County Weighs Bond Move For Congress Bridge Widening
County Judge Tom E. Johnson weighs asking the attorney general who owns the Congress Avenue bridge as a step toward financing widening. City officials favor a county bond issue, arguing the county can fund next year while the city would face bond limits. The 1908 bridge sits on a state highway, now maintained by the city, with ownership questions tied to the 1939 bond assumption act.
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Wray Weddell
Tom E. Johnson
Austin
Congress Avenue
Travis County
Johnson
County Commissioners Court
Commissioners Court
South Austin
Colorado River
Congress
Guadalupe
Lavaca
South First
Travis
UT Requests 38 Million for Next Biennium Budget
The University of Texas seeks about 38 million dollars for the 1951 52 to 1952 53 biennium to offset tuition declines and inadequate funding. The Main Campus asks 15 157 302 dollars, including 13 738 546 for the core campus and 300 000 for salary increases. The plan adds new divisions and programs, with a Graduate School of Social Work and University Publishing Division.
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University of Texas
State Board of Control
J. C. Dolley
Dolley
Lso
Graduate School of Social Work
New University of Publishing Division
Ammount
Memorial Museum
Galveston Medical
Southwestern Medical
Dallas
Dental
Houston
M. D. Anderson Cancer School
Galveston
University Post Graduate School of Medicine
San Antonio
Texas Western
el Paco
Texas 36th Infantry Division Receives Superior Armory Rating
Army commands announce that the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas National Guard earned a superior rating at the annual armory inspection. Lieutenant General Leroy Lutes praised administration and leadership across officers and NCOs, with commendations to command and staff. The letter, made public in Austin by Lt. Gen. Ernest Thompson, notes the historic unit’s strong performance as it heads into two weeks of annual training starting this coming Sunday.
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Fourth Army
Texas National Guard
36Th Infantry Division
Leroy Lutes
H. Miller Ainsworth
Lutes
Austin
Ernest Thompson
Texas
UT Professors to Attend Dallas Conference with 48 Foreign Experts
Dean W. R. Woolrich and Dr Byron E. Short of the University of Texas College of Engineering will travel to Dallas Friday for conferences with 48 refrigeration experts from western Europe. The group tours the US under ECA sponsorship to study US methods for handling transporting and storing perishable foods. The ECA asked UT professors to join the Dallas meeting.
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W. R. Woolrich
Byron E. Short
University of Texas College of Engineering
Dallas
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
City postpones beer hearing on zoning amendment
City Council delayed a hearing on relaxing take home beer rules until Sept 7 due to a missing 15 day notice. The proposal would allow grocery stores and ice plants in C 1 districts to sell beer in six pack cartons, challenging current C 2 packaging rules amid WCTU opposition.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
Chalmers Teenagers Present Play Tonight at Courts
Chalmers Courts hosts an original community night play Friday at 8 p m. The Eight O Clock Choir is authored by Joyce Johnson with Terry Holtz and John Martinez directing. Cast includes Joyce Norma Jean Clydine Nancy Forest and Carl Wayne Stiflemeier. Admission is free.
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Chalmers Courts
Terry Holtz
Joyce Johnson
John Martinez
Miss Holtz
Norma Jean Johnson
Clydine Johnson
Nancy Johnson
Forest Stewart
Carl Wayne Stiflemeier
Chalmers Avenue
Third Street
Red Cross Extends Help to UN Troops in Korea Front
The American Red Cross offers a four point welfare program to United Nations forces in Korea. It would provide counseling, information transmission, comfort articles, and limited recreation. Leaders in nine nations including Great Britain and Canada have agreed to join as their troops arrive.
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American Red Cross
United Nations
Korea
Red Cross
Red Cross Societies
Great Britain
Australia
Netherlands
Philippines
Thailand
New Zealand
Bolivia
Canada
United States
Tokyo
TEC Head Views State Manpower
W H Farmer Texas Employment Commission administrator previews manpower mobilization for industry and agriculture. He says states will administer mobilization with federal co operation and no new Washington agency is planned unless Texas fails in the initial job. He emphasizes maintaining war production while limiting civilian disruption to aid troops in Korea.
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Texas
W. H. Farmer
Texas Employment Commission
Farmer
Washington
TEC
Korea
Imaginary Ball Won Real Hole in One in Guadalajara
Staging a peculiar golf tale, Don Enrique, a British businessman, plays half a round without a ball to train his swing and ends with a hole in one on the final par 3. The narrator, an American observer, joins for a friendly challenge and witnesses a dramatic finish.
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Mexico
Guadalajara
Jin
Don Enrique
J. M. Delcurto
Council Delays Action on City Employee Pay Increase
The City Council deferred adopting a resolution for a 1951 pay hike and benefits for municipal workers until next week. The plan ties salaries to private-sector equivalence, funds it within next year’s budget without a tax rise, and faces AFL Austin Firefighters Association opposition demanding 15 to 20 percent raises and a possible suit to force an election.
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Emma Long
Scaes
AFL
Austin Firefighters Association
Fire Association
Lions Club governors plan crippled children camp meeting
Eight Lions Club district governors representing 615 clubs meet at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel for the annual executive meeting. They discuss a Kerrville crippled children’s camp under construction expected to operate soon. National president Herb C. Perry will attend. local clubs plan a 7:30 p.m. chicken barbecue at Sun Valley Ranch to honor them.
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Lions Club
Lions Clubs
Stephen F. Austin
Marlow C. Fisher
Kerrville
Herb C. Perry
Sun Valley Ranch
Rehabilitation workers face main problems from handicapped adjustments
J. J. Brown state director of vocational rehabilitation told Junior Chamber of Commerce members the department trains guides disabled persons and places them in jobs. He cited police, auto and industrial accidents as the state’s greatest cripplers. A South Austin Civic Club delegation urged widening the Congress Avenue bridge.
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J. J. Brown
Chamber of Commerce
State Education Agency
Brown
Driskillotel
South Austin
Wild Elephant Movie Tops Library Show
A film depicting a wild elephant roundup tops the City Library free kids program Saturday morning. The event begins at 10:15 a.m. in the basement auditorium. Other titles shown include Ride Em Cowboy and The Hare and the Tortoise.
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Charles A. Sumners
St. David's Episcopal Church
Neal Douglass
Legislative Budget Board
Senate Finance Committee
Main University
36Th State Guard
Engineering Press
Chalmers
Fish and Oyster Commission
Game Commission
TEC Head
Crippled Children Lions Club
Jaycees
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