Three named to Greater San Antonio Chamber board
Pat Vegan, Chamber president elect, appoints three community leaders to one year terms as chamber directors. Paul L. Garcia, Edith Deffee, and Charles C. Kilpatrick join the board. Garcia is an architect with AIA and TAS, Deffee banks with Highland Park State Bank and works with a women’s business group, Kilpatrick is publisher and editorial director at the Express.
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Greater San Antonio Chamber
Commerce
Pat Vegan
Chaber
Paul L. Garcia
Archic Test
Edith Deffee
Mhighland Park State Lank
Charles C. Kilpatrick
Hearcia Fisher
San Antonio Express
Atania Express & News
Garcia
American Institute of Architects
Texas Society of Architects
Chambers Urban Development Committee
28 Americans To Help Cubans
A group of 24 young Americans left Mexico City for Havana to aid Cuba in the 1971 72 sugar harvest. They expect more volunteers to follow, saying they were organized by radical U.S. groups and would travel via Cuba Airlines biweekly flights from Mexico City. The trip was led by Jey Davis, a longtime cave guide and Franklin County magistrate, who plans to remain in Cuba to observe.
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Mexico
Ca Davis
Canada
Meramec Caverns
U.S
Cuba
Vietnam
Jey Davis
Stas
Istrate
Franklin County
Barnes Outlines Farm Platform At S A Convention
Gov Barnes spoke at the Texas Farmer Union convention outlining a farm platform to revitalize rural Texas. Proposals include a Rural Development Commission of 100 rural leaders, tax incentives for rural industry, a Department of Rural Development within the Texas Industrial Commission, and scholarships, rural medical service programs, and groundwater district formation to curb water waste.
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Peter D. Franklin
Barnes
Texas Farmer’s Union Convent
Lonn
Povernoship
Vural Texas
Delewates
St. Anthony Hotel
Wa Permanent Department of
Texas Industrial Commission
Texas
Folster
Ion and Distribution
Baryes
Regislafon
Arews
Orm
Bitter Harvest Theme Spells Trouble for Farmers in 1970 Act
Texas Farmer Union president Jay I Naman told about 1800 delegates at the 8th annual convention in the St Anthony Hotel that bitter fruit will be seen until the 1970 Farm Act is repealed The remarks urged farmers to mobilize politically and back Nixon and Secretary of Agriculture amid criticism of the federal farm program Naman warned of cotton overproduction depressed prices and said the union will leverage membership into political influence as the convention runs through Wednesday.
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Jay I. Naman
Waca
Texas Farmer Union
Naman
Union
St. Anthony Hotel
Nixon
California
Agriculture
Indiana
Farmers Organization
Farmers Union
Humphrey Warns Against Butz Confirmation in Rural Speech
Senator Hubert Humphrey told the Texas Farmers Union convention in San Antonio that Nixon faces strong opposition to the agriculture secretary nomination. He argued the confirmation would not be a victory for the administration and urged action to aid farmers suffering low prices and rural decline amid economic uncertainty.
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Senate
Ear
Dent Nixon
U.S
Hubert Humphrey
Texas Farmers Union
San Antonio
Humphrey
Nixon
America
Wumphrey
Butz
Congress
Amer
Couple Burned in San Antonio Home Fire
A San Antonio couple suffered burns in a flash fire at their home. Antonio Villacuna, 39, and his wife, 23, of 3122 San Fernando, were treated at Bexar County Hospital in fair condition after gasoline used to launder a coat ignited by pilot light fumes from a nearby water heater. District Fire Chief Mel Benavides estimated the damage at $250 to the couple's home.
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San Antonio
Bexar County Hospital
Antonio Villacuna
Ricardo
San Fernando
Mel Benavides
Guple
Quintuplet Dies in Britain
A second baby from Britain's lowest quintuplets died today in Liverpool England Grace Brown 25 gave birth to three girls and two boys four days ago One boy died the day after birth and one girl died today from a respiratory condition Roots of the yucca plant were used as a soap substitute by early pioneers.
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Liverpool
England
Britain
Grace Brown
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San Pedro
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New York
Mohan Wms
American Express
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