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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1973
Page
1
The San Antonio event honors Rio Grande country neighbors with Big Rio Grande Valley Day at Joe Freeman Coliseum. Delicious fruits and beautiful Rio Grande natives will headline a day-long schedule as thirteen Rio Grande beauties compete for the Rio Grande Valley Day Queen crown, with coronation set for 4 p.m.
San Antonio stock show and rodeo wrap up its opening weekend as crowds stay strong for eight remaining days. Sunday features junior steer judging preliminaries and two rodeo performances at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the coliseum arena, with Monday morning selecting a grand champion. Festus Ken Curtis of Gunsmoke headlines Saturday’s rodeo, drawing large audiences alongside exhibitors from local and national firms. A 900 pound man known as Mike Walker drew attention with an exhibit of large Levis to discourage drug use, while a greased pig contest entertained locals and visitors at Saturday’s 10 a.m. show. Tickets can be reserved at the Coliseum Box Office.
In Washington the White House and Capitol Hill prepare for a constitutional date in the tradition of democracy. The author notes a clash between President Hearst Nixon and Congress over the spending of funds. AContinued on Paper Cot 1.
New York United Press International reports a massive explosion collapsed the roof of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas tank in Staten Island. At least 43 workers are believed dead with three escaping. 430 others are trapped as a smoky fire rages, officials say.
Mrs. Armand J. Myers of Universal City cheers as her POW husband Lieutenant Colonel Armand Myers is slated to be among the first Vietnam prisoners of war released Sunday night. He will fly from Clark AFB in the Philippines to Travis AFB in California and then to Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB. Myers, missing since June 1966, has not spoken to his wife in over seven years. their son Randolph, 14, awaits his return for his February 21 birthday.
Washington reports Armed Forces informed prisoner of war families Saturday that 142 Americans were selected for release Sunday night. The list includes eight civilians and 134 service members, among them a Navy officer held long in North Vietnam. Pentagon notes 20 to 30 released due to illness or wounds.
Cindy Lewis of Alamo Heights High School wore a POW bracelet bearing Capt. John Blevins name, discovering the Blevins family lives nearby as he returns from Saigon with other POWs. She kept the bracelet on for 18 months, hoping he would come home and may meet him and his family after his return.
Lt. Col. Elmo C. Baker Maj. Tot Blevins Col. Gordon A. Larson Capt. Wallace Grant Newcombe and Maj. Glenn Wilson assure their men will be coming home as a likely next group is freed by the Communists.
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