New Society Forms in San Antonio for General Surgery Practice
The General Surgical Society of San Antonio has been formed to promote scientific knowledge in general surgery, improve standards, and encourage local engagement through the Bexar County Medical Society. A free lecture by Dora van Gelder Kunz on healing and the dynamic structure of man is set for Sunday at the First Unitarian Church.
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Bexar County Medical Society
Dora van Gelder Kunz
Theosophical Society In America
First Unitarian Church
May 14 19th century city notes span politics and polio
A roundup of brief San Antonio items dated May 14 across years shows political shifts with Jose San Martin as a council candidate replacing Monty Gonzalez, liquor sale efforts, school closures to curb polio, theater protests, and a 19th century baseball clash.
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Jose San Martin
Monty B. Gonzalez
Gonzalez
San Antonio
Heroic Action at Manila Station Honors Rodriguez
Cleo Rodriguez of San Antonio and a companion breached Paco Station during the Manila battle. Despite heavy fire they moved toward the target, halted a Japanese group, and Rodripuee threw grenades destroying a 20mm gun. After the companion was killed, they continued fierce fighting, killing many enemy troops and disrupting defenses.
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Cleo Rodrigues
Paco
Manila
Rodriguez
San Antoniun
Ms Whit T
Rodripuee
San Antonio veteran Rodriguez earns honors after heroism at Paco Railroad
The feature highlights San Antonio resident Rodriguez, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role in the Paco Railroad Station battle. He was honored in an Army painting of minority achievements, saw his former school renamed Clete Rodriguez Elementary, and now remains in demand for speaking and service work. He recalls the moment the students sang a song written by them that moved him deeply, while he manages a busy post military schedule.
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Paco
Army
Ivanhoe
Clete Rodriguez
Arist
City council seeks solar unit and Free Trade Zone status
Jin City Council pushes to capture jobs by attracting a Solar Energy Research Institute from the federal government and designating the city as a Free Trade Zone. Mayor Lila Cockrell and Councilman Teniente cite potential $150 million economic gains and international trade status if San Antonio wins SERZ designation, with plans to host SER for three years and proposals of sites near Marbach Road and Brooks Air Force Base.
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Jin City
Solar Energy Research Institute
Energy Research and Development Administration
Lila Cockrell
San Antonio
Richard Tennemte
Brooks
Tenienie
Texas
McAllen
United States
U.S
Teniente
Mealen
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
U.S. Department of Commerce
Traffic Detours Planned For Thunderbird Air Show at Kelly AFB
Several main roadways near Kelly Air Force Base will be closed Saturday afternoon for the Thunderbird air show open house. At 2 30 p m five major east west arteries at the runway ends will be shut for about 45 minutes while the precision teams demo unfolds. City police will reroute traffic along Highway 9 West Old Highway 0 West Castroville Road Growdon Drive and SW Military Drive on the north and south sides of the runway. Normal traffic will resume after the show which marks the base day long event not held since 1967.
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Kelly
Air Force
Castroville Road
Growdon
Military
Highway 90
Gen- Hudwell
McMullen
36Th Street
North Kelly Airdrome
1932 Martin B-10 Bomber Rollout At Kelly AFB
A 1932 vintage Martin BIO bomber was rolled out at Kelly AFB signaling the end of nearly two years of restoration by reservist airmen and civilian volunteers. The historic aircraft, last of its kind, will soon be airlifted to the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton. The open house at Kelly offered the public a final viewing, with Maj Gen John R Kelly Jr presiding and remarks from Maj James Warmer and Maj Fred Aguirre.
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John R. Kelly JR
San Antonio Air Logistics Center
1Th Mobile Maintenance Squadron
Kelly
Kelly Apb
96Th Mobile Maintenance Squadron
Usaf Museum
Wright-Patterson Afb
Dayton
Ohio
Maj
James Warmer
Fred Aguirre
Park Has Vet's Name Park Has Vet's Name
Dedication of Sareia Park on the West Side honored San Antonio serviceman Sgt. Eduardo Garcia who died in Vietnam. Air Force Secretary Thomas C. Reed spoke at the opening with about 1,000 attendees. Garcia, a 1935 Lanier High School graduate, was killed in 1968 after entering an enemy ambush. The ceremony included Lanier ROTC and Holy Cross High School band.
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AIR Force
Thomas C. Reed
Garcia Park
Eduardo Garcia
Vietnam
Reed
Michael
Robert Garcia
Franktrejo
West Side
San Antonio
Sareia Park
Tai
Matamoros
Garcia
San Antonian
Lanier High School
Trinidad Garcia
Alsoon Hand
Holy Cross High School
Lanier
Shooting in Los Angeles Leaves Woman Shot and Husband’s Tale Diverges
Police respond to a 4:45 a.m. shooting in the 100 block of East Travis where a 2 year old woman is found bleeding. She says a robber fired, but her husband claims it was an accidental self defense during a pistol struggle after she pulled a weapon from her purse while she was fleeing a lounge confrontation. The husband led officers to a bridge where the purse and two pistols were hidden, but the items were gone.
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E. Travis
Warman
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