Court records show traffic fine paid with candy bribe
In March 1953 a San Antonio court fined a woman for speeding via radar trap and she paid $8 in coins. She returned after 13 minutes with three boxes of candy, giving one box to the officer and another to a passerby, saying they had been so nice.
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Radar Trap
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Austin Hwy
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Patalla
Telephone Confab Under Way in Texas Telephony Meet
Texas telephone industry leaders gather in San Antonio for a convention of about 161 companies. W S Bain notes phenomenal growth and independent exchanges serving 627000 phones across Baytown Brownswood Bryan Denton Garland Kilgore Lufkin Palestine San Angelo Sherman Texarkana. Speakers include Harold Bollinger H W Clark H H Kin Lloyd Ludwig and Dr John C Stevens with others from Abilene Christian College General Telephone and Laboratories chaired by Dilbert Trottar.
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Texas
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Denton
Garland
Trying
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Lufkin
Palestine
San Angelo
Shermatt
Texarkana
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Waconia
Minn
Provident
U.S. Independent
San Antonio
Dilbert “‘Trottar
New York
General Telephone and Electronica Laboratories
Desi Arnaz Marries Again at the Sands Hotel
Las Vegas AP reports Desi Arnaz and Edith Hi wed in a Saturday ceremony at the Sands Hotel. The event drew friends including Timmy Durante and Vim Tobnson while Arnaz’s ex-wife Luvilly Ball sent roses with a playful card.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Desi Awaz
Ram
Luvilly Ball
Miss Ball
Arnaz
Sands Hotel
Timmy Durante
Vim Tobnson
Hold Fast to Wonder in Readers Digest March issue
Reader's Digest March issue offers tips to stay young by keeping the five senses alert and embracing everyday mystery. The feature promises insights from Einstein on the most beautiful experience, urging readers to hold fast to wonder and enjoy life while aging gracefully.
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Reader's Digest
Attorney Heads New Grand Jury
Matt W. Gartlack, a San Antonio attorney, is foreman of the March April term of the grand jury. Other members listed include Mary Margaret Curry, Carlos F. Carrera, James J. Slayne, Ed Spalten, Joseph A. Scott Jr, Melvin C. Sultenfuss, James Gillespie, Herbert Kelleher, William Peace, and Cecil L. Casebier.
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Matt W. Gartlack
San Antonio
John F. Onlon Jr
Mys
Mary Margaret Curry
Castano
Elh
Alexander
Highland
Carlos F. Carrera
Mary Louise
James J. Slayne
Tuxedo
Ed Spalten
Brandon
Joseph A. Scott
Chatrin
Burglars Loot Los Angeles High School Evidence of Vandalism
Burglars entered Sam Houstair High School through an auditorium window and a glass door, taking about 200 dollars. The break in was reported by Principal W. Campbell after discovery by custodian Ramiro Pena. Vandalism extended to Briscoe Elementary with a torn American flag and smashed trophies. Patrolman Lowe found entry through a north side window of the ten story building. Destruction included a cut screen, ransacked rooms, crayons on walls, and scattered debris.
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Sam Houstar
Houstair
Campbell
Ramiro Pena
Polie
Briscoe
S. Flores
G. R. Lowe
Adventists Meet in Los Angeles for Quadrennial Session
About two million pastors and administrators of the Seventh-day Adventist Church attend the 19th Quadrennial Session in San Antonio, chaired by LC Evans of the Southwestern Union. The gathering at the Granada Hotel runs through Thursday to hear conference delegates’ reports and outline a four year program.
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San Antonio
Evans
Southwester Union Conference
Granada
Reading course added at San Antonio night school
A new reading improvement course has been added to the San Antonio night school program. It targets individuals with below average reading ability who seek to increase reading comprehension. The course aims to use simpler texts and supportive materials to build skills.
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San Antonio
Ford Grant for Defender Offices Across Six States
A foundation pledges a 23 million dollar grant to establish new defender offices in six to eight sites nationwide including Memphis Tennessee and Oklahoma City. The program aims to boost capacity and improve services amid a moderate earthquake event felt from San Antonio to Oklahoma City.
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UPL
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Tenn
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Fil
G Forum Protests Troop A Resolution Adopted
The forum met at the Granada Hotel and adopted a resolution testing the establishment of an Anglo American Boy Scout troop in Crystal City. In other actions, San Angelo was chosen as the July 4 state convention site and Chicago was selected as the Arizona convention site.
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Gil Faorum
Granada Hotel
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Land
Chicago
Ar Izona
Avalanche Buries minister and two daughters near Ouray
A massive avalanche swept down the mountainside along U S 550 at Red Mountain Pass burying Rev. Marvin Hudson 39 and his daughters Amelia 17 and Pauline 12 inside their car. Rescuers battled ongoing slides as Sheriff Albert Brown described the peril and the vast snow depth blocking the road.
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OURAY
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Vin Hudson
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Pauline
Albert Brown
Leoh Tames
East Riverside
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Labyrinth TV Review Marks Surreal Opera Telecast
A New York review lauds Menotti and production team for Labyrinth a television operas ambitious surreal spectacle. It highlights inventive visuals weightless space scenes and strong vocal performances by John Reardon Judith Traskin Robert White Beverly Wolff and Blaine Bonazzi while noting some scenes misreadings and technical limits of the telecast.
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A Girl Named Tamiko at Hal Wallis Studio Ends in Dilemma
The film follows Ivan a young man of mixed Russian and Chinese heritage seeking fame in Tokyo and then the United States. He courts Miyoshi Unieki the Japanese girl of low birth and Mintha Hvers And about the same time he befriends France Nuyen. American and Japanese girls face risk and sacrifice for him as Ivan chooses between staying in Japan or joining the American girl in the United States.
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Area Delegates At Church Meet
Area delegates from Texas gather for the first curriculum interpretation workshop of the Division of Christian Education of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. The United Church of Christ workshop runs Monday through Thursday in Union, Missouri, with Mrs. Detores Neumann and Rev. Clif Freudenberg among the attendees.
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Clif Freudenberg
Seguin
Texas
Division of Christian Education
United Church Board For Homeland Ministries
United Church of Christ
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