City to Probe Garbage Problem and Zoning Changes
City officials moved toward adding a new incinerator to ease overcrowded disposal at Bee Caves Road while also extending a six month dog quarantine. A two week report will detail costs for doubling the current haul rate, purchasing a sanitary fill, and the price of a new incinerator.
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Bee Caves Road
Rob Roy Ranch
Guston Morgan
Austin
Bee Caves
W. S. Drake Jr
Emmett Shelton
Shelton
Taylor Glass
Bee Caves Committee
Small-Fry Rodeo Slated in June
HALLETTSVILLE June 2 The High School State Championship Rodeo returns June 16 17 18 with boys and girls from Texas and nine other states competing in calf roping tie down bareback bronc riding and bull dogging Governor Beauford H Jester to lead the parade Pete McKenzie returns as announcer Prizes include engraved statues and horse related trophies Scooter Fries of Bandera age 15 is a returning rodeo standout housing provided by locals and a full volunteer leadership team runs the event.
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Hallettsville
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Hallettsville Court House
el Reno
Okla
Sulphur
New Underwood
S. C
Montana
Pete McKenzie
National Quarter Horse Breeders Association
Gladys Brown
American Quarter Horse Association
Scooter” Fries
Bandera
Scooter
Leon L. Kahanek
Chamber of Commerce
Claude Mullins
Alton Allen
Lavaca County
Seminary Student Sails for Italy on Reconstruction Work
John Elder an Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary student sailed Thursday from Galveston to Genoa Italy to do reconstruction work at Agape Italy. It is his second summer in Europe and he is sponsored by the World Council of Churches. Elder has studied at the seminary for one and a half years.
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Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
East Avenue
Norman G. Anderson
Theodore Ernest Thornquist
Guston Morgan
Stuart MacCorkle
McClain Street
Sol Wilson
Hargrave
Patterson Lane
Wilshire Boulevard
Morgan
Dahlich
15Th and
Lavaca
City Health Department
Harry Akin
Colorado River
Austin State School
Webberville
Gray and Becker Inc
Shoalmont
John Elder
Agape
Italy
Dallas
Europe
Galveston
Genoa
World Council of Churches
Elder
Taylor Receives Safety Plaque for No Fatalities
The city of Taylor was honored by the National Safety Council for a perfect no fatality record among Texas cities with 50 000 or fewer population. Mayor R E Kollman accepted the plaque at a Kiwanis Club meeting.
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Taylor
National Safety Council
Texas
R. E. Kollman
Kiwanis Club
Austin’s First Drive-In Bank Set To Open July 5
Citizens National Bank president J. W. Siegmund announced the opening of Austin’s first drive-in bank on July 5. The cutstone and brick building at 1904 Guadalupe is nearly complete as staff of 18 will operate the new air conditioned bank offering loans savings checking accounts and travelers checks. The bank will be renamed Texas State Bank after the move with Leslie Crockett as general contractor and A. W. Harris as architect.
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Austin
Citizens National Bank
J. W. Siegmund
Guadalupe
Texas State Bank
Siegmund
Leslie Crockett
A. W. Harris
Texas Veteran Found Dead in Washington
George T. Lindley a 27 year old World War Two veteran from Hainesville Texas was found dead in Washington from three chest wounds with a 25 caliber pistol beside him. Police ruled death by own action and no suicide note was found. Lindley worked for the US Geological Survey and has a sister Mrs Charles King living in the city.
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Washington
George T. Lindley
Hainesville
Texas
Lindley
US Geological Survey
Charles King
Peso Recovers Slightly From Slump to 8.35 Per Dollar
Mexico City reports the peso recovering slightly on Thursday to about 8.35 per dollar, easing from a weeklong slide that pushed near 8.50. The currency move reflects modest market stabilization amid ongoing volatility.
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Mexico City
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Dr. L. F. Holland
Wick Fowler
Horton Smith, George Staats
Mrs. Smith, Shelton
Others
Zoning Board
City Plan Commission
Riverside Drive
Congress Avenue
Missouri Pacific
Butler Park
South First Street
Robert E. Lee
Barton Springs Road
Robert
Lamar Boulevard
Jack Key
M. H. Crockett
E. C. McClure
Lem Scarbrough
John L. Martin
16Th and
Congress
Simon Lewis
Petiioner
Koenig
Texas Public Service Company
East 20Th
Grover Avenue
West 25Th
Merrie Lynn Avenue
Caswell Avenue
South Congress Avenue
Leonard Schwabel
Avenue
Catherine Wallace
East 13Th
Thelman Gray
Tillotson
Herman Owens
West Sixth Street
Speir
Yiinder
Calcasieu
lLovaca
Chrysler
McCormick Research
McCormick
East Ave
Cornay
A Complete Record Department
Walter Neal
Philco Appliances
Mathes
Emerson
Hoover Cleaners
Phonograph & Television
Philco
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