Flood Damage Hits Austin Gravel Streets After Cloudburst
Police department photos show tor rential rain causing watery traffic hazards across Austin and thousands of dollars in damage to gravel streets. Enfield Road near the Missouri Pacific underpass and Lamar Boulevard area suffered sewer overflows as Johnson Creek flooded a storm sewer. A sanitary sewer break in three places on Shoal Creek forced a manhole cover six inches above street level for hours, marking a second such main break this year.
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Austin
Enfield Road
Missouri-Pacific
Johnson Creek
Lamar Boulevard
City Public Works Department
Shoal Creek
Lamar
Governor Faces Humiliating Tic Tac Toe Gauntlet From Brainchild George
A cryptic challenge arrives for Governor Allan Shivers and Austin leaders. The letter, signed George, promises a game of tic tac toe to test the governor with a mock brainchild created by Bill McKune and students D. S. Baker C. J Barras and William Withers. George, built to demonstrate mechanical and electrical brain power, will be shown among 122 devices at the University of Texas during the 41st Annual Power Exhibit Friday.
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Allan Shivers
Deep East
Texas
Austin
George
James Durante
Bill McKune
University of Texas
D. S. Baker
C. J Barras
William Withers
McKune
Ernest Best
Vernor
University
Women's League Plans Convention in Austin
The Austin League of Women Voters schedules its annual convention Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Hitching Post to set the program for the coming year. President Mrs. Horton W. Smith, back from Atlantic City, heads the group. Dallas resident Mrs. Martin A. Row was elected to the national board, the first Texan to join.
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Austin League of Women Voters
Hitching Post
Horton W. Smith
Smith
Atlantic City
Martin A. Row
Dallas
Austin Benefit Square Dance Invites Council Leaders
City Council members are invited to lead the grand march at a benefit square dance at Gregory Gym to aid the Austin Cerebral Palsy Center. Mayor and Mrs. Glass head the march, with two bands, four hours of dancing, and tickets at $1. The event, chaired by Howard Barr, aims to push the center toward a $10,000 operating budget, after about $8,500 already raised.
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Gregory Gym
Austin Cerebral Palsy Center
Taylor Glass
Johnny Delson
Cripple Creek
Circle 8 Playboys
Joe Murphy
Jack Healey
Polf
Healey
Reynolds- Penland
Merritt Schaefer and
Brown
Hutchins Brothers
J. R. Reed Music Company
Cerebral Palsy Center
Military Instructor to Attend Artillery Conference
Colonel Paul B. Malone Jr. of Austin, senior Army instructor for the Texas Military District, will attend an artillery indoctrination and orientation conference May 8 through 12 at Fort Bliss. The event aims to satisfy a statewide requirement for updated artillery doctrine, techniques, development, weapons, and policy.
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Paul B. Malone Jr
Austin
Texas Military District
Fort Bliss
Oscar B. Abbott
Mayor Endorses Public Housing Agreement in Austin
Mayor Glass backs cooperative deal between the City Council and the Austin Housing Authority to expand public housing with 520 low rent units and seeks federal funds under the 1949 National Housing Act. Council to ratify. a new resolution to reserve funds is planned.
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Taylor Glass
Austin Housing Authority
City Legal Department
Austin
Glass
Herman Jones
AHA
A. J. Wirtz
AHA Board of Commissioners
Bob Burns
Joe Hill
Hill
Public Housing Administration
Wirtz
Burns
Austin Real Estate Board
Centralexas
American Institute of Architects
Housing Authority
PHA
Lonely Chico Finds Friend in Sympathetic Teacher
Nine year old Chico, once isolated, forms a lasting bond with Winnie Murphy, an Metz School teacher who has guided him since first grade. She praises his eagerness to learn and notes a key moment when he vowed to repay the Salvation Army shoes, illustrating his hopeful future and resilience despite troubled attendance and past arrest.
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Chico
Winnie Murphy
Metz School
Mrs. Murphy
Salvation Army Catain
Realtors Pledge Fight on Slums in Austin
The Austin Real Estate Board pledged cooperation with the City Council to raise housing standards and convert substandard homes, after criticism of a public housing hearing. George Sandlin urged the board to back modernization and code enforcement to improve the community.
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Austin Real Estate Board
City Council
Austin
George Sandlin
Sandlin
Real Estate Board
Public Housing Administration
Austin Housing Authority
Claude Wilson
Texas Real Estate Association
Houston Realtors
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Houston
Austin Board
San Antonio
Clint Little
Board
Special Projects Committee
Cadets Review Ceremonies At University ROTC Parade
Army and Air Force cadets of the University of Texas ROTC will march in an inspection review at noon Wednesday on the intramural Field. Colonel Albert A. Horner and Lieutenant Colonel Ray Inger of the Texas Military District headquarters will attend in the rev stand with several colonels and lieutenants from the 12th Air Force in San Antonio. Dr J C Dolley, university military coordinator, will also be present.
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Army and Air Force
University of Texas Rotc
Albert A. Horner
Ray Inger
Texas Military District Headquarters
G Gale
Wi Cc. Adams
Joe H. Hill
12Th Air Force Headquarters
San Antonio
J. C. Dolley
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Women’s League
Mrs
Lyman Jones
Realtors Pledge
Pola Ellis
Miss Ellis
Laredo
Delta Gamma Sorority
Disch Field
New Braunfels
The
Austin Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Driskill Hotel
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