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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
4
Incomplete text from June issue mentions John A. Ku nant county clerk and references new records or accounts. The fragmentary lines discuss totals and dates, plus a misread code CAG-1231. No clear event, person, or organization fully identifiable.
Democratic national committee chairman Paul M. Butler completed a Texas peace tour with a Dallas rally before about 1000 attendees. He criticized the Dallas Morning News and urged Democrats to settle internal differences without national help, praising self-reliance while touring Tyler and Waco after a Big Spring barbecue.
Donna Rinaldi, 54, a former college dormitory housemother, was found garroted in the basement of her San Jose home. Her estranged husband was being sought by police as a possible suspect in the homicide.
West Germany leader Konrad Adenauer was awarded an honorary doctor of laws by Harvard University. In Bonn, Erich Ollenhauer urged Adenauer to visit Moscow before the July Big Four summit to learn Russia’s price for German reunification. Texas fatalities from accidents rose, with 3373 deaths last year and thousands more crippled. May weather boosted Texas range feeds by about ten points versus normal seasonal gains.
A Mexico City firm, Talleres Y Construcciones S. A., appeared as the apparent lowest bidder among two Mexican and one U S firms for a new border bridge. The contract, awarded yesterday, cites a drastic flood-damaged site and plans a lame structure.
Gerald Weatherley, a failed candidate for district attorney in Duval Jim Wells Starr counties, will appear before the Bexar county grand jury next Tuesday. He seeks indictment of the woman who defeated him in last November's general election. Weatherley, backed by George B. Parr, filed charges after meeting Acting Dist Atty James Onion. Sam Burris, Fourth Court of Civil Appeals, is involved in a suit against Starr County Auditor Joe Guerra, with Burris representing Guerra.
Gonzalez said the council missed the meeting due to a baseball game and would follow the committee’s screen candidate recommendation. Kuykendall noted formal action would occur at Thursday’s council session. The mayor praised Matthews, saying the city knows the caliber of work in Lubbock and is fortunate to consider him.
Southampton June 1 The wildcat seamen's strike halted the 81,000 ton Queen Mary delaying her New York sailing. About 120 crewmen joined 500 others of the 1207 crew who had walked off. The walkout also tied up Mauretania and five other liners leaving ports idle. Prime Minister Eden's cabinet planned a review of the labor situation today as six ports faced stevedore strikes.
Nine Rimy ling beauties compete for the Wal mer melon queen title led by Barbara Hicks Dorothy Schroeder Janice O Ranian and others. Mrs H Hy Lyle of Amarillo says she shed 32 pounds with Harcentrate and offers money back if the fast bottle fails to prove weight loss.
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