Texas parole system criticized by Capitol staff
State Auditor Cavness cited a two year audit faulting lack of funding and staff for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. The report says 552 parolees were unaccounted for and 1 888 listed as in good standing, with 138 and 176 revocations in the two most recent years. It urges paid supervision and a broader probation program to reduce costs and improve data.
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Smoot Schmid
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Parole Board
Texas Adult Probation Committee
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James V. Allred
Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Army halts plant project at Pryor Oklahoma ordnance site
Aides say Army officials ordered National Gypsum to suspend at least temporarily a $4 million gypsum plant on 48 acres at the former Oklahoma Ordance Works near Pryor. Land may be seized for emergency use. lawmakers probe military plans and expansion prospects amid anticipated national emergency announcement.
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Oklahoma
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Shaw's Final Work Pays Homage to Ayot St Lawrence
London reports George Bernard Shaw published a pictorial verse guide to Ayot St Lawrence, his cherished village, as his last work. Illustrated with 59 Shaw photographs, the slim booklet mocks pretension while praising local life, ending with the author’s claim that the village will be his final resting place.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw
Ayot St. Lawrence
Shaw
Fort Worth Cops Nab 2 Ex-Convicts in Break‑in
Fort Worth police officers A. J. Mitchell and H. H. Alexander Jr. in a patrol car heard breaking glass on Thursday and halted a nearby business break‑in. They captured two men as they tried to enter the building, ending the crime in progress.
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H. H. Alexander Jr
Agriculture Agency Division Chief Quits
Walter T. McKay resigned as chief of the horticultural inspection and quarantine division of the State Department of Agriculture. His resignation was accepted by Commissioner J. E. McDonald and takes effect Friday.
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Walter T. McKay
State Department of Agriculture
J. E. McDonald
McKay
Draft Bait Holds Steady Amid College Life Across Campuses
A survey of draft age students at Boston, Princeton, Fordham, New York, Columbia, Barnard, and Hunter colleges finds the draft barely changing study or social life. Men stay relaxed about service while some improve focus. coeds report no major disruption in dating or plans.
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Columbia
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Hunter
Barbara A. Butler
Boston U
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Brocton
Mass
Eleanor
Rutgers University
New Jersey College For Women
Hunter Colleges
Rutgers
Reserve Officer Training Corps
National Emergency Outlined In Truman Talk Background
Background for President Truman address outlines the Korea front hold strategy and UN settlement aims. It explains US plan to defend Western Europe with allies, build up Atlantic defenses, and deter Soviet expansion while weighing armament costs and potential drafts.
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