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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1963
Page
11
City Public Service Board reports yearend revenue near budget with a deficit of 921,597 on 46,726,443 projected. Offsets came from 1,235,665 in lower expenses and construction costs. Trustees approved a 149,875.44 payment, bringing annual total to 6,508,000.
A plan for a major downtown store in Houston near Soledad promises a multicolored exterior, a 3.5 story main floor, and a dramatic facelift. The project aims to create a modern anchor for the riverfront area with prepainted steel and new facade materials, signaling a significant citywide renovation.
The University of Wisconsin Alumni Club of South Texas will hold a reception and dinner at the St. Anthony Motel in Madison with Roters Rennetokt of the UW Foundation speaking on changes at the university and efforts to memorialize past president Conrad Elvebjern. Reservations should be made with George H. Hibner of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
In Nowingham England a 41 year old man named Walter Madden was found dead in his room surrounded by empty bottles of children's medicine and pickled vine leaves. Authorities say the coroner Antony Rothera reported the cause as uncertain pending investigation.
Veteran director Anthony Stivanello announced the opening night staging of Samson et Dalila for the Watch Grand Opera Festival at Municipal Auditorium. Charles O Neill Nell Rankin and Norman Treigle head the cast as the temple crash scene nears its scheduled start with rehearsals underway. Subsequent festival offerings include The Golden Cockerel La traviata and Turandot with schedule details and principal performers listed.
A fantastic new set of characters has been created for Walt Disney's newest feature. Artists X Atencia and Bill Justice used ink forks, costume jewelry, neck ties, lace, pipe cleaners, beads, ribbon, yam and even pieces of their wives dresses to fashion three dimensional characters for A Symposium on Popular Songs. San Antonio contains the finest group of mission buildings in the Southwest.
A cattle sale at Union Stock Yards San Antonio will feature 39 Herefords from Garden Biggs Ranch and other herds. The event includes top stock from Beeville and Richardson operations, with 250 bulls cows and shelfers listed. Proceeds from the first bull go to screw worm eradication. catalogs available at the yards.
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