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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
11
Lake Travis Improvement Association members will meet at 7 30 p m in Zilker Park near the bridge for a briefing on the 1949 publicity drive. Hal Hatter reports the campaign has more than doubled visitors to this Colorado River lake and credits PR counsel Ken B Harper.
Fire Marshal estimates a loss of 200000 for the Calcasieu Lumber Company blaze on July 30. The city report cites 16 unsettled losses totaling 320225 and notes alarms with property losses, with insured July losses at 8345.22 and seven months totals up from 86538.48 to 92565.14.
Scout Executive H L Gaskin and five assistants will attend the Region Nine conference at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque from August 21 to 26. Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico executives will join to set annual objectives with Gaskin's team including James L Tarr Floyd F Davis Gus White Oris Day and Ray Ealy.
Wives of University of Texas student veterans will supply many teachers for Austin as the state faces a 4000 shortage. Austin offers a 25 percent pay rise for teachers, attracting candidates from other cities. Five first grade teachers librarians music staff and a principal for University Junior High are needed. County vacancies are filled with 100 applicants on a waiting list city has 200 applicants. assignments planned by next week with Aug 31 target.
Betts presides over cases including Grand Finance Company and Beane vs Spickelmier Industries. Divorces for Alfred Opera, Sparks, Veasey. estates named executors. County court notes theft offenses and aggravated assaults. swindling with bad checks. Marriage licenses issued and new car registrations listed by officials and local businesses.
Ysleta Leissmer 19 year old UT psychology major named Miss Texas will be feted by the Austin Jaycees at a Driskill Hotel luncheon. She was chosen Miss Austin at Disch Field Aug 1 and won Miss Texas in Port Arthur last week before entering Miss America in Atlantic City next month.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed Ada Lois Fisher’s lawsuit challenging segregation in state legal education. The case appealed a Cleveland County ruling upholding Langston University Law School as legal, while Fisher had sought admission to OU Law School after the US Supreme Court mandate for substantially equal education.
Diplomatic officials said a American feeler reached Sweden to test if Stockholm would join the Atlantic Pact. Sweden’s reaction reportedly negative so far, and no independent confirmation was available. Informants requested anonymity.
A Texas head on crash on Aug 3 claimed a second life when William R. Busby 25 of Lubbock died in Trinidad hospital from internal injuries. The first fatality was Dr. R. Emmett Busch also of Lubbock.
Police Chief Raymond D Thorp reports July saw higher traffic arrests and accidents than June but fewer injuries. Sixty six percent of incidents involved property damage with total losses around 30147 dollars, and no traffic fatalities occurred in either month. Parking tickets dropped to 2410 from 2877 in June.
In Wasco California Mrs Delta Lemley 52 is recovering from a bullet wound that killed her husband Oshie A Lemley 56. The coroner reports the bullet passed through his head and lodged in her neck during a struggle for a 38 caliber pistol. Deputy Coroner Stanley investigates.
Two year old Fred Walklett climbed into a parked sedan near his home in Medford Massachusetts Tuesday and closed the door. The interior heated to near 100 degrees and he was found unconscious in the car by police. He died Wednesday at Mald en Hospital. The Medical Examiner attributed death to heat.
A Massachusetts law prohibits men from entering women’s hairdressing salons to obtain waves or hair tinting services. The statute aims to regulate salon access by gender, with penalties for violations.
The council plans a 2:30 p.m. zoning hearing after a 10 a.m. session. Final passage on a 25-foot Lamar Boulevard setback between 26th and 45th is likely with a possible 15-foot compromise. Park district lease for a pitch and putt range south of the Colorado River is under consideration. A Polio Inc. therapeutic center proposal faces postponement. Zoning requests by Mrs. Maude Kingsbury at 1011 Red River Storet and G F Wills at 1007 Fast 46th Street will be heard with Kingsbury opposed and Wills favored.
Two Houston patrolmen Kenneth Waycott and Don Young repaired a woman's skirt during an arrest by stapling a seam with a stapling machine after a button popped off and no pin was available. The improvised tailoring was performed in the field and the garment held.
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