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SAPL : August 27 In San Antonio History...
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Andrew Crews
August 27, 2021
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1935
A flood of mail arrived at the mayor’s office protesting the removal of two murals, alleged to depict Communist symbols, from the walls of Municipal Auditorium. The mayor said the murals would stay down.
1945
Publication of the San Antonio Express, San Antonio Light and San Antonio Evening News is suspended this morning when members of the San Antonio Typographical Union strike and walk off the job. All three newspapers publish late editions with the same headline (right).
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1973
The city begins installing signs at intersections that are exceptions to the new state law permitting right turns on red lights that went into effect at midnight. Right turns on red will be allowed at 642 intersections involving 2,300 approaches in San Antonio.
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