Trinity Honors Recipients At Centennial Celebration
Trinity University honors were awarded to 18 students and faculty in a Centennial Year ceremony. Recipients include Claude Zetty for Sigma Kappa Epsilon Award, Mary Lou Ribble for Alpha Lambda Delta Award, Olive Paschal noted as outstanding student with Delta Alpha Gamma Award, and Betty L. Meadows receiving the Schoolastics and Service Award. Several cadets earned Army certificates, eight students won ROTC two year scholarships, Psi Chi and Sigma Delta Chi citations went to Daniel Thompson and William Robinson, and the Paige Prize in Piano was awarded to William Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity University
Claude Zetty
Sigma Kappa Epsilon
Mary Lou Ribble
Highcliff
Alpha Lambda Delta
Olive Paschal
Primera
Delta Alpha Gamma
Betty L. Meadows
Dove Hill
Hall Council
Houston S. Robby Ili
Wiltshire
Homero Garza
Dexter
Charles E. Crenshaw
Pilgrim
Army
ROTC
John B. Broyles
Goliad
Robert E. Coligan
Cicero
Gordon C. Downey
Eisenhower
Mark R. Griffin
Albin
Michael J. Haenchen
Belvoir
David A. Skvorak
Balfour
Paul E. Vanden Dries
Patricia
Nicholas L. Versteeg
Daniel Thompson
Burr
Rail Ceremony Reenacted for Golden Spike Centennial
An actor portraying Leland Stanford will swing the silver hammer on the golden spike to reenact the 1869 linking of the United States by rail. Up to 1,500 people are expected at Promontory Summit Utah for the centennial celebration of the historic ceremony.
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Promontory Summit
Utah
UPI
Leland Stanford
United States
Retirements at Brooke Army Medical Center Move
Gen. Potter plans to retire Sept. 30 from Brooke Army Medical Center command. His family will relocate to San Antonio. Brig. Gen. Ursin becomes medical center commander and Maj. Gen. Neel replaces Ursin at Fort Sam Houston MFSS after Vietnam duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence A. Potter
Brooke Army Medical Center
Potter
Michael S. Potter
San Antonio
O. Elliott Ursin
Th Medical Field Service School
Ursin
Spurgeon H. Neel Jr
U.S
Vietnam
Symphony Finale Caps 30th Season at Municipal Auditorium
The San Antonio Symphony closes its 30th season with Beethoven Choral Fantasy and Ninth Symphony. The concert features 130 voice Master singers plus Del Mar College Choir, Schola Cantorum of Corpus Christi, and Corpus Christi Chorale with guests Schrock, Liden, Weingart, and Nelson. Starts 8:30 p.m.
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Beethoven
San Antonio Symphony
Municipal Auditorium
Symphony
Corpus Christi
del Mar College Choir
Schola Cantorum of
Corpus Christi Chorale
Scharmal Schrock
East Texas
British poster touts metric shift with bathing beauty
London UPI reports the British construction industry unveiled a poster of a bathing beauty whose measurements 914 by 610 by 914 millimeters as part of a campaign to urge Britons to think metric ahead of 1971 conversion.
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London
UPI
Best Jaycee Clubs Named Best Jaycee Clubs Named
Awards for outstanding Texas Jaycee organizations announced in San Antonio during the annual convention. Winners in 12 population divisions and seven special awards for overall excellence in 1968 projects were announced with many communities cited in multiple categories across Agriculture and Conservation through Youth and Sports Activities.
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San Antonio
Post
Nederland
Victoria
Fort Worth
Lakeview
Forest Hill
Snyder
Irving
Houston
Everman
Richland Hills
Nederlands
Stin
Bird Seed Suit Filed Over Bird Deaths in Texas
A San Antonio couple filed an 11000 damage suit in District Court alleging parakeet seed poisoned their birds. Alma Lee and Laurence A. Wimner claim sacks bought in February 1968 from Ford Staffel Co. and Maurice Pincoffs Co. caused the death of 1969 birds as they raised birds to sell to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Alma Lee
Laurence A. Wimner
Ford Staffel Co
E. Commerce
Maurice Pincoffs Co
Houston
Building Code Bill Urges Countywide Support
County Judge Blair Reeves called Friday for public support to pass a countywide building code aimed at stopping slums in unincorporated areas and closing gaps that let new construction escape tax rolls. The bill has cleared the house and awaits senate action. residents were urged to contact four county commissioners and Bexar State senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair Reeves
Reeves
House
Senate
Bexar
Bexar County
Trinity University Student Die in Suspected Self-Inflicted Shooting
A verdict of death by own action was returned in the shooting death of 19 year old Richard E. Stacey, a Trinity University student. Dr. Ruben Santos, Bexar County Medical Examiner, said Stacey was found shot in the head inside a car on N E Loop 410 between San Pedro and Jones-Maltsberger, with a 12 gauge shotgun in the rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity University
Ruben Santos
Bexar County
Richard E. Stacey
Stacey
N.E. Loop 410
San Pedro
Jones-Maltsberger
Waste permits restricted to safe Ed wards Aquifer sites
The Texas Water Quality Board heard a Bexar County Edwards Aquifer Protection Committee plea to issue waste disposal permits only for sites with no threat to the Edwards Aquifer. Carl Norris of the committee urged monitoring existing facilities and, if pollution occurs, a joint, economical remedy plan. The panel includes city and regional agencies and was presided over by Hugh C. Yantis Jr.
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Texas Water Quality Board
Edwards
Petroleum Center
Bexar County
Carl Norris
Balcones
San Antonio
U.S. Geological Survey
Edwards Underground Water District
Norris
Com
Mittee
Committee On
City of San
Shortage dispute pits Bexar officials against Knight and Sanderson
Two Bexar County officials dispute who should be sued to recover a $4,796 unpaid county fund shortage from 1963 to 1967. District Attorney James E. Barlow weighs the liability of County Clerk James W. Knight and County Auditor Charles R. Sanderson as the county seeks recovery of stock transfer stamps worth $4,744 owed to the state comptroller.
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Bexar
James E. Barlow
James W. Knight
Charles R. Sanderson
State Comptroller of Public Accounts
Barlow
Bexar County
Commissioners Court
Knight
P. Arthur Norton
Devon
Norton
Sanderson
Texas
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D. L. Ferguson
International Airport
Trinity
San Antonio Mas
Gen. Potter
LaMarque
Bridge City
Richardson
Happy
Midlothian
Haringen
Nederge
Houson
Evermatt
Harlingen
Waco
Ways and Means
Austin
Dallas
Giessenbier
Ridge City
Daline
Bird Seed
Staffel’s
By Marjorie Clapp
By Jim Price
57Th District Court
Solomon Cassel Jr
Mgr
Karotein Furniture CO
W. Commerce St
GE Mobile Maid
Gill
Wonderland
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