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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1975
Page
4
Downtown planning stresses both brick and mortar and nontraditional activities like folklife festivals. Cole urges middle and high income housing near downtown while predicting cities that plan ahead will attract returning residents as suburbs become less hospitable. Hotels and opera houses should be built to welcome out of town visitors.
Councilman Glen Hartman supports a regional approach saying the metro area must act accordingly. Granata urges a mayoral committee to aid a staff task force studying a city takeover. Former councilman Jose San Martin criticized the system as lacking mass transit imagination and floated a city takeover idea.
Vandals damaged desks windows books and an air conditioning unit at Pat Neff Middle School 5227 Evers over the weekend. Entry was gained through a rooftop duct and disruption occurred in multiple classrooms with scattered books papers eggs and a broken window in a drafting room. Cleanup finished by mid morning with no classes interrupted.
A wildcat 24 hour strike by 3,000 hospital interns and junior doctors shut down 80 hospitals to emergency care only. The government announced a Royal Commission inquiry into the NHS while doctors protest a new contract cutting overtime pay and raising weekly hours concerns.
Aquifer Protection Association plans to meet next Monday to consider legal action or a recall against City Council over a zoning change from residential to business for 2 acres near San Pedro and FM 1604 to allow a regional shopping mall. Members oppose citing water supply risks and lack of a master plan.
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County faces a challenge as campaign chair C K Todd urges fundraisers at a St. Anthony Hotel breakfast to secure commitments from every worker. He targets a community pledge of $4,688,717 to 53 agencies by October 30.
Medical Examiner Dr. Ruben Santos classified Wesley Story Sr., 48, of 9223 Cato, as death by own action after a family发现 found him with a .38 pistol and four gunshot wounds to the head. Lily Kao, 22, of 5058 Castle Glade, was ruled death by own action by Dr. Wallace Moore after being found by her husband hanging from a garage railing with a belt.
The Friedrich air conditioning company of San Antonio will sell the federal government up to 1,608,822 dollars worth of window air conditioners under a General Services Administration contract. The agreement runs from November 1 to October 31, 1976 and covers installations nationwide.
A local note warns of mail fraud schemes targeting trusting women with fake prizes and provides the Postal Inspector’s contact. It also promotes two flag films at Ft. Sam Houston with free viewing for public and nonprofit groups and outlines temporary beer permits, fees, and enforcement under the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission with guidance from officials James Travis and Jerry Barton.
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