Local Civil Service and civic meetings noted in Bexar Today
The Civil Service Commission will meet at Main Plaza Building at 2 pm Tuesday. The Municipal Civil Service Commission will meet at Main Plaza Building on Wednesday. Edwards Underground Water District directors plan a 10 am meeting Tuesday at Tower Life Building. Israel Folk Dance classes set for June 12 at the Towish Cardmunity Center. Marys University to offer an MA in counseling with marriage and family focus next spring.
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Pam Ticseay
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Tower Life
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Faded Chronicle Mentions 1908 World Fair Opening
A garbled 1908 reference recalls Memis Patr Plaza and anticyiaber events tied to the World’s Fair opening. It notes January dates, vehicle movements in the metropolitan area, and political talk about San Anton and shifting local measures. Other lines touch on veterans, weather, agriculture optimism, and early 20th century policing.
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Memis Patr Plaza
Solons Weigh Legalized Bingo in San Antonio
San Antonio lawmakers consider legalizing bingo to address city and county financial strains. The move faces opposition from churches and charity groups while discussions touch on sick leave pay and broader gambling concerns in Bexar County.
Issues of Interest for San Antonio Lawmakers
Light on local problems to be tackled in Austin includes sick-leave pay for firemen and policemen, bingo regulation, hospital district funding, district court expansions, city council districts, water quality concerns, and state office building renovations. The piece previews opposition and support among Bexar county legislators and outlines fiscal and policy stakes for the upcoming legislative session.
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Texas Water Quality Board
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Lounty
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Clayton
Sutton
Sit Amonia
Ford returns to Washington from vacation amid policy hints
President Ford flew home from Vail and planned to pursue an array of proposals. He expressed intent to send Congress a net tax cut package and price control measures while facing House and Senate opposition. Aides noted no firm travel plans, and Ford eyed a possible broad amnesty for war era drug evaders amid late White House deliberations.
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Suspect Charged in Brothers' Deaths in Huntsville
James Joseph Betts, 20, of Conroe, was charged with capital murder in a double slaying near Sam Houston National Park after a broken down car led to an alleged plan to kill the Barnbill brothers for pay. He was arrested at his home and held without bond. The case involved two other victims, Grady Thomas Darnhill and David Wayne Burchill, and unfolded amid a broader political section discussing national leadership change.
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Conroe
Sherif Darrell Waite
James Joseph Betts
Grady
Thomas Darnhill
David Wayne Burchill
Aka Lome
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White
Barnbill Brothers
Building Boom in San Antonio Area Surges in 1978
San Antonio area construction rose sharply with total building surpassing 20.56 million dollars in December 1976, up over 100 percent from a year earlier. Nonresidential activity reached 10.704 million, residential 9.85 million, as total 1978 output showed significant gains across Bexar Guadalupe and Comal counties.
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Awa
SASHA
Wie FW
Dodge Division
McGrawtld Information Systems
San Antes Arch
Bexar
Guadilupe
Comal
Decentyer
South Africa Confab Aims Fresh Rhodesia Proposals
In Johannesburg CAPL officials Iver Richard and John Verster open talks to win support for new Rhodesia policy ideas. Verster backs revised Anglo American terms to resolve Rhodesia’s crisis while Premier Ian Smith’s stance remains uncertain.
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South Africa
CAPL
Frotiner
Iver
Richard Today
Wilt Peenyer
John Verster
S.A.'s New Manager Assumes Office
San Antonio hires Thomas E. Huebner as city manager on his first day. He arrives early, plans a managerial overhaul, and signals a shift to zero based budgeting and departmental reorganization while maintaining current budget processes. He emphasizes listening to department heads and avoiding public statements on contentious issues.
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Thomas E. Huebner
City Hall
Sacramento
Calif
San Antonio Haffic
Cold Dip For Swimmers New Yeast Day Swim
Newport, Rt UPI reports the 22nd annual New Yeast's Day swim where 35 men and 12 women dived a 50 yard dash over snow-covered sand into the cold Atlantic. Amid subfreezing air and near freezing water, participants endured a 2 minute plunge as Jack Margin, 67, one of six weekend ocean swimmers, explains the ache and the weird thrill of the cold.
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