Bells Sound Across Austin For United Nations Day
Austin marks United Nations Day with 11 am bells citywide and a minute of silence. Mayor Taylor Glass issues the peace theme There Shall Be Peace. Events include UN radio programs, a panel by St Stephen's students, a YWCA flag project and an Austin High School ceremony with a veteran speaker, university students in native dress, and prayers in native tongues.
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Austin
United Nations
Taylor Glass
KNOW
William Drewster
St. Stephen's School
East Austin
YWCA
Austin High School
Korea
Savala School
Kealing Junior High School
University of Texas
Citizens’ Committee
American Friends Service Committee
UT Lab Director Delivers Talks in Ann Arbor and Cleveland
Dr. Howard S. Coleman, director of the University of Texas Optical Laboratory, will speak in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan Vision Research Laboratory on Wednesday. He will attend an Optical Society of America meeting October 26 to 28 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Howard S. Coleman
University of Texas Optical Research Laboratory
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Vision Research Laboratory
Optical Society of America
Cleveland
Ohio
Board Acts Tonight on Plea For New Project
The City Zone Board of Adjustment considers a request Tuesday night to create a three acre commercial zone near the Airport Boulevard and highway 20 intersection. A minor zoning variation to permit a large tourist court at 4001 East Avenue is also on the agenda. The Mt Vernon Motor Courts plan includes 49 units and a 75 space expansion, aligning with a forthcoming community center on East Avenue and East 38th Street, part of a combined $1,000,000 development with Bascom Giles as a key figure.
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City Zone Board of Adjustment
Airport Boulevard
Highway 20
Saxon
Mackey
Reinli
East Avenue
Mt. Vernon Motor Courts, Ltd
Bascom Giles
East 38Th
Benefit Oct 30 Will Aid Chest in East Austin
Efforts to raise 3000 for the Community Chest in East Austin will climax with a talent night at 8 p m Oct 30. The East Austin division led by J L Reed will hold an important meeting at Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church. Tickets cost 50 cents in advance. at the door the night of the show they will be one dollar.
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Community Chest
East Austin
J. L. Reed
Reed
Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church
Dorie Miller
B. F. Conner
E. H. Givens
John King
W. B. Campbell
Samuel Huston College
R. H. Harrington
J. H. Washington
Tillotson College
Malvern L. Ore
W. S. Scourton
Jessie L. Shelton
J. D. Phillips
Randolph Hawkins
Evelyn Crayton
James Sutton
E. L. Anderson
Buford Johnson
Texas Chamber picks San Antonio for 1951 convention
The Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association chose San Antonio as the site for its 1951 state convention. The decision was approved by the board in Austin after a weekend meeting, marking the board’s first Austin gathering in over twenty years. A parallel meeting of the State Association of Fair Directors also concluded, outlining plans for regional, county and community fairs next year.
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Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association
San Antonio
Austin
State Association of Fair Directors
Austinites Split Over Which Thanksgiving Day to Observe
Austinites face a choice between two Texas Thanksgiving days as officials weigh city county state and federal holiday schedules. Gov. Shivers backs both dates while University of Texas staff and many merchants weigh closures. Public offices and schools plan varies with make up time and local votes pending.
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University of Texas
Horace Barnhart
Tom Johnson
Fred B. Parsons
Internal Revenue
Income Tax Office
Austin
Shivers
City Officials Attend Parley In San Antonio
Austin city officials joined the 38th annual convention of the League of Texas Municipalities in San Antonio. Public Works Director C G Levander and assistant city attorney Robert Burns took part in a roundtable on financing public works. Terrell Blodgett will discuss civil service and personnel matters. The agenda highlights a civil service issue from Korea War mobilization and how to classify replacements for police and firemen called into service. The commission weighs keeping replacements under six months to avoid civil service protection.
