Editorial Seeks North Freeway Removal Support in Congress
San Antonio City Council backs de-listing the North Freeway from federal control to allow Texas to finish the stalled arterial with state funds. The piece urges Congress to approve Section 147 of the highway act, counters opponents’ ecological arguments, and notes the Senate Public Works Committee faces votes by Senators Randolph Muskie Montoya Gravel and others.
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San Antonio
Congress
Sons, Bentsen and Tower
Senate Public Works Committee
Texas
House
Senate
North
Washington
Bentsen- Tower
Sens
Jennings Randolph
W. Va
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Joseph M. Montoya
DN. M
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Lloyd Bentsen
DtTex
Quentin N. Burdick
D-N. D
Dick Clark
Diowa
Joseph R. Bicen Jr
D-Del
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
James L. Buckley
N.Y
Campaign Finance Seminar Stresses Open Funding Records
Women and lawmakers gathered in San Antonio for a day long legislative seminar focusing on campaign spending, election code revision, school finance, and constitutional revision. Buck Wood urged public access to donors while others discussed voter registration, joint primaries, and financing elections with public tax dollars for education.
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Buck Wood
The
Common Cause
Bexar County
James Knight
Aode Election Commission
Bob Bullock
Supreme Court
Tinarc Tiy
Rose Spector
Rodrigues
Two Bandits Rob Ji E Mart For 479 Dollars
The Ji E Mart at 7318 Quin tard was robbed of 479 Saturday night by two youthful men. The night manager Albino Esco edo, 18, told police the two men entered the store with a gun.
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Quintard
South Side
Albino Esco
Edo
Atore
Nn Avid Oace
Copies for POWs Delivered to Operation Homecoming Centers
The Light provides complimentary copies to returning prisoners of war and families. Bundles go to Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center Lackland AFB and Brooke General Hospital Ft Sam Houston. Coordination by The Light's circulation department with Air Force Col Earl Z Collina and Army Col Joseph Israeloff, public affairs officers for Operation Homecoming.
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Wilford Hall Usaf Medical Center
Lacklich Air Force Base
Brooke General ‘Hospital
Ft. Sam ‘Houston
Light
Air Force
Earl Z. Collina
Army
Joseph Israeloff
Unclear OCR Text With Mixed Numbers and Names
Fragmented OCR from a newsroom item lists prices, names, and codes with many garbled phrases. It appears to reference rates, times, and associates, but lacks coherent narrative, with several monetary amounts and personal names scattered across lines. The source is too damaged to extract a clear main event or outcome.
President Nixon and McGovern in the 1970s political frame
An editor's report discusses Nixon's campaign dynamics with McGovern as a hidden factor, noting his broad popular support and the burden of leadership. It reflects on public perception, a quiet dinner in the capital, and debates on Nixon's domestic policy amid foreign concerns.
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George McGovern
D.R
Nixon
Jeff George
Congress
White House
Harry Truman
Brick-Layer
Barbara Fuchman
President Nixon’s mixed signals on veterans benefits
A columnist notes Sen Vance Hartke proposed restoring full benefits for disabled veterans despite Nixon budget cuts, then the President abruptly re established them. The piece weighs executive and legislative tensions, Nixon’s China and Moscow diplomacy, Supreme Court picks, and hopes for America’s future.
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Vance Hartke
Congress
Nixon
Vietnam
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Supreme Court
America
Budget cut crisis stirs urban mayors over housing
Mayors from Seattle to New York push Nixon to lift freezes and preserve federal funds for urban renewal and housing. They warn impounded money may reach near 12 billion, risking thousands of jobs and major projects from Baltimore to San Francisco as cities fear reduced revenue sharing in 1974.
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Harlem
U.S. Conference of Mayors
League of Cities
Congress
Nixon
Mich
Office of Economic Opportunity
Rat Centrol
Hearst
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Phoenix
San Antonio
Detroit
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Hayti Heights
Baltimore
Philadelia
Newark
Albany
New York
Ioon
Hants
Sam Yorty
White
Boston
Wes Ubitnan Ie
Tevenue
Amabler
John Ehrlich
India Basle
Hunter Point
Donald Schaefer
Schaefer
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
Mark Joseph
America
White House
U.S.A
Tn New York
Washington
Alioto
Union
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
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Bron Bogart
Antonin
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Sandey
Dufty & Sentry
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Sunder
Ripley
Dely
Muss Seadey
Sie
Canada
Bent Raign
Sendey
Memier
Aial Press
Exeluaaly
Tacekle
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Geshire
Chicago
Richard Daley
Rizzo
John Driggs
Hunters Point
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