Truculent sinking toll at sixty five in Thames estuary
British Royal Navy says sixty five men perished when the submarine Truculent sank after colliding with the Swedish tanker Divina. Fifteen crew and dockyard workers survived after rescue efforts. The Divina was arrested by Admiralty order pending bail.
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Chatham
England
Royal Navy
Thames Estuary
Admiralty
Thetis
Liverpool Bay
1 Air Force Station
Scotand
Sheerness Harbor
Cadmus
Ipswich
Purfleet
Naval Dockyard
Medway River
Medway
Thames
Sheerness
Ban on Stopping 2 Trains Sought
The Smithville Chamber of Commerce filed suit in 98th District Court seeking to overturn a Railroad Commission order allowing MK&T to discontinue two Waco to Houston passenger trains passing Smithville. It asks for a temporary restraining order and argues the order is arbitrary and deprives Smithville residents of rights.
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Smithville
Culberson
Supreme Court
Move ToWreck Fair Deal Begins In House Panel
A surprise move in the House rules committee could cripple much of Truman's Fair Deal. Southern Democrats and Republicans join to restore the panel's power to bottle up bills, threatening to block civil rights and social legislation.
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Washington
Congress
House Rules Committee
House
Rayburn
Texas
Sabath
D-Ill
Rules Committee
Representative Cox
Dga
Weekend Rain Forecast With Cooler Temps
The weekend will be mostly cloudy and a little cooler with rain developing Saturday night and Sunday. A light cold front crossed Texas Friday but temperatures remained steady. Austin topped 73 and bottomed at 61.
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Texas
Austin
Four Die in Elgin Traffic Crash and One Critical
A highway collision near Elgin claimed four lives and left a fifth person in very critical condition. Victims include Lillian Alford 23 of McDade and Margaret Noack 17 with Mrs. Stripling 23 and Mrs. Elmore Hill 48 dying as drivers and passengers from McDade were en route to Austin. Services are set in McDade and Austin with burial at McDade Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery.
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Elgin
Lillian Alford
McDade
Austin
W. C. Striping
Margaret Noack
Elmore Hill
Elgin Hospital
Robert Hardy
Alford
Fritz Alford
James Jones
Hill
Negro U Students Protest Regents Demanding Authority
Four students from Texas State University for Negroes in Houston sought an audience with Governor Allan Shivers to press for more authority for School President R. O’Hara Lanier. The governor's secretary refused them, citing lack of an appointment and busy schedule. Spokesman Charlie Wexler accused Regent power of usurping Lanier, while Haller Gibson McElroy read placards urging a first class college or transfer to the University of Texas.
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Texas State University For
Houston
Allan Shivers
R. O'Hara Lanier
William L. McGill
Shivers
Charlie Wexler
Rainbow
Texas
Wexler
John H. Robertson
Board of Regents
Dr. Lanier
Robertson
Lawrence Haller
Otho Gibson
George McElroy
Haller
Gibson
McElroy
University of Texas
Lanier
LaFleur Sentenced to Life for Raping 15-Year-Old Girl
In Orange, Paul LaFleur, 30, was found guilty of raping a 15-year-old student and received a life term. The jury rejected the death penalty. State's Attorney W. E. Lea indicated a renewed bid for the electric chair in a later robbery-with-firearms trial set for February 20.
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Orange
Paul LaFleur
Houston
W. E. Lea
LaFleur
Lea
Six-State Phone Strike Truce Ends Sunday
Six states face a renewed threat of a strike by 50,900 Southwestern Bell Telephone workers as a truce arranged by Missouri Governor Forrest Smith expires after midnight Sunday. Limited prospects for a peaceful settlement linger as the contract dispute continues.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Ernsts Win Gillespie Cattle Honors at Fredericksburg Show
Alton and Stanley Ernst won grand championship and first in heavy medium and light calf divisions with Herefords at the 18th Gillespie County FFA and 4-H Club Boys Show opening in Fredericksburg. The event drew 675 entrants as Curtis Feller showed the grand champion bull. Franklin Doebbler took dairy honors. Angora goats and sheep also claimed top awards. Sale of animals set for Saturday noon.
