Two Reactions Arise to Plan Of City Finance
A Texas city faces a dispute over using water and light department profits. Officials worry a 1949 transfer to the general fund may be illegal while critics call the plan illogical.
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Austin Water and Light Department
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Noise and fashion notes mix with historical curiosities
The passage links a noisy football grandstand to a suspected mechanical rig, mentions political attention to farm voters and Brannan plan, discusses fur costs, bridal wants, a 1793 balloon ascent by Jean Blanchard, Indian princes with private railroads, and Marcus Hook Range’s rear range light as the Atlantic coast’s highest.
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Delaware River
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Continental
United States
Austin Pluses State Payroll Boosts Local Economy
The Texas capital relies on state payroll as a key economic driver through booms and downturns. Much government land is tax exempt, with city services funded by private property taxes. State facilities strengthen Austin but relocation of major institutions is resisted to maintain local autonomy.
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San Jacinto
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Texas School For the Deaf
Congress Avenue
Worseshoed Brains Over Bricks in Poli o Fight
A column argues that polio research is underfunded for talent while huge sums fund buildings. It cites Mary Hayes MacArthur as a victim and criticizes funding structures that pay researchers less than laborers, urging more emphasis on brains than mansions.
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Sloan-Kettering Institute
Pasteur
Fleming
Muzak
Mary MacArthur
Billy Rose
Answers and Questions from the Austin American Information Please
A reader asks questions answered by the Austin American Information Please desk. Topics cover industrial safety statistics parsley history Comstock lode wealthvisitors to Alaska Highway robin nesting tele scopes jockeys lightning rods ancient money and more with concise explanations and dates.
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NAM Lends Its Support To Brannan's Farm Plan
The National Association of Manufacturers secretly analyzes the Brannan Farm Plan, presenting both advantages and weaknesses. It argues the plan could stabilize farm income, broaden aid beyond staples, and support national security, while noting price distortions and flexibility concerns.
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Broadway Society Gossip and Celebrity Sightings
Winchell On Broadway charts Manhattan social whirl with Mary Garden kissing Pat Morison backstage at Kiss Me Kate Irene BordonI returns for Lady from Paris and looks ingenueish at Ruban Bleu Atomic bomb boss David Lilienthal and daughter Nancy pause for Tom Collins at the Stork Joan O'Dwyer and Sloan Simpson window shop on Madison Barrister Jerry Geisler aids Runyon Fund in the Far West at the Copacabana Erich Remarque and wife attend gatherings Archbishop Paul Yu Pin comments in Ambassador's note Sister Kenny declines luncheon preferring the 57th Street Automat Elliott Roosevelt discusses reconciliation Leonard Lyons returns from Japan and Hawaii in Honolulu Mrs Duke Kahanamoku introduces him to the Chief of Police in Gilmore's critics remark about quiet premiere Hearst Bob Considine notes Runyon Committee wary of favors bank draft for $20000 presented to Dan Parker Midnighter notes sports scribes in town Dane Clark autograph session Cornel Wilde's companion Barbara Dunn Darryl Zanuck's daughter Darrylin hosts at Eddie Condon's Guy Lombardo questioned as Gyle Ombardo Have a Go quiz in England Harry Imar and Louise Andre quietly wed last month
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