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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1949

Page

3

Veterans bonus bills die in House in hectic session

Austin March 24 The House defeated an effort to keep the veterans bonus proposal alive after a hectic committee session on constitutional amendments. Two bonus measures were heard and virtually killed as they were referred to an unfriendly subcommittee. Rep Jimmy Horeny asked to re refer his measure to the military and veterans affairs committee. The Senate sent governor a bill allowing Lower Colorado River Authority to raise its debt limit from 25000000 to 50000000 and set as special order for Monday a Rogers Kelley constitutional amendment eliminating the poll tax for voting.

Austin House House Committee On Jimmy Horeny Archer City House Committee On Military and Veterans Affairs Senate Colorado River Rogers Kelley Edinburg

Legislature Tackles Biennial Spending And Bills

The senate finance committee proposed major steps to speed spending bills by focusing on must appropriations first, making them one year bills, and deferring tax actions until next January. Other actions included a basic science licensing board measure, cosmetic regulation, pollution penalties reform, and a real estate licensing board with higher dealer fees.

Senate Finance Committee James E. Taylor Kerens Senate State Departments Judiciary Lamar College Beaumont San Antonio Dallas Taylor

It Says Here Homegrown Freshman Dating Law Satire

Bob Hope rails at a university rule that bans dating for freshmen without senior permission. A Maine campus mock law prompts Morse code courting and clever loopholes as seniors enforce and mock the constraint. The bit riffs on student life and a running gag about the senior–freshman dynamics.

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Red Student To Fight Purge At University Of Texas

A UT student Wendell Addington threatens court action against a state purge of Communists from Texas colleges. The legislature authorized expulsion of disloyal individuals, with university leaders mixed on the measure. Dallas and Houston figures question loyalty definitions while student leaders oppose expulsions as unconstitutional.

Austin UNS University of Texas Today Texas Senate House Wendell “Addington Lubbock Texas Communist Party T. S. Painter Addington Harold “Barefoot Sanders Dallas Wendell ‘Addington University of Texas Bill Strassman Houston Strassman

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