Higher Tax or Curb Sought On Foreign Crude Imports
The House voted 52 to 50 to urge Congress to raise tariffs or set quotas on foreign crude oil. Rep. Marshall O. Bell cited Texas losses of 35 million dollars yearly and production declines of 750 000 barrels daily since January. The same vote approved higher district attorney salaries and a joint session to hear William C Bullitt on April 27.
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International News Service
House
Congress
Marshall O. Bell
San Antonio
Texas
Bell
William C. Bullitt
House Rebukes Prairie View U Over Instructor
The Texas House approved a resolution rebuking Prairie View University officials for lax hiring practices regarding an instructor, R L Thornton, who claimed degrees from UCLA and NYU that a Fort Worth Star Telegram check found nonexistent. The measure urged stricter verification of qualifications in state hiring.
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House
Prairie View University
House Panel Okays Relatives Job Plan
The House jurisprudence committee approved a bill to allow government workers to keep employment if a relative is elected to public office. The measure amends the nepotism law to apply only to those who held their job two years before a relative’s election.
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House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Senate delays stall citrus bill in Texas chamber
Senators used routine business to block a House-passed citrus commission bill sponsored by Rogers Kelley from Edinburg. The 11 page measure faced questions and full readings were rejected as lawmakers pursued other introduced measures and insurance rate bills. The citrus bill remained stalled after about ninety minutes.
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Senate
Texas Citrus Commission
House
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Fred Harris
Dallas
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
Kelly
Harris
Hill D. Hudson
Pecos
W. R. Cousins Jr
Beaumont
Cousins
Kelley
Senate OKs Debate On Water Table Plan For Districts
The Senate water rights committee approved a bill by Sen. John Bell to allow underground water conservation districts by local option vote. Districts would regulate wells, manage water withdrawal, and issue bonds for recharge projects with a one dollar tax cap. A motion to send the bill to subcommittee failed 9-5.
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Senate
John Bell
Cuero
Bell
Texas Water Conservation Association
State Board of Water Engineers
Searcy Bracewell
Houston
Dog Case Against Linams is Dropped
Bert Linam a nationally known boxer was acquitted in Corporation Court of letting three dogs run loose. Assistant City Attorney said no further complaint would be filed, after wardens advised keeping dogs penned or tied in the future.
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Linam
Bob Burns
Bert Linam
Austin
C. B. Linam
Haskell
Joe Roberts
Burns
Bert
C. B
Daniel Rules Tax Proposal Would Be Void
Austin Attorney General Price Daniel ruled that parts of House Bill 107 by Williams and Holt attempting a 30 cent county tax levy would be unconstitutional and void. The opinion says dedicated revenue to soil conservation would not stand under the amendment limiting purposes to flood control and rural road construction, unless essential to flood control. Provisions allowing county to city transfers and city bond issuance are not authorized and would require enabling legislation. The self executing amendment stops further state ad valorem taxes after 1950, with the rest needing legislative approval.
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Austin American Capitol
Williams and
Holt
Price Daniel
Pearce Johnson
House State Affairs Committee
Marietta McGregor Creel
Daniel
Brazos Probe Date Not Set
Senator A. M. Aikin, chairman of the Senate general investigating committee, said no date is set for the formal opening of a probe into Brazos River water and power interests. The committee was directed to review a power contract between the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District and the Brazos River Electric Transmission Cooperative. The cooperative currently purchases all power produced at Possum Kingdom Dam. Aikin noted two auditors are gathering data and a report will trigger a committee session.
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A. M. Aikin
Senate General Investigating Committee
Brazos River
Berlin Airlift Reaches 8010 Tons For Second Time
Berlin dispatch reports the airlift again surpassing the 8,000 ton threshold with American and British planes delivering 8,010 tons of food and supplies to western sectors amid the blockade. The record remains 8,025 tons set on Feb. 6.
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Berlin
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