Austin Man Dies After Steam Roller Accident in Elgin
A 39 year old Austin man died in Elgin early Thursday from injuries after being run over by a steam roller while sitting on it. Jessie Robert Howard, a construction worker, was fatally injured when a car behind him ran out of control and struck the roller. He died at 3 15 a.m. at Fleming Hospital. The driver of the other crash, Loretta Wasson, 65, of Route 2, was involved in a separate auto pedestrian crash nearby, leaving Valaxor Samaripa in critical condition at Brackenridge Hospital. Police investigated, and funeral services for Howard were set for Friday at Hylton Manor Funeral Home.
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Brackenridge Hospital
Valaxor Samaripa
Jessie Robert Howard
Howard
Fleming Hospital
Samaripa
Woodward Manufacturing Company
Loretta Wasson
Route 2
Ralph Adkins
Louis Bergstrom
Hylton Manor Funeral Home
L. R. Cole
Capitol Heights Baptist Church
E. L. Sparks
Wall Street Journal opens Houston Office
The Wall Street Journal opened a Houston bureau with Baren H. McCormack and Bob Femster present from New York City. John Cooper, formerly with the Dallas office, will lead the Houston bureau.
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Bob Femster
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New York City
John Cooper
Dallas
Schools Budget Increase Spurs Bond Restriction Plan
The Austin budget details a $572,499 operating increase to fund state salary schedule changes, add 58 teachers, and cover maintenance costs. Seven new teachers were added at Austin High School to reduce overcrowding and protect accreditation from the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges.
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Journal accused of plan to harm rival radio stations
The Justice Department filed a civil action in federal court naming the Lorain Journal and four officers for conspiring to restrain and monopolize advertising dissemination affecting WEOL and WEOL-FM in Elyria and the Sunday News in Lorain. The suit seeks an injunction forcing the journal to accept ads from firms also advertising in the Sunday paper and radio.
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Drive-In Movie Schedule Listings and Features
A compiled roster of current and upcoming double features across multiple drive ins. Listings include STATE STATE-Through Monday through CHIEF DRIVE IN with titles such as Slattery's Hurricane, His Girl Friday, Lady of Burlesque, My Dream Is Yours, Streets of Laredo, Mark of the Lash, California Gold Rush, When My Baby Smiles at Me, Boomtown, Emperor Waltz, and The Sun Comes Up with principal cast and listed showtimes and special features.
Mrs Guyton Hostess To Smithville Council
Mrs Theo Guyton Sr. served as devotion al chairman at a Smithville First Christian Church Woman's Council meeting held Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs George H Vachon. Present were several named members and guests including Edna Nale and others.
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Theo Guyton Sr
Woman's Council of the
First Christian Church
George H. Vachon
Edna Nale
Dallas
Jesdames R. L. Kay
Homer D. Wada
Charles Pogue
Hugh B. Harris
O. C. Fite Sr
Theo Guyton Jr
Laura Wilkins
Maurice Kennedy
W. W. Cantrell
George Woodress
Irene M Harbick
Edna Glover
Floyd Cox
Gas Plant Back In Working Order
Rice gasoline plant of Phillips Petroleum Company near Borger largely back online after explosion and fire on Wednesday. Six workers were injured slighty, aviation alkalite unit remained damaged, and officials expect repairs. cause blamed on ruptured butane gas line.
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Texas
Borger
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George P. Bunn
Bartlesville
Okla
Home Office
Detroit Kittens Freeze Church Heat Refusal
In Oak Park Michigan two kittens hid in a heating duct of the Christian Chapel forcing the non functioning furnace. Pastor James B. Shallow tried catnip bacon and other ploys to coax them out but they stayed inside the duct. The congregation gathered for an evangelistic service despite the chilly room.
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Alma Jackson Honored For 30 Years With Southwestern Bell
Smithville reports Alma Jackson, a telephone operator, received a 30 year service pin from Southwestern Bell at a party in the local office lounge. J B Bell of Austin presented the pin alongside gifts from coworkers. Coy Snow received a 10 year pin. Agnes Sims and other local telephone officials attended.
