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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1951
Page
10
About 200 Austin State Hospital workers voted to hire a lawyer to advise on a retroactive federal income tax bill. The action followed a 600-person protest by local charity system employees over back taxes on room and board for 1949 and 1950. A five member committee was created to study retroactivity, exemptions, and payroll deductions.
Wilson testified before a committee studying small business roles in defense wage and price controls. He declined to comment on whether Alan Valentine would stay as ESA head. A decision on Valentine’s status and Johnston’s possible move to Wilson’s advisory post will come within a week.
Police disclosed that a 14-year-old New York boy was picked up as a dope peddler among scores arrested in a narcotics drive. He allegedly set capsules of heroin and is being questioned by the Juvenile Aid Bureau.
In Wichita Falls on January 18 a 6 year old, Robert Clayton Rector, freshly recovered from chicken pox, chased a baseball into a four foot, sixteen inch wide hole. Firemen dug him out after 45 minutes while his father C. C. Rector and mother offered support. He stayed calm though his teeth chattered in the cold.
The Air Force announces mobilization of reserve wings and National Guard units to active duty at home stations with deferments and classifications by need. About 60 000 volunteer reserve airmen and 20 000 reserve officers are slated for recall, with deferments based on education research essential employment and other criteria.
General O'Donnell, 44, urges use of atomic bombs against Chinese targets in Korea and argues for a total war approach. He returns to 15th Air Force leadership as bomb groups expand and praises crews for 43 000 tons of bombs in 50 000 combat hours while rejecting limited action and urging decisive air power.
Thomas R. Anderson testified that his wife called him you fool but the parrot repeated it with the same inflection. Anderson, a 48 year old medical laboratory technician, won a divorce on cruelty charges. Marie Anderson, of San Diego, did not contest.
In Houston on January 18 a Navy recruit learned $40 of his monthly pay would be diverted to his wife. He started to leave, asking where he was going, then said he would enlist only after getting a divorce. The applicant’s name was not released.
The article notes that numerous 13th century French building tile floors reflect Crusaders returning from the Holy Land. They observed intricate Near Eastern tilework and carried the inspiration home, influencing local craftsmanship.
WESSACO residents will host a one day valley wide safety conference this Saturday. Texas DPS director Homer Garrison will speak along with experts in school industrial and traffic safety.
An advertisement claims Cardui controls uterine spasms causing monthly distress not a pain killer but a medical aid. It asserts Cardui offers welcome relief, reduces cramps, and is trusted by thousands of women and girls with wide availability through dealers.
Austin condemned Chinese aggressions in Korea and called for a strengthened UN framework. He warned Beijing now bears responsibility for the war and must face consequences, insisting on a structure to deter all aggressors and safeguard Asian independence.
An Austin woman escaped serious injuries after a collision at a blind corner of Stobaugh and Watson Streets Thursday night. Mrs Mae Aldridge Borho 25 of 1201 Stobaugh and Beauford Gordon Kidder 41 of 4500 Avenue H collided causing Borho to skid into a telephone pole she received bruises and shock and was treated at Brackenridge Hospital and released. police note reduced vision at the corner due to a high thick hedge.
An Austin woman told police she and her mother paid 87 to a man in a cemetery who claimed to represent a local monument company. He said a new headstone was needed for a relative and vanished with the money, leaving no headstone or contact.
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