Weather outlook cool wet August continues in San Antonio
Meteorologist Edirne Di Loreto says San Antonio may see cooler, wetter than normal weather through August with frequent cloud cover. August 1972 has been unusual with six days above 84 degrees and two inches above normal rainfall for June to August, while 1962 and earlier set heat records.
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National Weather Service
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Loreto
Sidenorst
di Loreto
Man to Manage GOP Baby Care Center at Convention
John Knox a 23 year old Denver education major plans a GOP day care for about 100 children of delegates and Young Voters for the President at the Miami Beach convention. He envisions field trips and activities beyond babysitting plus male influence in early education.
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Miami Beach
Fla
John Knox
Republican Party
University of Colorado Education
GOP
Uwe
Knox
Denver
Fineberg Eementary School
Nowdelegates
Two Suspects Free on Bond After Drug Raid
A Seguin resident and a San Antonio teenager were released on reduced bonds after heroin and cocaine possession charges. Juan Conrado Vigil, 44, of Seguin, and Richard Marine, 19, of Saltillo were set at 20 000 each by Peace Justice Mike Hernandez following a Metro Squad raid at Roose Well Park on the south side. About 16 grams of high grade heroin valued at 20 000 and 24 grams of others were seized.
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Seguin
San Antonio
Mike Hernandez
Juan Conrado Vigil
Richard Marfine
Saltillo
Metro Squad
Benefit Art Auction for Bexar Pharmaceutical Association
The annual art auction to benefit the Bexar Pharmaceutical Association is set for next Sunday at 1 pm in the Bexar County Medical Library at 202 W. Frenel. Steve Wayne will serve as auctioneer as more than 20 signed prints etchings and lithographs from Picasso Dali Miro and Rockwell go to sale. Admission is free and works will be on display earlier in the holiday week.
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Bexar Pharmaceutical Association
Bexar Coutty Medical Library
W. Frenel
Arctive
Steve Wayne
Picassa
Ail
Miro
Dall
Boulanger
Norman Rockwell
Gas Arsenal In Path Of Hurricane
As Hurricane Celesta neared Johnston Island, the Air Force evacuated the last remaining personnel from the gas arsenal storehouse. The island houses 13,000 tons of lethal nerve and mustard gas and transferres. Evacuation followed military scrubbing of munitions to the maximum extent possible. No life can be saved if a breach occurs. Tropical storm Viana also struck and caused four homes to collapse and about $200,000 in damage.
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Air Force
Hanwell
Hawaii Avy
Avidel
Viana
Tlawadi
San Antonio youths head to Nixon McGovern convention work
Eight young San Antonians depart Saturday for Miami to attend the Republican National Convention as workers and observers. Students Hans Hansen Debbie Phelps Betts Lordwisch Mark Evans Robert Bone Charles Viet Mark Trat ter and Robert Marbut Ty from San Antonio Academy First Texas Baptist College and the University of Texas will be on the convention floor as aides for at least one day. They left by car to Dallas then flew to Miami staying at the Sands Hotel.
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Youngwish
Charles Field
Robert Bone
Robert May
Hans Hansen
Mark § But Jr
Evans
Mark Trotter
Debora Phelps
Beil
Rer Publican National Convention
Iirst
Texas Baptist College
Debbie Phelps
Betts Lordwisch
Mark Evans
Charles Viet
Mark Tratter
Robert Marbut Ty
San Antonio
Dallas
Sands Hotel
Lost Battalion Survivors Honor Fallen POWs at Alamo
Survivors of the Lost Battalion from the 2nd Battalion 131st Field Artillery and USS Houston gathered at the Alamo to honor comrades who died in captivity in Java and along the Burma railroad. A wreath was placed and 147 flowers marked the memory of Texas unit members who died during 42 months as prisoners.
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Java Sea
Burma
131 Field Artillery
Texas Natanal Guard
Houston
Java
Southeast Asia
Texas
Our Brothers
Andrew Prevuznak
Roy Stensland
Forlhy
Trant
Fisher warns dikes could destroy North Vietnam if peace fails
U. S. Rep. O C Fisher, addressing the Lost Battalion reunion, calls for massive retaliation against Hanoi if it refuses peace and prisoners of war release. He rails against antiwar figures, warns of a national disaster under McGovern budgets, and predicts Nixon will win Texas in November.
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Gaylon Finkler
U. S
O. C. Fisher
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Texas
House of Representatives
Fisher
Vietnam
Nixon
George McGovern
America A
McGovern
Johnson
Vet's Jobs Just Temporary
Felix Escamilla of the AFGE reported at the Model Cities Evaluation Center that about 30 temporary workers at Kelly Air Force Base lack eligibility for career appointments and benefits. Officials aim to interview workers starting Monday to convert as many as possible to career conditional positions. lawmakers promise action while tensions cite mismanagement and calls for veteran support.
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Felix Escamilla
American Federation of Government Employes
Model Cities Evaluation Center
Escamilla
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Fernando Rodriguez
AFGE
Rodriguez
VFW
Sen. Tower
Tower
Air Force Headquarters
Ray Padilla
Johnston Wins Bold Victory in Democratic Senate Primary
In New Orleans Bennett Johnston dominated the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant ten weeks earlier by the death of Senate President Pro Tempore Allen. Johnston won by a wide margin in the Saturday voting, advancing to the general election.
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New Orleans
UPJ
Bennett Johnston
U.S. Senate
Tinee
Senate
Profenjipore Allen i
Union Merger Talks Reported Between Teamsters and Longshoremen
Reports from San Francisco outline tentative plans to merge the Teamsters with the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union. If approved the combined group would claim about 1.8 million members and could influence ports along the Pacific Coast.
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UPID
Teamsters
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s
Transportation Labor
JLWU
Pacific Coast
Mariner
ELAWU
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Teamate
Fran Fitzsiwians
Einar Moen
International Longshoremen's Associaion
Atlantis
Gin
San Antonio Light Subscription Rates and Rates by Mail
Public notice shows subscription pricing by carrier for the San Antonio Light and affiliated publications. Rates listed include daily and Sunday editions in Texas, with monthly and per-copy charges, plus mail rates for domestic and foreign destinations.
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