Big Light Auto Show Opens With Spectacular Displays
The Big Light Auto Show features a wide range of vehicles from a 1924 Rolls Royce to modern economy models and a $25,708 Ford Berlina LTD. Displays include power steering tests, a dragster, and motors for campers, with racing cars from the Sports Car Club of America and engines on show. The event runs 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays and noon to 11 p.m. on weekends, with performances by the Cowsills and flamenco guitarist El Curro.
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Ford Berlina Ltd
Sports Car Club of America
White Wind Inc
Volkswagen
Bonneville
Wagen
Ore
Central
Catholic
el Curro
Cowsills
Charles Davis
Ion
Rallerina to marry Radzianko in London within year
Rallerina Natalia Makarova, the Kirov dancer who defected from Russia, says she will marry composer Vladimir Radzianko within the year. Radzianko, 32, a British composer and radio announcer of Russian descent, is divorcing his wife.
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San Francisco
UPI
Rallerina
Natalia Makarova
Russia
Kirov Ballet
London
Vladimir Radzianko
Miss Makarova
Soviet Union
Radzianko
Senate panel backs measure for A and M oceanography campus
Texas lawmakers reported favorably on a bill to fund a maritime academy and oceanography school in Galveston. Sen. A R Schwartz, Galveston, proposed a $16 million amendment to aid A M officials in construction. Schwartz initially opposed the bill but said passage seems likely, while Sen. Ray Hardtensen of Port Arthur and others pressed for recorded votes against the bill.
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Joe Christie
el Paso
Jack Hietioner
Vernon
Sen
A.R. Schwartz
Galveston
Senate
Schwartz
Texas A&m
Maritime Academy and
School of Oceanography
Tess
Finance Committee
Saeenen
Thin Pracure
Ray Hardneten
Port Arthur
Texas House advances 431.9 million tax plan amid tuition talk
The House Revenue and Taxation Committee approved a 431.9 million tax proposal, raising the sales tax from 3.25 to 4 percent and adding levies on securities transfers and amusements while targeting tuition hikes and corporate taxes. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ben Abdwell of Dallas, faces floor action next.
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Coreorate
Tron
North Freeway clash sparks battle over Brackenridge Park
In San Antonio a prolonged dispute over the North Freeway presses the issue of parkland use. Secretary of Transportation Volpe faces pressure to justify any route through Brackenridge Park, with Gruen Associates studying alternatives. State officials cite no feasible bypass while critics urge park-friendly options and cite a Texas court ruling on feasibility.
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Antil Volpe
San Antonio
Joanie San Antonio
Reorough Brackettidge Park
Texas Highway Department
DOT
Gruen Associates
Hicher
Ki Suh Park
Washington
Stony
Gruen
Austin
C. Dingwall
Overton Park
Brackenridge Park
Memphis
Dingwall
OverLion Park
San Antonio Park
State Highway Department
High Court
Secretary of Transportation
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