Camp Wooten Season Closes For Boy Scouts in Texas
Seven weeks of Camp Wooten ended with 713 scouts and 37 leaders from 15 Central Texas counties. Seventh week campers included Troops 6 10 11 12 21 30 50 41 95 157 175 with listed names and staffers F E Davis Ray Ealy L eo Lee Dieter my Art Owen Kenneth Snipes Jae Joe Gault Willard Chilmore and Camp Ranger A M Venne.
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Camp Wooten
Boy Scouts of the Capitol Area Council
Central
Texas
Andre Bruchard
Melvin Putnam
Peter Oliver
Eddie Mellon
David Kunz
Joe Murphy
John Dilworth
Bobby Elkin
Louis Page
Oakley Townsend
Tony Mayne
Michael Stokes
Bobby Jo Hetzel
Jerry Smith
Ed Willingham
Georgetown
Richard Wilson
Frank Mackenson
Hutto
Frederick Petmecky
Travis
F. E. Davis
Travis Field
Ray Ealy
Leo Lee
Dietermy Art Owen
Kenneth Snipes
Jae Joe Gault
Willard Chilmore
A. M. Venne
Police Probing Two More Bicycle Thefts Near Theaters
Austin police investigate two additional bicycle thefts reported near theaters. Bobby Allen of 1000 Baylor Street said his bike disappeared from the Ritz Theater on Monday, and Leland Walton of 2003 Sabine Street reported his bike stolen at the Yank Theater on Sunday.
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Austin
Bobby Allen
Baylor Street
Ritz Theater
Leland Walton
Sabine Street
Tax unit to mail notices of assessment changes September
The city tax department will mail about 9500 notices around September 1 informing property owners of revised assessments, upward or downward. Changes may be appealed to the City Tax Board by filing with the tax department. Board hearings are expected in mid September or soon after. The mailing volume is normal, matching last year.
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City Tax Department
City Tax Board
Tax Department
Unclear Weather Forecast Fragments From OCR
Fragmentary forecast indicates partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers. Hourly readings and sun data mention Austin and Monton areas, with sunrise and sunset times, but the text is garbled and hard to interpret.
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Tore
Austin
UT Fraternity Names Austinite as Delegate
Willis Smith of Austin has been named delegate to the 22nd biennial Lambda Chi convention by the University of Texas chapter. The convention runs Sept 3 to 6 in Chicago Indiana and more than 500 delegates from 137 chapters in the United States and Canada are expected.
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Willis Smith
Austin
Lambda Chi Fraternity
University of Texas
Chicago
United States
Canada
Harvard Climbers Reach Unconquered Peak In Andes Feat
Harvard students James Maxwell and Dave Harrah summited Mount Yerapaja the Butcher of the Andes after a perilous 16 hour trek. They reached the summit at 5 p.m. amid gale winds and subzero cold while frostbitten feet and exposure threatened. A rescue crew later retrieved the pair as companions and support climbers aided the ascent.
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Lima
Peru
Harvard
Yerapaja
Io Americas
Dave Harrah
Seattle
Wash
James Maxwell
Braintree
Mass
Harrah
Maxwell
John Sack
W. W. Graham Matthews
Andes
George Bell
Austin Riggs
Charles Crush
Auto Victim Remains In Critical Condition
Lamon York Ratliff, 69, of Liano, injured in a Thursday auto crash near Leander, remains in critical condition at Brackenridge Hospital. He suffered a fractured leg bone and severe internal injuries after his car skidded, overturned and burned about a mile and a half north of Leander.
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Lamon York Ratliff
Liano
Brackenridge Hospital
Ratliff
Leander
Texans Dominate War Injured List
The Department of Defense released names of Texas casualties from Korea. Killed in action include Sergeant First Class From Bowie Bishop and Captain Lyndell M. Southerland of Marshall. Wounded include Private First Class Dennis Harvest of Dallas and others across El Paso, San Antonio, Houston, Laredo, Abilene and more.
