Texas House Sets Quick Pass Of State Courts Budget
The Texas House approved a 1% billion general appropriations bill focusing on state courts after a bitter clash over a two cent gas tax and a cigarette tax proposal. The judiciary funds move with little debate as lawmakers push to resolve revenue needs of about 51 to 62 million dollars over two years.
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Austin
Texas
House
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Senate
Judiciary
Treasury
Stock Market Disturbs CIO Man and Banker
Washington witnesses a CIO official James B Carey and investment banker Ferdinand Eberstadt testifying on disturbing elements in the 1955 market. Carey accuses the Eisenhower administration of conspiring to boost stock prices beyond economic reality while Eberstadt cites fraud and questionable sales as risky yet not technically fraudulent. President Eisenhower stresses caution to protect confidence as Humphrey defends cautious lines of inquiry.
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Washington
CIO
Wall Street
Senate
James B. Carey
Eisenhower
Carey
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Banking Committee
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Eberstadt
Fulbright
D-Ark
United States
Congress
Light Rains Reach Texas Across State
Light rain fell at several Texas points Thursday morning with more showers expected. Wichita Falls saw a thundershower at daybreak, Amarillo Odessa Aus tin San Antonio reported rain, Electra had .55 inch, first since Feb 4 and helping wheat farmers. Other spots such as Del Rio College Station Brownsville Beaumont Abilene Houston Lufkin Lubbock Junction Cotulla logged light rain.
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Texas
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Odessa
Austin
San Antonio
Electra
del Rio
College Station
Brownsville
Beaumont
Abilene
Houston
Lufkin
Lubbock
Junction
Cotulla
Weather Bureau
Police Find Missing Girl in Corpus Christi
Sharon Christensen a 14 year old daughter of a Weslaco couple was found by Corpus Christi police. She had run away Monday night claiming unhappiness at home and was held at the city juvenile shelter. Officers said she dyed her hair and did not initially recognize herself to officials.
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Corpus Christi
Rio Grande Valley
Corpus Christi Pace
Sharon Christensen
E. C. Christensen
Weslaco
Sharon
Pioneer Valley Fruit Canner
Side Jones
San Antonio
Howard Convicted On Bank Robbery Count
Bobby Howard, 28, convicted in Federal court today of armed robbery of the Farmers State Bank at Meridian Texas. He received the maximum 25 year sentence from Judge Ben Rice Jr. Evidence showed he took 3845 dollars from the Central Texas bank on January 31.
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Waco
Bobby Howard
Farmers State Bank
Meridian
Ben Rice Jr
Central Texas Bank
Temperature Clings at 56 Degrees Despite Cooling Winds
Cooler conditions kept yesterday's high to 56 degrees while a mild minimum of 47 was reported. By early this morning the thermometer showed 49 degrees as warmer air moved in.
Publication Of Papers On Yalta Pact Sparks Senate Clash
Senator Knowland urged careful study of the 1945 conference record as McCarthy demanded formal action repudiating the Yalta agreements. McCarthy blamed Eisenhower aides for steering policy toward coexistence with communism while Warned readers about the long document. Some senators criticized publication as dangerous but others urged examining the records for the truth.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Yalta
McCarthy
Wis
Eisenhower
Senate
McCarty
State Department
Milton
Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Ike
White House
Yalta Papers Open Debate Over Wartime Concessions
State Department releases half a million words from the Yalta meeting with Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill, revealing pressure for Russian entry into the Pacific war and postwar governance. The disclosures spark ongoing partisan controversy over concessions and the shaping of Eastern Europe and UN voting.
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Washington
Yalta
State Department
Winston Churchill
Dulles
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Northwest Pacific
Manchuria
Stalin
Churchill
United Nations
General Assembly
Poland
Jaycee Minstrel Opens Tonight At Junior High
Snyder Junior Chamber of Commerce presents its Jaycee Minstrel tonight and tomorrow in the junior high auditorium. Show begins at 8 pm with tickets 75 and 50 cents at the door. Interlocutor Wink Lewis leads a cast including Gene Thompson John ny Greenfield John Boren Bob Crowell and Zane Gilbert. Steve Birdwell's orchestra provides music with two specialty numbers and acts featuring tap dancing piano and vocal solos and the Charleston.
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Snyder Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wink Lewis
Gene Thompson
Johnny Greenfield
John Boren
Bob Crowell
Zane Gilbert
Steve Birdwell
Snyder Firm Burglarized in Thompson's Cleaners Incident
City police reported a burglary at Thompson's Cleaners last night with cash totaling between 27 and 28 dollars and several suits of men’s clothing. The rear door was pried open and the break was discovered about 7 this morning. Investigating officers are Leonard White and Prentis Smith.
