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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1960
Page
6
Sunday May 29 1960 shoppers are urged to place Light Want Ads in the San Antonio Light to sell items not needed. The notice promotes selling, buying, renting and swapping via classified ads for quick cash.
The Hermann Sons youth camp near Comfort will open Sunday June 5 marking seven seasons of operation. Air conditioned dormitories and expanded facilities will host about 11000 boys and girls this summer. The camp is free on a merit basis for junior Sons of Hermann members aged 9 through 16. non qualifying members may attend for 10. There will be 10 one week sessions with Fritz Schilo as grand president and George Wolfgang as full time camp director.
The Constitution party of Texas will conduct a state convention in Austin on Monday to choose candidates for state offices and presidential electors and to study national ticket candidates. Keynote speaker will be Tom Anderson of Nashville, editor of Farm and Ranch magazine. The convention will adopt the party platform.
A Lake Michigan excursion steamer bound for Muskegon collided with the Milwaukee harbor breakwater in thick fog. Fourteen passengers and crew members were lightly injured as many of the 475 people aboard were knocked down.
The San Antonio Light staff captured five of nine journalism awards in the 1959 60 Sigma Delta Chi competition. Gib Gilbert Barrera and Mel Koenning won news photo honors for John Wayne coverage and a race car smashup image. Joyce Bacon won first in feature for high school marriage stories. Doris Wright placed second for Ella Austin home. Tim Logan and David Nevin led TV and radio entries. Jack Northside Recorder George W Hurd led editorial. Awards dinner set at 7 p m.
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