Texas Legislature Considers Spending and Taxation
Texas lawmakers set to tackle a 156 million dollar budget with 20 million annual omnibus taxes expiring September 1 and a proposed 10 cent natural gas tax likely to raise 4 million annually. Committees plan hearings as civil defense questions, hospital funding, and prison rehabilitation bills move forward.
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Board of Control
Allan Shivers
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Deno A. Tufares
Wichita Falls
House
Senate
Legan
Goy
Shivers
M. B. Etheredge
Huntsville
Lost Child Sought In Buckholts Area
A search party of about 200 men combs the Buckholts area for two year old Robert Leahman who wandered from his yard Sunday afternoon. Milam County Sheriff Carl C. Black reports no clues as to the boy’s location and four state highway patrolmen were sent to assist the search.
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Buckholts
Robert Leahman
P.m
Robert
Edwin Leahman
Fuchs
Hear
Cameron
Milam County
Carl C. Black
Weather shifts from freezing in Texas to warmer by Monday
The weatherman notes a light freeze for the Austin area Monday morning with a low near 30 and cloudier, warmer conditions expected Tuesday. Central Texas sees little rain prospect, while North Texas warms after a Sunday frost. Temperatures span 17 in Lubbock to 61 in Brownsville with regional variations.
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Austin
Central
Texas
North Texas
South Texas
Lubbock
South Plains
West Texas
Gulf Coast
Luibbock
Dalhart
Amarillo
Dallas
Texarkana
Lutkin
Waco
Brownsville
Amarilo
Corpus Chrish
San Antonio
Laredo
Houston
Big Spring
el Paso
Wichita Falls
Lurkin
Panhandle
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Midwest
Atlantic Coast
Chicago
New England
Great Lakes
Florida
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AS YOU LIKE IT AND BOXING IN TEXAS NEWS
A detailed study clears misconceptions of the Chinese Red Army fighting methods with bulletins for UN soldiers. Central Texans recall past dreaths via L. N. Kirkpatrick. Oswaldo Cantu headlines boxing but isn’t the world’s best, page 9.
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Red Army
Oswaldo Cantu
Legion Chief Cancels Talk to Legislature
U S Legion national commander Eric Cocke Jr cancels a Monday address to the Texas Legislature to appear before the US Senate preparedness subcommittee chaired by Senator Lyndon Johnson. He was to speak at the Legion Texas Department conference and outline 1951 programs in rehabilitation Americanism and legislation. The conference closed Sunday with briefings on membership and activities and a noted critique of Gatesville Training School for Boys as a crime blight.
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Bill Woops
Eric Cocke Jr
Was
US Senate
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Cocke
Legion
Texas Department
John Ben Shepperd
The
Sen. Johnson
Cooke
Bill Elkins
Killeen
American Legion
Harry
Joe
Stalin
McCraw
C. M. Wilson
J. Lawton Collins
Army Chief of Staff
Washington
Senate Preparedness
Collins
Bombers Return from England in Convair B36 Flight
Six B36 bombers America's atom bomb carriers roared home from England after an eight day training mission. Captain Bobbie Cavnar said the flight faced a 100 mile per hour head wind on return and was highly successful.
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Fort Worth
America
England
Bobbie J. Cavnar
Oklahoma City
Cavnar
Carswell Air Force Base
Limestone
Lakenheath Air Base
Strait of Belle Isle
Labrador
Newfoundland
Air Force
Lakenheath
Pepaar
Carswell
Hawaii
Convair
C. S. Irvine
Vance Speaks At Austin High Baccalaureate
The Rev. Marvin S. Vance addressed over 160 Austin High seniors at a baccalaureate service Sunday night. He stressed that belief drives life in three areas including self worth, relations with others, and fulfilling personal potential. Commencement follows Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Gregory Gymnasium with Dr. I J Nelson as principal speaker.
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Austin High School
Marvin S. Vance
First Methodist Church
Vance
Rev. Vance
Gregory Gymnasium
I. J. Nelson
Anderson High School
Policy shift after Jan 13 UN Formosa talks
The United States announced a new Formosa policy stressing national security as the determinant of its stance and urged Nationalist China to participate in any future conference. Ambassador Gross said the US rejects a seven power meeting and will not back seating Peiping in the UN, signaling a break with past positions and aligning with military and congressional views on Formosa.
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China
United Nations
Formosa
MacArthur
Russia
Britain
France
Red China
India
Egypt
Peiping
Gross
Korea
Cairo
Japan
UN General Assembly
State Department
Washington
Far East
38Th Parallel
Rersed
T. F. Tsing
Nehru
Bay
Paris
Newsemen
UN Planes Strike Korea As Patrols Test Reds
Allied planes launched a forceful daylight raid against Communist forces, boosting air casualties to over 90,000 since the war began. Ground patrols probed towns beyond UN lines as US Sah Army leadership projected capability to retake Seoul. Battles featured MIG and Thunderjet clashes with notable pilot actions by Lt. Col. William E Bertram and Capt. W H Wynn amid frigid, late day operations.
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Tokyo
United Nations
US Sah
Seoul
William E Bertram
Chicago
Bertram
W. H. Wynn
Jacksonville
Fla
Ryan
Korea
Sunchon
Far East Air Force
Sinanhi
Alpine avalanches kill 108 in three nations over two days
Across Switzerland Austria and Italy, 108 deaths are reported with 54 in Switzerland 41 in Austria and 13 in Italy. Missing and injured numbers vary as rescuers work amid widespread destruction of villages hotels and rail links.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Oberalpsee
Vals
Alps
Red Cross
Eduard von Steiger
Graubuenden
Uri
Wallis and Glarus
Frontline U S Commander Claims We Can Stop Chinese On This Line
Major General Robert H. Soule, frontline commander of the Third Infantry Division, said in Korea that UN forces can halt Chinese push on any line and even recapture Seoul if ordered. He argued the Chinese rely on numbers, lack modern warfare discipline, and would be defeated through superior weaponry and propaganda.
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Jim Becker
Korea
Robert H. Seale
Seoul
Soule
America
Red Army
Riff-Raff
China
Far East
Asia
Manchuria
Mongolia
Russia
Mao Tze-Tung
Rnssia
Cai Ward
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