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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1973
Page
3
A centiound labeled Bandit dropped a brown felt hat while fleeing from a store, creating a stray clue in the incident. Police search the area for the suspect and any other items tied to the escape. Local witnesses report the bandit moved quickly through adjacent streets as bystanders watched.
Peter Cherry a 58 year old San Antonio construction worker was awarded 1.03 million in damages in the largest voluntary settlement in a single injury case. The suit arose after he fell 16 feet from a scaffold into a reservoir base. Also reported: robberies at Grace's Grocery and Boehlers Beer Garden with about 275 dollars total stolen, and Lee Hicks of the Texas State Teachers Association spoke at Incarnate Word College about a great profession.
The record shows Yuri Tarmak of Russia at 7 feet 3 3/4 inches in Munich and Dick Fosbury of the United States at 7 feet 4 1/4 inches in Mexico City. Both men and women enter track and field events. women do not compete directly against men in the Olympic Games.
An extensive ATF tracing effort linked a Ruger rifle from the factory to a Montgomery Ward store in Emporia Kansas and to suspect Mark J Esser. A Philadelphia revolver recovered from a black gunmen attack, tied to a theft from the original buyer by a gang. The report also covers a Juarez firearms cache tied to a Mexican hotel export and 15 machine guns plus 49 pistols found during a raid.
The United States halted troop withdrawal and mine sweeping from Haiphong harbor while North Vietnam and the Viet Cong argued over prisoner releases. Four Joint Military Commission members were killed in a South Vietnamese ambush. Nixon and Rogers pressured negotiations in Paris to resume POW releases, with 155 U.S. military prisoners and eight civilians already freed. Remaining are 407 military POWs, 16 civilians, and seven foreign civilians.
UPI reports foreign ministers in Paris approved a nine point plan to back a lasting Vietnam peace. Rogers hailed progress after Hanoi promised continued POW repatriation. 142 more prisoners to be released within 48 hours. final accord aims to guarantee cease fire monitoring and international assurances with four power and ICCS participation.
Trapped officers say Detective James Pugh fired on a fleeing car at a roadblock. After an extended exchange of gunfire the vehicle overturned. Suspects used a high powered rifle or machine gun, fired from the rear seat, and dumped ammunition as they fled. Police closed in with about 40 to 50 cars.
Police chase ends with two suspects trapped at the city edge after ramming barricades. A DPS officer Hugh Hartman is in fair condition after a bullet breached his windshield. Stolen car, extra plates, and drugs found. investigation spans Live Oak, New Braunfels, San Antonio, and Bexar County.
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