Championship Bike Rodeo Draws Local Kids
About 450 boys and girls from 10 elementary schools gathered at HemisFair Arena for San Antonio’s first city championship bicycle rodeo. Police Inspectors checked tires lights brakes and safety gear before five tests including balance zig zags and emergency stops. Winners in each grade group received a new multi speed bicycle and trophy from local Optimist Clubs.
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Positive views on San Antonio River downtown redevelopment
River Poll shows overwhelming support for river corridor plans with few opposed. Karen Kittie of Creative Communications Group notes nearly all respondents favor strong city guidance over developer rules, highlighting safety, education centers, flood control, and Remis Fair Plaza redevelopment as key interests.
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Tourist tram derails at Arlington Cemetery injuring students
A sightseeing tram in Arlington National Cemetery tipped on a curve as it descended a hill near graves, spilling 39 riders including many Cleveland high school students. Nine were hospitalized. Driver Norman Baptist blamed unsafe third car addition, while Landmark Services faced questions about tram stability.
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Washington
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Parsons College Closes After Long Struggle in Fairfield
In Fairfield Iowa UPI reports Dropout U closed after 250 seniors graduated in a somber ceremony attended by 3000 locals and Senator Dick Clark The campus recall notes Parsons rise to 5000 students under Dr Millard Roberts with high salaries and a costly athletic program, while many new buildings now sit empty and the college loses its national prominence.
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Pete Fountain Stars as Cullum Absent in World Series of Jazz
In San Antonio the fifth World Series of Jazz featured Pete Fountain and his New Orleans Jazz Band filling in for the hospitalized Jim Cullum Sr. The show drew a full house at the Theatre for the Performing Arts with performances ranging from Dixieland to blues. Fountain led eight musicians through "Closer Walk with Thee" as Cullum’s band prepared to play, later joining the Happy Jazz Band for the finale amid a standing ovation and jam session.
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Ovlesuma
Medics Demand Real Doctor for UM Medical School Commencement
In Ann Arbor Michigan graduating medical students at the University of Michigan seek a practicing physician as speaker. Robert Young is set to address the medical school on Friday, while a countercommencement may feature Dr Penjin Spock, a renowned pediatrician and activist, reflecting a wish for a real clinician over a TV star.
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Kissinger in Paris and the Vietnam Peace Effort
The article argues Congress faces a showdown with President Nixon over bombing powers in Southeast Asia. It credits Kissinger’s Paris talks with reviving a cease fire, praises renewed bombing as a necessary leverage, and criticizes Eagleton McGovern for anti bombing measures while lamenting the U S sacrifice of 50 000 lives and funds to promote freedom amid a complex 39 year conflict.
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