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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1950
Page
3
A Cornell University professor leaves his car in an Syracuse garage during a convention trip. His wife travels to recover it after he forgets where it is. She buys bus tickets by mistake and police tow the car to another garage. A $10 fine and storage await. The car runs out of gas before return home.
Russian Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin said he is returning to Moscow for a vacation and may not indicate when he will return. He booked passage on the Polish steamer Batory from New York, as U S officials note possible significance in sending the envoy abroad amid Cold War tensions.
The Viking rocket built by Glenn L. Martin and launched from the guided missile ship Norton Sound near Christmas Island rose 1064 miles into the air, a record for an American made single stage rocket. It carried instruments to study cosmic rays and was photographed by the Osborn.
Archaeologists reveal granite carvings depicting leather dressers dating to 2000 B.C. suggesting leather making has ancient origins. The artifacts indicate early skilled craftsmanship and long standing tradition in material culture.
Two Midwesterners, Meyer Gilgus of Kansas City and Louis Riskin of Minneapolis, were fined 5000 dollars each and given six month prison terms on plea of no contest for shipping more than eight tons of horsemeat to Texas disguised as beef tenderloins. They faced jail if funds weren’t raised immediately.
A 24 year old World War II veteran Guadalupe Martinez Jr. died in a fire that destroyed his Laredo home. His body was found under a pile of corrugated metal. He leaves a widow and a daughter and his parents survive.
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