Youth Fatally Shoots Austin Laborer After Cafe Dispute
John Contreras, 21, died at Brackenridge Hospital after a 38 caliber pistol fire at Mi Jacality Cafe on Webberville Road hours after an argument. A 17-year-old Latin American youth, Felipe N. Alonzo of Montopolis, admitted the shooting. Investigators say Contreras and companions drank beer. after an argument he retrieved a gun and was shot as others wrestled for the weapon. Autopsy ordered. services set for Guadalupe Church with burial in Memorial Park.
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John Contreras
Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Contreras
Felipe N. Alonzo
Route 6
Montopolis
Mi Jacality Cafe
Webverville Road
Roy Fowler
Frank Turner
Travis Blakeslee
Guadalupe Church
Memorial Park
Jose Contreras
Carmin Contreras
Marie Contreras
Lupe Contreras
Gorgonia Contreras
Manuel Contreras
Joe Contreras
Lord Pakenham
RAF
Bennett
Weather report and forecast district wide conditions
A garbled weather brief notes rain and snow in the southeast and northwest with cold temperatures. It references a shower in the southeast and freezing conditions in the northwest, with scattered mentions of a Panhandle area and January readings.
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Panhandle
Ously
Mario
Two Teen Robbers Hold Up Austin Park Couple
Edgar Witter of 2201 Thornton Road told Detective Sergeant Bill Sterzing he was parked in Zilker Park with his girlfriend when two youths approached his car and demanded his billfold. One flashed a pistol as the pair took keys and warned them to stay put before fleeing in a waiting car with a third boy. The youths were described as about 18 with one tall and slicked back hair and another darker and smaller. police patrolled the park Sunday night seeking clues.
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Austin
Zilker Park
Edgar Witter
Thornton Road
Bill Sterzing
Witter
Two Men Cut Up in East Austin Bar
Ramsey Zapata and his cousin Joe Zapata were stabbed at the Azteca Bar in East Austin. Ramsey was hospitalized with severe facial cuts while Joe was treated and released after a neck wound. A 20 year old Latin American suspect fled the scene and was sought by police.
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East Austin
Ramsey Zapata
East 14Th Street
Joe Zapata
East Ninth Street
East Seventh Street
State College Heads Confering Here Today
Presidents of state supported colleges in Texas meet in Austin for a one day conference on problems facing their schools. The session starts at 9.20 pm at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel.
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Texas
Austin
Stephen F. Austin
80 Die in Crash Of Charter Plane For Sports Fans
The transport crashed while approaching Sigginstone after a Dublin departure. Eighty killed, five women among the dead, survivors pulled from wreckage as Air Force and coroners investigated. Witnesses described engines failing, plane breaking in two, and a rapid, deadly descent.
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Air Force
Tudor
Dublin
Lilandow
Belgians Vote On Leopold III Return To Throne
Belgians approve Leopold III’s return with about 2 percent more yes than no. turnout includes 8.5 million people with 2 151 881 opposed and 151 477 invalid ballots. The advisory plebiscite informs Parliament which will decide his status amid regional splits and political tensions.
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Leopold III
Leopold
Brussels
Liege
Social Christian
Interior Ministry
Liberal Party
Switzerland
Joseph Ernest Cardinal van Roey
Malines
Jo-Leopold
Paul An Zeeland
Paul-Henri Spaak
Josephine Charlotte
Belgium
Medical Society Takes no Action On Sander Case
The New Hampshire Medical Society declined to initiate disciplinary action against Dr. Hermann N. Sander, deferring to the Hillsborough County Medical Society while condemning mercy killing. The case follows Sander’s acquittal in Manchester of murder by lethal injection of cancer patient Abbie Borreto.
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Medical Society
Sander
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire Medical Society
Hermann N. Sander
Norman W. Crisp
Nashua
Hillsborough County Medical Society
Lloyd L. Wells
Manchester
Candia
Abbie Borreto
State Society
The
Profeson
Deaths and Funerals in Austin and Taylor
Frank Glauninger 64 Austin resident for over 40 years dies in local hospital. Wife Freida, son Frank Otto, daughter Mrs. A. E. Ragsdale survive. Funeral 2:30 p m at St. Pauls Lutheran with Rev. Albert Jesse, burial Capital Memorial Park. Also notices for Mrs Mary A. Burney 86, Mrs Ella Jessen 75, Mrs L C Donovan 56, Katharine Dorsett 38, Harold Martin, George Robert Middleton, Ben L. Tyler 58, Mrs A C Arnold, Mrs D B Spillar with funeral details.
