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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1973
Page
3
In Austin UPI report, senators face a long session as they work to pass the first major revision of Texas penal code in a century and address other urgent issues with 13 days left. House votes loom on a costly school finance bill while concerns mount over pending measures and calendar backlog.
All 11 San Antonio state representatives vote for engrossment of a new school financing plan. Rep John Puerper of Hondo votes against. Some lawmakers back a more limited plan. Burglars damaged Fiesta Fire Co with 28 tires valued at 1060 dollars in a break‑in at 1540 Pleasanton.
The Texas House Education Committee approved HB 1719 by Rep. Frank Madla to include military reservation schools under the Minimum Foundation program. One school could close in April without funds as federal aid is delayed. The panel voted 15 to 0 to advance the bill to consent calendar. In Roswell, NM four NMMI cadets face May 2 preliminary hearings for manslaughter in the May 4 stabbing death of Richard C. Needham.
Austin Bureau reports Senate Jurisprudence Committee approved Sen. Nelson Wolff bills allowing city policemen to issue tickets for minor ordinance violations instead of jail. Both measures moved toward final legislative days, with House endorsement of another Wolff bill to bar sheriffs and police from acting as prisoner supervisors. Spurs City Attorney Sparta Bitsis backed the traffic-issue notice proposal, arguing officers should stay on beats rather than endure jail intake red tape.
Texas House gave preliminary approval to a measure by Reps Bill Heatly and Jim Nugent to create a state rural medical education board. The plan would administer loans to medical students unable to fund schooling, in return for a five year commitment to practice in counties with 25 000 or fewer residents.
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