Snow and Ice Forecast Delays Close Texas Schools
Central Texas endures a 15 degree low with snow sleet and freezing rain on Wednesday Night. Schools remained closed amid hazardous travel and slippery streets in Austin San Marcos and Fredericksburg as Texas faces the worst winter storm yet with more cold and frozen roads expected.
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Weather Bureau
Austin
San Marcos
C. B. Alexander
West
San Antonio
Ron
Shackantides
St. Paul Luttheran School
Fredericksburg
State Highway Department
Austin Ay
Sant Bae
Associated Press
Texas
Lone Star Gas Company
Cat
Ruling in Perry Case Postponed
Federal Judge Ben H. Rice Jr. postponed judgment on John Richard Perry Jr. charged with illegally wearing a Navy uniform until medical authority on insanity is obtained. Perry testified he had been insane at the time and admitted posing as a Navy officer during a stressed period while at the University of Texas.
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Ben H. Rice Jr
Onohn Richard Perry Jr
Perry
US District Court
Rice
Tme
Bergstrom Air Force
Ray Stevens
Stevens
University
AS YOU LIKE IT AND A FORMER BOXER SOLDIER REFLECTS
E B Blitz Griffin, now a Southwestern student, left calisthenics by joining boxing in the Army. Income of Texas farms fell 13 percent in late 1950 compared with 1949. UT Professor Fred C Ayer laments declining spelling among kids and longs for the old blue backed speller.
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E. B
Blitz) Griffin
Southwestern
Texas
Fred C Ayer
Figures Prove Colder Than Hell In Paradise
Detroit reports extreme cold with Hell at 5 below and Paradise 300 miles north at 19 below zero on Tuesday. The frigid conditions dominated the Upper Peninsula region as residents endured record low temperatures.
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Detroit
Hell
Paradise
Mich
UT Officials Fight Budget Cut Plan Before Capitol Panel
University of Texas officials told a Senate finance committee that large budget cuts would strain operations and hurt standards. They disputed a per student cost estimate and warned itemized salary cuts would freeze positions. Chancellor Hart noted a 40 percent cut to instructional funds, tied to an expected enrollment drop, while regents urged a flexible lump-sum approach.
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University of Texas
Senate
Legislative Budget Board
Budget Board
James P. Hart
Hart
Dudley Woodward
Board of
Regents
Woodward
Reepin
T. §. Painter
Shivers hints at possible tax-free two-year state financing
Governor Allan Shivers suggested a rare two year period without new taxes if spending is trimmed and revenues raised by enforcement and reallocations. He cautioned he is not ready to claim feasibility and cited an official $110 million need while proposing options including extending the temporary omnibus levy and closing tax loopholes.
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Allan Shivers
Shivers
Legislative Council
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Gov
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Treasury
Idle Switchmen Stall Railroads In Chicago Hub
A spreading work stoppage by railroad switchmen in Chicago crippled freight and passenger service Tuesday for a second time in six weeks. Strikes also hit three Detroit area railroads, with New York Central canceling eight passengers, Illinois Central twelve, and Pennsylvania lines halting.
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Chicago
Detroit
New York Central
Illinois Central
East Coast
Florida
New Orleans
Kesman
Claude Voyles Named Regent Of University
Claude W. Voyles Austin oil operator and ranchman was appointed a regent of the University of Texas by Governor Allan Shivers. Three new regents named to the UT board include Voyles, Dr L Oates of Center and Tom Sealy of Midland, with terms starting Jan 10 and subject to Senate confirmation.
