Reception Set for Lawrences
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Charles W. Lawrence will be honored at a formal reception at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Lackland Service club No. 1. The general recently assumed command of the indoctrination division after transferring from Keesler AFB Mississippi. They will be greeted by staff and their ladies, and an orchestra will play for dancing after the reception.
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U S Corals AWOL Airmen Drive by 12th Air Force
Nearly 200 AWOL airmen have been rounded up in two months by 12th Air Force teams from Brooks AFB. Maj. Robert T. Sweeney says the continental sweep seeks to clear records of absentee personnel. Teams operate in rural areas and 14 cities across Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico. Some absentees have been away for up to eight years. The Air Force notes thousands of days of absence without leave remain unaccounted for.
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Brooks Afb
Robert T. "Sweeney
Air Force
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Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
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Chinese Attack Reds in Shensi Province Counterattack
Nationalist military spokesman reported a counterattack in Shensi province with infantry and cavalry units gaining momentum near Lian. Communists were said to suffer 23 000 casualties, while Nationalist losses were claimed at 2000. Mohammedan troops from the northwest aided the action.
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Shensi
Lian
Foster Field Seeks Industry in Victoria
Victoria June 16 A industry is being sought to locate at Foster field. Frank S Buhler on behalf of the Buhler estate has contacted many firms to persuade a manufacturing concern to settle here but no agreement reached. Present Buhler holdings at Fos ino include six warehouses with more than 60,000 square feet of floor space.
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Foster Field
Frank S. Buhler
Frank S. Buhler Jr
Buhler
Fosino
Ridgeway Fails To Get Bill For New Medical School
Special to The Light Austin June 16 Representative Jack Ridgeway of San Antonio failed to pend rules and bring up out of order a bill to create a new UT medical school. The measure would empower the board of regents to establish the school at a cost up to 2 million dollars. Opponents said existing higher education funds cover the need. Meanwhile, San Antonio advocates fear a regents committee studying bids from Dallas Temple and other cities for the school may proceed.
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Ridgeway
San Antone
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University of Texas
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Regents
San Antonio
Dallas
Temple
Hoppers Bombed Out In War Cartoon Continue
In WORLAND WY on June 18 UB Affable Archie Geiser, famed for flying C54 transports over the Hump, led a bombing mission killing 128000000 grasshoppers with a 7350 pound poisoned bran bomb. He claims to fly eight missions daily for 30 days while color comics sections entertain readers.
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Wyo
Archie Geiser
New York
Los Angeles
Archie
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