Legislative tussle swirls as Shivers faces backers
In week 20 of the 51st Legislature, House members launch resolutions against Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers while Senate acts on a hospital board transfer and an eleemosynary board. The House debates auto liability, recalls Lamar College funding, and pushes tax relief measures for Fort Worth flood loss and Panhandle tornado recovery. The tidelands dispute sees a call to hug the state from federal compacts.
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Allan Shivers
Senate
Board of Control Management
Shivers
Jack Bryan
Buffalo
Lamar
Lamar College
C. S. McLellan
Eagle Lake
Texas
Tidelands
Washington
McLellan
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Blake Timmons
Amarillo
Panhandle
McClellan
Vet Bonus Bill Moves Through Legislature In Texas House
The Texas House, by 60 to 41, approved moving Rep Jimmy Horang’s veteran bonus bill from a deep freeze constitutional amendments sub committee to the revenue and taxation panel. Horang may seek a tax feature to fund bond payments for bonuses. A Benton measure also was moved to state affairs and set for a Monday hearing.
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Jimmy P. Horang
Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Horany
J. A. Benton
Constitutional Amendments Group
State Affairs Committee
Solons study GA speculation centers on cost stumble
In Austin lawmakers strain over Gilmer-Aikin reforms as House amendments push up costs for a sweeping school program. Conferees weigh keeping Dr. L A Woods as head, while immediate effect provisions aim to launch Senate Bills 116 and 117, delaying SB 115’s fate and scheduling a 21 member school board election later.
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Senate
House
L. A. Woods
Woods
Senate Confirms Matthews as Navy Secretary
The Senate unanimously confirmed Francis P. Matthews of Omaha to succeed John L. Sullivan as Secretary of the Navy. It also approved Dan A. Kimball of California as Undersecretary of the Navy and Gordon Gray as Undersecretary of the Army.
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Washington
Senate
Francis P. Matthews
Omaha
John L. Sullivan
Navy
Dan A. Kimball
California
Gordon Gray
Army
Two Polio Victims Die in Austin Toll Rising
Austin reports two more polio deaths sending the year's toll to four. Five year old John David Schmid of 2513 Jarratt Avenue died after being in an iron lung since Wednesday. University of Texas student Aubrey Leon Carter Jr. of Houston died after ten days with polio and an iron lung. Carter’s body was sent to Houston for burial. Funeral services for Schmid are pending.
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Brackenridge Hospital
John David Schmid
Casper J. Schmid
Jarratt Avenue
Aubrey Leon Carter Jr
University of Texas
Houston
Carter
A. L. Carter Sr
Thomas L. Carter
University
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Young Schmid
Weed- Corley Funeral Home
Dave C. Reed
Memorial Park
Reed
Orange
Schmid
J. Schmid-Luetschg
Glarus
Switzerland
Russians Lift Helmstedt Block Briefly In Berlin Drive
Berlin reports Russia temporarily opened Helmstedt highway crossings to West German trucks bound for West Berlin for one night only. Western Allied governors protest violating the New York agreement and plan to reimpose limits after backlog clears.
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Helmstedt
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West Berlin
Vasily Chuikov
Germany
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Solons Move To Probe U-235 Loss and Ban Red Scholarships
United States senators moved to bar Communist students from atomic energy scholarships and to hold a public inquiry into the disappearance of a cylinder of uranium 235 at Argonne National Laboratory. AEC Chairman Lilienthal faced questions over funding for Communist students and FBI checks, while Knowland and O Mahoney urged tighter security and a clear prohibition on using atomic funds to educate Communists.
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Atomic Commission
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate House Committee On Atomic Energy
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Chicago
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
AEC
FBI
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
American Communist Party
Knowland
R-Calif
Joint Committee
Rneb
Hans Freistadt
University of North Carolina
Senate
Freistadt
United States
Saltonstall
Rmass
House Debates Driver Responsibility Bill Amid Insurance Costs
The House stalled on the driver financial responsibility bill delaying action until Monday after Senate approval. The measure would require drivers in accidents causing $200+ damage to show financial responsibility up to $11,000 with amendments allowing joint suits against insurers. The vote on the amendment affecting parental liability passed 56-42 while overall debate warned of higher premiums, with some members arguing rates would rise 50 to 100 percent.
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Associated Press
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J. K. Aynesworth
Waco
Aynesworth
George Nokes
Corsicana
expert witness surgeon testifies in murder case
A Missouri surgeon testifies as an expert medical witness in the murder trial of his son in law Dr. Robert C Rutledge Jr. The knife wound is argued by the defense as not expertly inflicted while the state claims it was. The report also covers other federal and international news items from Washington New York London and more.
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Missouri
Howard B. Goodrich
Hannibal
Byron C. Hartman
St. Louis
Robert C. Rutledge Jr
CIO Board Demands Left Wing Reds Quit
The CIO executive board called for resignation of dissenting left wing board members after a three day meeting. President Philip Murray warned that if Communist line persists in endorsing the Marshall Plan these leaders will be ousted. The board urged unions led by left wing members to replace them with anti Communist leaders, a vote 29 to 6.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Cleveland
Communist Party
Acheson vows no barter of West gains before Paris talks
Secretary of State Acheson said he would not concede Western victories in rebuilding a democratic Germany as he prepared for the Paris Big Four conference. He warned Americans against pessimism or premature optimism and urged steadiness in policy, stating no compromise with the Russians that would extend Moscow influence in Western Germany.
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Wherry
Ned
Spain
China
Acheson
Paris
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Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia offers help to end Greek civil war in exchange for peace terms
London reports Russia proposed settling the Greek civil war by ending foreign military aid and holding new elections. United States and Britain aid Greece meanwhile continue. Gromyko floated a joint big power appeal and UN supervised elections with a frontier commission including Russia.
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Herbert V. Evatt
UN General Assembly
New York
United Nations
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Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Bavaria Rejects Constitution for West Germany
Bavaria refused to ratify the West German constitution after a 101 to 64 vote amid 14 hours of debate. The Bavarian assembly then approved joining the proposed government if the remaining ten states ratify, with 97 to 6 and 71 abstentions.
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Bavaria
Stronger Levees Urged As Trinity Flood Threatens Lowlands
Texans in Congress pressed for quick funding to reinforce Trinity River levees after floods drove heavy damage across Fort Worth Dallas and Ellis Kaufman counties. Army engineers prepared emergency contracts as 40 000 to 50 000 acres faced inundation and 13 200 residents were displaced.
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