Rice Institute to expel 18 for biology cheating
A Rice Institute student council was to rule on expelling 18 students for admitting to cheating on biology exams after 18 answer sheets were stolen from Dr. Davies. The incident followed a TNT bomb blast at a dormitory and involved a council of representatives from each scholastic division to decide the guilty.
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Gnston
U.P
Rice Ditute
Joseph Meavies
Aders
Hough
Jon
Jon Bepers
Iran
Davies
Jess Weely
Stuss
Cameron
Council
Con Packing & Pound
Institute
Wue Houston
Jean Cameron
Special State Tax To Finance Hospital Building Plan Urged
A Texas board urged a special state tax of 40 to 60 million dollars to fund a long range hospital building program. The plan would raise about 5 million annually and operate alongside a temporary tax for 19 months. Governor Shivers prepared to call a special session Jan 31 to consider the proposal and budget.
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Austin
U.P
Board For
Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools
Allan Shivers
Claud Gilmer
Shivers
Gilmer
Hospital Board
Texas
County polio funds at risk without drive surpass
Harris County may receive no help from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis this year unless the March of Dimes drive in East Harris County exceeds last year’s total. Stewart Boyle, chair of the county chapter, said funds are very low and will not cover treatment or research.
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Harris County
National Foundation For
Barris County
Raper
Baytown
Texas
Jack T. Taylor
Baytown Notes From Local Life And Transit
Baytown area chatter covers Eli cherger and kin, Ruth Montgomery in church, Mert Kibers back to work post hospital, Dan Disbrow enjoying bus ride, Wallace Scnan on conservation, Port Houston activity next Wednesday, Baytown residents Bill and spouse at PTA, Joe Speck seeking information, Louis Har of Houston Press at work, Melvin Berry vacation, Bert Black at home, and Pat Mann back from surgery with a quick recovery, all reflecting daily town events.
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Lif
Eichelberger
Houston Press
Melvin Berry
Bert Black
City Plans Spring Clean Up Aims to Eliminate Disease
Baytown to run a concentrated sanitation drive in March across city departments to curb disease. Weeded lots, ditch spraying, insect control, and trash disposal will be prioritized. City crews will use new garbage trucks for a one week push, with weekly trash pickups planned. Property owners urged to clear premises. city will handle grass and debris but not building-material refuse.
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Baytown
Si Citu
Darwin Middleton
Gey
Middleton
David Donoghue
Sanitarian Odis Muennink
Picket bands block miners from pits in five states
Rebel United Mine Workers forces sent picket bands into coal fields to disrupt John L. Lewis drive to end no contract no work strikes. Lewis ordered 90,600 quitters back to a three day week, but 54,500 still refused. Western Pennsylvania saw 25,000 idle. Ohio 10,000. West Virginia 12,000. Kentucky, Alabama also affected.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Wildcat
Lewis
ARMEW
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Alabama
Lee High Student Suffers Broken Leg in Horse Incident
Miss Virginia Parker a 17 year old student at Robert E Lee High School sustained two broken right leg multiple bruises and other injuries after jumping from a runaway horse Sunday afternoon. She was riding with Norman Orton Pat Parker L B Fisher and R C Fisher when the horse panicked and ran for over a mile. She is being treated at Little-Duke Hospital.
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Virginia Parker
Robert E. Lee
Miss Parker
Norman Orton
Pat Parker
L. B Fisher
Liltle-Duke Hospital
Bulgarian Premier Vasil Kolarov Dies at 72
SOFTA Bulgaria Jan 23 Premier Vasil Kolarov, 72, successor to Georgi Dimitrov and last of Bulgaria's top three Communist leaders, died after months of ill health. A government communique said he died shortly after midnight. He was third in the party hierarchy after Dimitrov and Raicho Kostov, who was hanged last month.
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Softa
Bulgaria
Vasil Kolarov
Georgi Dimitrov
Bulgarian
Communist Party
Kolarov
Dimitrov
Moscow
Raicho Kostov
Hiss Plans Appeal After Perjury Conviction
Across New York January 23, 1922 Alger Hiss and wife Priscilla prepare appeals to higher courts to overturn a two count perjury verdict. Hiss faces up to 10 years and a 54003 fine as his sentence looms. Claude Cross cites groundwork for a U.S. Circuit Court challenge while offering no grounds yet. The jury of eight women and four men spent over nine hours before finding Hiss lied about aiding a pre war Communist spy ring and his contact with Whittaker Chambers.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Benedict Arnold
State Department
Priscilla
Friends
Henry W. Gooddard
Claude B. Cross
Hiss
Boston
U.S. Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Cross
Ir “Weill
Roosevelt
Yalta
Federel Grand Jury
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Rice Farmers To Learn Allotments In Baytown
Harris County agricultural agent Dan Clinton and district administrator Claude Jennings will preside at a Baytown Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday night to discuss 1950 rice acreage allotments. Officials expect reductions from last year as the U S Department of Agriculture trims Texas allotments by 80 000 acres.
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Harris
Baytown
Dan Clinton
Harris County
Claude Jennings
Ariil
Chamber of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Snyder Heiress and Major Horton Engagement Portrait
WWAPPY COOPER-Dmcie Snyder daughter of Treasury Secretary John Snyder and her fiancé Major Ernest Horton pose for a ceremonial portrait before. Their wedding is set for January 26.
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Wwappy Cooper
Dmcie Snyder
Treasury
John Snyder
Ernest Horton
Exonerated Tucker Plans New Car Firm Return
CHICAGO Jan 23 Preston Tucker cleared with seven associates of fraud charges says he hopes to reorganize his automobile firm for another try at producing rear engine cars. Tucker told newsmen he is ready to help reorganize the Tucker corporation and to assist the health of his wife Vera, who remains in the courtroom. The 17 hour jury verdict termed a victory for dealers, stockholders and distributors.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker
Gay
Tucker
Securities,and Exchange Commission
Walter J. Labay
Tucker ‘ Corporation
Vera
Baytown Celebrates Its Second Birthday With Sale
Baytown marks two years since the 1948 charter consolidation amid a birthday sale by local merchants. Governor Allan Shivers offers congratulations while Mayor J A Ward proclaims Baytown Anniversary Day to honor growth and progress in community life.
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Baytown
Allan Shivers
J. J. A. Ward
Baltawn
J. A. Ward
Baytown Birthday Edition highlights oil growth
The Baytown Birthday Edition of the Sun previews major city topics. It notes Baytown helped elect a sheriff and discusses the Port of Houston's rise to No. 2 in the nation, with plans to boost Houston area business. It covers council terms, oil wealth driving growth, city administration reports, and local school basketball plans.
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The
Sun
Baytown
Ing. Record
Buster Kern
Houston
Housto
Diamonds Theft Delays U S Trucks In Greenville
Greenville police reported no leads on theft of over 50000 dollars worth of industrial diamonds from Core Yabo plant discovered Sunday by Plant Manager Williams Jr. Police Captain Guy Black noted diamonds are hard to dispose of and likely to face trouble on resale.
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Greenville
Guy Black
Oilwell
Manage
Williams, Jr
Truman Urges Tax Reforms to Boost Revenue
President Truman asked Congress to reduce some excises while raising corporate gift and estate taxes to lift federal revenue by about 1.0 billion dollars. He proposed no change to individual income taxes and blamed the 80th Congress for past inaction.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
80Th Congress
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