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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1972
Page
2
The forecast calls for a warmer weekend with considerable cloudiness and a slight chance of showers Saturday afternoon and night. Highs near the low 60s Saturday, low 50s Saturday night, and mid 70s Sunday with southeast winds turning northwest. Humidity around 42 percent at 3 pm, no precipitation past 24 hours, month deficit .21 inch, year deficit 0.5 inch.
Melvin Stehling at the Federal Reserve outlines Eisenhower dollar types A through C with prices from ten dollars per coin to three dollars for uncirculated glossy and nonpolished variants. A veteran with total disability seeks a 24 or 26 inch three wheel bicycle but cannot afford one, inviting offers via the Lion Line.
Harsh winds felled utility lines leaving snowbound homes in Onondaga County New York overnight. Across the region drifting roads near Peoria forced 25 rural schools to close amid wind chill as low as 45 below zero in Chicago both indicating severe winter conditions and travel disruption.
Texas politics shift as multiple candidates file for governor. Democrats and Republicans push campaigns with filing hurdles and potential court actions. Key figures include Anthony J. P Ferris, Robert E. McCord, and candidates such as Maurice Angly, Eric Stayle, David Reagan, Zarl Pickett, Henry Grov3, Tom McElroy, Frances Farenthold, and Senator Barefoot Sanders, all jockeying for GOP and Democratic nominations amidst frost warnings and sportslike campaign rhetoric.
Geiger, speaking as a Legion head from Des Plaines, urges close government scrutiny of China and its UN section, cites past sabotage and espionage via embassies, supports continued U S engagement with Taiwan, and backs a strong defense while endorsing peace talks to reduce overseas forces. He spoke at International Airport with local Legion leaders and Red Carpet Committee members present.
United Press International reports Sen. Edmund Muskie faced coordinated attacks from Henry M. Jackson and GOP leaders over his stance on President Nixon's Vietnam peace plan. Muskie vows to keep speaking out, urging a credible plan that actually ends U.S. involvement.
UTSA may seek federal support as regents approve the resolution. They revise drug law policy to suspend students for 24 months after final conviction. Solicitation rules on campuses were tightened restricting to recognized student groups and banning in slide buildings. An affiliation agreement was approved between the San Antonio nursing school and Brooke General Hospital for student nurse training.
Two Milwaukee men Michael Warren Apollo and Tony Mollack entered innocent pleas in U S District Court after being arraigned on charges of conspiring with 11 others to import and distribute marijuana. Apollo, 22, and Mollack, 24, faced jury selection set for March 33, with Apollo accused of conspiring to import marijuana from Mexico and Mollack charged with receiving it. The federal indictment includes 13 people, noting Dr Willlanti Hollingsworth Savannah Ga a 41 year old veteran Adrian linked to the plot, and authorities say 700 pounds of marijuana were bound for the United States aboard a light plane from Mexico when landed at San Antonio International Airport.
In La Guaira Venezuela seaman Luis Ramon Flores was stabbed in the forehead by a 440 pound swordfish during a 20 mile offshore encounter. He is in serious condition at hospital with the swordfish still protruding from his forehead. Jose Rodriguez owner of the Graciela reports the incident and action taken.
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