Austin Considers 7.15 Million Revenue Bond Plan
City Manager Guston Morgan explains a May 16 election on a 7.15 million revenue bond issue to expand Austin power water and sanitary sewer plants. Funding allocates 5.5 million for a new steam plant 1 million for a new water plant 500 thousand to double sewer capacity and 150 thousand for engineering services.
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Labor Strikes Loom As Steel Coal Ford Tangle
In a Pittsburgh hotel CIO steel chief Phil Murray warned of a possible unscheduled steel stoppage while auto union leaders mobilize 1,000,000 steel workers and 62,000 autoworkers. The piece notes Taft Hartley battles, May Day tensions, and Navy security shifts affecting labor fronts nationwide.
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Alabama Folk Working To Better Race Relations
In Alabama race relations progress shows through salaried equal pay for black and white teachers, improved Negro education, and new schools in Montgomery. The Blue and Gray Association funds North South cooperation with a football shrine and aims to unite both regions with shared projects.
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Broadway gossip and political tension swirl in 1940s notes
Ingrid Bergman episode and Rita Hayworth controversy spark alarms over Hollywood influence. Truman cancels Boston and New York appearances after ghostwriter Clark Clifford’s hospital stay. Young Republican essay winner H. Carl Markel shocks observers with Wallace ties as Morse comments on Hoover. Mayor O'Dwyer faces pressure to run again amid smears and high pay dreams.
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Traffic gridlock at Lamar crossings spurs Austin rail plan
City lawmakers urge faster grade crossing remedies as Lamar Boulevard traffic worsens from Second Street to Barton Springs Road. Plans for a new East Avenue bridge face years of delay while the Texas Highway Commission curbs further Lamar changes.
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