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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1966
Page
3
The interview excerpt recalls a harsh frontier upbringing and a father who valued public service and generosity. It details the mother as a steady, educated homemaker who shaped the narrator, while the rough, wilderness setting included Indians, wolves, and a childhood spent on chores, farming, and learning self-reliance from age early years.
The weather bureau reported widespread flooding with eight inches of rain at Hunt causing low water crossing floods near Kerrville. Families at Alto Frio Baptist encampment north of Leakey evacuated to higher ground as Frio River rose to 20 feet and overflowed. Reagan Wells Frio river rose 18 feet. Rock Springs near Uvalde isolated by flooding. San Saba River rising 20 feet. San Antonio youths at camps including YMCA Hunt camp were marooned awaiting relief through Sunday.
U S Rep Gonzalez urged San Antonio officials to oppose Senate legislation that would cap the city’s ability to apply only 25 percent of the Civic Center cost to other federal funded projects. He noted the city faces more than 2 million dollars in federal contribution for the center and criticized the bill’s 25 percent cap as harmful to local urban renewal efforts.
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