Texas lawmakers pressed on state budget and taxes
Texas legislators moved on the two edged budget task with Senate plans at 1.5 billion and House at slightly less. The House passed a 212 million general revenue two year bill while highway spending rose by 27 million. Revenue and taxation hearings reviewed Gov Shivers gasoline tax and cigaret tax proposals. House Speaker Lindsey urged hard work amid expected 60 million in new taxes. Governor Shivers pushed for a gasoline tax hike backed by highway needs.
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Hy Vern
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Allan Shivers
House
Jim Lindsey
Shivers
The
Highway Commission
Timate
Texas
Jerry Sadler
Sadler
Sadleralec Haa
Oil, Gas and Mining Committee
J. B. Walling
Three State Representatives faulted for railroad pledge in Houston
Baytown letter writer denounces Bob Baker Jim Yancey and Bill Elliott for allowing their names to back Southern Pacific in a port bill clash. The piece laments politics, mocks the trio, and predicts defeat for SP supporters while warning others to beware what they sign. It praises some allies and notes local officials backing the port area bill.
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Austin
Southern Pacific
Bob Baker
Jim Yancey
Bill Hiliott
Pasadena
Anps
Baker
Yancey
Harris County
Port
Baytown
Elliott
Houston Post
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Sandere
Port Commission
Port Area
Court
City of Houston
W. N. Blanton
J. 5
Bracewell
M. A
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Vernon Whiteside
Sewall Myer
Judge’s notebook on student essays and New York anecdotes
A columnist reflects on judging 16 English essays by Robert E. Lee students, praising their clarity and ambition while noting topics on free speech, enterprise, and American ideals. The column shifts to cultural sketches in New York, highlighting TV, conventions, and quirky inventions amid city life and a false alarm toll.
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Robert E. Lee
Mys
Ind
Beast
Brooklyn
New York
Heaven and earth shall pass away says Jesus
A brief religious line quotes Matthew about enduring words in heaven and earth. The verse emphasizes permanence of divine teachings over worldly change.
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Matthew
Conference of Asian African nations to meet in Bandung
More than half the world will be represented at the Bandung conference in Indonesia starting April 18. Prime ministers of five Colombo powers invite 26 Asian and African nations to seek goodwill and cooperation, with aims of neutralism and possible bloc formation amid Cold War tensions.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Porelgn
Indonesia
India
Pakistan
Dayton
Burma
Lnaders
Bandung
Asia
Africa
United States
China
Viet Nam
East Asia
Inia
Iodonesia
Burn
Wit
Iran
Did You Know Facts on Household Time and Sugar Sources
The Twentieth Century Fund estimates that one third of a housewife's day is spent on food related tasks. Car travel distances in 12 hours averaged 22,000 piles and 14S Me. About one third of world sugar comes from sugar beets and two thirds from sugar cane.
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Tom Wiswell
Judy Holliday
Steve Allen
Jim Braddock
John Scarne
John
Twentieth Century Fund
Mystery Names From Hazy Clippings in Bag of Trivia
A collage of trivia references asks who Mendlaus is. what Langley is remembered for. who wrote The Lady of the Tiger. an actress scoring in a play. and a patronymic meaning. It mixes misprints, dates, and scattered clues about artists, military figures, and early aviation pioneers.
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Mendlaus
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Peg On
Chinese Rockets to Attack Formosa Warned by CIA
Washington dispatch reports CIA concludes China under Premier Chou En Lai plans a Formosa strike with long range Russian missiles aided by Soviet crews and jet bombers. June and July are key. escalation could force U.S. retaliation than the Seventh Fleet. Separate piece notes political meddling in selling a Newcastle factory, a $117,000 broker’s fee, and Pennsylvania Senate maneuvering.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Central Intelligence
Chow En-Lai
Formosa
CIA
Russia
Red China
Far East
Chou
Orient
Tas
United States
Hisenhower
Dul- Tes
Nolet
China
Dufles
Seventh Fleet
Chen Enlai
Eisenhower
Newcaste
United Engineering and Foudry of
Pittsburgh
General Services Administration
Thestos
Newcastle
Republican National Committee
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