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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1955

Page

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Public Service board dispute over San Antonio utility control

The San Antonio Public Service board faces a clash of theories on how to govern the city owned utility. Supporters favor temporary trusteeship and public control to pay bonds off, while others push continuing board management with more debt for expansion and kept rates low.

Don Politico City Public Service Board San San Antonio San Antonio Public Service Co Bonanza C. K. Quin Bon Representa Iity Getty

Sabrina Fair at San Pedro Playhouse Opens in San Antonio

The San Pedro Playhouse hosts SALT's Sabrina Fair with Constance Fanning in the title role and Margaret Sullavan onstage in spirit. Robert Jutson plays Linus Larrabee Jr meeting Humphrey Bogart’s screen image while Robert Turoff embodies David Larrabee. Supporting players keep the pace lively as the production grows into its comedy.

Dorothy Adler San Antonio Paris Robert Jutson Humphrey Bogart Linus Larrabee Jr Bacheor Wiliam Holden David Larrabee Robert Turoff

Miss Faulkner Tour Highlights L A Visit

Cotton Maid Miss De Lois Faulkner 20 Maid of Cotton visits Los Angeles including luncheons style shows and a sports car contest she arrives by Braniff and attends a press conference at Joske's in the city She plans to tour Alamo stock show and rodeo and praises horses while receiving a La Villita plate from Mayor White.

Mayor White Maid OF Cotton de Lois Faullmer Masyor la Villita de Lois Faulkner Braniff San Antonio Joske’s Oklahoma Miss Faulkner

When to Buy a Used Car Says Reader’s Digest

March Reader's Digest explains if buying used pays off and when prices hit their lowest. It outlines the smart year price brackets and models, compares buying from lots versus dealers, and offers four rules to secure a well cared for vehicle.

Ares March Reader’s Digest March Reader's Digest

Two Held in Railway Theft Case

Joe Martinez and Alfonso Friere faced charges of theft of potatoes from interstate commerce. FBI agents and MTTrunt rustled them Wednesday after arrests in local rail yards. Both arraigned before U S Commissioner P A Lockhart with bond set at 1500 each.

Joe Martinez W. Salinas Alfonso Friere P. A. Lockhart

Stabbing in San Fernando Incident Injures Helper

Rudy Reyes 33 of 114 Maria Valley, accosted by three Latin American youths threatening a blind man, went to aid him near San Fernando and Comal. Reyes stabbed, assailants fled. he was hospitalized in fair condition at Robert Green Hospital.

Rudy Reyes Maria Jalley Reyes Eddie Vasquez Wednesday Ginight San Fernando Comal Gi Reyes Gyoutts Wi Reyes Robert = ui Green hospital

Oil Depletion Allowance Slash Sought in Tax Debate

Rep. Cooper of Tennessee urged halving the oil depletion allowance to fund a proposed tax cut. He favored stripping the 27 4 percent allowance from Texas oilmen to aid steel workers, while Treasury Secretary Humphrey noted no cut action yet. Rep. Reed warned job losses if cut, and Speaker Rayburn backs the current allowance and tax plan.

Washington Congress Rep Cooper D-Tenn House Ways and Means Committee Rules Committee Madden D-Ind Texas Treasury Humphrey Bumphrey Rep. Thornberry Austin

Actor Douglas Fowley's sixth wife seeks divorce

Mary Ann Walsh filed for divorce from character actor Douglas Fowley claiming cruelty. The couple married March 28, 1954 in Riverside California and separated February 1946. Walsh, 24, alleges Fowley, 43, had been divorced five times and that they reached a property settlement.

Los Angeles Douglas Fow Riverside Ley Calif Mary Ann Walsh Fowley

Cotton Price Supports Set At Ninety Percent Parity

Washington farmers were assured of 90 percent parity supports for the 1955 cotton crop under the new flexible farm price law. An agriculture department announcement stated the maximum support level will continue for several years, with no near term reductions expected.

Washington Agriculture Department

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