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Fredericksburg
ANS
Alton
Stanley Ernst
Gillespie County
FFA
Stanley
Charles Ernst
Honey Creek
Hilma H. Henke
Morris Ranch
Curtis
Richard Feller
Bodo Feller
A. A. Welgehausen
Elgin Smith
Jack Rhymes
Flint Immel
Barrow
Lorin Baethge
Thomas
Robert Pape
W. O. Pape
Petersburg
Robert
John C. Burns
Fort Worth
J. A. Fray
San Angelo
A. B. Childers
Lemuel Jones
Junction
C. A. Stone
al V. Garrett
Joe Tatum
Russ Walks Out of UN Again Over China Ouster
Lake Success New York January 13 The Soviet Union again walked out of the United Nations Security Council protesting its refusal to expel Chinese Nationalists. The United States urged continued council work despite the walkout which followed a 6 to 3 defeat of a bid to oust Tingfu F. Tsiang. Only India and Yugoslavia backed Moscow. Britain and Norway abstained.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United States
Malik
Tingfu F. Tsiang
India
Yugoslavia
Gross
Council
Security Council
World Organization
Tsiang
France
Egypt
Cuba
Ecuador
Beating Allegation Circles Austin Patrolmen Case
Judge Mace Thurman probes a story by Jeff Modgling who claims a State Highway Patrolman beat him in a County Courthouse elevator after a drunken driving arrest. Browning confirms the incident. Modgling says he was struck after a provocation and suffered facial injuries. DWI charge against Modgling filed Jan 3, trial pending.
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Mace Thurman
Austin
Thurman
Modgling
E. K. Browning
Browning
Johnny Krumnow
Krumnow
Pdsting
DWI
Perry Jones Jones
Girl Gun Victim Near Death Here
Lorraine Eason, 14, of 2510 East 9th, remained in very critical condition after a .22 rifle discharged by her 6-year-old brother Jesse. The shot occurred in a car bound for Brackenridge Hospital while four children were en route to an eye clinic. Her right lung was collapsed.
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Lorraine Eason
East 9Th
As Hospital
Jesse
Lorraine
Brackenridge Hospital
Bernard
Mason
Senate panel to hear Johnson and Bradley on Formosa value
The Senate foreign relations committee voted to summon Defense Secretary Johnson and Joint Chiefs Chair Omar Bradley to testify January 26 on Formosa's military importance as Republicans press for direct military briefing. Chairman Connally faced opposition but lost the vote amid Democratic support. Acheson earlier defended the administration's arms policy to Chiang Kai Shek.
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Washington
Formosa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Texas
Defense Johnson
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Acheson
Chiang Kai Shek
Senate
Long Island
Shenamia
Johnson
House
Regents Award STSC Contracts for San Marcos and Alpine
Regents of Texas state colleges awarded contracts for six buildings at Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos and Sul Ross College in Alpine. Yarbrough Construction of Austin won the $711,000 general bid for San Marcus projects. Harvey P. Smith and Associates of San Antonio designed all six. Electrical and mechanical bids were split among Hopper Electric, Paul Wright Electric, Peckman and Puryear, A Monier and Company, and Southwest Specialty Company with totals ranging from about $9,000 to $66,000, plus kitchen equipment and infirmary plans forthcoming.
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Fort Worth
Regents of Texas State Colleges
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Sul Ross College
Alpine
Yarbrough Construction Company
Austin
Sul Ross
Harvey P. Smith
San Antonio
Wright Concern
Peccan and Puryear
Board Seeks Alternate Site for North Austin High
The City Board of Education discussed seeking another site for the planned North Austin high school. Superintendent J W Edgar said the district is prepared to consider alternatives if needed. The current site is off the Dallas Highway near Koenig Lane, near Texas DPS land planned for a state headquarters and motorcycle training field.
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The
City Board of Education
North Austin High School
J. W. Edgar
Dallas Highway
Koenig Lane
Texas Department of Public Safety
W. Byram
School Board
Presi
Byram
Oyrom the Country Club
41St and River
Austin
Zilker
Maufrais Brother
House Park
City Recreation Depernment
Bickler
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Qu Kly
Homerberg
Zest Friday
Barrow Deep
North Sea
Olin Culberson
State Supreme Court
President Truman
Treasury Department
Secretary of
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John W. Snyder
Carl R. Gray Jr
Jesse M. Donaldson
Negro U
Ernsts
Gillespie
Russ
Chiang
Jacob A. Malik
Kuomintang
Britain
Norway
Ernest A. Gross
Andrei Gromyko
Jeff David Modgling
South First Street
Chicon Street
Lowell Berggren
Elgin Ffa
Bastrop County
Jordan Ranch of Art
Joint Chiefs
C. B. Marshall
Harvard
State Department
Foreign Service
Marshall
Secy. Acheson
Regents
STSC
A Monier and Company
Southwest Specialty Company
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