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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1973
Page
5
Eyewitness Taylor described a grim scene as a girl choked on blood while he and others tried to help. He recalled a regular swimming practice at the center and noted Mrs. McCarty was checking on the kids. The incident raises San Antonio’s 1973 traffic death toll to 10 with 119 total deaths for the year so far.
A 22-year-old woman, Maria Rincones, was held for murder with malice in the death of her month-old daughter Juanita. Bond set at 75,000. jailed awaiting trial. Child suffered deep head laceration and bruises. taken to Green Hospital then transferred to Bexar County Hospital. Medical examiner's verdict pending.
Texas will see a warm spell into the weekend before a new cold snap returns. Corpus Christi tides Thursday show high at 3 35 p m and low at help am. San Antonio forecasts call for fair skies Thursday with mild temps and increasing cloudiness Wednesday night, high around 70s Thursday, overnight moisture rising. Wednesday night will be damp with a near 50 percent humidity, winds from the south later, no rain expected yesterday’s high reached 74, today’s low 38. Monthly precipitation totals remain near 0.5 inch with a slight monthly deficit. Moon phase is last quarter with Thursday moon rise around sunrise.
A winter storm blanketed the Texas Panhandle with snow and freezing temperatures spreading into West Texas and as far as Lubbock and the Coastal Bend. Winds to forty four miles per hour whipped drifts, with readings in the 9s as cold air settled after a front moved through Monday night.
Nation wide weather bulletin reports snow and high winds winterizing most of the western two thirds of the country as thundershowers spread from the central Gulf Coast to southern Illinois and the lower Ohio Valley. Rain extends north into the western Great Lakes with unsettled conditions elsewhere.
Readers seek local archery practice spots and guest-tour advice in San Antonio. Ed Davis announces a free public archery range at Jackson Keller and McCullough. The column also notes auctions by U.S. Custos and recommends the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce for visitor planning.
Knights of Columbus organize a Thursday gathering in Los Angeles. Green Berets will lay a wreath at Kennedy's marble gravesite with no official ceremony. In a decade, over 400 million visitors have visited the gravesite hillside. The Eternal Flame has burned 264000 cubic feet of gas since 1963, costing about 440 dollars annually.
On Madura Island Indonesia spectators pack venues for annual bull racing events described as popular crowd spectacles. Riders dubbed naive Jock bys attempt long rides on trained bulls, drawing regional interest and lively local coverage.
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