Veterans hope to reach forgotten men in VA mental hospitals
The Veterans Administration urged families and friends to visit veterans in mental hospitals after a survey found one third of about 52,000 patients had not seen relatives in a year or more. The VA described cases of neglect and shared a story of a 58 year old patient who formed his own surrogate family at the hospital.
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Russians Detain Jacobson Inside Austrian Border
Austrian border guards said Israel Jacobson, 37, US citizen and director of the American Joint Distribution Committee in Hungary, was expelled from Hungary and held by Russian troops inside the Austrian border. US legation sources had said he would be released from prison and expelled, with no date given.
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Big Posse Hunts For 3 Escapees
A 75 man posse searched a Walker County creek bottom Tuesday night for the last of seven convicts who tunneled to freedom Monday. A car possibly used by the fugitives was found at White Settlement near Fort Worth. Three escapees remain at large while two were recaptured by Commissioner Felix Hartley and East ham Prison Farm Warden T. T. Wasley with Hartley recovering Cecil Isom and David Crockett McCullough.
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Cecil Bill Isom
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Hartley
New Waverly
Houston
Bidault Seeks Fresh Confidence Vote in Parliament
Paris Paris December 28 Premier Georges Bidault asked the French Parliament for a new vote of confidence the second time in a week amid debate over a record 1950 budget. The outcome could force his cabinet to resign or allow the budget to pass.
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Senate Leader Foresees Arms Aid Fund Cut
Senate Majority Leader Lucas D1ll forecasts a 3 billion dollar cut in military and foreign aid next year while defending Marshall Plan costs and deficit spending as necessary against atomic threats. He says allies grow stronger and European postwar output rises, with current totals cited for military and ECA budgets. The Illinois event marked his bid for a third term, facing expected Republican Everett Dirksen in November.
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Mink-Clad Rita Sped to Clinic for Maternity in Lausanne
Rita Hayworth accompanied by Aly Khan is rushed to Montchoisi Maternity clinic in Lausanne for the birth of their second child. A heavy police guard surrounds the hospital with roads barred as Professor Rodolphe Rochat attends and a cesarean remains a possible option. The royal suite and drawing room are prepared for guests and the couple’s arrival.
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Roehat
Rebecca Welles
City Board launches plan to equalize school taxes
The City Board of Education started a reappraisal of property values outside Austin city limits to reduce tax disparities for school purposes. Four appraisal firms met with officials to draft bid specifications, aiming for uniform school tax treatment without raising overall rates.
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Weather Blows Humid Up East Colder in South
The weather map shows warm conditions in New England and very cold air in Arizona and New Mexico. Temperatures mostly near normal nationwide with subzero readings in North Dakota and Minnesota. New York City sets a 62 degree record for the date amid rain easing drought. maple syrup in Vermont and lilacs budding in Massachusetts signal early spring.
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Cotton Piling Up At Texas Coast Warehouses
Galveston and Houston warehouses hold overflowing cotton awaiting shipment. Embargoes at two Galveston warehouses and one Houston firm limit exports. About 800000 bales stored in Galveston and 530000 in Houston with higher grade stock staying longer awaiting buyers. Receipts from southwest Texas and Rio Grande Valley are higher grade and largely warehoused.
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Miss America Jacque Mercer Marries Boyhood Sweetheart
Jacque Mercer Miss America of 1949 tied the knot with Doug Cook in a surprise late Tuesday ceremony at Litchfield Park Arizona church. Attendants and immediate family attended as Mercer 18 and Cook 20 wed on short notice then plan a brief honeymoon and Mercer will continue appearances. The marriage reportedly breaches her pageant contract which barred marriage before June next year.
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Shoe Fund Drive Targets Shoes for Austin Kids
The American Statesman shoe fund campaign seeks to match last year's success of 1,300+ children helped with new shoes. By Tuesday the drive had $1,646 toward a $2,150 goal, Salvation Army Captain James Lemon reports optimism that this week's mail will push it over the line.
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Peron Elevated to Major General by Argentine Senate
In Buenos Aires on December 27 the Argentine Senate promoted President Juan D. Peron to major general in the Army. He had been a colonel when elected president and now receives the higher rank through Senate action.
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Farouk Stops Rival Romance In Egypt Shakeup
King Farouk moved to quash a proposed match with Miss Narriman Sadek after Zaki Hachian’s engagement was broken. Police seized images of Miss Sadek as the 16 year old’s wedding plans collapsed amid royal pressure and secret police scrutiny.
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Wochion
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Earthquakes Rattle Tokyo Area Killing Eight
Tremors continued in Tokyo and northern districts with at least eight deaths from a series of earthquakes that began Sunday. A sharp shock hit Tuesday night breaking electric lines in a Tokyo district, followed four hours later by a weaker tremor rattling windows. The first quake centered at Utsunomiya about 50 miles north.
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Comics Cause Kids To Act Like Fraidy-Cat Adults
Dr. Lawrence Averill of State Teachers College Worcester warned that comics shape children to mirror adults escaping from reality. A study of 2,881 Massachusetts children found 95 percent read comics, with three leading themes and only two percent citing education. Averill argued no direct link to crime exists and comics will persist with 60 million copies sold monthly.
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Massachusetts
Texas Death Toll Soars During Christmas Per Holiday
National Safety Council reports a grim Christmas to New Year period with at least 596 deaths from accidents nationwide. Texas leads with 77 fatalities including traffic losses and other causes. state toll projects up to 80 road deaths in the combined holidays.
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Taylor area car wrecks hospitalize one and injure another
Two Taylor area crashes Tuesday morning left Hermenia Winters 11 hospitalized with facial lacerations a broken finger and bruises after her mother s car sideswiped another east of Taylor on the Thrall highway. Rueben T. Stone of San Antonio was in the other wreck which involved Ann Madelene Dempsey of San Antonio bruised when her car overturned west of Taylor on the Round Rock highway due to slick pavement.
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