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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1972
Page
2
San Antonio leaders announced a temporary headquarters at Hemistair Plaza for Open House '76 planning. Jim Gaines and Henry Guerra described a citywide effort to coordinate events for a yearlong celebration culminating in the 1976 Bicentennial.
Dr Willian F Pipes, a general practitioner in San Antonio for years, is elected chief of the medical staff at Southowest Te opthodist Hospital. He succeeds Dr Paul R Langolion. New officers include Dr A D Thaddeus and Dr Moes Niet, with Joe J Enresman as secretary. Pipes earlier led the department of reversal practice at the Metaarust and is a UTMB Galveston graduate with surgical internship at Santi Rosa Hospital in San Antonio.
A woman reports being abducted at knifepoint by a man described as 4 feet 7 inches tall, about 160 pounds, in the 10 block of Chita and later driven to Brackenridge Park on Monday. She was released near a residence on McCullough Avenue and notified police.
Miss Evelyn Lear and guest conductor Anshel Brusilow led the San Antonio Symphony in a seventh subscription concert. The program opened with Wagner and ranged through grand operatic selections to Stravinsky and Strauss. Brusilow delivered a powerful Firebird Suite while Lear impressed with Manon and other showpieces in a Trinity auditorium praised as a famed venue.
An eight man team of appraisers from total Gaming units meets Tuesday to plan the proposed joint city revaluation program for Bexar County. The appraisal advisory board will meet within a week to hear a report, setting broad policies for the two year project and addressing differences between Dean's staff valuations and local unit assessments.
The riot, spurred by outside agitators from Chicago and local hoodlums, aimed to seize control of Baton Worley as deputies Ralph Marork and Dewayie Willier were killed and bystander Phonias Tavis also died. Gov. Mikeilima condemned the violence as a “franchise of maniacs” while officials warned of continued trouble.
The article reports that Yarborough named Bernard Rapport Wied as statewide finance chairman and opened an Austin headquarters. He planned a whirlwind tour of Texas cities to discuss his position and plans after his campaign management period.
A fragmented column discusses San Antonio High School renamed as Central High and later as Main Avenue High in honor of Samus Wees, noting a vocational training link. It mentions the Light and Action Line, curious references to curves in mountains and hairpin turns in Colorado, and ends with a reader note about Sweetest Day origins traced to Detroit in the 1910s and October 24, attributed to Mesa Ry.
Northside superintendent Ed Cody urged immediate funds for expanding facilities and building new schools, including two high schools. The plan envisions about 273 new classrooms in a $16.5 million bond, pending state attorney general OK and a federal court ruling on ad valorem taxes. Projected enrollment rises to 49,500 in two years and 45,160 in four, from a current 24,000.
Frank Trejo reports on Centro del Barrio at 806 Hinon in San Antonio with eight students. The bilingual bicultural center, tied to Our Lady of the Lake College Worden School of Social Service, aims to develop innovative services for Barrio communities but faces funding and staffing gaps.
Teachers Pat Johnson John Walker and Margaret Kuhk presented two year findings from the institutional improvement program in the Alamo Heights School District. The district board heard about 2218 visits to the athletic center during Christmas holidays at a cost of 0.00 per visit and discussed the 1972-73 school calendar with no Christmas vacation and a full week at Easter pending final adoption.
A three day anti rabies campaign opens Wednesday at Brackenridge Park dog pound. Dogs and other warm blooded pets can be vaccinated and licensed for 2 dollars from 9 am daily. The inoculation costs 1 dollar plus 1 dollar for a 1972 tag. All dogs over three months must be vaccinated and licensed per city ordinances. Tags will be picked up by dog catchers.
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