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Austin
San Antonio
League of Texas
C. G. Levander
Robert Burns
Terrell Blodgett
Frank Albrecht
Continuance Granted In Baylock Slaying Case
The murder trial of Cornelius Baylock was continued on a first motion by defense attorneys in 126th District Court. Baylock is charged with killing his wife last summer after she died from gunshot wounds following the birth of a premature baby who also died.
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Cornelius Baylock
126Th District Court
Baylock
UN Flag Presented To Governor Shivers For Day Ceremonies
Travis County Home Demonstration clubs presented Governor Allan Shivers with a United Nations flag to be flown in Tuesday's Nations Day birthday observance. The flag was made by county club members and unveiled alongside the American flag in the governor's office.
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Travis County
Allan Shivers
United Nations
Travis
Extension Service
J. D. Precit
A&m Extension Service
Kermit Hees
Pflugerville 4-H Club
Bettie Joyce Weiland
Sam Speir
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Shivers
People of
Texas
Maurine Hearn
Mary Routh
College Station
Margaret Bracher
Temple
Rose Erisman
Travis Home
Shirley R. Skidmore
A. C. Briscoe
Austin Marine Killed in Korea War Report
Mrs Ophie B Coon of 2102 San Antonio was notified by the Defense Department that her son Marine Private First Class Marvin Harold Coon died recently in the Korean theater. He served on the USS Boxer with the 77th Task Force off Korea since early in the war. he enlisted two years ago and last heard from him was September 23.
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Ophie B. Coon
San Antonio
Department of Defense
Marvin Harold Coon
City's Garbage Plan Praised by Public Works Chief
Austin Public Works Director C G Levander, returning from a national gathering of public works administrators, says Austin is meeting trash disposal challenges as well as any city. He spoke after attending the American Public Works Congress in New York City focusing on refuse disposal. He noted Austin keeps pace with the latest methods despite growth.
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City Public Works
C. G. Levander
Public Works
Austin
Levander
New York City
American Public Works Congress
Lillie Drennan's Trailblazing Trucking Career
Lillie Elizabeth Drennan the first U S woman licensed as a commercial truck driver receives a Texas Motor Transportation Association award after 22 accident free years. Born in Hempstead she moved from switchboard work to trucking amid oil boom while guiding Drennan trucking with Red Hawkins credit purchase. She drives with her eyes not her ears, endured divorces and the loss of her son, and remains active at 53 with a life rich in frontier grit and public interest.
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Lillie E. Drennan
Luther E. “Red” Hawkins
Lillie
Lillie Elizabeth Drennan
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Texas
Hempstead
Lille
Austin
Lilie
Willard E. Drennan
Drennans
Luther EB
Red
Lile
Drennan
James Smith
Lished
US Army
Motor Transport Division
Quartermaster Corps
W. B
Lilie Drennan
Florence Guild Bruce
Hollywood
Marie Odressier
Crusade for Freedom Gains Austin Subcommittee Backing
A Travis County sub-committee backing the Crusade for Freedom distributed scrolls at the Austin Club to recruit supporters for the national drive. Attendees included Wallace Scott and others, with General Ernest O. Thompson chairing the county effort. The campaign, led nationally by General Lucius D. Clay, funds Radio Free Europe to counter Communist propaganda behind the iron curtain. Dedication will occur with UN Day, marking the Freedom Bell ceremony in Berlin.
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Travis County
Wallace Scott
Alvis Vandygriff
Will Odom
E. M. de Geurin
Jesse Kellam
Weldon Hart
Austin Club
FE. M. DeGeurin
Pirtle Watts
Shivers
Brown Booth
Ernest O. Thompson
Lucius D. Clay
Radio Free Europe
Estern
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Czechoslovakia
Rumiania
Iron Curtain
Kremlin
Clay
Berlin
Austin
Texas
Preston A. Weatherred
Dallas
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South First
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Fulmore
Alamo City
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Merchants Association
H. D
Austin Marine
Lillie Tops As
Truck Cowboy
Lorraine Barnes
Senting
Neal Douglass
Crusade For Freedom
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