Public Welfare Amendment Declared Self Enacting
Austin officials say the public welfare constitutional amendment adopted Aug 25 is self enacting and requires no enabling statute. It raises pension limits and sets a $35 million annual aid ceiling, with November benefits unlikely to rise due to limited funds.
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Austin
Ocie Speer
Grover Sellers
John Winters
Public Welfare Department
Winters
Board of Public Welfare
Thomas Sh. Taylor
Texas Tech Enrolls 2424 Students for Fall Term
Texas Tech reports 2424 students enrolled for classes starting September 14, a new high. Last fall total was 1949 and late registrations surged due to veteran arrivals and housing pressures. About 230 World War II veterans enrolled, with some housing shortages noted.
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Texas Tech
W. P. Clement
Clement
Tech
Farmers Hear Demands as Truman Policy Report Feared
A Senate luncheon on farm interests signals President Truman may soon receive a comprehensive report on farmer needs. Leaders led by Albert S. Goss urged continued labor programs, including foreign workers and POWs, to ease shortages in California New Mexico Arizona Texas and Midwest farming.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Butler
R-Neb
Agriculture Committee
McKellar
D-Tenn
Department
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
Agriculture
J. B. Hutson
Department of Labor
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Texas
Midwest
State Eleemosynary Expansion Planned
State board of control outlines expansion for eleemosynary institutions using a $1,304,863 unspent balance from the last biennium. The plan calls for acquiring abandoned military installations rather than building new ones, including a tuberculosis hospital and facilities for the disabled, mental patients, cancer victims, and the aged.
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Austin
State Board of Control
Control Board
Weaver Baker
Baker Es
Clower Shows Marked Improvement After Iron Lung Treatment
Leroy A. Clower a 25 year old Texas war veteran from Lamesa is improving after paralysis affected his respiration and he was moved to the veterans hospital at Muskogee. His wife Norene thanked the Red Cross and the Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce for the iron lung that kept him alive for over two weeks before the transfer. Attendants are lowering air pressure in the iron lung and he is receiving therapeutic treatment for paralyzed limbs.
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Leroy A. Clower
Lamesa
Veterans’ Hospital
Muskogee
Lubbock
Norene
Marguerite Stiles
Control Board Eyes Fort Ringgold and Fort Clark Transfers
The control board seeks to acquire Fort Ringgold at Rio Grande City and Fort Clark at Bracketville. It plans to convert the Fort Ringgold property into a tuberculosis institution.
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Fort Ringgold
Rio Grance City
Fort Clark
Bracketville
Whyburn Heads to Radio Conference in Austin and San Antonio
Texas Tech President Dr. Whyburn will attend the Frequency Modulation Radio conference in Austin tied to a state education project. He will meet with the cotton fiber and spinning research committee and later join a barbecue in San Antonio hosted by the Tech Ex-Student South Texas branch.
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Texas Tech
State Department of Education
Austin
Whyburn
Tech
Cotton Research Project
San Antonio
South Texas
Tech Ex-Student Association
Texas
Petersburg to Have New Methodist Church
Final plans are under way for a $17,000 Petersburg Methodist church to be built in the next two weeks. A basement already exists used as a meeting place, with construction estimated at $14,000 and furnishings at $3,000. About 75 percent of the total cost is in the hands of the building committee led by Rev. Horace Brooks.
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Petersburg
Horace Brooks
A and M Tech Football Game Set in San Antonio
A and M Tech schedules a football game to be played in San Antonio on Saturday. The matchup outlines a regional contest with teams traveling for the event and local fans ready for the clash.
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M.tech
San Antonio Saturay
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Armstrong
Harold N. Holt
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LAAF
Thomas M. Potter
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
John W. Snyder
Zale
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Zales
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Baylor
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