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Claude Voyles
Claude W. Voyles
Austin
University of Texas
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Wigles
University of Texas Board
L. §. Oales
Center
Tom Sealy
Midland
Senate
Oates
State Board of Health
Ed B. Tucker
Nacogdoches
C. O. Terre
Fort Worth
Ernest Kirkpatrick
Brownwood
A and M
H. J. Winfield
Fort Stockton
James W. Witherspoon
Bob Allen
Raymondville
Packer and Shipper
John W. Newton
Beaumont
Henry Reese
Ill
Gonzales
Roy_C. Potts
George Ward
Dallas
Ashcroft
State Teachers College
Jes P. McGaha
Wichits Falls
John C. Corsican
Tima
Oud Teak
Work
Autopsy Ordered After Freezing Death of Mor ris Cross
JP Justice Travis Blakeslee ordered an autopsy for Mor ris T. Cross 39 of 702 Norwalk Lane to determine freezing death in 16 degree weather. Cross was found in a icy ditch near Deep Eddy Apartments by University student Robert Browning and investigators noted no foul play.
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Travis Blakeslee
Morris T. Cross
Norwalk
Robert M. Browning
Deep Eddy
Deep Eddy Apartments
University of Texas
Lake Austin
Browning
Cross
Blakeslee
Ted Klaus
Klaus
Biskeslee
Merle Wells
Leo Weaver
Wells
John Morgan
Soni
Morgan
Wells Morgan
G. Ormand
Frances Cross
Austin
Jennie Cross
Caldwell
Tracy Annee Yee
Sx Brothers
Lester Cross
Pasadena
Eral Wells
T. B
City
J. D
Roow
10th Corps Opens General Attack On Central Front
Allied forces push a broad central offensive in Korea as US 10th Corps advances at dawn. In the west, First and Ninth Corps counter Reds near Seoul and Suwon while naval bombardment targets Kosong on the east coast. Puerto Rican troops repulse a dense Red attack northeast of Suwon.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Seoul
Korea
Missouri
Kosong
Ninth
Suwon
Kosting
Highway Center
36Th Parallel
Kansong
38Th Parallel
Stan Swinton
Swinton
Poll Tax Deadline Near. Office Extends Hours for 1951
County Tax Assessor Steve Heffington warns poll tax payments must arrive by midnight Wednesday to vote in 1951 elections. The office will stay open for late payments, with 12 fire station booths operating from 7 am to 8 pm. Estimated receipts reach 14 500. weather and mail delays expected to affect totals. Prospects for four city and county votes, including possible charter election and tax levy continuance, loom in 1951.
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Steve Heffington
Heffington
Bob Lusk
Jun- Soc
Line
Mit Pal
Korea
Lusk
Jaycee Drive
Barton Heights
East Avenue
US Delegation Wins Its Fight As Resolution Okeyed
The United Nations Political Committee branded Communist China an aggressor in Korea by a 44 to 7 vote. Britain and France voted with the United States while several nations abstained or did not take part. The decision supports U S efforts and sets the stage for General Assembly action on Korea peace moves.
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China
Korea
Wade
Peiping
Douglas MacArthur
India
Benegal N. Rau
Red China
Rau
United Nations
Arabia
Britain
France
United States
Burma
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Afghanistan
Earpt
Indonesia
Pakistan
Sweden
Syria
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Warren Austin
Ie Austin
Jebb
Glad Austin
Galenet Ben di Limb
Otter Democracy and Freedom
Nasrallah Entezam
Iran
Canoe UN 5
Security Council
North Korea
Neler Red
Ie Goma
Soviet Union
Rest Home Fire Claims 20 Elderly In Hoquiam
A noon fire at a rambling rest home for the aged in Hoquiam Washington killed 20 residents and trapped many in bed. Fire officials said the blaze started from an iron stove in a drying room and spread rapidly through rooms with bedridden patients. Nine others were saved and one woman, Mrs. Sarah Dean, escaped but later died of a heart attack.
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Hoquiam
Wash
C. A. Potter
Glenn W. Haney
Sarah Dean
Fire Sweeps J C Penney Building in Lubbock
A blast sparked a basement fire that escalated up through the three story J C Penney building in Lubbock on Tuesday night. Firefighters battled flames as smoke curled around ready to wear jewelry and shoe shops with streets blocked by a new crack in nearby structures.
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Lubbock
Big J C. Penney
Lee
Develo
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