City Launches Broad Utility Program for 1949 Expansion
The Austin city budget outlines over 4 million dollars in 1949 utility upgrades. Plans cover electric plant and distribution, water filtration and distribution, and sanitary sewer improvements. Major items include two 20 000 kilowatt turbines, new generators, substations, and a 30 inch water line project from the plant to West 35th Street and related extensions.
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Elector Plan Wastes Surplus Votes In Texas Debate
The Austin meeting of presidential electors discusses the electoral college, direct national popular election plans, and the chance of split Texas votes. It recalls past electors, the 1928 Hoover surge, and the shift from courier messengers to mailed certificates.
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Alaska Under Red Infiltration Warns of Soviet Link
A New York Post column claims congressional hearings will reveal pro Communist labor activity near Alaska strategic bases at Anchorage and Fairbanks. It highlights the Westward Alaska Fisheries Union led by Jeff Kibre and a pro Soviet stance among an Alaska official and fishermen, urging caution about security threats.
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Communist Party Labor
Jack Stachel
Kibre
New York Post Corp
Q and A on nicotine, printing, ribbons and more
The Q A covers nicotinic acid versus nicotine, growth of council manager cities, the printer s devil origin, Philippine Defense Ribbon usage, symbols of the four winds in Egyptian myth, knitting in Shetland, compulsory auto insurance, Xavier University for Negroes, giant clam size and lifespan, army religious demographic data, and keratin as the material for rooster spurs and cow horns.
Successful Public Speaking booklet offer
Offer highlights a practical guide for public speakers focusing on planning delivery voice control and overcoming stage fright. Encourages readers to boost self confidence and engage audiences. Send 15 cents to Austin American Information Bureau Washington DC address for purchase.
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Real estate lobby mobilizes 3300 unregistered volunteers
Washington reveals a secret drive by the real estate lobby to block public housing and rent control. 3,300 amateur lobbyists, handpicked through personal ties to congressmen, are spread nationwide to appear spontaneous as they target the new Congress.
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Snyder mobilizes 3300 local lobbyists to sway Congress
Snyder counts on 3,300 hometown lobbyists who will not register as Washington controlled. They will be close personal friends of congressmen chosen for vote influence. The Real Estate Boards plan to raise about $5 per member, building a lobbying fund over $200,000, with many paying their own travel.
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Real estate lobbyists align to influence new congressmen
A roster of key real estate lobbyists is named as they brace for action as Congress convenes January 3. Profiles include Doug Whitlock Chunky of the Building Products Institute and Frank Cartwright of the National Association of Home Builders, with Cal Snyder coordinating votes and Morton Bodfish representing the US Savings and Loan League.
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Albert Payne
Morton Bodfish
US Savings and Loan League
John Owen
National Apartment Owners Association
Burton Edwards
Herbert Brill
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