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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1960

Page

6

Mayor opens San Antonio Garden Center Flower Show Jewels in the Sun

Mayor J Edwin Kuykendall officially opens the San Antonio Garden Center flower show Jewels in the Sun in the Villita assembly building at 2 p.m. The event runs 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Sunday with honored volunteers Mrs William C Young and Mrs Ed Robertson presenting the mayor a fedora. The governor names March 7 13 Garden Club Week.

J. Edwin Kuykendall San Antonio Kuykendall Charles L. Uminck

Education Costs Up in Texas

The Texas state board of education estimates the 1959-60 public school program cost at 365 million dollars with local districts paying about 31 million. The plan uses an economic index across 234 counties, reflecting a 13.5 million rise from last year due to 70 000 to 80 000 more students and about 2 000 more teachers. The board contemplates a junior college district in east Harris county and a plan for eastern Thuis county, while civil defense education courses expand with 202 000 made available and over 500 teachers trained.

Austin State Board of Education Texas Parvis County Real County W. W. Jackson San Antonio Dvesti Harris County Thuis County Vie J. W. Edgar U.S. Department of Wealth, Education and Web

Ballet A Special Ballet A Special

The Symphony Society closes its twenty first season with a special Wednesday night ballet performance at 6 30 featuring Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Led by Sergei Denham Nina Novak Naraska Rarine Horoworge Zariteh and Alan Howard the program includes Les Syphides Tschaikowsky The Nutcracker Black Swan and Graduation Ball. The company performs with its own colorful costumes and elaborate scenery and a730 conductor Ivan Bowlikett leads the orchestra in San Antonio.

The Symphony Society Aab Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Sergei Denham Nina Novak Nathaska Rine Horo Worge Zariteh Alan Howard Lesy

Three Die In Fire At Japanese Mental Hospital

TOKUYAMA Japan UPI reports a blaze killed three patients and left ten others missing as a mental hospital was destroyed early Tuesday. Firefighters battled the flames and the cause was not immediately known. Local authorities launched searches for the missing patients and to determine the fire’s origin.

Tokuyama Japan

Money Scattered on Detroit Suburb Walk by Worker

A 20 year old factory worker in Hamtramck Stephen Krysiak walked 10 blocks tossing $100 bills to passersby in a Detroit suburb. Police halted him as he had distributed or destroyed about $13,000 of his savings. He explained he withdrew the money from a sale deposit box due to worry.

Hamtramnck Micheli Detroit Stephen Kryslak Krysiak Kyrysiak Hie

Texan Sought For Extradition

A statewide alert was issued Tuesday for Robert Tipton a 45 year old former Texas schoolteacher who escaped from the Arkansas State Hospital on Sunday amid an extradition hearing. Tipton is charged with stealing 8707 from senior class funds and was arrested in Texarkana Arkansas on November 7 before being committed to the state hospital.

Little Nnock Texas Arkansas State Hospital Robert ‘Tipton Flower Grove Heo Textarkana Ark Chancery State Hospital iTipton

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