Senate Okays State Spastic Hospital Bill
The Senate approved final passage of a House bill to fund a state spastic hospital with a $300,000 construction appropriation preserved from two years ago. Senator Howard A. Carney led the 26 to 0 vote. Austin officials will discuss with city leaders a possible site offer for the hospital, following the city’s new cerebral palsy clinic on Lamar Boulevard.
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House approves oil unitization bill on second reading
The Texas House passed the oil unitization bill on second reading 86 to 52 but failed to gain final passage. Debate centered on protecting small landowners in pooling agreements while amendments addressing antitrust law exemptions and agent designation were defeated.
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BBC Bans Slow Boat to China from Airwaves
The British Broadcasting Corporation pulled the tune Slow Boat to China from broadcasts on Thursday. The ban aims to honor families of British sailors killed in Yangtze River incidents, affecting Larry Adler who was set to include the song in a Saturday medley.
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Dynamite Truck Burns Without Casualties Near Martinez
Laurin A. Watson drove a 12 ton dynamite load on a Navarro Hill route when the vehicle caught fire. He drove the burning truck to a shoulder and halted it before toppling over an embankment. Fire crews contained the blaze. no explosions occurred and four cases burned. Watson, from Oakland, was bound for San Jose.
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Freighter Pacific Bear Is Freed From Mud Bank
The freighter Pacific Bear, laden with wheat for the Orient, ran aground on a Columbia River mud bank Wednesday and was freed by two sternwheelers at high tide Thursday morning after a prior failed attempt. The incident occurred near Astoria Oregon.
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Good Neighbors Will Meet Today
The Texas Good Neighbor Commission meets in Del Rio on Friday with representatives from Coahuila to discuss border transportation. Topics include a toll free international bridge Del Rio Villa Acuna and a Sonora Texas to San Acilos Coahuila railroad link. Potts attends and Mexican officials may expand a Spanish teaching program in Texas.
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Senate Approves Appointments for Texas State University for Negroes
The Senate confirmed Beauford H. Jester's nominees to the TSRU for Negroes including Galloway Calhoun Tyler Charles Devall Kilgore the Rev J B Loud of Dallas and to Dental Examiners Dr H Arthur Zappe Mineral Wells and Dr W C McNeil Silsbee.
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Silsbee
Jester Urges Solons To Hear Tideland Case
Gov Beauford Jester asked Texas congressional members to attend the Supreme Court session on the tideland case. Attorney General Price Daniel will argue for the state challenging direct Supreme Court action over the suit.
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Senate spending spree boosts bonus backers in Capitol
Senate finance action eases the fiscal picture and powers a tax financed plan for a $300 million veterans bonus. Representative J A Benton of Wylie said the shift opens purse strings with new tax schemes on cigarettes beer wine and liquor to fund 22 million yearly for 15 years. Benton urged a public hearing and faster House action to avoid past delays.
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Senate Amends State Bar Dues Change Plan
The Senate passed a Hose bill amended to require 51 percent bar member approval before any dues change. The 18 to 8 vote kept fees at $4, down from House proposed $5 and rejected a $10 raise. Author Dorsey Hardeman backed the 51 percent rule as House action returns for further amendments. A companion House resolution creating a 20 member committee to recommend criminal code changes was approved and sent to the governor.
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Fort Worth
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San Angelo
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Longview
Capitol Seers Predict Date Of 51st End
The Austin American Capitol staff reports a playful guess parade on when the Legislature will end. A jury of 24 reporters lists predicted end times from May 26 to June 16, with names and times from multiple papers and agencies. The inquiry highlights journalistic figures and speculative timing.
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Dallas News
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Groos Services Slated Friday for Gaston J Groos
Funeral services for Gaston J Groos 56 will be held Friday at 2 30 p m at the Groos home 919 West 29th Street Kyle with Masonic Lodge and the Rev Frank Dent of First Methodist Church Galveston officiating Groos died suddenly Thursday at home from a heart attack He was born November 10 1892 in Kyle survived by widow son Gaston J Groos Jr of Galveston four sisters Mrs Marshall Morris Austin Mrs W R Ramsey Austin Mrs M B Wilson Kyle and Mrs L L Dickens Kyle and two brothers John Austin and Ad Groos San Antonio He was credit manager for Buttreys Inc in Austin and a member of First Methodist Church Galveston and Lodge No 304 AF&AM Kyle
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Chronicle and Brooks Avoid Risk to Professional Prestige
Rider, Houston Chronicle and Raymond Brooks, Capitol correspondent for the American Statesman, wisely chose not to risk their professional prestige.
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