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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1950
Page
6
Hollywood sources report actor Mickey Rooney and his third wife Martha Vickers have separated. Rooney reportedly left for an outing in Houston on Friday night.
The Senate finance committee debated reductions to the excess profits tax after hearings. Chair George and Treasury Secretary Snyder favored a 60 to 65 percent cap, aiming to ease the House plan which would tax excess profits at 75 percent with a 67 percent overall limit.
Belgian officials accuse Soviet agents of kidnapping Nina Davidovanna a 13 year old displaced girl of Ukrainian origin. She is believed held at the Soviet embassy in Brussels prompting police guard at the embassy and port and border watch to prevent removal. Nina was found abandoned in Germany and placed with Caritas Catholica.
The column lists funeral services for Bertram E. Giesecke at Weed-Corley with burial at Austin Memorial Park, Oliver H. Cole at Hylton Manor with Oakwood Cemetery burial, Jackie Wayne Meredith at Rogers Hill Cemetery, Melvin Bryant of Austin with Mexia burial, infant Heinze at Marble Falls, Mrs. Chester Roberts at First Baptist Church Oak Hill Cemetery, and additional details on survivors and pallbearers across multiple Austin area figures.
The Los Angeles Examiner claims Everitt A. Hudson, a UC Los Angeles student, died under mysterious circumstances two years ago and suggests he was killed to suppress Communist Party secrets. Investigators for the state un American activities committee are said to have found evidence of suspicions. Hudson was 21, son of Beverly Hills architect W. Asa Hudson, and his body was found in a concrete furnace pit in 1948.
Peace Justice Whit Boyd returned an inquest verdict of gunshot deaths by unknown persons in the slaying of Minnie Lee Jenkins 45 and her son Homer O. Jenkins Jr. 18 at their Kennedale home near Fort Worth. The body shows 14 chest shots from a bolt action .22 rifle with bullets found in the ceiling, case left open for further investigation.
Kristian Rassa 56 year old displaced person from Estonia died from a skull fracture after being struck by a car while crossing a street en route to work. He and his family arrived a year ago under sponsorship of A G Herrick. Survivors include his widow and two daughters. Houston’s 1950 traffic deaths rise to 64, second highest in the nation.
R L Bob Burch a former Wichita Falls police captain was given a life term for harboring escaped convict Billy Wayne Powers. Powers testified Burch sheltered him at home and aided a $1500 safe cracking. Burch faces five burglary charges.
In Wolf Point Montana a county draft board chairman B Reid Taylor 50 and a board member were suspended for five days amid protests over inducting Roosevelt County men. Taylor called the job a heartache and said the board would not draft more until national resources, including the atom bomb, were mobilized.
Postmaster Bob Phinney announced Friday that stamps and parcel post service will be available Saturday afternoon at two downtown locations. Parcel post and stamp windows will be open at the Post Office Annex Sixth and Colorado and at the Parcel Post Station 900 West Fifth Street until 6 p.m.
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