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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1977
Page
1
CACTUS PRYOR lampoons Texas politics and culture with mock quotes about Raza Unida, energy shortages, a Nobel prize joke, and a bats problem at Memorial Stadium. The piece riffs on Gov. Dolph, Supreme Court antitrust questions, and local figures like Russell Endeben and Darrell Royal, ending with a quip about brass spittoons at the Capitol.
Two million residents faced a citywide outage after a 7:07 pm Sunday blackout caused by a static fault near the Calaveras generating plant. Power returned by 10:30 pm with CPS and Texas agencies investigating line problems, dispatch failures, and backup systems amid minor looting reports and mayoral concerns.
A fragmented account explains a citywide blackout caused by a massive short circuit across CPS lines. Wires crossed like a stripped extension cord led to reactive power flow, triggering generator trips, fires, and a failed emergency diesel unit that hampered fault pinpointing and external power recovery.
MIKE HESS reports on a row among City Public Service trustees and CPS board leaders after sidelining Southwest Research Institute for the power failure investigation. Centeno urges an outside firm, while Galand defends professional integrity and questions possible bias.
CPS crews examined the scene east of U8 near the Calaveras power plant after a high wire fault ripped free from a tower, plunging San Antonio into darkness Sunday. One tower showed scorch marks and burned areas while workers and curious locals inspected snapped and damaged equipment.
Samy Antonians defend aid funds amid distress in Shu ire benefiting from a newly authorized 400 million grant. At the 66th convention, Hiery K. Schwartz cited emergency program changes to assist South Bronx and other poverty areas while noting shifts in federal revenue sharing grants.
County officials clashed Monday over pay raises and budgeting plans, with commissioners debating funding for employees and road projects. The tense session featured sharp exchanges between Ploch and Commissioner IDET ESAT as they weighed spending limits and service needs while pondering potential salary boosts for staff.
San Antonio leader Henry Cisneros urged a coalition of business labor and neighborhood groups to aid economic development. He criticized the Cay Conney record and urged a stronger Office of Economic Development with a local focus, aiming to attract industry and spread jobs citywide.
Hondo mayor and Democratic congressional hopeful Woodrow Glasscock condemned President Carter’s energy policy as unjust and burdensome. He attacked proposed federal control, asserted a $17 billion budget for a new Federal Energy Commission, and urged deregulation to boost domestic gas and oil production.
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