11 Jul 1973
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1973
Page
1
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Four women were killed and 39 people injured in a series of blasts at a munitions plant in Cleburne. The chain reaction began when fuses used for hand grenades ignited in a prefabricated building, culminating in a truck explosion. Survivors describe a sudden collapse of the ceiling and a rapid exit.
A reader asks about selling a 1965 car for five dollars to a relative and a later registration issue. The Texas comptroller and officials define late model operable vehicles as gifts if sold far below fair market value, with a five year cutoff. callers urged to check Webb County records and note the car’s age, eight years in this case.
Former attorney general John Mitchell told the Senate Watergate committee he shielded Nixon from the scandal to prevent even worse White House horrors from surfacing that could jeopardize Nixon’s reelection. He said the cancer was not the Watergate break in but the broader White House actions, including alleged forgeries and other plots tied to national security. He noted Nixon would have acted if informed, and suggested the full truth might have unravelled many White House activities.
San Antonio taxpayers face reimbursements for ineligible Model Cities Housing Center expenses totaling about 180000 from 1971 to 1972. HUD found seven major disallowed areas including bonuses to real estate agents and PAB insurance. City aims to reduce liability to around 40000 or less while awaiting appraisal results on AR parcels.
PARIS UPI A Varig Airlines Boeing 700 jetliner crashed short of Orly Airport while approaching Paris. All 137 aboard were reported killed. The flight had departed Sao Paulo for Paris and disappeared in a valley near Champlan. Ambulances and fire crews rushed to the scene as police sealed the area. Varig cited no immediate passenger list.
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