San Antonio News Highlights and Events
Friday brings Lock-Your-Car safety checks sponsored by SAPD National Auto Club and Alamo Division Texas Insurance Fieldmen Association. Rezion M Education Service Center Board meets at noon Thursday. Lee High senior Spencer Crewaner wins statewide contest. Tex Way Electronics employee wins radio TV prize. San Antonio Symphony opens 11th season with Dr Gideon Waldrop. Commissioner Frank Vaughan to join Texas Constitutional Revision Council hearing Friday 9 00 am at Consent Center VIE Row. Alamo Round-up Club membership drive runs three weeks. Venereal disease clinic offers free exams and treatment downtown. Two local civilians receive federal civil service honors. Lubehock firm awarded contract to renovate Randolph AFB dining hall. Armed Forces Week awards set for May 13-15. Mark Twain Junior School marks 7th anniversary with 8th graders likely involved. Louis Sabady addresses Rotary Club. Note mentions Whiae Zour.
City Eyes Rotating Mayors and Pro Tem System
San Antonio adopts a rotating system for mayor pro tem and a rotating mayor schedule marking a historic shift. Independence and reform era recalling 1953 84 era. Claire names and dates. Glenn B. Lacy returns to council after October 9 1954 appointment.
Dr Green to Leave Los Angeles Post
Dr Marthalyn Green city health leader resigns as director of communication in Los Angeles and will become assistant director of Dallas City Health Department. She has served in San Antonio as communicable disease director since 1970 and will start in Dallas on June 15. Her replacement has already been named.
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Wright Brothers Breakthrough Echoes in Alamo City Mayor Pro Tem
The Alamo City elected its first black mayor pro tem, Claude Black, in a unanimous council vote. Black will serve three months until July 31, rotating to Glenn Lacy, as the council adopts a rotating system amid political maneuvering and discussions on community relations.
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Ex POW Offers Citizenship Advice To New Americans
Ex prisoner of war M. Sat. Joh Anderson of El Paso spoke at a Houston naturalization ceremony advising new citizens to accept duties of citizenship. He urged adherence to laws and setting positive examples, citing changes in America and warning against anti American broadcasts heard during captivity.
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Military Bills Drawn for Retired Personnel and WWI Veterans
Washington lawmakers introduced two bills to aid veterans. One would restore retirement pay for officers who retire at the same rank and length of service. The second would provide pensions for World War I veterans and war widows with annual incomes near 3,000 to 4,200 dollars, plus priority for hospital and medical care. Anderson received the Liberty Bell award for former prisoners of war in San Antonio. The Sam Houston Law Day event honored the Albert J. Roberts Memorial Courtroom at Fort Sam Houston with Judge John Wood presiding.
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Auto Heiress Marries Again in New York Ceremony
New York reports heiress Charlotte Ford, formerly married to Stavros Niarchos, wed J. Anthony Forstmann, a partner in a New York investment firm, in a Tuesday ceremony. The union links high society names with major financial circles.
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Judges honored for prompt case handling at Law Day event
San Antonio area judges and officials were praised for speedy dockets and fair rulings at a Law Day gathering. Bexar County judiciary members including 11 state district judges and federal and county officials were lauded for timely trials and collaboration.
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Gun exhibit valued at 35000 stolen in Los Angeles
Retired director Leroy Pring reports theft of a 1500 watt collection from an exhibit in Los Angeles. The item lineup included a pistol once carried by Hermann Goering. Investigators are examining the missing goods and estimating the loss at 35000 dollars.
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San Antonio Light Classified Rates Compiled for Sunday Copies
Classified rate table for San Antonio Light lists delivery options by carrier and day, with charges for Sunday daily, weekly, and monthly editions. Includes distribution areas across Texas and beyond, noting Associated Press attribution and publication details.
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