City Ordinance To Rule Taxis Given Council
New Austin taxi regulations were introduced for study by the City Council. The 60 page ordinance requires meters by June 30, franchises by Oct 1, sets fares, taxes, and call boxes, and creates a Taxicab Franchise Commission. It includes driver registration, bonds, insurance, fitment checks, and potential franchise forfeiture for violations.
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Wray Weddell
Austin
City Legal Department
Trueman O’quinn
Taxicab Franchise Commission
City Finance Department
Police Department
Rail Settlement Spurs Industry Return To Work
After a six day strike ended, major railroads began restoring service and recalling engine crews and furloughed workers. Western Pennsylvania coal mines and Cleveland plants like Fisher Body and Midland Steel resume operations as talks continue over a second fireman on diesels and arbitration rules.
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Cleveland
Fisher Body
Midland Steel Products Company
Fisher
General Motors
Midland Steel
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Engineers
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Duff-Fine State In Steady Lead In Pennsylvania Primary
Governor James H. Duff and running mate John S. Fine led the Pennsylvania primary as returns showed Duff with about a three to one edge for the U S Senate Republican nomination and Fine leading for governor. With 2608 of 8347 precincts reporting Duff had 359,110 to 118,226 for Kunkel while Fine held 299,562 to 181,649 for Cooke.
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Philadelphia
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Duff
US Senate
John S. Fine
Joseph R. Grundy
John C. Kunkel
Fine
Jay Cooke
Census Bureau enumerator outreach instruction
Call 6 4396 to request an enumerator visit. The Census Bureau will send a field worker to your home to conduct the survey.
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Bureau
Three year old with brittle bones gets help from community
A cheerful three year old with fragile bones benefits from funds raised by friends and neighbors to send him to specialists. The report notes other local stories from pages 11 and 12 including a recluse found with cash and a Senate gallery remark about paid workers, plus a Latvian DP refugee’s welcome.
Hail Storm Pounds Central Texas Crops
A severe hail storm caused estimated 1.5 million dollars in damage across mid state Texas farms. Stam pede Valley was hardest hit with crops and buildings ruined while lightning and high winds terrorized residents. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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Texas
Temple Daily Telegram
Gatesville
Moody
Stampede Valley
Uvalde County
Temple
Tuesday's Ninety Highest for Year
Ninety degrees the highest temperature this year was recorded Tuesday at 2 p m in Austin. Weather forecasts call for warm partly cloudy conditions through Wednesday with a 65 to 88 degree range and isolated showers and storms Wednesday afternoon. Rainfall for the 24 hours ending 6 30 p m totaled 1 02 inches, lifting yearly total to 14 27 inches, an excess of 33 inches. Partly cloudy in East Texas Wednesday and generally similar conditions in West Texas.
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Austin
Wesdnesday
East Texas
Wednes
West Texas
Political Immorality Charges Flung at Truman by Taft
United Press survey maps Texas primary battles across 12 of 21 congressional seats with eight incumbents facing no opposition. Notable contests include districts 18 13 and 19, while Speaker Rayburn and several Texas Democrats are slated for smooth returns barring upsets.
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Truman
Sen
Taft
Texas
United Press
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Olin Teague
College Station
Albert Thomas
Houston
AHS Hails Reign Of Bobby Warren And Martha Zuch
Martha Zuch and Bobby Warren reigned as queen and king at Austin High School May Fete at Halls Park with Councilman W. S. Drake Jr. crowning the couple before about 3,000. Zuch and Warren, both 1949 favorites, plan to attend the University of Texas and its fall.
