Sex Crime Bills on Way
Senate action advances five bills tightening sex crime statutes and a 1.35 million dollar appropriation to M D Anderson Hospital for atomic research and radiological institute. The session eyes heavy legislation before Sunday 72 hour rule.
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Auditor's Department
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Auditor’s Department
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M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston Center
R. Lee Clark
House Panel Approves Rural Phone Co op Bill
The House acting as a committee of the whole passed the rural telephone cooperative bill 81 to 12 at 11 p.m. Friday after a long session with a call of the House to secure a quorum. Supporters said it validates a federal act while opponents warned of eminent domain and loss of private phone facilities.
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Bob Murphy
Douglas Bergman
George Parkhouse
Dallas
John B. Connally
Austin
Texas Power Reserve
C. S. Slatton
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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City surveys pit toilets for possible citywide ban
Mayor Taylor Glass orders an immediate city survey to count pit toilets and plan removal or conversion. H E Hargis to oversee the survey with Civic support and aid for indigents to fund sewer connections or septic tanks.
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Taylor Glass
H. E. Hargis
The
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Glass
Hargis
City of
George Cox
Tidelands Case Hearing Delayed
The Supreme Court moved the arguments in the Texas Louisiana tidelands oil cases to March 27 and in three racial segregation cases to April 3. Justices will meet March 13 to issue opinions but will not hear the oil arguments that day.
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Eilrich
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Dream Baptist Center Opens for UT Students
A new $300000 University Baptist Center at 405 West 22nd Street opens Sunday with a week of events. The three story brick structure houses recreation rooms a chapel lounges and offices. Dedication speakers include Dr Blake Smith and Dr J Howard Williams with a packed schedule of open houses tours musical programs and lectures by university and church leaders.
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Dallas
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Abilene
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H. Lumpkin
Charles Cyrus
Dave Cheavens
H. W. Newman
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T. C. McCormick
C. R. Reagen
Harris Brush
W. L. Chapman
Claude Hill
Jack Claassen
D. M. Sheftall
Albert Pollard
Mamie Dell Barrow
Mark Gilbert
Irene Dixon
Death of US naval attache sparks murder theories
Vienna reports Captain Eugene S. Karpe, naval attache in Romania, plunged from the Orient Express near Salzburg. Authorities say not suicide or accident, suggesting possible political murder. Karpe had recently visited friend Robert Vogeler, convicted as a spy in Hungary. Postmortem planned to determine if he was alive on impact.
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Romania
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Salzburg
Maximilian Pammer
Interior Ministry
Die Welt
Texas Sets March Crude Allowable at 1 944 122 BPD
The Railroad Commission on Friday approved a March crude production limit of 1 944 122 barrels per day for Texas. A new proration system ties well allotments to acreage and depth, cutting total permissive production by 92 161 barrels daily from February. East Texas gains 36 498 bpd while Districts 3 and 8 see sizable drops.
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Texas
Oil Regulatory Body
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Gulf Coast
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District 3
District 8
Bill Next to curb Fresh-Water Fish Sales in Bastrop County
Representative Harry Whitworth of Smithville introduced a bill to restrict fresh water fish sales in Bastrop County and ban nets and seines. The measure targets fish under 19 pounds, reducing market fishing to hook and line methods as part of a broader game and fish conservation push by a local sportsmen organization.
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Bastrop County
Harry Whitworth
Smithville
UMW Faces Contempt Trial Over Coal Strike
John L. Lewis led United Mine Workers to a contempt of court trial set for Monday. The case stems from the ongoing soft coal strike that threatens to paralyze the nation’s economy as the dispute persists.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Union
No-Strike Ruling Challenged by United Mine Workers
Federal Judge Richmond B Keech rejects the United Mine Workers argument that the no strike order was illegal and dismisses the plea that miners acted individually. The government urges full court power to restart digging as contempt costs to the UMW reach 2,130,000 dollars.
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United Mine Workers
Lewis
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Graham Morison
UMW
GM Cuts Prices and Wages Amid Falling Living Costs
General Motors lowered car prices and reduced wages and bonuses as US cost of living dropped 0.4 percent from December and 2.3 percent from a year earlier. Price cuts span Chevrolet to Cadillac, with wage adjustments affecting 362,000 hourly workers and 72,000 salaried staff, effective March 1.
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President Truman delays rail strike via study board
President Truman created an emergency board to study the wage contract dispute between the Brotherhoods of Railway Conductors and Railway Trainmen. The move pushes the planned strike away for at least sixty days, buying time for negotiation.
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Truman
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Daughter of Lost Flier Reported Critically Ill
Peggy Ascol, 16 months, daughter of one of five B36 fliers missing off British Columbia, is in Harris Hospital with double pneumonia in critical condition. Peggy became ill Thursday. Lieut. Holel Ascot, veteran bombardier on the lost B36, is not available for comment.
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Peggy Ascol
British Columbia
Harris Hospital
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Holel Ascot
Pioneer Gillespie Citizen Dies at 95
Fredricksburg mourns Joa chim Hahn 95 one of Gillespie County's oldest residents who died Friday. Born December 3 1854 she was daughter of early settlers John and Dechert. Funeral at Beckmann Funeral Home and First Methodist Church with Rev C A Greenwald officiating. Burial in Hahn family cemetery Meusebach Creek. survivors Emil Herman Hahn and Louis Marquardt. Husband died in 1937 at 91.
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Joachim Hahn
Gillespie County
John Dechert
Beckmann Funeral Home
First Methodist
Ana
C. A. Greenwald
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Meusebach Creek
Emil
Herman Hahn
Louis Marquardt
Austinite Still Critical After Traffic Mishap
8 year old Jack Green Taylor Jr. remained unconscious Friday night at Brackenridge Hospital after a traffic accident Thursday afternoon. His parents Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Taylor reside at 2401 Enfield Road in Austinites.
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Press in England Sees Socialism Check Post Election Tone
The British press largely views the election as a check on socialism with Attlee’s government seen as a possible caretaker setup. Major papers urge unity or a redefined mandate while noting public sentiment against full nationalization.
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Daily Mail
Manchester Guardian
Attlee
Labor Party
Daily Herald
Anthony Eden
Yorkshire Post
Fair and Warmer Prediction for Austin
Weatherman Hoye S. Dunham predicts slightly warmer weather for Austin on Saturday with temperatures near the year's 83 degree high. Friday saw a low of 47 degrees at 6 a.m. and an 80 degree peak from 2 to 4 p.m.
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Austin
Hoye S. Dunham
Majority Too Small for Firm House Control
Britain’s Labor Party won a slim parliamentary edge with 314 seats to 204 for the Conservatives and others in 619 counted districts, signaling a fragile majority. Prime Minister Attlee’s Labor faces a contested path to governance as coalitions seem unlikely and election calls loom.
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Scotland
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Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
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Sinn Fein
Herbert Asquith
Woodrow Wilson
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Owens Denies Killing Wife Who Gave Me Everything I Wanted
Roy Owens testifies in a murder trial in 98th District Court denying any motive to kill Vera Barton. He recounts her generosity and claims a divorce document implicating his wife’s half-brother James H. Douglas, not him, in the slaying.
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98Th District Court
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Paquita
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