Weather summary for Texas with temperatures and rainfall
Daily readings show mixed conditions across East and West Texas with fair skies and little temperature change. Highest 88 degrees on March 26, lowest 26 degrees on January 5, rainfall 2.4 inches since January, temperatures lingering around mid to upper 60s and 70s in many cities including Fort Worth and Austin.
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Matase Bureau
Na Senta
Welitan
Dearee
Texas
Cocess
Austin
Ford
Colorado River
Ayrom
Ibn
Fort Worth
Fight on Gas Bill Blamed on Lewis
In the Senate debate on Kerr natural gas bill Tuesday Senator Lyndon Johnson said John L. Lewis and the coal trust oppose the measure to bar FPC price regulation of interstate gas sales. Johnson warned that federal price fixing could trigger contract escape clauses causing gas shortages or higher prices. Senator Aiken countered that the gas industry resists Congress pressure and aims to shield producers from regulation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Coal Trust
Senate
Kerr
Lyndon Johnson
Dtexas
Lewis
Federal Power Commission
Johnson
D-Okla
Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
New England
Son Marches Father Down Street by Gun
Connersville Indiana police report a 28 year old Eugene Perkins held his father at gunpoint during a downtown street confrontation. Perkins allegedly complained his father had tampered with his car to stop him drinking and driving.
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Connersville
Ind
Walter la Hayne
Eugene Perkins
Neun—Coers
Princess Margaret Smokes at Official Reception
Princess Margaret, age 19, lit a cigarette at a reception by Mayor W Higham at Warrington Town Hall marking her first official public cigarette. She used a silver cigaret holder and has smoked in public previously at other events.
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Warrington
Eng
Princess Margaret
W. Higham
Warrington Town Hall
Tito government wins 93.2 percent in Yugoslavia election
Belgrade March 82 Yugoslavia Premier Marshal Tito's government is returned to office by 93.2 percent of votes in the first general election since 1945. The official announcement came Tuesday night.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Nationalist Forces Strike Mainland Near Shanghai
Nationalist commandos struck Nanhwei 25 miles south of Shanghai and killed at least 500 Communist defenders in a beach landing at 4 p m under heavy naval shelling. The surprise raid was the force s third in two weeks and left inland penetration details unclear.
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Taipei
Formosa
Nanhwei
Shanghai
Hangchow Bay
Hainan Island
Lin Piao
Yupao Harbor
Hainan
Central
Texas seeks right to prove gulf submerged lands ownership
Texas asks the Supreme Court to let a lower court hear its claim over gulf submerged lands argued since 1836. Attorney General Price Daniel presents a 107 page brief to support Texas ownership and nine mile territorial use, opposing the federal government's position.
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Washington
Texas
Price Daniel
Supreme Court
Gulf
Daniel
High Court
Department of Justice
Austin Reserve Group Elects New Officers
Austin Chapter Reserve Officers Association will elect and install officers at a Wednesday noon meeting in the PK Grill. Colonel Kirk R. Mallory president announces City Attorney Trueman OQuinn will discuss military careers of famous men. Col. OQuinn a former president. Col. Jack M. Jordan secretary asks reservations.
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Austin
Reserve Officers Association
PK Grill
Kirk R. Mallory
Trueman O'Quinn
Col. O’quinn
Jack M. Jordan
Elderly bachelor dies as Veribest area home burns
SAN ANGELO March 28 Henry Clay Adams about 76 died in a farmhouse fire three miles east of Veribest He lived alone and left no known survivors The blaze destroyed his three room home early Tuesday in the rural Texas farm area
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San Angelo
Henry Clay Adams
Veribest
Adams
Elizabeth on Visit With Duke at Malta
Princess Elizabeth arrived in Malta on Tuesday and will visit the Duke of Edinburgh who serves with the British Mediterranean fleet. The royal party landed as the capital city welcomed the passengers. Elizabeth will meet her husband during the visit.
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Elizabeth
Duke
Malta
Valletta
Duke of Edinburgh
Zone Board Delays Action on New Beer and Liquor Zones
Austin zoning talks stall as the Zone Board of Adjustment awaits guidance from other cities on beer and liquor zoning. Councilman Drake pressed for a study to align zones C1 and C2 with on site versus home consumption. Councilman Johnson urged a separate zone for packaged beer retail pending permits and liquor stores.
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Austin
Zoning Board of Adjustment
W. S. Drake Jr
W. T. Johnson
Loyalty check on Commerce official Michael Lee
The Commerce Department disclosed a new loyalty investigation of Michael Lee, chief of the Far Eastern division, amid allegations by Senator George Malone that Lee delayed military goods shipments to Chinese Nationalists. Assistant Secretary Thomas Blaisdell testified before a Senate subcommittee reviewing Malone's resolution.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Michael Lee
George W. Malone
R-Nav
Lee
Department
Office of International Trade
Malone
Senate
Asistant
Thomas C. Blaisdell
Senate Commerce
Former OU Regent C C Hatchett dies in Dallas
C C Hatchett 67 of Durant Oklahoma attorney and former president of the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents died Monday night in a Dallas hospital after a short illness. Born December 5 1882 at Schulenburg Texas he attended the University of Texas and its law school and moved to Durant in 1902 to practice law.
