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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1974
Page
1
San Antonio marks the spring season at 7 07 p m on Wednesday as trees bud and lawns turn green yet frost lingering around Easter Sunday April 14 may threaten new growth. Mesquite trees sprout while local folklore notes the last frost timing. The sun dictates seasons with equinox and solstice shifts. garden activity rises amid below normal rainfall this year.
Jimmie Dale Akers, 27, bound over to a federal grand jury after an examining trial before U S Magistrate Frank Baskin. Akers, free on a $10 000 bond, allegedly sold an 8 mm German machine gun to a federal agent in a complaint filed in U S Magistrate Court.
A garbled excerpt shows San Antonio readers contacting general listings for birthdays and mail rates. It lists multiple names like Bailey and Sunday, with various prices and destinations across Texas and outside states, referencing shipping, weeks and months in a rough, nonstandard OCR format.
Premier ceremonies welcome officials at the Pearl Reynolds Aluminum Can Recycling Center on Grayson Street. Notables include Mrs Lyndon B Johnson and Rep Gonzalez. Also noted are a citywide Employers Appreciation Banquet, free oral cancer screenings at Lackland AFB and UT Dental School clinics, and a Beethoven Stiftung fest. Local religious services, concerts, and society meetings round out the listings with venues and dates.
The San Antonio Transit System trustees approved a Department of Transportation plant grant to fund 80 percent of a permanent Park and Ride at Wonderland Shopping Center. paving, signs, and a shelter will cost about 70000 dollars with SATS covering 20 percent. Early shuttle patronage was 99 riders on Tuesday. February revenue reached 580770 with expenses of 507906.
City records show the new Emergency Medical Service logged 58 calls in the first 16 days. Fire Station No. 8 at 2323 Buena Vista led with 45 calls and 13 victims, while Station No. 13 at 9209 S. Presa handled multiple emergencies. The report notes 11 patients to Jacal Hospitals and plans for staff training starting May 1.
MORRIS WILLSON reports North East School District credits careful planning for growth and fiscal stability. Ed J. West cites a $23 million annual budget and a tax base rise from 225 million in 1986 to 640 million today while planning a new 5 million high school at Stahl and OConner Roads and expanding site purchases in Hidden Forest San Pedro Hills Higgins and Nacogdoches.
Local health officials unveiled a children tested poison symbol designed by Dalton Fromme to replace the skull and crossbones. Stick on labels will appear on toxic product containers and at the San Antonio Poison Control Center with a one hour contact number. The symbol was created after studies with physicians and child psychologists and tested with kindergarten students to improve warning effectiveness.
German neurologist Dr. Rudolph Ackermann will stay two months in San Antonio to collaborate with Dr. Kas Kalter at the Southwest Foundation for Research and Education. The visit, funded by the German Ministry of Health, aims to exchange information on infections and congenital malformation research. Ackermann notes hamsters and house mice as carriers of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and discusses planned experiments with primates to study virus invasion and characteristics.
Mrs. Earl Wischer returned to San Antonio after an interview trip to Washington DC for the U.S. treasurer post. Officials say she is among several candidates to fill the vacancy created Feb 23 by Romana Banuelos’s resignation. Wischer, a White House talent pool member and Nixon appointee, holds multiple executive roles in Paladin Pipeline, Panhandle Producing, and Pinto Well Service.
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