Roy Akers Civic Leader and Church Deacon
Roy Akers a Wading Liberal Director is a deacon at First Baptist Church a long time church and civic leader in San Antonio. He has chaired Sunday school efforts led the Volunteer Council of the San Antonio State Hospital founded the Mission Road Foundation for Exceptional Children and served as March of Dimes chair in 1951 52 setting a notable fundraising record. He has held prominent roles in the Baptist Association Brotherhood and local safety and health groups and has broadcast the Easter Sunrise Service for over 25 years.
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San Antonio Clothing Industry Growth Drives Local Jobs
The San Antonio clothing sector, a major regional exporter, employs over 3,500 workers in needle trades and supports more than 100 plants. Firms such as Aldan Altmann, Texas Infants Dress, and EsKay expand capacity, with plans for new facilities and renewed payrolls boosting the local economy.
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Death Takes Retired General and Local Obituaries
Fragmented obituary notes list retired General Humphrey and several San Antonio residents among the deceased. Interments include Arlington National Cemetery and local cemeteries. Also mentioned are funeral services, chapels, and allied veterans in a distant Chicago obituary note.
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William Wallace 53 Fatally Injured. Interment Set
George W Wallace 53 of 1313 Abner Ave died after services. Interment planned at Roselawn Memorial Park. Roy Akers announced funeral arrangements for Chanel Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park with Seti Joseph Tanas USAL. Partial text limits prevent full details.
Chaplains Meet Here for West Central USAF Conference
Fifty-six Air Force chaplains from fourteen states gather for the 1993 West Central USAF Chaplains Professional Development Conference at St Joseph's Retreat House. Principal lecturers include Rev. Seeotfrey Wood from the major seminary in Washington DC and Rev. Roland J. Faley of Our Lady of Fayette, Reming, Loretto, Pa. Very Rev Msgr Pranels Stratkus, vice chancellor Military Ordinariate New York, will advise the group Friday. The conference is sponsored by the chief of chaplains USAF.
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Turncoat Relates Strike in Red China Escape Tale
AP report from Wong Kong details ship workers staging strikes to win permission to leave Red China. Belgian Albert Belhomme, living in Ashford, Pa, says he endured 94 months of strike hardship to feed his Chinese wife and three children. He says the experience was horrible but he sought exit to find Ulipa in China, found none.
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Painter Braque Dies in Paris at 82
Georges Braque died Saturday in his Paris home after several months of illness. The French painter, alongside Pablo Picasso, helped launch Cubism and reshaped 20th century art with a radical, brazenly colored style that defined the movement.
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Youth Hurt In Collision Near Laurel Hills
A San Aptocia youth remained in critical condition after a go kart collision at Laurel Hills. Clinton Ackins Lencir, 20, from Ri 2 Finx 74, was hospitalized at Santa Rosa with head injuries, a fractured liver, and a jaw fracture after his kart struck an automobile driven by Joyce Denich Bielwmann of 116 Northhaven at 1:00 pm Saturday. The kart was destroyed and Lencir was pinned under the vehicle.
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Paint Brush Halts Big Ben For 48 Minutes In London
Big Ben stopped Saturday as the famous clock tower over Parliament halted briefly. The hands resumed after about 48 minutes when a works ministry spokesman said a worker had placed a paint brush on the transmission shaft.
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