Hospital session ends as lawmakers reopen bills and fund rural projects
The Texas Legislature closed a hospital financing stage and opened 30 topics of local and general legislation. Governor Shivers praised the action as humanitarian, while lawmakers debated appropriations for Rural Roads 15 million and Soil Conservation 5 million. The Senate prepared to review more bills with a Finance Committee meeting set for Friday.
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Legislature Lists State Hospitals' Cash Allocations
The Legislature proposes about 26 million dollars for housing and treatment of the mentally ill and other wards, while the State Hospital Board gains 35 million for a seven and a half year building program. Allocations cover multiple state hospitals, schools, and related facilities with beds and new construction planned at Vernon and Terrell with future projects at Big Spring Austin and others. The plan directs transfer of the School for Negro Girls and funds for thoracic surgery teams and gymnasiums at Gatesville and other sites.
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Aussie sheep with gold teeth trigger rush on flock
James Keiler of Portland bought sheep heads to boil soup and found gold on the molar teeth. He traced the gold to a flock near gold fields and planned to buy the land, but others moved in as drought and dental alloy rumors spread.
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Overall Death Suspect Sentenced for Theft
George Bud Gollum, 23, once linked to a California yacht explosion case, was sentenced to one year for transporting a stolen car from Savannah to Washington DC. His stepfather, Joseph Somel, acted as lawyer. He had been acquitted in the Santa Ana murder case associated with the 1947 yacht bombing.
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California
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Los Angeles
Greenville
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Santa Ana
Calif
Molotov Tops Ranking Among Stalin's Closest Colleagues
Radio Moscow listed Viacheslav Molotov as the top of Premier Stalin's closest allies in a broadcast naming candidates for the upcoming Soviet general election. G. N. Malenkov N. A. Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev followed.
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Josef Stalin
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Council of Ministers
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Nikita S. Khruscchev
Ukraiian Communist
26 Students Overcome By Fumes On Bus
Bonham reports 26 of 75 students on a bus to North Fannin Rural High School were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. Officials say high winds likely pushed exhaust into the vehicle. all affected received hospital treatment and were released.
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Elwood
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Duplex
Bonham Hospital
Gas Transport Driver Dies in Crash Flames
A gasoline transport driver, tentatively identified as Irvin Piper, died in the flaming wreckage of his truck seven miles south of Big Spring on Thursday. Sheriff Bob Wolf said the loaded truck struck a culvert and immediately caught fire. the driver's body was burned beyond recognition.
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Houston Candidate Virgil E Arnold Proposes Dry Texas Platform
Virgil E Arnold longtime Houston candidate for office announced his gubernatorial platform aiming to make Texas as dry as the Sahara Desert. He backs a 1 percent sales tax, labor support, large education funds, and raising the old age assistance ceiling, while opposing socialized medicine and high taxes on farmers. He pledges a dynamic fight on gambling and criticizes lax liquor laws. He previously served in the 1923-24 Texas Legislature and has run for state offices in many elections.
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Texas
Sahara Desert
New Use for Soap in Woodworking
A simple tip suggests rubbing soap on screw threads to ease driving into hard wood. This technique reduces friction and helps start screws more cleanly.
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