Building industry decries Senate tactics on Title VI extension
Local builders denounce Senate delays as they push private housing growth while Senate committees tie Title VI to public housing measures. House leaders favor a one year extension and broad public housing as a long term investment. Public housing advocates argue for social program funding while legislators maneuver to force votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pees
U.S. Senate
Peenders Wagner
Indusaaah
House
Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Long Beach
Los Angeles
FHA
Jesse P. Wolcott
Rmich
House Banking Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Building Permits and Housing Debate Highlighted
A Long Beach housing debate centers on Title VI and private builders, as permitting details show 1948 construction plans. The piece cites permits for multiple projects and notes industry figures warn of delays and losses without extended Title VI, while lawmakers clash over housing strategy and inflation risks.
Innocent Plea Entered in Murder Case of Mrs Blackford
In Springfield Massachusetts on June 7 socialite Mary B Blackford pleaded innocent to murdering her paraplegic husband Walter M Blackford 61 a wealth paper company executive with a bread knife. She remained held without bail as the case moved to June 17. She had been recovering from a carbon monoxide poisoning death attempt and was arraigned after arriving from Springfield Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Mary B. ‘Blackford
Walter M. Black
Wealth Paper Company
Lonpevesd
Taft's stance on public works and housing during economic boom
The Congressional Joint Committee on the Economic Report argues against public works growth amid private construction gains. Taft, as committee chair, is urged to favor public program cuts and promote housing construction only in periods of low employment to align with his legislative stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Joint Committee On the Economic Report
Sen. Taft
Texas Gas Plans 800 Mile Pipeline to Aid Eastern States
Texas Gas Transmission Corp. announces plans to move 275 million cubic feet of gas daily to Appalachian and Eastern states. A 26 inch 800 mile pipeline from Carthage Texas to Middletown Ohio will be built with a cost of 379,300 and partial operation by winter 1949 30. The system will be in full operation by June 1 1950 under 20 year contracts with Con Edison affiliates Columbia Gas and Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas Gas Transmission Corp
Appalachian
Texas Gas
Carthage
Texas
Middletown
Ohio
Con Isolidated Natural Gas Co
Columbia Gas System
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Ike Takes Over University Task Ike Takes Over University Task
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Columbia University's 13th president in New York on June 7. He succeeds acting president Dr. Frank D. Fackenthal, who served since October 1, 1945, after the late Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler retired. Inauguration is planned for next October. He will seek FCC permission to build a pipeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Europe
Eisenhower
Frank D. Fackenthal
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Everett Purcell
Atlantis
Atlantic
Togg Pacific
Mande R. Gates
Maco
Eas Barebola
Bananan
Daisy Ave
Jerome T. Peter-son
William "P. Nell
Derrick
Welt
Stephen M. Kudry
Firth St
TL. Sanders
Stivers Bros
Atlantic Ave
H. EB
Metehum
Ant Bryant
Cade St
Hortense
Howard
Elec
Schick
Sunbeam
American Y
Rob
Freeman A. McKenzie, Inc
American Ave
Ford
Chanics
Enuine
Ora
Young-Johnson Co
Anaheim
PHONE
Mel Burns, Inc
Ford Theater
Sun
Ike
Federal Power Commission
Dad
Leatherie’s
Prince Gardner
California
Petri's Cleaners
Jergins Oil
Weite
Hex
Long Beach Polycemic
The
Long Beach Oleopethic Hosp, Inc
J. R. Christenson
Br. Michelas Yodda
Frank A. Fremse Jr
Earl A. Ryan
George F. Scunten
Clerk
Wakworth
Julian Campbell
East Broadway
Wenressae
APIS
Aman
Altro Collar
Belmont
Desmond
Broadway
Sounts
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!