Filibuster Resumes In Senate Over Charity Hospital Beds
Senator Jimmy Phillips of Angleton resumes a long filibuster against Texas 1% billion spending bill to add 1 million dollars a year for charity hospital beds at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. The session breaks for meals and an overnight pause as House committees work on related tax and energy bills.
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Dave Cheavens
Austin
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Phillips
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
House
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Plains
Panhandle
House State Affairs Committee
House Committee On Oil and Gas
Railroad Commission
Texas
Senate
Sen
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
Senate Finance Committee
Lubbock Man Hurt In Wreck
Wade Robert Russey Jr 28 of Lubbock a pharmaceuticals salesman was injured when his 1955 Chevrolet coach overturned six miles south of here on Texas Highway 350 He was northbound and lost control after running off the pavement The car crossed the highway through a fence overturned three times and stopped upright in a pasture Deputy Sheriff Howard Gibbons said the vehicle was a total loss He was taken to Snyder then Cogdell Memorial Hospital for treatment
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Wade Robert Russey, Jr
Lubbock
Here
Texas
Russey
Howard Gibbons
Gibbons
Bussey
Snyder
H. P. Redwine
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Treaty Debate Lingers in French Senate Over West Germany
Half hearted supporters of the Paris agreements to re arm West Germany kept the ratification debate alive in the French Senate. The Council of the Republic is expected to give the treaties final parliamentary approval Friday or Saturday.
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Paris
West
Germany
Council of the Republic
France
Acreage Shuffle Spurs Senate Cotton Debate
Senate action on a proposed 1955 national cotton acreage rise split regional lines with Southeastern senators backing a 168 000 acre boost for small growers and Western senators opposing a percentage increase. The Agriculture Department opposes any rise but may review stance if Congress accepts a moderate relief plan.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Texas
Arkansas
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Agriculture Department
House
Congress
Beard Files Damage Suit Against Irving School Board
Dr. John A. Beard files a $300000 damage suit in Irving Texas naming the Irving Independent School District board and several individuals and firms as defendants. He alleges libelous statements by board members and others and replies to criticism of cafeteria fund accounting. A Saturday election seeks to abolish the district.
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Irving
Tex.p
John A. Beard
Beard
Irving Independent School District
Loyola Guard
Cain Organization
Dallas
Charles E. Young
Young
Letter Basis For Committal In Galbraith Case
Attorney says a letter found in the fire swept home will be the basis for seeking committal to a mental hospital. Atty Willard Smith plans to file for commitment to Eastern State Hospital Vinita after Galbraith pleaded innocent and waived a preliminary hearing. The letter speaks of despair and a wish to be alone and to kill himself.
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Mcalester
Okla.p
Ben T. Galbraith
Atty
Willard Smith
Eastern State Hospital
Vinita
Galbraith
Paul McNutt Dies Today in New York at 63
Paul V. McNutt 63 former Indiana governor and ex envoy to the Philippines died today in his Fifth Avenue apartment New York City His wife and daughter Louise were with him Cause of death was not disclosed He had flown home from Manila after an around the world cruise and remained active in Democratic party affairs through his business career in insurance
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New York
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Philippines
McNutt
Manila
Democratic Party
Adams Denies McCarthy Plot In Peress Probe
Adams testified before the Senate Investigations subcommittee that a January 21 1954 Justice Department meeting with Atty. Gen. Brownell was not a conspiracy. He said topics included McCarthy ultimatums and press claims of favorable Army treatment for Pvt. G. David Schine.
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Washington
John G. Adams
Army
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
White House
Justice Department
Senate
Irving Peress
Adams
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Atty
Brownell
Ft. Monmouth
Sen
McCarthy
Army Loyalty Board
MccCarthy
Pvt
G. David Schine
Peress
Walter L. Weible
Weible
Judge Advocate General's Office
Ralph W. Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Zwicker
Subcommittee
McClellan
D-Ark
James Juliana
Juliana
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
North Central Texas fair and cooler with 36 to 46 overnight Thursday. Friday fair and mild. West Texas generally fair with lows 25 to 35 in Panhandle and South Plains Thursday night, winds moderate. East Texas partly cloudy cooler in north Thursday, lingering into Thursday night, then mild Friday. South Central Texas partly cloudy through Friday with slight cooling in extreme north Thursday night and moderate to locally fresh winds along the coast.
