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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1972
Page
1
A reader asks how to prevent pigeons from roosting on a roof without harming them. The service suggests spraying at roost sites and driving long nails along the roof edge to deter perching. It notes hours for calls and mailing but warns against enclosing stamped envelopes.
The Rumor Mill reports venereal disease increasing across the United States with Bexar Comal and Atascosa counties showing rises in 1970 71. Texas counts stretch from Trans Texas to Brooks with 400 cases in 1971 vs 150 in 196. Mid February the Bexar County Pharmaceutical Assoc with state groups will launch an awareness program to alert Texans to the VD threat. Most victims are aged 15 24.
Mrs H P G asks if Evora Road is being widened to ease morning and afternoon traffic for children walking to Pat Neff Junior High along Evers. The article notes readers’ safety concerns and says there are no current widening plans between Bandera and Callaghan.
The TV Sweepstakes picks winners including Mrs Corinne Garcia a longtime Light reader at 224 W Quill who plans to buy a birthday gift with her $25 prize, pharmacist Marcus N Williams of 602 Crestway a one month Light subscriber won $10, and Kwakl R Seidenberger at 354 E Formosa a two year reader who also won $10 to buy a gift for his wife.
Mixed rain and snow fell across North Central and Northeast Texas as a cold front moved through. Forecasters warned of more snow with an 80 percent chance in the upper Panhandle tonight and Wednesday, with accumulations up to six inches in the Southwest Mountains. Travelers faced warnings around San Angelo until the weather clears.
Belfast dispatch reports 13 killed and 17 wounded as British troops fired on a crowd at William Street Guild Hall Square amid protests over three Londonderry deaths. IRA vows retaliation, government orders a speedy tribunal, and sectarian tensions escalate across Northern Ireland.
Special to The Light. Washington Bexar County District Attorney Ted Butler planned to return to San Antonio with new facts for a grand jury panel probing organized crime. Butler and his chief investigator Rudy Garza spoke for hours with Senate Investigator William Gallinaro, who was beaten and robbed in a San Antonio motel last November. The meeting, arranged by U S Rep Gonzalez, was described as very fruitful but details were not disclosed before the report to the grand jury next Tuesday. John Constande and Butler declined further comment.
New Delhi AP reported that Premier Chou En-lai of China pledged to throw his full weight in support of Pakistan as it faces a present crisis. Radio Pakistan carried the broadcast today.
Talks resumed in San Francisco on the West Coast dock strike after a 14 hour session ended with no progress. Negotiators said they would meet again today to continue discussions.
President Nixon urged the nation to pray he will be on Gods side during upcoming trips to Peking and Moscow. Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast he called the U.S. role to build a new structure of peace. He asked prayers that the nation under God and its President do their best to be on Gods side. The event featured Congress members, Arthur Burns, Byron White, Mayor Walter Washington, and Billy Graham.
Alfredo Mendez Rial, a Mexico native known for crossing the Rio Grande under varied identities, married in San Antonio after US officials tracked him. Investigators say his river hopping hindered legal action until the wedding exposed his real name and a second wife with three children in Mexico. He pleaded guilty to illegal entry and received five months and five days in a Texas jail.
Texas Attorney General Crawford Martin planned to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the Dallas and San Antonio single member state house districts until the state’s full appeal is considered. Assistant AG Sam McDaniel would file in Washington, arguing three months and five days remain before primaries and candidate filing deadline is next Monday. The motion contends the plan contains census errors and noncontiguous districts, while a three judge Austin court found multi member districts discriminated against Dallas blacks and San Antonio Hispanics.
Bexar County Tax Assessor Charles Davis filed an affidavit with the state attorney general arguing it is impossible to redraw voting precincts prior to the May 6 prime Tiles. He said many precincts have been split to create new single member districts and noted 224,000 voter registration certificates have been issued under the current plan. Davis predicted about 300,000 registrations for 1972 elections and warned of substantial costs to reissue certificates and relabel precinct numbers.
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