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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1955
Page
2
The $850000 McAlister Fine Arts hall at San Antonio Junior College faces delays as crane operators and steel workers strike, slowing rivet work on the 1285 seat auditorium started Sept 1954 with mid 1956 completion target. Walter McAllister leads the trustees.
Sheriff Owen Kilday announces shifts of guards to new posts and hires a new jail cook as he overhauls the jail kitchen. He promises varied menus with fresher foods, more meat dishes, and daily coffee, aiming to end “slop” meals. The changes follow a riot and a minor gun wound to the sheriff.
Progress in recruiting and training personnel for San Antonio's Ground Observers corps is advancing rapidly. State Civil Defense Coordinator William L McGill said Saturday San Antonio is one of five filter centers in Texas, with others in Corpus Christi Dallas El Paso and Bourton. Aircraft spotted by posts would be reported in one of the centers. Baylor plans four dormitories for women housing and aircraft facilities are mentioned as part of future plans.
Dr Daniel A Harrison of La Pryor died when his car overturned on Highway 76 near Eagle Pass, with the highway department reporting the fatality Saturday.
Cecil E Combs deputy commander of air force crew training at Randolph AFB is named among 39 officers nominated for brigadier general by President Eisenhower. The Dallas native and 1936 US Military Academy graduate earned pilot wings at Randolph and led a BAT aircraft squadron in the first WWII bombing raid in the Philippines.
John J. Karter 28 admitted to police he took more than 200 dollars in theater receipts from the Mission Drive-In where he worked as manager. Accomplice Lonnie R. Worrell 19 was arrested and booked for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Chicago July 30 A $250000 adultery suit was filed today against TV performer Tom Duggan. Carl Champagne Jr a 24 year old salesman charged Duggan with carrying on an illicit affair with Champagne's wife Shirley 235
Swedish beauty Hellevi Rombin, crowned Miss Universe, begins work at Universal-International after signing a seven year contract paying 250 dollars weekly.
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