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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1969
Page
1
A jail riot in Bexar County led to tear gas restraint and new cell blocks as guards and Sheriff Bill Hauck faced repeated clashes. About 39 inmates rioted on the second and third floors while 58 prisoners faced bread and water lockdown on the earlier fifth-floor disruption.
San Antonio endures ongoing heavy rain with 4.61 inches in May and 14.09 inches this year. Weather bureau chief Ed DiLoretto says unsettled, rainy pattern will persist at least two more weeks due to cold air pockets aloft riding over warm Gulf air. He notes May may exceed normal totals and expresses frustration with the rain.
A reader asks how to build a credit rating after military service and cash payments. Tony Turin of the San Antonio Retail Merchants Association says disclose bank account and retirement pay to merchants, then pursue a financeable purchase like a color TV to establish a credit record.
The entry lists sections and page numbers for Sunrise newspaper sections including Amusements on page 4, Church News on pages 8 9 15, Classified on pages 24 33, Comics on pages 8 9, Death Notices on page 24, Editorial on page 22, Features on page 23, Financial on pages 16 17, Fun and Games on page 17, Horoscope on page 1, Real Estate on pages 19 21, Society on page 20, Sports on pages 11 14, Texas Trails on page 2, and TV Logs on pages 14.
A line of thunderstorms swept across South Texas with a tornado striking a highway bridge seven miles south of Mathis. Six bridge abutments were damaged and the road closed three hours. High winds roof damage at Eagle Pass ISD and outages to KEPS and the local CATV system followed. No injuries were reported.
A pair of tornadoes tore through San Antonio Friday causing an estimated 50 000 to 75 000 in damage. One funnel crossed from Kelly Air Force Base toward Rittiman Road and Loop 410 leaving a thin destruction path. At Kelly a C54 cargo plane nose dived and minor damage occurred elsewhere. Three airmen were slightly injured while performing duties at a ground control facility. Names: Richard J. Watson, J C Templeton, Robert D. Yellenic.
The Bureau of Prisons reported no executions in 1967, the first such year since 1930, while the total on death row reached 479 as of December 31, 1967.
Navy divers and tugs worked to raise the USS Guittaro, a nuclear fast attack submarine, which sank while berthed in San Francisco Bay. The Navy said it does not know the cause of the incident, likening it to the loss of the USS Scorpion last year with 99 men aboard.
Five Soviet warships steamed into the Mediterranean on Friday enlarging Russia's Middle East fleet to about 50 to 60 vessels.
Communist gunners fired rockets into multiple U S military sites in Vietnam including Da Nang Air Base where a Marine was killed. One civilian was wounded in Saigon as B 52s dropped 630 tons on troop camps and supply routes nearby. Eleven miles southwest of Da Nang Marines engaged and killed 18 enemy soldiers with air support. Marine casualties were reported as one killed and two planes damaged.
Suds flow again as strik ing beer bottlers plan to resume work Monday at Anheuser-Busch and Falstaff breweries in St. Louis. Brethren grievances will be reviewed after the wildcat strike that began Monday ends.
Sen. Yarborough urged the Senate Appropriations Committee and Public Works Subcommittee to restore a 600000 budget cut in the Alazan Apache and Martinez creeks flood control work. He pressed retaining the original 1.5 million in the 1970 budget, warning the 900000 proposal would delay the Bergs Mill area project already behind schedule.
Armed Forces Day events spread across Randolph AFB and adjacent installations draw anticipated crowds exceeding 50 000. Exhibits include latest war materiel from Ft Sam Houston space displays by Brooks AFB Navy and Marine displays from area commands and the Army Golden Knights skydiving team plus aerial demonstrations and a radio controlled model aircraft show by the Alamo Radio Control Club. Gates open at noon and the program ends at 445 PM with military police guiding parking.
National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets and police used tear gas and nightsticks to rout militant students and antiwar protesters on or near three California universities. About 130 police and deputies drove 400 window smashers and rock throwers near the Stanford Research Institute in Stanford, resulting in fifteen arrests as guardsmen turned back several thousand students.
Partly cloudy through Sunday with a chance of thundershowers. Highs near the upper 70s, overnight lows around the low 60s. East to southeast winds 5 to 15 mph, gusty in showers. Precipitation probability 50 percent Saturday morning, dropping to 30 percent Saturday afternoon and evening.
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