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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1971

Page

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Burglary continue page details school thefts and vandalism

A 13 year old was nabbed as burglars hit nine schools and two fires with an auto accessory pack and spare parts involved. Names of other youths were turned to juvenile authorities. Police logged 35 Freon thefts worth 1225 dollars from John Albert Plumbing and 1494 dollars in stolen stereo tapes and records from Rio Record Shop. Schools reporting break ins included Ganzaies Elementary Price Elementary Wells Middle Edgewood Center School Page Junior High Lanier High MacArthur Rhodes Junior High Inez Foster Elementary. Vandals dumped sand from 50 bags into drinking fountains and broke lights causing about 20 dollars in damage.

John Albert Plumbing Co Broadway Rio W. Commecroe Page Junior High Berkshire Lanier High School W. Durango MacArthur High School Rhodes Junior High Inez Foster Pecan Valley

River Gates Opened Amid Midday Shower Threats

Three slodgates remained open on the San Antonio River Tuesday as midrange shower and thundershower activity was anticipated across the city. Officials had opened four floodgates Monday after moderate to heavy showers. Rain at International Airport through midnight totaled 1 inch, lifting the month to RIL inches and the year to 24.70 inches. The NWS forecast a 50 percent shower probability through Tuesday night.

San Antonio International Airport National Weather Service

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Chairman Refuses To Resign Over UBSA Chairmanship Crisis

Controversy over the United Businessmen of San Antonio chairmanship heats as Perry Salinas rejects a board resolution demanding his resignation. He questions board legality, cites non business background of some members, and calls for a new election at the next meeting. The board, tied to Model Cities funding, paused normal session to discuss personnel matters and await higher approval before action.

United Businessmen of San Antonio Perry Salinas Aurgust UBSA W. Commerce Model Cities Agency Tecannot Salinas Citizens Participation Policy Commission

Freeway Petition Reaches Sixty Three Thousand Signatures

63 369 people signed a petition urging immediate resumption of work on the north freeway FE Monroe Bibb chair of the Citizens Committee notes the total nearly matches the January 1981 vote approving right of way bonds for the freeway. He cites congestion pushing former opponents to now support completion. Local civic groups and associations back the petition.

North Monroe Bibb Citizens’ Committee

Protest Over Garbage Fee Hits San Antonio Residents

More than 6,000 San Antonio residents protested the citys new 1.40 to 1.50 per residence garbage fee by mutilating CPSB computer payment cards. CPSB officials said many payments must be manually processed, increasing labor. September bills were issued with the fee, and some 753 residents reportedly avoided payment altogether. City Council had approved the fee in July, with businesses paying via plastic disposal bags.

San Antonio CPSB Tom Deely Mate Ager Gartage Myengy Shelley Deely Detly Joey CPSE

U N Debate Sees Shifts In Votes On Taiwan Seat

U S diplomats push to keep Taiwan out of the General Assembly while pressuring hesitant allies. Israel Mauritius and others weigh abstentions or yes votes as Rogers and Bush coordinate strategy to influence the crucial China question and U N balance.

Peking Taiwan General Assembly U.S U.N Isreal Israel United States China U.S. Patley Tel Aviv William P. Rogers Assembly Rogers George Bush Bush Burundi Ghana Guyana Iceland Indonesia Ireland Maly Malta Mexico Portugal Tunisia Panama Chou Shu-kai Chow United Nations Ae Tetas

New Alamo Association Eyes State Affiliation

About 125 local school administrators and curriculum specialists attended the Alamo Association to discuss supervision and curriculum development at Trinity University. Dr. Duncan Wimpress warned against Yaddism and urged balancing new techniques with current educational facts, while Dr. M. G. Bowden was elected temporary chairman as by laws were tentatively adopted to promote clinical study and improve instruction from kindergarten through university.

Alamo Association State Association Trowston Trinity University Trinity Dancan Wimpress Tuicheon M. G. Bowden Trinit

Big Hug for Watson in California courtroom incident

A Riverside woman Jane Luck burst into a Los Angeles courtroom and hugged convicted killer Charles Tex Watson at the counsel table. She proclaimed a Christian act and claimed to know him through the spirit. Judge Adolph Alexander fined her one day in jail for contempt. In a separate Manson case Steve Grogan testified about the cult leader.

LOS Angeles UPI Charles “Tex” Watson Watson Tate-Labiance Jane Luck Riverside Calif Mr. Watson Adolph Alexander Fief Steve Grogan Donald “Shorty Shea Charles Manson Wooh Dear Manson

Language classes and funeral society questions in San Antonio

The Light's Action Line discusses Spanish language courses at the Mey can-American Cultural Exchange Institute and the YWCA with tuition details. It notes a lack of free programs and suggests local colleges for night classes. A reader asks about cooperative funeral societies in Texas, and a secretary replies none are known. The page ends with Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn winning the 1970 literature prize.

N.C. Action Texas S. S.L FBLN Acton Johan Cooper State Board of Morticians Austin Tex Alexander I. Salzhenitsyn Ivan Renisovich

Two US Planes Collide Over Japan Coast

At Yokosuka Japan AP five crew members are missing after two planes from the carrier Midway collided over the Senet Japan. Navy reports withheld names pending notification of relatives. An investigation will follow the accident.

Yokosuka Japan Midway Navy

Nixon bill would reshuffle pay and price boards powers

A proposed measure would place appeals from pay board and price commission decisions in a federal district court and then a temporary court, with possible Supreme Court review. It would grant Nixon authority on interest rates, allow selective lifting of controls, and appoint full time chairmen earning 40,000 dollars each. The plan waives ethics rules for part time members and clarifies presidential delegation of authority during the freeze.

Warren E. Burger Pay Board ‘and Price Commission Federal District Court Supreme Court Treasury Charles E. Walker Walker Pay Board The Price Commission Pay Board and

Husband Dies Wife Lands Plane

In Tucson Arizona a Morvan Oklahoma woman landed a private airplane at Tucson International Airport after her pilot husband died from an apparent heart attack. The FAA said Robert Cutter, an employee of Southern Aviation, assisted by radio guiding Mcg to a landing.

Tucson Ariz Okla Tucson International Federal Aviation Administration Robert Cutter Southern Aviation, Inc Theson Robert Delafield

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