Texas Prison Board Resists Budget Slashing Push
The Texas Prison Board seeks restoration of cost cuts as it pushes for a $2.727 million operating budget and $962000 capital investment. It touts Ellis era gains including larger cattle and hog herds, improved food, new cell blocks, and higher morale while pursuing wage upgrades to attract staff. A proposed $1.5 million Eastham farm model prison unit is outlined as a self contained facility for 625 inmates.
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Mgr. Ellis
W. C. Windsor
Tyler
Windsor
Eastham Farm
Huntsville
T. H. Havins
Brownwood
Polio Campaign in Austin Raises 2697.25 in Three Days
The 1951 March of Dimes drive in Austin totalled 2697.25 after three days. Executive chairman Charles L. Sandahl noted the sum is about 200 short of the previous year for the same period. Girls from St. Mary's Academy will collect from city bus riders between 4 30 p m and 6 p m and 6 a m, with donation boxes on buses, though daily totals trail last year’s 300. State Education Commissioner J W Edger endorsed school participation. The Texas quota for the campaign is set at 2500000.
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Charles L. Sandahl
St. Mary’s Academy
Austin
Charles Bowman
J. W. Edger
Texas
Recruiting by AF Held to Veterans
Austin's Air Force Recruiting Station was ordered to enlist veterans only, Sergeant Thomas A. Paradise said. He reported prior to the order he had been sending two volunteer recruits daily and larger numbers of enlistees with two years of college, not counted in the two-man quota. The freeze came suddenly at 9 15 a m Monday as Paradise, from San Antonio, was shipping 16 men to Lackland AFB and had to return the group home.
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Austin
Air Force
Thomas A. Paradise
Paradise
San Antonio
Lackland Air Force Base
Budget Draft May Be Ready By Wednesday
The city administration aims to present a final 1951 budget draft to the City Council by Wednesday night after an informal briefing. City Manager Walter Seaholm expects a final recommendation in time for the meeting, with a proposed water-rate increase to fund over 400 thousand dollars in higher municipal salaries. Councilwoman Emma Long opposed the earlier 17 million plan and fights the water-rate rise, suggesting reallocating funds to salary raises and delaying all additions.
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Walter Seaholm
Emma Long
Seaholm
Mears Studio Wins Three Awards in Texas Exhibit
Dewey Mears owner of Mears Studio in Austin placed three pictures in the top 25 of the Texas Photographers Convention at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. Almost 300 prints were entered from commercial photographers statewide with 171 exhibited and top 25 chosen. Winners spanned Portrait Commercial Pictorial Direct Color and Oil Color divisions with names including Chalmers Marvin Studio Houston Louis James Belton Sammy Gold Corpus Christi and more. Judges included Lawrence J. Inman Paul L. Gittings and Harold Waltz.
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Dewey Mears
Mears Studio
Texas Photographers Convention
Stephen F. Austin
Mears
University of Houston Department of Photography
Chalmers-Marvin Studio
Houston
Moreland- Herring
Waxahachie
Achilles Gonzales
el Paso
Louis James
Belton
Vernon Booth
San Benito
Marinell de Vries
Slaton
Texas
Sammy Gold
Corpus Christi
Austin
Robert Dixon
I. B. Lindenthal
Lawrence J. Inman
Long Beach
Calif
Photographers Association of America
Paul L. Gittings
P. A. of A
Harold Waltz
Toledo
Ohio
Bob Long Praises Child Support Work
District Attorney Bob Long reported the domestic relations branch collected 142649.77 dollars for minor child support in 1950 from 582 individuals. Long credited the office with doing the best job in the state on child support.
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Bob Long
Long
Tallow To Boost Abattoir Profits
A rise in by product prices since the Korean War lifted the City Abattoir from loss to expected profit. The plant shows 1950 profit potential and a year end revenue of 169507 with 85622 from tallow sales. Demand grows assisted by soap makers and Korean lighting use. Glycerine is extracted from tallow.
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Eldred Perry
System blamed for Austin reading woes and reading centers urged
Austin officials and parents critique the progressive education plan as a cause of widespread reading difficulties. One in ten students struggles to read, including some Austin High seniors, due to classroom structure, teacher shortages, and crowded schools. Four reading centers operate, with calls for more centers and stricter emphasis on reading instruction.
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City School System
Austin
Austin High School
Frances Thorpe
J. W. Edgar
Miss Thorpe
Allan Junior High
University Junior High
Mathews
Rayma Dillingham Terry
Eula Gill
Emma Scott
Avis Williams
Marigogippi Mystery Coffee Folly in Mexico
A traveler recounts finding a swamp grown plant in Mexico called Marigogippi that looks and smells like coffee but is not. The drink induced deep sleep for hours, undermining plans for a coffee export and drawing interest from blenders and a mysterious observer who reveals it is not coffee.
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Mexico
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Allesandro Ruiz
Uruapan
Aruapan
Ruiz
Mounty Montague to Speak on Arctic Adventure
Sydney R. Montague, ex Royal Canadian Mounted Police member, will speak on Arctic Adventure before the Austin Knife and Fork Club at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. He served six years with the RCMP including Arctic patrols.
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Sydney R. Montague
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Austin Knife and Fork Club
Stephen F. Austin
Montague
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Texas Photographers Association
Ottis Stahl
J. Inman
Tion of America
Paul
Lawrence
Billy Smith
Joy Litterst
John Rose
Texas Prison Board
Legislative Budget Council
Ellis
Mgr. O. Blis
March of Dimes
Elaine Wiley
Governor's Band
Midwestern University Band of
Wichita Falls
Jacobson
BY Montlyman
Wilie
Sud Pacifico
States
Benchley Brothers
Lance
Emmett
Paso del Norte Hotel
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