El Paso Union Seeks Block on Highway Work Over Wages
More than 2,800 craftsmen and laborers of the El Paso Building and Construction Trades Council filed an injunction suit against the Texas Highway Commission and Chief Engineer D. C. Greer in 53rd District Court. They seek to halt all highway work in El Paso County arguing the advertised wage scale for the Main Street overpass on US 80 is substandard compared with the prevailing rate. The suit names Greer and highway commissioners as defendants and asks for a temporary restraining order, a declaratory judgment invalidating the current wage rate, and a mandate to redetermine wages at 85 cents to $2.25 an hour.
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Fred Williams
el Paso Building and Construction Trades Council
Texas Highway Commission
D. C. Greer
el Paso
American Federation of Labor
J. Harris Gardner
Greer
Fred Wemple
A. F. Mitchell
Robert J. Potts
Commission
Highway Commission
Commissioners
The
el Paso County
Worley Wins Senate Confirmation as Judge
Representative Gene Worley of Texas has received Senate confirmation to serve as associate judge on the US Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
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Washington
Gene Worley
Texas
Senate
US Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Austrian art teacher praises American schools in Austin visit
Miss Margaret Fritsch, a Salzburg art teacher, visits Austin public schools and meets with local teachers. She contrasts quiet American pupils and modern school buildings with Austrian practices, noting no co education and a focus on art for art's sake.
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Austin
Margaret Fritsch
Salzburg
Austria
Austin Classroom Teachers Association
Texas State
Association District 10
Waco
J. W. Edgar
Austin High School
Miss Fritsch
United States
National Education Association
America
French Draft Keeps Utilities Going in Strike
Paris reports a nationwide strike by utility workers as 10 percent stay at posts due to a War Powers Act draft. Gas pressure drops and breakfasts take longer as unions demand a 3000 franc monthly minimum wage while drafts target 10 000 key personnel.
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Paris
France
Burglaries Rise in St. Louis Early This Year
St Louis police report burglaries of business establishments climbed by more than 25 percent in January and February compared with the same period in 1949. Police Chief Jeremiah O Connell announced the figures on Thursday.
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ST. Louis
Jeremiah O'Connell
Texas Health Agency Probes Horsemeat Scandal
State Health Officer George Cox announced a full investigation into horse meat sales in Texas after inspectors found horsemeat in three cities last week. Houston lab confirmed the findings and authorities warned residents once verification was complete.
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George Cox
Texas
Houston
Bayou City
Cox
May charges likely in horse meat scandal across Texas
Defense counsel in the Dr. Hermann N. Sander murder case tells jurors they will consider four verdicts. Texas health inspectors confirm horse meat in Dallas Fort Worth area and samples tested at state labs. Austin inspection finds no conclusive horse meat trace though a small shipment could have slipped through. Local officials say most meat comes from municipal abattoir and doubt any slaughtering occurs in Austin.
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Cox
Austin
City Health Department
State Laboratory
City Sanitation
H. E. Hargis
Dallas
Associated Press
J. W. Bass
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Harlingen
Tampa
Fla
Bass
Hargis
Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Jury urged to weigh first degree murder verdicts in Sander case
Judge Wyman urged the jury to deliver a verdict on first degree murder with or without capital punishment or second degree or not guilty after the defense argued no premeditation or malice existed. The case concerns Dr. Sander accused of fatal injections in a dying patient Abbie Borroto and hinges on proof beyond reasonable doubt.
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Louis BE. Wyman
Wyman
II Man
Dr. Sander
William L. Phinney Wyman
City Council studies plan for one way streets and boulevards
The Austin City Council reviewed City Plan Commission recommendations for 18 downtown boulevards and a one way street system. A public hearing on the plan was set for March 23 with further hearings possible.
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City Plan Commission
Walter Guttman
Austin
William O. Parker
Charles E. Granger
Metes and Bounds
Trueman O'Quinn
Ture
Glass
Guttman
Parker
Citizens Group Planned to Develop French Embassy Shrine
City Council approved forming a citizens advisory committee representing state city and University groups to study and propose a plan for the French Embassy as a historic shrine and tourist site. Mrs. Walter P. Webb urged preservation and would chair the committee. funding seeks a $10,000 legislative appropriation. Members include Mayor Taylor Glass University President T. S. Painter and Governor Allan Shivers.
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Walter P. Webb
Webb
The
Republic of Texas
Taylor Glass
Glass
T. S. Painter
Allan Shivers
Girl Charged In Jail Break In Fredericksburg Escape
A 17 year old San Antonio girl is held on charges of aiding five men in a Fredericksburg jail escape on March 1. She was arrested, then turned over to Gillespie County Sheriff Robert Loth. The Meadows brothers and three others were captured. the sisters were being investigated.
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San Antonio
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Robert Loth
William Lee Meadows
James Meadows
Meadows Brothers
Owen W. Kilday
Bexar County
Meadows
Fourteen DIE in Flaming Sandia Guardhouse
A Sandia base guardhouse fire killed fourteen military prisoners and critically injured two others. Investigators attributed the blaze to two oil stoves, noting no explosion. Major Kenneth Kolster described inmates as mixed in offense, with two guards and others treated for smoke effects.
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Sandia
Kenneth Kolster
Gubitchev Deported To Russia
New York March 9. Judith Coplon was sentenced to 15 years for espionage and attempted espionage. Russian engineer Valentin Gubitchev received a 15 year suspended sentence and was ordered deported to the Soviet Union within two weeks.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Russia
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Soviet Union
State Department
Attorney General's Office
Sylvester J. Ryan
Brunette Little Miss Coplon
California Faculty Vote On Anti Oath Protest
The southern Academic Senate at the University of California will vote by mail on a resolution opposing the loyalty oath required by the regents. The measure passed by voice at a March meeting of about 400 of 150 senators. The northern section had earlier rejected the oath by a 909 to 0 vote. Separately the Los Angeles County Republican Assembly endorsed the oath and urged dismissal of faculty who refuse to sign.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Board of Regents
Senate
Los Angeles County Republican Assembly
Johnson City Man Dies in Dripping Springs Crash
Dalton C. Maddox a 25 year old Johnson City businessman and father of two died instantly when the car he rode in overturned in a creek bed after failing to navigate a curve on US 290 inside Dripping Springs. Two companions Garth Shelley and Clayton Althaus were injured and transported to Brackenridge Hospital in Austin in fair condition. Funeral services set for Friday at Croft Funeral Home Johnson City.
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Dripping Springs
Dalton C. Maddox
Johnson City
US 290
Maddox
Brackenridge Hospital
Austin
Garth Shelley
Clayton Althaus
Brackenridge
Blanco County
Frank Shelley
Shelley
Croft
Lanetti
Cecil
Jess Odiorne
Johnson
Lyman Austin
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Coplon
Worley
Austrian
Wray Weddell
State Department of Health
State May
Dallas and
State Health Department
Sander
G. F. Reed
Reed
Edward Himsel
Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
Chicago
Frank B. Potter
North Texas
Potter
Fort
Council Studies
William J. Weeg
WS. Drake Jr
Flaming
Albuquerque
N. M
Maj. Kolster
Valentin Gubitchev
Gubitchev
Washington, D. C
Samuel A. Neuberger
Miss Coplon
Irving H. Saypol
Ryan
United Nations
Saypol
Abrahaham L. Pomerantz
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