Polio rate in Texas may have leveled off
Texas polio continues a high national tally with 95 new cases in the week ending July 29 and 67 deaths in the first six months. Governor Cox notes signs of leveling, while Travis County reports 21 cases and five deaths, Austin city limits accounting for most county cases. Eleven patients remain in Brackenridge Hospital ward in good condition.
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Austin May Set Traffic Safety Record in 1949
The city of Austin hopes to keep its low traffic death toll for five more months to set a modern safety record. Through July only two traffic deaths have occurred, with 137 major accidents versus a 170 to 180 month average. Chief W. W. Blackman notes the city is far from the hump as vacation month gives way to football crowds.
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Date Set for City County Meeting on Gambling Policy
The County Commissioners Court will set a date this week for a joint conference with the City Council to discuss future gambling case policy. Mayor Glass asked Judge Johnson to schedule the meeting, which is planned for next week. Emma Long, back from vacation, aims to move gambling cases to the city’s corporation court and officials will also consider a shared building for county and city law enforcement.
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Clarendon Telephone Executive Dies at 77
Clarendon resident Olive Genevieve Bauer 77 co owner of the towns first telephone exchange died Monday night in a Memphis hospital. She was the first baby born at Mercy Hospital Des Moines Iowa.
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Lake lowering planned for 1950 on Lake Austin
Mayor Taylor Glass announced Lake Austin will be lowered again in 1950 to kill duck weeds and undergrowth hindering navigation. Tentative dates June 1 to 15 were agreed with Max Starcke of the Lower Colorado River Authority to allow Camp Tom D. Wooten on Bull Creek to open June 18.
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Waddell Named Editor of Cactus
Corsicana resident Robert W. Waddell was chosen editor of the Cactus University of Texas yearbook from eight applicants. The Student Board of Publication selected him, with the Ranger and Daily Texan editors abstaining. No spring-election candidates existed for the post.
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San Angelo
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Tyler
Picard Wagner
Baird
Sidewalk Ripping Charged to Pair
Azusa California police fined John Raju and Kenneth Cophan 100 dollars each after they ripped up 48 blocks of cement leaving 87 feet of sidewalk missing. Officers said the men admitted plans to use the blocks for their patios.
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De Molays Initiate Six Austin Members
Six Austin boys were initiated Monday night into the Stephen F. Austin chapter of De Molay at the Scottish Rite Temple. They are James Powell Jr, Robert Dodson, Rudolph Willie, Larry Smith, Sunny Hamilton and Henry Ludsinger. Degrees will be conferred at the next meeting in two weeks with councilors Wiley Mangum, James Orr and Don Schmidt.
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Speedwriting offers quick path to work says Louanne
Miss Louanne Moncrief touts Speedwriting as a six week route to a good paying job. She credits rapid mastery to a simple method with no symbols or drilling and notes only approved schools teach it. In Austin the course is at Durham's Business College 600A Lavaca Street and Durham's is state approved.
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Two New Bridges Scheduled to Open in Texas Weekend
Two bridges costing over 500000 are set to open this weekend. The Pedernales River bridge near Marble Falls will carry Ranch Highway 93 toward Llano and Houston, while the Colorado River bridge in Travis County will provide a west bank link near Lake Austin.
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