Florence Opens Self Help Hospital and Clinic in Texas
Florence Texas dedication marks the opening of a new 13 500 dollar hospital and clinic funded by 554 local shareholders. Dr George E Strickland leads the hospital, crowning a town effort to secure medical care after years without a resident physician. Secretary John Ben Shepperd lauds Florence citizens for democratic initiative.
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Texas
John Ben Shep
America
Shepperd
Florence Clinic
Jackie
Washington
Local Oculist Seeks Dismissal of Anti Trust Suit
An Austin Texas eye doctor filed a brief in the US District Court in Chicago arguing lack of jurisdiction in the government anti trust case against optical companies and oculists. Dr P FE Suehs contends the suit targets a class not named individually and seeks dismissal for the entire group. The filing aims to vacate Judge Labays 1948 order requiring the class defendants to show why 22 doctors named individually were representative.
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Austin
Texas
Friday
US District Court
P. FE
Suchs
Suehs
Walter J. Labay
Pageant Draws 2000 Spectators in Austin Recreation Gala
More than 2000 people crowded West Austin Playground Friday to see 100 children from 17 city playgrounds perform in a gala two ring circus and pageant ending the summer season. Mayor Taylor Glass opened with citizenship awards to four outstanding youngsters from each playground, as Beverly Sheffield praised the department's 50 staffers. Jack Swenson announced acts from a ringmaster's tower as the Boys' and Girls' Municipal Band provided music under Weldon Covington.
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West Austin
Taylor Glass
City Recreation Riment
Beverly Sheffield
Glass
W T. Johnson
Sheffield
Recreation Department
Austin
Jack Swenson
Weldon Covington
Assault Charged In Gangland War In Austin
A 17 year old Austin youth was charged with aggravated assault after a gang related attack in East Austin. Bond set at 500 dollars for Ollie Keeto Wilson of 2208 Haskell Street. Three youths, two girls and a boy, attacked two girls aged 13 and 14. one girl suffered a knife wound, another minor bruising. Police detained the group and turned one juvenile over to probation.
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Austin
East Austin
Ollie (Keeto) Wilson
Haskell Street
This Sergeant Speaks For Many Young Men
In Libby Montana Fred B Metzger a 32 year old sergeant in the volunteer Marine reserve writes from the 13th Marine reserve headquarters Seattle Aug 25 awaiting orders. He says the waiting is worse than the going and asks for orders for a good 155 millimeter gunner.
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Seattle
Fred B. Metzger
13Th Marine Reserve
Libby
Mont
Metzger
Volunteer Marine Reserve
Taegu Front Battle Updates and Air Strikes Reported
Saturday reports say South Korean forces halted a Taegu crisis as Reds fail to mount a major attack for days. Air power claims include 15 tanks likely lost and B29 bombings on Hungnam Wonsan and Seoul areas.
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Paik Sun Yip
Paul L. Freeman
Roanoke
Kumbwa-Taegu
Pyongyang
Crgender ‘Se "Sci
Stan Swinton
Masan
Pusan
William Shinn
Air Force
Army and State Press Quick Four Lane Belton Temple Link
The United States Army and the Texas Highway Commission push for the fastest completion of a new four lane Belton to Temple arterial. Bell County is to remove obstructions and finish right-of-way purchases. Highway Engineer D C Greer is urged to begin plans and start work on three bridges costing 400 000 on the route. The current road, called the in Visible track, bottlenecks the Austin Dallas Fort Worth corridor.
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Texas Highway Commission
Belton
Temple
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Highway Department
Commission
Bell County
D. C. Greer
Weather report summary for Central Texas weekend
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers possible Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures near 98 degrees high and low around ABS. Sunrise around 7:01 AM and moonrise around 6:48 PM with mild fluctuations expected. readings show little change in the period.
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Austin
Moonrise
Zama
Donor Sends One Back To Voice of America
A state department note reports an anonymous donor mailed a final one dollar to bolster Voice of America radio. The envelope bore a Sarasota Florida postmark and funds must go to the US Treasury under government rules.
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Voice of America
Washington
State Department
Voice
Sarasota, Fla
US Treasury
San Angelo prints Brownwood Bulletin using outside presses
Fire heavily damaged the Brownwood Bulletin press delaying production. The San Angelo Standard-Times lent their presses and a pilot flew page mats from Brownwood to San Angelo for composition and printing.
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Brownwood Bulletin
Brownwood
Standard-Times
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Houston Harte
Bulletin
Telegraph
Mack Boswell
Detectives Probe Three Minor Robberies
City detectives Friday investigated three thefts. W C Trousdale reported a hydraulic tool stolen from his car at 618 East Sixth Street. Augustina Cantu said an oil stove vanished from her back porch on East 14th Street. Roy Peach reported a portable typewriter taken from his room on Archway Street last Saturday.
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East Sixth Street
Augustina Cantu
East 14Th Street
Roy Peach
Archway
Firefighters Move To File Suit For 20 Percent Pay Rise
Half the Austin Firefighters Association voted Friday to file a mandamus suit against the city seeking a 20 percent pay rise. The other half will meet Saturday to decide, with a clear path if they join. The vote follows City Council action shifting wage questions back to firefighters after a four point plan for a 10 percent rise plus improved retirement and pensions was adopted.
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Austin Firefighters Association
Steen Smith
Smith
Three Texans Listed As Casualties in War
Korean War casualty list No. 75 lists three Texans wounded in action and one missing in action all Army personnel. Names include Private Nathaniel Arrington of Fort Worth Corporal Bloyce Bradford of Alto Private First Class Alfredo A Villarreal of Falfurrias and Master Sergeant Manuel A Aldeis of El Paso.
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Deelia Anthony
Fort Worth
Bloyce Bradford
Clara Bradford
Alto
Alfredo A. Villarreal
Delfina Arevalo Villarreal
Falfurrias
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Alice Aldeis
el Paso
Auto Truck Crash Near Boerne Kills One Injures Two
A car truck collision five miles north of Boerne killed W. D. Wease 35 of Nelson City and injured two others. Injured were E. K. Flach Jr driver of Wease s auto and Mrs Roy Terry of Kerrville, another passenger.
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Boerne
W. D. Wease
Nelson City
E. K. Flach Jr
Wease
Roy Terry
Kerrville
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