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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1950
Page
4
Chain letters urging support for Taft's re election circulated in Texas. The notices urged readers to forward the letters to friends and associates and claimed broad backing across the state amid a charged political climate.
Governor Earl K. Long suffered a coronary thrombosis at his Winnfield farm and spent a "real good night" at Winnfield General Hospital before waking for coffee. The nurse said he was doing fine as of early Tuesday.
Victor A. Hunt heard a tearing sound at midnight and found his 30 foot long garden plot had split off a 100 foot cliff and fallen into the sea. The Hunt house now sits eight feet from the edge. The Hunts spent the rest of the night in a hotel.
Lincoln mechanic Jack Gerdes bought a 1936 model car minutes after seeing an ad that said Pay for this ad and drive it away. The Lincoln carpenter who placed the ad had been asked to sell the car for $5 by a dealer and laughed at the offer.
A campaign letter circulated in Texas seeks one dollar contributions to oppose US Senator Robert A. Taft, co author of the Taft Hartley labor law, as part of a broader political push in the state.
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