Senate Passes Teachers Pay Raise and Funds in Special Session
Governor after the special session saw bills pass including a raise in teachers salaries from 2400 to 2802 per year and a 10 per month state employee raise. Additional measures covered prison and education facility construction and tax changes. Gus J. Strauss thanks 15th District residents for visiting Austin.
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Eastham Prison Farm
Southwest Medical School
Dallas
Texas Dental College
Houston
Texas School For the Deaf
Austin
15Th District
Gus J. Strauss
Marvin Jurica Promoted to Corporal in Korea
Marvin Jurica age 22 son of Mr and Mrs Willie Jurica of Shiner was promoted to corporal while serving in Korea with X Corps 300th Armored Field Battalion. He arrived in Korea last May from Camp Chaffee Ark after basic training begun October 1952. Oakhill Cemetery Association of Flatonia to observe Decoration Day Sunday April 8 at 2 pm with rain plan at Flatonia High School Auditorium.
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Korea
Marvin Jurica
Willie Jurica
Shiner
X Corps
300Th Armored
Eighth Army
Jurica
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Oakhiles
Oakhill Cemetery Association of
Flatonia
Flatonia High School
Senator Reports on the H-Bomb and Indochina Policy
The speaker warns about the hydrogen bomb's potential to destroy civilization and discusses its radiation risks. He urges collective wisdom to harness the force and defends faith in America while outlining hard choices on aid to French forces in Indochina and possible policy shifts.
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Linda
Earth
Will Test Drill For Uranium In Gillespie County
A drilling rig on the Nolan Althaus ranch in Gillespie County tests three holes to determine commercial uranium mining viability after Geiger counter readings. Earlier Bureau of Mines tests showed rocks contained twelve one hundredths of one per cent uranium.
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Fredericksburg
Nolan Althaus
Gillespie County
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Dolezal Serves With AAA Unit in Kaiserslautern Germany
Pfc. Henry J. Dolezal son of Mr and Mrs Frank Dolezal Rt 3 Shiner is serving with the Seventh Army s 27th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion in Kaiserslautern Germany His wife Edith also lives on Route 3 Shiner He entered the Army in March 1953 and was last stationed at Camp Kilmer New Jersey.
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Kaiserslautern
Germany
Henry J. Dolezal
Frank Dolezal
Shiner
Seventh Army
U. S. Zone
Dolezal
Edith
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Repairing a Hammer Handle With Wood Screws
To fit the hammer head the handle is shaped into a U shape and tightened by driving a No 10 or No 12 screw at the end. If the wood dries out and loosens, remove the screw and replace it with a larger No 12 or No 14 wood screw to secure the head again.
Potatoes hit big bargain as crop stocks rise
With 1953 potato stocks at 102.2 million bushels prices are 35 to 75 percent cheaper than last year. Secretary Ezra Taft Benson says the department and industry join an all-out eat more potatoes program to reduce the 1953 surplus before 1954 movement. Potatoes provide iron, vitamin B and C. one medium potato has about 100 calories.
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College Station
Ezra Taft Benson
Industry
Jimmie Nell Harris
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Miss Harris
High divorce rate tied to low Air Force morale
A defense official cites divorce rates up to 60 percent in the Strategic Air Command and annual resignations costing 2.5 billion dollars, with 190,000 airmen leaving yearly. Training costs cited include 14 thousand dollars per airman and 60 thousand dollars to train a B-47 pilot.
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San Antonio
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Napoleon
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