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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1969
Page
1
Reader asks if very long hair is safe and may affect sight. Doctor notes heavy head weight can cause neck strain and rare vision issues. advice to see a doctor if worried. City ordinance bans firing or possessing fireworks within San Antonio limits except official displays approved by the mayor.
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WIMBLEDON England UPI a newspaper executive whose wife disappeared Monday evening received several ransom calls during the night including one for 2.4 million dollars. Police said each call is under investigation. The husband Alex McKay 60 a director of News of the World said his wife Muriel 55 was missing when he returned home to their Georgian style house. He found a machete type chopper a piece of tape string scratches on the front door and a broken telephone.
A powerful earthquake struck Sicily at dawn, rattling coastal towns and causing damage across Trapani and surrounding areas. Officials urge caution as aftershocks threaten further harm to residents and infrastructure. Local authorities coordinate relief as residents assess ruined buildings and search for missing belongings.
Fragmentary OCR text references a place or person and a scheduling element with unclear names and dates. Readable bits suggest a public notice or local event at a venue named Tita, with a Wednesday reference and a PMMA mention. Entities are uncertain due to garbled wording. The item remains a damaged notice fragment.
President Nixon signed three major laws including tax reform and the mine safety bill amid objections. The $309.8 billion defense budget was cut by Congress but all new army programs, including Safeguard and the B-1 supersonic defense concept, remained funded with adjustments across Army Navy and Air Force totals. Nixon called the tax bill inflationary but said reforms overall good, and noted the mine safety measure evolves post Mannington disaster with stringent safety standards for coal mining.
Fifty nine young men born between 1944 and 1950 on the first 30 dates of December’s draft list face January induction under the new lottery system. Local Selective Service officials say eight San Antonio boards are selecting men and issuing orders for the 7:30 am January 15 induction at the Wolff and Marx Building.
UPI reports eight shelling assaults within 15 hours of the Viet Cong ceasefire for New Year. One American dead, ten South Vietnamese soldiers wounded as salvos hit installations near Saigon and along the Cambodian border. Casualties cited amid continued fighting and ambushes during a fragile truce.
Fragmented OCR text mentions break ins in San Antonio with garbled phrases about police, victims, and victims’ notes. Names and specifics are unreadable, but the item signals a crime round up.
A brief weather advisory notes a cold spell for San Antonio and vicinity. Tuesday night into Wednesday morning will bring clear skies and hard freezes with north winds 5 to 15 mph. Lows mid 20s, Wednesday highs in the mid 50s, travelers warned as conditions improve mid morning Tuesday.
United Press reports a severe cold wave and snowstorm moved from the Panhandle into Dallas and Fort Worth, freezing temperatures to near zero. Holiday travel halted as ice and snow clogged highways, causing multiple fatalities on icy roads and forcing city traffic into gridlock in major Texas cities.
Forecast warns of freezing temperatures and a sharp cold snap with clear skies and a hard freeze likely. Arctic air to dip south, bringing icy roads, brief sun, and a dry but brisk pattern through the week.
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