Reclamation Bureau to Dismiss About 800 More Workers
The Interior Department announced that about 800 additional employees at the Reclamation Bureau will be laid off following a ruling by the comptroller general. This brings total cuts to over 3,800, with prior reductions already reducing staff under congressional payroll ceilings. Commissioner Michael W. Straus explained the rules affected payrolls funded from trust funds for irrigation projects including the Rio Grande and Texas New Mexico projects.
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Reclamation Bureau
Comptroller General
Interior Department
Department
Congress
Michael W. Straus
Bureau
Rio Grande Project
Texas-New Mexico
US Ideas Penetrating Soviet Iron Curtain Says Editor
Hartford October 13 Erwin D Canham editor says 3 to 4 million shortwave receivers in the Soviet Union tune into Voice of America broadcasts and many listeners per set. He notes Russians know both sides of the Kasenkina case and that US efforts to break an ideas barrier are proving effective.
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Hartford
Conn
Erwin D. Canham
Russia
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
Boston
Voice of America
Canham
Manufacturers Association of Connecticut
Kasenkina
New York City
United States
Western Europe
Weeds Harbor Insects And Plant Rust Breeding Ground
Weeds harbor insects and act as a breeding ground for plant rusts, harming crops and garden beds. The report notes the need for control measures and monitoring to prevent broader spread.
Oklahoma Lad's Throat Sliced To Save Life
Five year old Rusty Parks of Ponca City swallowed a lipstick tube fitting and was saved by a doctor who opened his throat to remove the object. He was flown to St. Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City for surgery and is expected to take days to recover.
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Oklahoma City
Rusty Parks
M. R. Parks
Ponca City
Lutheran Church Elects 3 Contexans
The United Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran group in the United States, voted unanimously to pursue future merger talks with other American Lutheran bodies. ULCA delegates authorized a special commission to meet with others to negotiate organic union, after morning ballots selected leaders including Secretary E. J. Braulick of Seguin Texas and board members A. C. Strong and Rev. Arthur Holm.
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Philadelphia
United Lutheran Church In America
ULCA
E. J. Braulick
Seguin
Texas
A. C. Strong
Arthur Holm
New Braunfels
US Oil Reserves Top One Trillion Gallons
Cecil Morgan of Esso Standard Oil told about 100 business and professional men in New Orleans that known US oil reserves exceed one trillion gallons. He opened Oil Progress Day week, noting reserves rise despite production, praising Louisiana as the nation’s leading producer per square mile and Texas as the next closest competitor by about 108 barrels per square mile daily.
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New Orleans
United States
Cecil Morgan
Esso Standard Oil Company
Morgan
Louisiana
Texas
Contractors May Bid on 3 Million Gallon Clear Well
Bids for the 3,000,000 gallon clear well at the city filter plant open Tuesday with 11 contractors having obtained specifications and blueprints. The project part of a 5 million dollar city water and light plant expansion over the next three to four years aims to raise Austin’s water distribution to 40,000,000 gallons daily, up from 37,000,000 now and 35,000,000 at the 1948 peak in August.
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Walter E. Seaholm
City Utilities
City Water and Light
Austin
Treasury Announces October Money Total
The Treasury said October money in circulation totaled 29,114,804,147 dollars. It averages 190.97 dollars per person, up slightly from 190.82 the previous month.
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Treasury
Washington
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