Severe hail and wind lash Austin and Smithville
A mid August thunderstorm brought hail up to two inches in Smithville and strong gusts across Central Texas. In Austin eight primary lines and many service lines failed, causing power outages but no injuries. Rainfall near half an inch accompanied the gusty winds as temperatures cooled from near 100 to the upper 70s.
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Austin
Smithville
University of Texas
Weather Bureau
D. C
Lavaca
Bianco
West Ninth
West 16Th Streets
H. §& Dunham
Texas
Ninth
San Antonio
Neal Douglass
Bexar Bus Strike Continues Amid Traffic Delays
On Tuesday the second day of a city bus strike most workers reported to their jobs. Traffic downtown eased only slightly as private cars filled the streets. Federal Mediator Walter White predicted a weekend stretch. Mayor Jack White favored a fact finding panel to review the transit company finances. AFL local head J. W. Connally supported an empowered inquiry. Transit official Laurence Winegerter offered no comment.
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San Antonio
Walter White
Jack White
Amed
J. W. Connally
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employer
AFL
Laurence Winegerter
Denial of Truman Arms Powers Explored in Senate Panel
In a closed Senate joint committee session with Acheson and Johnson, Republicans led by Van denberg pressed to strip the President of power to arm nations and to define who may be treated as a nation. Secretaries defended the $1.45 billion program as the largest peacetime aid, while notes pointed to five years to fully rearm allies.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Combined Committee On Foreign Relations and
Armed Services
Vandenberg
R-Mich
State Acheson
Defense
Johnson
State Department
Chiefs of Staff
Connally
D-Texas
Joint Senate Committee
Acheson
Ten FFA Seniors Awarded Calves in Rockdale Ceremony
Ten senior FFA members at Rockdale High School received 10 registered Jersey heifers at a Friday morning ceremony. Sponsored by the Young Men's Business League, the program pairs sponsors and students by numbered calves, with funds covering the gifts. Calves will be cared for and shown in fall shows across Central Texas.
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Rockdale
FFA
Rockdale High School
D. Maxwell
Young Men's Business League
Central Texas
YMBL
FFA Boys
Maxwell
Temple
Othr
Texas
Shelby Smith
Lone Star Gas Company
Ollie Young
Texas Power and Light Company
Jimmie Smith
Phillips and Luckey Company
James Caffey
Bartlett Rea
Colonel Beard
Gaither Motor Company
Gordon Beard
Rockdale State Bank
J. R. Whitley
H. H. Coffield
Billy Boyd
Graham Young
W. E. Gaither
Earl Gerstenberger
Duke's Drug Store
Tito pledges Yugoslavia's aid to uprisings in Bulgaria and Albania
Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito promised full support to any popular uprising against current regimes in Bulgaria or Albania. Speaking in Skoplje on the fifth anniversary of the Yugoslav Macedonian Republic, he urged fraternal ties and denounced Cominform, Bulgarian and Greek Communist parties, while noting the arrest of a Russian national for insults to Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Bulgaria
Albania
Skoplje
Tito
Polio Ward Fills With Four Taylor Children In A Week
A fourth Taylor child was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital this week as a polio patient Ronnie Barnett four year old son of O M and Mrs Barnett of 214 East Sixth Street was listed in good condition Barbara Blackburn one year old of Taylor was admitted Monday Carmen Ortiz twenty two months old and Edward Sims two months old both Taylor residents were admitted to the hospital on prior days
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Taylor
Brackenridge Hospital
Williamson County
Ronnie Barnett
O. M. Barnett
East Sixth Street
Barbara K. Blackburn
Carmen Ortiz
Edward L. Sims
Fort Worth Minister Transfers to Austin Church
The Rev. William R. Fleming, pastor of the Methodist Church in Keller Tarrant County, has transferred to Austin to serve as assistant pastor of the First Methodist Church, per Bishop William C. Martin on Tuesday.
