UTSA Bill Stalls as Texas Senate Ends Night in Filibuster
Overnight, Texas Senate members were rounded up to maintain a quorum as a filibuster blocked the UTSA bill and other college measures. Sen. Harris defended the Parks and Wildlife plan while Sen. Wilson pressed for reorganization. debate stretched into the early morning with doors locked and yawning lawmakers.
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Dallas
Senate
Bexar
Joe Bernal
Frank Lombardino
House
Harris
Charles Wilson
Lufkin
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Wayne Connally
Sen
Jack Strong
Longview
Strong
Wilson
Ben Barnes
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Parks and Wildlife Reorganization
Drunken Airman steals C130 at Mildenhall
Sgt Paul A Meyer 23 from Poquoson Va took off in a U S Air Force C130 Hercules during a TDY at Mildenhall England heading west over the Atlantic. The four engine turboprop was not recovered and Meyer's unit the 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron waited for him to land. He was escorted back by civilian police and turned over to base authorities after being found drunk on the taxiing aircraft.
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England
UPI
U.S
Atlantic Ocean
United States
U.S. Air Force
Paul A. Meyer
Mildenhall Royal Air Force Base
Meyer
36Th Tactical Airlift
Langley Air Force Base
Langley
Poquoson
Pueblo Wife Rose Bucher's Own Story to Start Summer Reading Fiesta
The Light begins a Summer Reading Fiesta with Pueblo Wife Rose Bucher's Own Story. Mrs. Bucher tells the 11 month vigil after North Korea's Pueblo capture, detailing hope and courage in a foreign prison ordeal. The serial runs in 10 installments starting Sunday exclusively in The Light. A May Days feature profiles 2,235 graduates from San Antonio colleges.
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Light
Rose Bucher
No public transport to Midway Texas penal farm
A reader asks about travel to Midway Texas to visit a son in prison. Officials say no public transport and no prison taxis. alternative is a bus to Madisonville then a ride to Midway. The reader also cites a faulty contract with Main Pest Control and BBB letters about a moved address.
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Texas
Huntsville
J. F. Heard
Texas Penal System
Heard
Madisonville
San Antonio
Main Pest Control Co
Better Business Bureau
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Main Post Control
Today's Index for Amusements and Pages Listed
The notice lists sections in the issue including Amusements on pages 38 and 39, Classified on pages 45 through 56, Comics on pages 16 and 17, Death Notices on page 45, Editorial on page 40, Features on page 41, Financial on pages 42 and 43, Fun and Games on page 24, Horoscope on page 1, Comic Society on pages 28 to 32, Sports on pages 33 to 37, Texas Trails on page 30, and TV Logs on pages 22 and ?
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Comic Society
Texas Trails
Apollo 10 astronauts near moon lander pass
The Apollo 10 crew Thomas Stafford Eugene Cernan and John Young completed two close lunar passes avoiding danger and preparing for Apollo 11 landing in July. Fiberglass insulation causing itching coughing moved crew to request fix before next command module flight.
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Stafford, Cernan
John W. Young
Stafford
Cambodia Prince Visiting Moscow
Cambodia's foreign minister Prince Noro dom Fourissara is in Moscow for three days of talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and others. He will visit East Germany and Poland later, Tass reported today.
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UPI
Cambodia
Prince Norodom Fourissara
Andrei Gromyko
Tass
Fourissara
East Germany
Poland
Soviet arms flow to North Vietnam exceeds prior two years
Moscow Radio quoted by UPI said the Soviet Union has shipped more arms and materiel to North Vietnam this year than in the past two years combined. The supplies include railroad cars barges construction equipment and medical supplies reported the broadcast.
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Saigon
UPI
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Moscow Radio
Notice for Light paper delivery contact times
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Growth Doubled 12,000 More Members In Archdiocese
The 1969 official Catholic Directory shows San Antonio Archdiocese adding over 12,000 members since 1968, bringing total Catholics to 525,619 and ranking 19th among 156 archdioceses and dioceses. Texas dioceses are led by San Antonio with Houston Galveston second.
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San Antonio
Texas
Houston-Galveston
Lemnitzer Bids Farewell to Italian Leaders
General Lyman Lemnitzer, NATO commander, concludes his tenure and retires July 1 after saying goodbye to Italian leaders including President Saraga in Rome.
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Rome
UPI
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Giuseppe Saraga
Connally to Address St. Thomas University Graduates
Former Governor John Connally will speak at the commencement exercises for 152 graduates of St. Thomas University in Houston.
Weekend Warmth With Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and continuing warmth through Saturday. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Highs near 86 Friday and Saturday, overnight lows around 65. Thursday’s high reached 86, Friday’s low about 62. Little or no rain expected through Sunday.
National Guard storms NC A and T dormitory
About 500 National Guardsmen stormed the Scott Hall dormitory at North Carolina A and T University in Greensboro using rifles and tear gas. A military policeman was wounded, and a student died earlier in Thursday’s gunfire as troops cleared the building and evacuated nearby students.
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N. C
UPI
North Carolina A&t University
Scott Hall
National Guard
Cooper Hall
Scott
Ifield
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