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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1950

Page

9

Austin Tops List of Law License Candidates

Austin accounts for 63 of 330 candidates in the summer bar examinations with many UT graduates among them. The next exams are set for October 2, listing names such as Jack K. Allen and W. H. Arnold III among Austin residents pursuing Texas State Bar licenses.

Austin Texas University of Texas Jack K. Allen Nelson T. Atter W. H. Arnold III Robert T. Atkins Morris Attas Gerald D. Becker Jack S. Blanton Leo June Blanton Ray T. Bowen Jeff P. Bragg Jr B. A. Britt Jr Charles W. Britt Paul N. Brown Leo D. Bryant Jr Linwood T. Byrd Max R. Caldwell Philip Campbell II Jack S. Childers Richard M. Clark Gene $. Cobb J. W. Cooper Jr T. W. Creighton Alan S. Dale James L. Draught Cleddie F. Edwards M. B. Bickenroht C. C. France Jr L. L. Gilbert H. H. Glazner Jr L. S. Harbeson H. B. Harrison E. R. Hoyt George H. Jewell Jr J. Fred Jones Devon V. Kenny A. R. Kincaid F. King Joseph A. Morgan Jr Edwin I. McKellar Jr W. Lamar Neill H. L. Norris G. T. Owens Jr James C. Onion Robert Potts Jr Herman Reynolds C. C. Roberts P. J. Robinson G. J.ero Harvey Rosenberg R. E. Rudeloff S. N. Snedeker George C. Stillwagon Doss Staine J. C. Skaggs J. P. Simpson Jr W. W. Shrophire Jr C. R. Schulte Harold Barefood Sanders Jr Kent Wagonseller Webb Walker R. H. Weaver L. T. Wilson P. P. Zaremba

Visitor Gets Wrong Room for Quiet Nap

Harry Silverston of Dayton Ohio checked into the Palmer House with his wife and daughter and spent eight hours answering calls. He was put in a suite recently vacated by Chairman Francis A. ONeill Jr of the National Railway Mediation Board. ONeill left the city without informing newsmen and reporters were still connected to his former suite by the hotel switchboard.

Chicago Harry Silverston Dayton, Ohio Palmer House Silverston O'Neill Francis A. O'Neill Jr National Railway Mediation Board

Early location talk for Interregional Highway near Austin

City officials push for tentative south segment routes of the Interregional Highway from First Street South toward the Colorado River bridge. Highway Engineer DeWitt C. Greer and City Manager Walter E. Seaholm plan rapid engineering talks to set right of way needs for a $4.5 million project, aiming to avoid higher costs from subdivision growth.

Austin First Street DeWitt C. Greer Walter E. Seaholm Greer Highway Department Seaholm Colorado River San Antonio Highway State Commission

Ford retirees begin receiving first pensions under new plan

On April 1 1950 hundreds of Ford retirements aged workers who left since last July received their first pension checks under Ford s new plan. The program supplements Social Security with monthly benefits and is part of Ford s broader employee benefits program highlighted by industry observers. Walter Griffith 80 a former Ford mechanic is cited as the oldest on the job when he retired last December.

Walter Griffith Alexander Winton Horace John Dodge Griffith Ford Motor Company Ford Ford, Lincoln and Mercury Automobile Henry Ford Barney Oldfield Frank Duryea Ford O Sands More United States

Estranged Wife Shot Dead During Cabin Raid

Estranged wife Andrea Gehr 30 was shot to death at a mountain cabin near Brewster New York as she banged on a door during a divorce raid. Husband Herbert Gehr 39 a television director is charged with homicide. two private detectives were wounded. Dorothea Matthews 30 was questioned. Gehr claimed self defense.

Brewster N. Y Mountain Cabin Herbert Gehr Andrea Germany Gehr Dorothea Matthews Mark New York Birch Hill Putnam County Hollywood Sand Life Magazine American Broadcasting Company Peter O'Leary East Meadow James MacDonald Hempstead

Detectives Probe Two Minor Burglaries in City

City detectives investigated two burglaries Sunday night. P. E. Torn of Torn Machine Shop at 5533 Lamar Boulevard reported his shop entered with drawers ransacked and $4 missing. Detectives also noted 32 cents taken from a cash register at Taylor and Scallorn Service Station 7107 Dallas Highway.

P. E. Torn Lamar Boulevard Taylor and Scallorn Dallas Highway

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