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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1949
Page
5
Oklahoma City July 14 report the legislature has set new speed limits to take effect August 25. Cars will be limited to 65 miles per hour during the day and 55 at night, trucks to 50 and buses to 55. Previously drivers chose their own speeds for safety.
The defense will claim York's heirs are not entitled to damages from his murder. Gertrude Aim seeks damages for her parents death and injuries to herself. Consolidated suit includes her grandfather E H York seeking 7500 for his wife's death. Most witnesses testify as a repetition of prior Ross trials. He is in a state hospital in Russia for sobriety.
Politicos in Austin scramble after Gov. Beauford Jester's death. Lt. Gov. Allan Shivers gains a dominant 1950 governor bid, while Kivl Cutherson and Price Daniel recalibrate plans. Shivers weighs veto power, tax policy, tide lands stance, and key appointments as 1950 race shapes up.
Hollywood July 14 Blonde Frances Langford film star begins Western career at Nassour studios in Deputy Marshal with husband John Hall. Producer William Stephens says she has fame potential and could lead a series of westerns.
Monsoon rains flood the city for a fourth straight day as funeral services for the 45 people who perished in the royal Dutch air crash were held today.
Mr and Mrs Melvin E Conk of Atlanta testified a kiss in a car can be dangerous. While driving from Savannah the car skidded into a ditch, overturned twice injuring Mrs Conk with a fractured shoulder and a scalp wound.
IS A Busmen strike call discussed with some employee benefits but no wage increase. He asserted relations with our employees have always been harmonious and hopes they continue to be.
New York workers for the Transport Workers Union walk out across 21 lines of the New York City Omnibus Corp. Daily ridership is about 925,000. The action protests four dismissals. Michael J. Quill warned the strike would extend to the Fifth Avenue Coach Corp. at midnight if unresolved. Both firms share ownership. Fifth Avenue serves about 200,000 riders daily.
Fresh forest and battalion crews moved onto firelines in the Malheur National Forest where about 4000 acres have burned in the past two days. A blistering sun and brisk winds kept tinder dry across the Pacific Northwest forestlands.
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