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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1969
Page
1
If your $1 bill bears a serial number matching the Lucky Bucks listed, call The Light Lucky Bucks Editor, CA 62441 to record the bill before expiration and arrange a reward collection appointment. Continued on Page 5, Col. 1.
Ten more contestants split cash winnings totaling 215 in The Light's Lucky Bucks and Social Security games. Winners include Sgt Gleh Schrodl at Brae's Air Force Base and Mrs Gladys Patton, with various plans for the money from vacations to bills and gifts. Other winners listed reside in Elsmere, Mayfield, Mont ezuma, and New Braunfels.
A reader letter warns of cafeteria raises to part timers but not fulltime staff and urges clarity. It also documents a caller seeking home medical care for an elderly, wheelchair bound mother and discusses Medicare and state welfare for nursing home options, plus advice to seek home doctor visits or Medicare supported care.
Alma Jean Piper 28 widow of William Hall Piper was critically wounded with a head wound at Porta Motel in San Antonio’s East Side. A 38-year-old man with a police record was arrested and jailed. A pistol with one spent cartridge was found on the floor.
Vatican city Cardinal Gustavo Testa, described as the closest friend of the late Pope John XXII, died Friday at the Vatican residence. He was 82.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower developed pneumonia in his right lung four days after hip surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Doctors said the infection places a considerable strain on his ailing heart as he receives antibiotics and oxygen via a nose tube to support a failing congested lung.
A forecast for Saturday night and Sunday calls for rain or thunder showers after noon. Winds shift to mostly southeast at 5 to 15 mph Saturday, rising to 10 to 20 mph Sunday afternoon. Highs reach the upper 60s Saturday with overnight lows around 40s. No-held rain probability noted.
In a stunned courtroom Sirhan Sirhan demanded to plead guilty to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and be executed. The 24 year old Arab immigrant insisted on self representation and asked to fire his defense team. judges refused and noted he was unlikely to competently stand alone. His mother testified tearfully about his Jerusalem upbringing as the trial paused for a recess.
A brief catalog of newspaper sections and page ranges including Church News on page 6, Classifieds on pages 26 to 35, Comics on page 1, Death Notices on page 26, Editorial on page 24, Features on page 25, Financial on pages 4 and 15, Fun and Games on page 15, Nluroscope on page 1 and Lucky Bucks Contest on page 5, Real Estate on page 21, Society on page 2m, Sports on pages 7 to 19, Texas Trails on page 2, and TV Lops on page 16.
Incumbent Pete Torres seeks re election as Good Government League members field candidates for April 1 city election. Wanda Ford enters race to support conservation ties while pastor Claudius M Minar also declares. Nine potential council seats loom with key figures including Mayor McAllister and E J Burke among slate leaders. Ford says she runs to aid city needs and remains a longtime ally of John Gatti.
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