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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1948
Page
6
Burt Lancaster works out daily on the horizontal bars at the Paramount gym while filming Hal Wallis Sorry Wrong Number co starring Barbara Stanwyck. The article notes his early stage stint before Broadway success.
James V. McGoodwin, director of the industrial department, was named general manager of the chamber of commerce effective October 1. He plans to devote much effort to developing civic leadership in San Antonio and to enrolling more business leaders to sustain the chamber’s growth. The chamber has about 4,500 members, the largest in its history. Crampton, retiring manager, will serve as general counsel without pay.
Jack Porter, Mouston oilman, launched a vigorous Republican bid for the U S Senate in Texas outlining a 12 point platform and urging a party government. He called for renewed effort to elect a U S senator as demand grows statewide. Also, prison officials recaptured George Jance Beal, who escaped in May 1945 after a robbery sentence in Marion county.
Montevideo Uruguay September 29 John Griffith said today a charge he plotted to assassinate President Juan D Peron of Argentina was made to whip up enthusiasm for Perons regime Griffith former cultural attaché of the US embassy in Buenos Aires said he does not know whether he was named head of the alleged plot for personal vengeance or because some body wanted to bring out the scarecrow of Yankee imperialism Argentine police said last week Griffith headed a plot to kill Peron and his wife next October 12.
In Cumberland Rhode Island police held Francis J. Kelley 22 without bail on murder charges in the drowning death of Mary J. Burns 26 the daughter of a state representative. Kelley allegedly pushed Burns into water held her head under until she stopped kicking after she refused his marriage proposal. The article notes Kelley’s unrelated hobbies including hunting rifles and classical records.
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