an employment survey in San Antonio area starting Monday. Preschool registration for Fi Sam Houstons Nulsén Preschool fall term Monday 8:30 am to 2 pm for dependents of military personnel.
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Diack
Africa
At & P.m
Martha A. Davenport
David G. Fernandez
San Antonio
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August 12 historical notes from San Antonio through the decades
A compilation of Aug 12 entries recounting weather events in 1966, polio totals in 1956, voting precinct changes proposed in 1946, mayoral franchise talks in 1996, rail extension celebrations in 1926, troop movements in 1916, football rivalry chatter in 1908, and a 1896 Republican convention described as a mob scene with racial tension.
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K. Quin
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
San Antanio
Falfurrias
Mission Garden Pavilion
New 46 Foot Luxury Hotel Concept Previewed
Concord Properties unveiled a $20 million 46 floor glass enclosed luxury hotel to be built on the river extension near Market Street. The project includes six levels of parking, meeting rooms, a ballroom, and a River Walk view with access via Commerce and Market Streets. Western International will operate the hotel as part of its luxury chain. groundbreaking is upcoming with completion anticipated January 1979.
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Martin Weiss
Concord Properties
Market Street
Convention Center
Marina
Convention Center Arena
Cormmerce
Market
Western International
San Antonio
San Antonio Man Killed In South Side Freeway Crash
James Edward Carson 24 of 714 Refugio died when his speeding car left a South Side freeway, climbed a steep embankment, and nosedived into a grassy median at 10 08 pm on Wednesday. The car flew about 130 feet, clearing guard rails before landing. A tractor trailer truck nearby assisted, but radio help failed. No skid marks were found at the departure point.
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San Antonio
James Edward Carson
Green Hospital
E.C. Kelley
Trate
David Clements
Paul Clements
Vero Beach
Fls
Paul
Kelley
S A Traffic Fatalities In 26 Percent Jump
San Antonio police report a 26 percent rise in traffic fatalities this year with 74 deaths to date, up from 58 last year. Accident analyst Roy McNeal cites law violations as the basic cause and notes no single pattern, with 31 drivers, 26 passengers, six pedestrians and one bicycle fatality among the total.
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San Antonio
Roy McNeal
McNeal
SASD Teachers Win 34 Percent Salary Increase After Board Approval
San Antonio School District trustees approved a 34 percent raise for about 1,000 teachers using the index system, funding a $300 base increase with scale-based boosts. The meeting at Lanier High drew protests and calls for district-paid hospitalization and reinstating the index system amid tax debate.
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Dave Manley
San Antonio School
Wiliam Elizondo
Mildred Lytle
San Antonio
San Antonio Federation of Teachers
Giarcana
Bexar County
Sa[sd
Elizondo
Robert Thompson
Amalgamated Transit Union
No. 6
San Antonio ‘Transit System
Thompson
Rosy Esquivel
Teachers Council
District Board of Trustees
Mayor Named Honorary Chef in Texas Chefs Association event
Mayor Cockrell was named honorary chef by the Texas Chefs Association during a Thursday council session. Mayor Emeritus Walter McAllister presented her with a white chef hat symbolizing the honor, an award he had received years ago. The association plans a show at the 5th annual Culinary Arts event at Villita Assembly Hall on August 22.
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Cockrell
Texas Chefs Association
Walter McAllister
McAllister
Sth
Villita Assembly Hall
Three Wounded in San Antonio Shootings at City Venues
In separate incidents on Wednesday night in San Antonio, Jose Robert Davila 21 lost his left eye and Paul Rodriguez 28 was wounded in the back at Scoreboard Lounge on the South Side. Both are in poor to fair condition. A third man, Antonio Moreno 21, was shot in a residence-area incident near Buena Vista and remains in poor condition at Bexar County Hospital. Police report a bartender ejected a man who returned with a pistol and opened fire at bar patrons, then another car shooting left Moreno wounded. Suspect’s car abandoned on San Fernando Street. a pistol was found inside. Arrests pending.
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Rodriguez
King
Cavilx
Brooke Army Medical Center
Scoreboard
Eddie Hall
Antonio Moreno
Buena Vista
Bexar County
Moreno
Shore
Morend
San Fernansto
Bath Shrating
Ineisdanes
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Oscar Hernandez
Labor
Curtis Franz
Henry Munoz
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San Antonio Firefighters Association
Munoz
American Federation of State County & Municipal
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E. Drexel
Plaza
Bexar
Billy Graham
Heloise
Jack O'Brian
Jumble Mary
Mirrec of Mind
Polunsky
Shulsky
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