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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1952
Page
2
Rep L M Bentsen Jr urges rapid highway improvements to match a nation with 45 million cars and 78 percent of the world's autos. He argues better roads save time and lives and cites Bacon's maxim on moving goods as still relevant to modern transportation.
Fulton Lewis outlines Eisenhower plan to guide regulatory bodies like the FTC ICC and FCC. He will issue a philosophy stating agencies must regulate business without throttling it, with resignations for dissenters. Appointments to key posts signal a pro business, anti regulation shift in the new administration.
American business eyes 1953 with confidence and says prosperity rests on civilian production, not a purely military economy. Industry leaders forecast only modest shifts if Korea ends, with housing and consumer demand likely to keep factories busy and profits uncertain.
C S Wier of San Antonio will join Plough salesmen and division managers traveling from across the nation to four Memphis meetings. Plough, maker of St Joseph aspirin, plans a wide advertising program using 600 newspapers and other media to map a big sales year in 1953.
Braniff Airways was granted authority by the Civil Aeronautics Board to operate nonstop service between Tulsa Oklahoma and Chicago and between Kansas City and Houston. The airline also renewed authority to fly nonstop between Tulsa and Houston. The action expands Braniff’s nationwide route network and improves midwest and southern air connections.
J W Marshall president of Wayland Baptist college Plainview Texas told a conference that southern youth given educational opportunity could crumble racial barriers faster. He said youth and racial unity through education would make the region champions of democracy.
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