Texas Hurries New Gas Tax After Court Overrules Old
Texas officials move to craft a new revenue measure after the U S Supreme Court struck down the 1951 natural gas gathering tax. Gov. Shivers aims to fund a teacher pay raise with a replacement tax and considers several bills to raise tens of millions annually.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Allan Shivers
Shivers
John Ben Shepperd
C. V. Geppert
Shepperd
Geppert
Supreme Court
Senate probes deeper into coffee price factors
Senate Banking subcommittee questions New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange officials for a second day about whether speculation affects American coffee costs around a dollar per pound. Leon Israel and Gustavo Lobo discussed Brazil’s exchange rates and potential impact on prices while denying large price boosts from frost or supply shortages.
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Washington
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Senate
Sen. Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Leon Israel
Exchange
Israel
Gustavo Lobo
U. S
Sen. Bush
R-Conn
Razil
Lobo
77 Rescued As Charter Boat Threatens To Break Apart
A 65 foot charter boat carrying 77 people ran out of fuel and was driven against a jetty off Sunset Beach in the Gulf of Mexico. All aboard were rescued without serious injury as Coast Guard craft joined the emergency response to prevent a breakup of the vessel.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla.p
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Sunset Beach
Coast Guard
Minimum Field Price Set For Gas Volumes
A proposed schedule would impose a minimum field price of 10 cents per 1000 cubic feet if the second measure is ruled illegal, establishing a fallback rate to ensure price stability for natural gas volumes.
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Amos
Army Orders Major personnel shifts and fitness notes issued
Department of the Army announces temporary promotions and transfers across artillery infantry armor and JAG units from Fort Benning Fort Sill Fort Hood and other posts. Several officers promoted or reassigned with dates in January 1954 while one officer is deemed unfit for duty with medical reason noted.
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Department of the Army
Washington, D.C
Temp
Aus
Cyrus Q. Shelton
Arty
Hugh Cort
Thomas B. Hedekin
Charles A. Pyle
Maddrey A. Solomon
Robert N. Tyson
Lewis G. McSwain Jr
J. R. Strong
Robert C. Ledbetter
Int
Ft Benning
Sill
John T. Anderson
Armor
Polk
Ft Sill
Pete Cp
Robert F. Provencher
Inf
Jackson
Bailey B. Smith
McPherson
Bliss
Aaron G. Amacher
Hood
Holabird
James G. Howard
JAGC
Milwaukee
Wise
Thomas J. Bradley
Stoneman
Arturo Sierra-Velazquez
Physisabis
USAH
Carson
Edward L. Poner
Dix
Milan G. Weber
Washington, DC
Norfolk, Va
Shelley O. Schilling
Riley
Thomas Coy Arty
Belvoir
Walter Durfer
Governors Island
Karl G. Rchaber Jr
John R. Burks
Presidio
Monterey
Calif
Comer
Barton F. Richards
Cornelius H. Libbert
J L. Wood
Grandfield Votes On School Bonds
Grandfield voters decide on a 48000 dollar bond issue to build a modern gymnasium and equip a suitable school building at Independent School District No. 249. Balloting runs 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the grade school, with a proposed site west of the new high school per the 1950 master plan.
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Grandfield
Hizga Schol
Murder Charged In Hollywood Shooting Spree
Hollywood district attorney says a murder complaint will be issued against Albert Markle 35 in connection with a shooting spree last Wednesday. Juanita Simmons 41 died in hospital from three gunshot wounds. her father Charles Piers 80 and nurse George Lawless 58 were wounded. Markle confessed to Rev. Frederick Lamb Jr. at Wadsworth Veterans Hospital before handing over his gun to police.
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Hollywood
Ernest Roll
Albert Markle
Juanita Simmons
Charles Piers
George Lawless
Markle
Frederick Lamb Jr
Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
Simmons
Leghorn Prize Won at Fort Worth Poultry Show
Dean Reeder of Cooperton Future Farmers of America chapter displayed the best White Leghorns in the junior poultry show tied to the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth Texas.
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Saddle Mountain
Dean Reeder
Cooperton
Future Farmer of America
Fort Worth
Tex
Burial arrangements for slain author Bodenheim’s family
Ben Hecht offered to pay expenses for Bodenheim funeral. Minna Bodenheim buried in Cedar Park Cemetery near Oradell New Jersey. Police hunt for Harold Weinberg, scar-faced suspect in Bodenheim double murder, seen in Charlottesville and possibly heading to Florida.
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Ben Hecht
Bodenheim
Minna
Cedar Park Cemetery
Oradell
N.J
Ruth Fagan
New York
Miami
Fla
Harold Weinberg
Lce
Weinberg
Greenwich Village
Bodenheims
Charlottesville
Florida
Five American airmen rescued after bailout in Europe
Five U S airmen bailed from a crippled jet near Europe were found safe and were accounted for soon after dawn. A U S Air Force spokesman announced that search and recovery crews located them unharmed.
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London
Jed der Enatane Vane Giacketeer
U. S. Air Force
Torture-Slayer's Trial Starts Today
HOLBROOK Ariz Feb 9 Carl J Folk 60 of Clovis NM faces trial for the torture and murder of a young Pennsylvania housewife mother of a 10 month old. Folk recounted how he broke bonds ran to his car got a gun and shot Folk before his wife died and he was wounded.
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Holbrook
Ariz
Carl J. Folk
Clovis N.M
Penneylvania House
Allen
Folk
You Want Out of Town Says This Is The Thing
Fragmentary line poses a demand or ultimatum about leaving town. No clear names or dates available in the readable text. The tone implies pressure from an unidentified speaker urging departure or change.
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