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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1949
Page
4
Brief OCR fragment from the San Antonio Light dated Thursday November 17 1949. The readable text lacks clear event or person names, providing only a date and newspaper identifier.
Commissioner James W. Wuight said Thursday the bond election call will be amended to detail the $3,850,000 in bonds. Of this, $3,575,000 is allocated for listed interregional highways, a trafficway connecting major routes, a state highway relocation, and a grade separation at the railroad tracks, with the remainder for additional projects.
Raymond Edward Gonzales, age 3, was hospitalized after a wooden screw became lodged in his throat at a home on 1018 San Luis Street. His mother Mrs. Melida Gonzales rushed him to the Saenz clinic, but the screw caused fatal injuries despite medical efforts.
Five winners in the Make It Yourself With Wool contest for the San Antonio area were announced Thursday after a Plaza Hotel style show. Local winners include Patsy Weynand, Hailey Lave, Inge Heilbronn, Jackie Davis, Water Lea Caperton, and Rae Smith in junior and senior dress and coat categories. A statewide contest will be held at the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers meet in San Antonio on November 28 30, with a national event in Denver.
Rabbi Guthman will speak on Jerusalem the Head of Israel at 8 pm Friday at Congregation Agudas Achim. The talk is titled Jerusalem, the Head of Israel and covers insights on modern Israel and its capital.
A one month old child of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Welch was run over by a family car as the father backed from the driveway on private property. The skull was crushed and the infant died at Baptist Memorial hospital. Justice of the Peace Buck Jones ruled accidental death. Witness George Williams tried to warn Welch as the car rolled, but the tragedy occurred before help could arrive.
Sanderson voters approved a $50,000 bond issue to fund a new school building and other improvements, funded by a tax increase. In London, Winston Churchill touted the big national issue as elections approach, with conservatives pushing to restore the prime ministership.
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