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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1948
Page
4
Sidney W. Lane Jr., 5, son of Mrs. Sidney W. Lane of Vernon, died in a Wichita hospital from polio yesterday. He was the first polio victim in Wichita County this summer, according to local reports.
Funeral services are set for Stuart J. Stinson 26 a Public Service employee killed in an accidental electrocution. The wake will be at 1 a.m. Wednesday at McCollum funeral chapel with Dr. Samuel T. Terry officiating and burial in Mission Park. Survivors include his widow Helen Pauline and two young sons, plus his parents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert P. Stinson.
Houston August meeting plans announced by E. E. Townes to form a statewide Thurmond Wright ticket support group. Townes says invitations are being mailed for a statewide party on August 11 when Thurmond will formally accept the States Rights Democrat nomination.
A car making a short turn into Brackenridge Avenue struck an electric light pole and skidded feet before crashing on Broadway. Driver Edward Hiland, 25, was booked for negligent collision and drunk driving after treatment at Brooke General Hospital. Passengers Miss Amanda Mills, 39, and Jim Tewlen, 32, were treated and released. Tewlen was booked for being drunk.
New York August. The F. W. Woolworth Co said it would refuse to sign a contract with any union not certified by the National Labor Relations Board. The announcement followed a CIO union call for a threatened strike against the retailer.
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