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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1972
Page
1
Madison School reports an all time attendance high of 98.49 percent district wide for a nine week period, far above the 90.2 percent district average. 36 percent of 544 students had perfect attendance. seven top classes win rotating trophies and vow to chase a yearly record.
A reader letter section laments noisy streets and asks for mufflers while recounting a 1906 to 1920s switchman lantern maker named T. L. Moore. J. M. Patton of the South Texas Railroad Historical Society notes Moore sold lanterns in San Antonio and that a Moore lantern survives in Colorado. Another correspondent recalls a small shop on Commerce Street in the Tate era.
U S Grant For S A Program in San Antonio announces a 630504 federal grant to continue SER training. Leon Hernandez leads local efforts. national directors Dan Campos and Ricardo Zameta attended to sign new local contracts. Program targets multi clerical work, GED prep, and job related vocabulary for monolingual and bilingual workers. SER has trained 12600 workers in four years.
A 21 year old Antonio man was held on three armed robbery charges after holdups at three Fo rmal Drive Thru stores. Carlos Cantu, 24, of 146 Eddie Wesley, jailed in lieu of $45,000 bond set by Night Magistrate Phil Chavarria. Police said Cantu was arrested Saturday on Poteet-Sourdanton Freeway after a patrolman noted a similarity to a vehicle used in a holdup Friday at a Folomat store on Vance Jackson.
A medical examiner's verdict is pending in the death of Stephen D. Manning, 21, of 259 Shrine. Manning was found Monday in an apartment in the 4200 block of Hillcrest and read on arrival at Green Hospital.
Public notice lists subscription pricing for San Antonio Light and Gazette readers. Rates vary by carrier, region, and delivery type, including daily, Sunday, and combined options, with international and Mexico coverage. The document notes Associated Press acknowledgment and publication details.
John T. Steen was honored with the Golden Deeds award from the Exchange Club of San Antonio at a black tie banquet at St. Anthony Hotel. Bennack lauded Steen as San Antonio’s youngest elder statesman for leading civic work and volunteerism, while Orsinger highlighted Steen’s life and his wife Nell’s matching deeds. The event featured officials, past honorees, and presentations of the Book, Certificate, and Statuette.
In Bexar County constableships and local water agency boards were on the ballot. Some precincts used punch-card machines and paper ballots for 14 proposed constitutional amendments. The county had 229 precincts with 90 sub-precincts. In the last presidential election Hubert Humphrey carried the county over Nixon.
The mother of a 7 year old girl filed a $500000 damage suit naming House of Pets and Southwest Animal Clinic as defendants. The 300 pound lion mauled Kelly Lynn Belcher in a clinic parking lot after allegedly being released from its cage. The lion’s handler claimed the animal was chained and the child wandered too close.
Dan McCorquodale, 37, ends a 3000 mile walk campaign for the county supervisor post in Santa Clara County after visiting about 70,000 homes and wearing out 12 pairs of shoes. Incumbent Charles Quinn, 67, real estate developer, seeks re election. The outcome rests with local voters in Alviso California.
Washington report notes Congressmen Hale Baggs and Nick Begich, missing since a Alaska plane disappearance in October, are listed on today’s ballots. Both are anticipated to secure re election in their respective districts Louisiana for Baggs and Alaska for Begich.
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