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Bobby Warren
Austin High School
Halls Park
W. S. Drake Jr
Miss Zuch
H. W. Zuch
East 43Rd Street
University of Texas
Warren
C. W. Warren
Route 2
Sandra Moore
Joanne Crowell
Jane Kraemer
Eloise West
J. T. Seaholm
Arthur Cunningham
Sonny Fisher
Windy Smith
T. P. Baker
Austin
Western Warblers
Oil Study Panel Forms to Oppose Crude Imports in Texas
A 100 man board created by Railroad Commissioner William J. Murray Jr. will head the Oil Study Panel based in Austin to probe crude oil imports impact on Texas economy. Leaders Ulmer and German announce, with Governor Shivers backing. They cite nearly 20 million dollars in lost state revenue from March 1949 to March 1950, and call for Texans to decide if private importers should guide the state’s economic future.
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Fred Williams
Citizens Economic Committee
William J. Murray Jr
Texas
Austin
Executive Committee
M. C. Ulmer
Midland
W. P. Z. German Jr
Allan Shivers
Murray
Railroad Commission
Saudi Arabia
Ulmer
German
Public School Fund
People of
Chiang Surrenders Chushan Base in Formosa Blockade
Nationalists abandon Chushan Island without a fight, leaving Formosa as main base. Chiang Kai-shek vows counteroffensive within two years and claims Formosa can withstand a Communist invasion. Question remains if Quemoy will also yield and how long Formosa can hold.
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Formosa
Chushan Island
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Chiang Kai-shek
Chushan
Chu- Shan
Quemoy
Amoy
Suror
Evald Johnson Freed Innocent In Amarillo Murder Trial
Evald Johnson, a 30 year old from Munising Michigan, was declared innocent in the bludgeon slaying of oil field troubleshooter W. A. Thornton in Amarillo. The verdict came at 6 11 p m after a three hour trial that heard conflicting accounts of adultery and threats. Diana Johnson, 19, Johnsons wife, faced federal charges for transporting a stolen car as Johnson rejoiced in the courtroom.
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W. A
Tex) Thornton
Munising
Mich
Michigan
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Thornton
Diana
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Tucumcari
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Bishop
Texas
Oil Firm Leaders Here for Hearing
An impressive array of top American petroleum industry executives will meet with the Texas Railroad Commission Wednesday to review oil import problems and the outlook for domestic production the next six months. The 9 a. m. hearing at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel will include presidents and chairmen from major companies along with about 200 other executives engineers and attorneys. Venezuelan official Dr. Eduardo Acosta chief engineer of the petroleum section of the Ministry of Public Works arrived from Caracas to discuss conservation measures and Venezuela as a major crude import source.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Stephen F. Austin
Eduardo Acosta
Ministry of Public Works of
Venezuela
Caracas
Acosta
Jack Baumer
Oil and Gas Division
W. &. S. Rodgers
The
Texas Company
New York
S. A. Swensrud
Gulf Oil Corporation
Pittsburgh
Eugene Holman
Taft Attacks Truman as He Seeks Rubberstamp Congress
Senator Robert Taft denounces President Truman as political immorality and warns voters against a rubberstamp 82nd Congress. He labels Truman’s cross country trip a political expedition and insists a GOP majority will combat communism, curb spending, and boost education and security.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Chicago
Taft
Congress
Pacific Northwest
Tlee
Democratic Party
House
Senate
82Nd
United States
Russia
TB patient sentenced to death for wife slaying
Jimmie B. Patterson, gravely ill with tuberculosis, was sentenced to death by a Houston criminal district court jury for killing his divorced wife on February 25. The jury deliberated 22 minutes before returning the verdict.
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Houston
Jimmie B. Patterson
Criminal District Court
Pappy O'Daniel Negotiates Statewide Radio Broadcast
W Lee O'Daniel met in Dallas with Jimmie Jefferies and Bruce Collier to discuss a statewide broadcast on Liberty Broadcasting System. He declined to reveal whether the speech would be political or commercial or if he will run for governor, noting timing and network definitions influence charges. He aims to decide soon and has until June 1 to file as a gubernatorial candidate.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
Liberty Broadcasting System
O’daniel
Jimmie Jefferies
LBS
KLIF
Bruce Collier
Texas
United States
O'Daniel
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