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Washington
Department of Defense
Texas
Bowie
Bishop
Presiliano Galbon
Mount Calm
Lyndell M. Southerland
Marshall
Francisco Almedia
el Paso
Willie J. Baty
Mexia
Taylor Davis Jr
San Antonio
Chauncey B. Dupree
Highbank
Frank P. Fruia
Houston
Humberto Garza
Laredo
James D. Gauswell
Dallas
James A. Geiger
Joe T. Granado
J. R. Mayers
Waco
Lorenzo Owens
Abilene
Jim H. Price
Lufkin
Henry G. Rosa
van Horn
Elliott C. Shannon
Simon M. Solise
Nacogdoches
Edward R. Stevens
Millsap
Billy R. Whidby
Dennis Harvest
William W. Lee
Wichita Falls
Roberto Telles
James A. Walker
Temple
Red Cross First Aid Instructor Course Opens Aug 15
The second of six Travis County Red Cross first aid instructors courses will open Aug 15, led by Mrs. Homer R. Mayhall. Classes meet Tuesdays and Fridays at 1 30 p m at the Wesley Foundation, University Methodist Church, and the first session starts Tuesday at 7 p m in the Calcasieu Lumber Company auditorium.
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Travis County Red Cross
Homer R. Mayhall
Wesley Foundation
University Methodist Church
Mayhall
Calcasieu Lumber Company
B29 Crash Kills 17. No Sabotage Found
Air Force investigators said no sabotage evidence exists in the B 29 crash near Fairfield Suisun that killed 17. Brigadier General Robert T. Travis among the dead. Ramoneda cited for possible Soldier's Medal after sacrificing himself during the rescue attempt.
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Fairfield-Suisun
Cal
Air Force
Mare Island
Robert T. Travis
Washington, D. C
Arlington National Cemetery
Letterman General Host
San Francisco
Paul P. Ramoneda
One Way UT Area Before Traffic Chief
City launches a one way street plan in the University of Texas area as Walter Seaholm assigns traffic duties to W H Klapproth. Plans from the City Plan Commission will be reviewed with aim to start before the University fall semester mid September.
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University of Texas
City Traffic and Transportation Bureau
Walter Seaholm
University District
W. H. Klapproth
Klapproth
City Plan Commission
Seaholm
Bergstrom Reserve Liaison Office to Open Six Days
Bergstrom Air Force Base will run a reserve liaison office six days a week from 7 am to 4 pm Monday through Saturday. First Lieutenant John L. Hall said the move adds staff to help reservists with affairs and ordering documents. Reservists with questions can contact Reserve Operations RAFB at extension 22.
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
John L. Hall
Hall
Board To Consider 1951 School Budget
The Austin School Board will begin reviewing the 1951 budget Tuesday announced by School Superintendent Irby B. Carruth. The meeting in the Bickler Building at 2 15 p m will also consider several transfer requests from county to city schools, typically approved as routine.
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Austin
Irby B. Carruth
Bickler
Offensive Drives Through Chinju Pusan Front In Korea
American forces pushed toward Chinju and Pusan in a three pronged assault. The Fifth Marine Regiment and the Army’s Fifth Regimental Combat Team made gains around Chindong and Chinju area, with about 9,000 troops in action. Casualties rose as Red resistance remained stiff along the 140 mile defense perimeter.
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Chinju
Pusan
Fifth Marine Regiment
Chindong
Chinjo
35Th
25Th Division
35Th Regiment
35Th Infantry
Eighth Army
Lambert
Pusan- Chinju
William B. Kean
Pershings
Fifth Air Force
Fifth
Naktong
24Th Division
Sth
Pugong
Taegu
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Guadalupe
UT Fraternity
Austinite
Korean Front
First Marine Division
Red Cross
Baldwin Park
Calif
Ramoneda
Raymond M. Hubbard
Ninth Group Service Squadron
Bergstrom
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