Legal Aid Clinic marks ninth year of free help in Texas
By William J. Weeg the Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Texas Law Building enters its ninth year December 4 serving indigent clients via student attorneys under supervision. Since inception 2 557 applications have been filed with about 40 percent rejected.
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Travis County Bar Association
Woodrow W. Patterson
Austin
Legal Aid Clinic
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Corporation Court
Justice of the Peace Court
Texas Supreme Court
Legal Aid
Law School
Texas
Travis County
Dir. Patterson
Voters Fear Light Turnout for Texas Amendments
Editorial notes concern that low voter participation on November 8 could mute support for constitutional amendments seen as important to Texas. It mentions campaigns around poll tax repeal and annual legislative sessions, and urges Texans to weigh merits before voting. The article also previews the Texas Personnel and Management Conference at the University of Texas October 27-28 with broad appeal to industry education and government leaders.
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State Board of Education
Texas Personnel and Management
University of Texas
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Librettist pitches Lafitte musical with skeletons and parasols
A librettist proposes a music driven play about Jean Lafitte. The tale spans 1810 New Orleans through the War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans with Lafitte guiding pirates and aiding Andrew Jackson. A diplomatically pardoned pirate ends Act One.
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Louisville
Lafitte
Louisiana
Picayune
New Orleans
Buccaneer
Gulf of Mexico
Madison
Trivia Answers and History Bits Across Topics
A compilation of Q and A items covering baseball records, covered bridges by state, song score insertions, World War II costs, origin of the phrase out of the frying pan into the fire, franked versus penalty mail, covered bridges origin, walnut production, stamps printing, and a literary-pirate tale ending with Lafitte on Galveston Island. Included are figures, dates, and institutions cited.
Todays Booklet Offer on Modern Manners for Parents
A newspaper notice promotes a booklet titled Modern Manners, offering guidance to parents on instilling good behavior in children. It emphasizes setting a good example at meals and beyond, with a card urging readers to order by sending 20 cents to The Austin American Information Bureau in Washington, D.C.
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Eye Street
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Washington, D.C
Reuther Standoff Delays Ford Pension Deal In 1949
Washington report traces the UAW bargaining break on pensions as Walter Reuther threatened a strike before deadline. Ford urged $100 monthly old age payouts but Reuther’s pressure delayed agreement, reshaping union relations with Henry Ford’s company. The piece also follows Joe Ball’s shift from senator to lobbyist for ship owners, linked to a web of overlapping political funding and lobbying groups.
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Forad
United Auto Worker
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
John Bugas
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Minnesota
Joe Ball
Joe
GOP
Association of American Ship Owners
Senate
Lynne Mote
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
American Rolling Mill
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Sears Roebuck
Republic Steel
Libbey-Owens- Ford
USA
American Screw Company
Small Business Economic Foundation
Patman
de Witt Emery
Outfit
George Meredith
Senate Small Business Committee
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Memo scribbles from Winchell on Broadway gossipy page
A stream of media scoops and theater and society chatter from the Broadway gossip desk. Notes mention Averell Harriman persuading the President over atomic news, fashion and film tidbits from Renee Jeanmaire to Edith Piaf, and various celebrity links, sightings, and predicted anecdotes across Washington London and New York.
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Vishinsky
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Truman
Averell Harriman
Russia
Tito
Baranova
Cecil Tennant
Ballet de Paris
Sky
Renee Jeanmaire
Marlenah
Rossellini
Germany
Gene Tierney
London
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