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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1951
Page
3
The document notes increases of $2,437,868 and $2,535,523 for the two years, with current Main University appropriations at $4,382 for this year and the total Main University budget including appropriations. It outlines the year’s overall funding context and the budget growth trajectory.
More than 50 University of Texas faculty members from deans to new instructors seek other jobs amid pay uncertainty and proposed budget cuts. A faculty committee aims to present the crisis to university and state authorities as the university requests a $250,000 annual salary increase to offset living costs.
A Texas bill would require three-year renewal contracts after three years of service to attract and retain teachers. A bachelor’s degree suffices, with one-year renewals and 30-day notice for termination. If the board terminates, teachers can request a hearing. The measure also backs a new school bus aid formula limiting increases to ten percent.
H is reported by radio broadcast as prisoner in Manchuria after capture near Unsong. Sergeant Raymond Collet of Laurel, Pa and Corporal Romeo of Easton, Pa identified with him among five prisoners. Frawley, wounded in the foot last November, was released November 2% after 18 days of captivity.
Joan Fontaine testifies that William Dozier deserted their marriage on August 4, 1949. Dozier agreed to a $150 monthly child support and custody of their daughter Deborah Leslie. Fontaine wins by default. can resume using her maiden name when final in a year.
In Los Angeles on Thursday two 14 year old boys wearing T shirts and jeans attempted a stickup at the Louis Pasteur Junior High School business office. Clerk Mrs. Cleona Chandler reported the youths froze then asked for candy before fleeing.
Officials say the Jester portrait for the Texas Capitol rostrum has not been selected or painted since his death in 1949. The process was postponed by Jester’s widow and the governor’s office. The Board of Control has not indicated when the artwork will be completed or hung.
The U S Army has kept one Texas House seat unoccupied this session with potential for more military members to join. Rep Herman Yezak, an Army captain assigned to Corpus Christi, took oath on opening day and may seek a temporary release to serve. Other legislators like Rep Pearce Johnson and Seales t are discussed as possible recalls to the chamber.
In a brief flag raising at the Philadelphia Naval Base on Thursday two US cruisers the Brooklyn and Nashville were formally transferred to the Chilean government. Chilean Ambassador Felix Nieto Del Rio received the transfer papers from Captain Willard J. Suits. The ships will be renamed the General O Higgins and the Captain Prat under Captains Donald McIntyre and Jorge Arcos.
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