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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1950
Page
17
Spencer Rambo aged 20 and Eugene Wiland aged 19 visited the US Navy exhibit at the Chicago Fair of 1950 and promptly enlisted at the Navy recruiting station.
In Durango Colorado sheriff says an old broken beer bottle focused sunrays on dry underbrush and pine needles starting a mountain forest fire. No injuries reported and authorities investigated the blaze sparked by the shattered bottle.
Chicago report shows Raymond Kolman, 15, winning a cake baking contest over many teenage girls. He asserts that the best cooks are men, boasting after his victory.
Approximately 1,300 Austin children will attend parochial schools this fall. Catholic and Lutheran schools plan kindergarten through eighth grade with Holy Cross and Holy Family for colored students and Holy Family predicting 75 enrollments. St. Mary’s Cathedral School is the oldest, St Paul’s Lutheran School has a long tenure, and All Saints’ All Saints School operates a small, structured program with nursery to first grade.
London reports that the Festival of Britain organizers plan jazz concerts to compensate for losses on symphony programs. The new South Bank concert hall will host jazz, with John Shore stating he will let promoters choose the bands to feature.
An American firm outlines a bridge across the Messina Straits linking Italy and Sicily. The two mile span would cost over 33 million dollars and create about 8,000 jobs for two years. The firm would build operate for 20 years and then transfer to Italy. The proposed span would be the world’s longest.
In Khartoum a Sudan court hears a case where a jailed man in Torit instance caused a disturbance during sentencing. A member drew a penknife and brandished it claiming he only wanted to sharpen his pencil.
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