Benefit dance for Louie Tierney at The Farmer's Daughter
A benefit dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Monday at The Farmer's Daughter helps pay Louie Tierney hospital expenses. Tierney, a longtime fiddle player with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, recently joined Adolph Hofner and the Pear's Wranglers. Five or six bands will donate.
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Farmer's Daughter
Louie Tierney
Bob Wills
Texas Playboys
Adolph Hofner
Pear's Wranglers
Junior Mitcham
Hofner
Tierney
Mitcham
Information Sought in Hit and Run Death of Seaman Wead
The Bexar County Sheriff seeks help locating a hit and run driver who killed Seaman Carl Wead 20 of Kingsville Naval Air Station. He was hitchhiking from San Antonio to Kingsville after visiting the Christian Service Center. body found 3:20 a.m. July 30 on Highway 281 nine miles south of city limits. Wead carried a Bible and had no possessions recovered from the crash site.
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Sheriff's ‘Office
Carl Wead
Kingsville Naval ‘Air Station
Wead
San Antonio
Christian Service Center
Kingsville
Highway 281.S
Thor Anehiy
Weminge
Society of Sheriff's
Tony Morin
Mary
Texas
Joseph W
Schmitz
Ajof
Theodore Gentilz
Jay
Paris
N Jimate
Fiorey St
Morin
St Marys Displays New Gentilz Paintings at University
Five new works by Theodore Gentilz the 18th century San Antonio artist are exhibited in St Marys University mall area gift from John Cotter Sullivan. Gentilz taught art at St Marys Academy for 30 years and died in 1906. Police seek details on a hit and run involving a vehicle and driver reported near the area.
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St. Mary's University
San Antonio
Theodore Gentilz
John Cotter Sullivan
Broadway
St. Mary’s
Gentilz
Texas
France
Count Henri Castro
Castroville
St. Mary’s Academy
Restored Mission Paintings On Display At Local Museum
Paintings depicting the Alamo and four San Antonio missions have been cleaned and restored by Brother Melvin Meyer. The Alamo oil from 1944 is shown roofless while Mission San Jose appears before restoration. Display hours are 8 am to 5 pm weekdays and 8 am to noon Saturday.
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Melvin Meyer
Alamo
San Antonio
Mission San’ Jose
County board trims five Morris Kallison tax assessments
The County Board of Equalization cut five tax evaluations belonging to Morris Kallison, a top taxpayer. Properties lowered included the James K. Building at 419 Main, the Kallison Building at 434 S Main, Calvert Building at 535 S Main, Greek aviators’ lodging at 201 N St Marys, and Northview Country Club at 201 N St Marys. The session featured model air plane displays and air Scout activities from Greece and other nations at the international jamboree in Marathon. Dennis Zimmerman of Muncie earned a laurel prize for the model airplane display.
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County Board of Equaliza
Morris Kallison
James K
Main
Kallison
S.main
Marathon
Greece
U.P
Calvert
S. Main
Boy Scouts and
Petroleum Commerce
N. St Mary’s
Tall Plain
Air Northview Country Club
Pedro
Dennis Zimmerman
Muncie
Ind
DWI Charge Filed On Columnist Paul Thompson
Paul D. Thompson, a San Antonio columnist and television commentator, was charged Friday with driving while intoxicated after an auto collision in the 2500 block of N Main. The statute allows a minimum $50 fine and or three days in jail, and a maximum $300 fine and or two years in jail. charges filed in County Court-at-Law No 2.
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Paul D. Thompson
San Antonio
Gas Fumes Poison 275 In Philadelphia Frankford Quake
Poisonous chlorine gas leaked from a broken railroad tank car in Philadelphia’s Frankford section. More than 275 people, including many children, were overcome or sickened and nearly 50 were treated in seven hospitals. 23 hospitalized firemen were among those aided by multiple rescue squads. Police evacuated residents nearby as crews moved victims to care facilities.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Frankford
Four year old girl struck by car in Santa Rosa area
A 4 year old San Antonio girl, Linda Torres, was left in critical condition at Santa Rosa Hospital after being run over by a vehicle on Somerset Road. Police report says Moises Losoya, 44, of Linden, was the driver.
