Susanna Dickerson of Alamo Legend Proclaimed Rallying Cry
The article recounts Susanna Dickerson as the sole Anglo survivor from the Alamo, her journey to Gonzales with her child Angelina, and how her later report to Sam Houston helped spark the rallying cry Remember the Alamo. It notes her life, descendants, and commemorations including a Gonzales monument and a marble slab over her grave.
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San Jacinto
Susanna Dickerson
Willard Griffith Nitschke
Austin High School
Almarion Dickerson
Dickinson
Susanna
Juan Almonte
Santa Anna
San Antonio
Joe
Gonzales
Smith
Henry Karnes
Houston
Alamo
Sam Houston
J. W. Hannig
Lockhart
Austin
Angelina
Hannig
32Nd
Duval Streets
Oakwood
Babe of
Holmes
Sterling
California
Realtors Gloomy on Housing Vote in Austin
The Austin Real Estate Board voices pessimism over keeping public housing out of the city. Howard Osborne cites petition efforts to force a referendum, with only 40 signers. Council action looms Thursday on a plan for a 520 unit low-cost housing project funded by federal aid.
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Austin Real Estate Board
Howard Osborne
The
Austin Housing Authority
McEntire
Group To Study Industry Report
The Austin Area Development Foundation will host Eastern consultant Richardson Wood of New York in early May for talks with its board and staff on major pending industrial and resort projects. The visit follows his help shaping the foundation’s payroll building agency and plans for a Southwest plastics and chemical processing expansion and the Texas Vacation Villages venture led by William E. Butlin.
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Austin Area Development Foundation
Richardson Wood
New York
Wood
Austin Group
Foundation
Butlin
Butlin Group
Bahamas
William E. Butlin
Brackenridge Hospital Survey Under Way By Dr Herman Smith
Dr Herman Smith began a three part survey of Brackenridge Hospital administration in Austin as city officials pay 2500 dollars for the study. The first phase should wrap up Wednesday night with a written report to City Manager Guston Morgan. A second survey will occur six months after a new administrator is chosen, replacing Charles Weeg who resigned April 1. A third survey follows after the second. The medical staff requested the survey last December amid concerns over revenue losses from inefficiency poor morale and lack of authority.
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Chicago
Ill
Herman Smith
Brackenridge Hospital
Smith
Guston Morgan
Chicagoan
Municipal
Charles Weeg
Kilgore
Morgan
Health Council Names Two Austinites to Posts
The Texas Health Council announced Tuesday in Dallas the appointment of Dr. Otis Watson of Austin as a member of the advisory committee for District 7 and Lewis Spears of Austin as a member of the Board of Governors for the same district. The council, chartered last December, is set to launch a campaign to establish county health councils in every locality lacking one.
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Otis Watson
Austin
Texas Health Council
Lewis Spears
Dallas
90th Infantry To Hold Paid Training Meeting
Personnel of the 90th Infantry Division headquarters will meet in a paid training assembly Wednesday night at 415 West Fourth Street. Captain Kermit O Bradley will devote one hour to the Tank and Infantry Team. Lieutenant Cal Chambers will show a film on infantry weapons and discuss weapons in general during the last hour. All regularly assigned personnel have been requested to attend.
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90Th Infantry Division
West Fourth Street
Kermit O. Bradley
Cal Chambers
CAP Unit To Hear Talk on Radiation
CAP unit in Austin will host Captain Ira F. Ferguson UT armed forces graduate and AROTC assistant professor who will discuss The Effect of Atomic Radiation and How to Protect Yourself. The meeting Wednesday at 8 p m at Calcasieu Auditorium 301 West Second is open to the public with a movie short and plans for the April Breakfast Flight.
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Ira F. Ferguson
AROTC
University of Texas
Austin Civil Air Patrol
Calcasieu Auditorium
301 West Second
Ferguson
Joint Armed Forces Radiological Defense School
Maryland
Rare Brew Coffee Makers Peruse The Cook Book
Mrs. Wilmot of Texas urges measurement and timing for perfect coffee. Dr. Crowell recommends two level tablespoons per cup water and seven to ten minutes percolation. Clean equipment matters and Mrs. Rathbone in New Orleans favors coffee chicory using a dripolator and drip technique.
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Jennie Wilmot
University of Texas
Longview
Crowell
Austin Contractors blast government on building woes
Three Austin contractors on a Real Estate Board luncheon panel blamed the federal government for inferior materials high costs and shortages that hurt small builders. They predicted four to five years of heavy construction despite policy criticism and warned government housing programs would hurt small contractors while prices rise.
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Austin
Austin Real Estate Board
A. C. Bryant
Frank Taylor
Bernard McEntire
Washington
Taylor
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Bryant
McEntire
Austin Student Makes Tarleton Honor Roll
Valene Speech of Austin has been named to the B Honor Roll at Tarleton State College in Stephenville. Valene is majoring in home economics. Only students taking 15 hours of work or more are eligible. A grade of 84 or better is required in every subject.
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Valene
Austin
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Bus Officials Silent On New Long Blast
Austin Transit Inc. faces renewed criticism from Councilwoman Emma Long over schedule cuts on three lines Main Line Rose Dale East End and Lake Austin Oil Mill effective April 15. She urged a frank council hearing with officials including Clint Murchison and Gerald Mann to address shrinking service.
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Ben Wayne Greig
Austin Transit Inc
Emma Long
Austin
Greig
Clint Machison
Transit
Gerald Mann
Dallas
Austin Transit
Lake Austin
Rosedale
East End
Houston
Burnet
Elbow Swing and Pop Goes the Weasel Square Dance Lesson
Ninth of twelve lesson articles outlines elbow swing basics then details the Pop Goes the Weasel figure. It covers multiple pairing options for elbow swings and step by step progression through couples around the square with repeated popping through actions.
Civil Service Announces Deputy Marshal Exams in Texas
The Civil Service Commission announced examinations to fill deputy marshal vacancies in Texas and posts for dental assistants at the Veterans Administration dental clinic in Austin with salaries of 2450 and 2650 a year. Applications from A E Davis, local commission officer, at the Austin Post Office.
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Civil Service Commission
Texas
Commission
Veterans Administration Dental Clinic
Austin
A. E. Davis
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