25 Aug 1955
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
1
A recruiting center encounter shows a boy near the Marine age asking about service. An official notes he is almost old enough and asks him to return in about four years. Landlords lean on classified ads to keep limits filled with vacancies.
Senator Lyndon Johnson and his party are due in south Texas today after a heart attack in July. A private plane brought them from Washington. No arrival ceremonies. Johnson to rest at his ranch near Johnson City. A medical conference will review cardiographs taken since July. Johnson will limit visitors for 10 days, then allow two daily. He plans to open an Austin office by September 1 with Jack Hight leading the staff.
Obituary notices list Archibald W McNeu 81 father in law of Mrs Frank Freeman in San Antonio with services in Johnson City Tennessee. John Christ Rosentreter 6 Malone with services at St Paul Lutheran in Marlin and burial there. Capt. Patrick Joseph Mentel 37 with rosary and funeral services at Porter Loring chapel and St Peter the Apostle burial at Roselawn Memorial Park. Pakistan diplomat Karacht returning to Washington as ambassador. Elgin Inserner 60 of 425 Hammond with services by Forty and Eight and Armorican Legion. Henry Swan Williams 47 of St Louis with funeral at Angelus and burial at Mission Burial Park. Mary F Roya SA 3437 W Cammereest with services at Gillette Baptist and burial in Gillette. William L. Morris 415 Sandemeyer with services and burial at Roselawn. Mary Gate 89 with funeral services and burial at St Hedwig and Church of Annunciation. George Oruna 71 of 5323 Monterey with services at Max Martinez Funeral Home and burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Archie William Wawley 63 of 1231 Santa Anna with services at Atascosa Yenera Home Chapel and burial. Lyall S Mayfield 58 of RT 18 Box 213 with services at Atama Funeral Home and burial Coker Cemetery. Ramona L Ortiz 61 617 N San Marcos with services at Max Martinez Funeral Home and St Agnes Church burial at San Fernando Cemetery. Deaths elsewhere include William De Witt Mitchell 80 former US attorney general under Hoover. Bertram Harrison 78 in New Brunswick. Samuel H Lackland 80 in Mobile Alabama. Ben B Taylor 45 Texas Southern University athletic director and professor.
A compiled notice lists marriages and divorces including William Le Metblaie with Janet F Genito and others such as Garces Edward Lang Resle win W Leftingwell. The document names numerous individuals across communities, noting unions and separations with limited legible details.
City seeks right of way and approval to proceed with grade separations at the Missouri Pacific tracks to relieve traffic delays. The railway offered 106000 as its share, with negotiations continuing. council notes transit impact and the West Voters League resolution urging construction while opposing street closures.
Authorities in Southampton weigh a large infrastructure move, citing a potential 70 million dollar project. Clarence Morse, maritime board chairman, stated details during a meeting last night, with discussions centered on funding and long term benefits.
Detroit engineers study a glass tree structure and a rubber product as potential aircraft components. The reports note glass floors and a material not suited for cars due to cost, suggesting military or aerospace applications rather than automotive use.
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