Trinity University Hosts Inter Ethnic Communication Conference
Trinity University sponsors a four day conference on Strategies for Inter Ethnic Communication starting Friday in the Chapman Graduate Center. Stagecoach Days in Leon Valley run Friday through Sunday with food and entertainment. County Commissioner Alpert Bustamante to be grand marshal of the Boy Scout Troop 466 parade Sunday at 2:30 pm starting West Theaco Phyllis to La Buffalo. UTSA continuing education offers parents courses Friday at St. Ae mall and May 2 at the Institute of Texan Cultures. Moose Lodge rummage sale Friday to Sunday at 82H Highlands. Rotary District conference Friday to Sunday at Trinity University. Institute of Texan Cultures to sponsor a tree concert Saturday at 5 pm. Lis Palmas Library to show film A Rock in the Road Saturday at Castroville Road.
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Chapman Graduate Center
Alpert Bustamante
Theaco
University of Texas At San Antonio
Division of Continuing Education
St. Ae 'S
Starcrest
Institute of Texan Cultures
Throughfate planned to access Kelly Air Force Base via Hillcrest
May 12 1856 city council approves acquiring 40 parcels to widen Hillcrest Drive for northwest San Antonio access to Kelly Air Force Base. May 12 1858 missions tied for first in Texas League after beating Oklahoma City 4 0 at Mission Stadium. May 12 186 closing orders health board to close all schools north of Commerce for four weeks due to pulio epidemic. May 2 1938 seventeen workers enter Dorotty Frocks Co plain under police guard after picket. May 12 1926 San Antonio transport air mail service inaugurated Chicago Fort Worth route. May 1 1916 Harry Stewart no hit no run for Bronchos against Waco Navigators. May 12 196 army officers at Ft Sam Houston plan fall maneuvers as fort becomes brigade post. May 12 1896 mayor enforces dog ordinance this season. May 12 1888 bays fashion skeletal craft called water bicycle claims potential four rule four.
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San Antonio
Kelly Air Forcet Base
Hillcrest Drive
Youve Come a Song San Antonio Veterans Spotlight
The series highlights San Antonio residents who distinguished themselves in the military. Lt Nora Springfield joined the Women's Army Corps in 1944 as a private and later became a colonel with a UT law degree. She remained after WWII to handle postwar legal matters in Germany and reviewed Dachau case bases with the 7708th War Crimes Group.
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San Antonio
Nora Springfield
Women's Army Corps
University of Texas
WAC
Col. Springfield
Germany
Dachau
Navy
Women’s Army Corps
Army
Judge Advocate General Corps
Zachry Hotel Hopes Alive in San Antonio Plan
City Water Board trustees agreed to study Zachry's 50 rear hotel extension on a 47 acre riverfront tract. Zachry argued the project would ease hotel shortages while preserving water lines, but CWB General Manager Van Dyke called the plan poor for its riverfront site and urged alternative locations and technical review before next board action. The board also considered a new paid emergency leave policy for union members.
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Dave Manley Vepes
San Antonio
JB Yachey
City Water Board
Zachry
Hillam
Ross
CWB
Lila Cockrell
HemsFair
CWE
van Dyke
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employes Local 2399
Inaccurate San Antonio News Report Triggers Threats
An incomplete San Antonio article led to death threats and obscene calls aimed at Kathleen Davis of Valley Hi. The Light was asked to correct misidentifications linking Kay Davin and Mrs Phemie Seidel to cruelty to animals after a cat death. The family received violent threats over mistaken identities.
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San Antonia
Kathleen Davis
Ranch Valley
Valley Hi
Kay Davin
Phemie L. Seidel
Rin Opposes Road Name Honor for McAllister
Taddy McAllister, granddaughter of former Alamo City mayor Walter McAllister Sr., opposes naming the North Freeway after him citing 50 years of dissension. She spoke Tuesday in Washington while working in Rep. John M. Murphy's Capitol Hill office.
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Taddy McAllister
San Amerio
Walter McAllister Sr
Alamo City
Taddy
Washington
Tandy
W. W. McAllister Jr
Alamo Heights High School
University of Texas
Capitol Hill
John M. Murphy
D-Ny
General's Task Launches Day for Armed Forces Week
Armed Forces Week 1976 kicks off with General Maxwell D. Taylor speaking at a San Antonio Rotary Club luncheon at the St Anthony Hotel. The event begins a week of ceremonies honoring area military personnel including a Fiesta of the Military and a banquet with Under Secretary Norman K. Augustine as guest speaker.
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Armed Forces
Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saint Chiefs of Swats
Taylor
San Antonio
Rotary Club
Greater
Col Springfield’s Trailblazing Army Career and Girl Scout Move
Col. Springfield held multiple key Army posts including at the Army Language School Monterrey and the WAC Training Center Ft. Lee. She later advised the 2nd Army at Ft. Meade and served in Europe before becoming the first Woman Officer in the JAG Corps since WWII in 1961. She retired in 1962 to join the Girl Scouts of America.
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Springfield
Army Language School
Monterrey
Calt
WAC
Ft. Lee
Secretary of the Army
Pentagon
2Nd Army
Ft. Meade
U.S. Army Europe
Heilelberg
Germany
Col. Springfield
Army
Judge Advocate General Corps
White
The
Girl Scouts of America
San Antonio Salutes Efonces Week Heroine Col Springheld
Col Springheld, former national executive director and regional director for a major group, settled in San Antonio after her career. In retirement she volunteers for the Girl Scouts, advises the National Student Nurses Association, and serves as vice president of the Marymont Chapter of the AARP. She credits military training for her ability to manage diverse roles.
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Col. Springheld
San Antonio
Col
Springhida
Girl Scouts
National Student Nurses Association
Marymont
American Association of Retired Persons
Centeno Urges Low Gas Prices to Solve Future Supply Costs
Eloy Centeno, a Texas Public Service board member, pledges to push for paying only original low gas prices until a long term solution for future gas supply and costs is found. He spoke at a COPS delegate congress at St. Gerard's Church amid ongoing La-Vaca Gatherng Co disputes.
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BRUCE
Real City Public Service Board
Eloy Centeno
Centeno
For Public Service
COPS
St. Gerard's Catholic Church
Texas Railroad Commission
La-Vaca
Centene
Raymond Castilla
Lo-Vaca
Tom Berg
Oscar Wyatt
Berg
CPS
Wyatt
Coastal Slaves Corp
Centend
Harold Freeman
Duke of Bejar Dies in Madrid Spain
Don Pedro A. Roca De Toporvys aged 59 known as the Duke of Bejar and descendant of the founder of Bexar County died in Madrid Spain. He had been planned to visit San Antonio in October as guest of Bexar County Commissioners Court and the San Antonio Bicentennial Committee. His eldest son Pedro Jr. age 22 becomes the XX Duke of Najar and will travel to San Altonia in October.
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Bejar
Bexar County
Madrid
San Antonio
Pedro Jr
Duke
Najar
Como
San Altonia
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