29 Oct 1949
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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1949
Page
1
Austin planners map a major city expansion on 25 acres beside the Dallas Highway. A new DPS building and disaster relief HQ will rise with an east-west Koenig Lane arterial. A large North Austin high school and stadium are planned to serve a doubling population.
Secretary Snyder notes progress in Europe with nations now debating currency rates rather than fears of starvation. Premier Yoshida warns that Chinese Communist control, aided by Russia, is already causing rural discontent as the true omens become evident.
The editors urge a unified plan to reorganize and modernize Texas state government noting multiple commissions and agencies have created redundancy and inefficiency. They call for an unofficial public agency to blueprint comprehensive modernization and integration of machinery, while praising handicapped employment efforts and the Austin Lighthouse for the Blind.
A 1949 Post-Hall Syndicate report alleges a secret Communist network in the United States with 350 students at the Marxist-Leninist Institute in New York and 3,000 members overall. It details an underground cadre system, leadership plans, and covert fronts aiming to operate openly via two New York papers and parties, with a projected 600,000 followers.
Readers submit questions to the Bureau in Washington DC on topics from stamp illustrations to bat behavior to housing costs. The answers cite regulatory statutes, historical notes on bicycles, Stalin’s marriages, cotton markets, and a Byron Webber poem.
The Austin American published daily except Sundays by Newspapers Inc. with Sunday issue The American Statesman. Location Seventh and Colorado Streets Austin Texas. Date October 29 1949.
The article details backstage steel strike discussions with major companies split on whether to adopt a contributory pension plan. Inland Steel favors a strong company plan, while Jones and Laughlin and Bethlehem push noncontributory options to avoid cutting workers early.
A portrait of the Statue of Liberty as a cultural icon noting its age sixty three, costs, various names, and enduring symbolism. It details dimensions, defenses against weather, and the structure’s lighting and visitor statistics.
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