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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1955
Page
3
Oxford area police report a teenaged boy confessed to thefts from inside the police station ending a troubling incident. The youth admitted to a series of interior thefts in the Oxford region.
Portwood outlines gradual desegregation in San Antonio schools with possible all white attendance this year and no transfers of Negro teachers until student integration progresses. President E W Robinson states no local sentiment against desegregation and the board will set administrative policy by July 13 and begin in September.
Hong Kong’s Pei ping newspaper in May 27 issue accuses Anshan iron and steel plant management of wasting 31 million man days last year and failing to improve in 1954. It says only 52.3 percent of workers were active in 1954 with many idle in surplus pools or training, while overtime paid exceeded one million man days.
Belmont New York bettors opposed the heavy favorite Nashua in the Belmont Stakes winning by nine lengths. A total of $82 035 was wagered against Nashua, part of a race pool of $328 336. Bridge jumpers is racing slang for such bets.
President Eisenhower decided to quit work early and attend a private afternoon showing of This Is Cinerama at the Warner theater. The event was arranged for him after weeks of wanting to see the film.
Kansas State College entomology professor Donald A. Wilbur reports a new liquid grain protectant after five years of research. The wet spray targets storage insects including the cadelle and sawtooth grain beetles, showing best results at two gallons per 1000 bushels of wheat. Cost to farmer is about 20 cents a bushel.
Two brothers, both bakers, share a home on the same rural route near Independence. Each family welcomed a baby girl, born two hours apart, at 4:12 pm and two hours later. Each infant weighed nine pounds and was delivered by the same doctor. Each baby has two sisters and one brother. Both fathers are bakers at the same bakery.
Coffee breaks that are now common for about 35 million U.S. workers originated in England. The habit began in cotton mills in Liverpool and Manchester to cut a 16 hour work day.
Springfield men Arthur Wall aged 45 and Eddie Fields aged 65 died after a whisky dispute escalated to a knife confrontation. Police said the two Springfield residents fought toe to toe and fatally slashed each other Saturday night. Both were found dead when officers arrived.
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