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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1964
Page
3
Soviet scientists report better signals from Echo 2 via bounced transmissions from Jodrell Bank, England. Center-originated signals were first received here last Friday night.
Texas congressmen reshuffled panels with Rep J J Pickle joining the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. Rep Ray Roberts moved to Public Works, replacing Rep John Young who left for the Rules Committee. The changes followed the Democratic Committee on Committees first meeting of the new Congress.
In Baltimore AP report a special committee led by Dr Arthur S Flemming urged continued civil rights work by the National Council of Churches. Flemming pressed denominations to ensure adequate private financing and urged ongoing engagement with civil rights initiatives.
Assistant U S Attorney Andrew L Jefferson is designated chief of the Criminal section of four divisions in the Western District of Texas. U S Attorney Ernest Morgan says Jefferson will supervise prosecutions in the San Antonio Wave Del Rio and Austin divisions. Jefferson has served on Morgan's staff since August 1982.
Three former cronies of Billie Sul Estes were ordered jailed by U S District Judge R E Thomason after pleading guilty to bank fraud and related offenses. Harold Orr Ruel Alexander and Coleman McSpadden face multi year terms and early parole eligibility after serving portions of their sentences.
Prospective juror excused over opposition to capital punishment while court expects verdict by week’s end. Luther E. Dickerson, 27, vice president of a chemical firm, and Douglas J. Lowell, 33, a mechanic for an airline, were sworn as the fourth and fifth jurors joining a woman and two men already sworn in.
UPI reports Martin Dies Sr. speculated in the American Opinion that Jack Ruby may have been a Communist, citing a House Un-American Activities Records entry that Rubenstein served on the Young Communist League executive board. Dies offered no proof, but noted Ruby's name change. He suggested Oswald acted under Moscow linked instructions possibly via Castro, in Kennedy's assassination context. American Opinion is published by Robert Welch, Inc.
Washington AP reports Carl T. Rowan, 38, former prize winning Minneapolis Tribune reporter and author, confirmed as director of the US Information Agency. He becomes the first black member to regularly sit on Cabinet and National Security Council sessions, succeeding Edward R. Murrow who resigned after lung cancer surgery.
The 23 man crew of the Panamanian steamer Cissoula abandoned ship after a collision in the English Channel Tuesday night. They were picked up by the Swedish ship Halloran. The incident occurred in dense mist. details were provided by a Royal Navy spokesman.
City Manager Jack Shelley returned to his desk following an operation for a pinched nerve in his arm. He scheduled a general orientation meeting for Friday at city hall with department heads, HemisFair architects, and officials from the Housing Authority and Transit Authority. He will work half days for the next two or three days.
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