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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1967
Page
4
Reader recounts childhood days on a north Texas farm planting black eyed peas and sharing dominoes and 42 with kin and neighbors. The piece links to a dream about 42 and a plate of peas, then wanders to Food notes and old recipes, noting local memories of meals and games.
Delegates from Victoria Brownsville and Kingsville overwhelmingly rejected three resolutions Friday at the 63rd annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas. The measures urged withdrawal from the National Council of Churches, alleging it promotes liberal theology and political positions. The vote reflected the expressed will of the diocesan membership as the meeting continued at St Luke's Episcopal Church.
County Judge Blair Reeves questions the legality of a proposed county wide sales tax to fund the Bexar County Hospital District. Commissioner James Helland urged the court to consider the tax as an adequate funding method, while Reeves noted voters blamed the prior referendum’s permissive terms. Reeves suggested a state cap on assessments, Pena Jr. proposed exploring the plan but also considered a local income tax option to finance hospital needs.
Lt Gen Sam Maddux Jr will deliver the graduation address to the final class of United States Air Force pilots to win their wings at Craig AFB near Selma Alabama. The base transitions to the Northrop T38 Talon as the sole training jet while other bases already use the T38. Also present will be Yong LeVir, first Td3 flyer for Lockheed in 1948, now directing Lockheed operations in Burbank.
Miss Suzie Sheraton, a young model and bikini contest winner, will arrive in San Antonio via Continental Air Lines at 3 28 p m Sunday. The Red Carpet Committee of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce will greet her and she will represent the Sheraton San Antonio Motor Inn in advertising, style shows and other events.
Two lawsuits arising from the November 13 1963 explosion at the Atomic Energy Commission Medina Facility will be heard in U S District Court Monday. Mason Hanger Silas Mason Co Inc of West Virginia operates the facility. Visiting Judge Ernest Guinn will hear the cases at 9 am. The first suit filed in 1965 by Thelka and Arthur Netwick seeks 60359 99 for land and home damages. The second suit seeks 764497 for alleged loss of future oil production by a group of drillers and owners including J C Ohrhausen Southwest Drilling Co W J Given James D Ragsdale Thomas A Oates Hulda Mueller Fred Neumann Joseph E Van Hecke and Clara Sophie Behrus.
Nine hundred students from 88 Bexar County schools will attend a daylong Youth Safety Fair at Edison High School from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Bexar County Medical Society and Auxiliary, the event features Roger Ward two time Indianapolis 500 winner and Miss Teen Age America as afternoon speakers, with Sandra Roberts and William Cushman leading the morning session. Additional appearances by Miss Teen Age fan Antonin and Pam Mauldin are noted. Seminars cover traffic hunting water and land safety and first aid driving skills.
Charles Waar assistant secretary of housing and urban development will attend a chamber of commerce luncheon in his honor Saturday. Earlier Haar canceled a planned Friday visit to San Antonio to discuss the demonstration ethics program. Rep. Gonzalez said Arthur Davis deputy director for land and facilities development and administration will accompany Haar on his trip. The turning point in the life of a San Antonian is often a light want ad.
Two Catholic priests from San Antonio Rev Sherrill Smith and Rev William Killian were ordered to a retreat house in Termez New Mexico by Archbishop Robert E Lucey as punishment for disobeying him during a Rio Grande City farm workers strike Smith and Killian have long supported liberal causes and were among five priests arrested this week Their exile to Via Coeli in Termez is to cool off and rehabilitation for drinking problems The archbishop’s stance drew support from Bishop Madeiros of Brownsville who protested the removal as punishment for pastoral involvement within his diocese
Proceeds from the 1966 Chry-s Hays Clubs of San Antonio and the YWCA Pine Street Ball totaling about 61,000 were distributed among five local groups. Beneficiaries include House of Neighborly Service 30,010 San Antonio Country Club 12,000 Retarded Children 10,092 and others. Local charity awards were announced at a meeting Friday at the San Antonio Center.
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