Ridgeway Resolution Trims Texas Budget Timing
San Antonio Rep Jack Ridgeway backs a measure affecting biennial appropriations in Texas. The amended plan requires house and senate committees to report major funding bills within 60 days of a regular session. The change narrows the earlier 75 day limit and focuses on large sums, with the reform seen as an economy move.
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Austin
Jack Ridgeway
San Antonio
House Senate
House Appropriations
Senate Finance Committees
Ridgeway
Mitere
House
Gilmer-Aikin
Senate
M. D. Anderson Cancer Research Hospital
Houston
Eugene Williams
Williams
Kissing Episode Reaches District Court In Bethany High
In Bethany Oklahoma high school a kissing incident prompts district court action as a citizens committee demands two school officials be fired. The group accuses the school board of undue influence by Bethany Nazarene Church and the case proceeds toward March 31.
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Oklahoma City
Bethany
Okla
Bethany Nazarene Church
Suit Seeks 22500 Dollars in Oil Co Dispute
W O Kerr sue Davenport Oil Co owner Dee Davenport in the Thirty seventh District Court seeking 22500 dollars plus interest. Kerr claims a contract signed Sept 13 1948 at the St Anthony hotel promised a 12000 dollar salary and an eighth interest in all operational agreements for three years. Kerr alleges Davenport later discontinued the salary on Aug 15 1949.
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Olghiaty
Dee Davenport
Davenport Oil Co
W. 0
Kerr
Styenvold
Davenport
St. Anthony
This Cat Can Get Ahead In The Market
A Persian cat named Reg owned by William Graves in San Antonio develops a craving for raw cabbage. Graves reports the cat begs for cabbage leaves and must be given a cabbage head daily before touching milk. The peculiar pet earns the nickname the cabbage cat in local markets.
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Reg
San Antonio
William Graves
Sunglower
Graves
Colosseum Name Change Proposal Dies in Board
Bexar County officials debated renaming the Joe Freeman Bexar Coliseum to the Sericultural and Livestock Exhibition Building. Traugott sought a written opinion from District Attorney Wil Mara N Hensley on authority to rename. The motion stalled after no second.
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Van
Traugatt
Legis
Lati
Joe Freeman
Bexar County
Hensley
Coliseum Board
Freitman
Traugott
Juveniles Escape Probation Terms After Aug 27 Window Vandalism
Three youths from Afaraa Heights were placed on probation with nine conditions after a window smashing spree on August 27. Judge Saylor discharged two youths from weekly juvenile office visits but kept one youth under probation for restitution and terms. A fourth youth remains on probation due to his parents’ failure to provide restitution for the smashed windows.
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Afaraa
S. G. "Saylor
P. C. Sanders
Rolling Rubiamen
Kennedy
Kilday Faces Tax on Longstanding Pension Issue
Sheriff Owen Kilday must start receiving his pension to pay income tax after Internal Revenue Service claims the pension is taxable. A pension board denial left him with no choice but to accept payments and cover the tax himself.
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Owen Kilday
Kilday
Internal Revenue
Wy Ray Scruggs
Scruggs
Louisiana Oil Well Sets Depth Record in State
The Shell Olco operated Weeks Gall State Unit 2 No. 1 oil well in Yoakum parish near New Iberia is producing at a depth of 14 226.41 feet, setting a state record. The well yields 549 barrels per day of 37 gravity crude at 14 226.41 feet.
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Baton Rouge
Fets
Louisiana
State Department of Conservation
Shell Olco
Yoerla Parish
New Iberia
Galveston Bay Air Hunt Yields Burned Parachute Flare
Rescue efforts for a plane feared to have crashed into Galveston Bay found only a burned parachute flare. Officers say reports of a blazing craft were uncertain and led to a sea and ground search that yielded little but ambiguity.
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Houston
Galveston Bay
Sca
Legislature Senate Votes Session Close
The Texas Senate unanimously voted to end the special session at 4 p.m. with the House needing to approve the move. The session would end at midnight Wednesday if not sooner. Lawmakers rushed to pass minor bills before the deadline, including a bill enforcing separate facilities for whites and negroes in state parks.
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Austin
Senate
House
Congress
Oil Tax Drop Study Requested
The Texas House adopted a resolution asking the legislative council to study why petroleum tax revenues are decreasing and to recommend remedies to the next legislature.
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Austin
House
Texas Legislative Counsell
Dutch Commando Faces Deportation
SINGAPORE Feb 28 a deportation order to Holland has been issued again for Capt R P Westerling a former Dutch army commando officer who led guerilla forces in Indonesia. The United States of Indonesia demands extradition to face charges of leading a rebellion but the crown colony government says extradition to non treaty countries is not allowed.
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Singapore
Holland
R. Ply
Turk) Westerling
Indonesia
United States
Woman Slay Suspect Faces Third Serious Charge
A Black woman with known police record faced her third major charge in 16 years for a sharp object incident involving Herman Cohn, a Conroe truck driver, on Feb 24. Previous convictions include 1934 and 1947 related cases with prison terms and releases. Also notes Scandinavian Airlines System Atlantic passenger totals for 1949.
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Mana Cuver
Commerce
Herman Cohn
Conroe
Justice of the Peace M. D
Buck Jones
Rosie Brown
Crockett St
Scandinavian Airlines System
Burglary Hits San Antonio College Offices
Three offices at San Antonio College on South Alamo Street were ransacked by burglars who stole about 10 dollars and damaged four desks and four windows. They opened a cigarette machine and took four dollars worth of cigarettes but failed to break into the money compartment. Other burglaries included Grace's Oasis and a Blue Bonnet hut. Apartments at 1022 South St Marys Street were also ransacked Monday while families were away.
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San Antonio College
S. Alamo St
J. O. Lottin
Grace's Oasis
Water St
Blue Bonnet Hut
Broadway
Pasiy
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S. St Mary's St
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