Councilman hires critic to aid on poverty board
City Councilman Phil Pyndus hired Mrs. Armandina Saldivar, columnist for the Chicana Times, as his volunteer aide after council members blocked her appointment to the Economic Opportunities Development Corp. board. He says she is qualified to assess ANI poverty programs in San Antonio and questions why she was denied.
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Armandina Saldivar
Economic Opportunities Development Corp
Phil Pyndus
Saldivar
Pyndus
Chicana Times
San Antonio
Alamo Area Council of Governments to hear funding plan
A 1 30 p m Wednesday Alamo Area Council of Governments Executive Committee in Room 582 Three Americas Building will discuss funding for the Criminal Justice Committee. Also on Wednesday the American Association of Retired Persons meets at St John s Lutheran Church at 1 30 p m. Registration for Our Lady of the Lake University spring semester continues through Saturday.
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Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Committee
Alamo Area
American Association of Retired Persons
St. John's Lutheran Church
E. Nueva
Our Lady of the Lake University
Constable Resigns Under Pressure in Bexar County
Bexar County Constable Joe Ferro has resigned his post in a letter delivered Monday to County Judge Reeves amid proceedings aimed at removing him from office.
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Bexar
Joe Ferro
Reeves
Ferro
Heights Trustees Mum on Supt Cannon Contract Hearing
Alamo Heights School District officials decline comment as Supt Dr Allan Cannon’s renewal contract faces board consideration at 7 p m Thursday. Four to five trustees reportedly oppose renewal while one member readies a statement for the meeting.
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Doris Wright
Alamo Heights
Allan Cannon
Canton
Harvey Erbe
Cannon
Dallas
Ytutri Property House May Be Saved
San Antonio Conservation Society pressed for purchase and restoration of the Ytutri house at 227 S Presa after a Monday fire. The group owns one fifth of the estate, with Yturri heirs holding the remainder, and seeks a court injunction to stop razing while a partition sale is pursued. Damages were about 3000 dollars and officials called the blaze likely arson.
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S. Presa
San Antonio Conservation Society
Texas Pioneer Homestead
Nancy Negley
Yturri Heirs
17Th District Court
Espada Aqueduct Funded for Preservation in Texas
The San Antonio Conservation Society received 25000 in federal matching grants from the Texas Historical Commission for Espada Aqueduct preservation. Funds will match 15000 from the society foundation and 10009 from the Texas Historical Foundation to repair arches and buttress ahead of spring floods. An Espada Aqueduct Architectural Advisory Committee will coordinate the project.
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Austin Bureau
Austin
San Antonio Conservation Society
Espada Aqueduct
San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation
Texas Historical Foundation
Conservation Society
Submerged dispute over Alamo statue funding
Controversy over a $250000 statue honoring Crockett Bowie Travis and Bonham inside the Alamo Chapel remained unresolved as lawyers for opposing sides sought an amicable solution. The DRT faced regulatory hurdles requiring full membership approval, prompting a suit by United Charitable Foundation led by Van Lewis. Attorneys Jack Locke Jr. and Alex Fraser declined comment.
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Bowie
Travis
Bonham
Alamo Chapel
Lewis
United Charitable Foundation
DRT
Alamo Committee
Jack Locke Jr
The
Foundation
Alex Fraser
Alamo
Medical Equipment Firm Opens in San Antonio
Union Instrument Corporation opens at 2108 Radium in North San Antonio. Mayor Lila Cockrell presides as Jack Skipper and the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce assist in locating the firm. Thermoscopes, used in cancer and cerebrovascular testing, cost 34 000 to 50 000 dollars. The firm aims for full production by April and plans 40 to 50 units in 1976, hiring about 50 workers initially with 800 hours per unit. Officials include J Everett Modisette as president and CEO Thames St Yarbrough as operations manager and secretary treasurer Leroy H Becker as director of salon.
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Tili Giron
Union Instrument Corporation
San Antonio
Lila Cockrell
Algo
Jack Skipper
North San Antonio
Robert B. Green
Green
UNICO
Texas Employment Commission
Canada
J Everett Modisette
Thames St. Yarbrough
Leroy H. Becker
Salon
Big Grain Sales to Reds Defended
Arizona economist Professor John L. Fischer told about 400 attendees at the International Stockmen's School that selling U S grain abroad benefits the U S economy and farmers. He cited more than 10 billion dollars netted from grain sales to Russia in 1974 and argued such sales do not raise U S bread prices.
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U.S
Russia
China
Arizona
San Antonio
John L. Fischer
University of Arizona At
Tucson
International Stockmen’s School
Convention Center
Fisther
Trial Set in Gun Smuggling Case at Travis County Court
The February 9 trial date in Travis County District Court is set for Benita G. Alonzo in a gun smuggling case linked to the prison siege at Huntsville's Walls Unit in 1974. Carrasco and others died during the incident, hostages were killed, and venue was moved from Walker County to Austin.
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Austin
Travis County
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Carrasco
South Texas
Huntsvile’s Walls
Finlding
Benita G. Alonzo
Walker County
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Volunteer Council of
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Commissioners Court
Bill Hauck
Inlaw
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Mary Ferro
Thad
Ferra
Criple Pogue
Ton Sieliandske
Pogue
Ytutri Property
Yturri Famnily
Texas Historical Commission
Historic American Buildings Survey
Aqueduct Funds
Wesley B. Blankenship
Espada
United States
Piedras Creek
Don Heath
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
George Red
Houston
Walter Gray Davis
van Lewis
Donald DeLue
New Jersey
Medical Equipment Company
Union Instrument Corp
Medical North
Mia Cockrell
J. Everett
Morris Willson
Fischer
Arizona Economist
M.E. Ensminger
Edward H. Brendler
Lukin Gilliland
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