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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1977
Page
4
Police will issue red stickers to vehicles parked more than 24 hours in the street and tow if unchanged after 24 hours. Russell Lindley, assistant director of Building and Planning, says no to keeping a vehicle on a concrete slab in the front yard. City Code requires alley parking to occur in a garage, building, or rear yard.
A reader claims a former high Washington official, Bernard Barach, known as the park bench philosopher, joked about staying young and aging output. The note also recounts a backyard fly problem with advice from Dr. J W Stewart suggesting malathion or diazinon sprays, applied per label, possibly twice or thrice.
Mrs Louise Lockwood asks how to remove tar like substance seeping between tiles and causing odor. A tile expert suggests carefully applying a gasoline dipped ray to affected spots, avoiding splatters, then using steel wool gently and washing with cold water to refresh the tile surface.
Walter Jones asks about insects on Cony stalks. Bexar County agent Thurmin Kennedy identifies Western Corn Rootworms as the likely cause, feeding as larvae on ears tassels and silks, reducing pollination and yield across Bexar Uvalde Medina and Kinney counties. Adults are controllable with several insecticides, but larvae lack effective options.
A reader service explains how to use Action Line by dialing 222-0391 for information. Not every question is used but requests are considered for general or unusual interest responses.
Melvin Good of 2103 E Crockett woke to crackling, saved his wife and two teens from a six room frame house fire at 2 am Monday. District Chief Jiramy Vescall estimated damage at $8 000 with $6 000 to the building and $2 100 to contents. Fire started in the kitchen and spread to a bedroom attic and tool area. firefighters contained the blaze in 15 minutes after alarm.
A South Bexar County road death report notes Ada Cava Mogford, 53, struck while lying in the roadway by a motorist who said he was driving slowly. Officers say she was found near the road with only trousers, shirt and wash after the collision, and another vehicle may have caused the fatal impact.
John Soule, assistant special counsel for the Texas Railroad Commission, argues deregulation would boost exploration and production, raising intrastate and interstate supplies and eventually lowering prices. He contends regulation has created shortages and cites the Texas Gas Association convention at Oak Hills Manor.
Houston state judge denied Vernon McManus's bid for a new trial and sent the case to the Court of Criminal Appeals for automatic review. McManus, 34, was convicted in July 1976 of slashing and strangling Paul and Mary Cantrell of Baytown, Texas. the jury recommended the death penalty. The Cantrells' daughter, Paula Cantrell Derene, 27, testified McManus planned the killings.
An ad text touts hemorrhoidal tissues for inflammation relief, promising pain and itching relief and temporary swelling reduction. It cites doctors and Preparation H as a nonprescription option, claiming hours of relief with medicated suppositories.
Mayor Pro Tem Henry Cisneros asks the City Council to extend a winter gas rate relief program to all City Public Service residential customers within city limits. CPS would tailor rebates by gas use, with non gas customers receiving a standard rebate and gas customers on a sliding scale. Businesses were considered but blocked by the city charter.
A Ft. Sam Houston soldier, William Jones, 24, died in a crash at 18 Rigsby when his carleft the road, struck a tree, flipped a parked vehicle and rested against a house. He was pronounced dead at Green Hospital about 2 am Sunday. The death marked the city’s 60th traffic fatality this year.
Lower courts in Connecticut and Pennsylvania ruled in favor of indigent women seeking abortions. The cases centered on Medicaid funding rules and conflicts between state laws and the Social Security Act, with Pennsylvania limiting coverage to medically necessary abortions and health threats. In Connecticut five indigent women in New Haven challenged the state’s restrictions, arguing medical necessity required certification by a doctor.
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