Seaholm Plans Coliseum Acoustical Revamp This Week
City Coliseum acoustical work begins this week as Walter Seaholm notes material delivery delays. 50,000 square feet of glass wool will be installed in 10,000 feet of wire, under a $15,000 work order approved Friday by City Manager Guston Morgan. Work aims to finish before May 27 when Alben Barkley attends a state Democratic dinner at the venue.
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City Coliseum
City Utilities
Walter Seaholm
Seaholm
Guston Morgan
Alben Barkley
Democratic Party
Public Records And Divorces In Local Courts
Public records show Edna Perkins filing for divorce from Harold C Perkins in 126th District Court and Dee Thompson filing declaratory judgment with Richard R Reese in 98th District Court. Marriage licenses issued list several couples and names. New car registrations include many makes and owners. Residential and commercial property transfers noted with values and addresses. Minor incidents include grease fire at 715 West Johana and a soda water box overflow at Playland Pool Hall causing leakage.
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Nolan Young
West Johana
Playland Pool Hall
West Sixth Street
Miller News Stand
Austinite Returns to Port Lavaca Causeway Accident
An Austin man, Alvin C. Arnett, escaped serious injury when his car plunged from a Port Lavaca causeway into the bay. He crawled through a shattered windshield, waded ashore with minor scratches, and returned to Austin to report the incident to Walker's Austex Chili Company, which owned the car.
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Austin
Port Lavaca
Alvin C. Arnett
Walker's
Austex Chili Company
Arnett
Date Set for Lake Austin Level Drop to Fight Weeds
City Utilities Director Walter Seaholm and LCRA chief Max Starcke will meet Tuesday at 11 am to set a two week schedule for lowering Lake Austin. The plan aims to reduce duck weed by sun exposure, with owners warned in advance to prepare dock repairs and weed disposal.
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Walter Seaholm
Max Starcke
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Lake Austin
Starcke
Seaholm
State Patrolmen Open Five Day Training School in Texas
Texas highway patrolmen from across the state began a five day in training program at the Texas Department of Public Safety headquarters. Inspector C G Connor gave a keynote on The Role of Police in Traffic Control as part of opening sessions. Sixty six patrolmen enrolled will hear talks on criminal law enforcement policies and procedures.
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Texas
Texas Partment of Public Safety
C. G. Connor
One-Way Street Plan To Begin On June 1
City announces four downtown streets will switch from two-way to one-way traffic between May 31 and dawn on June 1. Brazos will run south, Colorado north, Seventh west, and Eighth east as signals are upgraded. Signs will guide motorists under council ordered experiment.
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Guston Morgan
Brazos Street
Colorado Street
Seventh
Eighth
General asserts improved movies influence youth minds
Brigadier General William H. Martin of Texas stresses that films shape youth character and education. He notes advances in reducing sexual suggestiveness and promoting normal life ideals, urging producers to respond to public preferences with wholesome content for the nation’s youth.
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William H. Martin
Texas
Gen. Martin
Martin
Subdivisions Up for City Planning Commission Approvals
Five new subdivisions seek final and preliminary approvals at Thursday night meetings. Final action requested for Colorado Foothills Section Two east and west of Balcones Drive and southwest of Camp Mabry. Re-subdivision of Dixie Terrace east of Burnet Road and south of Bowling Green awaiting final approval. Preliminary approvals sought for Bluebonnet Heights Cherrywood Annex Allandale IV and Melridge Terrace with respective street corridors and boundaries.
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City Planning Commission
Colorado Foothills
Balcones Drive
Camp Mabry
Dixie Terrace
Burnet Road
Bowling Green
Bluebonnet Heights
Bluebonnet Lane
Rundel Street
Cherrywood Annex
East Mth Street
Cherrywood Road
Allandale IV
Northland Drive
Bull Creek Road
Melridge Terrace
Melridge Place
Robert E. Lee Road
City Workers To Begin Square Dance Lessons
Municipal workers will start weekly square dance classes at 7 30 p m Tuesday in West Austin Park at West 10th and Maufrais Streets. The sessions will be taught by city employees Dick Jordan building inspector and Paul Gladden appraiser in the tax department for city workers and friends.
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West Austin Park
West 10Th
Maufrais
Ger
Dick Jordan
Paul Gladden
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Coliseum
EORM
Potato Chip CO
Public Records
126Th District Court
Jack Roberts
Edna Perkins
Harold C Perkins
98Th District Court
Charles Betts
Dee Thompson
Richard R. Reese
Emilie Limberg
Marshall Gallaway
Rosalee Riggins
Benjamin Hiner Teter Jr
Anna Belle Teter
Melvin Leroy Engelhardt
Patsy Jean Middleton
John L. Jenkins
Rose Marie Evers
Louie Turner
Emma Bell Vanlandingham
Cecilio Simventez
Isidora Aguilar
Steve Heffington
Herman L. Smith
Crosley
Grace J. Harvey
Nash
Hilta Washer
Ford
Joan Swan
R. M. Heath
Ed Simons
Paym
Lewis
James C. Fann
D. D. Linam
Alta H. Labenske
Oldsmobile
Harold Hill
Mercury
Howard Kuhlbman
Raymond C. Graf
4Lincoln
David M. Linder
Pontiac
Leslie M. Sawyer
the Fleet Company
Chevrolet
Rolla G. Wattinger
Hudson
John Eckert
J. EB. Woody
Austinite
Beltone
Beltone Hearing Service
Jones-Blair
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Lambert Green
BLAIR
Gruesen Wall Paper &% Paint Co
Quali Yan Wall Paper and Paints
Lavaca Street
S Lambert Green
Duxbac
Austin Waterproofing CO
Hollywood
Dir
Kola
Lavaca
Cm Te
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