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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1948
Page
12
LaSalle, a B17 survivor, asks Stars and Stripes to locate Heinz Kupski, the former Luftwaffe pilot who rescued him after the January Alps crash. He hopes Kupski will be his best man at his November 6 wedding and receive the car along with food. Nine men died in the crash.
At Castel Gandolfo on October 24 Pope Pius XII held a special audience for members of the North American College in Rome. The students were introduced to the Pontiff by Martin O'Connor, rector of the college.
In Richmond California homes of six Standard Oil workers were stoned and oil splattered. A home in Sobrante and one in Berkeley were also targeted. CIO Oil Workers Union seeks 21 cent raise. companies offer 12 12 cents. Negotiations continue as violence affects reemployment talks.
Llano city tax valuations for 1948 total 1 246 179 with an increase from last year. Taxes assessed against property owners amount to 26 237 31. City marshal and tax assessor collector M H McDermott provided the figures.
A United Press poll of 64 coal miners in Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois and Indiana shows 64 favoring Truman 37 for Dewey 1 for Wallace 17 undecided and 9 refusing. miners cite loyalty opposition to Taft Hartley law and belief Democrats aid miners while some back Dewey as best man.
In a contentious session, Marshall condemns certain nations for obstructing the UN while crowd interruptions mar British and Australian officials. Attlee and Dulles urge informed public backing, Trygve Lie touts the UN’s growing influence as the primary peace instrument amid ongoing global tensions.
A Lufkin man J. C. Allen 38 was killed when his car rear ended another while he and his 11 year old niece Sarah Beth Busby watched a forest fire. Three Galveston men in the second car were injured and taken for treatment south of Diboll.
Castell Community Club of Llano County outlines its newly perfected organization with officers Emil Holtzer president Mrs Elmer Tatsch secretary Oskar Grenwelge treasurer and Mrs Willard Dalchau membership chairman.
President Enrique Hertzog declared a nationwide state of siege after police seized 12 plotters. He blamed Communists and the Rightist National Revolutionary Movement for threats to public order and warned against a potential street clash with a threatened rail strike. The government vowed to resist any dictatorship and pledged press freedom.
About 50 of 70 major radio shows signed contracts with the Radio Writers Guild Ind. A strike planned for Tuesday would affect agency and independent produced programs, while networks remain covered by existing deals. The dispute centers on agency and independent signer terms and authorship rights.
A. Philip Randolph, international president of the AFL Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, announced his support for Norman Thomas, Socialist Party candidate for president, on Sunday in New York.
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