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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1976
Page
1
The Light runs two weekly contests offering 1480 in prizes. Enter the SuperStar Bonus Contest by mail with your personal number from TV Channels Magazine. entries due noon Wednesday. TV Sweepstakes prizes include 100 5 25 and 10 dollar rewards. match numbers published daily. Daisy Fife plans to use her 50 win toward her county tax bill.
City Public Service ratepayer savings from coal electricity could shape council decisions on Nuclear Project settlements and future power sources. Councilman Henry Cisneros urges CPS to quantify coal generated versus natural gas costs and show impacts on bills when 25 percent coal in April and 50 percent by September. He warns settlement with Coastal States Gas Corp may trigger a 10 cent base rate hike via La-Vaca Gathering Co., to be passed to ratepayers.
Heavy showers Friday turned streets into mini rivers in San Antonio with traffic snarls and stalled cars. Firefighters rescued two women as a pickup and a nine horse trailer were swept into the San Antonio River below Espada Dam. Barricades were set at over 40 low water crossings and widespread street flooding was reported. Rainfall totals included 1.8 inches at Doivinthes, Northwest and Northeast, 1.8 inches at Northwest, 4 inches at SMai, with 1 inch at bg BSiabeast.
Virtually all swine flu vaccination programs in the United States resumed after a brief halt. Health officials said there is no danger from the vaccine or its administration, with only a few areas still delaying. Ohio and Indian counties were among those yet to resume. Ohio Health Director John Ackerman criticized delays, while CDC official Dr. J Donald Millar cautioned it may take time to assess impacts.
A reader recounts asking a patrol officer for jumper cables after a dead battery. The officer reportedly had none and offered a wrecker, refusing to give a ride home to retrieve a cable. The complainant vows to press the matter.
A Texas study shows most San Antonio universities will keep full student loan funds while a compromise with the U S Office of Education sets cuts for institutions with default rates above ten percent. The Hinson Hazelwood program has been in jeopardy due to rising defaults.
In June the Office of Education proposed cutting back federal loan insurance amid a 16.56 percent default rate. A compromise will allocate 320.2 million for 1977 78 to Texas schools while tying limits to default rates. San Antonio College faces an 85.07 percent loan fund reduction. default rate for the school is 29.13 percent. Several universities retain full loan funds including Our Lady of the Lake UTLA Incarnate Word Cohepe St Marys UT Medical School.
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