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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1962

Page

3

Yarborough Campaign Faces Monopolies in Texas Race

In Madrid Greece honors Princess Sophia as US crowd estimates of 3,500 to 38,500 attend a rally for Senator Yarborough in Texas. He contrasts his tax plan to Connally’s, pledges school funding, abolishing poll tax, raising educator pay, and critiques monopolies backing Connally. Speaker Albert Pena Jr introduces Yarborough amid festivities and political rallying.

Jimmy Flores Yarborough Bob Cruz Connally Shane Houston Urang-Uruss Oye Franco Albert A. Pena, Jr Flores Cerefic

Yarborough Challenges Parr in Texas Primary Fallout

In a terse speech Yarborough attacked South Texas boss George Parr while claiming momentum despite trailing Connally by 30,000 votes. He vowed to fight for Texas independence and rejected Parr's political return, as the crowd applauded. A separate note mentions proposed sales tax shifts to include food and medicine before rising to three or four percent.

San Antonio Bexar County Connally Yarborough South Texas George Parr Texas

GOP Says Rights Violated in Duval County

In San Diego Texas AP report the Duval County grand jury probe into the May primary elections is said to infringe civil rights. GOP officials including Clarence Schroeder San Diego County chair and Agnes Sutherland faced subpoenas as the inquiry began. Schroeder alleges obstruction contacting Dist Attorney Burrus and was briefly arrested.

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Traffic Toll Sets Memorial Day Record in 1956

AP reports Memorial Day traffic acci dents killed 167 persons during the 80 hour period, with overall toll reaching 201 violent deaths for the holiday. The count surpasses 1956 marks of 174, amid additional plunge in accidental and miscellaneous deaths shared in the tally.

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