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San Antonio
Santa Rosa Hospital
Somerset Road
Mary
Linda Torres
New Laredo Highway
Stanley Browder
Eat
Moises Losoya
Linden
U S Gunner Kills Viet Child in Chopper Accident
An American gunner accidentally fired a helicopter's machinegun in a northern Vietnamese hamlet 200 miles north of Saigon during a supply flight. One Vietnamese child was killed and four others wounded, two seriously, as villagers prepared a ceremony for departing U S Ambassador Frederick Nolting.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPS
U. S
Frederick Nolting
Grace Hospital Names New Head Nurse
Mrs. Leona J. Knight promoted to head nurse for the first floor unit at Grace Lutheran Hospital. A Grace Lutheran staffer since February, she is a 1945 graduate of St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing Phoenix and previously served four years in Civil Service as well as an operating room nurse at Nix Memorial Hospital.
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Leona J. Knight
Grace Lutheran Hospital
Knight
Grace Lutheran
St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing
Phoenix
Nix Memorial Hospital
City jail escape ban approved in Vandalia
The Vandalia city council passed an ordinance making it illegal to escape from the city jail. The measure targets inmates attempting escapes and sets penalties for violations.
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Tegal
Vandalia
Spirit theme guides Sunday Christian Science service
The lesson sermon centers on the Spirit and the sons of God with a focus on purifying the human consciousness through correlates from the denominational news and the textbook Science and Health.
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Christian Science
Spain to Free African Colonies Two Held For Robberies
Two men, suspected of multiple burglaries, were jailed in Medina County after a San Antonio arrest. An accomplice remains at large as police pursued leads. The case ties to other area burglaries and a raid on a Medina County home.
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Medina County
Hondo
San Antonio
Medina Countty
San Sebastian
Spain
UPI
Leonard
Dansby
Jim B. Salinas
Sherife J
Ralph Chaney
Namy
Fire destroys a shed and 9000 gallon oil tank in San Antonio
A fire at 6 a.m. destroyed a shed and a converted railroad tank near Jones-Maltzburger Road in San Antonio. The 9000 gallon asphalt oil tank overheated and boiled over, igniting the shed on city property. Firemen extinguished the blaze in about 30 minutes. The loss is estimated at $5000.
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San Antonio
Dist
J. G Carnott
Jones-Maltzburger Road
McLean Road
Missouri Pacific
Children Films Set at San Antonio Museum Auditorium
The Cinema Society of San Antonio and Witte Museum present a second film for children, Alice in Wonderland, at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. every Saturday in August. Dr. William A Burns reports strong turnout last week. Admission is 10 cents per child, adults may attend with a child due to limited seating, and the charge is in addition to regular museum admittance.
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Cinema Society of
San Antonio
Witte Museum
William A Burns
Parking expanded for 7th annual Parade of Homes
Douglas D. Van Buren announced more parking space for the 7th annual Parade of Homes. Parking at all three parade sites will be free and overseen by uniformed officers. The 32 homes open 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with Saturday closing at 10 p.m. and Sunday ending at 8 p.m. The parade venues are Crown Hill Park, Rolling Hills and Barclay Square.
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Douglas D. van Buren
Crown Hill Park
Rolling Hills
Barclay Square
Castro vows aid to Cuban small farmers
Fidel Castro pledged to rectify the wrongs of agrarian reform to help Cuba's small landowners. He warned against treating them like the United Fruit Company at a convention for small farmers. He previously criticized farmers not fully cooperating with the regime and accused some of sabotaging the revolution.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United Fruit Company
Moon Shot Funds Approved by Senate Vote
The Senate approved a $5.3 billion annual authorization for NASA to maintain the United States lead in moon exploration. The vote was narrow at 37 to 32 with critics calling the race to the moon frenetic and a move to trim the bill rejected.
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Washington
UPS
Senate
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
United States
Voice
House
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