UN Cease Fire Committee Sees Little Hope for Success
The UN cease-fire committee in Lake Success expects to report after the New Year that it cannot arrange a Korea cease-fire unless China changes its stance. Members Pearson, Rau, and Entezam await progress as Wu Hsiu-Chuan withdraws without word and Peiping offers no reply.
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General Assembly
Korea
Ernest A. Gross
United States
Willis D. Crittenberger
US First Army
Unified Command
MacArthur
Sir Benegal N. Rau
India
Mittee
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Peiping
Recovery of 17 000 Denied to Austinite
The Third Court of Civil Appeals sustained Roy L. Schnautz and denied Margaret L. Stelfox recovery of 17 000 in a bill of review case. The court held all issues were litigated in the 1947 divorce and property settlement, precluding reopening. Testimony indicated the ex wife knew of the property status before the original decree was settled.
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Austinite
Roy L. Schnautz
Austin
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Margaret L. Stelfox
Charles
Charles Do Betts
Court of Civil Appeals
Roy C. Archer
Ground Broken for UT M D Anderson Cancer Hospital
Ground was broken in Houston for the University of Texas M D Anderson Hospital for cancer research. University Chancellor James P Hart led a brief ceremony at the 30 acre Texas Medical Center site as contracts were awarded. Three Texas women started the work, and Hart framed the project as a wartime effort to ease pain and save lives.
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Houston
University of Texas M. D. Anderson
James P. iHart
Hart
Texas Medical Center
University
Board of Regents
Texas
High Frequency Electricity Kills Grain Pests
Tests indicate weevi ls and other pests stored in grain may be killed by high frequency electricity. Researchers report effectiveness against insects in bulk grain storage.
Slightly Cooler Day Predicted Across Texas
Forecast calls for cooler temperatures Thursday and Friday with highs near 65 and lows around 45. Early fogs and partly cloudy skies appear in East Texas with occasional rains possible. West Texas should stay mostly fair aside from Panhandle and South Plains clouding. Hourly data references and past 24 hour notes appear fragmentary.
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East Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Witnesses Find Senate Probers Of Crime Tough
Chicago witnesses before the Kefauver committee resisted questions on crime links with the Capone syndicate. Ralph O'Hara and others faced possible contempt after refusals to testify as investigators pursue policy rackets and nationwide crime ties. Rotondo tied to a murder case and parole violation. authorities move him to Leavenworth.
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Chicago
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Hunt Force
Ralph O'Hara
Trans American News Service
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Psenagen Od
Kefauver
Tampa
Mexico
O'Hara
John S. Boyle
Capone Syndicate
Continental
John P. Barnes
Barnes
Patrick Manno
Pete C. Tremont
O’hara
Ralph Capone
Rotondo
Baltimore
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Texas Aviation Council Sets Jan 4 Meeting in Austin
The Texas Aviation Advisory Council will convene in Austin on January 4 to review data on art facilities inventory as part of mobilizing civil aviation within the Texas civil defense program. A. W. Meadows of the Texas Aeronautics Commission will coordinate aviation segments in civil defense. Members include Texas Flying Farmers Texas Private Pilots Association Ninety Nines Texas Airport Executives Civil Air Patrol Texas Wing and Texas State Aviation Association.
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Capitol
Texas Aviation Advisory Council
Austin
Texas Civil Defense
A. W. Meadows
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Texas
Texas Flying Farmers
Texas Private Pilots Association
Texas Chapter
Ninety Nines, Inc
American Association of Airport Executives
Texas Wing
Civil Air Patrol
The
Texas State Aviation Association
54 Years in Ministry for Manchester Unitarian Leader
The Rev. William W. Peck aged 81 is the nation's oldest Unitarian minister by length of service. A Port Jervis N Y native, he serves at the Unitarian Church in Manchester New Hampshire and is in his 54th year of ministry.
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Manchester, N. H
William W. Peck
Port Jervis
N. Y
Unitarian Church
Christmas Mail Surge Drowns Austin Postoffice
Austin's post office faces a record mail day as about 1.1 million pieces pass through in a single day. Postmaster Bob Phinney notes delayed sending and a need to hire 50 extra workers to clear the backlog, with weekend parcel delivery planned despite no regular mail on Sunday or Monday.
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Austin
Bob Phinney
Phinney
West Fifthtreet
Lamar
West Side Negro Christmas Party Planned For 80 Children
The West Side Community House at 1728 West 11th Street will host a Christmas tree and gift distribution for 80 Negro children Sunday at 5 p.m. Rev. W. Luther Holland announced the event, with Dorothy Baylor in charge of gifts and Mrs. Gertrude Bolden directing the program.
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West Austin
West Side
West 11Th Street
W. Luther Holland
Dorothy Baylor
Gertrude Bolden
Dorothy E. Harrison
West Side Community House
Edna McDaniel
Holland
Marine reports from Kyoto brother wounded in Korea
Mrs. T. F. Walker of 1725 West Sixth Street said Wednesday she received a cable from son Richard N. Walker a Marine in the Fifth Regiment waring in Korea He was hospitalized in Kyoto Japan with injuries described as not serious Walker has served three years in the Marine Corps and has been in Korea since August 2.
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T. F. Walker
West Sixth Street
Richard N. Walker
Korea
Walker
Fifth Regiment
Kyoto
Japan
Marine Corps
Ex-WU Local Manager Celebrates 95th Birthday
O. D. Parker longtime Western Union Telegraph Company local manager celebrated his 95th birthday with an oyster luncheon and old friends in a downtown Austin restaurant. He recalls early Texas capital era and now lives at 707 Rio Grande.
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Rell
Western Union Telegraph Company
Parker
Austin
Texas
Rio Grande
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