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Dallas
C. C. Hatchett
Durant
Okla
University of Oklahoma Board of Regents
Schulenburg
Texas
University of Texas
Indian Territory
Crump Elected President of Southwestern Bell
James L. Crump was elected president of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company by the board, succeeding Victor E. Cooley who moves to chairman. Edwin M. Clark was named vice president to succeed Crump.
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Louis
James L. Crump
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Crump
Victor E. Cooley
Cooley
Edwin M. Clark
Police Postpone Filing of Charges in Stabbing Case
Police delay charges in a Red River Street stabbing to determine if the victim Daniel G. Castaneda survives. Castaneda, 37, was found in an upstairs hallway at a rooming house with a knife wound to the chest. His wife Susie Castaneda is being questioned and a woman was arrested nearby. Brackenridge Hospital labeled his condition fair. Neighbors said a woman fled the house after the attack.
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Austin
Red River Street
Daniel G. Castaneda
Susie Castaneda
East Seventh Street
Brackenridge Hospital
Castaneda
Red River
Albert Quiroz
Police Seek Two Gunmen After Eastside Service Station Robbery
City police described one gunman in brown clothing who threatened Ellison after the Elli son’s Service Station robbery at 1026 East 12th Street early Tuesday. The second suspect was described only as dark headed with glasses. car a 1947 Ford with no plates. Ellison handed over 44 dollars as he made change for a 20. the threat was “It’s your money or your life.”
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City Police
Eastside
Ellison's
East 12Th Street
Walter Ellison
Ellison
More Rooms Sought for Roundup Guests
John A. McCurdy of the University of Texas Ex-Students Association issued another appeal for rooms to quarter Roundup visitors Friday and Saturday nights. About 150 rooms have been offered by Austin residents but more are needed as hotels and tourist courts are filled. Contact Miss Priscilla Kern at 80803 in the Texas Union.
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John A. McCurdy
University of Texas Ex-Students Association
Austin
McCurdy
Priscilla Kern
Texas Union
UT professor wins science award at ACS meeting
UT professor William Shive, announcing five new B vitamins linked to folic acid, won the Eli Lilly biological chemistry award and $1,000. Kenneth S. Pitzer of the US Atomic Energy Commission received the Precision Scientific award in petroleum chemistry. Other honorees included Herman Ries Jr., I M Kolthoff, and prize details.
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Houston
Texas
US Atomic Energy Commission
American Chemical Society
William Shive
University of Texas
Eli Lilly & Company
Kenneth S. Pitzer
Precision Scientific Company
Herman E. Ries Jr
Sinclair Refining Company
Research Laboratories
Harvey, NL
I. M. Kolthoff
University of Minnesota
Fisher
Rossellini Backed By Pro Red Press In Rome
A pro Communist daily urged Italy to protest to Washington after Senator Edwin C Johnson called Roberto Rossellini a Nazi collaborator black market operator and cocaine addict in a Senate speech. Rossellini laughed at the report and would wait for the official record before replying. The Il Paese urged firm government action against the insult.
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Rome
Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Roberto Rossellini
Johnson
Senate
Rosselini
Rossellini
Il Paese
Former Scale Firm Agent Succumbs
Lon ny C. Dewees Sr. age 67 of San Antonio died Monday in a local hospital. He was a former Texas agent for the Watling Scale Company and had lived in Houston 45 years before moving to San Antonio on retirement three years ago. Funeral services will be held here Wednesday.
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Houston
Lonny C. Dewees Sr
San Antonio
Dewees
Texas
Watling Scale Company
Former City Official Buried in Houston
Henry R. Brandt, 78, former Houston city councilman and former Southern Pacific Railroad yardmaster, died Monday in a local hospital. He once served as secretary of Switchmen's Union 69. Funeral services will be held here.
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Houston
Henry R. Brandt
Southern Pacific Railroad
Switchmen's Union 69
Falling Oil Derrick Kills Worker in LeFors
M. A. Hixon, 41, an employee of Champion Oil Company, was killed at an oil well when a red hangar detached from a derrick and struck him on the head in LeFors, March 28. Authorities reported Tuscar was involved.
Athens Woman Dies Aged 110 in Local Ceremony
In Athens on March 28 Mrs Theoni Karamolongou died at 110 years old, officially recorded as the city’s oldest living resident. Her son, aged 80, collapsed from a heart attack after the funeral.
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Athens
Greece
Theoni Karamolongou
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