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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1972
Page
2
Democratic Women of Bexar County announce a Sunday rally at Willita Assembly Hall from 3 to 7 p.m. with Liz Carpenter, press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson, as the main speaker. The report also notes the obituary of Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1964 at age 6.
A 1690-pound Brahma bull broke through five fences and fled through Forrest Stock Yards during a two block chase before being captured. Police say a woman was knocked down during the pursuit but not seriously injured. The bull, owned by Andy Carey of Aus, was valued at $540. Carey reportedly had just entered it in a rodeo.
The Agriculture Department canceled a national emergency proclamation tied to Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis after no confirmed cases since November 7. The move lifts a Texas quarantine and ends precautionary funding measures for disease control, urging vaccination and revaccination of horses nationwide.
The piece reports on a tense disagreement over the signing date of a peace accord in Vietnam. Henry Kissinger is cited as involved in secret talks while Communist officials press for guarantees on North Vietnamese troop withdrawals and self determination for South Vietnam. The United States is accused of not honoring the agreement while questioning outcomes and timelines.
Civil Air Patrol crews resumed a serial search for a Cessna 421 missing since Sunday after bad weather delayed operations. William Carson of Phoenix and his wife An drew were en route from Corpus Christi to San Antonio with stops planned for Fort Storkton and Phoenix. Investigators check reports of a sighting in Mexico while weather fronts hinder ground units.
UPI reports Chiang Kai-shek marked his 85th birthday as crowds across Taiwan ignored a government request to forgo celebration. Public halls drew hundreds of thousands of visitors with police counting about 40,000 at the presidential building birthday hall.
ABILENE Texas The Baptist General Convention of Texas Men’s Auxiliary presented a $30,458 check to the Valley Baptist Academy at Harlingen a predominantly Mexican American school J Humphrey of Antario presented the gift Monday at the convention's 87th annual meeting
The article describes a freeze threatening cotton leaves and notes experts warn outcomes depend on the next weeks. Sunshine may allow field work with harvest strippers, while continued cold and wet weather from a front could severely damage the crop with a 20 degree temperature drop and storms.
A reader queries about Texas homestead protections for family and business property and what parts qualify for exemption from forced sale. Other questions cover Naval Reserve pensions for widows and children, codeine sale registration laws, and the meaning of jurisprudence.
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