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is, Wednesday, August 1, 1951MayorLadvt♦To Govern CityBy Wtimton RodeKerrville will have a lady Mayor on Friday* She is tall, blonde Belinda Dowdt age 12, who appeared at Tivy gymnasium this morning in blue jeans and white T-shirt and was voted a one-daytenure in the city’s highest office amid cheers and catcalls that marked one of Kerrville’s most turbulent elections.Voters were boys and girls in the Summer Recreation Program, The Recreation Program, in conSTALEMATE OVER BUFFER ZONE MAY BRING END TO TALKS AS BOTH SIDES HOLD TO DEMANDSjunction with Radio Station KEVT, has arranged for its members to take over city offices and the radio station this Friday, August 3, Mayor Bullard, other city officials, and KEVT manager Dean Turner have promised full co-operation in the citizenship project.PLATFORM DID THICK The cool-eyed Miss Dowd, daughter of Mrs. Queen Dowd, 433 Water St-, conducted a masterly campaign today on a platform recommending -that high school open after Christmas, to run through February 28, Loud shouts and applause greeted her election.A large flock of eager, spring-legged boys and gins gathered in the early morning shade of Tivy gymnasium at 9:00 a.m. for the elections today. All had been present this summer at the Summer Recreation Program sessions in sports and crafts directed by Foster Miller, Tivy coach. This year's program will conclude with Friday's activities.GIRLS HAVE SAYVoting was done by a show of hands. A large and vigorous contingent of girls had its say, not only in putting m two female officials, but in placing Us favorites among the male candidates.Kerrville will also have a woman as police chief on Friday. She is Cathy Ramsay, a brunette who states she will recommend the maximum punishment for offenders violating restrictions during the water shortage.The water shortage was a chief concern among several of the youthful officials. Spencer Brown, elected city manager for the day, said he would recommend that home owners be given a break and allowed to water three days a week instead of the present two.cwon SanNORTHKOREAtonsBYAUHis'PARAUUS»*i oJ fttptmif COASTAL [ *f Ct L | COMPROMISE I | H£UT*AL 2Q*€ ^ ‘ ^-t yU»fo»gbu * Ssoum -/ rjt'i, ‘ KOREA \ ®• VS I 4KOREA SS*T - 8' '\Moc«ao^ To- . atangtdunQpo ^y^V_ ^CHipyonj ^_ | STAFUfl MILESPOSSIBLE KOREAN COMPROMISE LINEDespite the present deadlock an eventual compromise on a Korean demarcation line is considered likely by military ob-TT S ml I If arc m^n cnpmil'ifA ffeai 4 frrwvr? lin*
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Kerrville Daily Times
Kerrville, Texas, US
Wed, Aug 01, 1951
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