Red Army merger at Ft Sam consolidates commands
In a foggy, ceremony at Ft Sam Houston the 4th and 6th Armies merged, adding nine states to the five already stationed there. General Ralph E. Haineyer spoke as Lt. Gen. George Underwood received the Sth Army flag, marking the old 4th Army symbols replaced and a new era from Canada to the Rio Grande. The event drew several hundred attendees, a large honor guard, and general officers from both groups.
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W.5
Ft. Sam
Sth Army
Ralph E. Haineyer
U.S. Continental Army Command
6Th
Ft. Sam Houston
Army
Rio Grande
TASE
Haines
Texas Military Institute
George W. Underwooder
3Th
James J
4Th Army
al Y the 4Th
Action Line reader inquiry on San Antonio police staffing
A reader asks how San Antonio’s police force compares in size to peers. The Action Line notes an average of 1.4 policemen per 1000 residents, lower than many major cities with populations over 500,000, which typically maintain at least a 2.0 ratio, per Police Chief George Bichsel.
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San Antonito
San Antonio
Chie
George Bichsel
San Antonin
Ambiguous index page fragment from old newspaper
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered section labels and page references such as Around the Plaza Sports Financial Classified and notices. No coherent article found beyond stray header snippets and misread lines.
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Antuscaients
Financial
Deliteg
Eratures
Seeding Project Declared Successful In Texas Cloud Seeding
Spokesmen for Operation T Drop announced the cloud seeding effort in South Texas concluded with 36 missions seeding over 100 cloud formations. Attendees included officials from the Office of Emergency Preparedness, the Bureau of reclamation, the Air Force and the Texas Water Development Board. No plans for continuation were stated as funding faced delays and climatic conditions limited results in July and August.
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South Texas
Federal Office of Emergency Prepared Jness
Bureau of Reclamation
Air Force and
theTexas Water Development Board
San Antonio
Air Force
Drough
Weather forecast fragment resembles late era briefing
Forecast indicates partly cloudy and warm afternoons through Friday with southeast winds near 5 to 10 mph. Highs Thursday in the mid 70s and Friday's high in the mid 70s, with a low in the mid 70s overnight.
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Iday
Insurance rate hikes ordered by state board in 1940s Texas
The State Insurance Board ordered homeowners and fire insurance rate increases across Texas effective today. Homeowners rates rise by 19 to 28 percent in regions including the Panhandle, Midland, Abilene, Dallas Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and the Gulf Coast, with larger increases on city dwellings and extended coverage. Fire insurance shows a statewide boost around 13 percent, with higher rates in central and coastal areas.
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Austin
Isurance Board
Panhandle
Midland
Abilene
Odessa
Lubbock
Tejerate
Seacoast
San Antonio
Gulf Coast
Dallas-Fort Worth
Waca
Paso
Hee
Alsa
Cupid Wits Bulls Eye in Bexar County June Licenses
Cupid worked overtime for county brides to be as officers reported 1,414 marriage licenses issued in the month ending Wednesday, making June 1474 the first record month in Bexar history. Last June Cupid arrived only 1,102 licenses.
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Cupid
Bexar County
Lark
James Knight
Bexar
Cupril
Ttenses
GI Deaths Blamed On Secrecy
Boston AP report states Daniel Ellsberg claims government secrecy caused 50 600 American deaths and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese as he defends leaking Pentagon documents. He cites secrecy in the executive branch while facing federal charges for unauthorized possession of secret papers.
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Boston
Iman
Pentagon
New York Times
Daniel Elisberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pentapon
Elisberg
Los Angeles
Constantine Dies in England
London AP reports Lord Constantine, the West Indian cricket star and the first black member of Britain's House of Lords, died today at age 69 from a heart attack.
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London
Lord Constantine
Britain
House of Lords
Help
Supreme Court Rules News Press Freedom in Pentagon Papers Case
The Supreme Court ruled in a 3 decision that allows the New York Times and Washington Post to publish top secret Pentagon documents. Nine justices wrote opinions with three dissents saying the court acted too hastily. The ruling signals tension between the press and government while inviting potential new secrecy legislation.
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William Theis
Washington
Nixon
Jusiler Department
Pentagon
Supreme Court
Shiga
New York Times
Washington Post
Congress
IWO
Jusce Warren E. Burger
Jatin M. Harlan
Harry A. Blackmun
Burger
Blackmon
Nixa
Light Sweepstakes Winners Share $50 Earmarks Prize
Jesus Tijerina of Florida says he checks numbers and plans to invest winnings. Light subscribers Alice Limd Lancaster and Mrs James Hoofer also win $10 prizes in the contest. Two other winners identified. numbers published on page 13 G.
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St. Anthony
Jesus
Tijerina
Florida
Vantent
Er Glinney
Tierine
Alice Limd Lancaster
Prestwick
James Hoofer
Trantolphy Air Force Base
Viet Cong relief plan prompts Paris talks delay
Paris reports indicate the Viet Cong proposed a seven point peace plan offering to release American POWs the day the U S begins troop withdrawal under a timetable. U S Ambassador Bruce pledged careful study while Hanoi urged adjournment to Thursday. South Vietnam greeted the plan with cooler enthusiasm.
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Paris
UPI
United States
I Vietnam
David &F. Bruce
Wet Cong
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Hanni Politburo
le Duc Tho
Madame Nguyen-Thi Binh
Viet Cong
U.S
jNorth
West Hit By Walkouts Across Copper and Public Sectors
United Press International reports thousands of copper miners lngshoremen sanitation workers and bus drivers walked off the job in a wave of strikes for higher pay. About 46 000 copper workers from eight firms represented by 26 locals struck as talks broke down in Salt Lake City with most strikers based in Utah Montana and Arizona and no talks scheduled.
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United Press International
Contempt Action Favored Against CBS Leader
The House Commerce Committee voted 25 to 12 to recommend contempt of Congress charges against Columbia Broadcasting System and its president Frank Stanton over withheld material related to the televised documentary The Selling of the Pentagon.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Columbia Broadcasting System
Frank Stanton
Pentagon
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