Five Sex Crime Bills on Way Through Texas Senate
The Texas Senate approved five bills tightening sex crime statutes and a 1.35 million dollar appropriation to M D Anderson Hospital for atomic research and radiology. Also cleared were school district consolidations and a central purchasing bill. a rural telephone cooperative measure faces 72 hour rule barriers.
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House
M. D. Anderson Hospital For Cancer Research
Attorney General's Department
Tidelands
Auditor's Department
Commission of Education
Gilmer-Aikin
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston Center
R. Lee Clark
House Panel Approves Rural Phone Co op Bill in Action
The House at night approved the rural telephone co op bill 81 to 12 but awaits further action. A 11:15 call of the House kept members locked in until 2 a.m. to reach quorum, with 31 absentees rounded up by the sergeant at arms.
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House
Bob Murphy
Douglas Bergman
George Parkhouse
Dallas
John B. Connally
Austin
Texas Power Reserve
C. S. Slatton
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Slatton
Survey To Ban Pit Toilets In Austin Ordered
Mayor Taylor Glass ordered an immediate city survey to abolish all pit toilets in Austin after inspecting two areas. H. E. Hargis will assess how many pits exist and plans call for removal via sewer connections or septic tanks with possible funding from the city, civic groups, or grants.
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Wray Weddell
Austin
Taylor Glass
H. E. Hargis
The
American
Glass
Hargis
City of
George Cox
Tidelands Case Hearing Delayed
The Supreme Court postponed the two week term to hear arguments in the Texas Louisiana tidelands oil cases and three racial segregation cases. Arguments shift to March 27 for tidelands and April 3 for segregation as opinions on March 13 will be delivered without oil case hearings.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
Charles Elmore Cropley
Eilrich
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Dream Center Opens Sunday for University Baptist Church
A new $300000 Baptist Student Center at 405 West 22nd Street will begin a week of dedication with a Sunday 11 a.m. service led by Dr. Blake Smith. The three story brick and concrete building features a 360 seat auditorium, lounges, recreation rooms and a dark room. Open houses and tours are planned, with events nightly through Friday and involvement from UT and several church leaders.
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University Baptist Church
Dream” Center
West 22Nd Street
Dalton Brush
J. R. Buffler
Austin
J. M. Odom
Blake Smith
W. F. Howard
Baptist Student Union
Bernard Myers
University Art Department
T S. Painter
Arno Nowotny
Bery Case
University Drama Department
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Evelyn Mosier Foster
J. Howard Williams
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Scott Tatum
Hyde Park Baptist Church
University of Texas Brass Quartet
Bernard Fitzgerald
James H. Landes
First Baptist Church of Wichita
Wallace Bassett
Cliff Temple Baptist Church
Dallas
Hardin Simmons College
Abilene
Evel Porter
R. T. Wilson
C. C. Calvert
R T. Wilson
Death on Orient Express Linked to Murder Probe
U S naval attache Captain Eugene Karpe fell from an Orient Express in a Salzburg tunnel. Austrian police suspect murder or political assassination, with no clear motive. Karpe was a friend of Robert Vogeler, a Hungarian spy convict, and had warned he might be followed. Postmortem planned to decide if he was alive upon impact.
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Vienna
Austria
Eugene S. Karpe
Romania
Orient Express
Robert A. Vogeler
Hungary
Karpe
Vogeler
Salzburg
Maximilian Pammer
Interior Ministry
Die Welt
Texas March crude allowable cut set at 1 944 122 bpd
The Railroad Commission set March Texas crude production at 1 944 122 barrels per day under a new prorating system based on acreage and well depth. Permissive production dropped 92 161 bpd from the prior 2 036 283 bpd, with East Texas gaining production while Districts 3 and 8 and Gulf Coast and West Texas areas see declines. East Texas can produce 36 498 bpd more, while District 3 falls to 330 159 bpd and District 8 to 544 400 bpd. East Texas daily allowable reaches 251 394 bpd.
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Associated Press
Railroad Commission
Texas
Oil Regulatory Body
East Texas
Gulf Coast
West Texas
District 3
District 8
Bill Would Curb Sales Of Fresh-Water Fish
A bill offered by Representative Harry Whitworth of Smithville would restrict selling fresh water fish in Bastrop County and ban nets and seines. The measure targets conservation by limiting markets and requires fishing by hook and line, with a 10 pound minimum for fish.
