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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1948

Page

7

UT Nurses to Graduate 28 in Galveston Rites

Twenty eight University of Texas nurses will graduate in Galveston with Miss Margaret Taylor as principal speaker and T S Painter conferring degrees. Six will earn BS in nursing. two BS in nursing education. twenty diplomas. Names include Florence Alline Pinto Browning Rose Katherine Dallas Marijane Mobley Lindhe and Delphine Franson White from Austin.

Galveston University of Texas Rebecca Sealy Margaret Taylor Minnesota T. S. Painter Florence Alline Pinto Browning Rose Katherine Dallas Marijane Mobley Lindhe Delphine Franson White Austin

Austin Grants 25 Year Gas Franchise Extension

Austin council approved a 25 year gas franchise extension for Texas Public Service Company effective Tuesday. The deal lowers the city tax from 11-4 to 2 percent and preserves key protections for the power plant’s gas heating value and rate structure while allowing renegotiation of gross receipts and BTU adjustments. The extension supports a $750,000 bond plan and includes a planned Northeast gateway installation by United Gas Company.

Texas Public Service Company Austin Atterare United Gas Company Inform

Austin College approves chapel auditorium and president home plan

The Austin College Board of Trustees approved construction of a new chapel auditorium costing 300000 dollars and 50000 dollars for a president's home in Sherman.

Sherman Austin College Board of Trustees

Upper Colorado Pact Will Be Signed Today

The Upper Colorado River Compact received final approval from Arizona Colorado New Mexico Utah and Wyoming. It allocates the upper basin share of 7 500 000 acre feet of water annually from the Colorado River and will be signed Monday afternoon in Santa Fe at the Palace of Governors where the 1922 pact was first signed.

Santa FE N. M Arizona Colorado New Mexico Utah Wyoming Colorado River Palace of Governors

Southwestern U Class Run-off Set After Tight First Round

Election fever sweeps Southwestern University as run-off campaigns begin for senior junior and freshman offices. Dwight House of Artesia New Mexico leads seniors with an anticipated eighty percent turnout, while Dwight Ayers Tommy McIntyre Bill Aversa and others compete for posts. Cheerleaders Nancy Medley Joan Woods and others vie with three positions to be decided.

Dwight House Artesia N. M Bill Ayers Tommy McIntryre Bill Aversa Helen Farle Black Dorothy Henderson Pat Lane Don Roessler Larry Crownover Weldon Mayes Louis Armstrong Henry Sheppard Francis James “BoBo” Hardy Don Lee Albert Gore Jim Youngblood Kathryn Liese Betty McCoy Darlene Burcks Wayne Cravy Curtis Ledbetter Nancy Mediey Paul Blanton Kelly Burkhart Charles Dennis Betty Roscoe Sue Ann Landrum Anna Leutwyler Charles Baker Hal Copeland Barbara Eskew

Spanish Prince Visits in Luling

Prince Alfonso Hohenlohe of Spain visited Luling to observe turkey blood tests at the Luling Foundation then attended a Kiwanis Club luncheon. He is 24, studying modern farming methods in the U S to take back to his countrymen and spoke five languages.

Luling Prince Alfonso Hohenlohe Spain Luling Foundation Kiwanis Club Washington Oregon California Texas San Antonio Beeville Texas A&m Extension Service Prince Maximilian Hohenlohe Switzerland Hohenlohe Czechoslovakia

Southwest Texas State Students Adopt German College

Students at Southwest Texas State College have adopted Weilburg Pedagogical Institute in the American zone Germany. The Student Council advanced plans to donate supplies and direct this year’s World Student Service Fund drive to the German school and to solicit help from other campus groups. Miss Inge Lueg, a foreign student at SWT, previously attended the Weilburg college.

San Marcos Southwest Texas State College Weilburg Weiburg College Germany World Student Service Fund Weilburg Pedagogical Institute Inge Lueg Southwest Texas State

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