Austin Fliers Scoff At Saucer Crash Tale and City Plans
Wacky rumors about a 36 inch flying saucer body reach Mayo Clinic alarmed locals while UT engineers and Bergstrom AFB officials dismiss the tale. City council ponders limited one way streets and health chief Primer proposes building permit holds to curb pit toilets. Texas aims to be softball capital with major tournaments in 1948 and 1949 across Austin San Antonio and Texarkana.
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University of Texas
New Mexico
Mayo Clinic
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Ben Primer
Primer
Health Department
Guston Morgan
Taylor Glass
Council
Texas
Austin
San Antonio
Texarkana
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Notable quotes on war, economy, and policy debated
A collage of 1940s quotes weighs in on communications as defense, China, inflation risks, Hollywood, atomic policy, and British politics. Figures cited include Gen George C Marshall Walter Reuther Edwin G Nourse Bette Davis Klaus Fuchs and Herbert Morrison, reflecting postwar tensions and public opinion.
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George C. Marshall
Sauerbraten and a Telepathic Waiter Tale
A diner recalls a New York East Side sauerbraten stop with a telepathic waiter who claims to read customers by their nose and mouth. The piece blends humor and food lore as the narrator tests the waiter with sauerbraten and roast duck. The waiter shares quirky stories of mis orders and a vegetarian marriage mishap.
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New York
Economy Commission Takes Lead In Texas State Reorganization
A citizens group called the Economy Commission will draft a suggested reorganization of Texas executive departments with legislative participation. It will avoid proposing new services or drastic centralization, focusing on current agencies’ organization, effectiveness, and costs while preserving elective offices and policy stability.
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Legislative Council
Texas Life
Texas Economy Commission
Economy Commission
Texas
Griffenhagen
Gilmer-Aiken
Texas Public Safety Commission
Texas State Administration Reforms Face Limits and Shifts
The Economy Commission weighs reorganizing Texas state services while noting political feasibility. It cites a shift toward policy making boards and non-salaried officials, with elected offices and salaried agencies evolving over time. It cautions against building an entirely new structure but foresees efficiency gains.
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Tals
Youth Development Council
State Board of Control
Texas
Citizens’ Economy Commission
Reader Q and A From Local History Column
A compact Q and A compilation covers biblical family sizes and daughters of Adam and Eve, Stevenson writings at Saranac, Little Church Around the Corner founding, rain drop shapes, the term earmarked origins, and Everest weight difference. Includes references to Cain Abel Seth Azura Awan and 1887 88 winter details.
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Adam
Eve
Cain
Abel
Seth
Azura
Awan
Peace ideas surge as Americans offer plans to win the peace
A flood of public ideas asks how to mobilize U S goodwill to prevent wars after World War II. Citizens propose color supplements behind the Iron Curtain, hydrogen bomb films, shortwave radios, and mail catalogs to reach Russians, while critics fault State Department policies and defense budget trimming.
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Washington
Iron Curtain
Russia
Chamber of Commerce
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Department
Francis J. Colligan
Exchange of Persons
F. W. Danner
Akron
Ohio
United States
O. Hanley
Fisherville
Mass
Voice of America
Politburo
Roy T. Granger
Nevada City
Calif
Irwin Jally
Dallas
Texas
Montgomery-Ward
Sears, Roebuck
Probes and Politics on Broadway and the Wall
The Hearings unfold amid ongoing probes of government and espionage era figures. Citizens grow wary as lawmakers pledge revisiting statutes of limitations while Whittaker Chambers is cited. The piece casts a sharp, satirical lens on accountability and power.
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Washington
Congressional
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
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China
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers (Cio
Edwin G. Nourse
President Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Hollywood
Bette Davis
Atomic Energy Commission
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Klaus Poche
Herbert Morrison
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Highway Commission
Game Commission
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Eye Street
N. M
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Saranac
Ballantrae
Stevenson
New York City
Church of the Transfiguration
29Th Street
Lovers’ Lane
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M.D.C. A
Mt. Everest
J. Met
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Albert Engel
Michigan
Pentagon
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Engel
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Oregon
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Chicago Tribune
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Morse
Compton White
Idaho
Bell Syndicate, Inc
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Associated Press
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