Mama Patrols whistle at speeders across school zones
In San Antonio readers ask about authority of Mama Patrol volunteers who whistle at drivers near crossings. LAPD says patrols lack police powers but note down license numbers for reporting. schooling since 1952. A reader asks about roofing with sheet metal and trading stamps legality. Officials say metal roofing is allowed with proper application. trading stamps exchanges exist locally.
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Wilton Shaw
LAPD
Ordihanes
San Antonio drug sweep nets 53 jailed
Fifty three persons many of them high school and college students from San Antonio's North Side remained jailed Friday after a massive citywide narcotics sweep. Law enforcement officers acting on sealed indictments returned by the Bexar County grand jury began the sweep shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday.
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San Antonio
North Side
Bexar County
Grand Jury
Charges Filed In Slaying And Narcotics Raids
A murder charge was filed against a San Antonio man after a shooting at Stanley’s Ice House. Robert Zapata, 43, died at Green Hospital. Tohany Davila, 438 Ripshy, is jailed on $10,000 bail. The same week revealed a major narcotics crackdown led by detective Pat Dotson, with 129 cases and 112 sealed indictments across multiple agencies.
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South Side
Ice House
Green Hospital
Robert Zapata
Tohany Davila
Ripshy
Stanley
Ice Hoause
Davila
Bexar County
Rovert Lozana
Fragmentary Weather and Delivery Notice From San Antonio Light
Fragmented OCR shows a weather and delivery note with times such as 2am 1am and 4am, mentions of Mt am Noon and a city page reference. It notes The Daily San Antonio Light delivery and other two newspapers canceled and lacks coherent context.
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San Antonio Light
Howes
Crystal City Priest Arrested During Picket Near Farm
The Rev. Sheredl South and farm worker union organizers were arrested Friday while picketing a farm five miles west of Crystal City. Deputies ordered them to march back to the county courthouse. About 2,000 students joined as the march approached Crystal City High School and continued to the courthouse where speeches began.
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Crystal City High School
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Place Arena
Undercover Bearded Cop Led San Antonio Drug Sweep
Veteran detective Pat Dotson posed as a counterculture hippie for nine months guiding a massive San Antonio narcotics raid Thursday. With 109 sealed indictments, officers arrested dozens including many under 25. Dotson described his solo undercover work, arrests, and later reflections on youth drug use and legalization attitudes.
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Alamo City
San Antonio
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Police Department
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Datson
Eye on Fashions Two Win Sweeps 3s
Two women readers win prizes in Light’s popular TV Sweepstakes contest. Mrs Augie Balderramia and Mrs W A Anderson each claim $10 and $5 prizes, marking first wins in a sweep that averages $1,580 in cash across weeks. Winning numbers appear daily with page 20 listing results.
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Sant Antonio
Tye
Augie Balderramia
Givens
W. A. Anderson
Baldersama
Moony
Anderson
Satarta Town
Ynaga- Aino
Downtown Development Pledges Hit 10 Million From Firms
NORMA REED announces more than 10 million pledged by two downtown banks for city development. The event, a Brittany Buffet breakfast chaired by Councilman Charles Becker, featured Becker pledging 150000 from Handy Andy Inc over six years. Aiming for 100 million total, the drive showcases strong local commitment.
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Norma Reed
Brittany
Charles Becker
Handy Andy, Inc
Becker
Handy Andy
Federal rulings reshape Texas and Bexar County election maps
Three landmark state level decisions on elections were invoked federally. The orders immediately establish single member Texas House districts for Bexar and Dallas counties. A plan for redrawing Texas U S House seats is blocked temporarily. A delay of a court ruling on party filing fees is refused.
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Bexar Countty
State of Texas
Texas
U.S
Texas House remap orders single member districts in Bexar and Dallas
A three judge federal panel ordered immediate adoption of single member Texas House districts for Bexar and Dallas counties, upholding the MALDEF plan for Bexar while allowing the state to reapportion other counties by July 1973. The ruling aims to curb multi member districts seen as discriminatory against Mexican Americans and Black residents and allows 1972 candidacy across districts with limited geographic restrictions.
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Austin
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Bexar
Dallas
Bena
Bexar County
Ed Idar Jr
Jos Poerner
Hondo
Gerharde Schulle
Sim Marcus
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Ta County
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Texas House
Dey Selup
Roxar and
Pallas
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