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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
6
The Veterans Administration moves toward a second postwar GI life insurance dividend as 90 percent of the first round’s checks were paid. The next dividend will cover 1949 to 1951, start January 1, 1951, be smaller than the prior 2.8 billion payout, and go only to policies current on premiums, with payments mailed on each policy anniversary.
Four members of the Hamilton family were severely burned in a liquefied gas explosion that rocked a farm house four miles east of Morton. D. E. Hamilton 52 his wife 48 son Edward 20 and Mrs Edward Hamilton 18 suffered first to third degree burns. The blast occurred about 3 30 a m after a gas hose detached from the cook stove. They were taken to West Plains Hospital and Clinic in Morton for treatment.
Nationalist naval headquarters predicted a fresh sea engagement with Chinese Communists over the Wanshans southwest of Hong Kong. Reds reportedly short of food on Nanshanwei and facing blockades as Miinority craft are sunk trying to aid them near Ma cao.
In Life magazine excerpts the former king describes abdication pressures over his love for Wallis Simpson. He recalls arguments with Prime Minister Baldwin and asserts he would marry Simpson regardless of royal opinion, stating marriage was essential to his continued life as king or man.
City Manager Walter Seaholm can seek an option on Highland Park West property to extend Fairview Drive to a planned Army Engineers reservists training center on government land just north of Camp Mabry. Construction bids in Galveston around June 23 depend on Washington funding by June 30. if funds fail to appear, the option is dropped.
Minnesota records show 183 fatalities from outdoor recreation accidents in 1949. Gun accidents caused 30 deaths and 153 people drowned.
Jiri Hejda 55 testifies he joined an organization to overthrow the Communist regime. He says former U S Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt and Vojta Benes aided plans for an armed revolt after a free UN supervised election. He gathered secret reports for transmission to the United States to influence Czech policy.
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