Truman Seeks AEC Chairman From Long Candidate List
President Truman reportedly compiled a long list of industrialists and scientists to choose a new Atomic Energy Commission chairman to replace David Lilienthal. Potential candidates include Chester I. Barnard, Thomas A. Morgan, Charles E. Wilson, Lewis Douglas, and W. Averell Harriman, with Paul G. Hoffman also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Carl A. Ilgenfritz
US Steel
Ilgenfritz
Crop Winners Highlight 4-H Achievements in Burnet County
Kermit Hees of Pflugerville led the contest with 60 bushels per acre on manure plots and 40 on unfertilized ground, earning $42 per acre on three acres of corn and $40.65 on three acres of milo. Other top finishers include Robert Lawrence Pfluger and Don Weiss of the Pflugerville club, with yields ranging from 44 to 54 bushels per acre and profits up to $43.01 per acre. The report notes 28 boys entered and lists top ten placers, followed by Cotton Referendum voting plans and a new Burnet Junior Livestock Show. A new farmer, George R. Stein, bought land near Luling to stock cattle and rotate soil, planning a soil rebuilding program. An electrically propelled mailbox concept round closes the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Shanks
Kermit Hees
Pflugerville
Travis County
Nanneare
Woyvriovls
A. J. Maloney Company
International Harvester Company
Hees
Robert Lawrence Pfluger
Pflugerville Club
Young Pfluger
Don Weiss
Roland Wieland
Milo
Dowell Peterson
Kimbro Club
Lawrence Matetzschk
Manor Club
Peterson
Matetzschk
F. B. Ashmore
Paul Mehner
Don Lee Weiss
H. L. Weiss
Maloney
Burnet County
R. M. Deaver
Murray Williams
Bertram
L. N Kirkpatrick
Elmer Smith
Burnet
Wendell L. Phillips
E. D. Joost Jr
Marble Falls
James C. Sawyer
W. H. Pittard
Fred Cherry
Don Fox
George R. Stein
Princes, Tex, and
Stanley
Luling
Plum Creek
Houston Highway
Stein
Alec Clary
Etheridge Place
Tarrytown Church Clears Mortgage on New Building
The Tarrytown Methodist Church at 2701 Exposition announced it is debt free during Sunday service. Led by Rev. Ted Richardson the church plans January dedication, a January expansion plan, and a January dedication by Bishop A Frank Smith. The congregation now numbers 326 with a $90000 investment in the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrytown Methodist Church
Ted Richardson
Richardson
A. Frank Smith
Houston
Tarrytown
Twelve Arrested in Austin Dice Game Raid
Austin police charged 12 persons after a raid on a residence in the 2000 block East 12th Street. Officers said the group was shooting dice inside a room. participation listed as Patrolmen W. M. Bostic W. White Ed Moore Dudley Amison and T. Jones.
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Austin
East 12Th Street
W. M. Bostic
W. White
Ed Moore
Dudley Amison
T. Jones
Adoptive Hope Grows For Mexia Baby Dale
More than 200 couples nationwide seek to adopt 19 month old Mexia boy known as Dale after his father died and his mother cannot care for him. A five member anonymous committee will screen applicants, narrowing to six for interviews before final placement by a home suited to him. Relatives of the mother currently care for Dale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Red Cross
A. W. DeGuire
Limestone County Red Cross
Michigan
West Virginia
Dale
DeGuire
Jackson Goodnight Wedding Announced in San Marcos
Miss Mary Helen Jackson daughter of Canton Illinois and Edward Ray Goodnight son of Holland Michigan were married at the First Baptist Church in San Marcos with Rev George E Stewart officiating. The couple will reside in San Marcos where Goodnight works at Pennington Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
Mary Helen Jackson
Keith Jackson
Canton
Ill
Edward Ray Goodnight
Owen L. Goodnight Sr
Holland
First Baptist Church
George E. Stewart
James Bartholomew
Goodnight
Pennington Funeral Home
Grinnell College
University of Texas
Governor's Office
J. Frank Dobie
Central Methodist Church
Austin
Landig College of Mortuary Science
Houston
Coalition Would Kill Republicans Says Sen Aiken
Senator Aiken R VI rejected Bricker Ohio plan for a cross party realignment to form a new opposition coalition. He warned such a coalition would cost Republicans the industrial Northeast and fail to win over Dixiecrats and Southern Democrats. He noted Northern Republicans oppose civil rights moves and Southern Democrats back public war. He doubted any lasting party realignment from current leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aiken
R-Vi
Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Eight Children Die In Cascade Cabin Fire
In Cascade near Williamsport Pennsylvania eight children died when a two story cabin burned Saturday night. The victims ranged in age from 1 to 13 and were the step and biological children of Bert Edkins. Surviving family members were badly burned and hospitalized. The cause of the fire was not determined and neighbors recall a wood stove as the possible ignition source.
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Williamsport
Cascade
Edward
Henry
Joseph
Raymond
Robert
Phyllis Beverly
Birtriss
Beatrice
Bert Edkins
Edkins
Edgar Consgrove
Lycoming County
Clarence R. Martin
Williamsport Hospital
Pennsylvania
Here
Sec
Rosser
Charles
Kline
Keystone Pipeline
Marble Falls Club Reviews God’s Hurry at Meeting
Mrs. J. B. Atchisson led a discussion of John McCall's "God's Hurry" at the Baptist women missionary meeting held Friday morning in the home of Mrs. E. W. Hienz Jr. Twenty members and guests attended after a brief business session and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Falls
J. B. Atchisson
John McCall
Missionary Meeting of
Baptist Women
E. W. Hienz Jr
Pep Squad at Luling Honors Football Team
Luling December report covers a school banquet at Luling County Club where pep squad girls entertained the football team. Emory Sharp opened with the invocation, Robbie Jo King gave a welcome, Jimmie Earl Brown spoke in reply, and Coach Bury Baty announced award winners and lettermen. The event closed with the singing of the Alma Mater "Luling High."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luling
Luling County
Emory Sharp
Robbie Jo King
Jimmie Earl Brown
Bury Baty
Luling High
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AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Hlammann Orcan
Jrreed Music Company & Company
Reubena Ale
Acre
Briggs
Dillingham’s
Lake Victor
Bertrem
McGill's
Jean
Wieland
Pfluger
Matetzsche
Heel
Weiss
Nelson
Briscoe
Calvert
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
Tarrytown Church
Zale
Zale Jewelry CO
Diamond Importers
Austin, Texas
Jackson-Goodnight
Coalition
Sen. Aiken
Tion
Carl R. Rosser
Marble Falls Club
Eugene H. Duke
St. Littlefield Bldg
Rogers Silverplate
BY International Silver CO
Regent
Rani
Tiffany
Mason
Lady's Bulova
F. Gorgeous
Baylor
Texas
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