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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
2
Mexican and United States officials and HemisFairs executives joined a joint bread breaking ceremony at the Amphitheater amid a Cinco de Mayo and San Antonio birthday celebration. The small egg bread portions symbolized strong cross border ties as crowds watched in the Sab Anio area during the festive observance.
Parisian officials praise HemisFair as the pageant opens with sunlit crowds in festive dress. Mexican and HemisFair leaders attend, with remarks by Marshall Steves and Jose Vivencia, while a multinational ceremony includes flags, anthems, and a symbolic bread breaking with local dignitaries.
Bexar County Democrats head to runoff after a tight in county races and a governor runoff. Official returns were impounded from absentee boxes delaying results as clerks and party leaders scramble to finalize the counts. Five local contests and a state governor runoff shape the postprimary landscape with judges, commissioners, and education posts in play amid recount concerns.
In incomplete returns from Texas Bexar County Republicans and Democrats see key contest shifts. Incumbents Don Hand and Roy Garwood fell to challengers while Glenn Rothmann and David Evans defeated them in separate House races. Richard Woods edged Matt Garcia for the 7th district court seat by about 2,500 votes, ensuring a Woods bench with no GOP opposition. The ongoing tally indicates tight margins and potential further developments as the counts continue.
The slow tally stretched into after 5 am Sunday as a long ballot and new electronic voting machines slowed results. Ben Barnes led Bexar voters for lieutenant governor while Don Yarborough carried the county for governor. Statewide Yarborough faced a runoff with Gov. Preston Smith as county campaigns vow intensified efforts.
At the Fair a huge loaf baked by Centeno Supermarkets honored a Franco Mexican friendship anniversary. The oval loaf measured 30.1 inches by 10 pounds and used 9 pounds of flour with 20 ovens. A display featured 250 round loaves of sweet bread and a replica Tower of the Americas with a pancake bread on top. Baker Romero and Centeno staff prepared the project setting, with guests allowed to sample as the bread was displayed.
A quirky travel memo notes yellow thistles along highways from San Antonio to Freer in Duval County and southward, highlighting field sightings, bloom stages, and roadside scenery. It mentions local residents Thomas and Freer civic leaders, plus plans for development and a bond issue, with references to nearby towns and agricultural notes.
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