Burglary Rate in Bexar County Rises Faster Outside City
A report by Bill Holchak of the Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council shows unincorporated Bexar County burglaries up 27 percent and thefts up 30 percent last year, while San Antonio and suburbs also rise in thefts. Violent crimes fell 22 percent in the city and 11 percent in suburbs, with county crime rate about 3,348 per 106,000.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
Bill Holchak
Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council
San
Holchak
Sheriff's Department
Speed limit questions on emergency vehicles in Texas
Texas DPS official says no state law sets a speed limit for emergency cars and ambulances. Safety rules apply. drivers can be liable for reckless driving. City ordinances exist. private emergency vehicles face more restrictions. Public vehicles follow traffic laws when not responding. private ambulances under contract may be exempt.
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Spt
E. B. McKnight
Texas Department of Public Safety
Sarge
San Antonio
Stewart C. Fischer
Fischer
Weekend Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures
The forecast calls for warm conditions on Saturday and Sunday with highs near 20s and mid teens. Saturday night will drop into the upper 50s, while Sunday highs reach the upper 60s, with winds usually 5 to 10 mph and northeasterly 6 to 12 mph on Saturday.
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Cuba Travel Rules Relaxed but Hurdles Remain for Americans
UPI reports the United States eased some Cuba travel bans allowing visits for the first time in 16 years but retains strict limits. Tourists must go via a third country, join a group, and wait up to four months for a Cuban visa through the Czechoslovakian embassy in Washington. Mass commercial operations remain barred and visas can only be issued with an OFAC license. EVISA Travel Agency reports rising interest but says organized tours are not yet ready.
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UPI
United States
Cuba
Havang
U.S
Carter
Caribbean
Washington
Stanley Sommerfield
Treasury Department
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Summerfield
Mexico
Canada
Evisa Travel Agency
Mimi
Mexicana Airlines
Yishing
EVISA
Antonio
Carter seeks $24 billion foreign aid for 1978
President Carter proposes a $24 billion foreign aid package for fiscal 1978, up from Ford’s recommendation, emphasizing less military aid and more economic assistance for developing nations. He vows to root out mismanagement and cuts in military equipment while signing other measures on Rhodesia chrome embargo and oil spill inspections.
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U.N
Carter
Congress
U.S
Rhodesia
Coast Guard
White House
Jody Powell
United States
Weekend TV Numbers Game Sweepstakes Promises Cash Prizes
Readers can enter a weekly TV Numbers Game with a base prize of 1000 dollars plus 500 more if the winner is a Light subscriber. A 14 week contest ends with 4 entries advancing to a final draw for 10000 dollars. Kathy Vann of 206 Conway wins 10 in TV Sweepstakes.
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TV Channels
TV Sogo
Kathy Vann
Conway
Disputed Will Surfaces in California Ferrari Claim
A second will surfaced in the Los Angeles case of Sayre Irene West, the widow of a prominent Ifill Country family member, denying the Ferrari burial condition. The San Antonio attorney Fred A. Semaan holds a later will dated November 3, 1976 naming one major and two minor beneficiaries, none from the West family, and he plans to prove it invalidates the Ferrari will.
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Stryker McUaire
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Sayre Irene West
Ifill
Fred A. Semnan
California
Semaan
Seman
Jave Sim Antonia Ents
West
Ike West
Scouts Collect for Good Turn Day in San Antonio
Thousands of Scouts will collect Good Turn Day bags from San Antonio residents on Saturday. Bags distributed last week invite citizens to place usable clothing shoes and small appliances on their front steps for pickup. Collected items go to the Goodwill Industries plant for refurbishing by handicapped workers.
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San Antonio
Goodwill Industries
Tourists and Swallows Return to Mission San Juan Capistrano
Visitors and birds arrive as the 200 year old adobe mission signals the annual return. About 60 to 70 scout swallows were seen in the area during the week with the full flock due by Saturday for the Feast Day of St. Joseph.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Adobe
Mission San Juan Capistrano
St. Joseph
Plane Crash Kills One Near Round Rock Texas
A twin engine executive turbojet exploded and burned in a Williamson County wooded area Friday. Gerald T. Bird, 31, of San Angelo, an employee of Mitsubishi Aircraft Co., was alone in the eight passenger Mitsubishi MU2 when the craft crashed.
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Rock, Tex
UPI
Williamson County
Gerald T. Bird
San Angels
Mitzubisht Aircraft Co
Mitsubisht
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