Texas approves 200 million dollar two year spending plan
A Texas spending program totaling 200 million dollars for 1951 1953 won final House approval by 72 votes to 61 amid protests. A separate tax bill to keep Texas cash based over the two years cleared the Senate and faces governor approval. The package allocates 145 756 000 from the general revenue fund. The tax plan projects 69 million in new revenue, with 40 million from the 10 percent omnibus tax continuation and the rest from natural gas pipelines. A department store gross receipts tax was defeated, ending a brief filibuster and allowing final passage.
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Austin
House
Senate
Texas
George O. Nokes, Jr
Corsicana
Britain's Nod to China Reds Okayed by U S
Senator Smith of New Jersey told the Senate MacArthur hearings he was informed the Truman administration gave the green light to Britain to recognize the Chinese Communists. Secretary Marshall said he did not know and suggested asking Secretary Acheson later as the hearings examined MacArthur's ouster and Far East policy differences.
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Washington
Smith
New Jersey
Senate
MacArthur
Truman
Great Britain
Marshall
State Acheson
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
Princeton University
Far East
Princeton Yenching (China) Foundation
The
University
Ridgway Hails Troops In Korean Front Push
Allied forces press the Korean front as Lt. Gen. Ridgway says the UN action may mark the crest of the Communist wave. Armored patrols advance near Munsan and Seoul while Chinese forces wilt from supply shortages and prepare for possible counterstrikes. North Korean units are killed or routed near Seoul as armored columns move toward key positions.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Munsan
Seoul
Uijonbu
Ridgway
MacArthur
Korea
Munsang
Edward M. Almond
Almond
Eighth Army
Seoul-Munsan
John Randolph
38Th Parallel
Chunchon
Inje
Trap Trio In Church Burglary Sparks In Neighborhood
Sheriff Gaither says four suspects planned to crack a church safe at Pierce Street Baptist after being tracked from a cafe. A juvenile was detained. two adults Ted Allen and Johnny Counts faced burglary charges with $2,500 bonds. A stray bullet hit homes near 401 North Pierce, narrowly missing Mrs. Fewell.
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Gaither
Amarillo
Ted Allen
Johnny Counts
Potte C County
Justice of the Peace
Bonita Wilkinson
Paul Gaither
Pierce Street Baptist
North Fillmore
Owen Hartness
Curtis Travis
Oregon
Travis
Hartness
Cecil Fewell
North Pierce
M.S. O'Dell
Sam Presley
Final Performance of Harvey Tonight at Amarillo Theater
The last performance of Harvey at Amarillo Little Theater closes tonight at 8 15 PM in Municipal Auditorium. Tickets are on sale at White Kirk until 5 PM and at the auditorium from 7 PM. Adults pay 1 80 while students pay 60 cents. Reserved seating is for season ticket holders.
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Harvey
Amarillo Little Theater
Municipal Auditorium
White & Kirk
Corporation Tax Boost Is Voted Increases House Tax Rate Five Points
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively approved a 2.08 billion dollar increase in corporation taxes and raised the normal tax rate by five points across the board. The move follows a three billion dollar rise in individual income taxes passed the day before as part of a ten billion dollar revenue package to fund defense.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Truman
Dawson Admits Political Strings on RFC Appointments
President Truman adviser Donald S Dawson told Senate investigators that appointments to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board were cleared with the Democratic National Committee. He defended the RFC and said he had done nothing improper, while acknowledging limited memory on names of other recommenders and confirming they were not held against Democratic headquarters. Fulbright pressed for specifics about who named directors and whether non party members were considered.
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Washington
Donald S. Dawson
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Democratic National Committee
Fulbright
Arkansas
Dawson
Subcommittee
Democratic
Giant Parade Will Salute Fighting Men in Amarillo
Amarillo plans a May 19 mass parade down Polk Street with a city wide flag display to honor armed forces. Five veterans groups, led by Earl Allmand, will coordinate flag sales from area businesses offering various flag sizes amid a large float procession.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Panhandle
Earl Allmand
Allmand
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Marine Corps League
Navy Club
Amarillo Tent and Awning Company
West Fourth
Western Business Supply
West Sixth
Levine's Department Store
Polk, and
Baker Rogers Company
East Fourth
Churchill's wife to enter hospital for operation
London reports Mrs. Winston Churchill, 66, will enter a hospital Monday night for an operation. Her secretary said the procedure is not serious but declined to specify its exact nature.
