Truman outlines sweeping regime changes in 60 days
President Truman outlined seven major reforms to reorganize the government, adding a new Cabinet post of secretary of welfare and shifting agencies across several departments. The plan, tied to Hoover recommendations, would take effect unless Congress vetoes within 60 days.
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Brown
Ohio
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National Security Council
National Security Resources Board
Federal Security Administration
Oscar R. Ewing
Ewing
US Public Health Service
Social Security Administration
US Office of Education
House Hopeful 4 Money Bills Report May Push Adjourning
The House hears a Tuesday report on four major appropriation bills to guide final adjournment plans for the 51st Legislature. Key items include departments funding, education and judiciary bills, rabies vaccination for dogs, and salary fixes for county auditors.
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Associated Press
Ray Kirkpatrick
Trenton
Appropriations Committee
Kirkpatrick
Durwood Manford
Marshall O. Bell
Veteran Taylor Lawyer Elva H. Lawhon Dies at 65
Elva H. Lawhon, veteran Taylor lawyer and former Williamson County assistant district attorney, died Monday night at Seton Hospital at age 65. He practiced in Taylor for 32 years, served as city attorney, and was Wrightson associate of Justice Ben H. Critz. Funeral services set for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Condra Funeral Home with burial in Taylor. Survived by daughter, two sons, five sisters, and five grandchildren.
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Taylor
Williamson County
Seton Hospital
Lawhon
Austin
Lee County
University of Texas Law School
Ben H. Critz
Texas Supreme Court
Condra Funeral Home
E. H. Lawhon Jr
Beaumont
William H. Lawhon
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Vera White
E. M
H. J. Robbins
S. D. Thornberry
Houston
Building for DPS Opected by House
The House joined the Senate in final passage of a bill to erect a State Department of Public Safety building on state land off the Dallas Highway in Austin. The measure passed 111 to 2 with an amendment ensuring it does not affect a prior sale of 25 acres to Austin Public Schools for a new high school. Funding comes from drivers license fees above operating needs. The Adjutant General’s Department seeks possession of two old Barracks at Camp Mabry used as the DPS headquarters.
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Pearce Johnson
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Public Safety
Adjutant General's Department
Camp Mabry
Department of Public Safety
Babich Convicted of First Degree Murder in Tattler Slaying
Milton Babich, 19, was found guilty of first degree murder for shooting Patricia Birmingham, 16, after she alleged he had made her sister pregnant out of wedlock. The verdict, delivered in about an hour and fifteen minutes, mandates life in prison.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Wisconsin
Hawaii Faces Stalled Sea Commerce Amid Dock Strike
Hawaii's three legged economy teeters as 2,000 CIO strikebreakers halt sea trade since May 1. Raw sugar storage fills, pineapple peak is near, and tourism is down about 30 percent as relief ships bring only essential goods. Governor‑named fact finding seeks settlement.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Ingram M. Stainback
Hawaii Visitors Bureau
McLELLAN PLAN Bond Proposal Killed in House
The House voted 80 to 36 against permitting Rep. C S McLellans $25 million building bond measure. He proposed $18 million for state hospital buildings and $7 million for higher education facilities. Opponents warned of long debt. The plan echoed Lt. Gov Shivers while differing on funding and timing.
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House
C. S. McLellan
Rep. McLellan
Paul S. Wilson
Geneva
R. B. Spacek
Fayetteville
Wilson
Allan Shivers
Shivers
State Building Commission
Durwood Manford
Senate
New Braunfels Rent Controls Ended In Texas Cities
Rent controls ended in New Braunfels and four other Texas cities after local resolutions and gubernatorial approval. Housing Expeditor Tighe Woods removed controls in the counties containing all cities except Mission and decontrolled rents in Wilson Kendall and Fannin Counties.
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New Braunfels
Denison
Sherman
Mission
Bryan
Texas
Tighe Woods
Beauford H. Jester
Woods
Wilson
Kendall
Fannin
Truman Plan For Backward Areas Readied
President Truman seeks about 48 million dollars to launch a bold program aiding underdeveloped regions. The plan includes UN supervised funds and a private capital guarantee to attract investment and raise living standards across Latin America Asia Africa and the Near East with projected first year spending of 102 million dollars.
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Truman
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Sun Beating Down Tests Netters At Texas Tennis Meet
The national intercollegiate tournament opened in 90 degree heat with 10 seeded singles advancing. Howard Startzman of Texas upset Rice’s Chick Harris, while James Brink of Washington beat Tulane’s Mouledous and Vic Seixas of Michigan State defeated Malaga.
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California
Texas
Bill Ackerman
University of California At Los Angeles
Buddy Jungmichel
University of Texas
Ackerman
Howard Startzman
Houston
Chick Harris
Rice Institute
James Brink
University of Washington
Tulane
Dick Mouledous
Vic Seixas
Eliminati Malaga
Michigan State
Republican governors meet after election smiles
In Colorado Springs on June 20 1948 Thomas E Dewey and Earl Warren greeted each other after the National Governors Conference session. Warren praised Dewey saying he had a tan and both men noted they kept in touch by telephone.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Dewey
West German talks clear path to Austrian treaty
The Paris four power conference ended with an Austrian independence framework and a six point principles pact. Russia dropped support for Yugoslavia’s Austrian claims while agreeing to a $150 million German assets payout and future East West trade talks in Germany. The talks eyed a Sept 1 treaty draft deadline with a promise to avoid Berlin blockades and ease tensions.
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Russia
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Big Four
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Austria
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Acheson
United States
Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Pedernales Co op splits largest Texas electrical group
Johnson City June 20 The Pedernales Electric Co operative voted to divide its 11 year old organization. About 4 000 rural customers in 10 Central Texas counties will be served by Central Texas Electric Co op which will assume roughly 2 064 154 in debt and take over about 40 percent of the present Pedernales lines. The Pedernales Co op will continue in 11 counties from Blanco eastward.
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Llano County
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Pedernals Electric Co-op
Pedernales Electric Co-operative, Inc
Blanco and Burnet
Johnson City
Co-Operative
Central Texas Electric Co-operative
Pedernales Co-operative
Electrical Service Organization
Pedernales Cooperative
M. C. Hultin
Texas Rural Electric Cooperatives
R. O. Smith
Marble Falls
New
Pedernaies
Blanco
Liberty Hill
Bertram
Buda
80 Years Life Term Assessed in Slaying
Boulder Colorado June 20 Joe Walker 33 El Dorado Springs Colorado metal worker was sentenced to 80 years to life for the slaying of Theresa Foster last November A district court jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the University of Colorado coed s death last May 9 District Judge George Bradfield denied a motion for a new trial last Saturday
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Boulder
Colo
Joe Walker
Theresa Foster
el Dorado Sprigs
University of Colorado Coed
George Bradfield
Blaze Burns Two In San Saba Motor Building Fire
A $110,000 fire at the Jim Circle Motor Building in San Saba injured two people. Auto dealer Jim Circle suffered severe burns while trying to fight the blaze started in the attic. Mrs. C. A. Harkey sustained minor burns. volunteer firemen saved adjacent structures.
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San Saba
Jim Circle
C. A. Harkey
T. Weldon Goar
Circle Motor Company
Refunds on GI Life Insurance To Start About Next January
The government will begin payments totaling about 2.8 billion dollars in January 1950 to roughly 16 million World War II veterans who held GI life insurance. Average refunds about 175 dollars per veteran. heirs receive payments if the policy holder has died.
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Carl R. Gray Jr
Gray
Capitol Hill
Keating
R-N.y
Congress
New York
House
Supreme Court
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