Granata Becomes San Antonio's Highest Paid City Manager
Sam Granata Jr. was named the highest paid city manager in San Antonio history by unanimous council vote. He will earn 42500 annually plus 2400 in expenses, 12800 more than the first city manager A Harrell earned. Acting managers Walter Gunstream and Wylie Johnson served three weeks in May 1973.
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Sam Granata ,Jr
San Antonio
A. Harrell
Walter C. Gunstream
Wylie C. Johnson
Drainage Contract Approved for Apache Creek Improvement
The Corps of Engineers approved a drainage project at Apache Creek to Lachey Co. for 3,377 3d. The scope covers channel excavation concrete lining pavement compaction and turf from South Trinity Street to West Street with bridges including Guadalupe Street nearly finished. The project, co sponsored by the San Antone River Authority, is expected to finish within a month.
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Apache Creek
Corps of Engineers
Lachey Co
Fort Worth
Corps
Trinity Steet
West Street
Guadalupe Street
Regents Approve Home Purchase for UT President
The UT Regents authorize purchase of a residence for the university president. The Board appropriated funds from a higher education program and approved the 4100 amount for the purchase, with closings set for a home at 2005 Arto Court in Hastings City Temistyingss.
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Gig Gameston University
Tegas
Hele Fray
University of Posas
San Antonio
Bonel Pragean
Hastings Citi
Arto Court
Mystery Fungus Plagues Suburban Yards Reported
A garbled town note describes a reddish fungus dubbed blob spreading through Marie Arris backyards. The piece cites a science professor and local officials who note similar occurrences in nearby areas as residents fear garden contamination.
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Marie Arris
Mangyin
Mearowth
Wasa
Clinic Has Change For Better Opens Open House
The Villa Coronado Clinic, reorganized after merger funding issues, will host a Monday open house at digo dam. Edmundo M. Miragosa of Southside Neighborhood Assistance Corp. notes remodeling adds an examining room and a laborat ory room and thanks donors including Alamo Cosmopolitan Club with 600 dollars and the Sel and Fannie ihalff Memorial Fund with 2,500 dollars toward the wing project. Rep. Henry B. Gorale, Mayor, and city councilmen invited. The clinic, established in 1971, also serves Palo Alto divers and area residents.
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Frank Trejo
Villa Coronado
Digo Dam
Edmundo M. Miragosa
Southside Neighborhood Assistance Corp
Alamo Cosmopolitan Club
Sel and
Fannie Ihalff Memoral
Aaraposi Sind
Zaragosa
Zavagusi
Henry
B. Gorale
Whee
Zaragusis
Palo Alto
Five Men Arrested in North Side Marijuana Case
Five men were arrested in a marijuana possession case tied to 75 pounds of cannabis. The suspects, Curie M Guerry Jr, Albert M Vreeino, Edward B Valdez, Rudolph Sandoval Cerna, and Raymund Rodrigues Garcia, were arraigned with bond set at 185000. The arrest followed police work by the city felony squad at a North Side motel. Magistrate John Giles issued the orders.
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San Antonio
Bret
San
Downtown Street Widening Nears Start in San Antonio
Downtown traffic improvement moves forward as the San Antonio Development Agency plans to demolish the Basilan Pharmacy building at 424 W Houston to clear utility rights. The Basilas may sell land for parking for a planned complex including a new lodge, store and offices. Construction must start by October and finish before Fiesta Week next spring.
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Gaylon Winklea
W. Houston Street
Rosa Verde Proycer
Basilan Pharmacy
W. Houston
Arect
Basia Pharmacy
Basila
Basilas
Aulice
Dmg
Une Rusa Verde Lodge
Damage Suit Settled in $900,000 Case in U S District Court
In a three day trial ending with an out of court accord District Judge John I Woolle approved a $90000 settlement in a chain of events linked to a tent fire that killed a child and injured others. Plaintiffs Mrs Mercedes Aquino Rubio and her son Guillermo Aquino Jr sought $1 million originally. Defendants CT Corp Dallas Jerrick Miz Co Statesville NG and J W Johnson Co Chiago faced negligence claims. The settlement provides $900 000 to the plaintiffs with 40 percent to the law firm after costs and expenses. funds to be placed in escrow for Guillermo Aquino until his 18th birthday.
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U.S
John I Woolle
Mercedes Aquino Rubio
MK. Hathway
Mins
Aquino
Temas Dind
Tateraa Hospital
CT. Corp
Dallas
Jerrick Miz. Co
Statesville
J. W. Johnson Co
Chisaga
Vingimin Ad Hotser, Inc
Police Save Shark in Fort Lauderdale incident
In Fort Lauderdale a police search and rescue mission plucked a young Texan, Alvin Earl Mullins, 21, Bagata, Texas, from the Atlantic near an anchored freighter. A police support plane spotted the scene and an officer fired on a shark about 18 feet long as the rescue unfolded.
