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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1950
Page
6
From Washington a summary notes Republican pressure shaping aid for Western Europe. A single package will show military and economic support per nation for the next Congress. Viet Nam seeks US loans alongside military aid. Indirect items include jet engine production and rocket development updates.
Diplomatic sources report Russia will deploy six Red Army regiments to Hungary near Budapest Miskolc Szeged and other border posts after a week end agreement with the Hungarian Communist government. Six Hungarian regiments will train in Russia. Stefan Barda named chief inspector of the Hungarian Army.
Corpus Christi taxi drivers struck over the transit company hiring a woman telephone operator. About 50 cabs idle as the walkout began midnight Wednesday, while day drivers largely supported the decision and many could not vote on the action.
Thomas Felton Camp Jr., grandson of Mr and Mrs W H Camp of Sam Gabriel, is a UT sophomore chosen as one of eight university candidates for the Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University in England.
Ottawa reports recall of 1947 board regulations on wooden coaches after Tuesday's Rocky Mountain wreck that killed 20. Canadian National says passenger cars in both trains involved were wooden on some units, while tour cars had steel frames. Regulations allow wooden coaches in passenger trains only at rear or with steel under-frames.
A dozen reindeer were flown to Brownwood Texas for Santa Claus parades as a frigid wave moved into the state. Grady Carothers of Goldthwaite and John Allen of Borger organized the shipment after traveling by bus train boat dog sled and plane from Kotezebue Alaska to Alaska and back. The flight originated in Burbank California and landed at the Brownwood airport.
Tokyo November 23 1945 Commander James Johnson Royal Air Force ace of World War II was awarded the US air medal for observation flights over Korea. The award was presented by Brigadier General Edward J Timberlake vice commander of the Fifth Air Force Johnson was credited with shooting down 40 enemy planes in the last war.
C. J. White, 38, was hospitalized in serious condition after his car was struck and driven under a moving freight train at the Wallisville Missouri Pacific crossing. He suffered severe foot injuries, substantial blood loss, and possible amputation of a foot. Deputies said the car’s top was sheared off and White narrowly escaped death.
In December Reader's Digest explains why a mother expels an infant after nine months and what triggers the changes in mother and child at birth. It surveys forces that help the baby take its first breath, framing birth as nature’s supreme miracle.
Salida, Colo. quarry accident claims life of 26 year old James Lockett of Salida. He slipped under a heavy truck at the Monarchprock Quarry 15 miles west of Salida and was killed instantly when the wheels ran over him. Coroner Joseph Stewart said the head was crushed by the wheels.
A driver waiting for a train at a crossing was struck from the rear. The flatbed truck, driven by M. Fair, 22, said he did not see the car in the morning fog.
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