Parking Space Fee Hampers Downtown Revival
The Metropolitan Transit Advisory Committee proposes a 75 cent daily fee on all commercial parking to fund a new bus system. Critics warn this will raise downtown parking costs, hurt shoppers and workers, and accelerate CBD decline. Centre 2 and Center 21 Task Force oppose taxing garages, urging alternative funding before a public hearing later this month.
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Metropolitan Transit Advisory Committee
Sint
An & Mears
Center 21
Tte Metropolitan Transit Authority
Man About Town Fashion Show for Journalism Scholarships
Women in Communication hosts a Saturday luncheon and fashion show to raise funds for local journalism scholarships. Thirty two male models from San Antonio media join ten female models in spring wear, with three Light staffers on the runway at Joske's Alamo Plaza. Last year the group awarded two scholarships of 450 dollars each.
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Women In Communication
San Antonio
Radio World
The
Light
How Warm Are Cold-Weather Clothes For San Antonians
Texas Agricultural Extension Service clothing expert Betty Culp explains how layering and fabric choices affect warmth. Replacing skirts with pants or a heavy sweater adds measurable warmth, while hose or ties provide modest increases. proper dry, clean garments outperform damp or soiled ones.
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Uercy
Betty Culp
The
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Ford Puerto Rico statehood plan criticized as risky move
The piece argues against Puerto Rico statehood, calling it a risky exit move for Ford. It notes historical precedent favors nonstatehood, cites Eisenhower warnings on entanglements, and questions bilingual paths and strategic motives. It asserts Puerto Rico’s current commonwealth status is fragile and impractical for statehood.
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Gerald Ford
Puerto Rico
Ford
Castro
Caribbean
Soviet US aid to Kama River Plant viewed through Buckley lens
William F Buckley Jr rails at American aid to the Soviet Kama River Plant built by a US consortium. He argues the project marks vast Soviet American cooperation while noting capitalists fear the wrong outcomes as the Jackson Amendment complicates Most Favored Nation status and human rights guarantees.
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Naborezhnye Chelny
U.S.S.A
United States Technology
United States
Henry Ford
Moscow
Marea Pala
Ford
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Souih Vietnam
Vietnam
Kama River
Kremlin
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Metropolitan Transit Authority
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Alamo Plaza Camellia Room
TE Syorman
Awell
Steacok Coffee
Jeffrey Hart
Inawgu Rat
Ford P.R
Dwight Eisenhower
George Washington
Malcolm Moos
Washington
New Republic
Eisenhower
Ike
Europe
Vail
Cola
Hawaii
Alaska
Mississippi
Union
U.S
Jimmy Carter
U S
Quebec
Belgium
Soweto
South Africa
Senate
Hart
William F. Buckley Jr
U.S.S.R
America
Pullman Company
IBM
Weylinghouse
Ingersoll Rand
Lister
David Shipler
New York Times
Buckley
Iterytom
Mpholeare
Brickman
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