City State Land Appraised At 2.19 Million In North Austin
The Austin State Hospital and State School for the Blind properties totaling about 255 acres between North Guadalupe to Lamar Boulevard are appraised at 2,187,050 dollars. The survey by the City Tax Equalization Board notes potential value if sold gradually and possible reallocation for residential or school use, with legislative action pending.
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Austin State Hospital
State School For the Blind
Austin
Board For State Hospitals and Special Schools
City Tax Equalization Board
State Hospital
West 38Th
45Th Street
North
Guadalupe
Lamar Boulevard
Dallas Highway
Rickey Key
Howard Bull
Theo Belmont
Austin Equalization Board
Frank Svadlenak
Thrall
Gilmer
Key
North Austin
J. Rutledge Hill
Dallas
Walter C. Goddard
Cage Skinner bid named low on Austin Interregional Highway work
The region's large Interregional Highway project in Austin saw the lowest bid of 959 dollars and 29 cents from T C Cage of San Antonio and Dean Skinner of Austin. The federal aid contract covers 30 blocks from East 17th Street to 46th Street with excavation, grading, culverts, pavements and curbs. The two divided 32 foot lanes will form the highway linking Airport Boulevard to First Street with future phases toward the Colorado River and a bridge across it.
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Austin
Highway Commission
T. C. Cage
San Antonio
Dean Skinner
East 17Th Street
Cameron Highway
46Th Street
East Avenue
Airport Boulevard
First Street
Colorado River
Travis Heights
San Antonio Road
Street Plan Study May Be Postponed
Mayor Glass indicated a public hearing on the one way streets plan may move from 7:30 p.m. March 23 in the City Library Auditorium. He noted council schedules conflict and will ask members about changing the date. The hearing covers a full reshaping of downtown traffic with an extensive one way system.
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Glass
Dentist Dixon Pulls Teeth After Illness
Dr. Robert H. Dixon, a dentist, stayed away from patients on Tuesday due to illness. His secretary called to postpone all appointments while noting he had three teeth pulled.
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J. B. Higginbotham
Shoalwood
Robert H. Dixon
27th Fighter Wing Marks First Austin Anniversary
The 27th Fighter Wing celebrates its first year in Austin and at Bergstrom Air Force Base. Since arriving March 15, 1949 from Kearney Nebraska, the wing has an 1,800 men and a high reenlistment rate.
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Austin
JO Ann Eicom
Bergstrom Air Force Base
A. B. Packard
Kearney
Neb
Eighth Air Force
Ray C. Norris
Texas
Strategic Air Command
Jack E. Montgomery
Berfgstrom
Air Force
Burton Wilder
University of Texas
Wilder
John J. Dugo
Hornell
N. Y
Dugo
New York
Iowa
Melvin S. Ash
Bastrop
Wherry
Cy Wilson
Icelandic Boy Seeks Nipponese Skills Before Japan Move
Seven year old Wayne Clendening, born in Reykjavik and raised in Texas, will sail to Tachikawa Japan with his mother in March for a two year Air Force tour. He studies Icelandic at Palm School while absorbing English as a second language, and his mother hopes he keeps Icelandic heritage.
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Nils Wayne Clendening
Iceland
Japan
Neal Douglass
Palm School
Wayne
Reykjavik
Seattle
Wayne Clendening
Tachikawa
Clendening
America
Belle Rich
States
Anner
Texas
Birth records in Austin face a rising trend
The City Health Department reports births in the first two months of this year up 57 from the prior year, with 655 births through February versus 589 then. The city already sees a new year in doubt as 1949 likely surpasses previous records set in 1948 and earlier years.
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Austin
City Health Department
City Averts Brown & Root Picketing Pact
City officials plan arbitration Wednesday to prevent a threatened work stoppage at the Brown & Root $5 million boiler project at the water plant. The meeting in Mayor Glasss office includes Brown & Root representatives and the Austin Building and Construction Trades Council amid a picket threat and open shop dispute.
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Brown & Root Construction Company
Austin Building and Construction Trades Council
AFL
Taylor Glass
City Hall
Austin
Glass
Trades Council
Alvin Wirtz
Brown & Root
Walter Seaholm
City Utilities
Emma Long
Chestng Smith
Smith
Odom Construction Company
Jennings Electric Company
Farrell Plumbing Company
Dallas
Ricks Excavating Company
Guston Morgan
Ginith
Bob Hill
Creekmore
Census Leaders Train for 1950 Central Texas County Census
Crew chiefs from six counties stayed after school at the First Baptist Church annex to finish a six day training for supervisory roles. The session extended to 9 p.m. to answer last minute nose counter questions as they prepare 345 enumerators. Training continues with sessions starting March 27 ahead of the April 1 census start.
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First Baptist Church
Central
Texas
County Agent Sees Travis County as Richest Farming Area
County Agent Elmo Cook told Rotarians at the Austin Hotel that Travis County could become the state’s richest farming and ranching area. He outlined soil differences, declined fertility in the east, and brushy western lands now being cleared with improving crop prospects. He urged terracing, crop rotation, and phosphated legumes to boost soil and livestock, noting the 37th Rotary anniversary.
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Travis County
Elmo Cook
Austin
Cook
Harry Akin
J. C. Kellam
Walter K. Long
Paper Divided Family United We Delited Front Pages
A family feud at 4309 Duval ends with a peace pact mediated by the Austin American newspaper. The couple now shares front page space while their son gets the comics, promising a brighter breakfast table as the paper plans a second front page with city news and sports.
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Joe O. Prowse
Duval
Austin
Austin American
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Margaret Mayer
Claud Gilmer
Rocksprings
Guadalupe Street
Lamar
12Th Street
Hospital
Belmont
Khey
Cage-Skinner
Capitol
Cynthia
Bobby
Sylvia
Higginbotham
Sammy
Jim Ben
Lorraine Barnes
Brown
Root
Wray Weddell
The
Charles Vertrees
Vertrees
Midland
Nuecas
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