Legislature Advances Tax Measures in Hospital Finance Session
The Texas Legislature moves toward House debate on three committee-approved tax bills tied to a hospital-finance program. Senate already passed a $20 million hospital appropriation and a $500,000 deficiency grant, with a $5 million first-year building program pending.
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House
Senate
Senate Committee
J. W. Eagar
Austin
State Board of Education
Texas
Allan Shivers
John Ben Shepperd
Gladewater
Ben Ramsey
Joe B. Fleming
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Jimmy P. Horang
Colson- Briscoe
Shivers
Policeman’s uniform stolen in Houston car robbery
A thief robbed J. J. Easter’s automobile in Houston of a suit of clothing but the victim doubts the thief will wear it. The uniform belonged to Traffic Investigator Easter and was taken during the incident.
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Houston
INS
J. J. Easter
Easter
Four Texas towns hit by tornadoes injuring 20
Twisters struck La Porte Alvin Chapel Hill near Tyler and Baileyville near Rosebud injuring at least 20 and causing up to 275000 in damage. La Porte suffered heavy residential and public building damage with 25 homes destroyed and 200 homes affected.
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Associated Press
Texas
la Porte
Houston
Alvin
Chapel Hill
Tyler
Baileyville
Rosebud
Ella Dodson
Walter Roberson
Roberson
Flight attendant blown from plane over Long Island in 1949 tragedy
A 28 year old Pan American steward John Harris of New York was sucked out at 12 48 am during a Transatlantic Strato Cruiser flight near Idlewild. Four engined airliner flew from London at 200 mph. door failure blamed. Coast Guards and volunteers searched Long Island Sound as Civil Aeronautics investigates. A second incident nearby spared Marc Fisher Galati, 28, on an Eastern Airlines DC 3 near Tampa Bay where wind pulled him from an open door but he clung on and landed safely.
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New York
Long Island
John Harris
Eastern Airlines
Tampa Bay
Florida
Marc Fisher-Galati
St Petersburg
Fisesz-Galati
Civil Aeronautics Bord
Harris
London
Idlewild
Anna Karsicek
St. James
N. Y
Coast
John T. Nolan
Huntington
Civil Aeronautics
George B Hart
Sag Harbor
Atlantic
Extradition Plea Sought to Bring Binion to Dallas
Dallas District Attorney Will Wilson said an assistant will go to Austin to ask Governor Shivers to sign papers for Nevada fugitive Benny Binion extradition. The move follows Binion and Harry Urban Sr. being indicted in Las Vegas on operating a $1,000,000-a-year policy syndicate.
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Dallas
Will Wilson
Austin
Allan Shivers
Nevada Gambier L. B
Benny
Binion
Shivers
Nevada
Vail Pittman
Louis Woosley
Las Vegas
Nev
Wilson
Dallcs
Harry R. Urban Sr
Negro Buried in Mud Rescued After 2 Hours
A 36 year old Negro laborer, Albert Carter, was rescued with no serious injury after being buried two hours beneath mud in a 21 foot sewer ditch in Houston. A broken brace caused the side of the ditch to cave in after rain softened the soil.
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Houston
Albert Carter
Beaumont oilman and philanthropist B Tyler Bryan dies at 56
Beaumont oilman and philanthropist B Tyler Bryan, who built a fortune in India’s oil industry, died after a three week illness. He was 56.
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B. Tyler Bryan
Beaumont
Tyler Bryan
India
Lewis Obeys TH Calls His Miners Back on Job
Austin joins Brotherhood Week observance from February 16 to 26 led by National Conference of Christians and Jews. Mayor Taylor Glass and Governor Allan Shivers promote unity across churches schools and civic groups with clergy from Catholic Jewish and Protestant faiths. Local chair Joe C. Carrington notes speakers and aims to foster mutual respect and democracy through religiously inspired cooperation.
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Austin
United States
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Taylor Glass
Allan Shivers
Joe C. Carrington
Louis J. Reicher
Bertran Krausner
Temple Beth Israel
Edmund Heinsohn
Unified
Stems
Reicher
National Brotherhood
Klausner
Mobile X-ray Unit Visits He Park Fire Station
The mobile X-ray unit will operate at He Park Fire Station Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. It reports a total of 16,223 X-rays to date.
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He Park
Invigorating Winter Weather Heads for Austin
The US Weather Bureau predicts invigorating winter weather for the Austin area with a dry cold front Sunday night clearing skies. A low around 40 degrees is forecast for Monday morning, followed by sunshine and cool temperatures Monday and Tuesday.
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US Weather Bureau
Austin
Russian Fishing Boats In Caribbean Waters
Two 328 ton Russian fishing schooners Kometa and Osminog arrived at St Thomas Virgin Islands last Sunday and headed toward Panama after entering Caribbean waters where the United States plans large postwar maneuvers. The vessels carry radio and radar equipment and mirror ships seen in prior Caribbean visits by Russian ships during earlier maneuvers.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Kometa
Osminog
Caribbean
St Thomas
Virgin Islands
Panama
Rank and File Revolt Grows Over Coal Strike
John L. Lewis ordered 370000 striking miners to return under a Taft Hartley injunction but district leaders and rank and file expressed resistance without a contract. Some Illinois and Kentucky miners said they will not return without a deal, while others awaited official orders.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Kentucky
Lewis
UMW
John L. Henry Allai
Kansas
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Truman
Robena
John Ozanich
Navy Plane With 9 Aboard Lost in Gulf Search Expanded
Coast Guard reports sighting an oil slick about 100 miles south southeast of Lake Charles Louisiana as nine aboard navy flying boat PBMS Martin Mariner remains missing since Friday in the Gulf of Mexico. Navy reconnaissance planes and Coast Guard cutters pursue debris and survivors while planes from Alabama join the search. tanker Tennessee may mark the spot with a buoy.
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Corpus Christi
Coast Guard
Lake Charles
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Gulf
Alabama
Red faced after Los Angeles suitcase bomb scare
A buzzing suitcase at Los Angeles International Airport sparked a major scare when authorities feared a detonator was hidden inside. Police opened the case to reveal only a battery powered vibrator, tied to a personal effects bag left by H S Harrison.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles International
Russell Camp
Jack Donahoe
H.S. Harrison
Harrison
Seargent Camp
Connally Seeks UN Route for Atomic Control Pact
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Connally says the United States may seek an international agreement on control of atomic and hydrogen weapons via the United Nations at an appropriate time. He notes policy remains strong against concessions, while Acheson and Truman emphasize strength and cautious openness to ne tools of agreement.
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Washington
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Russia
United Nations
State Department
Truman
Acheson
Lee
Atomic Energy Commission
Bricker
Ohio
Senate
House Atomic Committee
Leavin
Ilinois
McMahon
D-Conn
Tydings
Baruch
Tych
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Cincinnati
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Del
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Dowagine
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