Housing Problem Referendum Forecast by City Councilman
City Councilman W T Johnson predicted a referendum on public housing after a Tuesday night public hearing on expanding low rent federally financed units in Austin. The meeting drew 500 plus to Central Christian Church after City Hall overflowed, with diverse groups urging slum clearance and debate over the best path.
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W. T. Johnson
Johnson
Austin
Austin Housing Authority
Central Christian Courch
Council Chamber
City Hall
John Barclay
Austin Real Estate Board
George Sandlin
Real Estate Board
Sandlin
H. M. Reese
Taylor Glass
Fred Morse
Morse
Baltimore
Melvin Rotsch
Austin League of Women Voters
Rebecca Myers
American Association of University Women
AHA
Helen Sellers
Soroptomist Club
Pat Mendez
Governor Grants Extradition Plea
Governor Allan Shivers granted Oklahoma's request to extradite Orval Chambless to serve a three year sentence for second degree manslaughter. Chambless' attorney Clifford Mays sought delays to allow business before entering the McAlister prison. The case includes habeas corpus petitions and appeals to district, state, and Texas courts, with Chambless free on bond pending hearings.
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Allan Shivers
Oklahoma
Orval Lindsey Chambless
Clifford Mays
Fort Worth
Chambless
Mays
McAlister
Okla
District Court
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Mexico
Central
South America
Wisdom Teeth Warns Against Young Teeth
Dental scientists advise removing wisdom teeth as they serve little function and only cause pain and profit for brace-makers. The piece notes fashion shifts and broader trends while mentioning a backstage dispute involving Mickey Rooney backstage over a script and uncalled for interference.
Last Bastion Formosa incident scheduled next by China Reds
Chinese forces overran much of Hainan while guerrillas were reported near Yulin as Nationalist retreaters prepared to transfer by ship to Formosa. Red broadcasts pledged a Taiwan invasion after Hainan, with Nationalist losses high and air support restricted.
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Formosa
China Reds
Taipei
Mainan
Yulin
South China Island
Hainan
Peiping
Shanghai
Red Third Field Army
East China
Taiwan
Red Radio
Associated Press
San Francisco
Communist
New China
Hong Kong
Hoshow
Hoihow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shih Chueh
Chushar
Navy seeks approval to build atomic age undersea fleet
The Navy asked Congress for authority to start building an atomic age fleet including an atom powered submarine and three other experimental submarines. Admiral Sherman testified that funding of 335 million dollars would follow in the 1952 budget with initial work possible July 1, 1951.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Sherman
Defense Department
Committee
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Russia
Sumner Pike
Atomic Energy Commission
Czech Defense Chief Replaced by Cepicka in Communist Shift
General Ludvik Svoboda, praised for wartime command, is replaced as defense minister by Alexei Cepicka, son in law of President Gottwald. Svoboda becomes deputy premier and head of the state office for physical culture and sport as CTK confirms cabinet changes.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Ludvik Svoboda
Alexei Cepicka
Cepicka
Klement Gottwald
CTK
Svoboda
Russia
Communist Party
Physical Culture
Defense
Increasing Cloudiness Predicted Here Today
Fair weather with rising clouds forecast for Austin through Wednesday. Temperatures expected 48 to 75 degrees. Colorado River near Columbus to see stages about six feet above normal over the next 86 hours. Other areas expected to return to normal. Tuesday high reached 74 at 4 pm with a 56 degree low at 6 am.
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Austin
Colorado River
Columbus
West Texas
Mexican Seizure Of Fishing Boats Provokes U S Protest
The State Department filed a formal protest with Mexico over the seizure of five Texas shrimping trawlers by a Mexican gunboat. Diplomatic notes in Mexico City cited the nine mile territorial claim and disputed the boats’ offshore distance. Captain Jenkins of the Faith recounted using a broken oil line as a ruse to escape, while Tampico officers questioned seized skippers and disputed distances from shore.
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Washington
State Department
Texas
Michael J. McDermott
Mexico City
Walter Thurston
Tampico
Tampico Harbor
Brownsville
Robert Jenkins
Savannah
Jenkins
Port Isabel
Swedes Find Riddled Plane Landing Gear
Swedish fishermen in the Baltic south of Gotland recovered wrecked undercarriage parts of an airplane, a bullet riddled tire, and two life rafts from the missing Privateer. A Brooklyn made fire extinguisher was found on Deland shore. Items turned to American authorities for examination.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Dagens Nyheter
Baltic Sea
Gotland
United States
Burgsvik
Baltic
Brooklyn
Deland
Mysterious killer terrorizes Tokyo girls
In Tokyo during April a leather-jacketed knife wielder strikes late at night. Three attacks in the past month target young women walking with boyfriends. Victims are found with throats slashed. police seek the unknown assailant.
