Close Shave Ends Alamo Heights Eight Day Festival
Alamo Heights residents wrapped up an eight day Golden Anniversary celebration with a close shave event where many beards were shaved by wives amid a crowd of over 1000. The finale followed the last performance of The Alam Heights Story featuring 500 local cast members and a Kiddie Parade with 300 entrants. Celebration President Part Aschbacher said the festival met its goals and challenged ideas that suburbs lose local identity.
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Circus in Final Act at San Antonio Coliseum
The 23rd Annual Alzalar Shrine Circus ends its six day San Antonio run with 1:30 and 5:49 pm performances at Joe Freeman Coliseum. Proceeds benefit Alzalar Shrine children's charities. Tickets at the Coliseum box office.
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San Alfonso
Joe Freeman Coliseum
Alza‘tar Shrine Children's Charities
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Vimmings Tran Shrine
Baysville
Alaafar Seine Circus
San Antonio
Chuir
Cis
Ron Raw Bo
Apeto Nurclawi
Chlvis Uabbs
Frankly GM
Leon Clemmons
Gary Peterson
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Plane crash near Athens leaves many survivors
An Olympic Airways twin engine plane from Corfu crashed off the Saronic Gulf near Glyfada while approaching Athens airport. At least 18 survived and were taken to shore or hospitalized as rescue efforts continued with ferries, boats, helicopters, and police presence.
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Athens
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Asitare
Corfu
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Turnique
Glyfada
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Nixon Favored by South Viet Nam in Unofficial Poll
Saigon Viet Nam News agency reported an unofficial poll showing President Nixon favored by 11 of 12 respondents if they could vote in the U.S. election. The Vietnam Press said 452 people ages 12 to 65 were polled, with over 90 percent aware of the coming vote and about 85 percent knowing the candidates.
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APY
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Nixon Called Enemy Of Postal Union
Gaylon Finkler reports APWU president Filbey told 50 employees at a Sheraton banquet that Nixon blocks postal wage raises through reform ties. He cited 33 000 vacant federal positions and said management harms service while endorsing reform. Local officers were installed at the event.
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Nixon
Brancis Pilbey
American Postal Workers Union
Filbey
Une Son
Sheraton Motor Inn
Postal Workers Union
New Orleans
APWU
George McGovern
Congressional Conference Committee
Filby
Filhey
Orbert Dla Benet
Jesus Flondo
Carmen Feinandea
Sentimental Note at Theater Features Kirsten with San Antonio Symphony
A near full house at the Theater for the Performing Arts heard Dorothy Kirsten sing with the San Antonio Symphony led by Maestro Victor Alessandro. The program included Buon Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Sibelius Symphony No. 2, and Respighi Fountains of Rome, with mixed critiques of Kirsten’s top notes and strong woodwinds throughout the concert.
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Dorothy Kirsten
San Antonians
San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Theater For the Performing Arts
Victor Alessandro
Alessandro
Sibelius
Stelinus
Kirsten
Tosca
Miss Kirsten
Adriana Lecoureur
Couch Fire Fatal To San Antonio Man
An autopsy was pending for John W. Cunningham 74 of 140 NW Néth after neighbors pulled him from a couch fire in his apartment. He died at Bexar County Hospital. Firemen said cigarette gas from the couch caused the blaze.
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Smirke Piquein
Vietnam Talks Show Split Over Ceasefire Terms
The report outlines tense Saigon negotiations between Henry Kissinger and Nguyen Van Thieu with Nixon rejecting a Communist ceasefire. It notes possible shifts in Communist demands, Thieu’s resistance to a coalition, and a proposed three plan government for South Vietnam, amid diverse international reactions and political pressure.
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Saigon Election Crisis and UN Intervention Debate
Readers debate Saigon's political impasse with government formed by vote percentage, calls for UN supervision of free elections, and skepticism toward international intervention. Opinions reflect frustration over Vietnam policy and hopes for a peaceful, credible process.
Vietnam War Pressure Shaped by Nixon and Thieu
A fragment discusses the Saigon talks with Nixon seeking wartime bond news before the election. It contrasts Nixon’s pledge with McGovern’s, asserts Thieu fears concessions, and argues Communists gain nothing from a worse deal.
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