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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1946

Page

7

Mountain Moved by Rural Bulldozer Project

In Banent British Columbia an elderly foreman named Willary Kash hires a bulldozer at $15 an hour to trim a 30 foot rise of land. He contemplates further blasting or moving a mountain in stages, planning a long whittling slice of about 1300 feet by 200 feet. The plan invites discussion on local speech and messaging as a hired ad warns on what you say and where you say it.

Bilbo Angrily Presses News Suppression Plan

The Miami Daily News reported Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi hinted he might introduce a bill to outlaw and suppress the Miami Daily News over editorial disagreements. Bilbo, speaking through Washington correspondent Thomas W. Hagan, called the paper the meanest in the country and questioned its views.

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Austin Milk To Rise 2 Cents

Austin creameries today raise customer milk prices by seven cents per quart from 13 cents to 20 cents and by two and a half cents per half pint of light cream and by four to six cents per quart for other dairy products, effective immediately.

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Bill Hensley's Hopes Aims Ambitions for Public Service

A gossipy biography sketches William N. Hensley Bexar county's young district attorney candidate. It portrays his Pacific war time isolation refining public service goals and a decision to forgo a permanent Air Force commission. The piece praises his plan to staff the DA office with young career men and cautions about political pressures as he begins his term.

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Planes Parade in Harlingen for Air Day Texas Drive

Airplanes will parade down Harlingen streets to promote reservations for 25,000 teams of visitors in the Air Day Texas program. Governor Coke Stevenson designates Harlingen as host city for the September 1 and 8 celebration honoring Texas service during World War II and aiding personnel of the AAP.

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Canada Visit Planned for My and Mrs Oil Gass

My and Mrs Oil Gass plan a Sunday departure for an extended trip to Nova Scotia with stops in St. Louis Washington New York Boston and Montreal. They expect to return at the end of August.

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Bud Nash to Visit Cuba on Annual Study Tour

Mr and Mrs Bud Nash depart Thursday for New Orleans to meet Le Roy Rice then sail to Havana Cuba for three weeks with Mr and Mrs Lawrence Leader. They plan to return around September 1.

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Mrs Kupka Visits Mother in Arkadelphia and Amos

Mrs. Charles A. Kupka formerly Peggy Bassetti arrived from Arkadelphia Arkansas to spend several weeks with her mother Mrs. Carroll Bassett They plan to go to Amos Iowa later where Mr Kupka will attend Iowa State College

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Hero Earns Reward After Saving Couple At Sea

Michael Warrell, 15, towed a Chicago couple 200 yards to safety from a dissolving sheet of lake water. The Knowles, exhausted, were aided by Farrell who held them by the hair while navigating the stormy lake. He received a $25 check from Joseph Garszkiewicz in thanks for his heroism.

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