House approves three college funding bills totaling 5.5 million
The Texas House pressed ahead with three single purpose education appropriations totaling 5.5 million dollars as a Senate stalemate over big funding bills looms. Bills provide 3.5 million for a Dallas UT Medical College branch, 1 million for a San Antonio medical branch, and funding to upgrade Lamar Junior College at Beaumont to a four year tech college.
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House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
University of Texas Medical College
Dallas
San Antonio
Lamar Junior College
Beaumont
College of Technology
Lamar College
Lamar
French Voting Shows Nation Swinging Right
Paris reports indicate the nation shifts toward the right in cantonal elections. Communists suffer heavy losses, Socialists also fall back, while De Gaulle's RPF gains many seats as 1,507 local councillors are chosen. Final tallies may differ.
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Paris
Jules Moch
Moch
Charles de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
RPF
Jester Expected to Sign LCRA Bill Today
The Austin American Capitol reports theHouse and Senate have passed a bill allowing the Lower Colorado River Authority to issue up to 50 million dollars in revenue bonds to fund a 15 million dollar construction program. Signing delayed by illness but Governor Beauford Jester expected to approve.
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Austin American Capitol
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Durwood Manford
Beauford Jester
House
LCRA
Carlos Ashley
Granite Shoals
Marble Falls
Labor Bill Fails Panel Vote in Texas House
Rep Blake Timmons proposed repealing 11 labor laws and creating an all inclusive act with a state mediation conciliation system and arbitration by written agreement. The committee voted 15 to 5 against passage, with Otis Lee signaling a minority report and Bergman’s bid to delay defeated 14 to 4.
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Blake Timmons
Texas
House
Otis Lee
Port Arthur
Lee
Douglas E. Bergman
Dallas
Subcommittee
Bergman
Timmons
Abor
Vigilance Urged to Guard City Manager Government
Mayor Tom Miller urged Austin residents to stay watchful to protect city manager government. He cautioned against firing merited workers, urged voter informancy ahead of April 4, and pressed for a north Capitol linking plan with new courts and state offices. He praised City Manager Guston Morgan, Utilities Director Walter Seaholm, and City Engineer J. E. Motheral as essential to good government.
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Lorraine Barnes
Austin American
Tom Miller
Austin Kiwanis Club
Miller
Capitol
Congress
University
Courts
Daniel
11Th
Jester
Colorado
East Avenue
South
Austin
Highway Department
Guston Morgan
Walter Seaholm
J. E. Motheral
Colorado River
Bill Dividing UT Fund Sent To Sub-Panel
The House moved a proposal to split the University of Texas permanent fund among 14 colleges to a sub committee after a 5 to 4 vote. UT leaders opposed the plan, while Norton warned the fight would continue and noted potential gains for state colleges under the new funding approach.
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Austin American Capitol
University of Texas
House
Ridgeway
Hardee
Shell
James L. Norton Jr
Baylor
Gibb Gilchrist
A&m College System
T. S. Painter
J. C. Dolley
James T. Sparks
Rep. Norton
C. D. Simmons
University
Dr. Pope Named to Houston Methodist Church Pastorate
Dr. Kenneth Pope, longtime pastor of Austin First Methodist Church, was named to lead Houston’s First Methodist Church, effective June 15. Dr. Paul Quillian, Houston pastor for 12 years, died suddenly Monday after resigning to join SMU theology faculty. Pope will discuss a successor with Austin church leaders in the coming days.
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Kenneth Pope
Austin
First Methodist
Houston
A. Frank Smith
Pope
Paul Quillian
Quillian
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Bishop Smith
First Methodist Church
First Church
Aus
Austin Council of Churches
Lions Club
Hale
Yale
Methodist Church
Milford
Breckenridge
Georgetown
Springfield
World Conference On Life and Works
Oxford
England
Europe
The
Victoria
Kenneth Sayle
River Oaks Golf Club
Compromise Rent Plan Faces Trouble in Senate
Louis Johnson was sworn in as secretary of defense in a Pentagon ceremony attended by 15,000 as James Forrestal bade farewell. Johnson pledged unity of the Army Navy and Air Forces and said the nation will defend its interests and democracy while pursuing peace if possible.
