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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1948
Page
5
Sixteen measles cases were reported in the city health department during the first three days of the week, matching the highest weekly total of the year. Most patients were preschool or early school age, with the oldest child only years old.
College Station reports graduation exercises scheduled for June 4 and 5. Nine hundred eight students are eligible to receive degrees.
In Memphis Tennessee, April, a hair care fad sweeps teens as both boys and girls seek peroxide blond tops. Youths sun their hair and apply chemical solutions to achieve a bright, shampooed look, often without letting the solution dry fully. Many discuss the method, while some dismiss it as a passing trend inspired by comic strips.
The United States plans a major policy statement at the Inter-American Conference in Guira, Colombia, April. A government official will address a committee drafting a new Pan American pact, marking the first significant policy pronouncement since the secretary of state opened the term.
Texas veterans from about 20 colleges planned to push for a state bonus at an Operations Bonus convention in Austin on April 17 and 18. Pat Maloney, UT law student, estimated delegates would represent around 50 000 veterans, with attendees from Baylor Texas Tech Trinity and many other colleges. The drive runs alongside debate on bonus legislation in the Fiftieth Legislature and follows Gov. Jester’s remark that the state bonus may be un Texan.
Carlisle April 7 Heavy freight trucks resumed movement on the Pennsylvania turnpike as a spontaneous sitdown protest dissolved. Hundreds of cargo carriers parked at the eastern toll road terminus for about 48 hours. Special police aided traffic flow during the transition back to normal.
Military police man Sgt Martin M Stevenson was gravely wounded by a bullet at the AL club 132 Soledad Street while aiding arrests during a disturbance. Two MPs sought to quell the riot as a pistol discharged causing the abdominal injury. Investigations continue with a riot call drawing about 50 bystanders.
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