Autumn festival and garage sale events in San Antonio
Bexar County events include St Patrick's Catholic Church autumn festival at Comanche Park II from 1 a.m. to 10 p.m. with food music and booths. Jewish Community Center Nursery School hosts a garage sale 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 103 W Rampart. Santa Cecilia and others perform at 2 p.m. Brackenridge Park Chinese Gardens. Medical society message on high blood pressure aired by Dr. Dial. Salvation Army committee heads named with Col Charles Ahem leading. Project Crime Prevention launches THOR program with S.A. department. Homecoming turkey dinner at Holy Cross High School cafeteria 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open House at UT Health Dental School 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday.
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St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Sutay
Comanchy Park No.2
Holy Cross High School
Cub Wil
Schol
Through The Years: San Antonio Light Files Highlights
A compact recap from The Light Files dated October 23 across years 1915 to 1976 notes political funding to the White House for HemisFair, a 1954 typhoon toll, a 1944 ouster threat over hospital payrolls, 1938 road and right‑of‑way grants, a 1976 dam bond vote in Karnes County, 1915 auto headlight ordinance, a 1966 Murray and Mack visit, and 1690 San Antonio Zouaves carnival opening details.
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San Antonio
White House
Johnson
Light
Bexar County
San Pedro
San Antonio River
Karnes County
Cisneros Pushes For All San Antonians To Vote
Councilman Henry Cisneros declared that 27 000 residents in annexed areas must have equal unimpeded voting rights in the January 15 charter revision election. He plans a council resolution supporting counting all annexed residents, even if the Justice Department objects, and warned of possible court action to protect their vote. The referendum seeks a shift from at large to district based council elections, with Cisneros backing a 10 at large and 4 district plan.
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Henry Cisneros
Cisneros
San
U.S. Justice Department
Ctizen
Council
Justice Department
Choise
Valers
Mayer
S A Given Warning On Carter Stance
Republican leaders in San Antonio warn that if Democrat Jimmy Carter wins the presidency military cuts would cost jobs in the city. Ray Hutchison and John Connally III spoke at the St. Anthony Hotel urging support for Ford-Dole and denouncing Carter's defense proposals. Connally indicated a future visit by his father, former Gov. Connally.
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Jimmy Carter
San Antonio
Ray Hutchison
Hutchison
John 8. Connally III
John Connally
St. Anthony
Caner
Connally
San Antonis
Ford
Record set for eligible voters in Bexar County
Final voter registration figures show a record 389,232 Bexar County residents eligible to vote in the November 2 general election. The count, released by County Voter Registration Manager Roper Berry, notes a large increase from 301, W3 thousand in the prior election. About 18 to 26 year olds make up most of the new eligible voters, with roughly 2 percent 65 or older and 52 percent women.
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Bexar County
Vowr
Roper Berry
Col Gaskill Dies Overseas in Indonesia at 74
Col Robert C. Gaskill, retired medical officer, died of a heart attack while vacationing in Indonesia. He was 74 and had made San Antonio his home for more than 20 years. He authored memoirs on Bataan and American prisoners in Japanese camps, including Guess of the Son of Heaven. Survived by widow Alpha and daughter Martha of Killeen.
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Robert C. Gaskill
Indonesia
Gaskill
San Antonio
Bataan
Smithville
University of Texas
Army Medical College
Washington, D. C
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Alpha
Martha
Killeen
Councilman Black Warns On Chamber Political Arm
City councilman Claude Black warned Friday that the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce will split its britches if it endorses and funds candidates in the next city election. He criticized BIPAC as a narrowly focused lobby that could divide the chamber and community. He noted BIPAC’s solicitation of 3500 businessmen for 50 to 500 dollars and highlighted its leadership including Ralph Langley and trustees Fred Burtner Holt Atherton Tom Frost Jr C C Pop Guan B J Red McCombs and Dr Robert V West.
