Texas Attorney General Probing Murray Deals
West Texas oil lease deals involve Railroad Commissioner William J. Murray Jr. amid a $700,000 transaction in 1998 59. Atty. Gen. Carr confirmed a probe while editors urge broader inquiry into industry practices. Murray defends ethics and profits citing development costs and shared liabilities.
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Sustin
West Texas
Waggoner Carr
Murray
Carr
Longview News and Journal
Brannan
Wichita Falls
Peck and Bancroft Win Top Actor Actress Oscars
Santa Monica AP report says Gregory Peck and Anne Bancroft won best actor and actress at the 35th Academy Awards for 1552 films. Lawrence of Arabia led with seven wins including best director and best picture. Ed Begley and Patty Duke won supporting acting honors. Duke, 16, the first juvenile Oscar winner, cried as she thanked viewers.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Gregory Peck
Anne Bancroft
Hollywood
Ed Begley
Patty Duke
Miss Duke
Jeles Keller
Shirley Temple
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Peck
Harper Lee
Miss Lee
Miss Bancroft
Annie Sullivan
Helen Keller
New York
Joan Crawford
David Lean
Omar Sharif
Shoo-In
Lawrence
Begley
Lamar Elementary fence plan and special education hires
Supt George Gentry reported tax collections through March 31 total 3 81751278 representing 9732 percent of the levy. The board approved a four foot wire fence on Jones and Green Streets at Lamar Elementary and an expenditure of about 850. Employment of two special education teachers was approved with Dr L D Victory abstaining. The appointees are Mrs Jean L McGinty and Miss Katherine Mae Standifer. Gentry was told to study salaries for special education teachers. A summer mathematics course for outstanding junior high students was approved. Consolidation of Chambers County districts into a county wide district with a junior college was considered. A resolution commending Trustee Clifton Adams of Highlands was passed as he did not seek re election. he was succeeded by Shirey.
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George Gentry
Gentry
Jones and Green Streets
Lamar
L. D. Victory
Jean L. McGinty
Katherine Mae Standifer
Horeezy
Chambers ‘County
Lee College
University of Houston
Chambers County
Clifton, Adams
Highlands
Shirey
Tax bill advances with revenue tweaks and exemptions
State Comptroller Robert S. Calver raised his 1946 revenue estimate by 13.1 million dollars, enabling two tax provisions. The plan exempts home delivered newspapers for a 27 million loss and vending machine sales under 25 cents for a 2.6 million loss. Monday the House tentatively approved bills to proceed.
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Robert S. Calver
House
Noon Call Stock Quotes Courtesy Merrill Lynch
Stock quotes in the noon call display courtesy Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, shown in the Gulf Building briefing area.
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner and Smith
Gulf Building
Baytown Candidate Cook Thanks Voters Runoff Bid
Tommy Cook, candidate for Baytown city council District 2, thanks supporters as runoff approaches April 27. He notes seven precincts back his bid and pledges a clean campaign while stressing 20 years of civic service and commitment to Baytown.
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Tommy Cook
Baytown
Cook
District 2
Peenivnd
Racial protests planned and Hibbler to lead prayer march
Our World Today reports planned demonstrations about race relations and notes blind singer Al Hibbler offers to lead a Birmingham prayer march saying he would go to jail for the cause. Governor Connally grants a stay of execution for Leslie Douglas Ashley and Carolyn Lima until May 31. James Donovan announces freeing nine shipwrecked skindivers held in Cuba for seven weeks and will bring them home soon. Pope John XXII signs a world peace encyclical appealing to all good will not just Catholics. Spring temperatures persist with McAllen at 103 and Laredo at 104. An American Airlines Electra turboprop with 52 aboard and a Voodoo jet fighter perform evasive actions near Syracuse after a near collision north of Hancock Field. The Soviet Union opposes a multinational NATO nuclear force, Tass says. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization ministers meet in closed doors to study lightning and storm prevention in Laos and Thailand. Texas oil tax proposals may cost the state about 100 million, per industry witnesses.
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Texas
Ben Jarvis
Tyler
James Cotten
Weatherford
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Public Safety
Tarrant County
Doni' Garrison
Houston
Harris County Grand Jury
Gulf States
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Beth Steel
Litton Ind
Drew
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Celoiex
Louis
Paul Floyd
Marathon Oil
Busi- Colgate Palmo
Monsanto
Columbia Gas
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Senate
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el Paso
Philli
Ford
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Sinclair
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Goodyear Tire Greyhound
Gulf Oil
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Pappy
Shields
Harvey Blvd
Ino Baytown Hospital
Hearne
Reid Funeral Home
Earthmen Rt Funeral Home
Suggs Cemetery
James A. Ponder
Fort Worth
Hardy Hay
Pauline Scields
Baytown
Lula Shields
Mes D. Clevenger
Dickinson
Calif - United Aircraft
United Carbon
M. Shields
St. Joe
Tex
Upjohn Drug
Gene Ghieles
Charles F. Dickerman
Robert Timmons
Jimmy Timmons
Bilby Drake
Billy Devoll
Humble Productior
US Steel
Westinghouse Nerox
New Ori Cotton
American Airlines
Air Force
Hancock Field
Syracuse
Here Is Where To Pay Your City Water Bill
A. B. Barber of the water department explains Baytown residents can pay at city hall 601 W. Main Minter's Cleaners 3529 Market Commerce Food Market 411 N. Commerce Hathaway's 221 E. Fayle O'Brien's Food Market 210 N. Main Wooster water office 6109 Bayway Drive and Cedar Bayou water office across from Cedar Bayou school The Cedar Bayou office operates only in the last half of each month.
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A. ¥. Barber
Morgan Wins Decision Over Beaumont Entry
Baytown lightweight Leonard Morgan Jr. won a three round decision over Beaumont's Donald Marx in a PAL bout in Houston Saturday. Morgan, who plans to join the Pasadena Police Athletic League this week, will fight again Thursday and expects to participate in a tournament at Beaumont April 129. Morgan weighed 136 pounds Saturday against Marx, who came in at 135.
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Baytown
Leonard Morgan Jr
Beaumont
Donald Marx
Houston
Morgan
Pasadena Police Athletic League
Baby Joe Anthony Martinez Born in Baytown
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Martinez of Baytown welcome a son, Joe Anthony, born April 2 at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. The baby weighed nine pounds seven ounces. Grandparents are Conrado Martinez, Antonio Gonzalez, all of Baytown. The infant has two sisters.
Rosser Thanks Voters After School Board Bid
Henry H. Rosser of Highlands thanks supporters after an unsuccessful run for the school board. He expresses deep gratitude for the compliments and votes received, saying they show confidence he will remember all his life.
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Henry H. Rosser
Highlands
School Board of Trustees
Rosser
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