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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1955

Page

4

Ward Witness Recalled as Jelke Vice Trial Resumes

Pat Ward, once a key witness in the Jelke cafe society vice case, was recalled to testify as the trial resumed. She left the stand amid questions about her later life, invoked the fifth amendment, and discussed associations with Emanuel Trujillo and others while stating she has a fiancé and plans to marry.

New York Pat Ward Minot Mickey Jelke Cafe Society Jessie Francis L. Valente Miss Ward Emanuel Trujillo Trujillo Manny Coyle Toe Asst. Dist. Atty Anthony J. Liebler Skitch Henderson Don Miele Joey Adams Harold Tunis Jack Eigen Mickey

Rose Name Changes in Tax Forms Move to Machines

City tax assessor W W Ballard announced new machine aided tax processing to cut costs and improve accuracy. Two forms will be mailed together with city taxes on buff cards and school taxes on green. Receipts will be perforated and usable for in person payments at city hall, reducing staff time and lines.

W W. E. Ballard Ballard City Hall

Private Land Use Eyed By McKay In March Remarks

San Francisco March 22 Interior Secretary McKay urged private development of vacant public domain arguing one quarter of the nation’s land is federally controlled. He added national parks forests and wildlife reservations have demonstrated value and will continue to grow.

San Francisco McKay

Demos Told Error Of Ike's Aids

In Sacramento March 22, the Democrats' national chairman Paul Butler told a Jefferson Jackson dinner the party leaders erred in reporting that Eisenhower had not authorized release of the Yalta papers. He said Eisenhower asked Congress in 1953 to repudiate the Yalta pact and urged accountability for aides. He criticized press coverage as gender biased and claimed two sides exist to the Eisenhower administration.

Sacramento Calif Paul Butler Eisenhower State Dulles Butler

Officials to Get Bond Cash in New York Signing of $6 Million Freway Bonds

Mayor White and City Clerk J Frank Gallagher traveled to New York to sign and receive six million dollars in freeway bonds as part of an eleven million dollar issue approved in 1954. The cash is expected to be credited to the city by Thursday with audit and state officials present. The party also included city fiscal agent Ted Koester and representatives from the state comptroller and attorney general offices.

New York City White J. Frank Gallagher Signature. Co New York Gallagher Ted Koester State ‘Comptroller’s Office Attorney General's Office

Russ Alliance Seen as Pacts Threat

Washington dispatch reports the Soviet Union warns of a formal Communist military alliance in eight Eastern European nations if the Paris Paris Pacts are ratified. U S experts call the threat an empty gesture given the Eastern bloc’s already tight cooperation and the potential addition of 500 000 Germans to western defense.

Washington INS Europe Western Europe Soviet Union Russia Poland Hungary Bulgaria Albania Czechoslovakia Romania East Germany U. S Eastern Europe

GruentherWarns of German Rearmament Impact on Europe

General Alfred M Gruenther states that if Germany is rearmed the Russians could be kept from western Europe. He argues German military strength and new atomic battlefield weapons could repel the largest Soviet invasion, but he says he does not expect war.

Washington INS Alfred M. Gruenther Germany Europe

Absentee Voting Totals Reported by City Clerk

Absentee voting continued Tuesday with 10 votes and Monday as the heaviest day to date. The tally stands at 28 total ballots, compared with 45 cast by this time in 1953, according to Asst. City Clerk Jakeli Inselman.

Asst Jakel iInselman

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