UT Ags in Best Shape for Thanksgiving Day Clash
Texas Longhorns and Texas Aggies prepare for their 56th gridiron meeting at Kyle Field on Thanksgiving. The Aggies, 1-0-1 in a season of losses, arrive in top condition after a 27 27 tie with SMU and a 13 0 defeat by Rice. the Longhorns, despite key injuries, were challenged but in peak form, with Ray Stone doubtful and a sellout crowd expected.
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Oklahoma Sooners
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Christian Horned Frogs
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Texas A&M Texas clash kicks Thanksgiving feature in College Station
College Station hosts the Thanksgiving Day showdown as Texas A&M meets Texas in a high profile SWC clash. Doak Walker earns a repeat All-American honor as SMU's lone SWC football representative. Regular season games wrap this week as schoolboy football concludes. Navy vs Army features sophomores. coach George Sauer remains untroubled. Dripping Springs plays Comfort in a six man Friday night game. Lamar and Tyler duel Friday with a potential Little Rose Bowl bid.
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Doak Walker
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Army
George Sauer
Dripping Springs
Comfort
Lamar
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Thanksgiving Day Weather Outlook For Austin And State
The weatherman says Thanksgiving in Austin will be mild with cool reads in the Panhandle and Texas. Austin highs around 73 and lows near 44 on Thanksgiving Eve. Statewide, Wednesday was sunny and mild with Brownsville at 81 and Guadalupe Pass at 62. Frigid air hit the Dakotas and northern New England but eased southward later.
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Lights on Congress Avenue Brighten Austin Holiday Display
Congress Avenue in Austin glowed with a rainbow Christmas display turning on Wednesday night. Thousands gathered to view the lights while traffic clogged the avenue as police managed the crowds. A neon star and red lighted bells joined a central star atop the Capitol, with the Junior Chamber of Commerce arranging decorations and city crews installing them.
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Ad Departments Stay Open 4 6 Pm Today
The American Statesman advertising departments will be open Thursday from 4 to 6 PM for classified insertions and display proof checks. No classified pickup messenger service will be available Thursday.
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Escaped Felons Face Roadblock in Panama? No, Panhandle.
Roadblocks closed in the Texas Panhandle after four prisoners escaped from Potter County jail at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Edward Lee and Leo Earl Rader, armed robbers, remain at large with James Farris, awaiting appeal outcomes. Dwight Hoskins, 24, of Amarillo, was recaptured. Hoskins aided the escape, injuring Jailer Jack Burgess, who was locked in a cell. The escape route ran from the seventh floor to the street after a rope climb and a janitor’s keys theft. The Raders had been linked to supermarket robberies in Amarillo, Los Angeles, and Oklahoma City. They were arrested in Lubbock a month earlier.
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Leo Earl Rader
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Oklahoma City
Lubbock
US Orders Envoys Out of Red Mukden
US Consul General Angus Ward and four consulate staff were freed after a four week imprisonment in Manchuria. Ward said they were found guilty by a People's Court but deportation followed. State Department ordered the group to leave Manchuria.
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Feldman Cheats Electric Chair Once More
Benjamin Feldman, a 41 year old druggist, was found not guilty by an all male jury after a 15 hour deliberation in the 1943 poisoning of his pregnant wife. The verdict clears him of capital murder charges and ends his two year wait on death row.
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Air Aide Appointed To Navy Secretary
John F. Floberg a 34 year old Chicago lawyer and wartime Navy gunnery officer was named assistant secretary of the Navy for air by President Truman. The recess appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. Floberg served at sea starting 1943 and participated in North Africa Sicily Salerno campaigns and later operations in the Philippines Iwo Jima Okinawa and raids by the Third Fleet on Japan.
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Junk Collector Held After Death of Child
Aberdeen Washington November 23 A 29 year old junk collector was held on open charge after the death of 18 month old William Richard Ted whom he cared for while parents went to a movie Coroner Dr E B Riley said evidence indicated the child had been assaulted in the hours before his death
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Texans Hope for Safer Thanksgiving Travel
Texas DPS chief predicts 28 deaths over the Thanksgiving weekend as patrols tighten. Austin to College Station will see dense enforcement with a perimeter around College Station for the Texas A&M game. Nine patrol cars will monitor traffic and shepherd fans back home after the game. Houston district and other units will assist in the College Station area.
