Opening of New Link in Coastal Canal Is Today
The ribbon will be shipped for the dedication of the latest link in the Intra Coastal Canal System at Kenedy County mud flats. The noontime ceremony marks the opening of the lower Rio Grande Valley to the Corpus Christi channel, linking Brownsville with Gulf ports to Carrabelle Florida. The 44 year campaign by the Texas Louisiana Intra Coastal Association culminates with this desolate site ceremony.
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Port Mansfield
Rockies
Kenedy County
Rio Grande Valley
Corpus Christi Channel
Brownsville
Texas
Gulf Ports
Carrabelle
Fla
Florida
mid-Atlantic
Texas-Louisiana Intra-Coastal Association
Mexico Pegs Peso Value At Low 8.65
Mexico set a new par value of 8.65 pesos per US dollar with backing from the world monetary fund and the United States. The rate is cheaper than the 8.15 peso level in the free market. Secretary Snyder announced a new bilateral agreement supplementing the May 1947 stabilization pact and increasing the US stabilization fund for pesos to 25 million dollars to stabilize the rate.
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Washington
Mexico
World Monetary Fund
United States
Treasury
Snyder
United States Stabilization Fund
Senator Byrd demands retirement reform during pay bill hearings
Senator Byrd demands names of officers who retire early and take other jobs while drawing federal pensions. He urges changes to retirement provisions to keep personnel on duty longer, noting some officers retire after 20 years and draw half base pay for life. General Bradley says Army policy denies retirement before 30 years, with few exceptions.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Army
Navy
House
Omar N. Bradley
Witness Proves His Eyes Are Good Too
In Tarboro North Carolina on June 17 a witness in an accident case Bullock tested Thorpe by timing a half minute with a clock. Bullock claimed 30 seconds passed exactly and Thorpe could not dispute the count.
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Tarboro
N. C
Negro Joe Bullock
I. D. Thorpe
Bullock
Thorpe
Stvy
Texas Commission Cuts Daily Crude Again Amid Stocks Concern
The Texas Railroad Commission reduced daily crude production by 125 101 barrels marking the seventh cutback this year. A July August allowance was set at 1 871 938 barrels per day for 62 days as officials warned wells may not aid future supplies amid rising domestic stocks and strong criticism of foreign imports.
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Beaumont
Texas Railroad Commission
Elmer Patman
Superior Oil Company
Houston
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
Senator Attacks AEC Pipeline Over Oak Ridge Plant
Senator Hickenlooper accused a 10 million dollar gas pipeline to Oak Ridge Tenn atomic plant of being needless and wasteful. AEC member Sumner Pike defended the project as a money saver, citing annual fuel bill reductions of 1.25 million dollars.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Great Oak Ridge, Tenn
Sumner Pike
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Millikin
Oak Ridge
Pike
John L. Lewis
Jury Convicts Woman Of Transporting Girl
A federal jury in San Francisco convicted 28 year old Ruby Freeman also known as Shirley Nelson of bringing a 14 year old girl from Oregon for prostitution. The girl testified of hotel room visits with Orientals at Freeman's direction. Freeman was found guilty on two counts for transporting the girl by bus from Bandon and by automobile from Gardiner. Sentencing was postponed for one week for a probation report. The maximum penalty is 15 years in prison and a $15,000 fine.
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San Francisco
Oregon
Ruby Freeman
Shirley Nelson
Eureka
Nation Going to Dogs In One House
POTTSVILLE Pa June 17 Raymond Klinger a Locust Gap Pa bachelor says his dog Skippy turns on the radio and dials programs. He claims seeing is believing after watching the dog jump on the table flip the switch and dial with a paw. He wonders if the dog prefers singing commercials or disc jockeys.
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Pottsville
Raymond Klinger
Locust Gap
Klinger
Skippy
Western diplomats seek Austrian treaty solution in Paris talks
In Paris on June 17 Western diplomats pressed Austrian foreign minister Karl Gruber for details on Russia's potential claims in a settlement, hoping to bypass sticking points delaying the Austrian treaty. The Big Four planned a secret Sunday session to advance two remaining goals: Austrian peace progress and a code for fair trade and transport involving Germany and Berlin.
