Primary Date Shift Stirs Up Opposition
A proposed late summer primary date shift draws broad fanfare from some legislators while meeting cool resistance from others. Rep. Howard Green leads support for a plan moving two primaries to August and September, but many lawmakers oppose due to campaigning heat and migrant voting concerns during harvest.
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Liga
Green
Bob Vckharill
Houston
Fort Worth
Tommy Shiarman
Aleish Brown
Abilene
Clyde Haynes Jr
Orange
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Lions Governor To Speak on 8. A Tour Visit Schedule
George Willems Lions International governor of District 2A2 will address the Southwest Lions Club at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in San Antonio. The visit forms part of a regional tour featuring dignitaries from Panama and the Americas. Local organizers seek to showcase business opportunities and tourist attractions while promoting Panama and Hemisfair.
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San ‘Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Central America
San Antonio
International
Dallas
Bill Carr
Hraniti
Bill Linkin
Grow
Chambers of Commerce
George Willems
Lions International
Distriet
Southwest Lions Club
Willems
Carrizo Springs
Thad M. Ziegler
Alamo Kiwanis Club
Melvin Sisk
Chuch
Tive
Judy Spurlock
Park Ion
Venezuelan police recover five paintings from suspects
CANRACAS Venezuela police recovered five paintings by Picasso Van Gogh Gauguin Braque and Cezanne valued at 630100 after a brazen heist. The artworks were found in the back of a taxi with three anti government terrorists and a Communist labor official among those arrested.
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Canracas
Venezuela
Picasso
van Gogh
Gavain
Braque
Carly Andres
Perez
Aliens Urged to Update Addresses in January
Local officials of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service say 48,072 San Antonio aliens reported their current addresses. Federal law requires all aliens with certain exceptions to file updates with the Department of Justice during January. Reports may be obtained at post offices or immigration offices and returned to the Post. John W. Tolland, district director, expects about 116,000 aliens in the district will file their addresses before month’s end. A new system for handling filings via post offices is being implemented this year.
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U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Sery
U.S
Department of Justice
Immigration Sevice
Immigration
John W. Tolland
Holland
Orms
Five Airmen Killed in Helicopter Crash Near Beale
Bodies of five airmen recovered after a helicopter from Beale AFB crashed into a rocky hill near Greenville California. Identified are Capt. Michael Birch 29 pilot from St Anthony Idaho Staff Sgt Loyd Kuvil 29 crew chief Wolsey Staff Sgt Farward D Dervis 23 Portland Oregon Airman Clarence A Williams Jr 30 Tampa Florida and Sgt Charlie Cowart 12 Waycross Georgia.
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Oroville
Calif
Beale Air Force Base
Marysville
Chicago
Greville
Tthe Air Force
Nichand L. Birch
St. Anthony
Ada
Loyd R. Kuvlil
Wolsey
Farward D. Dervis
Portland
Ores
Clarence A. Williams Jr
Tampa
Fla
Aml
Charlie Cowart
Waycross
Texas Democrats plan full party reorganization
Gene Locke of Dallas the new state chairman and Mrs Nogley of San Antonio the new state ice chairman outlined plans to reorganize the Democratic Party in Texas from the precinct level upward. They said they had visited Democratic party headquarters for help in improving organization.
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Washington
Texas
Gene Locke
Dallas
Mtred Neg
San Antonio
Locke
Nogley
El Paso Air 7 Crash Kills Two In Snow Storm
A private twin engine plane crashed near El Paso International Airport Saturday night in a heavy snow storm killing C. Tucker of Western Gas Service Co and pilot David L. Dam. Passenger Robert K. Schested of El Paso is listed in critical condition.
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el Paso Air
el Paso
el Paso International Airport
C. €. Tucker
Fl Paso
Western Gas Service Co
David L. Dam
Robert K. Schested
Tex.s Mexico Tourism Confab Held
In Mexico City AP reports Texas Tourism Advisor James M. Gaines, president of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, meets Mexico tourism chief Miguel Aleman to plan a broad Texas Mexico tourist exchange. The aim is to boost Mexican visitors to Texas and encourage Texans to visit Mexico. Gaines and accompanying business group stay at Acapulco residence of Aleman.
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Mexico City
Chaimanion
Texas Tourism Advisory Board
Mexico
Texas
James M. Gaines
San Antonio
Gaines
Jo Gaines
Jim
Aleman
Acapilca
Trade Stamp Tax Bill Aims For State Revenue
Special to Tha Light reports Texas legislators consider a 2 to 10 percent gross receipts tax on trading stamps. San Antonio Trep Jim Segrest pushed the bill arguing it would feed the state kitty and offset $50 million lost annually to stamp companies. Opponents say stamps act like a sales tax, raising prices and harming small businesses and jobs across the state.
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Austin
Antonia Trep
Jim Segrest
Segrest
Tie
Texas
Canada
Dominion Vy
Ian Cousins
Ingrest
Ind Ace
Williams to donate major manuscript collection to Texas
Tennessee Williams will donate a large portion of his manuscripts to the University of Texas, adding plays, stories and essays to its library system. The Williams collection is described as possibly the most complete archive of a living dramatist.
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Austin
Haywright
Tennessee Williams
University of Texas
Ernest Hemingway
Bernard Shaw
Maxfwell Andersop
Arthur Milles
Tallian Wellman
Williams
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Tunity
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Business & Service Directory
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