Texas DWI law struck down by appeals court
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled unconstitutional the provision allowing a judge to commute a jail sentence for drunk driving. The decision concerns a El Paso case with a $50 fine and three days in jail, and clarifies that only the governor may commute sentences. The court preserves the three day minimum while striking the commute clause, impacting future DWI rulings.
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
el Paso
Texas
Appeals Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Shivers attacks national parties over Southern policy at dinner
Governor Allan Shivers blasted both Republican and Democratic national parties for denying the South a full share of policy shaping. In a New Orleans testimonial dinner for Governor Robert Kennon he warned the Dems to widen their middle stance to win Southern support and urged all states to defend local self governance against central power. He did not name a culprit and urged unity across parties. He urged action to preserve individual rights and warned against national control. The speech framed broader regional tensions and the push for Southern influence in national policy.
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Texas Press Association
Austin
Tex
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Robert Kennon
New Orleans
South
Democratic Party
Joi
Dull Day Echoes Through New York Front Page
A rainy New York morning prompts a reader through front page items: Astor heir returns from Europe claiming a missing fortune split by a wife, a token scammer arrested, Rome reports a minister’s son tied to a party girl’s death, a soldier’s bride attacked in Central Park, and Milford Delaware schools still closed.
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New York
Mic
John Jacob Astor
Europe
Rome
Tam
Central Park
Milford
Del
Front Page Dull Day in New York News Notes Scandals and Laughs
Erich Brandeis notes a dull day on the front page with celebrity mentions of Mrs. Rockefeller and a vanished diamond case, Ali Khan and Gene Tierney romance gossip, and a light spread on Liberace show antics. It also covers a charity drive deficit, a dahlia show opening, and a Cold Foundation claim.
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Bobn Rockefeller
Ali Khan
Gene Tierney
Prince Ali Khan
Oleg Cassini
Ali Kwan
Rita Hayworth
Tom
Liberadhe
Dahlia Society
Common Cold Foundation
New York
Strikes Over School Integration Hit Several Cities
News from Milford Delaware Washington and Baltimore outlines student protests and official responses to new racial mixing in public schools. In Milford white parents withdrew two thirds of pupils causing Negroes to be moved to a separate high school. later returned amid police presence and state orders. In Baltimore and Washington demonstrations spread, but authorities kept peace and attendance largely returned to normal by week’s end.
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Robert Hargrave
Cedar Beyon
Robert
Col
George Keene
Baytown
Dallas
Glen Young
George Scott
Memmorial
Cedar Bayou
George
Watharene Hendricks
Bartown
Sports Luetrated
Time and Life People
Lee Nichols
Washington
Milford
Del
Milford High School
D. C
Baltimore
Supreme Court
Tn Virginia
West Virginia
Negroce
Nowra
New Milford
Dover
Milford High
Nexra
Southern High School
Noore
Gan
Delaware
Hobart M. Corning
Perth
Ning
Puzzle Bag of Obscure Quiz and Historic Bits
A collage of quiz prompts and quick trivia snippets touches on myths like mengicants, nursery rhymes about the old woman in the shoe feeding her children, October’s birthstone, classic generals Hannibal and his son, a synod, and a snapshot of Ruby Stevens in early show business. It also references Edith Cavell, Columbus Day, and a bilingual word list with a few personal-name mentions and era notes.
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Gimens Carthaginian
Eisenhower Uses First US Electronic Golf Aid
President Eisenhower now uses an experimental electronic device to aid golf practice. Developed by Dr. Lewis Alveraz at UC Berkeley, the instrument times the swing, measures impact, detects off center shots, and estimates ball distance. The gadget, not for actual play, appears to be the first of its kind in the United States.
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Baytown
Harry Wiese
Humble
American Petroleum Institute
Ralph Coker
Drew Pearson
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Lewis Alveraz
University of California At Berkeley
Ike
Starling pranks spark budget clash and campaign fund drive
Archivist Grover tests starling distress calls to deter birds at the archives, while Secretary Humphrey installs loudspeakers at the treasury to repeat the tactic. Pigeons replace starlings, forcing a new plan. Democrats raise over 4000 dollars from about 45000 donors in eight hours amid city rules. GOP chair Hart withholds appearances, and Brookhaven unveils a billion volt cosmotron for faster atomic research.
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Grover
University of Pennsylvania
Archives
Ike
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Treasury
Starlings
Pittsburgh
Washington
GOP
Leonard Hart
Atomic Energy Commission
Brookhaven
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Margaret Mitchell
Atlanta
D. Middleton
Middleton
By Fred Hartmen
Buesche
Eleuhast Goy
Vern Sanford
Gerald Weathery
Rio Grande City
State C
Weatherly
Texas Industria
John W. Stockton
Universit of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
Stockton
AMS
China
Price Daniel
Daniel
Arkansas Fuel Oi Company
Cities Service Oil Company
Continental Oil Company
Gulf Oil Corporation
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Sinclair Refining Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Standard Oil Company
the Texas Company
Texas Turnpike Company
Houston
Sam Houston Turnpike Corporation
San Antonio
Mace Insurance
State Insurance Commission
Garland A. Smith
Kenneth Massey
Tel Paso Math
Iowa
By Erich Brandeis
Foday
John
America
Tomai Ae
Goxley Biokosier
Central Press
Ruby Stevens
Brooksyn
Sia
Ber Sne
Rele
Hollywood
Frank Fay
Antine
New
Walter Raleigh
Christopher Columons
Edith Cavell
Uapay
Ralph Vaughn Wiliams
Sid Godfrey Tearle
Actor
Hamilcal Barea
Hannibal
Ecclesiastics
Barbara Stamwyck
Louis Prima
Roosevelt
Ske
Len Hall
Dick Simpson
Pennsylvania
Charley Halleck
Indiana
House
Tee
Lansing
Congress
Yice
Denver
Wayne Grover
Archi
Wille
Maggi
Weiting
Frank Artilla
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Leonard Sansone
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