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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1949
Page
3
President Truman said Congress failure to fund enforcement forced lifting rent controls from about a third of affected areas. Housing Expeditor Woods announced controls will end by Oct 1 in those regions, with details to follow. The rent control law expires next July 1.
The Federal Security Agency reports 1947 life expectancy rising for white women to 70.6 and for white men to 65.2, about two years higher than prewar levels. non white groups show lower but increasing life expectancy with women at 61.9 and men at 57.9.
The government launches a large scale grain storage drive in the Midwest to back its price support program for 1948 corn and other grains. Thousands of storage structures will be built across Iowa Illinois Indiana South Dakota Ohio Nebraska Minnesota Missouri Wisconsin and other states at an estimated cost near 150 million dollars. Capital Prefabricators Incorporated of Tyler Texas received a contract for 1 600 000 bushels of storage capacity.
In a six story downtown Pittsburgh blaze at the Buhl Building a 32 year old elevator operator Sally Rahn ferried dozens from upper floors carrying terrified passengers. Two people suffered burns and a third was treated for hysteria as flames confined to a jewelry firm’s second floor forced evacuation.
Four large Elazer fireflies from Mexico or Brazil emit strong glow enabling a book to be read. The report notes the insects’ ability to illuminate pages, highlighting extraordinary nighttime visibility.
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