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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1969
Page
1
Readers urge city recognition for visiting dignitaries and a bilingual Carvajal Elementary group, asking why the Red Carpet Committee did not greet them. Officials say greetings require a formal request, which was not made for the Carvajal kids.
In San Antonio 62 teachers learned by personal letter they would be assigned to schools with all Negro faculties. Superintendent Dr. Harold Hitt said no specific school designations were made and assignments depend on pupil placement and district line decisions.
A HEW compliance plan urges transfers to avoid schools serving a single national minority. It requires faculty diversity so no unit appears as a school for one minority group. The HRW rejected only the pupil assignment portion of the plan.
The Texas House unanimously passed a resolution to adjourn the 61st Legislature at midnight Saturday, two days before the deadline. If delays occur, it could be amended to extend adjournment to Sunday or Monday. Legislative roundup on Pages 16 and 17.
Eighteen men linked to the Mafia were freed to return to Missouri after vagrancy arrests in Las Vegas. They left McCarran Airport on a charter plane, carrying $28,013 in cash. three faced additional charges for failing to register as ex-felons.
Catholic schools face closures as funds and staffing decline. Father James Brunner cites lack of funds and religious order teachers as key factors behind at least a dozen closures in the past year. St Hedwig’s and St John Berchmans are slated to close this week, with St John’s and Our Lady of Sorrows and Holy Name set to drop seventh and eighth grades. Brunner notes Archbishop Lucey must approve St John’s closure, though an open outcome is anticipated. Brunner begins a new assignment June 4 at Holy Name Parish.
Three Memorial Day events will honor war dead at Ft. Sam Houston and San Antonio National Cemetery. The Fourth U.S. Army band performs a 30 minute concert before 10 30 am services, a 21 gun salute at noon, and a 530 pm program. City and military officials join chaplains and the United Military Veterans Council in Bexar County.
The National Safety Council estimates 550 to 650 people will die on U.S. highways over the Memorial Day weekend from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday. The period is one day longer than last year, when 628 died, after an earlier forecast of 625 to 725 deaths.
The second Minuteman III intercontinental missile test launch from the West Coast aimed at a Pacific Ocean target about 5,000 miles away near the Marshall Islands, as announced by the Air Force.
A northern and central India heat wave has killed 83 people over six days, with officials reporting rising fatalities and heat-related illnesses across multiple states. Emergency measures and public advisories are in place to mitigate further losses.
Otto A. Koehler 76 longtime Pearl Brewing Co chairman and president and noted San Antonio Texas civic figure died Thursday in a local hospital. Born in North Warren Pennsylvania he studied at San Antonio Academy Stevens Institute of Technology and served in World War I before joining the brewery in 1921. He married Marcia Marriner of Dallas in 1921. Continued on Page 3 Col 1.
South San Antonio School District employee was robbed at gunpoint while making a pickup at Athens Elementary. The thief drove off with $1300 in cafeteria receipts, $40, a .22 pistol, and Chase’s ignition key after forcing him to pull over on U S 81 and Loop 410.
Burglars, possibly planning to dress for style, stole items from two residences and a car, totaling 3057. Mrs. Lloyd Spencer reported a pried auto window at North Star Mall with a tuxedo and accessories taken. Christine Collins said jewelry worth 1820 disappeared from her Melrose apartment. Mrs. L K Hamm found matched pistols and a camera missing on returning from vacation.
United Press International reports most of Texas to be clear with warm temperatures. A few scattered showers and thundershowers are forecast for parts of the Panhandle and along the coast, but overall conditions remain largely fair.
Two Marines died and seven were injured when a helicopter crashed on Puerto Rico's east coast near San Juan on Wednesday three military personnel confirmed.
The index enumerates sections and page ranges for the newspaper parts including Death Notices on page 36 and Sports on pages 21 to 24, with Editorial on page 6 E and Features on page 7 E, plus various other departments and TV Logs pages.
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