Grand Jury To Review Rape Case In Austin
The Travis County grand jury is set to review Tuesday the rape charge against Alfred Vernon Davis a 20 year old Austin youth. Davis waived preliminary exam moments before trial in Justice Travis Blakeslee's court. The charge stems from an alleged rape of a 16 year old Austin girl who had been hospitalized since May 7.
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Travis County Grand Jury
Alfred Vernon Davis
Austin
Davis
Travis Blakeslee
Davis case: waiver of examining trial set bond at 1500
After Davis' attorney Earl Shelton told judge Blakeslee that his client would waive the examining trial the justice reset bond to 1500 dollars.
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Davis
Earl Shelton
Blakeslee
Actress Mary Martin Aids Weatherford School Scene
Weatherford High School received a 500 donation from actress Mary Martin for stage and scenery improvements. Miss Martin formerly resided in Weatherford and her late father Preston Martin led the Weatherford School Board for years.
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Weatherford
Weatherford High School
Mary Martin
Miss Martin
Preston Martin
Parley Set With Rail Officials Over Lamar Crossing
City officials plan a meeting this week with Missouri Pacific Railroad leaders to discuss switching changes at the Lamar Boulevard crossing in Austin. City Manager Guston Morgan, awaiting date from Division Superintendent Ralph Johnson, expects Houston based C. S. Kirkpatrick to join, per council push for safer, smoother crossings and earlier blocking elimination.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Lamar Boulevard Crossing
Guston Morgan
Ralph Johnson
Palestine
C. S. Kirkpatrick
Missouri Pacific
Houston
Morgan
Austin
Emma Long
Lamar Boulevard
Southern Pacific
Army Officer Killed While Inspecting Gun
US Army in Tokyo reports Lieutenant Peter N. Peterson of Amherst Wisconsin was killed accidentally last Thursday while inspecting his roommate s pistol. Peterson s wife and children are en route to Japan.
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Tokyo
INS
US Army
Peter N. Peterson
Amherst
Wis
Peterson
Japan
Three Killed in San Antonio Wreck
Two Randolph Air Force Base corporals Ben Reagan Jr Seymour Tennessee and Orell Amburgey Roxana Kentucky were killed when their scooter hit a car returning to quarters in San Antonio Texas. Five minutes later Herbert Neukirch of San Antonio died when his car collided with a trailer truck on the Fredericksburg Road. brother Carl Neukirch was seriously injured.
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San Antonio
INS
Randolph Air Force Base
Ben Reagan Jr
Seymour
Tenn
Fredericksburg Road
Federal Court Juries Drawn for Summer Sessions
Federal jury commissioner William S. Drake Jr. selected 40 grand and 50 petit jurors for the summer session starting mid June. Most jurors come from Travis County, with Williamson next, while Caldwell Kimble and McCulloch counties have no representation on either panel.
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William S. Drake Jr
Federal Court
Drake
Austin Division
Caldwell
Kimble
McCulloch
Travis County
Williamson County
Gillespie, Washington and Lee
Bastrop
Lampasas
Burnet
Hays
San Saba
Travis and
Williamson
Blanco and Lee
Gillespie, Llano
Mason
Washington
Actor Robert Walker Leaves Topeka Clinic
Movie actor Robert Walker headed back to Hollywood to resume his film career after months of treatment at the Meninger Clinic in Topeka Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
INS
Robert Walker
Hollywood
Meninger Clinic
Pacific Fleet Chiefs Schedule Conference in Tokyo
In Tokyo on May 16 INS reports the US Navy announces Admiral Arthur W. Radford will chair a conference of Pacific Fleet chiefs to discuss strategic plans and fitness for duty amid growing regional tensions.
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Pacific Fleet Chiefs
Tokyo
INS
US Navy
Arthur W. Rad
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