Builders Rush Permit Office Despite Curbs
Austin builders flooded the permit office with plans for six commercial projects totaling 128000 dollars as a government ban on construction and a February 15 freeze loomed. Several approved projects face halt while residential permits for nine houses and a church addition proceed under exemptions and emergency rules.
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Austin
Knights of Columbus
West 14Th
East 14Th
Guadalupe Street
Manor Road
East 19Th Street
East Fourth Street
Wilding
East Avenue Baptist Church
East First Street
San Antonio Street
Strass Drive
Rosedale
Gray and
Becker
National Production Authority
NPA
City to Seek Bids for Ten New Trash Trucks
Public Works Director C Grander said bid specifications are being drawn for ten new garbage trucks. The city plans a late week bid call funded under the 1951 budget with council approval. Proposals require enclosed beds and a ram device to boost carrying capacity.
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Public Works
C. Grander
Cean
Coma
Vander
Centex Dancers to Invade East for National Folk Festival
A Central Texas group joins the Pioneer Fiddlin' Folk and Square Dance Service Unit to perform at the National Folk Festival at North Carolina State University Raleigh February 23. Henry Hudson and his fiddle band plus 32 dancers depart Austin January 28 as featured performers. Mrs. Lillie Lee Baker organizes the group and notes renowned square dance experts from several states will attend.
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Central Texas
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
N. C
Henry Hudson
Texas
Austin
Pioneer Fiddlin
Hudson
Pioneer
Plans for High School Site Nearing Final Approval
North Austin high school site talks move forward as T. N. Porter reports a tentative agreement with two owners on a 3 acre plot west of the city reservoir on Koenig Lane. If the third plot falls through, 25 acres remain available, including a 10 and a 15 acre tract, with no opposition found to the reservoir site.
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Mark Batterson
North Austin
T. N. Porter
Koenig Lane
Porter
Department of Public Safety
St. John’s
North
Pfeifer
City
City Reservoir
West Austin
H. H. Lenthe
Lenthe
Inauguration Praises Shivers Oratory Amid Guarded Crowds
Governor Allan Shivers delivers a well received address at the inauguration. A listener quips Truman should hire him for speeches. Lt Gov Ramsey films the event while others remark on the political tension ahead with redistricting looming and potential legislative clashes.
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Allan Shivers
Harry Truman
Police to Replace Three Patrol Cars with 1951 Models
The Austin police seek three new Chevrolet patrol cars, replacing three veteran units. Traffic Captain Warren Blackman also ordered two additional cars to boost coverage in the north and south districts, noting South Austin now has only one car and the north end a similar shortage.
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Warren Blackman
South Austin
North End
City Studies Audit Prompting Transit Fare Request
Austin Transit seeks fare increase from 1.25 to 1.50 weekly pass as city finance reviews an audit from July. The company wants a quick decision due to a union wage demand tied to the old contract dated February 6 and an unable raise without fare structure adjustment.
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Austin Transit
City Finance Department
Werere
Medics Sign Up for Service in Texas
Local Selective Service boards 119 and 120 registered 133 medical men in Austin. Mrs Mildred Smal ley reported Tuesday that 99 physicians 30 dentists and four veterinarians signed up with the local draft boards. About 200 had been expected to register in Texas and 7 500 had now been registered statewide.
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Selective Service Boards
Austin
Mildred Smalley
Texas
Poll Tax Drive Expands to City Fire Stations
Poll tax payments are running about par for an off year as 6,480 had paid through Jan 15. The Junior Chamber of Commerce opens its annual pay drive with city fire stations serving as centers for applications until the Jan 31 deadline. Firefighters at several stations will notarize and forward applications to the county tax assessor's office.
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Steve Heffington
Tues- Vv
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
County Tax Caltueun
Real Estate Licenses Hit 210000 In Texas
Texas Real Estate Commission reported 210,600 in license fees collected from 22 000 licenses with 140 000 returned to the general fund not used for salaries. Chairman George W. Sandlin announced at a Austin Real Estate Board luncheon amid plans to improve enforcement and proposed amendments to clarify the license law.
