Zoning Board Recommends Beer Sales Policy Change
The zoning board of adjustment forwards a plan to create a separate off site packaged beer zone in C-1 or amend the ordinance to allow such sales in Commercial C-1. The council previously rejected changing from C to C-2 for Big Bear on Burnet Road. A split would ease zoning but faces opposition from residents who fear liquor stores nearby.
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Zoning Board of Adjustment
H. F. Kuehne
Big Bear
Burnet Road
Wholesale Food Index Rises to New High
The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food index climbed nearly 2 percent for the week, reaching $5.84 the highest since Feb. 1. Gains across grains, livestock, butter and other commodities lifted the index from $5.73 a week earlier, while rye beef potatoes and currants declined. The index covers 31 commonly used foods and is not a cost of living measure.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Brad Street
Elephants Face Doubled Ferry Fare Across Hudson
Interstate Commerce Commission examiner backs higher tariffs for the Weehawken Hudson crossing. Elephants riding the NYC to Weehawken route would pay $2.80 instead of $1.40, reflecting a new fare suggestion.
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Washington
Weehawken
Hudson River
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York City
N. J
New Pedernales Bridge and Route Paving Plan
The Pedernales bridge near Ranch Highway 93 will open this week with asphalt paving planned at a $285000 cost. A contract for paving the 33.6 mile Austin Marble Falls highway will be let August 16 to begin early surfacing across Travis Blanco and Burnet counties.
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Austin
Marble Falls
The
Lakes
Travis
Blanco and Burnet Counties
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Highway Commission
Pedernales
Public Plea for Get Well Cards for Dying Son
A Buckeye New Mexico mother urges readers to send cheerful letters and get well cards to Clar Linden a 9 year old boy from Lea County who has cancer doctors termed incurable. Clar has spent most of his time in a Dallas hospital and is now in a local hospital near his grandparents hoping to return to school and his third grade class.
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D. C. Underwood
Buckeye
Lea County
N. M
Clar Linden
Dallas
National Guardsman Killed in Plane Crash
A National Guard F47 Thunderbolt propeller fighter plane crashed during a routine training flight near Lawrence New York killing the pilot. The aircraft, identified by McGuire Field Fort Dix New Jersey, crashed on the landscaped estate of S Ralph Lazrus president of the Benrus Watch Company. Identification of the pilot was withheld pending family notification.
Patchwork Evidence Sends Pair to Pokey
Two Dallas Negro men were jailed after a store proprietor called police when they attempted to pass a forged government check. One man tore the check into fragments during a stair chase. Secret Service agents recovered about 75 pieces and reconstructed the document in a half hour.
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Dallas
Secret Service
Ambassador Douglas Recovers From Cataract Operation
London reports American Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas is progressing satisfactorily after cataract removal on an eye injured in a fishing accident last April. Embassy sources say he may leave hospital by week’s end.
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Lewis W. Douglas
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