Action Line reader service and tobacco joke exchange
The notice describes Action Line query hours and numbers for general questions and unusual interests. A reader asks about a spiltcon to chew tobacco at home and mentions trading stamp stores. The exchange wits suggest Tobacco Bowl and Frost Bros and joke about chrysanthemums in a cuspidor, highlighting light local humor.
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Action Line
Action
Trading Stamp Redemption
Frost Bros
North Stir Mall
VA extends deadline for veteran license exemption applications
The Texas Motor Vehicle Commission extended the deadline to November 15 for applying the license tag exemption for veterans with service connected disabilities rated at 70 percent or more. Veterans may obtain the application from VA offices veterans service officers Texas Highway Department offices and tax assessors.
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Kok Ok
Texas
Commission
Ifauston
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans’ Service Officers
Texas Highway Department
Motor Vehicle Division
Old wives tale about silver test for poisonous mushrooms
A reader questions if placing a silver coin in cooking water can reveal poisonous mushrooms. The response says it is an old widow’s tale and cites sources noting silverware stains are unreliable and do not indicate poison.
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Ivo
Cain
Ganos
Lucy Kavaler
United States
Plaga Classified and Notices Section Snapshot
A fragmented OCR snippet shows sections labeled Amusements Classifieds and Death Notices, with weather roundup references and hourly temperatures. It mentions The Daily San Antonio Light and compares newspaper distribution, indicating era and publication context rather than a cohesive event.
Bombing Clues Emerge in Ackerman Case
Police pursue many theories as they unravel details of a Wednesday bombing that maimed Henry W. Ackerman, owner of a local amusement park and auto parts firm. Investigators say the blast, felt near 120 Ira, shattered windows, damaged Ackerman’s Lincoln and left detectives reviewing palm prints and a suspect’s license plate.
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Sim ‘Antonio
Henry W. “Henrie" Ackerman
Douglas Rouseton
Ackerman
Brooke Army Medical Center
Recoleta
Clayton Feigel Ix
Red Lion Inn
Mulberry
Felgel
Pollee
Tawi
Ivo
Feigelice
Ackermans
Feigel
Innawaser
Ackerton
Armed 8 A M Hostage Drama Ends With Releases
In San Antonio a businessman's estranged wife and her escort were held overnight at the Hillsboro home. The couple were released Thursday after officers failed to enter the scene earlier. The wife, treated for facial bruises, said the man tortured them with a pistol. Police reported the broker was abducted after dinner at a restaurant and later released. No charges would be filed unless the wife pressed them.
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Nathan Sherman
San Antonio
North Side
Hillsboro
Attar
Bislensteins
Charles Gerlanga
Edriter
Herlanga
Bill Tackitt
Second incident probes robbery at Grayson Harris apartment
Police investigate a second robbery report two days after an attack in which a woman says a man assaulted her in a bathroom, tied her, and fled with $23. A separate Natalan Street assault Tuesday night left another woman wounded while a male suspect escaped with $90 in traveler's checks.
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E.grayson Hiraat
Teach
Har Natalan Street
TV Sweeps Winner Mrs Adelina Lopez Faces Stroke of Luck
Mrs Adelina M Lopez of 121 E Thompson wins $25 in The Lights bip TV Sweepstakes becoming a willing Golfer's widow. She plans to pay her husband Ralf Breen fees and notes she never before won a contest.
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Adelina M. Lopez
Shelburn
Jackson
Masher Steel Co
Light
Nixon outlines Phase II wage price controls
President announces second phase of the plan to lift the economy with wage and price controls to continue beyond the current freeze. A wage board or series of boards would set acceptable increases while government oversight remains, building on Phase I created Aug 15 by the Cost of Living Council.
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Busti
Nixon
Lear
Ayill Sallow
House
Senate
White House
John B. Connally
Connally
Capitol Hill
George Meany
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