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J. C. Culpepper
Bryan
R. C
Bob) Hawley
Texarkana
Harvey Draper
Houston
Ted Logan
Santo
Joe C. Franzetti
Ballot Demonstration Planned by PTA Unit
Students from the social science department at Anderson High School will attend a ballot demonstration Wednesday at 8 p m. in a meeting of the Anderson High School Parent Teachers Association led by C P Johnson, head of the department.
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Anderson High School
Anderson High School Parent-Teachers Association
C. P. Johnson
New Bids Sought for Widening West Seventh Street
City calls for bids Friday to widen two blocks of West Seventh Street from Colorado to Guada?m Streets, adding 20 feet overall with 10 feet added on each side after earlier bids were rejected as too high.
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Westen Street
Colorado
Guadam Streets
Simpson Earns Place in Top 12 Club for 1950
G A Simpson Fidelity Union Life agent was named to the Top 12 Club for 1950 by district manager Leslie Huff. The one year agent also qualified for the President's Club and was praised for his sales in the program.
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G. A
Blackie) Simpson
Fidelity Union Life Insurance
Leslie Huff
Simpson
Nose & Off
Final Budget Draft To Be Ready Today
City budget final draft to be presented to the City Council on Wednesday with over 17 million dollars in spending. Council members will study the document for a week before likely final action on January 25. The draft shows actual 1950 expenditures and a year end balance near 175000 dollars intended for a school transfer, amid dispute over how funds were used or reserved.
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Wray Weddell
Walter Seaholm
Emma Long
Price Daniel
Seaholm
Pro Sena
Austin School Board to Review Reading Methods
Reading instruction concerns raised by parents and some school officials will be examined by the Austin School Board in a meeting likely next week at the Bickler Administration Building. A separate Friday meeting at Mathews School with Frances Thorpe and T P Baker aims to discuss retarded readers centers and current teaching methods across Austin schools.
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Austin School Board
Bickler
W. J. Kocurek
Kocurek
Irby B. Carruth
Austin
Frances Thorpe
T. P. Baker
Mathews School
Allan Junior High School
University Junior High School
Austin High School
M. G. Bowden
Wooldridge School
Henry J. Otto
University of Texas
Bowden
Texas Industrial Loan Company Re-elects Officers and Directors
The Texas Industrial Loan Company re elected all officers and directors at the annual stockholders and directors meetings in Austin. Officers named are Oswald Wolf president Bert L Cabaniss Earl Burkhalter H P Becker and Oakley Davis. Directors include the officers plus E Bray J E Motheral William Kessler and Frank R Rundell.
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Texas Industrial Loan Company
Eee
Austin
Oswald Wolf
Bert L. Cabaniss
Earl Burkhalter
H. P. Becker
Oakley Davis
E. Bray
J. E. Motheral
William Kessler
Frank R. Rundell
City Promises Beauty For New Water Plant
City Manager Walter Seaholm and Mayor Taylor Glass assured a delegation of property owners near the proposed two million dollar water plant overlooking Lake Austin between Mount Bonnell and Laguna Gloria that landscaping will surround the site to avoid an eyesore. Officials avoided committing to a protest plan, while a delegation member named George said a family huddle would precede any formal action.
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Walter Seaholm
Taylor Glass
Lake Austin
Mount Bonnell
Laguna Gloria
George
Air Force enlistments frozen in Austin office
Recruiters in Austin halted all Air Force enlistments following a San Antonio order due to overflow at Lackland AFB. Officials expect a temporary pause, with veterans admitted and training sped up to two weeks, as rookies are sent to technical schools. Army enlistments remain plentiful nationwide.
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Air Force
Austin
Raymond Frazier
Frazier
San Antonio
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland
Army
Aeauk Gkee
Orderly Retreat Saves Recruits
Marine Recruiting Sergeant T. C. McCluskey stopped two youths from entering the draft board and urged Marines benefits. The boys, thinking of enlistment, fled after declaring themselves cowards.
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T. C. McCluskey
Court House
Sgt. McCluskey
McCluskey
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BY Wick Fowler
Homer Leonard
W. ©. Reed
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Reed
Weldon Hart
Miriam A. Ferguson
Pat Neff
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