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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1951
Page
1
City hall plans IBM based data processing to extend budget control auditing payroll and tax accounting. One punching machine exists with cards sent to IBM offices. two more will be installed in the basement as city departments relocate. Completion expected in 18 months at about 1500 dollars monthly rental.
North Korean forces are sending large convoys of supplies to troops in the south, a navy spokesman said at a Pentagon briefing today, Washington.
Westinghouse Electric announced a 6 cent hourly wage boost for the majority of its 80,000 employees. The move comes as the company seeks to reward factory and office staff across its plants and offices in the United States.
N Dwight Allison editor of the San Antonio Light was named foreman of the serial July August term of the Bexar county grand jury. The panel was empaneled by Special Criminal District Court Judge Joe Burkett. Members include Joe Oliveges F E Voight August M Withoff A J Frazier Bernard Vogel John Toudouze Ben H Hammond Arthur L Bergstrom Ellis M Wilson Curtis Parris and J E Tomerin. They voted to use surplus grand jury funds for air conditioning the room and a water cooler.
Residents across locations such as Tulsa Beaumont and Rock Springs share plans for the holiday. Some aim to stay home and be cautious, while others expect to travel or work. Fireworks and celebrations are weighed against safety, with personal routines and past habits noted.
Five military personnel died when an erial force CAT plane crashed near Maguire AFB New Jersey during approach. Remainder of 21 homeward bound passengers were injured, four seriously. Among the dead are Capt Edward F Gallo and 1st Lt Joseph A Johnson from diverse states. Navy Lt Reaves H Baysinger survived with minor injuries and was headed to Syracuse for a post Korea assignment.
Tehran July 2 Iran Premier Mohammed Mossadegh rejected a U S compromise to resume oil shipments. British tanker captains refuse to load unless receipts state oil belongs to Iran. Abadan refinery output cuts in half, storage space filling, shutdown feared. Grady says Mossadegh urged holiday for workers if captains refuse. Transnational Oil Company reorganizes to replace British owners. staff told to stay for at least a month from June 27.
La Villita hosts a flag decorated Fourth of July event with speakers including 1st Lt. Charles Mills and Sgt. Jesus Laurel wounded in Korea convalescing. Maj. Gen. Gaines opens the program with the Fourth Army band. Color guards from Lackland AFB advance colors. Readings of We hold these truths to be self evident in Spanish and English. Reverend C. W. Black delivers invocation and Rabbi Sidney Suthman the benediction. Public broadcast of the commemorative program. Maury Maverick chairs the observance committee.
An old ad touts BC headache powders with multiple world famous ingredients for quick relief from headaches neuralgia and minor pains. It highlights fast action powders in pink tablets and offers 10 25 cent and family size bottles, claiming superior relief compared with single ingredients.
June was wetter and hotter than usual with 4.61 inches above normal rainfall and 81.9 degree mean. Thunderstorms on June 2 4 and 12, SE winds, 22 days at or above 0 degrees, peak 93, and 7.07 inches rain in four days.
The report notes generally fair to partly cloudy conditions Monday with low clouds and fog along the west coast. Scattered showers are expected across the central plains Rocky mountains western Kentucky Tennessee southern Georgia and South Carolina. Humidity readings and tide times are listed with miscellaneous data on temperatures and lunar phase.
Bangkok returns to calm after a revolt scarred city. Naval factions and rebel officers faced swift defeat as government security restored order. Premier Pibulsonggram remained in residence, while a naval patrol freed a kidnapped official at sea and tensions eased with the exhaustion of fighting.
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