House Rips Into Home-Stretch Of Session
The Texas House faced a flurry of action as it neared adjournment for the weekend. Key moves included approval of the minimum standards health bill, the Gilmer-Aikin public school reorganization package, and the year and a half budget measures for judiciary and eleemosynary institutions. The chamber also advanced a constitutional amendment for annual sessions, backed a large Austin building program, and debated taxes amid oil production cuts. Representative A Robin Henderson’s memory prompted remembrances as deliberations continued.
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Oregon House Backs Daylight Saving Rule Save Time Let Governor Proclaim
The Oregon House approved a bill to ban daylight saving time unless the governor proclaims it. One vote opposed. The measure allows daylight time only if neighboring states adopt it, blocking local Oregon communities from choosing their own time. Portland representative Phil Dreyer argued it ends a patchwork of times after California switched.
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Boy Gets Life in Sex Slaying of Neighbor
Seventeen-year-old Seymour Levin was sentenced to life imprisonment for the January 8 murder of 12-year-old Ellis Simons. Three judges found him guilty of first degree murder after he pleaded guilty to a general murder charge. Simons' mutilated body was found behind a garage in a Philadelphia suburb with more than 50 stab wounds.
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Two Bills Dated Earlier in Senate
The Texas Senate set two bills for special order ahead of the calendar. One bill, backed by Realtors, would create a separate real estate commission and raise dealer and salesman fees, with an executive secretary position. Another bill revises civil service for firemen and police, seeking a 10 percent pay raise in cities over 40,000, with changes to avoid forcing cities to implement the program.
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Airmen Organize Housing Association At SAC Centers
The Strategic Air Command announced plans to form the Strategic Air Command Housing Association to build low cost rental housing funded by military personnel loans. Base chapters would be created, with initial plans for 5,000 prefabricated homes rented about 40 dollars monthly plus 10 dollars for utilities.
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Cook Stove Explosion Fatally Burns Wife
Mrs. Annie Andrews aged 38 died after a cook stove exploded in her kitchen in Port Arthur on Thursday. Her dress caught fire and she jumped into a bed, pulling covers over herself but the bedclothes caught fire, burning her more severely before neighbors extinguished the blaze.
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State Bar Exams Set for March 21 to 23 at UT
Texas board of bar examiners announced exams for admissions to the bar will be held March 21 to 23 at the University of Texas in Hogg Memorial Auditorium. The Legislature required a change in the exam room size from the usual House chamber.
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Hoover Panel Divides on Interior Agency Reorganization
The Hoover Commission urged Congress to transfer major public works to the Interior Department and to create new engineering and architectural boards. It proposed a broad reorganization with water development, building construction, mineral resources, recreation, and territorial services, while trimming Indian affairs and land management.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Receives AIA Gold Medal
Frank Lloyd Wright was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects at the 81st AIA convention in Houston. Douglas W. Orr lauded him as a titan of architectural thought, noting Wright’s work on The New School of the Middle West and the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
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Two Planes Crash During Night Training in Idaho
Two pilots died and a third was injured when two planes collided during a routine training mission of the 190th Fighter Squadron Idaho National Guard in Boise. The deceased were Lt. John C. Breach 26 of Boise and Pvt. James D. McNeil 19 of Nampa a College of Idaho student. Lt. Eugene D. Smith of Boise parachuted to safety and survived with minor injuries.
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Absentee Voting Near Standstill in County Elections
No ballots were cast on the first day of absentee voting for the County School Board election with only one additional vote in the City Council race. County Clerk Emilie Limberg said the office will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays through March 29 for School Board voting. Five votes were cast in the City Council race. Absentee voting closes March 31, stated City Clerk Mrs. W. M. Busche.
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Motor Baby Buggies Parade Through London West End
Semi streamlined motorized baby carriages are on display in London's West End, showcasing innovation in urban child transport. The gadgetry draws curious crowds and signals growing interest in compact family mobility.
