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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1950
Page
2
In Huntsville on February 9 a deputy sheriff named Eddie Sh Shoiner was shot and killed. Morrow was found guilty of murder and executed by electric chair at 12 02 am after a seven minute process. The slayer died during a prayer.
Lawmakers urge quick appointment after David Lilienthal resigns in December and the Atomic Energy Commission chair remains vacant with Lilienthal’s term ending Wednesday. Senate and House atomic energy members warn vacancy risks national security impact.
Los Angeles reports actress Jean Wallace, 25, faces sentencing Friday on a drunken driving charge. Police say she was found in her car Christmas Eve wearing minimal clothing. she contends officers offered to drop the charge if she cooperated.
A weak cold front moved through Texas in the evening with minimal rain. The system reached south Texas by midmorning, affecting cities from Lufkin to Eagle Pass as hail fell in Dallas. An electrical storm near Marshall dropped temperatures from 82 degrees to freezing, with Panhandle lows at 25 to 26 degrees in Clarendon, Dalhart, Lubbock, and Amarillo.
Snow covered parts of the northern Great Lakes while most of the country enjoyed above normal temperatures. Subzero readings appeared only in Minnesota and North Dakota. Nashville saw flash floods from two inches of rain and hail, and New Orleans prepared to open the Banned Carve spillway to reroute Mississippi floodwaters toward Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf.
Gardner, star of Duffy's Tavern, says he had no plan to evade income taxes after agreeing to produce all his transcriptions in Puerto Rico in exchange for tax exemption. The House Ways and Means Committee in Washington heard the claim from Treasury Counsel Lynch.
The weather map forecast indicates rain for the northern and middle Atlantic regions and the southeast. Snow is expected in the upper Great Lakes, northern Rockies, western Dakota, and eastern Montana. Moon and tide details, sun and moon rise and set times are listed with historical notations.
Peace talks in the Chrysler strike resume with both sides farther apart. The United Auto Workers demand a union shop for 89,000 workers, wage equity, overtime pay, improved vacations, area differentials, and other benefits broadening the dispute after 16 days of walkout.
Army introduces armchair training using television for groups of 20 or more reservists for eight weeks. The new program aims to earn retirement credits and tests how viewing schedules affect readiness and morale.
President Truman's board halted hearings after fruitless bargaining on the coal strike. They prepare a report for the White House as 370,000 miners face possible court action to end the work stoppage. Power and rail service suffer as trains see reduced operations.
Dewey spoke at Princeton delivering the first of four lectures on The American System warning that Democratic and Republican realignment could produce a one party system and eventually totalitarian rule. He argued the trend would threaten the nation’s economy and class structure.
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