Legislature faces slow finish as pension ceiling debate resumes
Senate grants House request for new conference on lifting the 35 million dollar old age pension ceiling. House changes and tentative adjournment date discussed as budget bills lag. Attorney general opinion awaited on constitutional amendment timing and a Gilmer-Aikin style school bill drumbeat and a proposed plan to end the financial deadlock looms.
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Associated Press
Senate
House
Attorney General
Gilmer-Aikin
State Board of
Probate Rule Change Bill Introduced in Texas
The Texas House heard a bill to validate probate citations after a Third Civil Appeals Court ruling clouded land titles in Travis County. Rep Pearce Johnson said the measure aims to straighten the law by directing citations to a sheriff or constable of the county. Supporters expect the Mitchell v Rutter decision to go to the Texas Supreme Court for final interpretation.
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Texas
Third Civil Appeals Court
Pearce Johnson
House
Johnson
Mitchell
S. J. Isaacks
Cecil Storey
Rep. Johnson
Supreme Court
Hill Country cities vie over through highway
Burnet County Marble Falls controls a key 3 to 5 mile land strip between US 290 and FM 93 near Llano County. The stretch anchors Llano westward goals for a West Texas Gulf of Mexico road. FM 93 already runs from Oak Hill to US 281 and may be finished by fall.
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Dave Shanks
Austin American
Llano and Burnet Counties
Hill Country
Burnet County
Marble Falls
Llano County
Colorado River
Llano Country
Oak Hill
Llano
Texas Highway Department
Colorado
Kingsland
Burnet
Steele
Smith
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Smithwick Mill
H. J. Hoerster
Valley Springs
Mason County
Hoerster
McCulloch County
Brady
Senate weighs combining Texas state elections this year
The Senate moved to delay September 24 elections on 10 constitutional amendments to November 2 and discussed merging a third election. A single election could cover amendments and the new state board of education if dates align under Gilmer-Aikin law. Local roads plans stir Llano, Marble Falls, Burnet County argues over river crossing routes.
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House
Durwood Manford
Gilmer-Aikin
State Aid of Education
Contempt of Court No Just Hostility in Spokane
A 24 year old woman sentenced to 30 days in jail for vagrancy balked at the ruling by throwing a chair at Judge John Aiken. She tried to flee over a court officer but was stopped by officer Joe Nexbitt and reinforcements.
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Spokane
Wash
John Aiken
Thirteenth Polio Case Reported In Austin
Austin records its 13th polio case of 1949 a 3 year old girl Rosalyn Rosamond daughter of H E and Mrs Rosamond 2205 Forest Trail undergoing home treatment as a light case Brackenridge Hospital reports nine polio patients in good condition statewide 107 new cases in the past week total 570 with 89 counties affected most in Tom Green San Angelo and Bexar San Antonio areas
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Austin
Rosalyn Rosamond
H. E. Rosamond
Forest Trail
Ben M. Primer
Brackenridge Hospital
George W. Cox
Texas
Tom Green
San Angelo
Bexar County
San Antonio
Louisiana Sprays Insecticide to Fight Sleeping Sickness
Louisiana Department of Agriculture sprayed LaFourche Parish Tuesday to curb sleeping sickness in livestock. Mosquitoes and flies spread the disease. about 40 cases had leveled off with no sign of an epidemic.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
LaFourche Parish
Harvey Bornstein Reports Glasses Snatch Try
Harvey Bornstein a ten year old boy walked to Wilshire District Police Station to report an incident in which a man snatched his horn rimmed glasses near his home. The man asked how many fingers he saw and then ground the glasses under his heel saying the boy did not need glasses.
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Los Angeles
Harvey Bornstein
Wilshire District
Harvey
Beran Trial Seen as Next Step in Czech Church Fight
Prague reports say the government may arrest Archbishop Josef Beran for anti state activity amid church state clashes. Beran defies measures, warns against signing any agreement violating church law as clerics denounce state sponsored Catholic Action.
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Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Beran
Lidove Noviny
Strahov
Catholic Action Group
Defense Head Calls Russia Peace Enemy
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson labels Russia an opponent of peace during a policy speech at the National War College. He outlines modernization plans for two US aircraft carriers at about 80 million dollars and defends continued strong military buildup amid Cold War tensions. Johnson notes existing carriers and past cancellations, and mentions a new civilian components board chaired by Robert A. Patterson to oversee National Guard and reserve forces.
