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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1972
Page
1
U S Rep Gonzalez praised DECA at the three day state conference, noting dropout rates and the value of vocational training. He cited 25 percent of youth missing college pathways and urged pride in work, applauding DECA for guiding students toward meaningful careers.
Harald White of Rider High School Wiehita Falls was named president of the Distributive Education Clubs of America Texas Division at the Convention Center. Sheree Pope of Ball High School was named Student of the Year and Curt Koelling of Westbury High was Bay Student of the Year. Other officers include Kirk Roll honorary president and Cathy Johnson vice president.
London AP reports that future British brides are urged to prioritize love and partnership over training, with experts outlining essential tips for harmony. Counselors warn about modern marriage changing toward equal partnerships, with guidance on communication, compromise, and shared responsibilities.
The San Antonio Grand Opera Festival opened with Verdi’s Rigoletto at Municipal Auditorium drawing a state wide crowd. Placido Domingo starred as the Duke of Mantua alongside Gail Robinson as Gilda and Louis Quilico in the title role. The audience applauded wildly for Robinson and Domingo as costumes and acting impressed, while Quilico’s performance drew mixed reviews.
The San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers and the orchestra delivered strong performances under Victor Alessandro as the Opera Festival showcases Carmen with Viorica Caplez and Richard Tucker. Additional acts include Boris Godunov with Norman Trespie and Corrine Curry, climaxing in Beverly Sills in Daughter of the Regiment. A river-side cocktail dinner follows March 32 in the St. Anthony Hotel Peréaux Room with tickets from the Symphony Women’s Committee.
Pat Nixon helped plant a blush pink camellia at California's Capitol Park during the 18th annual Camellia Festival as about 50 demonstrators protested with Viet Cong flags and obscenities. About seven youths were arrested for disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace.
Walton Kentucky report says a light aircraft failed to contact Greater Cincinnati Airport and crashed into hilly land on the outskirts, killing three persons. Identification of victims was not immediately available from state police or Boone County sheriff officials.
Rep Gonzalez warned that despite rising overall federal spending in Bexar County, aid to the poor shrank in fiscal 1972 and 1973. For the Community Action programs cuts totaled 476,149, migrant and headstart funds dropped, and the CEP and YCD programs both fell, even as the overall OEO spend rose by 1.47 billion countywide.
In Pasadena California a NASA spokesman reported Pioneer 10 moving toward Jupiter at about six miles per second. The craft was 873,474 miles from Earth and on a near-perfect trajectory as it heads to the planet 21 months from launch.
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