Coastal States Founder Drives Texas Gas Giant
Oscar S. Wyatt Jr leads Coastal States Gas Corporation, a dominant Texas gas gatherer and producer under contract to the City Public Service Board through 1982. The Beaumont native, a WWII pilot, built Coastal from five systems into a multimillion-dollar firm with assets near 1.25 billion after merging with Colorado Interstate Corporation. Wyatt, often publicity shy, has steered expansion across Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and beyond while facing regulatory scrutiny.
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San Antonio
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Colorado Springs
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Protocol Shrouds Romance In Royals Report
A London paper says Princess Anne and Lt Mark Phillips are in love but bound by protocol. Phillips denies engagement rumors as royal etiquette governs private gestures under public scrutiny. In separate reports actor Richard Burton reportedly turned down a charity concert to star for a British ambulance brigade, sending 100000 pounds instead per Princess Margaret request.
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Mark Phillips
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Sun Today
Sun
Malis
Phillips
Richard Burton
The
Daily Express
Princess Margaret
Queen Elizabeth 11
St. John Ambulance Brigade
Burton
Elizabeth Paylor
Friedss Margaret
Trigaide
Autopsy Finds Roni Garcia Shot Five Times Then Killed
McMullen County body of 32 year old Mexican man Roni Garcia found six miles east of State Highway 16 on Faron Rou 79 after being shot five times with a 22 caliber pistol and a shotgun blast to the head. Bexar County Medical Examiner Dr. Ruban Santos said Garcia died before burning. Toxicology pending. Rancher Murray Watts ties slaying to local narcotics traffic as gangland style killing.
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Bexar County
Ruban Santos
Santos
Roni Garcia
Garcia
Faron Rou 79
McMulllen County
San Antonio
Murray Watts
Jourdanton
Prank Sanchez
Jourdancan
Woman Burned Critically in East Side Fire
Fire left a woman with second and third degree burns over about 85 percent of her body after flames from an open hearth engulfed her cotton gown. Capt. Dan Davila said contact with wires whipped the flames as bystanders helped smother the blaze and rush her to Bexar County Hospital. Masine Love, 719 S Olive, and neighbor Jesse L James, 630 S Olive, were named in the incident.
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Pantery
Dan Davila
Bexar County
W. Masine Love
Love
S. Olive
Jesse L. James
Davila
Gunfire at Berlin Wall. possible refugee hit
Eastern border guards opened fire at the Tevet Wall early today as West German police reported a possible hit on a refugee. The incident underscores renewed tensions at the barrier between East and West Berlin during the ongoing crisis.
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Berlin
UPI
Tevet Wall
Stars Salute Adolph Zukor On 100th Birthday Film Pioneer
Hollywood AP describes a star studded tribute to Adolph Zukor on his 100th birthday. Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour and Diana Ross attend as Zukor recalls early film industry shifts from fur business to penny arcades and evolving motion pictures. He notes being born January 7, 1874 in Rieser Margary and arriving in America at 16 with $25 sewn in his clothes.
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Adolph Zukor
Henry Yard
Moltion Pictures
Salaivs
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Diana Ross
Zakar
Samuel Goldwyn
Dukor
Riese
Margary
America
Pinvant
Lombardino Honored For Law Enforcement, UTSA Fathered
State Rep. Frank Lombardino was praised as an outstanding Texan and key funding advocate for local law enforcement. A plaque was presented at a breakfast by Ted Nutler and staff, with remarks noting his role in securing 3.4 million dollars and pursuing 460 thousand more, and his genesis of UTSA in San Antonio.
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Frank Lombardine
Texas Criminal Justice Council
University of Texas
San Antonio
Bexar County
Dist
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Trave Ledge Motor Hotel
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Lombardino
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Cassel
Speir
University
UTSA
Lombarding
Six San Antonio men face sentencing for major commissary theft
Six men from San Antonio are scheduled for sentencing on March 19 in US District Court after pleading to felony and misdemeanor counts in a 14 count indictment. The case accuses thefts at Lackland AFB commissary warehouse from 1970 and 1971 totaling more than 384000 in groceries sold to retailers as railroad salvage.
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D. W. Suttle
Mario R. Escopedo
Friedel
Arthur L. Vat Brandt
Barrett
Federico Vasquez, Jr
W. Gerard
Jesse M. Garcia
Roselawn
Miguel A. de la Torre
Rayburn
Joe A. Vitales
Amberwood
Texas Man in Murder Trial
Raymond L. George, 27, of Pasadena, Texas, faced trial in Brighton Colorado for the June 18 shooting death of Robert W. Reed and wounding Ethel Bevel. George pleaded innocent last October to murder assault to murder and conspiracy charges.
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Colo
Raymond L. George
Pasadena
Tex
Robert W. Reed
George
Reed
Ethel Bevel
Ocober
Nelson proposes government study on bombing effects
Sen Gaylord Nelson proposes a government financed scientific study of environmental effects from U.S. bombing and defoliation in Vietnam. The proposal follows endorsement last month by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Washington
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
U.S
Vietnam
American Associaion For the Advancement of Science
Houston Man Arrested for Holiday Inn Break-In
A Houston man was jailed early after a break-in at the Holiday Inn on North Panam Street. A security guard said he apprehended the suspect behind the motel and recovered two paintings stolen from the cafeteria, valued at about ten dollars.
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Houston
Holiday Inn
N. Panam
Price Daniel vows minority voice on all major Texas committees
Speaker candidate Price Daniel pledged minority representation on all major Texas House committees when assignments are announced. He defined minorities to include Blacks, Chicanos, women, and Republicans, and said committees will reflect geographic diversity. The session opens Tuesday with reform aims following voter backlash against government scandals.
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UPI
Apparent Price
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Teniel
Gard
Texas
Kaan
Daniel
Lackland AFB issues bid for massive bread order
The use procurement division seeks a crew to supply 15 dining halls at Lackland Air Force Base with 136000 unsliced French loaves and 360000 thin sliced white loaves plus over one million bran and serve ratis to feed about 15000 personnel monthly.
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T Heuse
San Antonio Light Subscription Rates and Details
The San Antonio Light lists subscription options for San Antonio and Texas readers, including daily and Sunday delivery, mail rates, and Canada and foreign country pricing. It provides publication frequency, carrier delivery notes, and a postal address for the publication office.
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