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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
14
UT students waited in the Main Building rotunda to sign the loyalty oath required by House Bill 837 for fall registration. Some griped while others laughed, with several planning legal challenge if the law is not revoked.
Police Chief R D Thorp announced a surge of pink parking tickets as drivers flock to police headquarters to dispute the $1 fine for overparking. He cited an Austin woman who pressed officials for a ticket fix, chasing her claim through the traffic division and Thorp’s office, urging complaints go to Corporation Court.
Bay City Michigan police report James L. Laracey 28 admitted he rammed another car on purpose at an intersection after the other vehicle pulled out of line. He explained the act as retaliation for the attempted cut in.
A vintage ad copy touts a denture powder named PASTEETH that claims to stabilize denture plates for comfort with no gummy taste or nausea. It notes odor control for denture breath and suggests purchasing at any drug store.
San Angelo rancher and businessman Wayne Harris was fined $5,000 in federal court for evading income taxes in 1943 and 1944. Judge T Whitfield Davis imposed the penalty after Harris already repaid the taxes and an additional penalty of $8,000.
Chris Brandt of Houston sues the Boy Scouts of America for 38000 dollars after falling 30 feet during a rope climb at a scouts event. He claims the rope mechanism was defective and snapped causing a fractured heel and wrist and internal injuries. The suit alleges a duty to teach safety precautions.
Delegates to the Texas Association of Nurserymen convention rode the stern wheeler Commodore on Lake Austin Monday night. San Antonio landscape architect Herman Main described the return trip as stunning and urged public promotion of the scenic boat ride.
Texas reports 104 new polio cases last week, down from 109, with the year total at 1,552 across 175 counties. Cox notes the decline may indicate a leveling trend and future weekly drops toward occasional cases. Counties with five or more cases include Harris 13 and Tarrant 12, while Crosby Falls Goliad Irion Lavaca Leon Palmer Reeves report first-time cases.
Three Texas counties rank high in jersey activities. Hopkins is fifth in registrations and seventh in new buyers, Harris fifth in transfers, Bexar ninth in registrations. Texas leads all states in registrations transfers new breeders and total cows on the Register of Merit test.
Don of Lubbock vice president and Fred Hoyt of Grapevine secret ary treasurer Eugene Howard Jr of Austin among four new executive committee members. Others include James Lawden Tyler Sterling Cornelius Houston James Fitzpatrick Sherman Carry over members Mancil Allen Frank Mitchell Pletch Harlingen and Jimmie Walker. Houston selected as 1950 convention city over San Antonio in a 41 to 38 vote.
Fred Egan drives 6 year old Spencer Scott to victory in the Hambletonian marking his second win after previously triumphing in 1940 with Miss Tilly and Spencer Scott.
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