Manford Ruling Narrows Texas Special Session Action
Texas lawmakers in a nine day special session limit action on appropriations. Speaker Durwood Manford bars repeal of the $15 million rural road program as not within the call. Focus shifts to hospital financing and school building needs while economy measures face stricter review.
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Fort Worth
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Allan Shivers
Shivers
Treasury
Robert S. Calvert
H. E
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Senate
S. J. Issacks
el Paso
Army pushes anti aircraft defense for atomic plants
The Army moves to defend key atomic sites including Sandia New Mexico and Hanford Washington with 24 hour air defense. Guns will be placed near Oak Ridge Tennessee and Richland Washington as housing for guards is completed under the Wherry Defense Housing Act.
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Army
Sandia
N. M
Ristland Air Force Field
Hanford
Wash
Richland
Oakridge, Tenn
So Turn the Other Cheek Fair Ladies
Massachusetts Supreme Court finds a single slap by a husband not cruelty sufficient for divorce. The case arose from a 1948 outdoor barbecue when Elsie Hamilton threw a wet handkerchief at her husband Wilhelmus, who slapped her in response. Justice Counihan Jr. notes great provocation and fault by the wife.
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Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Elsie E. Hamilton
Danvers
State Supreme Court
German Reds Oust Four More Titoists
In Düsseldorf on February 7, the Communist Party of West Germany ousted four more Titoists. Three party officials were removed from office and a Communist newspaper editor was expelled, part of a purge against those defying Moscow's line.
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Germany
Communist Party
West Germany
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Res
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Mother Pays Stork Bill After 16 Years
A New Jersey woman returns to Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital after 16 years to settle an outstanding maternity bill. Medical director Dr. Samuel A. Cosgrove accepts $50 in cash and issues a receipt, the woman saying she now feels better.
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Jersey City
N. J
Margaret Hague
Samuel A. Cosgrove
Webster Tour Brings Julius Caesar To Gregory Gym
Margaret Webster's Shakespeare Repertory Company performs Julius Caesar at Gregory Gym tonight at 8 15 p.m. Tickets sold at the door. Cast includes Louisa Horton Kendall Clark David Lewis and Frederick Rolf. Modern dress production with costumes and settings by Ben Edwards.
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Shakespearean Repertory Company
Gregory Gym
University of Texas
Louisa Horton
Kendall Clark
David Lewis
Frederick Rolf
Ben Edwards
Miss Webster
New York
Brooks Atkinson
John Mason Brown
Webster
Chekhov
Witness Testifies of Nude Driver in Drunken Crash Trial
Jean Wallace Randall, 25, ex-wife of Franchot Tone, seated in a red coat with minimal clothing in a crashed car, a Christmas party witness testified. Frank DeLong described her kneeling on the dashboard, eyes droopy, smelling of liquor, near a parked auto owned by Arthur Koontz.
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Los Angeles
Jean Wallace Randall
Franchot Tone
Frank DeLong
Miss Wallace
DeLong
Arthur Koontz
Stromboli Cocktail Sparks Bar Boom in Hammond
Indiana bartender Ed Baltages of Hammond cocktail lounge reports the Stromboli cocktail drives business. The drink mixes Swedish kummel and Italian vermouth. Baltages, a former Third Division infantryman in Italy, will sell the recipe for $10 per copy.
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Ed Baltages
Hammond
Italy
Shivers presses hospital plan first in special session
Gov. Allan Shivers tells the Legislature to finish hospital funding before addressing other items. He backs financing eleemosynary institutions with new taxes as the only path, defends against economy cuts, and signals hospitals and a long term building program as priorities while avoiding comment on specific tax plans.
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Oil, Gas and Sulphur Industries’ Representatives
House Revenue and Tax Committee
Dallas
Houston
Searcy Bracewell
Shivers
Jail Greets Wandering Mate After 34 Years
Edward Williams, missing since 1916 and returning in 1950 aged 72, was sentenced in Warrington to three months in prison for failing to pay 12 shillings weekly support to his wife under a court order won 34 years earlier. He said he returned to obtain his birth certificate to apply for a government old age pension.
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Warrington
England
Edward Williams
Shivers Favors John Shepperd For Secretary of State
Governor Allan Shivers signaled he would appoint John Ben Shepperd of Gladewater as secretary of state. He cited Shepperd’s national ties and industrial knowledge as key assets for Texas. A House Senate delegation urged the appointment as the secretary of state post opens later this week.
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Shivers
John Shepperd
Secretary of State
American Capitol
Allan Shivers
John Ben Shepperd of
Gladewater
Shepperd
Texas
United States
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Price Daniel
Daniel
Ben Ramsey
House
Senate
Buffalo Purchase Details From Centex Ranch Herd
Buffalo herd of seven is bought by Colonel Zack Miller from Pat Neff ranch and J. R. Torrance. Four animals acquired from Torrance, three from Neff. Most moved to Colonel G. Bryan’s Texas ranch. one calf goes to Fred Hall ranch. Brahma buffalo cross planned to produce larger cows.
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Waco
Zack Miller
Wild West
Pat Neff
Moody
J. R. Torrance
Neff
Dallas
G. Bryan
Houston
Fred Hall
Valley Mills
Torrance
Thompson Supporting Tax Allowance Plea
Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson testified in Washington before a congressional committee opposing repeal of the depletion allowance for oil production. Governor Allan Shivers asked Thompson to represent him in opposing any reduction or repeal. Oil industry spokesmen and state representatives said the deduction supports new drilling and production.
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American Capitol
Ernest O. Thompson
Washington
Allan Shivers
Thompson
Execution of Blackmon Delayed For Fourth Time
James Willis Blackmon of Houston had his execution postponed a fourth time by Governor Allan Shivers to await William James Smith’s scheduled electrocution. Both men were condemned for the murder of Houston bus driver Leslie D. Gibbins. The Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended delaying Blackmon from February 10 to April 5, aligning with Smith’s date after the standard 30 day stay.
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James Willis Blackmon
Houston
Allan Shivers
William James Smith
Leslie D. Gibbins
Smith
Blackmon
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Air Force Eyes Civilian Training Contractors
The Air Force may test civilian contractors to train student pilots at Randolph AFB Texas sites and possibly at Connally Goodfellow and Perrin bases. The move aims to reduce costs by using civilian methods for pilot and mechanic training if proven effective.
Pietzsch Joins SMU Faculty To Teach Radio News
Sid Pietzsch, former WFAA Dallas news editor and ex Galveston News and Beaumont Journal staffer, joined Southern Methodist University on Tuesday to teach a class in radio news writing in Dallas.
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Dallas
Sid Pietzsch
WFAA
Southern Methodist University Facculty
Pietzsch
Galveston News
Beaumont Journal
Texas Sergeant Dies In Stair Fall in Tokyo
Army records show Sergeant Olen D. Surratt of Hawkins, Texas died from a skull fracture after falling on a top step at a Tokyo enlisted men's club last Saturday night. He reportedly tripped at the start of the descent in front of his office.
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Tokyo
Army
Olen D. Surratt
Hawkins
Texas
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