River Walk Commission Rejects Foot Bridge
San Antonio River Walk Commission rejects a planned foot bridge over the river extension in front of the Convention Center. An alternative walkway on the marina garage west side was adopted, with Lawrence Raba alone voting against the revised plan. City staff cost figures remain unsettled amid bids reportedly around 60 000 dollars.
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Norma Reed
San Antonio
Brdge
Conventhon
URA
Roth
Commission
Lawrence Raba
Raba
Tead Raba
Matina
Marina
Bonham Street
Alamo Plaza
River Walk
Arthur Veltman Jr
Veltman
Public Works Department
Ed Harlee
Coret Woud
River Fron
Convention Center
Commerce Street
Meadowcliff Teen Club Fixes Hall For Dances
In Meadowcliff Addition near Larkland AFB teens form a VISTA backed club. Teens aged 15 to 19 plan hall repairs, tutoring, and dances to support their low income community. Linda Yzaguiere is the sole girl member and represents them at events.
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Frank Treig
Meadowcliff
Larkland Air Force Base
Poon Road
Miss Burgos
Linda Yzaguiere
Mission County Park
Ramon Ortiz
Julian Felan
Alec Guerra
George Rodriguez
Daniel
Ortiz
San Antonio Library Board Elects Officers
Valentin G. Mora Jr. was elected president of the San Antonio Library board of trustees. Vice president is Bill Lafferty, secretary Peter N. Reed, and treasurer Raymond W. Arnold. The officers will serve through next August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentin G. Mora Jr
San Antonio
Prisoners’ Job Training Fund Sought by County
County Commissioner Tom Stolhandske announced a U.S. Labor Department grant to fund job training for inmates at the San Antonio Skills Center, with a Monday deadline to begin. The plan aimed to train 60 jail inmates, but only seven currently qualify. officials contemplate including probationers to reach program viability. Stolhandske chairs the Jail Recreation and Rehabilitation Committee and is coordinating with the Labor Department and Texas Employment Commission on the grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
San Antonio
U.S. Departtment of Labor
Stolhandske
Tie
Labor Department
Bexar County
Texas Employment Commission
Junior Bar Jail Reforms Urged by Law Students and Lawyers
Law students and junior lawyers urged reform of the penal system at a Texas Junior Bar Association meeting. Speakers warned Attica realities could recur in American prisons and called for restructuring, accountability, and top priority reforms nationwide.
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Jlaw
Kamin
JBA
Jefferey Wentworth
al Sion
la Mansion
Texas Junior Bar Association
Attica
American Bar Association
Pri
Dan Katain
Victor
Carol Habemian
San Antonian Joins Texas Legislative Council Appointees
San Antonio resident Frank Lombardino is one of ten Texas House members named Friday by Speaker Gus Mutscher to the Texas Legislative Council. The 17 member board oversees a full-time professional research staff and guides studies requested by the Legislature. The panel includes the speaker, top supporters, and the governor’s five designees.
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Lioht
Austin
Frank Lombardino
San Antonio
Texas House
Texas Legislative Council
Gus Mutscher
Lamardino
He Coneit
Ake
Hoovernor
Ius
Lackland Hosts Foreign Students on Houston Orientation Tour
Forty one students from 11 countries toured Houston after departing Lackland Air Force Base on Friday. The group visited the Manned Spacecraft Center and the San Jacinto monument as part of an orientation to American life. Enrolment at the joint services language facility at Lackland stands at about 100 from 40 nations.
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Lackland Air Force Base
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
San Jacinto Monument
Bayou City
Joint Services
Lackland
Campaign Kickoff Scheduled
Campaign kickoff for the United Fund will mobilize about 400 volunteers from the Communications Workers of America and Southwest. Bell Monday at the annual breakfast kickoff at the El Tropicano Hotel at 6:30 am. UF aims for $175,000 with last year’s Alamo City telephone workers contributing over $164,000. Paul Herder and Bill Weeks will speak along with T C Gravite, Bob Lee, and other officials.
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United Fund
Jers of America
Southwest
Vern Bell
el Tropicano
Alamo City
Paul Herder
Bill Weeks
St. Louis
CWA
T. C. Gravite
Southwestern Bell
Bob Lee
Wealthy Chihuahua financier wins top Mexico lottery prize
Faeique Elias Miller of Chihuahua wins the national lottery top prize of 40 million pesos in the Independence Day drawing, with an approximate value of 3.2 million U.S. dollars. The winner is described as a financier and rabicher from Chihuahua.
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Mexico City
UPI
Rabicher i
Chihuahua
Faeique Elias Miller
U.S
Milky Way- Let's Face It Milky Way- Let's Face It
RENETA SMIIN BYRNE profiles Estee Lauder as the global beauty queen, accepting a Frost Brothers Achievement Award in San Antonio. The piece outlines her milk based products, Pure Milk Creme Wash and Milk Freshener, plus a Milk Mask and Milk Bath, tracing her Vienna roots and career evolution from Youth Dew to modern cosmetics. It notes her 1971 face color trends and hints at Oriental packaging and a China look trend tied to Nixon's trip announcement.
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Reneta Smiin Byrne
Estee Lauder
Mrs. Lauder How
Elizabeth Arden
Helena Rubin‘stein
Lauder
San Antonio
Frost Brothers
Seventh Avenue
Nixon
China
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Mall
Angelita Burgos
Ame
Mark Wrod
Alex Guer
Raymond Ortig
Rodrigues
al Ransom
S.A. Library
Jerry Fouts
Derry
Sioned
Lackitary Training Center
Ad Bis Epltise Prowiat Hacen Wera
Imens
San Antonian On
Solons’ Council
Dellview IV
Dale Carnegie
Ous Tyiveré & Associates
London Grafica Arts
London Arts Group
Calder
Chagall
Picasso
Vasarely
Rembrandt
London Arts Publications
Glasser's Art Gallery
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