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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1950
Page
4
City officials outline tentative bond plan to 25 30 million dollars for 1961 to cover vast needs in street and bridge work, incinerator and dumps, sewers, electric distribution, street lighting, and water mains as Austin faces possible debt increase.
A fragmented labor scene contemplates merging into a single federation led by Philip Murray while planning ballot action. A separate quip warns that giving a man a free horse invites government dependence.
The article likens state government to a patient undergoing the most thorough major surgery in its history. Legislative Council and Economy Committee teams diagnose head work and general pathology, with 181 surgeons preparing thousands of pages of reports. Austin growth is noted, including a census gain of 44,034 in ten years and likely reaching 100,000 population by mid-decade.
A childhood reminiscence on the East Side recalls Gimpy fishing through iron gratings for trinkets and baby pictures with tar on a string. Police officer Ike Fogarty supervises, but Gimpy retrieves a locket for a woman who cherishes a baby’s image, revealing a pup inside the keepsake.
A compiled Q and A style notes section covering topics from astronomy and botany to history and language. It lists 89 IAU constellations, Patrick Henry’s last Bible quotation, henna origins, Father Time’s symbolism, paint blistering causes, the cat's paw fable origin, early commercial air mail dates, Latin names for plants, and cloves as unopened flower buds from the Malay Peninsula.
Washington scene details alleged that Congressman John S. Wood of Canton Georgia took a $1000 fee from Stanfield heirs after helping secure $10000 in government damages for a truck accident. The partner Carl Tallant, on Wood's payroll, handled the payment amid calls to keep quiet. Senator Russell fined no fee for similar relief. Taft criticized Truman policy in closed-door exchange.
The atomic era reshapes espionage with learned spies replacing street-darers. Klaus Fuchs and Canadian cases show Lenin University training undercover agents and professors of assassination. Notable figures like Juliet Poyntz and Walter Krivitsky linked to Soviet espionage.
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