News Briefs From AP INS Mixed Global Dispatches
Dallas Houston turnpike opening slated for tomorrow. Senator Margaret Chase Smith questions demagogues over liquor and police funding. Grace Kelly plans Broadway appearance next season. Nehru arrives in Cairo for talks with Nasser. Pope Pius XII blesses crowd from Vatican window after health scare. Johannesburg police relocate families from Sophiatown. Dancer Marge Champion recovering after surgery. Panama names Dri J Vallarino ambassador to the U.S. Bob Crosby returns to Hollywood after pneumonia. John David Pravoo challenges treason charges and alleges mistreatment in custody.
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Dog Sales Dust 2 at Pound
The article details internal divisions over dog sales at the pound, with health officials and military research purchases cited. Rice defends a policy tying sales to owners and hospitals, while investigators probe employee compensation. Brig Gen Kendricks confirms military purchases through proper channels.
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Rice
Hill
Towner
Silverthormn
Dwar J. Kendricks
Aviation School of Medicin
Hormal
Brooke Army Medical‘ter
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City utilities bill raises control and bond fears
City officials discuss a proposed measure affecting city owned utilities and water board power. Councilman Gonzalez seeks an immediate probe, warning the bill could strip council oversight and delay bond-backed property sales. The measure references 1953 bonds and property owner petitions, with questions about full city ownership timing.
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Cadena
Water Board
Titys Hak
Gonzalez
Henry Gonzalez
Présjent Council
Recess Called In Vets Land Probe
In Austin on February 15, Senate investigators recessed the veterans land probe after two witnesses, Andrew Gary of Uvalde and Tom Gary of Batesville, could not be reached for subpoenas. Committee chair Hardeman said Mrs. H Lee Richey, wife of a South Texas appraiser, was invited to testify. A letter from C P Spangler alleged she benefited from commissions on veterans land deals. The panel arranged access to land office files with Land Commissioner Rudder, with a guard accompanying the files when released.
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Andrew Gary
Uvalde
Tom Gary
Batesville
C. P. Spangler
Ugaide Real Estate
South Texas
Rudder
Civil Service Bill Shapes Texas Fire Police Pay and Reforms
In a busy Texas House committee session the municipal and private corporations panel moved bills affecting fire and police civil service, with changes to exams, promotion rules, and sick leave. San Antonio leaders pressed to raise minimum pay to 310 dollars monthly, while another measure to give cities veto power over nearby incorporations stalled in subcommittee.
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Carlton Moore
Houston
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Tom Pinckney
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Rep. Banks
Ousted Cae Drops Fight for Job With Force Dismissal
Det. James Sie precht ended his bid to be restored to duty on the police force. He resigned and notified Police Chief George Bichsel and the Civil Service Commission he was dropping his appeal from indefinite suspension. The board upheld Bichsel’s action to dismiss Liebrecht and Det. Myron Hubble after they aided Graves’ false shooting report. Liebrecht claimed fear the board would rule against Hubble, and both officers admitted aiding a colleague under rapid, mistaken circumstances.
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Sieprecht
George Bichsel
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Civil Service Commission
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Liebrecht
Myron
Hubble
O. R. Graves
Joan Caldwell
Liebrecht Wrotte
Whatsover
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Myron Hubble
Fred Semaan
Caldwell
DeWitt County Attorney Weighs Statewide Land Case Offer
Cuero Texas February 15 Wiley Cheatham DeWitt county attorney who has led the probe into alleged veterans land program frauds says he has not decided whether to accept Attorney General Sheppards offer to take over the state wide investigation in the land deal case.
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Wiley Cheatham
DeWitt County
Atty
Gen
Sheppard
Murder Count Against Ex-S A Cop
A former city policeman, John Whitbeck, 39, was charged with murder after his wife Jean Whitbeck, 32, died from injuries suffered in a beating. Authorities say she was found unconscious in their Riverside Drive home. Whitbeck, a tire salesman, had served as a city officer in 1941 42 and in 1946.
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Rivers
Iside Dr
Justice of Peace
John. F. Onion Jr
Whitbeck
Foreign Firms Build AF Trailers for U S Airmen
In Wiesbaden on February 15, 19512 the U S Air Force announced orders to two European companies to construct 2689 house trailers for American airmen families at a total of 5 million dollars. Each trailer measures 38 feet, and includes a heater, shower, refrigerator, cook stove, double bed, two bunk beds, and a divan.
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U.s.air Force
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