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Louis Johnson
Russia
Johnson
National War College
Truman
Louis W. Truman
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Essex
Wasp
Midway
Coral Sea
Army
Navy
Air Force
National Defense Organization
Defense Secretary
Robert A. Patterson
Secretary of War
Defense Setup
National Guard and Reserve Forces
Used Tennis Balls Sell Fast After NCAA Tourney
At the NCAA tennis tournament a shortage of used balls arose as fans snapped up returned balls. Used balls normally cost six dollars a dozen but sell for two fifty after the contest, with buyers eager as fast as players return them. A reserve list indicates high demand for the discounted stock.
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Jack Gallagher
Austin American
Anne Allison
University of Texas
Longhorns
Ed Braswell
D. A. Penick
James Brink
Glenn Bassett
UCLA
Vic Seixas
Herbie Flam
Sam Match
Art Larsen
Fred Kovaleski
Bobby Goldfarb
Kovaleski
Goldfarb
Felix Kelley
Tulane
Richard Mouledous
Jack Tuero
Kelley
Harold Ratliff
Associat Press
Austin-Bastrop Motor Boat Race Planned
At least 75 outboard boats are expected to race July 24 from Prewitt's Ranch near Austin to the Highway 280 bridge in Bastrop, as part of Bastrop Homecoming activities July 22-24. Entry is $5 per boat. boats must be 12 to 16 feet with 7.5 horsepower max and carry two men.
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Austin
Colorado
Robert E. Jenkins
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James H. Perkins Post
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Lions Club
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President Truman Praises Austria Pact at Paris Review
President Truman welcomed the Austria conference results and urged unity with Western powers for Germany. He blamed Moscow for stalled German progress and warned no compromise on democratic principles before a workable German solution.
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Railroad Inspection Slated in Mexico
Merida Mexico June 21 Communications Minister Agustin Garcia Lopez prepared to inspect the Southeastern Railway. He arrived to check progress on the 440 mile stretch expected to link Yucatan Campeche and Tabasco to the rest of the republic for the first time in history with completion anticipated this September.
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Merida
Mexico
Agustin Garcia Lopez
Garcia Lopez
Yucatan
Campeche
Tabasco
Republic
1 000 MILES PER WEEK Commuting Austinite Helped With Historic Global Flight
Lt Reginald Shinn, home on weekends to Austin, commutes from Walker AFB Roswell NM to be with wife Dorothy and son Ronnie. He rode with the B29 tanker crew during the Lucky Lady non stop world flight, acting as radar operator at refueling stops including Dhahran.
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Air Force
Reginald Shinn
Austin
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
N. M
Dorothy Shinn
Ronnie
Wilshire Parkway
Shinn
Lucky Lady
Fort
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Shinn’'s
Democrats Vote to Trim Public Housing Units
Washington June 21. House Democrats voted 147 to 8 in a party meeting to cut the administration housing bill from 1,050,000 to 810,000 low rent public housing units. Caucus chairman Walter said the move assures passage as debate looms tomorrow in the House. The Senate had already approved the measure.
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Washington
House
Walter
D-Pa
Truman
Congress
Senate
House Banking Committee
May Cotton Spinning Put at 93.8 Per Cent
The Census Bureau reports May cotton spinning operated at 93.8 percent capacity on a two shift 80 hour week. Spindles in place on May 31 reached 23,782 with 19,862 active on the month’s last working day, versus April figures and a year ago totals.
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Washington
Census Bureau
St Louis racial clash prompts large city fight injuring eleven
A city order allowing whites and Negroes to swim together sparked a racially charged clash in Fairgrounds Park, North St. Louis. Eleven people were injured amid knives and clubs as crowds swelled to several thousand before 10 p.m. Police Chief Jeremiah O'Connell drew 160 officers to restore order. windows and bicycles were damaged but no mass conflict occurred.
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ST. Louis
Jeremiah O’connell
Fairgrounds Park
North
Sportmans Park
Cardinals
Browny
O'Connell
Wheat May Be Stored In Swift Warehouse
In Bastrop on June 21, Mayor J. Gordon Burson said Camp Swift warehouse space could serve as emergency grain storage this year after a telegram from U S Senator Lyndon B Johnson. The telegram said negotiations are under way by the Commodity Credit Corporation in Dallas with War Assets Administration officials who control Camp Swift buildings. The weather proof warehouses can hold about five million bushels of grain.
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J. Gordon Burson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sen. Johnson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Dallas
War Assets Administration
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