Retailers Vote To Close Shop Thanksgiving Week
A group of 36 merchants voted 21 to 15 to close all day on November 30 in observance of Thanksgiving after weighing national November 23 and Texas November 30 as the holiday. Grocers and stores planned closures or half days, with local offices and universities also aligning to the holiday. Governor Shivers noted Texas will observe both days.
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Francis Amsler
F. M. Scarbrough and Sons
Alm
Exas A&m
Texas Memorial Stadium
Alex Ferris
French Room
David Hamner
University of Texas
Hamner
Retail Merchants Association
Amsler
Allan Shivers
Texas
Appeals Court Denies Firemen Hearing Advance
The Third Court of Civil Appeals denied a motion to advance a hearing on the Austin firemen pay raise suit. The city will face a regular appeal path after the Dec 3 deadline to file an appeal brief. Attorney John Cofer had asked to speed the decision.
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Third Court of Civil Appeals
Austin
John Cofer
126Th District Court
Cofer
Sewer line approved for Broadacres residents project
City Manager Walter Seaholm approved a sanitary sewer line to serve 13 Broadacres Addition homes. The line runs along the subdivision north side from Woodrow to Roosevelt Avenues then south brief on Roosevelt. Estimated cost is 2945 dollars with over 1000 feet of six inch concrete pipe to be installed.
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Walter Seaholm
Broadacres Addition
Woodrow
Roosevelt Avenues
Roosevelt Avenue
October building activity tops 3.58 million in city totals
The city reports October construction at 3,585,220 bringing year to date to 35,022,877. Residential permits reached 2,006,801 while commercial activity was 1,389,770 with repairs and non taxable buildings making up the rest. Largest projects were a 385,000 East Avenue tourist court and a 716,000 11 story office on East Ninth and Brazos. Public building totals 4,581,887.
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East Avenue
East Ninth and Brazos Streets
Church Expansion Approved at Wilshire Presbyterian Church
City approves construction of a one story fellowship hall and classroom building at 1700 Schieffer Avenue. Permit lists $35,000 estimated cost, five rooms and two lavatories. B. L. McGee named as contractor.
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Wilshire Presbyterian Church
Schieffer Avenue
B. L. McGee
Congress Avenue Bridge widening chief May appeal again
Advocates urging widening of the Congress Avenue bridge may bring their case before the City Council again. An attorney general opinion says the state owns the bridge title as part of a state designated highway. The opinion cites an 18 year old bond act transferring a $60,000 Travis County debt to the state and restricts county funds from improving the highway system.
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Congress Avenue
Perry Jones
Travis County
Herman Jones
City Council Looks at Major Water Pipe Purchase and Projects
The council agenda Thursday centers on a 16 600 foot 36 inch water pipe purchase costing over 200 000 plus bids for a concrete culvert at Boggy Creek and a new hangar at the Municipal Airport. Water line work ties to a proposed northwest water plant near Lake Austin with bond issue funding awaiting approval.
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City Water Division
Cherrywood Road
Concordia Avenue
Gilford-Hill-American Company of
Dallas
Missouri-Pacific
City
Davis
Unions Demand Closed Shop Terms From Brown and Root
Mayor Glass testified unions pressed Brown and Root to hire only through union halls, set union working conditions, and pay the same contract as other power plant contractors. A March 15 meeting failed. picketing began March 16 with workers walking off until completion on July 10.
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Taylor Glass
Austin
Brown and Root, Inc
Glass
Nat Wells
Wells
Brown and Root
Herman Brown
Maren
Brown
Cooler Windsend Fall Weather Signal Break in Heat
A Texas forecast notes a shift from south to north winds breaking the hot spell. Central Texas enjoys fair skies and cooler temperatures from 60 to 80 degrees with milder daytime highs and overnight readings near the mid to upper 60s. The report recalls last August’s 106 degree high and highlights a recent cooler pattern.
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Texas
Supreme Court Hears El Paso wage rate dispute
The Texas Highway Commission argues it sets prevailing wages by locality with final authority and no appeal. The El Paso unions and the Texas Federation of Labor contend wages differ widely, with imports and higher rates at stake, while amicus briefs warn of costly project delays if wage classifications are challenged.
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Texas Highway Commission
el Paso Building and Trades Construction Council
el Paso
Texas Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Price Daniel
The
Highway Commission
L. N. D. Wells
Highway Department
Go Street
Main Avenue
Wells
Austin
Hi Commission
Robert Lee Bobbitt
John S. Redditt
Ike Ashburn
Texas Good Roads Association
Travis
John E. Hickman
Ned McDaniel
McDaniel
Joely. Greenhill
William
Lott
Triat
Meade F. Griffin
Brown and Root
American Federation
8&0
el Pas
Amarillo
Fall Heat Wave Breaks As Cool Front Advances
The weather man says the Midwest heat wave that produced record fall temperatures has broken. A cool front moving from the northwest brings cooler air and fair skies. The tail end should reach Austin Thursday and lower temperatures slightly.
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Midwest
Austin
Bond Issue Vote Urged as Absentee Ballots Count Low
City officials fear a light turnout for Monday’s eight municipal and school propositions despite a unanimous Jaycee endorsement of the five year capital improvements program. Absentee ballots numbered 20 by Wednesday, while Mayor Taylor Glass urges broad participation. The Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a car pool and telephone campaign to mobilize 358 members and their networks for strong participation.
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Glass
Elsie Woolsey
Ing
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber
Jaycee
Charles West
Driskill Hotel
West
Dedication of St. Stephen's Episcopal School Near Austin
Several thousand Episcopalians gathered in Texas hills outside Austin to dedicate St. Stephen's Episcopal School. Bishops from Massachusetts and Texas, plus Governor Allan Shivers, attended as hundreds of laypeople, clergy, and students toured the campus and heard vows to seek truth and train Christian scholars and citizens.
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Austin
St. Stephen's Episcopal School
William Gordon
Alaska
Texas
Protestant Episcopal Church
Norman Burdett Nash
Massachusetts
Nash
Clinton S. Quin
Houston
A Aay Gineiey
John E. Hines
St. Stephen
Allan Shivers
William Brewster
Diocese of Texas
St. Stephen's
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