Retirement reminder from city electric division veteran Glaeser
Glaeser, longtime employee of the City Public Service Board since 1943, plans to retire. A native of Austin, his early years included work as a San Antonio drugstore delivery boy and painting surplus army wagons at Fort Sam Houston around World War I. He hopes to spend time fishing.
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Archié Glaeser
University Ave
Electric
City Public Service Board
Old San Antonio Public Service Co
CPSB
Glaeser
Austin
Texas
San Antonio
Brooklyn Ave
Fort Sam Houstmy
Tangerines Grow in San Antonio Noted in 1910 Tale
A reader recalls a tangerine tree in San Antonio that once bore sweet fruit, with dark green leaves and deep orange color. The tree froze back in a hard freeze but regrew before dying, marking only the third such report in the area. Also noting Mrs Lucy Wilcox adds hymn books from Billy Sunday services, given over 35 years ago.
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L. T. Hunt
College Blvd
San Antonio
Lucy Wilcox
Kendalia
Wilcox
Scouting Posts Open in San Antonio and Nation
Openings for qualified men in Boy Scouts of America executive posts in the Alamo Area Council and nationwide. Applicants need 21 to 35 years, or 45 for military veterans, with college degree or equivalent experience. Training at Schiff Scout Reservation, Mendham NJ, and starting salary with benefits. Call Alamo Area Council, San Antonio, for appointments.
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Boy Scouts of America
San Antonio
George A. Holland
Alamo Area
Amrond
National Training School
Schiff
Mendham
N.J
Alamo
Area Council
Capitol
Lyudnikov claims Soviet aid blocked U.S. in Manchuria
Soviet general Livan Lyudnikov told Szvestia that last actions by Russian troops prevented American forces from occupying key Manchurian positions. He asserted Truman planned landings at Port Arthur and Port Darien to hand control to Chiang Kai-shek for operations against Chinese Communists. He links the end of the war in the Pacific to the Soviet offensive and not the U.S. atomic bomb.
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Moscow
UPI
Manchuria
Livan Lyudnikov
Harry S) Truman
Port Arthur
Port Darren
Chiang Kai-shek
Lyudnikov
Szvestia
U.S
Pacific
Latin American Customs School to Train Five Guatemalan Officials
UPI reports Latin American officials will gather for a four week customs school beginning in September. The program will train five customs officers from Guatemala and one each from El Salvador Nicaragua Honduras and Costa Rica.
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Lancany
UPI
Latin America
Ipather
Guatemala
Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa
Heart of Gold Silver Lining Ahead
An article fragment hints at a hopeful outlook focused on a person or project nicknamed Heart of Gold, with a forward-looking note about silver linings and potential progress despite incomplete details.
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Heart OF
Wounded Man Found in Home Amid Turbulent News
In Portsmouth a wounded man is found at his home as IRS action aims to speed refunds for Viet Nam era military families. A San Antonio man travels toward Norfolk for care after a hurricane battered voyage. Officials say the government will expedite refunds to families of service members, with IRS noting special consideration for military personnel.
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Portsmouth
UPI
Washington
Alberto Bennatiman
Internal Revenue Service
TRS
Repai
San Antonio
Norfolk
Santa Rosal
Viet Nam
Victor Wendell
IRS
Said
Wendell
St Ig Irs
City Ruling On Fires Is Outlined
City fire officials stress San Antonio residents must follow the Fire Prevention Code for trash burning. Burning rubbish without a permit is unlawful unless using an approved incinerator or container. Permits require details on material, timing, location, and liability, with inspections to assess fire risk and daylight burning hours only.
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San Antonio
City Manager reshuffles staff to streamline departments
Shelley announces departmental reassignment to boost oversight of all projects. Dave Harner now oversees planning finance legal parks and recreation public works health budget and agenda. Gerald Henckel takes housing inspections welfare personnel fire drary traffic police civil defense. Airport department and public works liaison role assigned to Sam Cranata Jr.
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Shelley
Leeaiwant
Dave Harner
Gerald Henckel
Sam Cranata Jr
HemisFah
Durango Flood Impacts City and Surrounding Areas
The Grand Canal in Durango City overflowed for the first time in a decade, flooding low-lying districts and about 20 surrounding communities. An estimated 17,000 people were left homeless, sheltered in schools and government buildings, as evacuations continued in Durango and nearby states including Chihuahua and Mayarit. Federal aid moved in with clothing, medicine, and food.
