22 Aug 1950
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1950
Page
1
The San Antonio Light reports fair weather across the United States with precipitation limited to a few showers in Minnesota and evening thunderstorms in the southern central Rockies. Night and early morning fog will cover many sections of the Pacific coast. Warm temperatures are expected in the southern and central states.
Fragmentary weather summary with inconsistent terms and garbled values. Mentions humidity, precipitation, wind, tides, and moon phase but figures and places are unclear and partially unreadable.
In Deauville the Egyptian king Farouk, amid gambling and ballet, dismissed wedding rumors. His royal spokesman Karim Thabet Pasha stated no marriage plans in France and hinted possible Egyptian nuptials next spring, while public attention centered on parties and Samia Gamal’s private appearance.
Northern Texas endures heavy rains as Holliday Creek overflows forcing evacuations in Wichita Falls with up to four inches of rain upstream. Cars battered by hail, crops damaged in Hardeman County, and unseasonably cool readings mix with a storm system sweeping across North Texas.
Newly elected Fourth Court of Civil Appeals associate justice Jack Pope will relocate to San Antonio next week after buying a home on Bandera. He may be appointed by Governor Shivers to fill the unexpired term of Justice Lorenz Broeler, who retires September 1. His regular term starts in January. Marconi credited wireless telegraphy inspiration to a vacation in the Alpine Alps in the summer of 1904.
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