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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1955
Page
3
Readers urge varying penalties for turncoats amid heated debate. Mrs. Jack Carlisle and Mrs. C Ray Davis oppose capital punishment while others call for severe limits on due process, reflecting a mix of patriotism and concern over justice, with arguments about wartime loyalties and fair treatment.
Obituaries list multiple individuals with funeral details. Fritz C Schleuning 81 last of 14 children of Pionest Theatore Schleuning family. services at 2 pm Tuesday IzizikKeayus Funeral Home. buried City Cemetery No. 6. Survivors include widow, son Carlos F Schleuning, daughters Mesdarries Turner Kingston Mowell and others. numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Several other names appear with service times and venues across cities including San Antonio and Fort Worth, listing dates, locations and interment plans at various national and private cemeteries with funeral homes such as Angelus Akers Zizik-Kearns and Brooke Army Medical Center.
Dan C Peavy Jr of Los Angeles is awarded the Bronze Medal at Culver Military Academy. The item mentions deaths elsewhere and references various figures including Miss Alice Belmont, Thelma Cornero Strait, Dr Dan ui, Edgar M Clark, Matt Felstralt Fel, and a Minneapolis Tribune columnist in a jumble of names and events.
Manny submitted his resignation as a member of the board of managers of the Bexar County Hospital Commission. Lewis had served for years on the hospital system board and had been appointed to the current board as a nominee of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. The court debated whether to accept the resignation or refer it to the district board. the commissioners court handles board appointments and resignations.
Rev John J Campbell will be the keynote speaker at a Catholic summer school in San Antonio. The event runs through Friday at Our Lady of the Lake college and covers the encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam by Pope Pius XIII. Thirteen teachers include priests and lay women with students from Texas and nearby states. Roy Erwin Juraschek SSCA chairs arrangements with several committee members named.
Texas lawmakers largely oppose calling a special session to pass highway legislation. Rep. Kilday would urge Eisenhower to seek one. others favor general highway improvements but doubt a special session is wise. Supporters back pay as you go funding and interstate toll concepts with system safeguards.
A New York report touts Sperti Ointment as a sunburn remedy that allegedly draws healing oxygen to sunburned skin, stops pain, and rapidly produces a smooth tan without peeling or blistering. The ad-like piece markets the product at drugstores with a money-back guarantee.
Selection of a 12 man jury started Monday in a special criminal district court in San Antonio for a murder case against Honest Henry Jr 22 of 1023 South Pine Street. He is charged with killing Antana Jackson 29 of 1345 Westfall on November 3 1954. a previous trial ended in a hung jury after a forewoman dissented. Henry admits shooting Jackson but says self defense. Jackson was found dead in the back seat of his car with a loaded shotgun beside him. The defense and state path to verdict unfold as the case proceeds.
Detroit August 1 Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers resumed contract talks after the first weekend session. Negotiators, reporting progress, aim to meet the August 31 deadline and push ahead with mediation amid industry-wide auto strikes.
The Very Rev. James F. Maguire, president of Xavier University in Cincinnati, has been named president at Loyola University in Chicago.
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