Texans consider subversive control measures in Legislature
Austin reports lawmakers push several bills to curb communism including a proposed Texas Un-American Activities committee, a ban on state funds to those refusing to reveal party ties, and loyalty reviews. Proposals call for penalties from fines to long prison terms and a potential death sentence for Communists.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas UN - American Activities Committee
William A. Miller Jr
Houston
Marshall C. Bell
San Antonio
Communist Party
Bell
Sen
Rogers “Kelley
Edinburg
Texas Industrial Commission
Oilmen warn of oversupply as 1954 outlook debated
Oklahoma City March 19. Frank M. Porter president of the American Petroleum Institute told about 890 oilmen at the API Mid-Continent meeting that the price and market picture seems stabilized but oversupply could trigger an ultimate readjustment. He cited 1953 as a strong year with over 10 billion barrels found and 13,146 wells drilled, noting Oklahoma output rising and urging continued effort to defend depletion allowances and curb imports.
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Oklahoma City
Frank M. Porter
American Petroleum Institute
Porter
API
API Committee On Petroleum Reserves
Oklahoma
Jailed Mexican national hangs himself in Texas cell
A Mexican national identified as Abalio Ibarra Martinez, 15, of Matamoros, died by suicide in a Laredo jail cell after arrest on illegal entry charges. He had admitted prior imprisonment at Seagoville federal reformatory and was found with burglary tools at arrest.
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Laredo
Tex
Abalio Ibarra Martinez
Matamoros
Simon Ibarra
Oxnard
Calls
Tharra Martinez
Seagoville
Tex., Federal Reformatory
Dough cooler invention aids pastry making in Chadron Neb
Tommy Jeffers, who runs a Chadron restaurant, created a dough cooler that chills the dough as it is rolled. A glass surface kept cold by ice keeps lard cooler than room temp, easing the mixing process and improving baking in his kitchen.
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Chadron
Tommy Jeffers
Jeffers
Ranchers Get Prison Terms In Cattle Smuggling Case
Two ranchers and a middleman were sentenced to five years in prison each with fines for smuggling 69 Charolaise cattle from Mexico to the United States. Broussard of Louisiana and Babb of Texas faced prison terms and fines, while the cattle were impounded at Lafayette. An Antonio Enrique Gilly of France was not tried. In Oklahoma, Airman Pat Corrado repaired a bomber’s hydraulic system by entering a live bomb bay at 6,000 feet without a parachute, using a rope and fire ax to stop a leak.
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Waco
Mexico
E F. Broussard
Lafayette
Ben.h. Rice Jr
William L. Babb
Langley
Tex
Babb
Rio Grande
Broussard
Louisiana
Anonio Enrique Gilly
France
United States
Europe
Enid
Oklo
Air Force
Paterson
Pat Corrado
Vance Air Force Base
Col
Chester T. Giger
Vance
Dallas operator dies after abortion attempt in Chicago
A coroner's jury in Chicago found Dallas telephone operator Qtella Skains died from an air embolism caused by an attempted abortion. It recommended two men be held to the grand jury, with one charged as a murderer. John Goetschel, a chiropractor, and George Malek were named as accessories.
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Chicago
Dallas
Qtella Skains
Oak Park
Jerry Kearnes
Miss Skain
John Goetschel
George Malek
Miss Skains
Goetschel
Federal Aid For Youth Programs Proposed
Rep. Jacob K. Javits proposes a 50 million dollar federal aid bill to assist state municipal and private youth programs. Recipients would match funds 0 to 50, supporting educational facilities psychiatric health service vocational training and employment projects to combat juvenile delinquency and crime.
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Washington
Jacob K. Javits
R-S- Y
Javits
No Matter What You Do Time Always Wins
HOLDBROOK Neb March 19 Gus Hohner races time despite glitches. An alarm woke him early after a power failure the day before pushed the electric clock off schedule. He jumped from bed dressed and brewed coffee before his wife reminded him of the four hour error.
