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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1949
Page
4
Joy Mercer of Phoenix says no falsies in Miss America contest and praises strict rules. She notes contestants at Atlantic City were natural and followed no padding, denying reports of cheating during the Miss New Orleans event coverage.
In London the House of Commons clashed over spending dollars on 1.2 million American romance novels. Conservative F. J. Erroll pressed for licenses and called the titles trashy, while Board of Trade chief Harold Wilson disputed the characterization and explained licensing actions.
The US 81 Pan American Highway Association will hold its semi annual meeting in Waco from November 6 to 8 with about 150 delegates expected. President Lynn B. Hutton of Norfolk Nebraska announced the gathering, drawing attendees from as far as the Dakotas. The highway runs from Winnipeg to the International Bridge at Laredo, passing through North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
A 30 year old USAF officer was fatally shot in his Frankfurt Buch schlager home. His wife Yvette 23, mother of two, was ordered held by the Army for questioning and likely released from hospital Friday. Provo marshal and neighbors described the couple after a village party. A .45 caliber bullet was cited as the murder weapon.
Chicago report details the New England Center Hospital trial allowing patients to discuss hospital service with management. Henry G. Brickman cites a 15 minute, informal session with doctors and officials as productive and friendly, prompting questions and several follow-up ideas.
Dr. S. F. Blair testified in the murder trial of former Delta County Sheriff Nolan Maynard. He said Maynard brought Dorothy Palmer to Reed Memorial Hospital after the gunshot death, not an auto accident. Patrolman Ross Kemp described Maynard’s arrest with a .38 revolver on the front seat, as witnesses testified about finding the body and gun in the car.
Rhua Ethel Slavens a 21 year old Montana student farmer returns home with Belgian know how on cooking after three months on Belgian Luxembourg farms. She and Van Elga Eitel 19 of Green Castle Miss met reporters and dined with US minister to Luxembourg Perle Mesta. They travel back with 29 other young American farmers studying European farm problems.
Beulah Ann Read, 23, of Walsenburg Colorado, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the September 1947 death of her infant daughter Karol. Jury of seven women and five men delivered the verdict after prior retrials and court action, with a penalty of one to 10 years in prison. The child was found shot on the Read ranch southwest of Walsenburg.
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