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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1949
Page
7
In Phoenix the mail for Bobby Byers, a four year old cancer patient given weeks to live, began to taper after more than 200000 letters and packages arrived. A special mail truck delivered items and the Byers consider donating many gifts to other ill children as Bobby remains very ill.
Fifty Chicago Negroes sue Lockport Township for 75000 in damages over zoning changes they say limit home building to one dwelling on 20 acres. They seek an injunction and accuse officials of enforcing a new ordinance that damaged property values. Named defendants include Supervisor Lester Schrader Clerk Louis Hardy and several Justices of the Peace and constables.
Hereford ends its first post century strike when local businessmen threaten to send union pickets packing. About 100 Hereford merchants meet with John H. Henslee of Local 688 Amarillo to urge withdrawal of pickets from the Jim Hill Hotel project. Ratliff says the move aims to replace local non union labor with Amarillo union workers.
A jumble of film titles and feature starts across Paramount ae Monene Capitol TEXAS AUSTIN DRIVE IN and other venues. Listings include Casablanca Em Cowboy Strawberry Gene Autry and Ragtime with scattered times and notes on boardmen and performers.
The American automobile industry produced 4,797,650 passenger cars and trucks in 1947, marking a strong postwar output level for industry totals and manufacturing capacity.
President Truman announced a frank and factual China policy and the State Department released a detailed volume charting American-Chinese relations over more than a century, focusing on the past five years and the Communist rise, noting public release could influence events in China.
President Truman signed a bill to compensate an Alaskan grower for losses attributed to gunfire and aircraft. The claim noted foxes entered an island in Kodiak Channel seeking a quiet refuge away from disturbances.
Prisoners at the Walker County jail escaped Tuesday night and were recaptured by the Walker County Posse on Thursday. The wife of one escapee, identified as Douglas, 4, was also charged with related offenses.
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