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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1961
Page
4
A British Council of Churches delegation presented a resolution to the foreign office on Wednesday, urging action as mounting Christian concern grows over events in Angola. The brief note appears amid a page of light classified ads.
Las Vegas UPI reports Iant Strand and A A Towell both age 142 were married Tuesday night in the Horseshoe casino. The couple said they planned a typical ceremony but a recent win of 5.70 by Jette kept them from leaving.
Elisabethville report says President Moise Tshombe declared Katanga would remain independent from the Congo at all costs. The pledge follows a reversal from earlier cooperation with Leopoldville amid mining taxes. Tshombe, recently released from arrest, faces skepticism over compliance as he returns to Elisabethville with his army.
Five men aboard a light plane were killed when the aircraft struck a power line near an offshore island and plunged into the Pacific. Among the dead were Ned Trimble of the Kansas City Star and Ed Kotervo of Scripps-Howard, both on a Pacific northwest tour arranged by a Seattle ad agency. Also killed were Robert Adams El Paso, E G Hines El Paso vice president of the agency, and Don Cornwell the pilot. Bodies of Trimble Adams and Hines were recovered.
The Bexar County equalization board postponed a McCrory Stores Houston street property case amid sharp exchanges with Tax Assessor Charles G. Davis over photos vs interior inspections. Davis accused commissioners of political pressure while Anderson questioned valuation methods, prompting a delayed decision as downtown tax issues draw protest from store owners and supporters seeking relief rather than higher levies.
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