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Alma Jackson
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
J. B. Bell
Austin
Jackson
Taylor
Elgin
Bastrop
Coy Snow
Agnes Sims
Texans Urged To Find Work For Handicapped Veterans
Governor Allan Shivers urged Texans to observe National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week starting Oct 28 as proclaimed by President Truman. The Disabled American Veterans in Austin sponsor the observance with a joint committee of veterans and patriotic groups chaired by Major Horace H. Selton. Fort Hood and state officials attended the signing ceremony to promote job placement for disabled workers.
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Allan Shivers
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Disabled American Veterans Organization
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C. G. Fairchild
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Thomas D. Kimbro
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Thomas Greening
Texas Employment Commission
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Stuart Long
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Veterans Affairs Commission
Julian Dickenson
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Navasota
W. W. Mount
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Houston
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AMVET
Camp Hood
Jane Russell Denies Paris Hotel Exit Scandal
Hollywood sweater star Jane Russell says she and not she was blamed for being tossed from a Paris hotel. She accuses French and British papers of misreporting a publicity photo showing her with champagne. She denies drinking anything alcoholic for over a year and plans London tweed shopping.
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State Officials Invited to Tyler Rose Festival
State officials have been invited to Tyler's Rose Festival a three day event starting Friday next week. Tyler citizens previously visited the Legislature urging attendance. The East Texas rose industry accounts for over 60 percent of the nation's garden roses within a 50 mile radius of Tyler, producing up to 20 million plants annually. About 325 freight carloads of roses are shipped yearly from Tyler nationwide, with air express shipments adding to the industry.
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Tyler
East Texas
Air Express
USDA Predicts Bigger Lint Surplus for 1950
The Agriculture Department warned bulging cotton warehouses will grow, with stocks on hand Aug 1, 1949 at 5.3 million bales and potential rise by nearly 2 million by Aug 1, 1950. Domestic supply for 1949-50 nears 20 million bales, while 1950 acreage may near 21 million acres.
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Agriculture Department
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Growth Vitamin Could Make Six-Foot Orientals, Scientist Says
Dr Stefan Ansbacker of the VID Company suggested at an American Chemical Society meeting that a growth chemical, the APF complex, found in meats and dairy, might enable taller stature in Orientals by dietary supplementation. He noted many foods lack animal proteins and pondered cultural impacts and feasibility.
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Stefan Ansbacker
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Marion
Ohio
American Chemical Society
Cold Dip At Barton Springs Promotes Cold War Film
Austin swimmers will dive at 9 a.m. Friday to boost a State Department film about American teenage life. The 75 degree Barton Springs pool will be filled for camera scenes starring Lucianne Knight. The movie will be shown in 52 countries with 26 language soundtracks.
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US State Department
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Culberson County Produces First Cotton Bale in History
Texas county records its first bale as Culberson County ends a long drought of cotton. The result stems from irrigation found 12 miles south of Van Horn, boosting Mideast Texas land near Lobo Flats and 12,000 acres of Van Horn Irrigated Farms. Dodson and Williams grew the bale ginned at Tornillo. Syndicate leaders include D C Mead and Rupert Cox with regional financiers and oilmen among the backers.
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Bank cashier sought in $100 000 shortage
Federal and Indiana bank examiners searched for C. G. Redtenwall 65 cashier of Farmers and Merchants State Bank after a $100000 shortage was found in an audit. He disappeared late Wednesday from Spencerville, a small village 18 miles northeast of Fort Wayne, where he had long been a respected resident.
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Cyclone Hits Fukuoka Bay Area Killing Five
A sudden cyclone struck the Fukuoka Bay area causing five deaths and four injuries. Seventy five fishing vessels were reported missing from the bay after the storm on Thursday.
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Fukuoka Bay
Fire sweeps Starlite Club in Fort Worth
A three alarm pre-dawn blaze gutted the Starlite Club, landmark nightspot on Jacksboro Highway near downtown Fort Worth. Fire crews battled the flames as the club suffered extensive damage with the cause under investigation.
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Starlite Club
Jacksboro Highway
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