Watkins Eyes Deeper Look At Water Project Bill
Utah Senator Watkins considering broader review of a proposed reclamation project aimed at supplying municipal water. Lubbock officials and Texas businessmen including Whiteside, Rex Baxter, Fritz Thompson, Irving L. Jones, and Sam Richardson discussed bonding and interstate cooperation, with some planning travel to Texas and New York.
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New York
Rex Baxter
Amarillo
Britain election day toss up as voters prepare to vote
London reporters note final appeals by Labor and Conservative leaders as Britain's 34 million voters head to the polls tomorrow. Gallup Poll shows Labor at 45 percent among decided voters, Conservatives 43.5 percent, Liberals 10.5 percent, with 9 percent undecided not yet counted.
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London
Britain
Gallup
Labor Party
Labor
Engaged Poll Results Favor Labor in Express Survey
The Daily Express poll shows Labor ahead while bookmakers in London rate Conservatives slightly behind. Douglas Stewart offers 6 to 4 on Labor and 5 to 6 on Conservatives as Britain faces a generally good weather outlook for tomorrow with rain and fog elsewhere.
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London Daily Express
Labor
London
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Duggie
Stewart
Britain
Truman seeks 60 day truce in national phone strike
President Truman urged a 60 day pause in the nationwide telephone strike set to begin Friday. He asked Bell System and CIO Communications Workers to pursue settlement through collective bargaining while Federal Mediation Director Cyrus Ching reports the deadline gives too little time for a settlement. The walkout threatens about 100000 workers and targets Western Electric units nationwide.
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CIO Communication
Truman
Cyrus S. Ching
Joseph A. Bierne
The
Communications Workers of America
Nashville
Ching
White House
Western Electric Company
CIO Communications
New York
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Beirne
CIO
Western Electric
CWA
Bell Telephone System
Pacific
Mountain States
Southwestern Bell Telephone Companies
New Jersey Bell Company
American TelePhone and Telegraph Company
Earnest Weaver
Division 6
Washington
Weaver
Hungary Next on US List?
The United States may extend its stern policy to another Soviet satellite after severing relations with Bulgaria. The State Department criticized Hungary’s handling of the Vogeler spying case, citing police terror and torture in Bulgaria and warning of a possible chain reaction.
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Associated Press
United States
Bulgaria
Washington
State Department
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
Legation
Sofia
Michael Shipkov
Nine Hurt In Hotel Blaze In Glens Falls NY
Fire swept Towers Hotel in Glens Falls causing guests to jump from windows. Of 45 guests, none killed. nine injured. Six firemen hurt. origin undetermined. Fire discovered on second floor rear near kitchen. Patrolman Erskine Ives raised alarm.
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Confirmed interim appointments by governor approved by Senate
In Austin on February 22 the Senate yesterday approved the governor’s list of interim appointments. The chamber confirmed the final names on the submitted slate, completing the governor’s appointments with Senate consent.
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Austin
Senate
Texas and New Mexico Weather Forecast Summary
Weather summary from the US Weather Bureau notes fair conditions with a chilly afternoon and night in Texas. Expect warmer afternoon with low temperatures ranging 23 to 30 degrees in Panhandle and South Plains and near to the upper Pecos Valley. New Mexico forecast calls for fair conditions today tonight and Thursday with colder today and rising temperatures Thursday.
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South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Private Enterprise Homes pledges 500 low cost houses
Amarillo incorporators of Private Enterprise Homes reiterated plans to outpace public housing by building 500 low income homes. G W Mickey Maguire said units would be offered for sale or rent within 90 days, with two bedroom houses of 625 square feet and monthly costs around 28 to 30 dollars. Rentals target families earning under 175 dollars monthly.
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Mickey” Maguire
Amar Villa
Maraawasara
Amarillo Housing Authority Board
Chamber of Commerce
Rip Underwood
K. S. Reynolds
Private Enterprise Homes Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Fort Worth
Houston
Private Enterprise Homes
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FHA
Reynolds
Jury Pool Ponders Mercy Killing Case in New Hampshire
The defense pressed jurors on whether verdicts would require apologies to any person or group. Attorney general and defense leaders clashed over trial methods as Roman Catholic jurors appeared unexpectedly. The panel includes nine married men, one widower, one divorced man, and one unmarried man. The defendant, Candia physician Abbie Borreto, 59, faces a first murder verdict with possible mercy killing questions. Voters, doctors, and clubs factor into veniremen positions amid broader Euthanasia Society tensions.
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Louis E. Wyman
William L. Phinney
Candia
Abbie
Borreto
Wescott
Clef
Hillsborough County
Venireman
Veniremen
Carol Ann Paight
Bridgeport
Conn
Euthanasia Society of America, Inc
Manchester
Japan To Salvage Sunken Warships
Tokyo reports wreckage of four Japanese warships lying off Kure Harbor will be sold and scrapped. The battleships Ice Hyuga and Haruna and the heavy cruiser Aoba are among the vessels. Salvage aims to provide steel for postwar industry.
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U.P
Kure
Ice
Hyuga
Haruna
Aoba
Fire damages Vernon horn packing plant in brisk winds
Heavy fire damaged the Vernon horn packing plant near Palestine today. Brisk winds fanned the blaze causing about 200000 dollars in damage. Fire units reported the blaze under control after efforts to halt its spread.
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Palestine
Washingtons birthday sale shocks shoppers in capital
In Washington on February 22, merchants marked Washingtons birthday with a sales binge. Television sets 99 cents and typewriters 99 cents drew crowds while hats sold at 98 cents and 1.96. Advertisers joked about George Washington and the holiday as a big advertising day. The Evening Star ran 108 pages yesterday.
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Ant
George Washington
George
James Hardy
Markets Closed as Washington's Birthday Observed
Markets and commodity exchanges were closed across the United States in observance of Washington's Birthday on February 22. Trading halted nationwide with financial centers suspending activity for the holiday.
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New York
United States
Washington
England Election Results To Be Known Friday
Editor notes voting in England starts at 1 o clock Texas time tomorrow. Final results will be known in the early hours of Friday.
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England
Texas
Final political pleas push for last vote surge
In a neck and neck finish Labor and Conservative leaders urged turnout. Deputy PM Herbert Morrison appealed for Labor hours and effort from workers to secure victory while Churchill urged a sincere vote for Conservatives Unionists and National Liberals to restore Britain’s standing and prosperity.
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Labor Party
Herbert Morrison
Winston Churchill
City Purchasing Department Moves to New Wing
Moving day at the municipal offices saw the city purchasing department relocate from the south wing to the north wing to make space for expansion of the crowded accounting department and the water department accounting section.
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City Purchasing Department
Water Department
Truman Warns US Will Fight Communism Abroad
President Truman, speaking at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial, warned that the United States will use force if necessary to defend democracy against Communist expansion. He defended the Marshall Plan, regional defense pacts, and the UN framework, urging free nations to unite and strengthen their moral and material power to deter Soviet pressure.
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George Washington National Masonic Memorial
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Russia
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