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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1952
Page
1
Fragmentary weather notes show humidity around 88 percent and pressure near unknown. The text references past 24 hours and monthly totals with unclear dates and times, including a possible rain gauge reading of 1 inch and unsettled details for coming days.
Gov. Shivers weighs Texas tidelands ownership as senators Connally and Johnson signal a narrow path to overriding a presidential veto in the Senate. In Texas House sentiment runs high against Truman over the tidelands bill, while Shivers discusses McAllen tubercular hospital relocation and possible new sites with Rep. Bentsen amid funding talks. He also reassures Sen. Russell of support but stays noncommittal on Chicago delegation directions.
A U S navy transport spent five hours searching the Atlantic for a Norwegian freighter with a seriously injured man aboard after the ship’s radio was shut off. The Mosdale docked in New York with 1370 immigrants aboard. Lt. j g William H Tooley reported the injured man had been dead about 15 minutes.
In Olympia Washington Fire Chief Harry Lynch advised giving Old Dobbin a shot of whisky and using a rope after police and bystanders dug a slope on one side of a muddy well. The horse was pulled to safety.
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