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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1972
Page
1
A reader service explains dialing 222-0397 for Action Line answers on general or unusual questions. Calls run 2 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The note requests no stamped envelopes and hints at safety quotes about fireworks and nuclear weapons.
A radiotype column notes taxpayers cannot deduct fees paid to tax consultants unless they itemize deductions. The IRS booklet Your Federal Income Tax lists tax advice and preparation fees as deductible only if itemized, with a note on the process.
A San Antonio Selective Service spokesman explains that having a sole brother does not grant draft exemption unless extreme hardship would ensue or if a death in the immediate family occurs. The column recalls Thomas Jefferson and Fox Tech history, noting Fox Tech’s 1882 founding as Central High and Jefferson’s long record.
A garbled OCR fragment from the San Antonio Light references sections on notices finance weather and sports with page citations and contact numbers. It notes the newspaper’s broad delivery and lists classified lines and page ranges including weather routing. The text lacks coherent events or names beyond the paper’s own branding.
Ralph W Yarborough announced in the Texas House that he will seek the 1972 Democratic nomination for the U S Senate. The 68 year old veteran said America must have leadership to envision construct and enact national legislation and asked for voter and party support amid a tight campaign year. He becomes the second Democrat to announce and will face Republican John Tower in November.
A 4 year Air Force veteran won the top sweepstakes prize of 5100 in The Light TV Sweepstakes. Waddell Thompsono of Enid, a sergeant at Kelly Air Force Base security, plans to pay Christmas bills with the prize. Other $10 winners include Lee PL McCarter, Dorothy Louise Brive, Tona Mylets, and Jesse Campos. A weekly $1,460 total prize pool is distributed. Waning numbers on Page 21.
Copenhagen AP reports that King Frederik the Danish monarch, age about, was readmitted to hospital after a relapse. Doctors say the king remains under care and stable, continuing treatment and monitoring.
WASLINGTON OPT Present Nixon appointed Henry T. Paterson a former FBI agent veteran crime fighter and a Democrat lediy to succeed Will R. Wilson as herd at the Justice Departmen's crimial division.
In Florida Sen Robert Humphrey, newly declared as a Democratic presidential candidate, said a Humphrey Kennedy ticket could beat Nixon in the fall. He avoided pledging a formal vice presidential choice while noting many Democrats could qualify, and Ted Kennedy has said he is not a candidate.
The State Insurance Board ordered lower collision premiums for cars with crash absorbing bumpers tested and certified by independent labs. Discounts depend on crash test thresholds and damage resistance, with specifics for front and rear impacts and a per cent reduction. Allstate proposed the plan, with uniform adoption by other insurers needed.
Typhoon Kit floods and landslides devastate Leyte and Samar in the central Philippines. The Philippine Red Cross reports 43 dead, 39 on Leyte and four on Samar, many victims mauled or killed by landslides amid the disaster.
In Baton Rouge seven men are charged with murder for the Monday street battle that killed two deputy sheriffs and two Black residents amid a pro black demonstration. The men include four Chicagoans Toussaint L Overture, David McKinney and Clennon Brown, 21, 22, 25. plus Warren Hall of Philadelphia, Robert J Barber of Los Angeles, Lawrence Brooks and Ridgley Williams Jr. of Baton Rouge. National Guard units were deployed after 34 injured and 41 arrested for curfew violations as police blamed external agitators linked to Black Muslim groups seeking to recruit local Blacks.
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