Reaction Swift In G A Politics
Political reaction to the Gilmer-Aikin school reform program fills statehouse corridors. Dr. Littleton A. Woods, longtime state superintendent, faces ouster and may launch a bid for governor as Woods backers plan to seize school board control or challenge the governor. The new program costs are rising taxes while Woods hints at a gubernatorial run.
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Littleton A. Woods
House
Woods
anti-Woods Senate
Dr. Woods
Asas
Ofce
School Reforms Passed at Last
A local educational association reports final approval of comprehensive school reform measures. The package touts heightened standards, funding shifts, and governance changes designed to improve curricula and accountability across districts.
Texas Legislature approves school reform and energy in one session
The 138 day Gilmer Aikin school reform fight ends as Senate passes three measures and the House finalizes SB 116 with a minimum foundation plan. Gov Jester signs SB 115 into law while SB 117 awaits action. Aimed at restructuring Texas public schools the package includes new financing and administrative provisions. A 14 year old blue baby case prompts Travis County to fund specialty treatment in Dallas.
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Iated
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Senate
Lamar
Beaumont
House
Conference Committee
Gilmer-Aikin Education Committee
Dallas
Travis County Commissioners Court
C. H. Cavness
Education
Beauford Jester
Chambers On Stand in Hiss Perjury Trial
In New York Chambers returns to the federal courtroom as the government’s star witness in the Hiss perjury trial. He is linked to charges that he served as courier for a Soviet spy ring and helped copy and deliver secret State Department documents via a Woodstock typewriter.
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Hiss
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Star
FBI
Washington
Department
Thomas F. Murphy
Murphy
Defense
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Samuel H. Kaufman
Electrical Shock Kills City Lineman James L. Hughes
James L. Hughes, 40, a City of Austin lineman, died at Brackenridge Hospital seven hours after severe burns from a 12 500 volt line incident on Burnet Road. He was rescued by fellow linemen J C. Moore and Lathe Locke. Funeral plans were announced with tentative burial near Elgin. Hughes had served in city service since 1937 with interruptions and leaves.
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City of
Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Burnet Road
Hughes
J. C. Moore
Lathe Locke
Red River
James L. Hughes Jr
Bennie Hughes
Joyce Ann Hughes
Jeannette Marie Hughes
Annie Hughes
Jack Hughes
San Antonio
Dewey Hughes
Washington State
Lucille Stovall
Houston
Weed Corley
Elgin
I Distribu
Truman: World peace closer now than three years ago
President Truman told former war correspondents in the White House rose garden that world peace is closer than at any time in the last three years. He recalled D-Day and joked he was too old to be there, saying General Marshall kept him away.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Europe
Marshall
Polio Strikes Two More In Austin
Austin reports two new polio cases on Wednesday, bringing the year’s total to ten and placing five patients in Brackenridge Hospital’s polio ward. Patients Jared Smith, 5, and Dale Hallmark, 12, are joined by Penny Hallmark, 2, already in hospital, while Gary Gregg, 9, was dismissed after treatment.
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Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Jared Smith
Sidney Smith
Dale Hallmark
C. D. Hallmark
Neyray
Hallmark
Penny
Gary Gregg
J. W. Gregg
del Valle
Young Smith
Smith
Travis County
Tot's Condition Fair After Rare Surgery
Blue eyed Nelda Susan Pelt of Louisiana underwent a blue baby operation at Bradford Memorial Hospital for Babies. Attendants said her condition is fairly good and she will stay in the hospital for at least three or four days.
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Dallas
Nelda Susan Pelt
Louisiana
Bradford Memorial Hospital
Ex Official Arrested In Louisiana Killing
Detective Sergeant P. J. Tresclair reports former chief A. H. Seidenglanz was arrested in New Orleans as a fugitive from Baton Rouge wanted there for murder.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
P. J. Tresclair
A. H. Seidenglanz
State
Baton Rouge
Markets Rally Slows After Wide Tuesday Declines
In New York trading on Wednesday buying returned to stocks and cotton after sharp Tuesday losses. The New York Exchange opened weak but steadied and ended the day up slightly, though losses still outnumbered gains at the close. Corn led gains on the Chicago Board of Trade with wheat oats and rye following. Cotton demand gained momentum as trading progressed while bonds finished mostly lower.
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New York
New York Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Italy and Holland Loan France Wheat
Paris June 1 Italy and Holland have loaned France 98000 tons of wheat to keep its reserve stocks from falling too low the foreign ministry said Wednesday night The action reinforces France's grain reserves amid ongoing supply concerns.