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Tokyo
Brown Rejects AFL Juvenile Double-Shift Plan At Power Plant
Brown and Root Construction Co President Herman Brown rejected a union plan for double-shifts to finish a new city power plant boiler job. Union leader Creekmore Fath said the double-shift would not cost overtime and would advance completion. City Utilities Director Walter Seaholm confirmed the proposal and discussed deadlines to meet August or July targets amid an ongoing labor dispute.
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Herman Brown
Brown and Root Construction Company
City
Houston
Brown
Austin Building and Construction Trades Council
AFL
Creekmore
Brown and Root
Trades Council
Fath
City Utilities
Walter Seaholm
Seaholm
Lower
Colorado River Authority
LCRA
Pews’ Pass
McCarthy claims discovery of new red card carrier
Senator McCarthy said Louis Budenz identified a Communist in the State Department holding a very important job. He named a man with a police record as a homosexual in the CIA and said a resignation is expected within days. Wherry and Hillenkoetter confirmed possible further resignations as a safety risk inquiry continues.
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McCarthy
Washington
Wis
Senate
Louis F. Budenz
State Department
Tydings
R-Neb
Wherry
Intelligence Agency
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Central Intelligence Agecy
Budenz
Communist Party
Order Against Picket Lines Removes Threat to Services
A national general strike by telephone equipment installers was halted by an order from CWA leader Ernst Weaver. The move prevents picket lines and preserves normal phone service, with talks ongoing between Western Electric and the union.
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Austin
Earnest Weaver
CWA Equipment Workers Union
New York
Fort Worth
W. M. Wallis
Stallers
Western Electric Company
Bell Telephone System
American Telephone and _ Telegraph
Bell
Joseph A. Bierne
CIO Communications Workers of America
Beirne
Division 10
CWA
Long Lines
Robert T. Creasey
Creasey
Equipment Workers Union
Weaver
Englehart
Texas-Oklahoma
South Bend
Ind
North Austin
Southwestern Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Explosion Claims Perryton Grain Elevator Victim
Perryton Texas April 25 One of two men injured in a grain elevator blast died Tuesday Don Herring 28 father of five. Jim Woodward 21 remained in fair condition as both men were burned while cleaning grain and trash from a pit when a dust explosion occurred Monday. The blaze started in the head house and smouldered out overnight. The fire damaged wooden framework machines belts and equipment but did not affect 700000 bushels of wheat stored in bins. The head house sits atop the 108 foot structure and the explosion hurled concrete into Perryton’s main business district.
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Perryton
Don Herring
Jim Woodward
Herring
Woodward
Texas Panhandle
Meeting Here Thursday Steering Panel To Push State Economy Drive
Governor Allan Shivers and former Senator John S. Redditt announced a 411 member steering committee for the Texas Economy Commission to meet Thursday in Austin. The session at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel will outline work, discuss agency reorganization, and study state procedures to boost efficiency and economy. The group includes 10 members at large plus a representative from each of the three senatorial districts with named officials and many district appointees.
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Texas Economy Commission
Austin
Allan Shivers
John S. Redditt
Stephen F. Austin
Economy Commission
House
Senate
Redditt
John B. Sheppard
Ike Ashburn
William J. Harris
Dallas
Joe Humphrey
Abilene
Joe Spurlock
Fort Worth
Julian Dickerson
Navasota
E. M. Kirkpatrick
Baytown
James M. Wilson
Floydada
J. S. Bracewell
Houston
Oveta Culp Hobby
L. H. Gross
Corpus Christi
Robert S. Vance
Texarkana
Rich
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George S. Dring
At&t
Clyde Mills
Cyrus Ching
B. H. Swango
Carl Peters
Lulac Club
League of Latin- American Citizens
The
Austin Trades Council
Charles Birdwell
Harold T. Branch
Baptist Ministers Union
E. H. Givens
East Austin
Givens
Tom Miller
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Miller
Ledger
Mickey Rooney
Teow
Wee
Centex
Veeves
Apaanege
Last Bastion
Claire L. Chennault
Samah
Brown and Root Company
Capitol
Ard W. Blalock
Marshall
Tom A. Acker
Jacksonville
J. B. Morris
Beaumont
John D. Rogers
Lowell R. Estes
Corsicana
Brady Gentry
Tyler
Byron B. Black
Clarksville
H. A. Byron
Bonham
George Apple
McKinney
Paul Carrington
Robert W. Calvert
Hillsboro
Harlon M. Fentress
Waco
Dr. E. L. Angell
College Station
Co. C. Welhausen
Yoakum
Gus Wortham
David Leavel
Galveston
Dave Blackburn
Victoria
J. H. Sehleyer
New Brownfels
Walter E. Long
Guy Draper
Temple
W. O. Gross
Mineral Wells
C. P. McGaha
Wichita Falls
John J. Perry
Sweetwater
Houston Harte
San Angelo
L. A. Nordan
San Antonio
John C. Jones
LaFeria
Marvin
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