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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1955

Page

6

House Okehs Insurance Bill Leads Texas Reform Push

Austin March 21 The House passed a 45 point reorganization bill granting the state insurance commission power to curb industry malpractices and approved a corporate code bill for Texas business. The Senate’s $1.5 billion two year spending plan awaits floor action as tax measures and judicial district boundary hearings proceed.

Austin State Insurance Commission House Senate Texas

ADA Backs Peiping Ban At National Convention

American for Democratic Action adopted resolutions reaffirming opposition to communism and defense of civil rights at a weekend convention attended by about 600 delegates. A proposal to admit Red China to the UN was rejected after an hour of debate. The group named Seph L. Rauh Jr. as national chairman and selected Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt as honorary chairman.

Washington ADA Aseph L. Rauh Jr Franklin D. Roosevelt

Colorado scientists challenge governor over atomic campaign

Denver March 21 A pair of Colorado university scientists Dr Ray Lanier and Dr Theodore Puck accused Gov Ed C Johnson of an attack on patriotism. They joined a fight campaign by American scientists to curb bomb development and testing. Johnson, long on the atomic energy committee, said many scientists back a carefully planted campaign. He targeted Lanier and Puck as leaders of the university radiology and biophysics departments.

Denver Colorado University Ed C. Johnson Ray Lanier Theodore Puck Johnson Atomic Energy Committee U. S. Senate Lanier Puck University Re. - Vue Uuy Dallas

Airport Signs Debate at Commissioners Court

Commissioners court will meet at 9 30 am Wednesday with Airports Manager Walter Gunstream to discuss erection of hazard zone signs around aviation installations. Gunstream will ask to authorize county road engineer to install the signs. The city has already allowed erection of hazard zone signs within city limits.

Commissioners Court Walter Gunstream Gunstream

High Land Prices Draw Protest On Nacogdoches Road

Commissioner R L Reader warned Monday he may abandon planned improvements on Nacogdoches road if owners demand exorbitant right of way prices. The state highway program prioritizes this road in District 3. Plans to widen rights of way to 100 feet and convert the road to an state maintained farm to market route are expected within two weeks, with rights of way purchases to follow. Reader alleged speculators are buying property to resell at profit but said he will not pay inflated prices. He noted six other roads in the district await state improvements.

R. L. Reader Nacogdoches Rd State Reader

Pity judge rules wife guilty in goodbye kiss case

Crowley La March 21 Judge Edmund M Reggie holds a wife has no grounds for a fight when her husband tries to enjoy a goodbye kiss and a plug of chewing tobacco at the same time. He found Mrs Winston Bert jvand guilty of simple battery on her husband and gave her a suspended sentence of 15 dollars or 10 days in jail. Mrs Bertrand testified she pushed him in the face in a spat following her refusal to kiss him goodbye while he was chewing.

Crowley Edmund M. Reggie Winston Bertjvand Bertrand

Vigil coupleverse missing TV set and bedspread

Alvin Vigil told police he dozed off on a bed at his home while watching TV and woke to find both the TV set and the bedspread gone. Neighbor Martha Kimble said she saw three men carrying two suspicious boxes down the street, a bedspread draped over one.

Denver Alvin Vigil Martha Kimble

Formosa Gets New Trust Chief

TaipeI March 21 The State owned central trust of China accused by lawmakers for complicity in a 1 300 000 graft case is to be directed by Princeton educated Yu Ke Hua now in the U S as a deputy delegate to the international Monetary Fund Premier Omkr Yui has accepted the resignation of K Yin as director of the trust but has not relieved him as minister of economic affairs.

Taipei Central Trust of China Yu Ke Hua U. S International ‘Monetary Fund Omkr Yui K.¥. Yin

Lydia Pinkham’s Compound Eases Menstrual Cramps

Advertises Lydia Pinkham’s Compound and new tablets as relief for menstrual cramps and premenstrual distress. Claims 3 of 4 cases improved on the first day of the period and promotes the product for hot flashes and uterine contractions. Cites improvement and a call to try the modern vegetable compound and tablets.

Lydia Pinkham Lydia Pintham

Assassination Plot Thwarted In Karachi Province

Karachi March 21 The Sind provincial government says it has nipped a plot to assassinate cabinet members and arrested the speaker and six other members of the province's parliament in a crackdown.

Karachi Bie Sind

New Tiny Primatene Tablet Promises Quick Asthma Relief

A 1954 advertorial promotes Primatene as a fast acting tablet that relieves asthma attacks within minutes and lasts for hours. It claims opens airways, loosens mucus, and eases tension without injections or nebulizers, priced at 98 cents per bottle of 24 with a money back guarantee.

New York N.Y Whitehall

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