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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1973
Page
1
Reader observation notes a busy St. Marys crossing where a turn signal to control traffic onto TH 35 is planned. City replies the signal order is placed and crews alerted, awaiting scheduling. Also included is a reader query to Michigan coach Bo Schembechler and a note about police radar parked on private property.
Pro basketball and football scores listed for Randolph Van Vleck and Gregory Portland with team nets and standings. Falls City and Dripping Springs show results, plus Crawford and Kenedy appearances noted in the sports section.
A 46-year-old San Antonio man Stephen Villarreal was critically wounded Friday night in an ice house on the West Side. He suffers chest and abdomen bullet wounds and is hospitalized at Santa Rosa Medical Center. police are seeking the assailant.
Marcelino Jaramilla and Fred Gomez Carrasco were charged in a heroin case. A 175th District Court jury found Jaramilla guilty after a two day trial, sentencing him to 20 years and a $10,000 fine under a new law. District Judge Preston Dial noted it was the first such penalty under the law.
Egyptian troops backed by mortars and artillery attacked Israeli positions along the West Bank of the Suez Canal but were repulsed by Israeli counterattacks. Cairo accused Israel of sabotaging ceasefire talks, while U.N. reported increased fighting and ceasefire violations as the talks broke down.
President Nixon said he would travel to Africa as president within the next three years. He spoke at a benefit dinner for six drought-stricken nations on the continent, made during an unscheduled appearance at the event in Washington.
San Antonio city will skip lighting the Alamo Plaza Christmas tree this year to save energy. City Manager Sam Granata said the Tower of the Americas will still be lit at the top while the taller Alamo Plaza tree remains dark. The energy crisis leads to reduced holiday lighting on city streets and a call for residents to cut back.
UPI reports Chief Judge Sirica allowed four Watergate tapes featuring Nixon and John W. Dean II to be turned over to the grand jury with no delay. Jaworski requested immediate transmission while five other tapes face ongoing legal review over executive privilege claims.
The Senate approved an 83.5 billion measure to boost Social Security by 11 percent and provide cash payments up to 400 yearly to poor working families, while expanding Medicare to cover prescription drugs. It would also raise federal benefits for about 1 million aged, blind and disabled welfare recipients. The bill passed 66 to 8 but faces a possible veto and future trimming in a House Senate conference committee.
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