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London
Winston Churchill
Secret surveys claim improved Amarillo conditions
Young described surveys as highly confidential and secretly conducted with unclear timing. City officials Wyatt and Harper acknowledge past prostitution issues but say strides have been made since mid last year. Venereal disease cases rose last year with 241 total, including 719 syphilis and 122 gonorrhea, while prostitution shifts to residential areas challenge enforcement.
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Young
Jack Wyatt
City Health Department
Wyatt
Amarillo
ASHA
Sid Harper
Amarillo Air Force Base
Harper
Amarillon
Amatie
Meat Violator Sentenced To Six Months In Camp
Spokane report says meat market operator Clay Magnuson, among the first prosecuted under a new Office of Price Stabilization meat regulation, received six months in a federal road camp after pleading guilty to failing to keep proper ownership invoices and transferring 1850 pounds of beef he knew was stolen, unloading it at 4 AM and paying 30 cents a pound.
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Spokane
Wash
Clay Magnuson
Magnuson
Frank Freeman
Singer Vic Damone Joins Army Under Real Name
Vic Damone, 22, famed radio and nightclub singer, was inducted into the Army today, giving up a $20,000 a year income for GI pay. He uses his birth name Vito Rocco Farinola, hails from Brooklyn, and plans mental relief after five years of performance. He mentions girlfriend Joan Benny, daughter of comedian Jack Benny, before reporting to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
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New York
Vic Damone
Damone
Vito Rocco Farinola
Brooklyn
Joan Benny
Jack Benny
Camp Kilmer, NJ
Baseball scores and weather postpone two games across leagues
National League action shows Pittsburgh defeating Philadelphia 24 to 4 with Bell homerun and Crowder, while Brooklyn loses to Chicago 5 1, and New York narrowly tops Pittsburgh 2 1. American League games Boston at Chicago and New York at Cleveland postponed by rain. Washington faces Detroit this afternoon.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Dickson and
Fitzgerald
Church
Konstanty
Wilber
Bell
Chicago
Brooklyn
McLish and
Walker
Newcombe and
Campanella
Hodges
New York
Boston
Cleveland
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Veterans Benefits Sought For Korean War Vets
In Congress Representative Rankin of Mississippi introduced a bill to grant all benefits to Korean War era veterans. Tucson Marine veteran David Arellano, denied admission to a VA hospital and operated on for throat cancer, prompting questions about whether the Korean conflict is officially recognized as a war. VA notes Arellano would gain hospitalization only if service connection is shown. wartime veterans may receive non service connected care if unable to pay and beds are available.
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Congress
Rankin
Mississippi
House Veterans Committee
David R. Arellano, Jr
Tucson
Ariz
Pima County
Arellano
Truman
Veterans Administration
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region today
The Amarillo area expects clear nights and mornings with partly cloudy afternoons today and Friday. Warmer Friday afternoon. Highs near 73 today and 82 tomorrow, lows around 47 tonight and 46 last night. Portable outlook notes a rising temperature trend from Friday onward with mixed conditions in West Texas and New Mexico areas.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Sarge Orders Poker Chips and Cards in Western Front Lull
A Western Front sergeant with little to do amid a lull directs a rear post exchange to prepare one set of poker chips five decks of cards and a money belt. The order reflects wartime oddities as soldiers seek small distractions amid ongoing operations.
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Western Front
Korea
Britain bans rubber shipments to Communist China
London reports Britain has banned all rubber shipments to Communist China and will back US backed economic sanctions. Sir Harley Shawcross said exports from British territory are halted and an embargo on exports to China is being coordinated with Hong Kong authorities. Churchill criticized continued trade with Peiping and urged stronger Western policy.
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London
Britain
China
Peiping
Harley Shawcross
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Shawcross
Winston Churchill
Labor
Hong Kong
United States
United Nations
Shanccross
Churchill
The
House
Red China
America
USA
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Pierce
Senate Banking Subcommittee
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Police Department
Cliff Roberts
Ralph Pray
US Weather Bereau Report
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company
Sarge
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