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American Capitol
Bastrop County
Harry Whitworth
Smithville
UMW Faces Trial Monday Over Coal Strike Contempt
Washington Feb 24. John L. Lewis led United Mine Workers ordered to trial Monday on contempt of court charges tied to the soft coal strike that threatens national economic paralysis as the strike continues to widen.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Union
Judge Keech hears no-strike case against United Mine Workers
Federal Judge Richmond B Keech rejects the UMW argument that the no strike order was illegally issued and that miners acted individually by not working. The government urged a strong ruling to restart digging as contempt costs rise, with $2,130,000 in prior cases.
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Richmond B. Keech
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Aassistant
Genera H
Graham Morison
UMW
GM Cuts Prices and Wages as Living Costs Dip
General Motors lowers car and truck prices by 10 to 40 dollars and trims wages and bonuses amid a 0.4 percent drop in U S living costs from mid-December to mid-January. Price cuts take effect March 1, with COLA reduced for hourly workers and quarterly bonuses cut for salaried staff. The moves ride alongside broader economic strains and coal shortages affecting labor.
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Washington
General Motors
Detroit
Nd Cio
United Auto Workers
Unon
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Buick
Cadillac
Bureau of Labor Statistics
OPA
Labor Department
President Delays Rail Strike by Board Study
President Truman created an emergency board to study the wage contract dispute between the Brotherhoods of Railway Conductors and Railway Trainmen. The move delays the railroad strike for at least 60 days.
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Washington
Truman
Brotherhoods of
Daughter of Lost Flier Reported Critically Ill
Peggy Ascol, 16 month old daughter of one of the five B 36 fliers missing off British Columbia, is in Harris Hospital with double pneumonia. Her condition is critical. Lieut Holiel Ascol, veteran of 21 years service, was bombardier on the lost B 36.
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Fort Worth
Peggy Ascol
British Columbia
Harris Hospital
Peggy
Holiel Ascol
Pioneer Gillespie Citizen Dies at 95
Fredericksburg reports the death of Joa chim Hahn 95 a Gillespie County elder born December 3 1854 to John and Dechert family. Funeral set for Beckmann Funeral Home and First Methodist Church at 2 pm with Rev C A Greenwaldt officiating. Burial in Hahn cemetery Meusebach Creek area. Survivors include sons Emil and Herman Hahn and daughter Mrs Louis Marquardt all of Fredericksburg. Her husband died in 1937 at age 91.
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Fredericksburg
Joachim Hahn
Gillespie County
John Dechert
Beckmann Funeral Home
First Methodist
C. A. Greenwaldt
Hahn
Austinite Still Critical After Traffic Mishap
Jack Green Taylor Jr an eight year old boy remained unconscious Friday night after a Thursday afternoon traffic accident at Brackenridge Hospital his condition was listed as critical but improving He is the son of Mr and Mrs J G Taylor of 2401 Enfield Road Austin Texas
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Jack Green Taylor Jr
Brackenridge Hospital
J. G. Taylor
Enfield Road
Press in England Sees Public Demand for Socialism Check
London reports on February 25 1946 with most British papers noting the election result signals desire to curb socialism. Attlee's government seen as a caretaker setup pending a fresh poll while editorials differ on strategy and timing.
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London
Daily Mail
Manchester Guardian
Attlee
Labor Party
Daily Herald
Anthony Eden
Yorkshire Post
Fair and Warmer Prediction For Austin Saturday
A weather forecast for Austin predicts slightly warmer conditions on Saturday. Weatherman Hoye Dunham cited a high near 83 degrees for the year, while Friday saw 47 degrees mornings and an 80 degree peak in the afternoon.
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Austin
Hoye
Dunham
Majority Too Small for Firm House Control
Britain’s votes yield a Labor plurality with 314 seats to Conservatives 204 Liberals 8 and others across 619 districts. A coalition or election looms as Labor’s margin nears instability with 381 seats in the former 640 seat body and ministers warning the new house could be unsteady.
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London
Britain
Socialist Labor Party
Labor
Scotland
Manchester
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Communieen
Sinn Fein
Conservative
Herbert Asquith
Woodrow Wilson
Liberal Party
Churchill
Owens Denies Killing Wife Who Gave Me Everything I Wanted
Roy Owens testified in the 98th District Court murder trial that he had no reason to kill Vera Barton who "gave me everything I wanted." He described marital turmoil with her half-brother James H. Douglas and claimed his wife helped him financially before her death on February 2, 1947.
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Owens
Roy Owens
98Th District Court
Vera Barton Owens
Barton
East Austin
Tiny
James H. Douglas
Paquita
Douglas
Austin
San Antonio
Doug
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State Department of Public Welfare
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Chillicothe
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Saint Stephens Hall
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