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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1950

Page

3

Penny-a-pack cigarette tax faces Senate tests in Texas

The Texas House approved a penny-a-pack cigarette tax to fund state hospital construction. Senate votes split 16 to 4 against raising the tax rate, with amendments limiting dealers’ costs for affixing and collecting the tax. The omnibus tax plan aims to finance eleemosynary programs, facing long debate and minor amendments before final passage. Senate amendments included taxing television sets and radios, with only Bullock and Keith Kelly voting no on final passage.

Ma Ingrain Austin Senate House Bate Crawford Martin Bullock Keith Kelly Ft. Worth Sinal

Verdict Withheld In Death Of Bonnie Cartwright

Justice Buck Jones withheld the inquest verdict in the death of Bonnie Cartwright 22 of 534 St Marys Street who died after being pulled from a burning mattress near 4502 Presast Street She arrived dead at Robert B Green hospital Sunday night Autopsy showed no suffocation by smoke and indicated possible carbon monoxide poisoning with indications of a car incident

Buck” Jones Bonnie Cartwright St. Mary's ‘St Robert B. Green Hospital Jones

Clothing theft reported to police in garage burglary

Army arctic parkas and shoes were among $150 worth of relothing stolen from the garage of Mrs L H Booth at 403 Her i dsace police reported Tuesday. A youth on a bicycle was believed to have taken the items. Fred Gullerves reported theft of two diamond rings and two religious medals valued at $279 from his home.

Auto Collision Damages Sought From Stockton Family

A Dallas district court case seeks 18250 in damages from Jess Stockton and his wife Jamie Hass alleging their car rammed Mrs Bass at the Flores and Huffman light. The suit, filed in the Fifty-seventh District Court, lists the couple’s 7 day old Mougias as a plaintiff and names subsequent injuries in a July 6 collision near S Flores St.

Y Jess Stockton Mougias Jamies Hass Bass Douglas Stockton Flores St Huffare

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