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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1950
Page
4
In Dallas area reports, the new state tax brings increases of one to three cents per pack. vending machines shift to 23 or 25 cent prices. retailers and wholesalers adjust to about 1 to 3 cent hikes. Approximately 5 000 Dallas County dealers will be affected as March 1 tax goes into effect.
Texas Democratic leaders meet in McAllen to discuss finances and possibly establish a state headquarters. The session follows court rulings on seating and includes proxies from challenged members. A reception at Governor Shivers home will follow the 9:30 a.m. meeting.
SHAMROCK, Feb. 24. The Gageby Postoffice moved last week with mail carrier C. L. Beaty catching up at the general store. He rode aboard to complete deliveries then thumbed a ride to reach his truck, two miles down the highway.
A garbled weather brief mentions Austin and surrounding areas with minimal clear data. It references a crescent moon, sunset times, and slight temperature shifts including highs around 54 to 72 degrees and rainfall notes across January.
Mayor Taylor Glass dedicated the Hancock Recreation Center at 41st and Red Rover with an open house from 3 to 11 p.m. The Austin Recreation Department and North Austin groups organized events including a staff introduction, a magic show, a Baker Junior High band concert, and square and ballroom dancing.
The murder trial of Diego Carlino, Houston man jailed in Travis County, is set for April 3 in 53rd District Court. Carlino is indicted for the shotgun slaying of Houston restaurant owner Vincent Vallone on a rural road near Houston last July 15. Judge J Harris Gardner set the date after talks with Carlino’s attorney and District Attorney A V Winborn.
Police guard the three Armour children after three telephone threats to their Lake Shore Drive apartment. Armours director of Fisher Armour Manufacturing, Philip D. Armour, reports two male callers and one female caller. The children are Julia eight, Philip six, and Sandra three.
Edward Swift a 38 year old Dallas man driving a new school bus for delivery to Leming School District died in a collision with a truck on Highway 81 two miles south of New Braunfels. Domingo Trevino of San Antonio, the truck driver, was not injured.
The Texas Legislature discussed a tentative plan to form an inter planetary committee to keep harmony in the universe. Representative R. E. Blount suggested two lawmakers who reported seeing a flying cigar, Milton Wilkinson and O. A. Cassity Jr., as co chairmen, though the resolution was later withdrawn.
At a chamber of commerce meeting, leaders rated an auditorium for large conventions and a state capitol development plan as priority needs. They proposed moving transit off Congress Avenue to ease traffic and parking, and urged city county function integration and expanded meat processing and farm youth programs.
Neal Nelson of Alvin Junior College was elected president of the Texas Junior College Teachers Association at the third annual convention in Austin. New officers include Mrs. Carl Wallace, Mrs. Elma Russell, Joe F. Taylor, and Mark Eakin with directors Mrs. Annie Lee Shelton H. M. Dawson and Miss Frances Dushek. Dr. D Bailey Calvin and Dr. Ordway Tead addressed educators on education for social change and the need for definite, clarifying teaching.
During World War I the Marine Corps aviation force comprised 282 officers and 2,180 enlisted men, reflecting rapid expansion of air units within the corps.
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