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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1950
Page
4
The City Council contemplates abolishing the top utilities job as Walter Seaholm becomes city manager, with no applicants in consideration and plan for him to head both city management and utilities while operations stay with the water and light superintendents.
The item reflects on honoring war dead on Memorial Day and shifts to thinking about new wartime methods. It notes President Truman's aim to assist small businesses and mentions potential need for support or a crutch in policy.
The Austin Area Economic Development Foundation mailed its annual report to members led by President C. B. Smith and Manager Frank W. Jessen. It links census growth to expanded employment, ongoing UT collaborations, the Bergstrom spur development, Butlin resort plans, and Texas Democratic Party momentum in Austin.
A Nebraska farm girl Judy Peters moves to New York in 1946 chasing theater glory. After a rocky climb from small parts to a Shaw revival lead, she dies by suicide at a summer stock rehearsal after a director’s blunt rejection. a note on the script hints at the motive. Concurrently Congress probes RFC loans to Lustron and Waltham Watch, with hearings set to examine governance and funding.
Goose livers as large as three pounds or more have been obtained in the Strasbourg region, the famous pate de foie gras area.
A 1950 column by Dick Long reflects on rapid life changes from prairie era to jet age and warns that atom bombs germ warfare rockets and fear shape the era. The author argues this is the age of fear and urges shifting efforts from weapons to ideas and thought warfare to avoid future catastrophe.
Irene Selznick enjoys the final guffaw on The Movies Are Better Than Ever as her Broadway hit grosses 4.5 million while Scribner pursues Cardinal Spellman’s The Foundling. Ezio Pinza heads to Movietown June 1 and Trygve Lie haunts a luxurious UN office as news and show business mingle in a chaotic, gossipy column.
The text states that The Austin American and The Austin Statesman are members of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, certifying their circulation. It also notes the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of local news and AP dispatches printed in the newspaper.
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