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Paris
Russia
Britain
France
Germany
Berlin
Nickel Burglar Strikes Again At Local Grill
A nickel thief struck Friday at the Steel Grill 122 West Fifth stealing nickels from a marble table. Police report entry via pried screen from a restroom window. A separate burglary at 2114 Lawnmont damaged home, but only fishing gear and a hunting knife were taken.
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Austin
West Fifth
T. L. Hawkins
D. M
Sauls
Progressives Urge Veto of Rent Decontrol Bill in Texas
A Travis County delegation of Progressives presented petitions to Governor Beauford H. Jester calling for a veto of the rent decontrol bill. The group said the petitions include more than 500 names and featured Harry Lott as spokesman.
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Travis County
Beauford H. Jester
Harry Lott
Dallas Sends Well Blue Boy Back Home
St. Joseph Missouri June 17 Kenneth Pete Easter returned home from Dallas where he underwent a delicate operation. His mother Mrs Bert Easter said this is one of Gods miracles and praised the doctors and community for the support during his illness.
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ST. Joseph
INS
St. Joseph's
Kenneth
Pete) Easter
Pete
Dallas
Bert Easter
New House Farm Aid Bill Offers Parity Price Plan
A House agricultural subcommittee unveiled a tentative farm aid bill proposing 100 per cent parity based price supports and a Brannan style subsidy trial on up to three commodities next year. It would repeal the Aiken Law and set a new parity standard affecting most commodities.
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Washington
House
Brannan
Obituary notices for Isaac Epps and Joe Pepera
Isaac Epps of Austin died Thursday night in a local hospital. Survived by daughter Viola Conrad of San Antonio. funeral 10 a.m. Saturday at Cook Funeral Home. burial in Memorial Park. Joe Pepera died Thursday night in a local hospital. body sent to Rogers Texas for services at Skinner Funeral Home. survived by son Louis Pepera. burial in Rogers. Infant Powell dies of an infant daughter of Sergeant and Mrs. B. T. Powell.
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Isaac Epps
Austin
Viola Conrad
San Antonio
Cook Funeral Home
M. B. Harris
Memorial Park
Joe Pepera
Rogers
Texas
Skinner Funeral Home
Louis Pepera
Capital Memorial Park
The
Truman Labor Bill Passage Debate Shapes Senate Fight
Senator Elbert Thomas warns the Truman labor bill could enable plant seizure or injunctions during strikes as the Senate weighs repeal of Taft-Hartley. Senator Pepper argues against seizure and injunctions while Douglas and Taft defend or modify provisions in a heated exchange.
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate
Thomas
Chamber
Pepper
D-Fla
Douglas
D-Iil
Aiken
R-Vi
Taft
Ohio
Lively Again Wins Vacation Trip Award
Charles N. Zively of Northwestern National Life Insurance Company is among 15 agents awarded an expense free week long trip to Basswood Lake in Puetco National Park Canada. This marks his second time winning the award.
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Charles N. Zively
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Basswood Lake
Puetco National Park
Canada
Zively
Two Year Old From Germany Finds Mother
At San Antonio International Airport a 2 year old girl Kirsten Huettig reunited with her mother Eva Huettig Mission after a 5500 mile flight from Frankfurt Germany. Kirsten cried out Mommy repeatedly then was embraced by her mother as they left the flight line. Kirsten born in Germany, father German, mother American citizen who lived in Germany until age two. Her mother had not been allowed to take her earlier. The husband, with the British military government in Buende, hopes to follow in about six months.
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San Antonio
Kirsten Huettig
Municipal
Frankfurt
Germany
Eva Huettig
Mission
Kirsten
Young Robeson To Wed White Bride In New York
Paul Robeson Jr 21 and Marilyn Greenberg 21 plan to wed after obtaining a license in New York. Robeson, Cornell graduate and former star athlete, and Greenberg, a Cornell alumna, expect the ceremony with Rev. John W. Carr Jr. officiating.
