Austin Paving Plan Tops 1950 City Projects
The City of Austin begins a $378 385 10 paving program for 80 blocks across 27 streets with 65 percent paid by abutting property owners and 35 percent by the city. A Jan 12 public hearing on assessments starts the process, with detailed per front foot costs listed and a forthcoming second paving program in 1950 to surface more streets.
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William J. Weeg
Collins Construction Company
Austin
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Travis Heights
Cherrywood Road
West 35Th Street
San Gabriel
Kenwood Avenue
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Sinclair Avenue
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Clearview Drive
Robinhood Trail
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Josephine Street
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Oakmont Boulevard
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Avenue B
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West 43Rd Street
Shoal Creek
11Th Street
Parkway
12Th Street
Lamar Street
Shoal Creek Bvard
West Avenue
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Lamar
Public Works
C. G. Gaia Serase
Fifth Round of Labor Demands in 1950 Forecast
A look at union plans for 1950 predicts large wage and benefit demands. The AFL and IAM push for paid holidays, expanded pensions, meal allowances, rest periods, and a shift to a 37 hour week with 40 hours pay. Industry pension pools and broader coverage to allow workers to transfer jobs are highlighted as key aims.
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AFL
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International Association of Machinists
Little Eastern
Boeing
1A.M
Sam Houston
Davy Crockett
United States
American Plywood Corporation Union
Phil Murray
National Defense
Kansas
Joe
National Foremen’s Institute
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
Tax policy looming as Texas lawmakers prepare first special session
As Texas readies a 30 day special session in Austin, lawmakers face a new tax levy fight built around production, gross receipts, occupation, auto sales, franchise, and other taxes. Oil, insurance, and consumer interests clash over who pays. The question of taxpayer sentiment and the temper of the people will shape decisions for 181 legislators.
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Capitol
O’daniel
Texas
Xas
Answers and facts from a historical Q&A booklet
A mixed set of trivia Q and A items covers topics from Seattle concrete pontoon bridges to boxing bouts in 1870s Port Ryeson and Bay Saint Louis, Blair House history, jack rabbits water sources, early violin making in Brescia and Cremona, Beethoven Ninth first public performance in Vienna, John Paul Jones body identification, and a Greensburg Indiana courthouse tree growing from its tower.
Boycott as Tactic: Pearson Urges US China Policy Change
Washington columnist Drew Pearson argues that the United States should imitate Chinese tactics by imposing a broad boycott on China to deter the Communist regime. He warns Congress will attack US vacillation, cites British recognitions, and recalls 1936/Leahy plans to blockade Japan as a precedent. He stresses the need to curb southward communist expansion and protect US interests in Asia.
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State Department
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Acheson
Defense
Johnson
Truman
United States
Philippines
Asia
Moscow
Shameen
Canton
Great Britain
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Brussels
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Hugh Wilson
Norman Davis
Red Cross
Sumner Welles
Japan
Frank
Sec
Orient
British Foreign Office
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Bell Syndicate. Inc
Broadway Showbiz Notes From A City Scene
Ruth Cosgrove pops up in a collage of Broadway gossip and movie world chatter. Anecdotes about Hollywood snubs, plans for stars, and the social whirl, with mentions of Carol Channing, Jean Arthur, Ruth Dodd, and midtown venues, all set against a brisk New York mood.
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S. Billingsley
Paris
N. Y
J. Ryan
Carol Channing
Collier's
Jean Arthur
Ruth Dodd
St. Francis Hospital
Miami Beach
Steenth
Local AP News Policy Statement
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