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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1950
Page
9
A conservation department amphibious plane sank in eight feet of water in Bon Secour bay near Bayou La Batre Alabama after becoming trapped in heavy swells during a routine check of a listing boat. The pilot and an inspector were rescued.
BT Louis police arrested the driver for a Miami Oklahoma firm accused of transporting crippled hogs to Oklahoma for slaughter over the past month.
Miss Joan Lake of Jacksonville was named Sweetheart of the Texas Future Farmers of America at a Plaza hotel ceremony during the annual convention. Runners-up included Patsy Hulse Missouri City and Tammy Pale Apple Springs. George Lewis retired president spoke as 1950-51 officers were elected. Harold Dunk of Junction will be Texas national officer nominee.
Special to The Etshs reports Bexar County will receive a $100,316 bond payment credit on Sept 1 as its share of a $7.3 million surplus from a one cent state gasoline tax. Harris County gets $142,738, Dallas $100,985. distribution comes from a portion of a $14.6 million average remaining in the fund. Some counties may have credits offset by debt retirement, reducing road and read building funds.
The VA designates 50 counties including Aransas Bandera Bee Blanco Brewster Brooks Caldwell Crockett DeWitt Dimmit Duval Edwards Frio Gillespie Goliad Gonzales Hays Jackson Jim Hogg Jim Wells Karnes Kendall Kerr Kerrville Kimble Kinney LaSalle Lavaca Live Oak McMullen Mason Maverick Medina Menard Pecos Real Refugia San Patricio Schleicher Starr Sutton Terrell Uvalde Val Verde Webb Wilson Zapata Zavala as eligible for direct veteran home loans lacking 4 percent financing. Loans up to 10 000 at 4 percent interest may be repaid over 30 years with a 4 percent gratuity credit. Applicants must meet credit, income and entitlement conditions and property standards.
Five Massachusetts Institute of Technology geology students were riding in a vehicle that crashed near Antigonish, Nova Scotia, during a field trip sponsored by MIT and the Nova Scotia department of mines. Frasher, born August 25, 1941 in San Antonio, was valedictorian at Texas Military Institute and a geophysics major at MIT. He left San Antonio in June and would have started his junior year in September.
San Antonio officials indicate the city will operate under two pension statutes once census data is announced. The voluntary plan lets regular city employees join, with a $4 monthly employee contribution matched by the city, and potential council raises. Eligible workers 55 with 28 years service may retire at $85 monthly. The board will include the mayor and other city officials plus workers elected by staff and voters named by council. Questions linger on per diem workers and credit for prior city service as the state statute applies to cities above 384,000 population, with an estimated 406,886 residents in San Antonio.
At the state Future Farmers of America convention in San Antonio on Friday at the Plaza hotel, honorary degrees were awarded to two local youths and four Texans plus an English exchange student. Recipients include Ferry Shankle president of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition Perry Kallison coliseum board member J Garland Smith Amarillo News Globe farm editor Bill Durham Fort Worth Star Telegram farm editor John Cuykendall Houston stock show assistant general manager JR Coffman Vocational Agriculture Teachers association Midsland and Richard John Nott English exchange student.
Washington July 21 The rules committee approved and sent to the House a cotton acreage allotment bill aimed at large producers. It would cut acreage in the northeast and Gulf regions, including Texas, with debate over benefits to older cotton areas. Rep Wy-Ry Poage of Waco defended the measure as aiding producing regions. passage expected this year with House action next Thursday.
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