Texans await driver responsibility act House action
Waco legislator Aynesworth argues the Senate approved plan would require Texans to carry auto liability insurance or show financial assets. He notes 42 states and D C have similar laws and cites high crash tolls and uninsured injury recoveries to press passage. He quotes New York motor vehicle chief praising the act’s safety impact.
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Waco
District of Columbia
Washington
Nevada
Tennessee
Arkansas
Aynesworth
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
New York State
Juvenile Court Plan Advanced Onto Calendar
A Texas bill by Representatives Louis Godward and Johnnie Rogers advances to the House calendar to create juvenile courts in all counties lacking them. The measure requires counties with multiple district judges to designate one judge for all juvenile cases, with overflow shared as needed to track repeat offenders.
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Austin American Capitol
Texas
Louis (Duke) Godward
Texas City
Johnnie Rogers
Austin
Rogers
Godward
Electra Vows Whistle Stop Battle Over Train Rule
Electra city officials pass an emergency ordinance to force Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Zephyr trains to stop in Electra. The plan may clash with the railroad commission order designating fewer whistle stops along the line. Mayor Moore plans a Friday station event with speeches and coffee.
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Electra
Denver City
Texas Railroad Commission
John McKelvey
Zephyr
T. Leo Moore
Moore
Austin
K. L. Berry
National Guard
Berry
Fw&dc
Railroad Commission
Wright Armstrong
The
Panhandle
Robert Hoyt
Jester Helps Install Texas Tech President
Governor Beauford Jester traveled to Lubbock to take part in the induction exercises for Dr. D. M. Wiggins as president of Texas Technological College. He returned to Austin after a luncheon honoring Dr. Wiggins. Wiggins, former president of Texas Western College in El Paso, was once mentioned as a UT president candidate after Homer Rainey’s resignation.
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Austin American Capitol
Beauford Jester
Lubbock
D. M. Wiggins
Texas Technological College
Austin
Wiggins
Texas Western College
Texas College of Mines
el Paso
University of Texas
Homer P. Rainey
Texas Bond Issues Set for June 23
Dudley K. Woodward Jr the UT Board chairman said $15 million in bonds for two Texas institutions would be marketed June 23 via competitive bids. $10 million goes to the University of Texas and $5 million to Texas A&M with a possible third issue of at least $15 million for 14 state institutions under a 1947 college building amendment.
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Dudley K. Woodward Jr
University of Texas Board of Regents
University of Texas
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Texas
Woodward
University of and
Texas A&m
Jack G. Taylor
University
Clarence Crowe
Dallas
McCall, Parkhurst and Crowe
Contemporary Music Recital by UT Students
University of Texas students Dalies Frantz and peers present a 4 p.m. recital in Recital Hall featuring contemporary piano works by Hindemith Bartok Villa-Lobos Kabalevsky Prokofiev and Copland. Performers include Doris Freudiger Keyes June Stokes Betty Jane Steele Clifton Robertson Lois Zabel and Lowell Meister.
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Frantz
Doris Freudiger Keyes
Hindemith
Bartok
Villa-Lobos
June Stokes
Betty Jane Steele
Kabalevsky
Oratory Winner To Visit Optimists
Frank Sifuentes, 16, winner of the Optimist International sixth district oratorical contest at Harlingen, will visit the local Optimist Club at the Austin Hotel. The Austin High School student received a gold wrist watch and an expense paid trip to the International contest in San Francisco.
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Optimist International
Harlingen
Austin Hotel
Sifuentes
Austin
San Francisco
Legislature Invites Cullen as Speaker
The Texas Legislature invites H. R. Cullen of Houston to a joint session on May 25 to present his portrait of Ezekiel W. Cullen. The resolution calls for Cullen to present the portrait and for the state to accept it.
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Austin American Capitol
Sta
H. R.cullen
Houston
Senate
House
Ezekiel W. Cullen
Audit criticizes NTSIC policies at Denton college
State Auditor C H Cavness released findings from an annual audit and special probe of North Texas State Teachers College covering 1947 and 1948. The report cites unauthorized advances from a $30 000 escrow account and sales of college property without board approval or bids, noting the former business manager is no longer with the college and the advances were later repaid in full.
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C. H. Cavness
North Texas State Teachers College
Cavness
Fuil
Three Austin Men Win Inaugural CAA Service Awards
Three Austin men received Civil Aeronautics Administration service awards from the US Department of Commerce. Each had 11 years of CAA service as of December 31, 1948. The honorees are Horace J. Fohn Willis F. Dusler and Jesse W. Copeland. Awards were presented by regional administrator L. C. Elliott. Fohn serves as chief aircraft communicator at the inter state airway communication station in Austin. Dusler leads maintenance at the Austin airport station and control tower. Copeland is an aircraft communicator at the Austin station.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
US Department of Commerce
CAA
Horace J. Fohn
East 46Th Street
Willis F. Dusler
McCandless Street
Jesse W. Copeland
East 31St Street
L. C. Elliott
Fohn
House Accepts Senate Changes in NTSTC Bill
The House approved Senate amendments to rename North Texas State Teachers College to North Texas College. The bill now heads to the governor for signature. once signed it becomes law and the college gains its own board of regents.
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House
Senate
North Texas State Teachers College
North Texas College
Board of Regents
Insurance Law Recodification Plan Delayed in Texas House
A proposal to form a tri‑partite panel to recodify Texas insurance laws and allocate 30000 for the effort stalled for two weeks in the House. Rep Lamar Zivkey introduced the measure at the Board of Insurance Commissioners’ request. The plan proposed nine lawmakers and officials to work between sessions with 50000 originally sought for actuaries and legal staff. Rep Sam Hanna moved to postpone until May 24, passing 64 to 59.
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Texas
House
Lamar Zivkey
Temple
Board of Insurance Commissioners
Commission
Senate
Sam Hanna
Legislative amendment on funds and insurance provisions
The text proposes waiting with amendments to strike out the grant of money from the legislative contingent fund and to require any expenses to be paid for insurance special funds. If passed by the House, the measure will require Senate concurrence.
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Senate
Fine Blended Whiskey 90.5 Proof
Frankfort Distillers Corp of New York markets a fine blended whiskey at 90.5 proof composed of 60 percent grain neutral spirits for light flavor and smooth finish.
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