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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1969
Page
1
Apollo 10, with astronauts Thomas Stafford Eugene Cernan and John Young, flies toward a moon rendezvous and eyes a 10 mile surface pass. Forecasters cancel a course correction as launch preparations mount for Apollo 11 in July.
The Texas House adopted a resolution to create a five member committee to study marijuana use on high school and college campuses. The panel, named by Speaker Gus Mutscher, will report findings to the next legislature.
A new cold front approached the Panhandle with a threat of thundershowers after a pause in last week’s storms. Most of the state enjoyed clear skies and mild temps with early readings in the 60s to 70s and patchy fog along the Coastal Plains.
Richard Lee Tingler Jr. 29, named among the FBI ten most wanted, is jailed in Oklahoma City awaiting extradition to Ohio to face six murder charges. He was arrested Monday while working as a farm laborer near Dill City under the alias Don Williams.
Bob Hope received Father of the Year honors at a Monday ceremony in New York. He said he is in good company but that the timing is wrong, likening the honor to a captain’s promotion just before disaster.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and continued warmth through Wednesday with mostly southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Highs near 92 on Wednesday after an overnight low around 67, Tuesday’s high near 88 to 89, and Monday’s high at 85 with a low near 68 on Tuesday.
Rep Patman demanded a special hearing by the House Banking and Currency Committee to probe allegations that Fuentes Jr. engaged in shake downs of SBA loan recipients. The SBA head Sandoval has not released a report, citing FBI and Justice Department handling, while Fuentes seeks to clear his name and pursue action against critic M O Turner.
Fire gutted the Lincoln University student union in Jefferson City as gunfire erupted in dorms injuring three students who claimed police fired on them. Ferris State College in Big Rapids saw a campus clash with 13 arrests and dorm damage. At Oregon the admissions office was damaged by a bomb blast. Washington University sit-in ended while Northeast Missouri State continued. National Guardsmen patrolled Berkeley streets.
President Nixon and South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu will meet on Midway Island June 8 to discuss the war and reaffirm unity of purpose. The White House said the talks follow Thieu's call for an early encounter after Saigon talks with Secretary Rogers. This will be Nixon’s first meeting with Thieu since his January inauguration.
The United Presbyterian General Assembly in San Antonio urged the U S government to recognize Fidel Castro’s Cuban government and end the trade embargo, calling for a shift in Cuba policy.
CAPE TOWN AP Groote Schuur hospital said Philip Blaiberg’s condition continued to improve and his wife Eileen expected him home in a few days. A hospital bulletin noted rest and immune-suppressant treatment building his resistance as the world’s longest surviving heart transplant patient. No cause yet for weekend breathlessness and exhaustion was identified by doctors.
Nepal will establish trade and consular relations with North Korea, the Nepalese foreign office announced on Monday. The move signals closer ties and increased diplomatic engagement between Kathmandu and Pyongyang.
A reader asks the city to maintain Packard Street between Southcross and Berlin while vowing to clean two vacant Berlin Avenue lots. City officials respond that they are preoccupied with weed growth but encourage responsible citizens to act.
The page lists section names and page numbers for today including Amusements on 23, Classified 25 to 34, Comics between 22 and 23, Death Notices 25, Editorial 12, Features 13, Financial 18, Fun and Games 6, Horoscope 1, Society 21 and 22, Sports 15 to 17 and 19, TV Logs 10.
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