Gilmer Aikin Plan Aims to Reform Texas Public Schools
Three Senate bills seedfunds distribute aid by need to equalize education, raise teacher pay, and reduce class sizes. Proposals create a foundation fund, centralize administration, and replace the elective state superintendent with a nine member board. Governor Jester backs fixing patchwork financing.
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Texas
Senate
Gilmer-Aikin Committee
Gilmer-Aikin
James E. Taylor
Kerens
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
Ottis E. Lock
Lufkin
Taylor
Central Education
State Board of Education
State Commissioner of Education
State Department of Education
Lock
Jester
Zones Proposed In School Fuss
San Marcos School Board approved a resolution creating three attendance zones to desegregate elementary schools. South Side Zone serves residents south of Comal Street, Zone 2 covers other areas of San Marcos, and Zone 3 serves outside the city. High school enrollment remains unified at San Marcos High School.
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San Marcos
Comal Street
South Side
Tom Oliver
Gus Garcia
San Antconio
Jester Urges Renovation of Texas Prisons
Governor Beauford H. Jester asks the 51st Legislature to pass nine prison reform bills and fund capital improvements totaling 4.726 million dollars to rebuild Texas prisons. The plan aims to make the system self supporting within five years and end its status as one of the worst in the United States.
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Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Jester
United States
Austin McCormick
New York
State Board of Control
House To Study Dairy Measure
Rural Texas legislators consider a plan to let farmers hire private inspectors to grade milk on delivery. The act would keep state supervision but not cost share, with inspectors trained at Texas A&M or equivalent schools.
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Jay
Austin American Capitol
Texas House of Representatives
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Health Department
Livestock Sanitary Board
Texas A&m
Bevin Pledges Aid in Crusade Against Reds
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin pledged Britain will join the United States in an all out crusade against poverty in Africa and the East. He said Russia has no reason to fear aggressive action from the West. Bevin praised Truman's plan and urged support for the Marshall Plan to unite Europe.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United States
Africa
East
Russia
Bevin
House of Commons
Palestine
Israel
Middle East
Labor Party
Commons
Rhodes
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Emanuel Shinwell
Foreign Press Association
Truman
Mr. Truman
Western Europe
United States of Europe
Communists Offer Peace Conference as Nanking Government Flees
In a move amid the Chinese civil crisis, the Communists propose a peace conference in Peiping if the government accepts harsh surrender terms. The Foreign Office says government seats are moving from Nanking, likely to Canton, with rapid abandonment of the capital continuing.
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Nanking
China
Peiping
Foreign Office
Canton
Trumanites Push Control Measure
The administration presses Congress for a stop gap extension of voluntary anti inflation controls as it seeks mandatory powers over distribution of scarce goods and exports. Senate leaders weigh a possible twelve month extension amid protests from small businesses about self rationing and price impacts.
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Washington
Congress
GOP
Capitol Hill
Truman
80Th Congress
Maybank
D-S.c
Senate Banking Committee
Sawyer
Robertson
D-Va
Sparkman
D-Ala
Peace Declared as Former Camp Swift Owners Given Priority
The State Game Fish and Oyster Commission relinquished its priority claim to Camp Swift land in Bastrop County in favor of former owners to allow a 10 000 acre game breeding farm. Dr Will E Watt for the commission urged cooperation and outlined next steps including area reservation and outreach to ex owners to assess repurchase interest. The Bastrop delegation included local officials and state representatives who had previously pressed for the land return.
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Camp Swift
Bastrop County
Will E. Watt
Austin
Bastrop
Commission
National Guard
H. E. Wassel
War Department
War Assets Administration
Harry Whitworth
Smithville
WAA
Congress
J. J. Sapp
Bower Crider
J. W. Ash
State Parks Board
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
Whitworth and
Wassel
W. T. Moore
Bryan
Gordon Bryson
Charley Woods
Chester Swenson
Elgin Chamber of Commerce
Central Texas thaw begins as 28 degree low rises with rain
Central Texas forecasts a 28 degree low followed by warm rains that will ease the freeze by mid morning Wednesday. Rain grows then temperatures rise into the 40s Thursday while most precipitation ends. North and West Texas endure ice and snow with highway hazards and several towns reporting power and circuit outages.
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Texas
Austin Weather Bureau
West Texas
Panhandle
North Texas
East Texas
Sabine
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Wichita Falls
Gainesville
Fort Worth
Dallas
West
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Hair dye controversy at West High School in Madison
A dozen West High School boys unveiled vividly colored thatches in class, brightened with brand new dyes. School officials and parents protested, while spokesman Ronnie Beyler, a football team regular, said five treatments transformed his black hair to red and the dye was cast.
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Madison
Wis
West High School
Ronnie Beyler
West
Travis County Near March of Dimes Goal
Travis County remains 42000 away from the March of Dimes quota with 8000 collected so far. Austin groups including schools clubs and businesses show strong support. Proceeds from a Town House luncheon will go to the drive while bus riders children and workers contribute donations from dimes to fines.
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Travis County
Austin
Mac L. Coker
Sixth
Lamar
Margaret Preston and
Senate
Satuday
M. Wende
Spence
Seventh
Congress
Wende
Blackshear School
Bowling Center
Industrial League
Christo pher’s maiden speech targets oleomargarine taxes
UPI reports Representative George H. Christopher of Amoret Missouri delivered his first House speech Tuesday. He attacked oleomargarine taxes and defended the butter color, joking that he and his neighbors deserve the yellow color God gave to oleo.
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Washington
George H. Christopher
Amoret, Mo
Utah Miner Reed Benson Killed in Mine Accident
Reed Benson about 25 died in a Kenilworth Utah coal mine accident at the Independent Coal and Coke Company. Two coworkers were injured when Benson was crushed while removing a pillar supporting the mine roof.
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Kenilworth
Utah
Reed Benson
Independent Coal and Coke Company
Benson
2000-Man 27th Fighter Wing Moves to Bergstrom Field
About 2000 airmen from the 27th Fighter Wing will relocate from Kearney Nebraska to Bergstrom Air Force Base as housing development there proceeds. The move, tied to a multi million dollar construction plan, will occur within four months and coincides with the Ninth Air Force headquarters shifting to Langley Field Virginia.
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
Air Force
Washington
Bergstrom
Kearney
Neb
Kearney Air Base
Berlin
Austin
Congress
27Th Fighter Wing
Ninth Air Force
Greenville
S. C
Langley Field
Hampton
United States Steel Declares Special Dividend and Stock Split
New York news reports United States Steel directors approved a $1 per share special dividend on common stock in addition to the regular $1.25. They also recommended a three for one stock split. Dividend payable March 10 to holders of record February 4. 1948 net income $129,552,424 or $11.99 per share versus 1947 $127,098,148 or $11.71.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall Dies in Washington
Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall, a 46 year old Presbyterian clergyman, died of a heart attack in George Washington Hospital after being stricken during the night. He leaves a widow Sarah Catherine Wood and a nine year old son Peter John Marshall. Dr. Marshall had served as Senate chaplain for two years, elected in January 1947 and again at the start of the 81st Congress as party control shifted.
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Washington
Senate
Peter Marshall
George Washington Hospital
Sarah Catherine Wood
Peter John Marshall
Marshall
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