Fall gardening seminars and city events at local venues
Readable notes describe fall gardening seminars at Holmes High School and MacArthur High School sponsored by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and the Southwest Texas Agricultural Resources Vegetable Committee. Also noted are the 26th Annual Southwest Litho Clinic and Trade Fair at the Convention Center Exhibit Hall, Day Care Workshops at East End Center and San Antonio College, and SNAC events at the Southside Dance Corporation.
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Holmes High School
Ingram Rd
MacArthur High School
Bitters Rd
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Southwest Texas Agricultural Resources Vegetable Committee
Grafica International
Convention Center
Degins
Kenneth Bouillon
East End
E. Commerce
San Antonio College
Moody Center
July 15 through years of San Antonio history snapshot
A fragmented chronicle spans July 15 entries from 1958 AMA forecasts on a crippling disease to 1946 city recreation efforts, 1926 health department critique, 1916 encampment talk, 1908 electric lights at Electric Park, and 1896 menswear pricing at A. Pancoast's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
Suby
San Antonio
W.B. Russ
Tuly
Funston
Electric Park
A. Pancoast
S & Sons
Carter Wins Democratic Nomination at Texas Delegation Night
Reporters recount Carter securing 118 Texas votes amid a lively convention scene in New York. Delegates from Texas and notable figures like Barbara Jordan and Bob Krueger attended the scrum in the Essex House party while Jaworski and Yarborough showed varying support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madison Square ‘den
Jimmy Carter
Texas
U.S
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Jordan
Oklahoma
Bob Krueger
New Braunfels
Telly Savalas
Jackie Kennedy Onassis
Rosie Greer
Carter
California
Edmund Brown
Alabama
George Wallace
Andy Shea
John Hill
Fred Hofheinz
Essex House
Insight From New York DNC Coverage By Spotlight Writer
Sharon Watkins reports from the Democratic National Convention floor and back rooms with United Press International Associated Press Knight News Wire and Hearst teams. The veteran AFL-CIO ally notes excitement as coverage frames local sentiment with quotes from Raul Jimenez and Carter family allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Watkins
The
Light
New York
Carter Pledges Outreach to Latino Caucus at DNC Meeting
At the Democratic National Convention a Friday session featured Latin American delegates pressing for speaking time and policy focus. Jimmy Carter, asked to address about 200 attendees, spoke in Spanish and pledged to work with Mexican American leaders, saying minorities have been underrepresented and promising a closer partnership with Latin voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Watkins
Fine Light
Politica
New York
United States
Talet
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Carmen Lacayo
California
Mimles
Plymouth Rock
David Almada
Los Angeles
J.A
Tony” Canales
Corpus Christi
Almada
el Paso
Paul Moreno
Raul Longuris
Edinburg
Bexar County
Albert Bustamante
Joe Bernal
Texas
White House
S A Brick Mason Recalls Tower Job
Frank Trejo profiles Eugene Gastinger one of eight surviving bricklayers from 1928 Tower Life Building project. Gastinger, 69, recalls early toil on exterior scaffolds and interior bricklaying, notes terra cotta detailing, and remembers other notable projects. The building’s name changed from Smith Young Tower to Transit Tower and finally Tower Life Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Gastinger
Tower Life
Frank Trejo
Pyla Road
Willis Langhnais
John Lopez
Dick Wyatt
Tamael Solis
Ed Herbsieb
Roy Power
Harold Hohner
Gastinger
Milam
Alamo National Banc
Plaza Hotel
Granada Homes
Federal Building
Smith-Young Tower
Transit Tower
Tower Life Building
Bexar Delegate Named to Black Caucus Steering Panel
T.C. Calvert a 25 year old San Antonio advertising representative for KEDA radio was added to the National Black Caucus steering committee on international affairs. Calvert had introduced a resolution urging Democratic presidential candidates to back a call against mercenary recruitment and use by U.S. citizens, which the caucus accepted by acclamation during Democratic convention meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaht
New York
Bexar County
National
Black Caucus
T.C. Calvert
Keda Radio
San Antonio
Calvert
Tull
U.S
The
Nations Black Caucus
Democrate Comuentinn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bexar Jousy
Kelly Air Force Base
Air Command
Air Force
NAC
Southside
Ance Corporation
Ing
Monsanto
SNAC
Contad
Flores
Jim Blaylock
Denmark
la Villita
Pia Johansson
Scott Mayer
Kiwanis Club
Marianne Brainin
Tina Madsen
Atuy
Missouri
Jos
By Sharon WE Atkins
Ohio
Brown
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
Steve Ray
Whitney
Ralph Yarborough
Democratic National Party
Bob Strauss
L.V. Mens
Jes
Afl-Cio
Georgia
Raul Jimenez
Sam Antonio
Latino Caucus
Billy Graham
Roxd
Dorothy Manners
Dr. Brothers Editorial
Shulsky
Social Security
Heloise
Jack O'Brian
Mary
Mirror of Mind
Ig Weil
S.A
McKenzie Construction Co
Bexar
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