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Senate
Washington
Louis Johnson
Defense
America
Army
Navy
Pentagon
James V. Forrestal
Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Truman
Royall
Sullivan
Air
Symington
Omar Bradley
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Hoyt Vancenberg
Air Force
Conferees Back 15 Month Home Rule Controls Setup
A Senate House committee agreed on a 15 month extension of rent controls with a provision to fix rents at a level that yields landlords a fair net operating income. States cities towns and villages could end controls if a governor approves. Ratification by both houses needed before sending to President Truman. Time is short as the present law expires at midnight Thursday.
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Jameson
Lamar College
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
House
William A. Miller
Houston
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Senate- House
Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Sparkman
D-Ala
Bricker
Ohio
Joint Committee
Congress
New York
Chicago
Senate Delays Pact Action Amid Domestic Agenda
Senate Democratic Leader Lucas said ratification of the North Atlantic Security Pact will await completion of domestic legislation, likely delaying action until after summer. The treaty opens April 4 with UN and foreign representatives, as Canada approves participation and Italy’s Sforza arrives. Acheson will lead the U S delegation at the UN General Assembly while Marshall heads the past delegation lineage.
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Washington
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Carlo Sforza
Italy
Ottawa
House of Commons
Canada
Lucas
Truman
Dean G. Acheson
Acheson
UN General Assembly
Hoover Commission On
George C. Marshall
Hopper Attack and Weds: Brief News From Wire Reports
Texas A&M entomology head predicts the worst grasshopper infestation in a decade after a count of eggs by the USDA. President Truman assigns budget experts to craft a Western Europe arms program. Princess Fawzia wed to Ismail Shirene Bey in Cairo. she did not attend the Muslim ceremony. Alcoa faces breakup actions in court as DOJ seeks monopoly remedy. Informants say a gentleman’s agreement may unblock Israeli Trans-Jordan talks in Rhodes.
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College Station
Texas
H. G. Johnston
Texas A&m Department of Entomology
US Department of Agriculture
Washington
Truman
Western
Europe
Congress
Cairo
Fawzia
Iran
Ismail Shirene Bey
Jester Backs Easter Seal Sale and Cerebral Palsy Week
Governor Beaufort endorsed the annual Easter seal sale to aid crippled children and named April 3 to 10 as Cerebral Palsy Week in Texas. Travis County Society for Crippled Children mailed appeals to about 35,000 Austin residents, urging support for the fundraising drive.
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Beauford
Travis County Society For Crippled Children
Austin
Texas Society For Crippled Children
Texas
US Advises Russia Gubitchev To Be Tried
The United States formally advised Russia it will prosecute Valentin A. Gubitchev a 32 year old Russian United Nations staff member accused of espionage. A note was handed to the Soviet ambassador last Thursday rejecting Russia's claim of diplomatic immunity from the charges.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Valentin A. Gubitchev
United Nations
State Department
Gubitchev
Rescue of 11 Navy Fliers After Catalina Sinks Near Pacific
Eleven Navy personnel were rescued by the landing ship LSM 448 after their Catalina flying boat sank 605 miles west of Johnston Island. The search involved Marine, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard units with a daytime rescue culminating in all hands saved and to be landed at Kwajalein.
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Pearl Harbor
mid-Pacific
Kwajalein
Central Pacific Air Base
San Diego
Hawaii
Johnston Island
Honolulu
Guam
William C. Hartman
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Sea Frontier Statement
Navy
Marine
Air Force
Coast Guard
Hartman
R. D. Osborn
Pana
Ill
Robert Brook
Rosehill
N. C
Leroy Way
Portland
Ore
W. G. Baumann
Battle Creek
Iowa
R. J. Haas
Seattle
Wash
P. H. Conley
St. Louis
H. D. Williams
Littlerock
Calif
W. V. Webb
Hugo
Okla
Frank F
Henry O. Davis
Dioguard
Davis
Kaneohe Naval Air Station
Oahu
R. C. Shannon
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Gilchrist
A&m
Kiwanis Club
Neal Douglass
DR. Pope
Houston Church
Fred M. Vinson
US Supreme Court
Canada House
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Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Department of Justice
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