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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1951
Page
1
A weather map forecast indicates scattered showers across the Columbia Plateau through central Dakotas and southward into the Rocky Mountains. Light showers are possible in the Ohio Valley and upper Michigan. Elsewhere: clearing to partly cloudy skies with a temperature change.
City council approved 76500 for land for the river improvement project in UTR gt. A 4460 payment to Littlejohn Too wed Equiprenco covers sewer cleaning gear. Commissioner Sam Steves announced a Mona Zavhey addition of 6300 to rehab the wastewater disposal plant. Original contract 360000 with new balance 13648 for completion.
YWCA presents a summer program for teenagers with workshops on social behavior, dating etiquette, modeling, cooking, and crafts. Miss Evelyn Martin leads modeling, Mrs. L. Lackey oversees activities, with sessions by Mrs. G. Johnson and Mrs. Tate on relationships, hosting, and etiquette. Registration is four dollars plus minor craft and bowling fees, running weekdays from 9 AM to noon at the Public Service Building with nursing supervision from the American Red Cross.
Washington reports 16 new polio cases for the first week, down from 144 a year earlier and 2549 in the same week previously. Public health officials note the dip reflects improving control and urge continued vaccination efforts amid uncertainty in the data.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a tax bill raising personal income taxes by four points and corporate taxes by four percentage points. It set a 70 percent cap on corporate earnings and left excise tax increases on liquor cigarettes gasoline and appliances for later votes. The Senate planned a $2.6 billion Labor Department and Federal Security Agency appropriations bill with a 43 percent personnel date provision, while Truman was poised to sign. The draft expires July 9 and includes a new compulsory draft registration for men 18 to 26.
Senate banking committee continued hearings on defense production act extensions while the House Post Office Committee approved a one year measure. A Keas amendment to raise postal worker pay was removed. A separate bill for a broad pay increase for federal workers passed a subcommittee, setting caps at 200 per year for some roles and higher boosts for lower paid positions, with details on the size of raises and affected groups.
The measure tightens the U S draft law extending service to 24 months, keeps youths under 19 exempt until local boards exhaust pools, and runs through July 1 1955. It aims to harvest a broader eligible pool while laying groundwork for universal military training.
The House yesterday sent to the Senate a bill authorizing a 190 million dollar loan to India. The measure passed 255 to 82 after a compromise among two party factions.
The House voted 282 to 117 against authorizing a veterans hospital for Black veterans as urged by two Black congressmen Dawson of Illinois and Powell of New York. Dawson denounced the measure as class legislation while Powell said the hospital would not be a segregated facility.
Washington reports the VA proposes approving plans for an advanced hospital in Manila to serve Filipino veterans of the Pacific War. Estimated cost about 10,009,090 dollars, with funding and project scope under review by VA authorities.
AUSTIN June 7 Sen jSearcy Bracewell of Houston ends his 17 hour filibuster at 3:19 am after a bill creating a new 22nd district in south Texas is pulled from consideration. The measure died as legislative will adjourn tomorrow, paving way for redistricting debates next session. Senators including Tim Phillips of Angleton aided the effort while others slept or drifted through the night.
Australian bank clerks Robert Chambers and Brian Chaseling, both from Sydney, planned a yearlong world motorcycle tour. They visited Delhi after a Himalayan climbing expedition ending in Darjeeling, and said Sherpa women porters made their six day trek exhausting.
Fragmentary notice touts a quick action result from Want Ads. It mentions renting selling hiring and ad writing services with a dial in number. The garbled text references eye trouble and personal health, plus glossy promises and investment language.
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