Central Texas Windy and Cold Outlook
Central Texas sees windy and colder conditions with partly cloudy skies. Friday lows near 38 degrees. East Texas reports partly cloudy and cooler with 30 to 34 degrees in the northwest Friday. Coast region fair to partly cloudy and cooler with strong northerly winds. West Texas experiences partly cloudy and colder weather with 24 to 32 degrees in the Panhandle, South Plains, and upper Pecos Valley westward.
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East Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Winter's First Light Freeze Stated Tonight
A strong cold front pushed temperatures toward freezing across North Texas with Austin forecast for 38 Friday morning and 32 Friday night. Panhandle winds up to 55 mph shattered windows in Amarillo while Lubbock had snow flurries and El Paso anticipated 20 to 15 degree lows.
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Plains States
Texas
Austin
Midwest
Panhandle
South Plains
Gulf
Amarillo
Lubbock
el Paso
Israel Refuses To Quit Negev In UN Stand
Israel told the United Nations it would not order a full withdrawal of forces from the Negev. The cabinet’s reply followed a Security Council demand for demilitarization and lines for retreat while peace talks moved forward. Bunche pressed both sides to choose direct or indirect talks for an armistice and a path to permanent peace.
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Israel
United Nations
Negev
Palestine
Security Council
Paris
Ralph Bunche
Holy Land
Bunche
Britain
Council
Egypt
Man Shot Near Death In Brackenridge Hospital
Dan McMillen 31 of Route 6 lay near death from a single chest wound. Milton Eugene Cain 26 of 709 East First Street was arrested after police responded to a shooting at 709 East First Street. Cain’s wife is a daughter of the Heaths who own the house. Slugs recovered from the dining room walls were a 30-30 and a .25 caliber.
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Dan McMillen
Route 6
Brackenridge Hospital
Austin
East First Street
Milton Eugene Cain
East First
William Bostic
Bostic
McMil
709 First
R. L. Heath
Heaths
Cain
Heath
McMillen
J. C. Hester
Committee of One Sums Waffle Shop Proceeds to Red Feather Drive
A J DeWitt owner of the Longhorn Waffle Shop at 609 Congress Avenue pledges one day’s receipts for Red Feather agencies. From 6 am to 6 pm all proceeds will be placed in a labeled envelope for the Austin Community Chest. Waitresses join in by donating their service to boost Chest income.
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Austin Community Chest
Austin
Red Feather Drive
A. J
Joe) DeWitt
DeWitt
Community Chest
Congress Avenue
Red Feather
Longhorn Waffle Shop
GI Ready To Marry Girl With Racing Car
Fort Sill corporal Langton Hall, 23, five feet eight, sandy haired, advertises for a wife with cash to buy him a racing car worth about 25 000 dollars. He says he is single, average looking, and serious about marriage and offers his business sense. Hall is a former professional race car driver stunt driver and parachute jumper.
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Lawton
Okla
Fort Sill
Langton Hall
Langton
Council Denies Plea for Beer Sale by Grocer in C-1 Area
The Austin City Council unanimously rejected amending the zoning ordinance to allow packaged beer and wine sales by grocers in Commercial C-1 areas. A plan to permit off site consumption in C-1 was defeated 4 to 0 after debate led by Mayor Tom Miller and attorney Bert Ford.
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C-1
William J. Weeg
Austin American
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Tom Miller
Bert Ford
Texas Liquor Control
W. G. Okie
Barton Springs Road
Eugene C. Bartholomew
Ford
Okie
Barton Springs
Sure Cure Tooth Brings Shooting Pain
Joseph Vitelli said the pain from a four day old tooth extraction drove him to shoot himself in the stomach with a .22 revolver. The 20 year old Army veteran was listed in fair condition at Muhlenberg Hospital in North Plainfield New Jersey.
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North Plainfield
N. J
Joseph Vitelli
Martin J. Kane
Vitelli
Muhlenberg Hospital
East Coast Strike Drags On As Talks Continue
The East Coast waterfront strike nears two weeks with no quick end in sight. Federal mediator Margolis and AFL leaders met with ship owners as unions push for a contract amid port closures from Maine to Virginia. Industries face shortages and embargoes hit grain shipments to Houston while railroads cut back as workers are laid off.
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New York
AFL
William N. Martgolis
Margolis
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longshor
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn
Baltimore
A. B. Babcock
Franklin
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
National Sugar Refining Company
Association of American Railroads
Houston
Texas
W. F. Heavey
Port Houston
Gulf Coast
Wife of Juvenile Bride Arrested in Los Angeles Case
A 36-year-old woman Leitha Marie Truax was arrested November 18 on suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of her 16-year-old husband James Allen Thompson. The couple wed in Yuma Arizona on November 3 after a barroom romance. Thompson is in the custody of juvenile officers in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Leitha Marie Truax
James Allen Thompson
Yuma
Ariz
Thompson
Air Force streamlines defense with Continental Command
The Air Force reorganizes to strengthen national air defense. The Continental Air Command CAC created to coordinate Air Defense Command and Tactical Air Command with six unified area commands aligning with six Army commands. General George E. Stratemeyer named head of CAC at Mitchell AFB New York.
