Colleges Open Campaign for Own Gilmer and Aikin
The Texas State Teachers Association touts Gilmer-Aikin bills as a path to higher education gains while critics warn of brain drain and underfunded campuses. Dr. Sam Barton cites low pay and crowded facilities as threats to Texas colleges and universities, forecasting continued debate into the 52nd Legislature.
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Inside Labor Strike Epidemic Explodes This Week
Victor Riesel reports Soviet strategy to disrupt Western unions through new fronts and mass strikes. He notes Cominform plans discussed in Prague target British, Canadian, and American labor, with efforts in steel, rail, chemicals, and other key industries.
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Q and A on weather, war end dates, and world facts
A reader quiz covers rain odor the end of World War II dates in Europe and the Far East, post office counts, house thermometer placement, military salutes, New York City real estate value, and various trivia. Questions address antiquated topics and provide concise factual answers.
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Dixiecrats Trip Rayburn On Public Housing Bill
A long column reports factional tensions among Dixiecrats and other lawmakers over a public housing bill. It notes Krayden Jett’s clash with Grand Dragon Green and internal klan strife, Harriman’s role in European debt issues, Franco seeking loans, and Congress blocking foreign medals for Vaughan.
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Broadway Notes from Fan Winchell on a Dwindling Season
Fan Winchell surveys Broadway as the season ends with the closing of Gayden and Love Life noting losses of about 160000. He highlights investor backing, auditioning angels for six new musicals, and reshuffles for Along 5th Avenue. Also covers United Nations Opera Company auditions, ticket specs probe, and TV trends with CBS discussing radio dominance through 1954.
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Texas Legislature Nears End As Budget Talks Conclude
About 20 conference committee members from the House and Senate work through weekend to balance appropriations and revenue. They wrestle with departmental, eleemosynary and higher education bills noting salary increases around 15 percent and a target end date possibly next Friday or Saturday. A final package hinges on funding solutions and the near balance of two year budgets for state agencies. Texas aims to grow as an industrial empire per a Census Bureau report on postwar gains.
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Texas Leads 1947 Manufacturing Gain Despite War Build Up
Census Bureau data show an eight year span ending in 1947, Texas manufacturing value rising 280 percent from 1939 to 1947 to reach 1.715 billion. Petroleum and coal helped, with chemicals plastics and rubber under construction, promising further gains in the next census. Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma also showed large increases.
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