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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1965
Page
1
Francisco Chayity of the archdiocese presented Cardinal Spellman with a five tier cake and checks during a belated birthday event in New York on May 4. Attendees included seven members of the clergy as part of the celebration for the archbishop’s 70th birthday.
A national social work leader told the Local Welfare Council that the future of social service depends on decision makers’ assumptions and objectives as much as facts. Chester L. Bove urged rethinking decision patterns to avoid disruption from automated cybernation and rising unemployment while calling for new social organization and fair distribution. The meeting covered council reports and board nominees, including Mrs. Louis Bishop and Judge Waller Loughridge.
Reverend Donald J. Anderson of Manor Baptist Church will be commencement speaker for Sai Antonio Calustre's class at 3 pm May 23 in McAllister Auditorium. 228 students receive associate degrees including 45 associate science degrees and WL certificates.
A life size base honoring Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was unveiled Tuesday at Nimitz Junior High School in Reno. Students raised funds through sales of McCONE NAMED and other projects to purchase the statue honoring the WWII Navy hero born in Fredericksburg. A. McCone, former CIA director, was elected a director of West Carolina Bancorporation, which owns the majority stock in the Wilmington monument project.
About 600 taxicabs idled in Queens as a drivers strike began amid labor unrest linked to organizing New York City cab drivers into a union. Police reported vandalism with smashed windows on a dozen cabs from Bronx fleet garages and isolated incidents at four Bronx companies.
A San Antonio housewife sobs as floodwaters swamp the Rodriguez home on Ruiz Street. Neighbors describe mud floods, ruined furniture, and a refrigerator submerged. Victor Rodriguez and five children escape to safety before their cedar house on Navidad and Leal collapses, while nearby Inia Alvarez remembers waking to icy waters and racing to safety as the Red Cross faces demand for aid. The scene ends with a red ball bobbing in the flooded Alazan Creek.
A youth was killed in a car explosion in Hazleton Pennsylvania. The victim, reportedly the son of a local election official, died when an automobile blew up near a polling site. Police investigated the blast as a possible crime tied to the election day events.
Vietnamese ground forces and helicopters killed 128 Viet Cong fighters and captured 31 in three operations, with government troops sustaining casualties and a hamlet attack near Saigon. U.S. helicopters supported a village defense as clashes continued around Da Nang and Kon Tum Provinces, while air units flew 154 sorties against suspected Viet Cong positions in South Vietnam.
London UPI reports during filming of the comedy thriller Arabeque a mall box prop was placed in Waterton Street. While shooting continued, passersby posted a dozen letters in the box, signaling unexpected public interaction with the faux MM box.
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