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Air Force
America
Continental Air Command
George E. Stratemeyer
US Air Force
China
Mitchell Air Force Base
New York
CAC
Strategic Air Command
United States
SAC
Omaha
Air Defense Command
Tactical Air Command
Air National Guard
Air Reserve
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First Air Force
Second Army
14Th Air Force
Third Army
Ninth Air Force
Fourth Army
12Th Air Force
Fifth Army
10Th Air Force
Sixth Army
Fourth Air Force
Air Force Base
Truman
Gordon P. Saville
Stratemeyer
Robert M. Lee
Elwood R. Quesada
Hoyt F. Vandenberg
Navy reveals 600 mph jet flying wing in tests
The Chance Vought XF701 tailless jet fighter completed basic test flights and was described as a flying wing by the Navy. Powered by two Westinghouse turbojets, it features ailevator controls, hydraulic boosters, pressurized cockpit and ejection seat. Production is slated for Dallas.
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Washington
Navy
Westinghouse
Army Denies Ross Engaged in Espionage
Vienna reports the American Army denies that Ross was involved in espionage at the time of his slaying. The first official statement after the murder in Vienna's Russian zone on Oct. 31 cited Austrian police findings that four men in Russian uniforms rode in a jeep and used a Soviet pistol.
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Vienna
Ross
Economic Cooperation Administration
Emmy
Truman and Forrestal hold key West talks on Europe Berlin
President Truman and Defense Secretary Forrestal spent 45 minutes discussing diplomatic and defense issues in Key West Florida. The session focused on Europe and the Berlin blockade with no change on Forrestal’s potential resignation.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Defense Forrestal
Europe
Baldheaded Men Urged to View Loot in Public Showing
Philadelphia police report two wavy blond toupes found among loot from robberies. Residents with recent burglaries may identify items at a public showing in detective headquarters next Tuesday.
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Philadelphia
Detective Headquarters
Texas Democrats Cheer President and Attack Morrow
Texas Democratic officials in Dallas praised the president and heaped scorn on national committeeman Wright Morrow of Houston. The State Executive Committee urged the National Committee to remove Morrow and appoint Byron Skelton of Temple, citing eight indictments and Morrow’s Dixiecrat ties. The gathering also heard senator Tom Connally and Gov. Jester as they met with county chairs.
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Margaret Mayer
Austin American Capitol
Dallas
Texas
Democratic Party
Rousin’ Rootin
United States
Bronx
Wright Mor
Houston
Morrow
Beauford
Adolphus Hotel
National Executive Committee
Byron Skelton
Temple
National Committee
France Objects To Ruhr Transfer To German Trustees
Paris reports say France fears quick German recovery, condemns Britain and the United States for returning Ruhr coal mines and steel mills to German trustees. The National Assembly foreign affairs committee demands international control over Ruhr industry and German recovery.
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Paris
Britain
United States
National Assembly
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Ruhr
Robert Schuman
Foreign Affairs Committee
Marshall
Hector McNeil
Charles de Gaulle
Marshall Planaid
France
Assembly Committee
US Sends Wheat and Rice Aid On Fast Track to China
The United States sped up food shipments to six Chinese cities, diverting two shiploads of wheat to the Tientsin Peiping area and dispatching 12 shiploads of wheat and flour. An extra 10 000 tons of rice from Hongkong to Shanghai was arranged with Britain.
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Washington
United States
China
Economic Cooperation Administration
Tientsin-Peiping
Harlan Cleveland
ECA
Via
Cleveland
Hongkong
Shanghai
Suchow Battle Ends With Large Communist Losses
Nanking reports a decisive government victory in the Suchow fight with Communist casualties near 130,000 and government losses around 40,000. Chen Yi and Liu Po-Cheng reportedly withdrew to regroup as air power and rail actions favored the government.
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Nanking
Suchow
Chang Liu-Shih
Chen Yi
East
China
Liu Po- Cheng
Central
Dulles Urges United Europe to Resist Eastward Orbit
John Foster Dulles warned at the American Club of Paris that a disunited Western Europe could be drawn into the East’s orbit. He favored a strong unified Europe with ERP support, rejecting claims the US seeks domination and urging continued, limited US help to end Western Europe’s disunity.
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Paris
Europe
John Foster Dulles
American Club of
Dulles
United States
Truman
UN Assembly
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Chen
Liu
Suechow
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