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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1973
Page
1
A casual portrait of Britain’s tolerance for occult groups and legends. The piece highlights witch covens, ley line puzzles around Cerne Abbas, the Camelot mystery, and the Excalibur pool on Bodmin Moor. It notes crowds at leg sites and eccentric clubs shaping curiosity over myths.
Wal ter G Harding, administrator, named Jack Campbell and Samuel Morse as assistant administrators for Bexar County Hospital District. Campbell oversees general and technical services including renal dialysis and medical maintenance, Morse handles support services such as pharmacy and pathology. Both hold MS in health care administration from Trinity University and did one year internships at Bexar County Hospital. In separate news, two Hearne men were jailed after smuggling four Mexican aliens near Dilley. Andres Arriola Servaties, 48, received five months and 29 days, James Frederick Badgett, 24, similar term with suspended sentence. Padgett also placed on three-year probation. Police arrested them Monday night per federal complaint.
Bexar County commissioners unanimously decide to use federal revenue sharing for all capital outlay requests in 1973. They begin a series of study sessions before the March 31 budget deadline, while awaiting a firm equipment cost tabulation from County Auditor Charles Sandergot. Potential plans include retiring debt, reducing tax collections, and possibly purchasing additional voting equipment with revenue sharing funds.
The arraignment for Pvt Tom Willians 18 Pvt Harold White 20 and Pvt Richard Webster Maton 20 charged in the Nov 16 firebombing at Lt Freddie Lee Howards home is reset to 9 30 a.m. Jan 23 by Federal Judge D W Suttle after defense lawyers sought more time to study the FBI produced voluminous tle. The defendants remain in Bexar County jail with bonds set at 100000 each. Howard Jr. injured in the incident and Lt Harold Limpkin a guest in the home were among those hurt. A second count alleges conspiracy.
San Antonio man Ralph Carl Powers, convicted of a 1962 murder in which Morris Renfro, a football star, was killed, has filed a new habeas corpus petition in U.S. District Court. In a 46 page brief by Houston attorneys Marian Y. Rosen and Clyde W. Woody, Powers argues due process violations and cites amendments seeking reversal and relief from the death sentence and subsequent commutation.
Public notice lists subscription and carrier rates for San Antonio Daily and Sunday editions by mail and by carrier. Rates cover Texas and outside states, with Mexican and foreign options. Includes frequency and advertising note as part of Associated Press affiliation.
San Antonio based article cites ASAP statistics showing 54 percent of Bexar County traffic fatalities last year were alcohol related. The program aims to remove problem drinkers from the road and expand DWI enforcement while offering treatment and education to reduce crashes. Local arrests for driving while intoxicated rose from 1500 in 1970 to over 5600 last year.
Liborio Munoz Jr, 34, a San Antonio mail handler at the U S Post Office, was arrested December 28 by Postal Inspectors after allegedly embezzling a parcel later found in his car. He was arraigned before U B Magistrate John P. Giles with a $5,000 personal recognizance bond set and the examining trial scheduled for 10 a m.
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