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Paris
Iitaly
Holland
France
Foreign Ministry
State protection sought over Beaumont labor troubles
Governor Beauford Jester and Col. Homer Garrison were asked to provide state protection for Brown and Root employees in Beaumont amid labor disturbances injuring at least 12. Two Rangers were sent for observation. Sheriff Myers says he can handle the situation. Pickets have turned violent against workers at the gas compressor project.
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Homer Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Beaumont of Brown and Root, Inc
Artie Pollock
Brown and Root
Beaumont
Col. Garrison
Charlie Myers
Jefferson County
Booth
Jester
Garrison
Big Four Approve Joint Berlin Rule
House passes a $72 a month veterans pension bill 365 to 27. It moves to the Senate amid cost concerns and a $65 billion 50 year price tag. The measure liberalizes VA rules, drops age 65 medical exams, raises single veteran income limit to 1200 while keeping dependent limits at 2500. Critics call the unemployability clause discriminatory.
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Washington
House
Senate
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans Administration
Revival of Kommandatura Stalled by Veto Fuss
Paris report says Foreign Ministers Council backed revival of the Allied Kommandatura to govern Berlin but split over a Western plan to limit vetoes. The effort to end East West tension in the city stalled as US Secretary of State Dean Acheson noted the Western Powers won the right to be part of the four power body.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Berlin
Fourpower
Dean Acheson
Ernst Reuter
Reuter
Acheson
Potsdam
Vis&finsky
Vishinsky
European Advisory Commission
Germany
Robert Schuman
Probers Learn Two 'Bad Risks' Kept AEC Jobs
The atomic energy inquiry opened with testimony that two scientists remained on AEC payrolls despite a security officer labeling them bad risks. Senator Knowland cited reports guards at Argonne Chicago were told not to report violations by officials. Lilienthal offered to verify the claims. The inquiry also explored alleged green stickers allowing officials to avoid searches. Hickenlooper showed 87 percent turnover in 1947 1948 as proof of mismanagement. Lilienthal defended the hiring pace. A formal document request to the AEC was pursued by the joint committee.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Knowland
Chicago
Senator Hickenlooper
Iowa
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Hickenlooper
AEC
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Austin High School 409 Graduates Hear Haskew
Dr. L D Haskew urged 409 Austin High graduates in Gregory Gymnasium to value freedom in choosing their own course in life. He posed five questions to test readiness for independent decisions as nearly 4,000 attended the commencement.
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Austin High School
L. D. Haskew
University of Texas College of Education
Indultry
Gregory Gymnasium
Haskew
Gus Moos
Austin School Board
Peso's New Value Level Holds Near 8.50 to Dollar
In Mexico City on June 1 the peso remained near 8.50 per dollar. Banks quoted 8.44 to buy and 8.48 to sell at market close after opening prices of 8.48 and 8.58, then the rate steadied by close.
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Mexico City
Rayburn Hopes Tid lands Case Progress Made
Washington June 1 A three hour Capitol conference on tidelands ownership yielded some progress but no agreement. Speaker Rayburn said the attorneys general of Texas Louisiana and California plus federal officials would continue discussions with another meeting possible Thursday. Krug Clark and Senator O Mahoney attended with state AGs Howser Daniel and Kemp among others.
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Washington
Rayburn
Texas
Capitol
Louisiana
California
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
Tom Clark
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Fred Howser
Price Daniel
Bolivar Kemp
Watermelon Diet Flop Ends Tragically for Barbara Willis
In Tucson Arizona 13 year old Barbara Willis died of leukemia after a special newspaper edition promised she would recover and enjoy watermelon before death. The child had read of other youngsters craving watermelon prior to dying and believed the story would save her.
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Tucson
Ariz
Barbara Willis
Barbara Deve
Barbara
Arizona Daily Star
Willis
Fire damages two story residence on Big Cliff Street
A two story unoccupied residence at 1909 11 Cliff Street was engulfed in flames late Wednesday night. Firemen arrived before 4 p.m. and brought the blaze under control after about an hour, though water continued to dampen embers at midnight. The apartment and rooming house had vacant rooms and others with damaged furniture.
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Cliff Street
Fort Worth Records Third Typhoid Case After Flood
The third typhoid fever case in Fort Worth since the May 17 flood was under treatment Wednesday at City County Hospital. The patient is a 44 year old man and health officials believe he contracted the illness before the flood, as did the two prior cases.
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Fort Worth
City County Hospital
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