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Fort Worth
Austin
Dallas
William R. Fleming
Methodist Church
Keller
Tarrant County
First Methodist Church
William C. Martin
W. C. Goddard
Gilmer
Rocksprings
Edgar Ezell
Lawrence Tarlton
H. D. Zachry
San Antoni
W. W. Barnett
Mexia
W. N. Martin
Vernon
R. C. Lanning
Jackson
Nature Boy Johnny Found Near Houston After Forest Chase
A 14 year old wild child known as Nature Boy Johnny was captured near Splendora Texas after a 15 minute chase. Naturalist Larry Dean and a newspaperman brought him to Houston for a brief visit and a store bought haircut before returning him to his forest home. Johnny cannot talk and reportedly eats uncooked meat, living with a large family that let him roam the woods.
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Houston
Civilization
Larry Dean
Johnny
Johnny Swinging
la Tarzan
Dean
Splendora
Texas
Fast Getting Well Milam County Blue Baby
Linda Sweaks, a 27 month old Milam County girl known as a blue baby, is regaining strength after a heart operation at Children's Hospital in Dallas. Six weeks after June 22 surgery, she can walk short distances by herself and shows improved color, appetite, and weight from 16 pounds 10 ounces at admission to about 15 pounds 12 ounces now.
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Cameron
Linda Sweaks
Milam County
Claude Sweaks
Route 2
Linda
Children’s Hospital
Dallas
Battle Triumphs In Virginia Race
State Senator John S. Battle was nominated Tuesday as Virginia governor in a Democratic primary. He led Francis Pickens Miller and others with 98,120 votes to 75,777 for Miller and 35,289 for Horace Edwards, as returns came in from most precincts.
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Richmond
John S. Battle
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Francis Pickens Miller
Battle
Miller
Horace H. Edwards
Remmie L. Arnold
Austin Chamber seeks faster T and NO trains to Houston
Austin Chamber of Commerce directors voted to urge the Texas and New Orleans Railroad to provide faster daily passenger service between Austin and Houston and to oppose the railroad's plan to abandon day trains. A committee will press the Railroad Commission on August 23 with improved schedules and service. About 40 UT students will protest any service cuts.
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Austin Chamber of Commerce
Texas and New Orleans
Austin
Houston
Joe C. Carrington
Austin-Houston
Carrington
I. W. Davis
Traffic and Transportation
University of Texas
Mountain Cave Loot Worth 12000 Found Near San Diego
Police report a mountain cave near San Diego containing loot from a three day crime wave valued at 12000. Six holdups ten burglaries tied to a trio, two 17 and one 18, accounted for most city crimes with fur coats radios cameras jewelry liquor rifles and pistols in the hidden cache.
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San Diego
Calif
A. E. Jansen
Congress to Offer Two Tideland Measures
House Speaker Rayburn after a conference announced two tideland bills will be introduced. One would place federal management over most tidelands while another, supported by tideland states, would grant coastal submerged lands to states up to three miles from shore except Texas where three leagues extend.
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Washington
Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Clark
Interior Krug
Bergquist Named Assistant Manager of AEDF in Austin
Howard Bergquist, former Pittsburgh advertising executive, has been named assistant manager of the Austin Area Economic Development Foundation. The appointment follows the resignation of William O. Harwell as manager. Dr. Frank W. Jessen announced the change. Bergquist, a University of Illinois commerce graduate, moved to Austin in 1948 and impressed staff with his plan for technical and industrial development aligned with the city’s educational goals.
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Stephen F. Austin
W. O. Harwell
Walter E. Long
Long
Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Howard Bergquist
Pittsburgh
Austin
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Frank W. Jessen
William O. Harwell
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Jessen
Bergquist
Foundation
Chicago
College of Commerce and Busine
University of Illinois
Southwest
Saraquist
The
Development Foundation
Hospital Board of Hospitals and Special Schools elected chairman
The Texas Hospital and Special Schools Board swore in its members on Tuesday and elected Claud Gilmer as permanent chairman with H. D. Zachry as vice chairman. The group, created by HB 1, will assume control September 1 of 22 state eleemosynary institutions with about 22,000 patients and 3,800 employees, operating on an $18 million first-year budget. Governor Shivers emphasized practical construction of facilities and a solid financial program.
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Board For
T' Board
Claud Gilm
H. D
Pat) Zachr
San Antonio
John E. Hines
Austin
Allan Shivers
John H. Sharp
Line Court
Shivers
Bauford Jester
Jester
Durwood Manford
John B. McDonald
C. P. McKnight
Board of Control
Banrd
Youth Development Council
Brady
Gatesville
Gainesville
Board of
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