Multiple local events announced for Friday and Saturday
Boxer Tousy and T C Selman Day headline a 6 p.m. dinner dance at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 641 2222 Austin Highway with a Channel 2 news special to follow at 8 p.m. Also Friday Grey Forest Fire Department hosts a fund raiser at John T Floore's, and Dr Barbara Venton Montgomery discusses Dissenters and Deserters at Moody Nrail St Mary's University Roots 101. San Antonio Texas Society for the Prevention of Blindness sponsors a marathon square dance at Windsor Park Mall. Political meeting in El Paso hosts Frank Tejeda and Lou Sutton for Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants at San Juan de los Lagos Hall. Highland Park Lions Club offers diabetes screening at McCrelesy Shopping. Leontine Price performs a recital at Laurie Auditorium Foundry University. Officers named for Easter Seal Society include Jerome Harris, James Martin, John Steen Jr, John LeFlore, and Mrs Thomas West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.C. Selman
Veterans of i Foreign Wars of the
United States
Jamies B. Sprague
1.C. Selmi
Austin Highway
Barbara Venton Montgomery
Dallas Community College
Moody Nrail
St. Mary's University
CURE
Frank Tejeda
Lou Nelles Sutton
Gitizens United For Rehabilitation
San Juan de Los Lagos Hall
el Paso
Foster Seals
Jerome K. Harris Sy
Bexar County
Throvgh the Years From The Light Files
A compendium of dated notes from 1840 to 1974 includes crime reports, civic events, building progress and local incidents. Entries reference assaults on Somerset Road, anti British elections in Jordan, a Union Stockyards record, federal building work in San Antonio, intoxicated driving crackdowns, a wild animal show arrival, a city police vault crowd, and an electric arc lighting order for the San Antonio Gas and Electric Co.
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San Antonio
Federal Building
Rally to Get Out and Vote at Piety Park East Side
Dan Mitchell known for Tronsides on TV and Judy Page from Lime Front Lawyers will attend a Saturday rally at Piety Park East Side. Activity runs from 7 AM to 2 PM with speakers and voter outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piety Park
East Side
Dan Mitchell
Tronsides
Judy Page
Lime Front Lawyers
Liberation of
L. B. Danes
Centena plan eyed for next week's city vote
City Council members supported the Centeno plan for a three cent state tax on all Texas gas to subsidize a lower residential rate, with state legislative approval needed. CPS and city officials said revenue could total about 240 million statewide. details remain under study. The council also opposed TWQB Edwards Aquifer control changes and delayed two zoning matters near the Edwards Aquifer and an airport runway project. It scheduled a Jan 15 charter revision ballot and adjusted meeting attendance rules for department heads.
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Jeff Duffield
Tom Ballety
Carl White
City Public Service
Eloy Centeno
Texas
Intrasute
Texas Water Quality Board
TWQB
Edwards
Glen Hartman
Austin
TWQR
Bexar
Hays
Haruman
Environmental Protection Agency
Fay Linkin
Aquifer Protection Association
FM 2804
Norman Brown
North Loop Road
San Pedro Avenue
Davis
City Planning Commission
Glday
San Antone River Authority
Edwards Underground Water District
Raffety
TILIGIRON Districting Election Faces Justice Dept Approval
San Antonio officials expect U S Justice Department approval for the January 15 districting election if current plans proceed. City Attorney Jim Parker said talks with the department suggest approval without impediment, with votes counted and plans on ballot outlined. The plan would have five Mexican American districts, four Anglo districts, and one Black district, with the mayor elected at large. The council aims to adopt a written plan next week detailing voting equity, district types, terms, and compensation.
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Tiligiron
San Antonio
Te US
Justice Department
Jim Parker
Parker
Ranning
School Trustees Review Hair Code At East Central
East Central School District trustees studied the district hair code for boys after patrons complained of unequal enforcement. Superintendent Pat Holmes noted hair must be behind the ears and above the collar. Trustees discussed other actions including a teacher education moratorium and district expansion financing.
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East Central School
Pat Holmes
Holmes
No Gas Trial Next Week
The $48 million Coastal States Gas Corp damage suit against Coastal States Gas Corp is recessed until a.m. Nov. 1 as 166th District Court Judge Peter Michael Curry grants a week-long pause for further prep and to attend a national conference in Philadelphia. The judge urged attorneys to "get your ducks in a row" and proceed with renewed vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Jarboe
Coastal States Gas Corp
166Th District Court
Peter Michael Curry
Philadelphia
Curry
Judge Pushes On With Texas Civil Case On Election Day
A Texas judge says the large Coastal States case will proceed on November 2 despite courthouse closure for Veterans Day. Attorneys clash over subpoenas and city records as depositions of CPS engineers aim to assess costs of converting plants to burn fuel oil. The suit seeks about 448 million in damages, with debates over revenue from CPS and public records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Curry
City Public Service
Coastal
Jan Wood
Tracy DuBose
Coastal States Gas Producing Co
DuBose
Absentee Voting Opens at Seven Bexar Places for Election
Bexar County voters use seven convenience sites for absentee ballots in the November general election. Deputy Clerk Lorena White says more than 7,000 ballots were cast in the first eight days, with turnout roughly double to 5 and 4 compared with prior cycles. All sites will be open this weekend from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Locations include the Courthouse, South Park Mall, Villa Veramendi Homes, Warderland Shopping Center, North Fort Mall, Windsor Park Mall, and McCreless Shopping City.
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Bexar County
Lorena White
White
Hoonard
Courthouse
South Park Mall
Villa Veramendi Homes
Warderland
North Fuard Mall
Windsor Park Mall
McCreless
Sick Pay Change Urged by City Leader
Mayor Pra Tem Pin Pyndus urges San Antonio City Council to seek an amendment to a state law lifting sick pay accrual ceilings for firemen and policemen. He cites $565,371 paid to 65 retirees since August 1975, versus $276,970 under prior policy, and argues the measure discriminates against other city employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pra Tem Pin Pyndus
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Boxer ‘Tousy
Grey Forest Volunteer Fire Department
John T. Floore
The
Texas Society For the ‘Prevention of Blindness
Highland Park Lions Club
McCrelesy Shopping
Leontine Price
Laurie Auditorium
Foundty University
Polite
Somerset Road
Ateno
Union
Jim Stevens
al G. Hames
City Hall
San Antonio Gas & Electric Ca
Plaza Bexar
Billy Graham
Bridge
Genes
Poritfciha
Dorothy Manners
Brothers
Polunsky
Shulsky
Jack O'Brian
Society
CPS
Gen Thomas
Utility
Rafffety
Pioneer Home Builders, Inc
White Fawn Drive
Henry Cisneros
Meccada
Deoby Braly
Susan Lamm
Karen Orozco
Gleny McKinley
Jim Blaylock
Count Dracula
Transylvania
Southwest Airlines
Susan Cloud
March of Dimes Mounted House
Alamo City
Len Purness
Coastal States Gas
Cora
Oscar Wyatt, Jr
Coastal States Empire
Harris
Howard Freeman
DuBois
T DuRose
Freeman
CPS Cus
Pyndus
Council
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