Gatti Reflects on San Antonio Politics and Beards of Power
Former San Antonio mayor John Gatti, moving to Houston, offers view of the city’s leadership rifts. He criticizes current council cohesion, Downtown decay, and the Alamo Plaza project while defending utilities. Gatti suggests possible shifts to district elections and debates end of council manager era.
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Jan Jarboe
Becker
John Gatti
Gatti
Houston
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Good Government League
Telecom
Red Ball Freight Co
Galti
City Public Service Board
Gani
Council
CPSB
City Civil Service Commission
The
Transit Board
Alamo Gas Co
Pas
Board
Coastal
City Water Board
Gotti
Calderon Helps In Ceremony For New San Antonio Club
Former Councilman Manuel Calderon celebrated his 53rd birthday by riding a bulldozer at the groundbreaking of a $1.2 million Boys Club site at 1th Street and Apache Creek. The 24,000 square foot facility, serving about 25,000 youths, is set to open in September and will include a gym, pool, library, shops, classrooms, game rooms, and an outdoor tennis complex. A replica East Side club is planned for 1175 with Raymond Apollon guiding the project.
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ED Glosson
San Antonio
Manuel Calderon
Calderon
Apache Creek
U.S
Gonzalez
Claude Black
Albert Bustamame
Irish St Patrick Parade and River Fest in San Antonio
A San Antonio St Patrick event drew a downtown parade with bands children and officials in green. The Paseo del Rio Association sponsored a river salute with green beer as the Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas hosted a one mile march ending at the Alamo. Col Joseph B McShane Jr served as grand marshal with James Down as honorary grand marshal. Dr Sean Burke emceed and urged Irish heritage remembering the Battle of the Alamo wreath honors led by William J Hunter. Archbishop Francis J Furey US Rep Henry B Gonzales and city and state officials attended.
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St. Patrick
Paseo del Rio Association
The
Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas
Alamo
Joseph B. McShane Tret
James Down
the Alamo
Cok Joseph Corcoran
William J. Hunter
Francis J. Furey
U.S
Henry B. Gonzales
Edwards District weighs site purchase for San Geronimo dam
The Edwards Underground Water District board continues review of buying property for a proposed San Geronimo recharge dam near FM 471. Chairman William H. Spice Jr. said negotiations are underway, with the dam expected to add about 2000 acre feet of water annually to the Edwards Aquifer. The project wouldCapture runoff, allow seepage into the underground reservoir supplying over a million South Texas residents. The report notes water loss of 0 to 2000 acre feet at present.
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San Geronimo
William H. Spice Jr
FM 471
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Texas Water Rights
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Edwards
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Texas
San Antonio motorists adapt to gas shortage
San Antonio drivers cope with rising prices and limited Sunday gasoline. Residents report longer lines and price awareness as self service grows, while calls to police about fuel locations drop from dozens per hour to only a few weekly.
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San Antonio
Jefferson High Clinches State ROYC Dirt Team Championship
Jefferson High School cadets outscored six other units at Texas A&M University to win the state dirt team championship. Runnerup was Leu High School. Jefferson defeated Beaumont, Killeen, Galveston and Wichita Falls teams in the fuet sanctioned by the Texas Adjutant General's Office.
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ROYC
Texas A&m University
Leu High School
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Beaumont
Killeen
Galveston
Wichita Falls
Texas Adjutant General’s Office
Fragmented San Antonio Light OCR Notes Local Ads
The text shows garbled OCR from the San Antonio Light with garbled city and phone details, ad-like totals, and broken lines. It includes mentions of daily and Sunday figures, regional references to Mexico and Central America, and scattered monetary amounts, lacking coherent narrative or context.
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Ned Pease
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