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Texarkana Cafeman Charged With Murder
Municipal Judge D. Cook set bond for Carl Maddox, 47, case operator charged with murder at $10,000. Maddox remained jailed as the alleged shooter of John Collins Sheppard, 26, a Mira, Louisiana oil field worker, at Maddox cafe early Sunday.
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Panama Police Fire On Students In National University
Gun battle erupts in Panama between national police and students near National University amid presidential power struggle. Reports say two policemen and two civilians wounded. clashes ripple through city as thousands rally near the presidential palace and Mass protests end in riot. Chanis, the rival claimant, seeks support while Chiari’s faction holds the palace and a child is killed in unrest. Police patrol the capital as leaflets call for a nationwide strike to restore constitutional order.
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Suspect in Murder Refuses To Waive Extradition
Wayne Nelson Young, sought on a Colorado Springs Colorado murder warrant, refused to waive extradition in New Braunfels Texas. A habeas corpus hearing is set for Friday. Colorado Governor signed a request for Texas to turn Young over. Parsons body found near the Garden of the Gods. The Austin Texas governor's office said it had not received Colorado's extradition request yet.
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Garden of the Gods
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Wee
Mule Tramples Car After Radio Song Sparks Chaos
In Houston on November 23 a gray mule leaped onto Dick Gottlieb’s car as he listened to Mule Train on KLEE. The animal caused about $100 in damage before strolling off. Gottlieb quipped it could have been worse if he had been tuned to Chattanooga Choo Choo.
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Federal District Judge Lacerates Hands in Elevator Fall
Federal District Judge William H. Atwell, senior jurist of North Texas, injured both hands in a hotel elevator fall in Wichita Falls. He was taken to Wichita Falls Clinic with hand lacerations and possible fainting spell noted by doctors.
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Dallas
Defense of Self Smithwick Plea
Attorneys for Sam Smithwick argued in the court of criminal appeals that he acted in self defense when he shot Bill Mason of Alice and should be granted bail pending trial on December 12. State attorneys challenged the self defense claim citing witness Avelino Saenz who testified Mason tried to overpower Smithwick and Mason was behind the wheel when the shot rang out.
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Lilienthal resigns as Atomic Energy Commission chair
President Truman accepts David E. Lilienthal’s resignation as AEC chairman effective Dec. 31 with utmost regret. Lilienthal leaves after three pivotal years marked by controversy over secrecy and the 1946 TVA leadership, urging broader sharing of atomic information and promising to engage in public affairs with greater latitude in private life.
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Federals Dismiss Charges Against Amtorg Officials
Amtorg the Soviet trading agency was fined 10000 dollars but excused from paying it and charges against six top Amtorg officials were dismissed in a brief session. Judge Holtzoff accepted a nole plea for Amtorg suspending payment and cited cooperation with the State Department and Justice Department. The case followed arrests of Americans abroad in Communist dominated regions with Amtorg accused of failure to register as a foreign government agency.
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US allegedly develops small atomic bomb for battlefield use
London Daily Mail, citing Fontainbleu, reports the United States has developed a compact atom bomb for tactical support of troops. The device, potentially under 250 pounds, is described as capable of destroying tanks and infantry with radiation protection details left unspecified. No source is named.
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Filipino Troops Rebels Halt Battle in Truce Report
Reports from Manila say government forces and rebels paused fighting south of Manila after a two day clash. Press dispatches put the death toll at about 20 soldiers and rebels.
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Youths run city council in Government Day clash at City Hall
Stephen F. Austin DeMolay chapter staged its fourth Government Day with a youth council taking over City Hall. The pretend mayor James Orr and members debated two hour parking in front of 606 Rio Grande. Parking advocate Rickey Key pressed for immediate relief, while attorney F L Kuykendall, arguing as a cafe dishwasher, urged limits. The mock council postponed action, promising a decision next week.
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