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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1971
Page
1
In Mexico City a student protest escalated Thursday night into gunfire from apparent shock brigades. Police report four dead, 26 hospitalized, and 159 arrested, with hospitals listing six wounded and other sources citing higher totals.
Mayor says plainclothesmen fired at demonstrators calling for labor union and university reforms and political prisoner release. Reporters describe unidentified riot squads, truncheons, and orders amid clashes with right wing MURO students. Palace cites brawl sparked by leftist groups and police.
Report notes several readers winning cash or new TVs through the TV Channels sweepstakes. Margaret Garea plans to buy summer clothes with winnings while Rachel Lopez aims to spend her prize. Daily numbers appear on magazine covers. readers advised to match fronts with printed numbers for chances.
A reader asks why city health inspectors target one property for removing an old car missing a tire parked on a yard while ignoring similar vehicles in other yards. The piece notes a caller can use the Action Line from 9 am to 9 pm Monday through Saturday and invites letters without stamped envelopes. Continued on Page WM. Cot
A Canberra woman was expected to give birth to sextuplets, a hospital said, with the birth anticipated within hours. The report notes the pregnancy reaching a milestone as Australia braces for its first sextuplet birth.
An Illinois Central Amtrak train derailed near Illinois when a locked wheel on the lead diesel caused the cars to jump the rails at about 50 miles per hour. Eleven died and nearly a hundred were injured as seven cars piled off the tracks in what officials call the nation’s deadliest rail mishap since 1962.
A three month old girl Brenda Enriggteal, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Enriquez of 918 W Theo, died after being found wedged between crib bars. The medical examiner ruled accidental strangulation. she was DOA at Green Hospital shortly after 10 am Thursday.
Two former Houston officers acquitted of murder in the death of Bobby Joe Conner, a Galena Park prisoner. Jury deliberated about 15 hours before finding Jack McMahan and Arthur W. Al not guilty. The men faced charges after Conner died from internal injuries suffered trying to escape in 1970.
The jury acquitted two defendants in a change of venue case, with remarks from the Conner family outside the Houston court. Mrs Conner lamented no justice, while Mr Conner thanked prosecutors Ernst and Skelton. Foreman Carter offered brief comments as tensions remained. Meats McMahon expressed a desire to move forward with life.
Sunday’s Light magazine delves into cancer as a major health issue exploring what it is like to have it and what can be done. The feature includes interviews with Isaac Presley Texas Medical Association award recipient and other professionals and patients. The Light also previews its Sunday supplement with wildlife photography by Perry Shankle Jr. and plans a six part series starting this week.
Weather forecast notes continuing heat with overnight and early morning cloudiness shifting to partly cloudy late in the day. Winds from the southeast at 20 knots gusting near shore. Photographs and exhibits at local venues plus a Shankle show noted. Meanwhile reports say two miners trapped after a coal mine incident in West Virginia with casualties and hospital transfers.
Local doctors moved ahead with plans for a pre paid health insurance program in Bexar County after a federal grant of over 60 000 to establish a Health Maintenance Organization HEW awarded 17 grants nationwide totaling 1 2 million for a year June 1 through May 31 San Antonio appears the only Texas city with an HMO grant The funds will hire staff to research and organize an HMO in the area according to Dr A O Severance the society president The program aims to study how an HMO could operate locally and preserve private medicine beyond the current grant details continue on page 14 column 3
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