Texas colleges grilled over unwise spending plans
Fort Worth Senator Keith Kelly accused several Texas colleges of wasteful spending before a House Investigating Committee. He cited items including 6,658 for an ex students association at Texas A&I Kingsville, 31,881 for air conditioning at North Texas State, 250,000 for old building air conditioning at Sam Houston, 64,996 for remodeling Texas Tech president’s home, and 25,237 to extend North Texas State golf course from nine to eighteen holes. The panel pressed North Texas on the golf course cost and operation, while noting athletic funding practices. The hearing resumes Monday.
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Keith Kelly
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Ex-Students Association
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Kingsville
University of Texas
North Texas
Denton
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
North Texas State
Texas Tech
Lubbock
West Texas State
Canyon
Kelly
Sterling Williams
Snyder
Doug Crouch
H. Cavness
State Parks Board
Williams
Wiggins
D. M. Wiggins
Movie Bigwigs Face Red Probe
HOLLYWOOD March 1 The federal probe into alleged Communist influence in film names Actor Howard Da Silva Actress Gale Sondergaard and Writer Waldo Salt as subpoenaed to testify before the House Un American Activities Committee in Washington March 21. Sondergaard is the wife of Herman Biberman. Biberman, one of the Hollywood 10, served six months for refusing to answer in 1941. Larry Parks had been subpoenaed earlier. two investigators have been in town nearly a week.
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Howard da Silva
Gale Sondergaard
Waldo Salt
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Miss Sondergaard
Herman Biberman
Edward Dmytryk
Larry Parks
Pension Ceiling To Committee
The Texas House debated lifting the 35 million dollar ceiling on old age assistance. The constitutional amendments committee sent the measure to a subcommittee to study a plan for a state mortgage on beneficiaries property while removing the annual cap. Rep Doyle Willis urged action and rejected the mortgage substitute when raised.
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House
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Lick
Willis
California State Flower Declared Poppy by Legislature
The golden poppy was designated the state flower of California by legislative act on March 2, 1903, establishing its official status and symbolism for the state.
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California
Student Suffers Injuries in Fall at Housing Site
Canyon March 1 Special Jerry Bollen a West Texas State College sophomore was injured when he fell 20 feet from scaffolding at a government housing unit under construction in the southeast part of Canyon. He suffered a concussion and other minor injuries and was taken to Neblett Hospital by a Griggs-Warren ambulance. He is from Wellington and resides at Buffalo Courts in Canyon.
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Canyon
Jerry Bollen
West Texas State College
Bollen
Neblett Hospital
Griggs-Warren
Wellington
Buffalo Courts
Heads Women Workers in Red Cross Campaign Amarillo
The Potter County Chapter of the American Red Cross will name Amarillo Woman of the Year and appoint Mrs Thomas R Wingate to lead a residential solicitation division for funds. The city is split into eight divisions with about 600 women, a captain and ten workers per area. The drive targets a $49251 fund to support Red Cross services for the coming fiscal year.
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American Red Cross
Potter County
Amarillo
Thomas R. Wingate
Wingate
Magazine Airs Plumbers Plea in Texas Discussion
The Texan reprints a Palo Duro Associated Plumbing Contractors resolution seeking a regional testing bureau. Amarillo master plumbers and journeymen’s union back the move while State Board of Plumbing Examiners administrator C. E. Belk replies the board prioritizes uniform exams over individual convenience and fees.
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Texan
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C. E. Belk
State Board of Plumbing Examiners
Curtis O. Burke
Amarillo Group
Amarillo Group, Said, “the Master Plumbers Were Joined By the Journeymen’s Union
Belk
Jury Chosen in Detten Auto Collision Lawsuit
A jury was selected in 108th District Court for a $52,100 damage suit stemming from an August auto crash that claimed Oscar Detten of St. Francis. Odeila Detten sues her nephew Donald Detten, the other driver, over the Aug 2 collision at St. Francis and Ben Masterson Highway.
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108Th District Court
Oscar Detten
St. Francis
Odeila Detten
Donald Detten
Ben Masterson
File Liquor Charges In Dallam County
Liquor Control agents filed four liquor violation complaints in Dallam County Court yesterday. The 54 Drive-In was fined $100 and costs and received a 15 day suspension for allowing intoxicated persons on a licensed premises. The other three cases await disposition. L. FE. Hagleberg faces transporting liquor in a wet area without a permit. The Chicken Shack run by Cleo Green, a Black woman, and the Chicken Inn run by Red Holman are charged with solicitation for immoral purposes on licensed premises. The Liquor Control Board seeks revocation of licenses in the Green and Holman cases, to be heard in Austin. A. H. Cornett of Amarillo was fined $100 and given a 15 day suspension for sale and delivery of unauthorized alcoholic beverages on a licensed premise.
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Texas Liquor Control
Dallam
L. FE
Hagleberg
Chicken Shack
Cleo Green
Chicken Inn
Red Holman
Hungary Boosts Five Year Plan Pace With Farm Push
At the Budapest party congress Minister Erno Gero said Hungary can finish the five year plan a year early if farmers close the backwardness. He noted 1950 start and predicted industrial goals by mid 1953 and agricultural aims within four years through intensified effort. He urged doubling productivity and curbing worker migration while nationalizing wholesale trade and likely expanding private retail closures.
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Budapest
Hungary
Erno Gero
Gero
Soviet and Satellite Announcements Do Not Disclose Quotas
Reports from the Soviet Union and its satellite states show announcements lacking specific tonnage figures for quotas and their fulfillment. Authorities have avoided providing concrete statistics on production targets or progress.
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Soviet Union
Allied Youth Post To Meet Tonight
Amarillo High School Allied Youth post will present 200 new members in the largest post in the nation at 7 30 in the AHS cafeteria. Principal R B Norman will speak on Allied Youth ideals with two student speakers Shirley Feierabend and Stanley Pittman and Lane Ice Cream Company to serve refreshments.
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Amarillo High School
Allied Youth
AHS
R. B. Norman
Shirley Feierabend
Stanley Pittman
Lane Ice Cream Company
Clothing stolen from Joan Ashley’s room theft report
Joan Ashley of 917 Jackson reported this morning the theft of a jacket and brown shoes from her room. Authorities noted the incident as a clothing theft with no injuries or further details available.
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Joan Ashley
Jackson
Tom Lynch Remembered as NBL Leader and Umpire
Tom Lynch, once an umpire, led as president of the National Baseball League. His tenure highlighted administrative and officiating roles within early organized baseball.
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Tom Lynch
National Baseball League
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