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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1948
Page
60
President Truman will formally open the 1848 Red Cross fundraising drive with a 9 p.m. CST radio address from Key West Florida. The campaign is set to run through March and aims to raise 75 million dollars for Red Cross needs.
Detroit reports new cars pouring from plants in rising numbers yet levies remain behind schedule. The industry backlog now exceeds the July 1 1945 peacetime level, with buyers facing delays of roughly ten to twelve months and no clear signal of improvement within a year.
A five year old local resident died at a city hospital marking San Antonio’s first measles fatality of the year, amid five tuberculosis deaths and a rise in infant diarrhea deaths bringing the yearly total to eleven. A whooping cough death for the week is noted as the first of the year, with two such deaths in the prior year period, and one syphilis death brings the annual tally to five.
The Texas Good Neighbor commission schedules its first permanent meeting in Austin March 25 26 to set a program of constructive work. Executive secretary Tom Sutherland leads plans including adult education on Anglo Latin relations Spanish in public schools collaboration with local authorities and a survey of practices endangering good relations.
The senate foreign relations committee formally recommended approval of a 5.3 billion dollar European recovery program for 16 non-Communist Western nations. It warned the aid cannot be a permanent feature of American foreign policy and stressed the plan should not strain the U.S. economy. Debates begin Monday as officials frame a path toward shared welfare and peace.
Quick action by Hany Montgomery 54 of 1905 W Salinas St saved his two grandchildren from a street collision Saturday as a Prospect Hit bus approached on Santa Rosa Ave The man pushed them away and was struck by the bus suffering ear bruises treated by a Transit Co physician The bus driver was Howard B Halton 24 of 315 W Evergreen St per Traffic Investigator Max Garcia Jr
Two suspects were held by police Thursday in separate burglaries from the past week. Burglary and theft charges are to be filed Monday. One case involved Newman County at 313 Buena Vista Street with eggs valued at 67.50 ham bacon 13.10 and 80 dollars cash stolen. The second burglary at El Progresso 1304 Guadalupest involved 64 packages of cigarettes and 4.13 dollars in cash stolen.
Lampasas February report outlines a new highway bridge over Sulphur Creek as part of the rerouting of Highway No. 74. The anticipated construction cost is about $60,000, with details on the project scope and funding avenues to be announced.
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