San Antonio crash, fatalities mark county toll for year
A San Antonio man suffered a neck laceration from a single vehicle crash on S Walters. Elmo Peterson 30 from Gevers was hospitalized in poor condition. Driver Charles Lattie White 39 and passenger Joe Lewis 15 received facial lacerations at Robert B Green Hospital. A second crash at Blanco and Borgfield killed Staff Sgt Wesley Winters 26 from Lackland AFB and critically injured passenger Karen Friends 20. A third incident saw Marvin Tooms manager of Castle Hills Piggly Wiggly report a pistol threat and robbery of cash by a bandit about 23 who fled with a bag of money.
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Bexar County Hospital
S. Walters
Elmo Peterson
N. Gevers
Charles Lattiewhite
Kayton
Joe Lewis
Robert B. Green
Wesley Winters
Lackland Air Force Base
Blanco and Borgfield
Winters
Karen Friends
Duquesne
Sheriff's Deputies
Castle Hills
Gunshot Victim, Chain of Crashes End in Hospital
Ernest MacDavid, 25, of 135 Agnes, lies in undetermined condition at Robert B. Green Hospital with a stomach wound after a shooting. A separate high speed chase on SH 10 and loops led to a wrecking spree ending with a crash into a house at Fulton and N Flores as police pursued a speeding driver. one car harmed two police cruisers and another vehicle, with multiple injuries reported among involved parties.
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Robert B. Green Hospital
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Fulton
SH 10
Culebra
Colorado Street
Roosevelt High Journalists Shine in 1969 Texas A&I Contest
Two Roosevelt High School reporters were named winners in the 1969 journalism contest by Texas A&I University Press Club in Kingsville. Debbie Stewitts took second in editorial, while David Wysong earned honorable mention in sports feature and sports story. A Roosevelt senior receives a TCU grant for 1969-70 to study government under the Josephine Harrold Barnes Grant. Terry Sullivan, son of Mr and Mrs Elvis H Sullivan, 239 Brettonwood.
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Texas A&i University Press Club
Kingsville
Debbie Stewitts
David Wysong
Roosevelt
Texas Christian University
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Elvis H. Sullivan
Brettonwood
TCU
Josephine Harrold Barnes
S. A. to Get 24 New Cops
The San Antonio Police Department will grow to 803 officers Sunday with 24 probationary patrolmen added after completing 18 weeks of cadet training. They will be assigned to the patrol division.
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