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New York
Paul Robeson Jr
Marilyn Paula Greenberg
Cornell University
Robeson
Cornell
John W. Carr Jr
Rae Greenberg
Europe
Soviet Russia
Carr
Miss Greenberg
Young Robeson
Rutgers University
Eslanda
Horseback Trio Follows California Trail
A girl and two men ride 1800 miles from Boulder to Sacramento retracing the pioneer route. Charles Rogers of Columbus and Bill Davoren of Denver, with Rogers' wife Fil, aim to reach Sacramento by mid August after leaving Boulder Thursday. They plan to travel via Fort Laramie South Pass Idaho Pocatello Elko Carson City Lake Tahoe and the American River Valley.
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Boulder
Colo
California
Plains
Boulder Thursay
Charles Rogers
Columbus
Ohio
Bill Davoren
Denver
Rogers
Fil
Sacramento
Davoren
Colorado University
Fort Laramie
Wyo
South Pass
Idaho
Pocatello
Nevada
Elko
Carson City
High Sierras
Lake Tahoe
American River Valley
Weather Hourly Report and Local Forecast Highlights
The bulletin provides hourly temperature ranges for Austin with sunrise and sunset times, moon phases, rainfall data for the past 24 hours and year to date, and rainfall totals. It also lists river and lake levels including Colorado River near Montopolis, Lake Buchanan, and Lake Travis, with a forecast noting little change in conditions. Fort Worth and Amarillo readings are included alongside regional figures.
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Austin
Lowes
Colorado River
Montopolis
Lake Buchanan
Lake Travis Ford
Colorado
Abiene
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Galveston
Gan Ratonot
Cadets honor fallen soldiers in Rockdale and Taylor services
Reburial for Private Dudley Vaughn McGuyer, missing Dec 31 1944 and died Jan 18 1945 in Germany, held in Rockdale with burial at IOOF Cemetery. Corporal Wallace W Zapalac 20, died from injuries in a Munich hospital May 8 1949, funeral at Condra Funeral Home in Taylor with American Legion rites and burial in Taylor City Cemetery.
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Rockdale
Spb
Dudley Vaughn McGuyer
Germany
T. Miller Smith
Linwood Peterson
IOOF
McGuyer
Red Cross
Taylor
Spl
Wallace W. Zapalac
Munich
Condra
W. N. Ander
Detmold
Horace Whiteside
Friendship
American Legion Post
Granger
Taylor City Cemetery
Wealthy executive shoots close friend in Chicago jealousy dispute
Carl A. Moore 50, head of Aluminum Container Corp and Lavan Smelting GM, shot former Army Capt. Robert E. McCall 41 after McCall reportedly threatened with a knife over Moore's ex wife Florence. McCall wounded in chest. Moore claims self defense after McCall advanced with a butcher knife. McCall once married to Florence's sister, Barbara Morse Perry, and had been dating Florence after divorce.
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Chicago
Carl A. Moore
Moore
Army
Robert E. McCall
McCall
Saipan
Aluminum Container Corporation
Lavan Smelting Company
Barbara Morse Perry
Col. R. H. Morse
Florence
New York
Polio Aid Boosts San Angelo Fight in 1940s
San Angelo received 406000 from March of Dimes funds to combat a severe polio epidemic. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis of New York sent the check as the city saw no new cases and four patients were discharged from hospitals.
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San Angelo
West Texas
National Fundation
New York
Wounded Airman Transferred to Brooke General Hospital
Corporal Edward C. Tomlin of Bergstrom Air Force Base was transported to Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio for treatment of gunshot wounds suffered Thursday night. He was shot in the abdomen and thigh around 10 p.m. His condition was listed as serious and no charges had been filed.
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Edward C. Tomlin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
Tomlin
Bergstrom
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