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Mexico City
UPI
Durango City
Durango
Chihuahua
Mayarit
Santa Rosa
Santiago
Hurwmeta
Federal Health Department
Government Price Regulating Agency
Gemini II Astros Face Tight Schedule
CAPE KENNEDY APS Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon face a record tight launch window for their three day orbital flight. They must lift within two seconds of the target time or the mission may be postponed two days. NASA says the precise timing is needed to allow Gemini 11 to catch up and dock with an Agena target during the first orbit, a maneuver never attempted before.
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Cape Kennedy
Aps
Charles Conrad
Richard Gordon
Navy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Conrad
Gordon
John Young
Michael Colling
HemisFair Post Filled with Deckard as Exhibit Promoter
Carey Deckard, a San Antonio television personality and Air Force Reserve captain, will begin duties Tuesday as an exhibit sales and promotion specialist for HemisFair 1966. A UT Austin grad, Deckard previously ran Moredless Shopping Center and served as VP of Fespar Productions in Los Angeles in 1965. He will join the Gemini era spaceflight coverage, including Conrad and Gordon, as NASA plans a busy, multi experiment mission with Agena propulsion, automatic re-entry, and a three day rendezvous and spacewalk led by Lovell and Aldrin.
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Carey Deckard
San Antonio
U S Toll In Viet War Listed
Washington The defense department released casualty figures for the Vietnam conflict from January through August 1966. The record itemizes deaths, wounded, missing, and other statuses by cause and action, noting totals for deaths in hostile action, noncombat incidents, and returns to control.
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U.S
Washington
Thefense Department
Viet Nam
Mormon Gathering at Texas Mission Conference
The Mormon couples, mostly retired aged 61 to 70, will travel from across the Texas Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to attend a state mission conference in San Antonio. Mission President Fred W. Ellison of Dallas will preside, with officials including President and Mrs Donald Matthews of the Spanish-American Mission and host church leaders Mr and Mrs WM Roland Bremer.
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Texas Mission
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Ara
Alamo City
San Antonio
St. Cloud
Earl Winebrenner
Culebra
Salt Lake City
Utah
Jesse W. Spafford
W. Woxtlawn
Texas
Sanfred W. Elieson
Dallas
Donald Matthews Alot
Mrs' 44
Sion
WM Roland Bremer
host 20/church
Outlaw Miniskirt Ban At Two Local Schools
Washington Irving Junior School and Sidney Lanier High School ban miniskirts for girls. Principal Noe Camunez says they are not conducive to good personal appearance. Teachers instructed to watch for violations.
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Washington Irving Junior School
Sidney. Lanier High School
Noe Camunez
Ofrving
Fidel Tafolla
al Sanlar
Reds Praise Beatles Ideas in News Conference Remarks
The Soviet press praised Beatles members George Harrison and John Lennon for statements on U.S. Vietnam involvement and popularity among youth. Pravda highlighted Harrison's call for American troops to leave Vietnam and Lennon's controversial remark, noting their influence on teen culture.
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Moscow
UPI
Pegoda
Beatle
George Harrison
New York
Viet Nam
John Lennon
United States
Poplar
Jesus
Pat
Rich
Soviet Union
Norman R. Poppett
Pravda
Force
Albert
Teel
Piceman
Beatles
Spears Denounces Barnes aide McGee Firing in Texas
Sen Franklin Spears of San Antonio condemned the removal of budget official Vernon McGee by House Speaker Ben Barnes calling it a power grab. He praised McGee as competent and denied any wrongdoing, saying the firing stemmed from preventing budget manipulation for political reprisals. Spears pledged to return to Austin for Labor Day events as he reorganizes his office to address a $48,000 deficit.
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Austin
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Blaset Board
Vernon ‘McGee
Ben Barnes
McGee
Spears
State Departmenta
Rio Grande Valley
State Capitol
Tyler
Bodies of Plane Dead Returned to UK in Yugoslavia
Bodies of five British victims of a Britannia airliner crash on a Yugoslav Adriatic vacation flight were placed in flag draped coffins in a large gymnasium awaiting shipment home. The Britannia, carrying 110 passengers and seven crew, crashed on approach to Brink Airport near Ljubljana. There were 22 survivors.
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Ljubliana
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Brink
Here
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