CWA Long Line Division Ends Talks With AT&T
A spokesman says talks for 21 000 long lines workers are recessed for eight days ahead of a threatened nationwide strike. Division 10 expects picket lines Feb 24 with an all-out strike projected after a Memphis convention ends Feb 22. Negotiations with Western Electric divisions to continue Feb 23.
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New York
Long Lines Telephone
Division 10
CIO Communications Workers
Long Lines
Robert Creasy
Long Lines Union Division
Creasy
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Long Lines Department
Memphis
Tenn
CWA
Western Electric Company
Division
Western Electric
Advertising Club Hosts District Officers Meeting
The Austin Advertising Club welcomes the Advertising Federation of America 10th District officers and board for a weekend gathering. About 40 attendees arrive Friday night. events include a 9 a.m. Saturday business session at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel Sun Room, a Saturday dinner at 7:30 p.m., cocktail hour at 5 p.m., and entertainment by a Mexican orchestra. Notables include Julian Herndon of the Little Rock Democrat and UT professor Ernest Sharpe.
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Austin Advertising Club
Advertising Federation of America
10Th District
Stephen F. Austin
Sun Room
al Jennings
American- Statesman
Ernest Sharpe
University of Texas
AFA
Austin Club
Julian Herndon
Little Rock
Ark
al Campbell
KNOW
Walker
Austex Chili Company
S. M. Apperson
Southern Union
Nuevo Laredo to regulate bootblacks and guides for tourists
Nuevo Laredo officials with the Mexican government tourism department and the chamber of commerce are studying a licensing plan for bootblacks and numbered credentials for tourist guides to prevent visitor harassment during site visits.
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Nuevo Laredo
INS
Juan de Dios Hinojosa
Chamber of Commerce
Belgians To Vote On Leopold Returns In March Referendum
Belgians will vote March 12 in an advisory referendum on inviting King Leopold III to return to the throne. Parliament will make the final decision with political parties split. Leopold requires 55 percent support in Switzerland for recall.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold III
Interior Ministry
Leopold
Social Christians
Switzerland
Prince Charles
York man charged after attempting to shut down radio station
Holmes Gibson of York Pennsylvania is charged with disorderly conduct for turning off a radio station's switches during a six minute broadcast interruption. He walked five miles in the rain to WORK transmitter and tried to take the station off air. Police say he claimed electrical interference from his home appliances. Bail set at 500 dollars ahead of Friday hearing.
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York
Holmes Gibson
Gibson
Merle Miller
Miller
Yes My Darling Daughter Delights Austin Civic Theater cast
The Austin Civic Theater staged Yes My Darling Daughter by Crisp, directed by Mel Pape in a one set living room. Jean Norris leads as Ellen with Mary Brown as the mother and Don Jackson as the former lover. The production runs three more nights with box office reservations at the Driskill Hotel lobby.
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Mark Reed
Old Country Club
Austin Civic Theater
Civic Theater
Jean Norris
Mary Brown
Charlie Reed
Myra Williamson
Connie
Priscilla Kirkpatrick
Don Jackson
Bob Bartell
Mother
Ellen
Austin Recreation Department
Driskill Hotel
Polio Cases Rise in Lower Rio Grande Valley
In Edinburg the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis clinic reports five new polio cases this month, bringing the valley total to seven since January 1. Among the victims are a three year old McAllen girl and a five year old Mission girl, both critically ill, with the clinic ordering another iron lung as patient load grows.
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Edinburg
Rio Grande Valley
National Foundation For
McAllen
Mission
Average life expectancy rises to 67.2 years in 1948
The Federal Security Agency reports 1948 life expectancy at 67.2 years, up from 66.8 in 1947, with infant mortality still high at 35 per 1000. Death rates fall most for children ages one to four, while males and non whites face higher rates across ages.
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Washington
United States
Federal Security Agency
Agency
Office of Vital Statistic
Gabrielson Calls GOP Fight to Limit Government Growth
Fort Worth February 15 George Gabrielson chairman of the Republican National Committee urged at a Lincoln Day dinner that the party must defend the right to individual freedom. He warned that ignorance about the Bill of Rights and distinctions between free enterprise and state socialism endangers the American way of life and promised a vigorous fight to defend GOP principles.
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Fort Worth
George Gabrielson
Republican National Committee
Gabrielson
Republican Party
Linecoln
Janitor Aide Admits Starting Two Fires
Milwaukee Wisconsin February 15 Up report Frederick Fierke 22 year old janitor helper charged with arson for two rooming house fires claiming tenants hounded him for heat He admitted one fire on December 4 and another last Sunday The December blaze caused 18000 damage and injured seven people while the recent fire did 50 damage Fierke aided occupants fleeing the December fire described as a local hero by police
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frederick Fierke
Fierke
Postal Substation Opens at Cunningham Community Store
Announcement that a Postal Substation is now open inside the Cunningham Community store at 1201 East Street with a full time attendant to handle parcel post money orders registered mail and stamp needs parking space available.
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Cunningham
E.ast St
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