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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1973
Page
1
Readers urge mayor to address power limits and floodlight glare at drive‑ins blocking nearby homes. AL staff discuss delaying Title league night games to save energy while preserving jobs. A reader explains anomalous TV reception caused by ionospheric skip waves affecting channel signals.
UPI reports Americans began their spring holiday by heading out Friday for the 78 hour Memorial Day weekend. Safety experts warned up to toll persons would die or be injured on roads as showers plagued much of the nation and fears of fuel shortages lingered in scattered areas during holiday travel.
The FAA named airlines and airports after a warning of hijacking risks. FAA Administrator Alexander Butterfield urged constant vigilance, calling the threat ongoing and stressing security precautions across regions.
In Richfield Minnesota a twin engine Cessna crashed and burned in a backyard killing all five aboard. Ray Glumack director of operations for the Metropolitan Airports Commission said the occupants were four men and one woman.
The San Antonio New Town enabling bills faced a late Friday hearing in the Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee. After a day of delays the panel adjourned without a vote as the Sunday midnight deadline loomed and a quorum was not secured. Opponents waited in the committee room for almost ten hours, hoping for action that would not come.
Texas Railroad Commission orders interim relief to ease a 67 percent gas curtailment in San Antonio. Coastal States Gas Co must halt sales to some customers while energ y officials seek quicker deliveries and higher priority for CPSB plants. City officials push for rapid expansion of gas supplies to resume full industry operations within hours.
Top federal officials attended the launch of San Antonio’s $8.6 million federal complex at Hell’s Fan Plaza. The project includes a two to three story courthouse, renovation of the Confluence Theater into a U.S. Courthouse, and an adjoining exhibit hall to host intergovernmental training. Officials praised the GSA and Civil Service Commission as the complex aims to open in October with completion targeted for January 1974.
Senator Herman Talmadge pressed the Senate Watergate Committee to hasten testimony from key figures amid reports a former Nixon aide plans to plead guilty and name others. He cautioned no firm evidence ties Nixon to the Watergate break in and urged presenting principals early to resolve public doubt.
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