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Hohner
Jury Duty Exemption For Donors In Tennessee
Nashville report outlines a 1933 Tennessee law offering one year jury duty exemption to individuals donating ten dollars or more to a National Guard company. The piece notes a cap on how many people can donate and qualify, creating a limited exemption program.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
National Guard
Phillips Rebukes Shivers as Senate Hears Salary Bill
Texas Senate clash unfolds as Sen. Jimmy Phillips attacks Gov. Allan Shivers’ special session plan during Finance Committee approval of a state employee pay raise bill. Phillips accuses Sen. Otis Lock of intimidation while demanding independence and courage after eight years.
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Lock
Food To Be Shipped To Drouth Section
Governor Allan Shivers announced a drought relief plan for West Texas counties. Fifteen hundred food baskets borrowed from the state school lunch program would be sent to Dawson County, part of broader aid including a 3 million dollar road improvement program to create jobs. Bids were opened on initial Dawson Dickens and Terry projects, with potential federal support for soil conservation efforts.
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Austin
Mnarch
Droathstricken
West Texas
Allan Shivers
State Welfare Department
Dawson County
Shivers
Dawson
Dickens
Terry
U.S. Department of Agriculture
State Soil Conservation Service
Portugal Progresses In Colonial Program
Lisbon reports Portugal has entered the operational stage of a five year 240 million dollar program to develop its colonial empire. The plan will build ports dams railways roads telecommunications industries and health facilities across 2.17 million square kilometers stretching to Timor. The 1954 budget will accelerate efforts while population projections suggest growth to five billion by mid century if trends hold.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Timor
FBI Probes Threats Against Negro Ball Players
Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr said the FBI is investigating reports that seven Cuban Negro players of the Washington Senators farm system were ordered to leave Winter Garden Florida by city officials. He noted reports said players were told to get out by sundown. The inquiry is preliminary and Civil Rights Division will decide on a full investigation.
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Washington
Herbert Brownell Jr
FBI
Washington Senators
Baseball
Winter ‘Gorden
Fla
Brownell
Conference On Civil Liberties
Nats
Justice Department
Wrecking camera during custody hearing in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth a television cameraman for WBAP TV was knocked down and his $800 camera stomped by Gaylord Ray, father of seven month old Judith Gayle, at a Tarrant County courthouse corridor as a custody hearing proceeded. Ray, sued for divorce by his wife, who faces a 25 year sentence for beating a child to death in 1952, was restrained by deputies and the hearing postponed. Deputy sheriffs wrestled Ray to the floor after the assault, and charges of aggravated assault were filed.
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Fort Worth
Gaylord Ray
Key Herbert
Wbap-Tv
Tarrant County
Ray
Judith Gayle
Wha
Drison
Herbert
Hitchhikers To Be Returned To Arizona State Hospital
EL PASO March 19 Two hitchhikers Alvin Odell Thunbow 31 and Earl Joseph Sassell 20 were picked up by police during a routing check. They will be sent Friday to the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane, from which they escaped Wednesday. They were found near an overpass east of the city with some money or identification. They admitted they were escapes from the mental institution.
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EL Paso
Arizona State Hospital For
Alvin Odell Thunbow
Earl Joseph Sassell
Priipe
South Texas Lawyers Seek Laughlin Replacement
In March 1947 Austin reports 11 South Texas attorneys pressed Gov. Allan Shivers to remove 79th District Judge C Wandrow Laughlin and appoint one of their number to succeed the late jurist. Sen Abraham Kazen Jr warned he would block a Senate confirmation, seeking a midline candidate acceptable to both sides, as explained after a conference.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Altorn Teys
C. Wandrow Laughlin
Mie
Abraham Kazen Jr
George Parr
Senate
Karen
Sometimes Defendant Does Get A Break In Kittanning
Charles C Shupe faced Judge Frank Graff in North Apollo Borough over an ordinance banning raising fowls and slaughtering them The judge noted Shupe was found to raise chickens and turkeys but there was no evidence of slaughter If the section used or instead of and Shupe could have been presented Ireland allows off course horse race betting and hen ches are respected members of their communities
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Kittanning
Charles C. Shupe
North Apollo
Shupe
Tudge J
Ireland
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Drouth
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