UT hosts 332 foreign students from 54 nations
University of Texas oversees 332 foreign students from 54 countries with Iraq leading at 36 followed by China 35 and Turkey 21. Most study engineering or business administration while many join graduate programs. Students arrive by self funding scholarships or government sponsorship.
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University of Texas
United States
Joe Neal
International Advisory Office
Austin
United Nations
Colombia
Canada
Afghanistan
Khyber Pass
Soviet Union
Iran
Middle East
College of Arts and Sciences
Texas
Iraq
Turkey
Ceylon
Egypt
Old B Hall
Neal
United States Information Services
Language oddities and word origins spotted in a commuter column
A playful piece lists assorted etymologies and quirks such as clerk once meaning a religious man, closed shop contrasting its modern sense, cloves as dried flower buds, and the coach tracing to Kocs Hungary. It adds a joke about an Iowa baby with four teeth and bits about radio announcers and spelling errors.
Inauguration Day Signals Texas’ New Leadership
Governor Allan Shivers begins his first elected term with a minimal inaugural, while Lieutenant Governor Ben Ramsey assumes a vacant office. The ceremony is simple, costs total about 400 dollars, and marks a cautious start amid wide national uncertainty and ongoing legislative session.
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Allan Shivers
Beauford H. Jester
Ben Ramsey
Shivers
State Party Honors Women Citizens in Texas Event
Vice President Alben Barkley will attend a Texas wide party of the year honoring women in the Southwest at the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells on February 9. The second annual event will name outstanding Texas and Southwest women as guests of honor amid a salute to local officials and celebrities from Austin recall of last year’s Jackson Day dinner.
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Alben Barkley
Southwest
Baker Hotel
Mineral Wells
Texas
Austin
Barkley
Labor Leaders Plot Shift in 1952 White House Race
A cadre of labor chiefs discuss backing a non Truman candidate for president in 1952 as health fears and fear of war strain surface. AFL CIO figures meet Justice Douglas while Taft era plans in Ohio push for an independent Taft run. Communist ties loom in CIO UE and Roy Hudson directs infil tration into steel and atomic plants. A union letterhead signals unprecedented labor unity through United Labor Policy Committee.
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Mr. Truman
AFL
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Truman
Ohio
Taft
White House
Lee Pressman
Communist Party
Commie
CIO
Phil Murray
Pressman
Transport Workers
Mike Quill
New York
Steve Nelson
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Atomic
Ington Hotel
Statler
Washington
Bill Green
Railway Brotherhoods
al Hayes
Art Goldberg
America
United Labor Policy Committee
John Lewis
Kearny
Hollywood
House UN American Affairs Committee
United Electrical Workers
How Colors, Jobs, and Pyx Tests Guide Policy
Questions and answers explain color choice by surveys, number and share of women in federal work, and the British trial of the pyx for coin fineness. It notes 1990 data: 498,459 women in continental US and 93,649 in Washington DC area.
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Washington, D. C
J.F.S. A
Continental United States
United States
Chinese Red Attack On Indochina Imminent In 1961 Wire
Washington targets loom as Chinese planners move forces toward Indochina amid Korea war fears. Lin Piao reportedly shifts to Central-South China ready for new duties. General Ma Hung Kwei flees to Mexico City then seeks US permanent residency while living on a vast treasury.
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China
Lin Piao
Korea
Indo-China
Manchuria
United States
Ma Hung-Kwei
Life Magazine
Ninghsia
Life
Hong Kong
Mexico City
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway chatter and political musings mix in Winchell column
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway buzz about Margaret Truman and a mocked NBC contract offer. He also riffs on Ted Streator and B. Procktor negotiating casting with Ginger Rogers and Rita Hayworth, plus Manhattan scenes, Judy Holiday, and Eisenhower era notes on press relations and farm life.
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Variety
Margaret Truman
NBC
Hume
Ted Streator
Mr. Truman
Bigtown
Vinton Hayworth
B. Procktor
Procktor
Hayworth
Ginger Rogers
Rita Hayworth
Eisenhower
United States Tank Corps
Ike
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Crossroads
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Kocs
Hungary
Iowa
Middle Cae
Capitol
Ramsey
Gov
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Murray
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Schenectady
Pat Kearny
Army
Mr. Kearny
Department of Defense
Justice Department
Ben Gold
Paradise
Russia
Fast-Hall Syndicate. Inc
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D.C
Austin American
S.blr
Indochina
Drew Pearson
Tim McIinerny
Pius XII
Castel Gandolfo
McInerny
Boston
Teheran
Churchill
Europe
Stalin
Joseph
John Q
John Q. Taxpayer
Internal Revenue
Kenmoor Cloak and Suit Company
Seventh Avenue
T-men
William A. Ganey
Thomas Cannon Jr
James A. Bessell
Sherman Chevrolet Company
Central Park Avenue
Yonkers
John Gargano
Jack Ingraham
Morris Sherman
Ganey
Third Avenue
Carl Sandberg
Star Democratic Club
East 163Rd Street
James McInerny
John Galgano
Anthony Fiscella
Tide of Toys
Herbert Hoover
American Legion
Legion
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Philadelphia
CARE
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Toledo Boys Club
Miami
Denver
Memphis
Omaha
Legion Posts
Legion Post
Sears, Roebuck
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
American Legion Theatrical Post No. 270
Boston Common
Buffalo
Joseph Mrnk
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Manhattan
Alexander la Montagne
Saxon Sisters
Diamond Horseshoe
Nick D'Amico
Roney-Plaza Bambino Room
Sarah Vaughan
Columbia
Nunnally Johnson
Irene Dunne
Alec Guinness
Andrew Ray
Dorothy Gordon
Dutton
Marty May
Lafayette
al Jolson
Judy Holliday
UO & Soedeteeee
Austin American and Ee
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United
Associated Press
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