Move Planned for Hidalgo Statue in San Antonio
A request to relocate the Hidalgo statue from Romana Plaza to Plaza Mexico near Hemisfair is expected soon after Mexican Independence fiestas. Delegates led by Guerra of the Mexican-American Friendship Committee will file the formal request, while wreathlaying ceremonies and traffic access issues near Retana Plaza are noted. The statue, gifted by President Avila Camacho in 1945, marks Mexican independence celebrations and has moved several times before. Luis Bracamontes, Mexican official, will lead a delegation arriving in San Antonio to participate in ceremonies, luncheons, and receptions with Ballet Folklorico Campedario invited by President Echeverria.
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Migual Hidalgo
Costra Tran
Ramana Plaza
Plaza Mexico
Hemis
Guerra
City of
San Antonio
Manuel Avila Camacho
Hidalgo
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Luis &. Bracamentes
Arive
San Antonis
Luis Echeverria
Cane
Echeverria
Ballet Folklorico Campedario
Mexico City
Cano
Bexar Hospital District Faces Fire Over Grievances
Bexar County Hospital District heard accusations ranging from spy attempts to negligent infant death at a packed Monday meeting. Testimonies included abortion experiences, alleged mis care at Green Hospital, improper blood poisoning treatment, and claims of staff intimidation and political bias impacting employees and volunteers.
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Gaylon Finkler
Bexar County
Bchd Board of Managers
Employes
Lorraine Robinson
Robert B. Green Hospital
Bexar County Hospital
United Fund Drive Launches Campaign in San Antonio
Planning for the United Fund drive begins with a Railwagon72 event at Wilitia Assembly Hall and a Temanade party at San Antonio College. Campaign leaders in government and education vow support through Nov 16, seeking a $3.07 million goal for San Antonio and Bexar County and pledges cards to fund 63 agencies.
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United Fund
Wincheon
Wilitia Assembly Hall
San Antonio College
Edith
Walter) McAllister Jr
McAllister
Aston Pig
San Antonio
Bexar County
Death Ruled Natural For Raul Garza In Jail Cell
Raul Garza aged 44 of 9a Manic muma in Bexar County died of natural causes due to liver failure, per a medical examiner. He had been in jail since the weekend and was dead on arrival Monday at Revert B. Green Hospital after guards found him convulsing. Police reported Garza was under treatment after a disturbance call Friday evening.
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Bexar County Hospital
Kirrai
Dora Rendon
Green
Linda Gloria
Gloria
Raul Garza
Bexar
Jaibihe
Garza
Revert B. Green Hospital
James Calvert
Ater
Calvert
Ciaran
Elderly Woman Duped in Broadway Scam by Two Men
Police investigated a $2,500 swindle of a 75 year old San Antonio resident on Broadway. Two men posing as officers urged her to write a check in a suspect’s name and then cashed it. Authorities sought to identify the criminals and assess the case details.
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San Antonio
Broadway
Neighbors Convention Plans Unfold At Gunter Hotel
The San Antonio International Good Neighbor Council outlined plans for its three day convention September 21 to 23 at the Gunter Hotel with Gov. Smith Lt Gen Cassidy and Jose Ines Cano among speakers. Registration opens September 11 in the hotel lobby followed by a golf event at Brackenridge Golf Club and a series of luncheons tours and receptions culminating in awards at the Gunter Hotel.
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San Antonio International Good Neighbor Council
Gunter Hotel
Hanibal Guerra
Smith
Patrick Cassidy
Sth
Glen Garrery
Texas
Good Neighbor
Guerre
Brackenridge Golf Club
Jose Ines Cano
L A
Lone Star Brewery
Uniersity of Mexico Cultural Institute
Focal Council
Menger Hotel
Nonor
Rep. Gonzalez
Dolph Briscoe
Allan Skimmer
International Good Neighbor Council
Cano. Gonzalez
Briscoe
Allade
Robbery Duo Netted Loot From Two Holdups
An armed pair carried out two separate robberies about an hour apart. A 25 year old suspect with a red handled knife took 55 from a clerk at the Donut Center on Fredericksburg Road. At the Fina Service Station night man ager Robert Cook 27 was bound and $300 stolen by a man with a 38 caliber pistol.
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Fredericksburg
Robert Cook
Fina
Pat
W. White
UT Texas system to build San Antonio dental school facility
UT regents authorized advertising for bids to construct a 453,769 square foot dental school building in San Antonio. Project cost is $28 million with a $9.5 million federal grant under the Health Manpower Training Act of 1971. Also named Marmon and MoX as project architects for a new UT Austin baseball field and planned arts center on the former Dark Field site east of 1933 between 19th Street and Manor Road.
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Lignt
Dallas
University of Texas System Office of Facilities Planning and Construction
UT Dental School
San Antonio
UT Regents
Comprehensive Health
Regents
Marmon and Mox
Ut-Austin
19Th Street
Manor Road
Austin
College of Fine Arts
Three Break-ins Reported At Local Properties
Police report three burglaries with items stolen. Cut-Rate Liquors on 1918 McCullough lost a radio, 36 watches, 50 cartons of cigarettes, coins, changes, and a .38 pistol totaling 1370 dollars. Jenkins Construction on 3400 Fredericksburg saw power tools worth 1100 dollars taken from a site at 120 St. Cloud. Clara Martinez on 1542 West Mil reported theft of stereo, air conditioner, TV, jewelry valued at 1818 dollars.
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McCullough. Jenkins Construction Co
Fredericksburg
St. Cloud
Clara Martinez
Bel
Murder Trial Delayed in Stop-N-Go Slaying Case
The murder trial of Michael W. Evans and Michael I. Meyer in San Antonio is postponed due to the hospitalization of key witness Detective Frank Castillon after a massive heart attack. The defendants, charged with murder with malice in the Jan 7 Stop-N-Go death of Thomas C. Woodlee, 55, were not ready for trial. a new date, possibly in October, will be set after a court appearance by both sides.
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Conaway
Moyer
Evans
Thomas C. Woodlee
W. Courts Land
John G. Benavides
Subscription rates for the San Antonio Light newspaper
The San Antonio Light lists subscription rates by carrier and region. Rates vary for daily, Sunday, and daily plus Sunday delivery within Texas, other states, Mexico and Central America, and Canada and foreign countries, with monthly, quarterly, and annual options.
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Texas
Sain
Ates AY Mail
Canada
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