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Jan Jarboe
Claude Black
Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Black
Greater Chamber
BIPAC
Business and Industrial Political Action Committee
Chamber
Ralph Langley
Fred Burtner
Holt Atherton
Tom Frost Jr
C.C
Pop” Guan
B.J
Red" McCombs
Robert V. West
Blick
REPAC
North Side
North
San Antonio
Two S A Men Indicted In Webb County Capital Murder Case
Webb County grand jury indicts two San Antonio brothers Jose Aranda 32 and Arturo Daniel Aranda 27 for capital murder in the July 31 death of police officer Patto Abbidrez Jr. They are held without bond and also face charges of possession of about 300 pounds of marijuana and carrying shotguns.
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Laredo
Webb County
San Antonio
Patto Abbidrez Jr
Jose Aranda
Arturo Daniel Aranda
Eoat
UW Extending Fund Deadline For 1977 Combined Federal Campaign
The 1977 Combined Federal Campaign for the United Way fund drive in the San Antonio area has been extended through Friday. Lt. Gen. Allen M. Burdett Jr., Fifth Army commander and campaign chairman, announced the unanimous executive committee vote to extend by a week. The drive is ahead of last year’s pace with over $26 million raised by Wednesday’s close, and is $136,622 ahead of the 1976 pace for the first 38 days. Military bases exceeded their goals with high percentages at Lackland, Wilford Hall, Fort Sam Houston, Randolph, Kelly, Brooks, and others, while civilian agencies like the Interstate Commerce Commission and Social Security Administration also posted strong results.
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Focal United Way
Allen. M. Burdett Jr
Fifth Army
CFC
San Antonio
Lackland Air Force Base
Wilford Hall
U.S. Air Force Medical Center
Ft. Sam Houston
Randolph Air Force Base
Kelly Air Force Base
Loan Officials Oppose Carter Presidential Bid
Texas Finance Institute officials at their 18th annual convention oppose Jimmy Carter for president. They warn Carter's economic policies would raise inflation and the federal deficit, harming loan businesses nationwide. Leaders cite uncertainty about future policies and past Ford administration mixed results.
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Texas
Jimmy Carter
Texas Finance Institute
I 4 Holding
Carter
B.D. Bramand
Houston
Chamber Backs Water Fund Amendment for Texas Prosperity
The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce backs Constitutional Amendment No 1 to raise the Texas Water Development Fund ceiling to 1 406 million. Walter Bilstein, chair of the chamber’s Community Development Council, says higher funds are needed to develop water resources for economic growth. Voters will decide in the November 2 general election. Bilstein notes over 235 million has already funded 88 projects benefiting about four million Texans from the current 409 million ceiling.
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Greter San Antonio Chamber At Commerce
Texans Water Development Fund
Walter Bielstein
Community Development Council
State
Texas
Bilstein
Dolph Briscoe
Water For
San Antonio
Miners sue district over tax on complex near Oaks of Marymount
The North Life apartment complex alleges the Northeast School District improperly taxed a 0. acre project. The suit was filed in district court Friday by Oaks of Marymount Apartments Led, located at 8800 Starcrest.
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Jouay
Jewish Community Center Nursery School
Aim
Seunday
W. Rampart
Hilda Jimenez
Los Mariachis Santa-Cecilia
Chinese Gardens
Brackenridge Park
Pail Elizondy
Azobn
Charles H. Ahem
Salvation Army
Brin
Bert E. Johnson
Harry Stokes
Leonard R. Trevina
Lyman Webb
Project Free
San Antonio Department Crime Prevention Bureau
THOR
University of Texas Health Science Dental School
Light Files
Harthemn
Philippines
Murray and Mack
San -Antonio
Francis Furey
St. Mary's University
Ow School
Texas Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
S.A
Ray Hutchinson
Col. Gaskill
C of
Alludements
Billy Graham Boyd
Bridge Church
Camiles
Tre
Brothers
Phylita Battelbe Farora
Society
Corale
Lea
Mirror of Mind
Brooks Air Force Base
U.S. Air Force Security Service
Health Services Command
U. S., Marine Corps
UG. 5. Navy
U.5. Marie Corpnen
Army
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southside
U. Weit Service Commission
Southwest
Geological Survey
Department of Interior
GSA
Public Building Service
U. Smt Amlraid Retirement Board
Institute
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J. Fe Var Houten
Arlington
Sam
Roy Cummins
Joan
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