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Fort Lauderdale
Atlante Deeg
Alvin Earl Mullins
Bagata
Tex
UN Head Seeks Cyprus Mission Extension
Secretary General Kurt Waldheim said the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Cyprus should be extended by six months to December 15 due to slow progress in defusing the Greek and Turkish Cypriot military situation.
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Kurt Waldheim
U.N
Cyprus
Want Ad Finds Busy Market For Tractors
Plenty discovered by Russell of Poteet. A Light classified ad sold a second tractor for him and he always uses The Light for fast results. The Light reaches more San Antonio homes than any other paper. call 26-1234 for fast results.
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Russell
San Antoni
Insect Zoo Opening Delayed At Smithsonian Museum
The Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History postponed its insect zoo opening due to a bug shortage in the Washington area after heavy rains. Officials cited fewer insects and disrupted collections, delaying displays of jewel wasps bees and spiders.
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Washington
GPE
Smithsonian Institution
Museum of Nahe
Washington Area
Plumber slain. two men charged in Killeen case
C. B. Goodlow, 80, listed as self employed, charged with murder with malice before a justice of the peace. Willie Corneles held on $5,000 bond for assault with a deadly weapon and assault to murder. Authorities allege involvement by two men in the slain plumber case in Killeen.
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Killeen
B. Goodlow
Wis
Setitt
Willie Corneles
Smith Says Profits Were Valid Amid SEC Fraud Charges
Smith, chair of a vast financial empire, denounces SEC fraud charges as unfounded and asserts profits are valid. He cites Nixon era campaigns and corporate trust as factors amid hearings in San Diego. A parent firm may face receivership, with a June 18 court date and actions to halt USNB loans to Westgate and San Diego affiliates.
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San Diego
UPD
C. Amicalt Smith
Tate Financial Empire
Securities and Exchange Com
Thissian
Firebomb Trial Nears End at Fort Sam Houston
Final arguments concluded in U S District Court as three soldiers and a fourth conspirator faced a six day trial over a plan to firebomb Lt Freddie Lee Howards home at Fort Sam Houston on November 28. Key witness Pvt Willard English testified the group carried out the attack, which severely burned Howards son Michael and injured others during a Molotov cocktail strike.
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U.S. District Court
Sam Houston
D. W. Suttle
Freddie Lee Howard
Richard Webster Moton
Harold J. White
Los Angeles
Calif
Tom Williams Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Willard English J
English
Ira Ward
Howeard
Bravo Company
Fr Sam Houston
Howard
Michael
Reunion Planned For Scottish Rite Degrees In San Antonio
Several hundred Masons from four San Antonio Scottish Rite bodies will convene at the Scottish Rite Temple on Avenue and Fourth for a Saturday reunion and advance degrees. The Ath degree will be conferred by a team led by Robert Reischling, and the final 42nd degree by Frank Tumsett.
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Stort Farm
Scottish Rite Temple
Avenue
Fourth
San. Antonio
Robert (. Reischling
Ted
Frank 8. Tumsett
Scientists Win Grants for Physics and Chemistry Research
Three St Mary's University researchers receive funding from Welch Foundation and Natural Resources Foundation. Dr Char Cummiskey dean and professor leads work on concentrated salt solution chemistry. Dr Donald Parker and Dr Homer D Fetzer receive $12,000 each, with additional $8,000 from the Natural Resources Foundation to extend studies on metal complex formation and related chemistry.
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St. Mary's University
Char Cummiskey
Ficulties
Donald Parker
Dinner D. Fetzer
Homer D. Fetzer
Caramigkey
Tom
Robert A. Welch
Houston
Arken
Fetzer
Welch Foundation
Natural Resources Foundation
Fragmented OCR Pricing Snippet From San Antonio Light
A garbled OCR snippet lists various prices and terms for daily and Sunday editions, with isolated figures for states outside Texas and international mentions. The fragment shows inconsistent currency values and stray references to publications and regions, lacking complete context or readable items.
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Granata
Cm. Harrell
Seebb
Revnatas Andricks
Heemonth H. Winton
George W. Mice
Stirved
Matthews
Lynn H. Ire
Hyd Ahelle
Gerald C. Henckel Jr
UT Regents
Arneson River Theatre
River Bank
Alamo Kiwanis Club
Fenwick
Gregory Trevino
Gregory
Bexar County Hospital
Guillermo Aquino Jr
Rubio
Guillermo
Pensacola
Pla
Want
Smith
Faith
Presiden
Nixon
Sidney Wright
June Rausch
San Antonio Gazetta Tha Mestat Corporation Publiation
McCullough
Texas
Taras
Mseeco
Contac America
Forron
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