Evictions Under New OPA Rules In Amarillo
Amarillo rent control chief Frank E Hobgood reports the office flooded with inquiries on evictions under the new OPA law. He says judgments from the three week hiatus are invalid unless compliant with OPA regulations and tenants can seek six months to find new housing. Rent ceilings set for June 50 must be restored by July 26 and retroactive increases may not be charged.
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Amarillo
Controls
Frank E. Hobgood
Aia
Hobgood
OPA
Fort Worth
Special Election On Veterans Land Fund Planned
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson ordered a special election for November 7 to consider a constitutional amendment creating a 26 million dollar veterans land fund to buy lands for sale to World War II veterans. The date follows a Supreme Court ruling and was set as the first Thursday of November, two days after the general election.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Supreme Court
Writer Linguist Returns to Seattle To Face Charges
William Gage Kensington 44, writer and African language expert, moved to Seattle to answer grand larceny and parole violation charges. He fled Dallas after allegedly taking 29 000 dollars from a widow with promise of marriage and later returned 28 000. Seattle detective L J Margrillio will escort him. Kensington had been identified by Washington FBI as an ex convict wanted in Seattle on the same charges.
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Dallas
William Gage Kensington
Seattle
Wash
L. J. Margrillio
Kensington
Washington
FBI
Two Girls Saved From Drowning at Fort Worth Pool
At Fort Worth a 12 foot hole in a city pool led to two Polytechnic High School girls, Marceline Lewis and Jeanne Steed, nearly drowning. Texas Christian University students Bryce Davis and Wallace Brown pulled them to safety, aided by Navy veteran Bill Mickero who performed artificial respiration until the ambulance arrived. Both girls are reported recovering in good condition.
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Fort Worth
Polytechnic High School
Isto
Texas Christian University
Marceline Lewis
Jeanne Steed
Bryce Davis
Wallace Brown
TCU
Bill Mickero
Porcupine Pal Becomes Unlikely Roommate in El Paso
John Kissick, 70, hosts a live porcupine named Oscar who chose his El Paso home. Oscar ignores daylight food but nightly dines on milk and produce, makes catlike sounds, and pretends to be dead when strangers are near. Local poet Nat Campbell notes such a porcupine sighting is rare in 20 years.
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John Kissick
el Paso
el Paso Times
Kissick
la Salle
Colo
Amarillo
Oscar
Nat Campbell
Losers in Eviction Suits Take Heart
Tarrant County tenants who lost eviction suits during the three week lack of OPA breathed relief as Federal Judge James Co. Wilson temporarily restrained county officials from eviction notices. A spokesman said a restraining order would be sought for the Dalmas area.
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Dallas
Tarrant County
OPA
James Co. Wilson
Dalmas
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