Austin Negro Bids For School Seat
Austin educator and AME minister P. E. Womack filed to run for the Austin district seat on the State Board of Education with about 200 signatures. He has taught at Tillotson and Paul Quinn Colleges and now leads a rural AME project in Ferris. He is a candidate for bishop at the 1952 AME conference.
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Austin
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Eugene C. Weaver
Caldwell
Burleson County
Paul Bolton
L. E. Harris
Caldwell County
Bolton
Jury to Hear Officer Slaying Case Monday
El Paso witnesses say Lieutenant Edward Helmstetter of Ft. Bliss was struck by Private Charles Meloche after Helmstetter accosted the girl with him in an El Paso street. The three had been drinking earlier and the incident occurred at about midnight on Sept. 3. Testimony from a court of inquiry conducted last week will be reviewed by the El Paso County grand jury on Sept. 19.
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Edward Helmstetter
Ft. Bliss
Charles Meloche
Justice of the Peace
J. S. Daugherty
Meloche
Helmstetter
Shivers Seeks to Avert New State Taxes in 1950 Plan
Governor Allan Shivers moves to trim state building needs and restudy budgets as the January legislative session approaches. He told Texas Medical Center leaders to survey needs and aim for a minimum funding level, signaling steps that could avert new tax programs if revenues rise and institutional needs shrink. He plans to review eleemosynary and college medical facility appropriations and may adjust the current year's budgets before the session. He spoke in Houston at a private dinner and then traveled to Dallas en route to Mexico City.
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Dallas
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Beauford
Shivers
Texas Medical Center
Eleemosynary Board
Jesse Jones
Board For Hospitals and Special Schools
Jester
City Pay Dispute Case Opens Appellate Term
Appeal by Austin police and firemen over salary interpretation will be first docket item when appellate courts resume. The case questions adding service increments to actual salaries vs minimums and sick leave credits under state law. A second issue centers on sick leave timing as law becomes effective.
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Austin American
Austin
Third Civil Appeals Court
Jack Roberts
Trueman O'Quinn
Rabid Fox Triggers Henderson County Rabies Warning
Health authorities issue a warning after a rabid fox bit a dog last week. The animal was killed by C. E. Gurnsey and L. J. Matthews and its head sent to the Pasteur Division for testing. Gurnsey’s dog must be kept under treatment and monitored for further infections.
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Henderson County
C. E. Gurnsey
L. J. Matthews
Qurnsey
Pasteur Division
State Laboratory
Gurnsey
Train Wounds Fatal
Tom Wetherell a 73 year old Houston night watchman died from injuries after being struck by a railroad switch engine early Saturday in Houston.
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Houston
Tom Wetherell
Solons Sign Up for All Texas Air Tour Week
Governor Allan Shivers and 26 legislators join the All Texas Air Tour September 12 to 18 celebrating Aviation Week. About 200 private planes from the Texas State Aviation Association Texas Private Flyers Association and Flying Farmers join the air tour with officials from 54 cities taking part at some stops. Planes reach Austin Thursday noon from New Braunfels and depart at 1 p.m. for Brownwood.
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Allan Shivers
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Texas State Aviation Association
Texas Private Flyers Association
Flying Farmers
Austin
New Braunfels
Brownwood
State Retains Park Title on Rio Grande Development Planned
The Parks Board announced plans to develop Bentzen Rio Grande Park as a joint federal state project and keep it state owned. Land donated by the Bentzen brothers of McAllen funds the park, with development delayed awaiting Falcon International Dam construction. The park spans from the river to the old Telegraph Road built by General Zachary Taylor. Congressman Lloyd M. Bentzen arranged a National Park Service survey to guide the joint development proposals.
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Bentzen - Rio Grande Park
Parks Board
Bentzen Brothers
McAllen
Falcon International Dam
Rio Grande
Rio
Telegraph Road
Zachary Taylor
Texas
Mexico
Lloyd M. Bentzen
National Park Service
Morris Assumes Governor's Seat Late Wednesday
Senator G C Morris is set to be acting governor in Austin late Wednesday as Governor Allan Shivers leaves Texas for Mexico. Shivers will fly from Dallas to meet with the International Aftosa Commission on Thursday and attend Mexico’s Independence Day events on Friday before returning Saturday.
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G. C. Morris
Austin
Allan Shivers
Rio Grande
Mexico City
Shivers
Dallas
International Aftosa Commission
Mexico
Sen. Morris
Senate
Texas
Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Used For War Gunpowder
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky gained national fame during the War of 1812 for its saltpeter supplies used in gunpowder making. The cave later became a national park in 1936.
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