Capital City’s Youngest Senator Pushes Tax Debate
Texas Senate debutant George Nokes of Corsicana challenges the omnibus tax plan, urged by Governor Shivers, arguing the cigarette tax should be weighed as a broader funding measure while supporting the House’s final mix. He presses for discussion and unity amid a 30 day session.
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Futhermore
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Shivers
They Say It’s Possible to Guide a Teenage Boy
A series of wry observations notes that guiding a teen often ends with the teen steering the course. It mentions solitude for an unpopular man, diets drawing the eye, civil rights debates, and everyday life scenes in a small town with common concerns and quirks.
Texas Eyes New Sex Offense Laws As Heart Month Opens
The Texas Criminal Code Commission plans four proposed statutes to curb sex offenses including attempted luring of a child. leaders expect swift legislative action while heart disease campaigns in February urge public support and donations to the Open Your Heart drive led by Governor Shivers and the President.
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Cecil Storey
Criminal Code Commission
American Heart Association
Austin
Allan Shivers
Austin Census Pulls Ideas for City Growth in 1950
Austin Chamber of Commerce conducts ten clinics to gather about 1000 tabulations on Austin's needs. The project invites all citizens to contribute community project ideas for 1950, aiming to map priorities across government education business industry and cultural activities.
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Austin Chamber of Commerce
Luther Thompson
Ber of Commerce
Austin of Tomorrow
Burglar Nightmare at Beekman Place
Billy Rose recalls a January break in at his Beekman Place home. Four burglars stole about 3300 of loot from Eleanor and a loaded .38 sat by the bed. The couple’s butler, James MacDonald, an ex convict, aided the entry. The event unsettled their home, prompting calls for tighter security.
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Ark location debate stirs on Mt Ararat as expedit ion ends
Readings note a mound atop Mt Ararat and a tradition that the Ark remains buried there unverified. A US expedition quit after 12 days of fruitless search in eastern Turkey. In health Qs, adults often immune from diseases like measles due to prior childhood infections.
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Dreams booklet offers interpretive guide and dream dictionary
The Austin American Information Bureau advertises a dream booklet on dream meanings and symbols, with rules for interpretation, a dream dictionary, and themes of past loves. Order by sending 15 cents to a Washington address.
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American Information Bureau
Yes Street
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Truman Alarmed Over International Situation After London Leak
President Truman charted a new foreign policy blueprint amid fears Russia holds atomic and hydrogen secrets and war production has advanced. He outlined fronts in Eastern Europe and Asia, noting Bulgarian unrest, Albanian Western revolutions, and tense Hungary Yugoslavia borders while US diplomats in Bangkok draft policy.
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Merger Objections Dropped by Antitrust Division
The Justice Department's antitrust division quietly dropped 34 objections to Pan American's merger with American Overseas Airlines. Britain's intelligence failures in the Fuchs case threaten atomic secrets sharing. Congressional atomic committee critics say Truman's hydrogen bomb clearance ends a last chance for world disarmament.
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Fuchs
Congressional Atomic Committee
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the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Winchell On Broadway Notes The Rabble-Rouser and Global Blues
A column by Winchell chronicles bias and censorship from a Miami hotel claim alleging union discrimination, then critiques postwar geopolitics with warnings about imperialism, communism, and U S policy in Asia. It comments on figures like Acheson, Dewey, and Hiss while lampooning media and literary critics.
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