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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1973
Page
1
A reader asks why the city does not clean the San Antonio River downtown of filth and debris as tourist season nears. Action Line notes reader service details and ongoing questions, with contact hours and submission guidance.
Former Texas Governor Preston Smith will have surgery Thursday at M D Anderson Hospital Houston for a duodenal ulcer. He arrived Monday and had extensive tests before the procedure. In the hospital Smith said he is in good spirits and that tests have been favorable. He noted the ulcer has troubled him for some time and needs removal.
President Nixon announced Melvin Laird will return as chief domestic adviser and Gen. Alexander Haig will retire from the Army to become a presidential assistant. Ziegler gains broader duties as press secretary and communications director. The White House shake up follows Watergate fallout and staff resignations.
San Antonio and Austin officials met in emergency talks over natural gas cutbacks but reached only a plan to have attorneys continue work. Mayor Charles Becker of San Antonio said the session aimed at finding mutually acceptable ground to solve the energy crisis, while Austin officials signaled limited immediate action.
Bay City coverage reports Central Power and Light and Houston Lighting and Power proposing a joint venture to build two nuclear plants by 1982 along the lower Colorado River. CPS budgeted over 1 million to STNP, with 75 percent land acquired. Construction to begin 1976, cooling lake to affect 1,000 acres, water discharged to Colorado or canal or Gulf.
Former Nixon campaign treasurer Hugh W Sloan Jr describes pressure to perjure himself or plead the Fifth during Watergate inquiries. He cites orders to move hundreds of thousands in cash, talks with Maurine Stans and Frederick LaRue, and rumors about sums to G Gordon Liddy. Sloan says Magruder hinted at a $40,000 figure and that Stans advised delaying discussion. He resignations and fears reached federal prosecutors and the grand jury.
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