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Frank Glauninger
Austin
Nalle Lumber Co
Calcasieu Lumber Co
Freida Wabash Glauninger
Frank Otto Glauninger
A. E. Ragsdale
Weed- Corley
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Albert Jesse
Capital Memorial Park
Ella Jessen
von Boeckmann-Jones Company
Weed-Corley
Lewis Speaker
Oakwood Cemetery
Ralph Bickler
G. A. Wesenberg
Frank Evans
Henry Hilgartner
Alsab Moehr
Ernest von Rosenerg
Katherine Dorsett
Hylton Manor
Walter McCaslin
Memorial Park
Walter Chamberlin
O. M. Daughtry
Joe Winslett
Jim Sparks
Olie Browning
R. L. Dorsett
Billion Dollar Tax Cut Scheme Faces Truman Veto
Washington March 12 A full House Ways and Means debate over a billion dollar excise tax cut plan signals a likely presidential veto if revenues aren t raised to balance cuts Democrats fear trimming the excise while Republicans push a quick relief bill The fight centers on whether to offset excise cuts with higher corporate incomes taxes or other revenue sources and includes calls from movie theater groups for price reductions in response to any tax relief.
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Washington
House
Truman
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Mr. Truman
Dingell
D-Mich
Conness
Obituary notices from Elgin and Taylor under ANS dispatches
Louis Fisher 67 lifelong Elgin farmer died Saturday night at Elgin. Funeral Monday 3 p.m. at Miller Mortuary with Rev. Seaborn Kiker officiating. Burial in Elgin cemetery. Survivors: wife, three sons Harvey Leo Ned. two daughters Ennis Voelker Elizabeth Johnson. brother Leslie Fisher. sisters Georgia G illam Lucy Neiman Dallas. Mrs A H Fuller 72 of Taylor died suddenly at home. Native of Columbus Ga. Survivors: husband A H Fuller five sons R K Coupland C S Coupland J S Willingham E G Willingham C A Puller. daughter Mrs R W Noble. brother Fowpell Kennerly. Body at Gilstrap Funeral Home.
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Mary A. Burney
Austin
Congress
University Methodist Church
Travis
Eastern Star
United Daughters of the Confederacy
W. S. Brown
Range
Etta Wright
San Antonio
Edna Spruill
Ernest McElroy
B. L. Vann Sr
Weed-Corley
Edmund Heinsohn
Oakwood Cemetery
el Campo
L. C. Donovan
Sweeney
W. L. Gidden
Elgin
C. L. Thomas
Los Fresnos
Mika Donovan
Leo Donovan
James Donovan
Louis Fisher Elgin
ANS
Louis Fisher
Miller Mortuary
Seaborn Kiker
Elgin Cemetery
Harvey Fisher
Leo Fisher
Ned Fisher
Ennis Voelker
Elizabeth Johnson
Leslie Fisher
A. H. Fuller Taylor
A. H. Fuller
Taylor
Columbus
R. K. Coupland
Palestine
C. S. Coupland
Dallas
J. S. Willingham
E. G. Willingham
C. A. Puller
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Paul J. Dye
Wolfeboro
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Hanover
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Mt. Calvary Cemetery
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C. E. Carter
Oscar Kruhl
Jack Elliott
Joe Fecher
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Houston
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Looney E. Martin
George Robert Middleton
Wilson
Masonic Cemetery
Ben L. Tyler
J. W. Norman Jr
Robert Brannan
John Tyler
Miss Carmieler
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J. J. Lannen
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John W. Tyler
Lawrence A. Tyler
Lake Jackson
A. C. Arnold
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J. E. Thompson
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Temple
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D. B. Spillar
Baytown
McDade Cemetery
K-Mar
Rio Grande
Roosevelt
D-Lib-Ny
Capitol Hill
Ste. Refin
Howard’s
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Austin, Texas
Chapel of the Bells
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