Grant for L A Park Told
A two day visit to San Antonio by HUD Assistant Secretary Sam Jackson yielded a $259000 park grant for a sports complex on Nacogdoches Road north of Bitters Road. He endorsed the New Town in Town plan to revitalize downtown San Antonio, a project estimated at 30 million dollars and spanning 230 acres with 150 acres for housing, while stressing housing for all income groups.
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Norma Reed
San Antonio
Jackson
Farmers Market
HUD
San Antonio Ranch
San Antonio Development Agency
Dallas
Retired Workers Receive Grant for Senior Volunteer Program
The Citizens Service Corps awards 38809 to San Antonio Community Welfare Council to run a Retired Senior Volunteer Program serving seniors over 80 in Bexar County. The plan places 300 volunteers in year one and up to 1000 in five years, serving in courts, schools, libraries, hospitals and other community centers with expense reimbursements.
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Citizens Service Corps
San Antonio
Community Welfare Camel
Community Welfare Couneil
Bexar County
RSVP
Soldier Charged After Alleged Attempted Rape
Steven C. Kemp Sr., 22, was charged by Night Magistrate Phil Chavarria with attempted rape of a 1 year old girl in a Grayson Street apartment. Held on $5,000 bond after police say he arrived with the woman’s husband and two friends, then beat the woman who suffered facial injuries. He allegedly came to borrow a shirt and tried to rape her at the apartment pool and after returning.
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Houxowie
Steven C. Kemp Sr
San Houston
Phil Chavarria
Kemp
Grayson Street
Campaign Star Removed From Martha's Door
Washington AP reports Martha Mitchell has left her husband, saying she will not appear publicly again until Nixon reelection campaign head John Mitchell quits. She calls herself a political prisoner and says she is being kept from talking. No appearances are scheduled for June. officials cite her privacy as the issue.
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Washington
Martha Mitchell
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
White House
Reelection Committee
Niion
York Daily News
California
Westchester County Club
Rye
N.Y
New Social Studies Course At Trinity University
A two week graduate course at Trinity University experiments with a New Social Studies approach. Dr Allan Kownslar explains data driven analysis over memorization using audio-visual learning to engage diverse students as 35 teachers from various districts develop a Texas history curriculum to take back to their classrooms.
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Trinity University
Allan Kownslar
Trinity History
Kewnslar
San Antonio Light Subscription Rates and Addresses
The San Antonio Light lists subscription plans for daily and Sunday delivery by mail within Texas and abroad. Pricing shows monthly, weekly, and annual rates with variations for domestic and foreign destinations, plus a note about Associated Press reprint rights and publication standards.
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Zuarceiation
Canpre
San Antonio
Tasas Temas
Iire
MAIL
Texas
Stabbing Suspect Sought After Sonora Street Assault
Police sought a 17 year old suspect in the stabbing of 19 year old Yolanda Herrera of 231 Sonora. Herrera was stabbed in the chest and abdomen and lay in poor condition at Bexar County Hospital after a quarrel on Sonora Street around 7:45 p.m. Monday.
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Yolanda Herrera
Sonora
Bexar County
Sonars Street
Donation Helps Reduce USO Debt in San Antonio
A $10,000 gift from the Ewing Hassell Foundation was announced by the USO Club of Metropolitan San Antonio. Funds will cut near $40,000 debt on new USO facilities at HemisFall Plaza. A 1979 capital campaign raised about half the required amount. Operating costs are covered by the United Fund. capital needs rely on contributions.
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Ewing Hassell
USO Club
Metropolitan
San Antohin
HemisFall Plaza
United Fund
First U S Chewer Santa Anna Gummed Up Works Chicle
Edgewood School District introduces a bilingual fourth grade reading unit featuring a tale about Santa Anna allegedly influencing the U S chewing gum industry via Phillip Adams and Adams Chiclet Company. The program aims to boost reading skills with Spanish language illustrated stories spanning folklore biography and cultural themes.
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Santa Anna
United States
Edgewood
San Jacinto
Andrew Jackson
Phillip Adams
Adams
Adams’ Chiclet
Gloria Zamora
Suspect Captured in Premier Service Station Burglary
Police apprehended a 19 year old suspect fleeing the Premier Service Station on Fisenhauer after a break in. A van driver seen leaving. the suspect was nabbed running east on Eisenhauer and jailed for burglary and theft. A window entry was reported and $234 missing from the station.
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Fisenhauer
Od Cyril Street
Eisenhauer
Theft Probe Expands in Valley-Hi Burglary Case
Sheriff's officers pursued leads Monday in a $4,130 burglary at a Valley-Hi home. A housekeeper reported jewelry and a coin collection taken from Lt. Col. J. R. Powers at 5340 Laurel Valley after returning from the yard to a ransacked residence.
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Valley-Hi
J. R. Powers
Laurel Valley
SAHA Pursues 400 Housing Units For San Antonio
SAHA commissioners heard of a push to deliver 400 low rent housing units via a turnkey approach. HUD notified that 0 units could be released unless development proposals were submitted by Monday, met through weekend work. The plan includes 150 of the units previously requested in 1970 and 250 new ones tied to the nonkey project, with concerns raised about minority contractor access and ownership transfer timing. The project, costing over 3 million, comes as SAHA faces a fiscal crisis threatening operations by August without HUD subsidies and reserves.
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San Antonio Housing Authority
SAHA
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Washington
Richard G. Jones
RUD
Thomas E. Beatty
Beatty
Jones
Sara Commission
Daniel Endorsed for House Speaker by Bexar Legislator Pair
A Tuesday joint announcement by State Rep. Frank Lombardino and District 7 nominee Frank Madla endorsed Daniel for House speaker. The eight point outline highlighted welfare reform, funding for Bexar County projects, stronger law enforcement, education upgrades, reform of procedures, lobbyist controls, senior citizen provisions, and tenure for the speaker.
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Price Daniel Jr
Bexar County
Dist
Frank Lombardino
Frank Madla
Daniel
Danie
San Antonio Lights Action Line delegates and local queries
Readers asked about convention delegates totaling 174000 visiting San Antonio and raised local concerns. The column answers dog control laws, private pilot licenses, and Expo 1976 inquiries, noting no Philadelphia world’s fair in 1976 and listing active bicentennial celebrations in Boston Washington D C and Miami.
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Ron
Philadelphia
Jim Gaines
HemnisFair Plaza
Gaines
Boston
Washington
D.C
Miami
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GOP
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6Th Army
Patrick F. Cassidy
Yancey
Ft. Sam Houston
Baily
Merico
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Associated Press
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U.S
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Edgewood School
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