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Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
East Texas
National Guard Open House Set With Memorial Tie-Ins
The National Guard armory on Twenty-seventh Street hosts an open house from 6 to 9 p.m. with a $500,000 display including a Walker Bulldog tank and other equipment. Mayor Stevenson and County Judge Taylor proclaim National Guard Day in Snyder and Scurry County. John Sentell and Guard members will speak, with recognition for those who served and died in World War II.
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National Guard
Chamber of Commerce
Deep Creek Bridge
Twenty-seventh Street
Marven Stevenson
Edgar Taylor
Snyder
Scurry County
Co. D
112Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Stevenson
Taylor
John Sentell
Weldon Kincaid
Sentell
J. C. Williamson
Don Adams
John C. Portis
Jess H. King
Clarence Brush
L. B. McCravey
Nathan Shepherd
Max Baugh
K. O. Pitner
R. C. Rain
Timm Cook
Lamesa
Doyle Blakely
James Green
Raymond Rucker
Guy O. Moore
Hugh Merritt
Jack Line
Arm
Rand
George Asks Unity As Parley Prelude
Sen. George of Georgia calls for free world unity as a prelude to a possible Big Four meeting on world peace. Sen. Knowland suggests a preliminary Big Three to iron out policy before any full dress talks with Russia.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Knowland
R-Calif
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Eisenhower
Great Britain
Senate
License Tags Move Faster in Texas Registry Pulse
The county tax office registered 1 775 vehicles for 1955 in seven days, boosting registrations since Feb 1 to 5 519. Through March 31 this year, 2 813 more than last year would equal 8 332, with 13 000 plates issued total for new year as of Feb 1.
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Texas
Weather Rebounds as Snyder Hits 78 Degrees
Snyder enjoyed a warm afternoon with a high of 78 in the wake of weekend cool spells. Overnight minimum settled at 37 degrees with 38 degrees recorded early this morning.
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Snyder
Bell details loans and fees tied to Veterans Land Board cases
U S Representative John Bell testified before Senate investigators that he received attorney fees totaling 28 112 in veterans land program deals. He described lending 6 900 to T J McLarty with no security and said McLarty owes him 3 650. Bell named clients including Slocum Batey Daugherty Raines and Rio Grande Corp and listed numerous ranch and land transactions as fee sources.
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Mac Roy Rasor Austin
U.S
John Bell
Cuero
Senate
Veterans Land Program
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
McLarty
Veterans Land Board
Ralph G. Slocum
Chessley Batey
T. J. McLarty
G. O. Daugherty
the Rio Grande Corp
O. F. Raines
House
Veterans Land
Bell
Washington
Guadalupe County
Slocum
Mitchell Lake
Robertson County
Ramirez Ranch
Edwards
Ruble
Wilson County
Oak Grove
Dimmit
Loamey
Fort Tran
Batey
Rio Grande Corp
la Moca
Webb County
Daugherty
Zavala
Raines
Hardeman
Gus Strauss
Hallettsville
Alvis Vandygriff
Austin
Strauss
Congress
South Aand
John Lyle
New Norther Brings Freezing Air Across Texas Panhandle
A new norther dropped below freezing in the Panhandle and South Plains then moved southward across Texas. The front passed Dallas and headed south again with southerly breezes, likely reaching the upper Red River Valley around Wichita Falls and as far as Odessa and Abilene by Thursday night. Overnight lows ranged from 21 in Dalhart to 61 in Galveston, with temperatures expected to rise gradually by Friday.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Dallas
Weather Bureau
Red River Valley
Wichita Falls
Odessa
Abilene
Dalhart
Galveston
Gulf
Amarillo
Lubbock
San Antonio
Fort Worth
el Paso
Texarkana
del Rio
Lufkin
San Angelo
Austin
Houston
Waco
Beaumort
Brownsville
Gas Producers Seek Exemption From Federal Regulation
A Houston spokesman urged the House Commerce Committee to delete natural gas producers from the FPC’s jurisdiction under the 1938 act. He argued the law excludes production from federal regulation and that interstate sales for resale were meant to cover pipelines to utilities only.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
FPC
David Searls
Houston
House Commerce Committee
Searls
Commission
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