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Thompson’s
Allen Owen
Leonard White
Prentis Smith
Dulles Deflects Question On Yalta Papers Release
Secretary of State Dulles refused to answer why the Yalta papers were made public at this time. He said the controversy would go on through the ages as he prepared for a state visit to Canada. An official said the documents were released because a newspaper already had a copy.
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Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Roosevelt
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Republican Party
Washington
Dulles
Yalta
Crimea
Military Air Transport Service
Ottawa
Canada
Arnold Heeney
CBS
Pete Clapper
Clapper
Congress
State Department
Four West Texas businessmen plan half sale of San Angelo National Bank
Ray B. Johnston announces that Frank M. Late E G Rodman W D Noel and M H Mee Whirter will purchase 2000 of the bank's 4000 shares for 800000. No changes in personnel policies or directors will occur. The 71 year old bank reports 25.5 million in deposits and 14.2 million in capital surplus and reserves.
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San Angelo
San Angelo National Bank
West Texas
Ray B. Johnston
Frank M. Late
E. G. Rodman
W. D. Noel
Odessa
M. H. Mee- Whirter
Monahans
Late
Cheverolet
Dallas
California
Noel
Rodman
McWhirter
Artesia
N.M. Rodman
Rodman Supply
First State Bank of Monahans
Kermit State Bank
J. B. Tubbs
West Texas State Bank
Snyder
Weather Outlook North Central Texas and West Texas
North Central Texas sees cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and east tonight. Friday becomes partly cloudy with warmer conditions. West Texas will be cloudy to partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon and tonight with widely scattered storms in the east Panhandle and South Plains. Friday remains partly cloudy and mild.
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Texas
West Texas
East Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Cotton Quota Debate Sets Path for 1955 Acreage Hike
Senate likely to take up a 1955 cotton acreage increase tomorrow. Agriculture Committee proposes an 258,625 acre rise from 18,113,000 to boost small growers, with a minimum four acres or 75 percent of recent plantings. States gain one half percent of their allotment, 90,566 acres, to aid hardship cases.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Fate of Vet Land Program Come Under Scrutiny in Texas Panel
House investigators urged liquidation of the Veterans Land Program at the earliest practical time amid a probe of land deals tied to a 100 million dollar program. Some members oppose halting now while others support an orderly shutdown. Rep. Joe Burkett Jr. said the program benefits a small share of veterans and has little merit. Senate action and testimony from Rep. John Bell were noted as part of ongoing inquiries.
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Austin
Veterans Land Program
House
Joe Burkett Jr
Kerrville
George Moffett
Chillicothe
J. Earl
Rudder
Allan Shivers
John Ben Shepperd
Wade Spilman
McAllen
Spilman
Virginia Duff
Ferris
Jesse Osborn
Muleshoe
Shivers
Bascom Giles
Giles
Travis
Bexar
Reagan Huffman
Marshall
Burkett
Huffman
Associated Press
Texas
John Bell
Cuero
Bell
Guadalupe County
Washington
T. J. McLarty
Publication of Yalta records spark debate and omissions
State Department aimed to end the dispute with the released records but the move drew sharp criticism from Sen. Capehart and Sen. Humphrey. Churchill requested deletions on France postwar ideas, and the papers, while exposing some Yalta outcomes, largely reiterate long known results including Soviet rights in the Kuriles, Sakhalin, rail links in Manchuria, and Port Arthur lease.
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Denly
State Department
New York Times
Churchill
France
Yalta
Far East
Russia
Kurile Islands
Japan
Sakhalin Island
Dairen
Port Arthur
Kuriles
Stalin and Roosevelt discuss war aims at Yalta February 1945
Bohlen notes and other aides record Roosevelt Stalin talks on entering war with Japan and Far East troop movements. The record mentions Dairen port internationalization, Hong Kong, Korea trusteeship, and Ukraine and White Russia in UN. Alger Hiss kept abbreviated notes.
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Roosevelt
Yalta
Stalin
Molotov
Russia
Japan
Charles E. Bohlen
Moscow
Bohlen
Germany
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Chiang Kai-shek
Hong Kong
Darren
Port Arthur
Far East
Europe
Korea
United States
China
Alger Hiss
State Department
Ukraine
United Nations
Hiss
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Joseph D. Brennan
Waterford Island
John J. Hearne
St. Patrick’s Day
Cio Man
ED Creagh
The
Howard
Mercury
Yalta Pact
By Jack Bell
Ment
Penn State University
Iron Curtain
Berlin
Pat Ward
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
General Sessions Court
New York
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Black Sea
Russian
Tehran
Nazi Germany
Hiroshima
Jaycee Minstrel
Angelo Bank
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