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Three Rivers Probers Report Due Next Week
The House investigating committee on alleged racial discrimination in Three Rivers plans to issue its report next week. Chairman Cecil Storey says no further investigations will be opened and the panel will meet once more to review the findings before dissolving. The inquiry followed Latin Americans' claims about a funeral home denying burial services for Felix Longoria, a WWII soldier.
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Hoover Indicted In Orleans Death
In New Orleans the Orleans Parish grand jury indicted Louis Eugene Hoover for murder in the French Quarter slaying of Virginia millionaire James Mahoney. The 25 year old Louisville, Kentucky man was not in court when the true bill was returned after questioning 27 of 32 witnesses in a six hour session. Alberta Hoover, the defendant’s 19 year old wife, appeared briefly before the panel. Hoover was arrested February 8, six days after Mahoney’s body was found battered and nude in a French Quarter hotel bed.
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Top Officials Attend Houston Shamrock Hotel Opening
Governor Beauford Jester and Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers led state leaders to Houston for the Shamrock Hotel opening. The House and Senate adjourned to Monday for the funeral of Rep. Robin Henderson. A secret ballot bills hearing was postponed due to lack of quorum.
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Cantinflas Plans Mexico City TV Venture With Transmitter and Receivers
Mexico's Cantinflas Mario Moreno forms two firms to build a 6 million peso transmitter and import 20 000 receivers costing 56 million pesos. He seeks capital to finance operations and plans to offer long term installments. Live broadcasts and films to air with idle local studios.
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Texas comm reports 38 new firms boost February industrialization
The Texas Employment Commission says February added 38 new firms with 1 045 workers. Manufacturing firms employed a large share and Austin led with 12 new firms and 196 workers. Corpus Christi and Dallas each logged five new firms, with Dallas adding 288 jobs. Three new firms opened in Alamo, Denison, and Houston introducing citrus marmalade, work pants, and shuffleboards.
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Probe sought into Rogers resignation from optometry board
Representative Miller B. Walker of Beaumont calls for a five member investigative panel to probe the resignation of N. Jay Rogers from the Texas State Optical Company tied optometry board accusations of lobbying and alleged unfair licensing practices. Rogers and his brother own Texas State Optical.
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Hearst Libel Suit Opens in Dallas
Dallas cancer clinic operator Harry M. Hoxsey testifies in a $1,000,000 federal libel suit against Hearst Publications. He claims an article damaged his business and reputation by alleging cures and credentials, while denying criminal or fraudulent claims. Dr. J B Durkee says the clinic claims 25 to 30 percent cures in incurable cases.
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Expert Says Clothing Not A Bomb Protection
New York March 17 atomic energy workers wear face masks gloves and coveralls to shield skin from radiation but Dr. John Z Blowers a biologist with the Atomic Energy Commission says such clothing offers little protection near an atomic blast. He notes 100 percent deaths within a half mile of explosion in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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US Building Awards Hit 127 Million in Week
Civil engineering construction awards totaled 127,282,000 for the five-day week ended Thursday, Engineering News Record reported. The total was 31 percent below the previous week but 41 percent above the same week last year, with private and public construction also down from last week but above a year ago.
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Railway Fireman Killed As Locomotive Plunges in Mud
Santa Fe Railway fireman D L Le Londe 30 of Hurley died when a locomotive toppled on a softened roadbed at San Marcial New Mexico. Engineer A E Troy 55 of El Paso was bruised and four other workers injured. The accident followed spring runoff that filled a mud hole at the San Marcial lake construction site 37 miles south of Socorro.
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Quiet House Honors Rep Henderson
The first quiet House session was held Thursday with all staff off the floor and members seated. A memorial resolution for Representative A Robin Henderson was read as funeral services were held in Groesbeck. House members observed a minute of silence as 100 school children in the galleries kept quiet.
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Hays Rural School Building Sale Opened
A Hays County rural high school district may move or sell buildings unused after consolidation. The bill, sent to Governor Beauford Jester, was authored by Representative Max Smith of San Marcos and won unanimous Senate approval led by Senator R A Weinert.
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