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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1955
Page
6
The piece accuses Red China of planned misdeeds from Panmunjom violations to kidnappings and propaganda aimed at provoking American outrage. It condemns Beijing for imprisoning, brainwashing, torturing, and harming U.S. personnel while denying involvement in Korea and provoking new offensives. It warns Washington to respond firmly yet seeks an honorable solution to the China problem.
The bill to prohibit common law marriage faces a public hearing in Austin before the senate civil jurisprudence committee. Sponsored by district and appellate judges of Texas, it is endorsed by the state bar judicial section, the Council of Churches, and the Texas Congress of PTAs chaired by Mrs. C. C. Redding of San Antonio. Justice Jack Pope notes common law marriage is abolished in 34 states and urges licensing and ceremony for all marriages to avoid future disputes.
Dr H N Bundes outlines measles season as outbreaks recur every few years. He explains gamma globulin injections can shield a child for two to three weeks or lessen severity, advising protection for ages 4 to 33 months with acute or chronic disease. He warns about fever up to 103 to 105 degrees and stresses keeping the child warm, rested, and in bed until fever subsides.
In a sequence of events tied to New York and Paris, Josephine Baker faces public backlash after a Stork club incident. Figures such as Walter Winchell and Barry Gray spark debate over alleged character assassination and Americanism, with Sullivan defending Baker while criticizing coverage as un-American. Baker later travels to Buenos Aires and is denied entry to the United States upon arrival at Idlewild.
Sokolsky laments heavy editing and ghost writing in media discussions. He recalls Harrison Smith’s clash with the Library of Congress over a Sinclair Lewis topic, noting tapes and prewritten scripts silence speakers. He praises past ghost writers like Sherwood and Rosenman while criticizing modern practice as a subsidy to censorship.
A compact recap of San Antonio history with annual notes from January dates. Items include Mayor Mauermazin ordering market improvements after a local sanitation article, a 500000 remodeling at St Anthony hotel, water company offers accepted, council budget and tax rate, Moody revival arrival, and troops parade at Government Hill.
The note presents garbled lines with mixed phrases and unclear meaning about percentages and identifications. Several fragments mention numbers like 7 and 5 and reference words such as CHROULTE and LEV, but no coherent events or names emerge.
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