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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1959
Page
1
The San Antonio Light notes that on Tuesday new officers were elected for the Certified Public Accountants group at College Station. The document references a secretary and treasurer as part of the newly chosen slate. The report appears terse and fragmentary with missing details.
Friedrich Refrigeratory announces new chief industrial and vice president for commerce. Reese Tarrayan, president, notes Tau I, duu, former Convair Dynamics staff, joins with a master’s in service and industrial engineering and a Dan from University of Denmark. He earned an industrial engineering PhD from California in 1940 and the Wilkins Foundation award as top student in Industrial Technology in 1945.
A government doctor notes polio cases in the United States nearly double this year versus last, despite the Salk vaccine. He cites age groups and regional data, warning that immunity gaps and inconsistent vaccination uptake could fuel renewed spread.
London mirror columnist William Nelf Connor testified in Liberace’s libel action, denying he intended to imply Liberace is homosexual. Connor’s remarks under the Cassandra pen name during a 1956 Britain tour were cited as the core of the newspaper’s allegedly defamatory coverage.
Dr Michael J DeBakey, professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, received a prestigious award from the American Medical Association. The ceremony honored his decades of service and listed colleagues who assisted in his work over the years.
In Pittsburgh a labor picket disrupted outside the Artcraft when trousers valued at 23.50 were torn on May 23. Charles Thomas and another picket faced charges against Joseph J. Biss Jr and Lawence Yecel with intent and other counts. Attorneys agreed charges could drop if Thomas paid 23.40 for new trousers.
West Islip New York police say 15 year old Carl Jaycux died after a Monday night dispute over rock and roll records. Robert Coles, also 15, was brought before a judge on a first degree murder charge for stabbing Jaycux with a penknife during the argument. Jaycux reportedly borrowed the records and did not return them.
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