Brackenridge Hospital staff push for sweeping reforms
At a City Council meeting Brackenridge Hospital doctors accused the operation of inefficiency and poor morale. They urged an autonomous administrator, a top to bottom review by an expert, and stronger social services to curb losses and improve patient care. Mayor Glass and City Manager Morgan responded with caution on funding and authority.
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Brackenridge Hospital
George Decherd Jr
Brackenridge
Decherd
Charles Weeg
Council
Taylor Glass
Ross
Fred Lowry
Guston Morgan
Morgan
Glass
Weeg
Other Council News
28 Degree Freeze Forecast for Today
The Weather Bureau warned of a 28 degree start to fall in Austin with frost likely on tender plants. Officials said the cold would not be severe enough to damage pipes or car radiators, though gardens may suffer slight frost.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Clear Skies Warm Up Across Texas This Friday
After a dry night with light winds tem peratures rise toward Friday as skies stay clear. Thursday marked a 34 degree low the coldest so far this season with sunny highs near 50. Lows ranged from the 10s in Dalhart to mid- teens in Lubbock Amarillo and Midland with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s across the state.
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Texas
Laredo
Brownsville
Houston
Lufkin
Big Spring
Amarillo
Waco
Fort Worth
Clarendon
el Paso
Llano man identified in fatal car crash near Cedar Park
Orville Battery, 53, of Llano, is tentatively identified as the deceased in a late Thursday night wreck on Highway 29 about a mile east of Cedar Park. His car rolled three times and landed atop him. authorities sought final confirmation from papers found on the body. Battery reportedly owned Corner Drug Store in Llano.
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Llano
Austin
Ted Childs
Mhultin Manor Funeral Home
Childs
Cedar Park
Four Die in Trilby Home Fire Near Toledo
A Trilby, near Toledo, blaze killed four people including three year old Dana Hutchinson and the Bennett family members Benjamin Bennett 56 Mary 52 and Laura 25. One person was injured in the early Thursday fire.
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Ohio
Trilby
Benjamin Bennett
Mary
Laura
Dana Hutchinson
Five Crewmen Killed in B29 Bomber Crash Near Walker AFB
An Air Force B29 clipped a windmill two miles west of Walker Air Force Base and crashed during a landing attempt. Five crewmen died, four injured, fourteen aboard. three injured listed as critical and one as serious. Names not released immediately. the bomber was returning from a training flight. All others aboard were uninjured or escaped.
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N. M
Air Force
Walker Air Force Base
Albert Pyatt
Pyatt
Eisenhower Seeks Dignity of Individual Freedom
In Fort Worth Eisenhower argues for diffusion of power from central government to preserve individual liberty and free enterprise. He warns that surrendering responsibility erodes self-government, urging citizens to solve problems locally while avoiding politics.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Texas
Columbia University
Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
Houston
Galveston
Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum
Amon G. Carter
US Steel raises prices four dollars a ton amid rising costs
United States Steel Corp boosts mill prices about four dollars per ton citing higher operating costs. President Benjamin F. Fairless says costs rise from new insurance and pension programs. CIO United Steelworkers wage demands loom. market-wide hikes anticipated within days.
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Fairless
Demos Boyle Reports U S Accepts New Cotton Quotas
Texas farmers vote heavily in favor of reestablishing prewar production controls on the 1950 cotton crop. In Travis and Williamson counties the referendum shows overwhelming support for quotas, with nationwide results near 86 percent in favor based on 223 counties.
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Travis County
Texas
Williamson County
A. L. McFadden
Production and Marketing Administration
H. C. Stewart
PMA
College Station
Smithville Holds Funeral for Douglas R Johnson
Smithville observes funeral for Douglas R Johnson owner of Johnston’s Department Store native of Texas born Union 66 years ago. He died after a short illness at his home last Wednesday with services at 3 30 p m at the family residence and burial by Marrs Funeral Home. Survivors include widow Commellah Johnson a son Douglas R Johnson sisters and brothers.
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Douglas Rogers Johnson
J. Leonard Rae
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Texas
Union
Lions Club
First Methodist Church
Optimist
Cham
Eastern Star
G. W. Kanuth
David Low Resigns to Join Labour Daily Herald
London Evening Standard reports cartoonist David Low resigns to join the pro Labour London Daily Herald staff. Lord Beaverbrook confirms the move as Low leaves the Standard after decades of work.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
London Evening Standard
David Low
London Daily Herald
Mine Operators Call for Anti-Trust Action on UMW
The Southern Coal Producers Association urged President Truman to invoke Taft-Hartley to restore coal production and consider anti-trust proceedings against United Mine Workers. If current laws fail, Congress should make labor unions subject to anti-trust laws. The three day work week is described as a de facto strike.
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Southern Coal Producers Association
Truman
Administration
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The
Southern Association
John L. Lewis
UMW
Moody
Truman Weighs Excise Tax Repeal and New Levies
KEY WEST Fla Dec 15 Democratic National Chairman Bill Boyle said the public would support higher taxes if necessary and that Truman is weighing repeal of wartime excise taxes while considering other levy options to balance the budget. The president declined to commit on tax plans.
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Lost Girl Found Alive After Four Days in Forest
Ruth Aberle sixteen year old Kelso Washington Girl Scout was found alive and unharmed after four days lost in a near freezing forest. She stayed in a shelter cabin drank creek water and waited for rescue aided by her training. She was treated at Cowlitz General Hospital in Longview in good condition. Charles F Smith a Rose Valley mill owner found her near Gable Creek ten miles from the search area and helped her reach safety.
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Wash
Ruth Aberle
Kelso
Cowlitz General Hospital
Rose Valley
Charles F Smith
Gable Creek
Smith
Smith Home
Ruth
Phillip
Centex Druggist Civic Leader Millard Arrington Dies
Millard Arrington 60, longtime Granger druggist and civic worker, died Thursday in a Taylor hospital after three weeks of illness. Survived by widow, two sons Bob and James, and two daughters Hazel and Mrs. K E Birkleback. Services at Condra Funeral Home Taylor Friday at 10:30 a.m. Burial in Taylor City Cemetery.
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Millard Arrington
Taylor
Thrall
Bob Arrington
James Arrington
Hazel Arrington
San Antonio
K. E. Birkle
Police Nab Ex Eye In Gem Theft Case
A former Dallas private detective was arrested in Dallas on December 15, accused of stealing 150000 in jewels from Perryton Texas on December 7. Authorities recovered about 50000 worth of rings and bracelets from a buried suitcase after the arrest.
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Perryton
Tex
Dallas County
Ray Phagan
Ochiltree County
Phagan
Bill Decker
Air Force Aide Plans Flying Stop at Austin Base
US Assistant Secretary for Air Eugene Zuckert will visit Austin and Bergstrom Air Force Base Saturday morning arriving at 10 with a quick base tour of 100 housing units under construction before departing for Washington, D.C. The stop is a social gesture honoring Austin’s cooperation with the base.
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Austin
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Washington, D.C
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Bertram G of Austin
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San Antonio
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A. B. Pacckard
Cy Wilson
R. F. Rudell
A. H. Dutton
Giesecke
Nominees Named for Austin Most Worthy Citizen Award 1949
A 12 member selections committee formed by the Austin Real Estate Board will study 25 nominees for the Most Worthy Citizen Award to be announced at the board banquet in January. Letters received may raise the nominee count further as of Thursday midnight.
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The
American Statesman
Eee
Austin Real Estate Board
Real Estate Board
E. W. Jackson
Austin School Board
Community Chest
Augustine de Zavala
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