Shivers Indicates Plan For Special Session Date
Gov Allan Shivers and the Texas State Teachers Assn back a compromise to raise teachers pay by 402 dollars. Shivers said he will announce the approximate date of a special legislative session tomorrow. TSTA executive committee approved the proposal, led by Mrs Kate Bell with Houston TSTA president filing report to the governor.
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Austin
Texas State Teachers Assn
Allan Shivers
Shivers
TSTA
Kate Bell
Houston
Texarkana
Henry Stilwell
Stilwell
R. L
Bob) Proffer
Denton
Association
Joe B. McNiel
Wichita Falls
Oil tests in Texas show multiple wildcat drills progress
Reports detail several wildcat operations across Borden, Scurry, and Dawson counties with tests, acidizing, and logging. Notable sites include No. 1 Beal near Hobo Canyon, No. 7 M A Fuller near Fullerville, and Magnolia No. 1 J H Foster in Dawson.
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Russell Maguire
Wichita Falls
H. D. Beall
Borden County
Hobo Canyon
H&tc
Gail
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
H. D. Beal
Scurry Wildcat
Texas Co
Scurry County
M. A. Fuller
Fullerville
Dawson County
Magnolia Petroleum Co
J. H. Foster
T&p
Patricia
Murphy Oil Corp
Dawson
Withcat
Lamesa
Blanco Oil Co
Newman Brothers Drilling Co
San Antonio
Clairemont
Texaco
Fewer Than 3,000 Voters Qualified for Poll Tax
The tally rose 107 to 2,973 by noon today with 638 exemptions and 2,335 poll taxes. Only seven days remain to pay the poll tax at the courthouse county tax assessor-collector office.
Parr May Face Jury Over Courthouse Scuffle in Alice
George Parr who fought with Texas Rangers Alfred Allee and Joe Bridge in the Alice courthouse may appear before the Jim Wells County grand jury today. Nine jurors questioned yesterday including Mrs. Caro Brown and Parr’s attorney Ed Loyd amid a pistol charge and a confrontation linked to Duval County politics and the Freedom Party.
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Alice W
George Parr
Texas
Alfred Allee
Joe Bridge
Jim Wells County
Grand Jury
Allee
Caro Brown
Alice Daily Echo
C. H. Holmgreen
Sam Burris
Jack Butler
Ed Loyd
Parr
Oscar Carrillo
Archer Parr
Duval County
Ranger Bridge
Bridge
Archer
Freedom Party
South Texas
Manuel Marroquin
Marroquin
Pakistan Mail Express Crash Kills 60. 50 Injured
Railway officials report 60 killed and 50 hurt in a collision north of Karachi between the Pakistan mail express and an oil-tanker train. Fire from the crash burned victims. prayers were held at the disaster site with railway officials and families in attendance. The blaze was controlled around midnight.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Pakistan Mail
Sind
Ike Budget Faces Bipartisan Scrutiny in Congress
The 65 percent budget proposed by President Eisenhower drew mixed reactions in Congress. Taer criticized the scale while Rayburn praised emphasis on air power, with concerns over tax cuts, foreign aid, and manpower. Deficit projections for 1955 sparked warnings from Sen. Douglas who called the administration’s estimates optimistic.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
House
Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Ike’s defense plan wins GOP backing for air power push
President Eisenhower’s new defense concept prioritizes air power and new weapons with a four billion dollar cut in manpower. Republicans in Congress praised the plan while Democrats urged study of the multibillion budget.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Douglas
D-Ill
Short
House Armed Services Committee
House
Defense Chiefs
Defense
Wilson
Adm
Arthur M. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rep. Price
Illinois
Rep
Vinson
Georgia
Army
Navy
Livestock Sales Soar At Denver Stock Show
Denver's National Western Stock Show nears its end as livestock sales surge. Albert Reinhardt of the Denver Union Stockyard Co. says the brisk market dispels gloom and boosts the industry. Top sale: $55.77 per hundredweight for 20 Hereford steer calves from John Hubley.
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Denver
Albert Reinhardt
Denver Union Stockyard Co
Brisk Exchange
John Hubley
Mason City
Mike Hinman
Kremmling
Colo
Ducks Best Friend Keeps Park Free of Hunger
Five year old Jane Swanson rallied help in Amarillo as light snow fell and the thermometer read 10 degrees. She organized aid for ducks and kept the park near her home fed despite cold and winter conditions.
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Jane Swanson
Amarillo
Judiciary Committee approves 18 year olds enfranchised
A Senate judiciary subcommittee backed a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age from 21 to 18. Present were three Republicans Langer Dirksen and Butler who voted in favor. Democrats Kilgore and Kefauver could cast ballots later.
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Judiciary Committee
Washington
A_ Senate
Eisenhower
Langer
Sens
Dirksen
Ill
John M. Butler
Kilgore
W. Va
Kefauver
Tenn
Pro Red Prisoners Released After Korean War Stand
In Panmunjom a group of 21 Americans 1 Briton and 327 South Koreans who chose communism were abandoned by Indian guards at 12:01 a.m. as they vowed to stay until food ran out. The pro Communist POWs held a sit down strike to press for their fate to be decided by a Korean peace conference.
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Panmunjom
U.N
Formosa
North
ROK
K. S. Thimayya
U.S
Richard G. Corden
East Providence
R.L
Andrew Condron
John ©. Hull
U. N. Oo
Thimayu
Chi
India
U. N
Ike Opposes More Tax Cuts Facing House Battle
Eisenhowers budget plea to Congress seeks to hold line on major tax rate cuts while proposing changes to deductions and allowances to save about two billion dollars yearly. The plan would trim individual taxes by 585 million and corporate taxes by 630 million in the first year, prompting Republican and Democrat debate on broader reductions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
McCormack
Kean
Ways and Means Committee
Jenkins
Ohio
GOP
Cold Night Falls As Thermometer Skims Freezing
Weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn reports a low of 16 degrees overnight with a high of 35 yesterday. This morning at 7 30 o clock the reading was 17 degrees, indicating continued freezing conditions.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Weather forecast for Texas and plains regions
North Central Texas sees fair weather with not very cold conditions. West Texas and South Plains expect fair skies, mild highs, and lows ranging from 15 to 35 degrees. East Texas will be fair and cold this afternoon into tonight with lows from 14 to 34, then a fair Saturday. Coast winds remain strong from the north, easing toward northeast to east by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
West
South Plains
Upper Pecos Valley
Flying Twins Try To Arrest U S Attorney In Jail
The Irish twins George and Charles Finn handcuffed U S Attorney Laughlin Waters outside the Biltmore Hotel during a so called citizen's arrest over a seized $70,000 war surplus C46 plane. They were jailed after arraignment on assaulting a federal officer.
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Los Angeles
George
Charles Finn
United States
Air Force
U. S
Atty
Laughlin E. Waters
Biltmore Hotel
Waters
George Finn
Charles
Southern California
Central Police Station
James Lawrence
William H. Parker
Jack Irwin
Death Valley
Bakersfield
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada
Finn Brothers
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OIL News
Lubbock
Dallas
State Education Agency
Coke
Coke Stevenson
Kimble County
Marguerite King Heap
Junction
Stevenson
Rock
Sue Flanagan
San Angelo
Ike
Joseph M. Dodge
Sen. Douglas
Treasury de
Partment
Marine Corps
Korea
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ducks
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