Drive Test at Texas Patrol Office Ends in Repossession
A reader recounts failing a thorough Texas Highway Patrol driving exam on Burnet Road. After indecipherable signs and multiple choice missteps, a stern officer quizzes, administers a live road test, and condemns errors such as improper signaling and wrong turns. Back home the reader finds their car repossessed.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Burnet Road
Barney Oldfield
Texas
Highway Department
Austin Chamber seeks three constructive progress ideas for 1950
President Joe C. Carrington asks 1,500 Austin Chamber members for three suggestions on annual objectives and work programs. The call aims to shape municipal improvements, health, culture, private development, and education through broad citizen input. Ruth Aberle’s Scout rescue highlights self reliance and calm action.
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Austin
Joe C. Carrington
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Ger
John L. Lewis Weighs Retirement Amid Coal Crisis Rumors
The piece reports persistent talk that John L. Lewis plans to retire as United Mine Workers president in 1950 after securing what supporters call a landmark contract. It recounts hotel elevator anecdotes reflecting his moods, efforts to win concessions from mine owners, and warning signs from operators who refuse to sign without full details.
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John L. Lewis
Miners’ Union
Lewis
New York
Hotel Roosevelt
United States
Saul Alinsky
Winchester
Cy Ching
Ching
Charlottsville
Virginia
John L
John
George Love
Pittsburgh
Love
John Lewis
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Whitney Warner
Warner Collieries
Cleveland
Washington
Warner
United Mine Workers
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
Answers and Questions Quiz Snippet from 1949 Rent Rules and More
A compilation of Q and A items covers rent decontrol progress under the 1949 act with 162 municipalities finishing municipal decontrol and nearly 400 areas decontrolled by the federal expediter. It also notes rabbit fence limits, 824 bills in the first Congress, cleaning stone exteriors, a pest booklet offer, and League versus United Nations membership figures.
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International City Managers’ Association
Nebraska
Texas
Wisconsin
Alabama
Truman
L. A
Byrnes Truman Feud and Tax Case Echoes in Washington
Washington column recounts Jimmie Byrnes letters and Truman reply citing Brutus and Caesar. It notes tax fraud concerns amid Los Angeles gambling cases, detailing the Guarantee Finance Company probe and 1948 1947 income tax data, with prosecutors stalled in Washington despite LA County indictments.
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Washington
Truman
Jimmie Byrnes
Byrnes
State Department
Washington and Lee
Roosevelt
Caesar
Brutus
Democratic Party
Treasury
Underworld
al Capone
California
Guarantee Finance Company of
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Internal Revenue
West Coast
Warren
California Crime Commission
T-men
US Treasury
Dan E. Goodykoontz
Internal Revenue Intelligence
San Francisco
Ralph Read
Walter M. Camry
Hell
Chief Counsel
Guarantee Finance Company
Marvin Kovey
Albert Kogus
Harry Rockwell
Phil Cobert
Charles Oliphant
W. H Woolf
Riley Campbell
Harry Sackman
Sackman
Ted Hayes
International
Mexico City
Korey Kogus
Rockwell
Cobert
Kovey
Kogus
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadways lore and New York landmarks collected
A jaunt through New York intrigue lists iconic sites and curious facts from Radio City to Brooklyn Bridge. It notes Wall Street history, Harlem bric a brac, Ellis Island expansion, and skyline legends, with playful asides on foghorns, moon readers, and rooftop gardens.
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Radio City
St. Paul's Chapel
G. W
Dodgerville
Love Lane
Wall St
Llth St
City Hall Park
Harlem
Walt Whitman
Brooklyn
Moile
Hudson
Grand Canyon
New York Central
Big City
Ellis Island
East River
Bryant Park
Cherry St
Local News Copyright Notice
A disclaimer states that The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republish all local news from the newspaper and AP dispatches, restricting use of the content by others. The notice emphasizes AP ownership of domestic and international reporting distributed through the paper.
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Associated Press
The
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