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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1950
Page
1
A severe dust storm swept Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Missouri with wind gusts 75 to 80 mph. It caused fatal highway crashes, roof damage, and prairie fires, crippling visibility and eroding cropland. At least 10 deaths were reported, with multiple injuries and long-distance travel disruptions.
Senator Vandenberg outlines a plan for a bipartisan commission to study post Marshall Plan strategy. Officials from Acheson Hoffman and other top aides welcomed the idea as a nonpartisan approach to U S policy after 1952 and to improving Congress relations.
In West Bay City a man shot and killed his wife as she fled with their two year old daughter. Dolores Kocsis died. Bonnie Jean was unharmed. The husband Frank Kocsis, 26, then wounded himself and remains in critical condition. The sheriff cited a violent quarrel as the motive.
Dolly the circus elephant crushed 5 year old Edward Rogers Schooley at a Sarasota training camp. The boy fed Dolly before the incident as witnesses said the elephant grabbed him with her trunk and stood on his head. The matinee proceeded without Dolly. state investigation followed.
A Sunday morning blaze in Lexington destroyed the Ben Retzlaff grocery store as high winds hampered firefighting. The fire, started about 4 30 am, threatened nearby shops and the post office before being contained with limited equipment. Insurance partially covered the loss.
SAN RAFAEL Calif March 26 An autopsy showed evidence of rape in the strangling of Air Force sergeant Fairy E Decker 44. Sergeant Lyle H Buswell 32 confessed to choking her but denied rape. He is to be arraigned in San Francisco.
Austin Public Evening School enrollment climbs to 876 with 120 in the Negro program at Anderson High School and total registrations reaching 3 333 a rise of about 700 from last year. New sections include carpentry electrical plumbing and painting with classes 6 50 to 9 30 p m Wednesdays. A 64 hour practical nursing course may open if sufficient interest. Registration continues next week at Austin High School evening school office Room Flat.
Congressional price preview in steel sparks partisan clash as Democrats urge 30 day notice before price hikes to allow Congress review. Republicans counter, denying competition concerns and urging case to be brought under antitrust law.
The city recreation department starts supervision of municipal playground activities Monday afternoon. Twelve playgrounds will open with directors assigned as the spring program begins, with a full summer program starting June 5.
Belgrade Yugoslavia March 6 UP Tito's unopposed list for Parliament won more than 99 percent in early returns from Montenegro and Mostar with 95 plus turnout nationwide. In Titovo Duzice 99.6 percent voted by noon as crowds cheered Delicately supervised voting and no incidents were reported.
Washington March 26 Owen J Lattimore a Johns Hopkins professor and Far Eastern expert was identified by Senator McCarthy as the top Soviet agent in the United States His denial came from Mrs Lattimore and associates while Pearson defended him The AP sought Lattimore comment but received no reply The charge echoes across the Senate subcommittee probing State Department ties to Communists and fellow travelers
New York March 26 Three Democratic senators denounced Senator McCarthy s attacks on the State Department as reckless and absurd Mrs Roosevelt called them utterly ridiculous Senator Benton warned innocent people are being threatened and U S reputation abroad is harmed Senator Green said the charges imply the State Department is pro Communist Senator Anderson defended Dean Acheson as a fine American servant The State Department noted Miss Kenyon denied Communist ties and Mrs Roosevelt urged faith in Americans to hear other doctrines without defecting to communism
Austin residents may hear five of seven school board hopefuls at a public forum 7 30 p.m. at the Austin High School Auditorium on Monday. Nominees Delbert Akin Hinsley Crow Howard and Koch will speak in support. Incumbents Prentice and Moos are absent. Absentee ballots close Tuesday at midnight. Election set for April 1.
The Supreme Court will hear the start of government suits to gain possession of tidelands along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Arguments are expected to continue into Tuesday.
The nude body of 18 year old Jo Ann Dewey, snatched from a Vancouver street a week earlier, was found in the Wind River forest area. Investigators say death came from crushing blows to the skull with a puncture wound AB. Three salmon fishermen discovered the body and police traced license plates to a Portland used car dealer. Clues about the two men in the car were scant as officers questioned potential witnesses and searched for connections to the Portland area.
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