Austin School Board weighs fire escape law costs
The Austin School Board studies the Texas Fire Escape Law requirementsListing 98 slated escapes citywide with 33 currently in place, and a cost gap between full compliance at 97 040 and marshal’s recommended package at 26 626 85 The report notes several schools exempt from the law and cites new one story campuses built to reduce fire protection needs.
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Austin School Board
Austin
Temple B. Mayhall
Austin High School
Mayhall
University Junior High
University of Texas
Austin High Nursery School
Mathews
Robert E. Lee
Wooldridge
Kealing
Blackshear
Becker and
Palm
Austin High Gymnasium
Allan Junior High
Baker
Fulmore
Pease
Winn
Zavala
Anderson High
Rosewood
Govalle
Ridgetop
Rosedale
Zilker
Oasis
Bickler
St Elmo School
Anderson High School
Clarksville
Comal
Olive Street
Editors Notebook on Minton hearing cancellation discussed
The column argues that summoning Senator Minton before a committee over his Supreme Court nomination would tempt insincerity and politics. It notes the Senate should assess a nominee by character and record, not promises, and rejects forcing explanations from a future justice. Mexico opens a Memphis consulate signaling broader ties
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Senate
Sherman Minton
United States Supreme Court
Old Court
Minton
Supreme Court
High Court
Committee
Sen. Minton
Mexico
Memphis
South
Republic of Mexico
United States
Brains Against Chains Wins in Atomic Labor Race
A 1949 column extols free atomic workers and harshly contrasts U S labor freedom with Soviet forced labor. It highlights rigorous security at Oak Ridge Hanford and private firm protections, arguing that free workers will prevail in the atomic race.
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Commission
Richlands
Russia
Workers Corps
US Commission of Inquiry
Answers to reader questions from the Austin American Bureau
A reader service lists Q and A items from the Austin American Information Bureau at 316 Eye Street NE Washington DC with brief bits on subjects from philosophy to wartime actions. Includes a book offer on law and rights with address and 20 cent order request.
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Bureau
Eye Street
Washington 2
D. C
Austin American
Austin American Information Bureau
N. E
D.C
Public Servant Ray Wakefield Dies After Career of Service
Ray Wakefield a longtime government servant from California rose to federal communications commissioner before his 1947 withdrawal incident and death last week. His career included saving millions in radio rates and opposing favored radio stations. His loss is mourned by many who knew him as a friend of the public.
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Washington
Ray Wakefield
California
Democrats
Pet
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Truman
Wakefield
Senate
Princeton
Sam Rayburn
Houston
Texas
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Columbus
Robert Jones
Jones
Gerald L. K. Smith
Black Legion
Fresno
Calif
Ray
Man
Petite Anne Alpern
Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Committee
Leland Olds
Olds
Miss Alpern
Lyndon Johnson
Pappy O'Daniel
Pappy
Winchell On Broadway Celebs At Town in July Newsroom
Celebs including James Farley Jr and Patricia Dillon set to wed on Feb 4. Mary Martin, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Cornell spotted shopping or strolling Manhattan spots. Bogart, Bacall teased by autograph seekers. A Paris of socialites, riffs on Stork Club, Cardinal Spellman checked by Cosmo’s Jack Clements. Hotels fill for World Series. casino of gossip and yachts of titles in New York nightlife.
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Broadway Express
James Farley Jr
Patricia Dillon
St. Patrick's
Mary Martin
North Star
South Pacific
5Th Avenue
John Jacob Astors
H. Bogarts
Lauren Bacall
Park and
Ty Cobbs
Maharanee
Baroda
Th Avenue
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Cornell
3Rd Avenue
Broadway
Midtown
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Jack Clements
Cardinal Spellman
Cosmo
Clements
Jack
Abraham Tein
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Government of
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Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
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New York
AFL
Atomic Trades Council
Oak Ridge
Hanford
CIO Atom Union
Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Union
General Electric Company
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Schopenhauer
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Opera
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Schuman
Acheson
Bevin
Canada
Niagara Falls
M. Schuman
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France
Merry
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
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Bell Syndicate, Inc
Irving Hoffman
Ophelia
Harlem
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Morey
Amsterdam
Jolson
St. Louis
Dodger
Miksis
Ezra Pound
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Coronet
Bob Hope
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Saks
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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