Taxicab Meter Plan To Boost Fares In Austin
The City Council will hold a public hearing on a meter ordinance setting fares from 35 cents for the first mile and 5 cents per added quarter mile plus 10 cents per extra passenger and 5 cents per minute waiting. The plan aims to curb zone pricing and yields higher fares for riders outside the core area. A second measure would tax cab operators on gross receipts and require indemnity coverage, with inspectors to enforce compliance.
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Austin
American Statesman
O’quinn
Glass
City Counci
Trueman O’quinn
O'Quinn
East Austin
City Council
Development Foundation
Govalle
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Guadalupe Street
Life Is Like That in a Quiet Town News
A fragmented report hints at accident insurance aversion to claims and a dull sports season. A stray line references a town clerk and a police stop, with garbled foreign phrases amid a local life snapshot.
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Associated Pres
Associated Place
Ke Caban BaDee Seel
Associated Press
Poll Tax Fear Controls Texas Voting in 1951
Voters face poll tax payment to participate in primaries and elections with eleven days left before the deadline. Civic groups urge Austin and Travis County residents to pay the $1.75 tax to exercise the franchise, as the tax remains in effect barring possible federal changes.
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Texas
Austin
Travis County
Steve Heffington
Congress
United States Supreme Court
John L Lewis portrayed as autocratic in coal crisis
A profile depicts John L. Lewis as domineering in the coal strike era. It cites Livengood’s expulsion, the welfare fund control, and the 1947 48 contract stripping penalties, with operators pressing for a new framework and external legal pressure mounting.
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
Uniontown
George H Livengood
John Lewis
Big George
Herrin
Miners’ Union
Livengood
Virginia
Robert Denham
John L
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
Differences Between National Parks and Monuments and Zebra Colors
Q and A dialogue covers gaps between national parks and monuments, noting parks are federally owned areas for scenery while monuments protect historic or scientific interest. It also states zebras are white with black stripes, cites sunspot observations, and references a legal information booklet offer and teacher education statistics.
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W.P.G
Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
Washington
D.C
Gag rule fight rages in House amid closed doors
Washington reports a Republican Dixiecrat coalition pushing to reinstate the old gag rule, silencing Chairman Adolph Sabath as he urged public hearings on a measure. The vote 7-4 blocked Sabath's bid for a hearing while Democrats Madden and Lyle opposed the move, highlighting tensions over House rules and power.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Republicaan Coalition
Adolph Sabath
Illinois
Sabath
Gene Cox
Georgia
Howard Smith
Virginia
Leo Allen
Allen
House
Ray Madden
Indiana
John Lyle
Texas
James Delaney
New York
Cox, Smith
William Coler
Mississippi
Clarence Brown
Ohio
James Wadsworth
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Lyle
Delaney
Madden
New Yorker
Rules Committee
Congress
Broadway Notes and Theatre Buzz From New York
Alma Brum praises Broadway strolls amid Parisian fare and starry boulevards. Reviews note The Cocktail Party by T S Eliot, The Student Prince in Chicago, and glamour about Lunt and Fontanne. Headlines cover ticket price increases, critic friction, and highlights from Jose Ferrer, Gene Tierney, and Burgess Meredith.
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Variety
Boston
Henry Miller Theater
T. S. Eliot
Prince
Chicago
Lunt
Fontanne
Jackson
Miss
W. C. Handy
Diamond Horseshoe
St. Louis
Grace George
New York City
Jose Ferrer
Gene Tierney
Joan Davis
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William J. Weeg
Goss Teore
Notcheok
Austin Dimes Drive
Wanda Wiley
By Herblock
BY Victor Riesel
John L. Lewis
Jett Lauck
Old Shaggy
Welfare Fund
Board of Trustees
Bureau
N. F
Washington, D. C
Austin American
W.O.R
Galileo
W.A
Council of State Governments
Merry-Go-Round House
Dixiecrat
Drew Pearson
Fair Dealer
Children's Bureau
Taylorsville
South Carolina
A. Mann
Abbeville
S. C
Potomac
Children’s Bureau
Fairfax
Harry Byrd
Schools For Crime
Big Brothers of America
Big Brothers
Indiana Boys School
Plainfield
Ind
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Paris
Rue de la Paix
Tam
Mars
Montmartre
Alma Brum
G. J. Nathan
George
Clurman
Broadway
Playboys
Burgess Meredith
Larry
Meredith
le Gallienne
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
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