Pardons Revoked for Multiple Offenders
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles revoked several conditional pardons granted to past inmates. Individuals include a 1948 pardon by Governor Beauford Jester who had served six months for forgery and burglary, plus a 1947 burglary theft sentence to be completed. C. A. Carney’s 1944 pardon from a 20 year robbery with firearms sentence was canceled due to alleged public drunkenness and trouble reported in Orange. Eddie Buck Gilmore’s 1946 Dallas burglary theft pardon was also revoked after release in October.
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Beauford Jester
C. A. Carney
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Orange
Carney
Allan Shivers
Eddie Buck Gilmore
Dallas
Gas Firms Face Anti-Trust Suit On Price Fixing
Texas Attorney General files a civil anti trust suit in the 126th District Court alleging six San Antonio butane gas distributors conspired to raise and fix prices in Bexar County. The action seeks injunctive relief and penalties up to 1500 per day, detailing a price hike from nine cents to as high as fifteen cents per gallon and the driving out of a lower priced rival.
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Bexar County
Price Daniel
126Th
San Antonio
W. G. Ellis
Vapo Butane Co
A. W. Kroesche
Butane Gas and Equipment Company
Ellis Transport Corp
Hydrogas Company
Butane Sales Company
Perfecto Gas Company
Ellis Transport Corporation
Butane
Alamo Butane Co
Alamo
Ellis
Alamo Butane Company
Armor carries heavy weight in medieval centuries
The armor worn in the Middle Ages weighed from 25 pounds to over 100 pounds, reflecting the era’s protective gear design and battlefield needs.
Loyalty Check Bars One 2 Education Board Members Disqualified
Two outgoing State Board of Education members were barred from the ballot as candidates for the new board while Jack Binion of Houston resigned to qualify. Mrs. Perkins Eastland and Vernon Singleton Dallas were denied spots. Millard Matkin Center failed to file the loyalty affidavit. The secretary of state also reported resignations and ballot orders for multiple districts and candidates across the state.
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Austin American Capitol
State Board of Education
Jack Binton
Houston
Joseph M. Perkins
Eastland
Vernon Singleton
Dallas
Ben Ramsey
Millard Matkin
Center
Paul Bolton
Austin
Ramsey
Perkins
E. J. Woodward
Sweetwater
Leslie Huff
Waco
Thomas B. Ramsey
Tyler
E. C. Weafer
Caldwell
P. E. Womack
Leon Coker
Naples
Grover Sellers
Sulphur Springs
W. W. Bennett
A. D. Moore
Joe A. Wessendorff
Richmond
George Duncan
Alvin
Cecil A. Morgan
W. B. Garrison
Fort Worth
W. J. Stone
Nocona
R. B. Anderson
Vernon
Neal B. Marriott
Corpus Christi
Miller Harwood
Taft
Paul G. Greenwood
Harlingen
Lewis H. Moore
McAllen
A. H. Dennison
Odessa
Foundation Committee Meeting Planned in Austin Area
The membership and finance committee of the Austin Area Economic Development Foundation will meet Wednesday at 4 p.m. at E. A. Moeller's office, 600 East First Street. The session will review team reports on the recent limited membership solicitation for the second-year program. The roster lists 430 individuals firms and organizations.
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Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
E. A. Moeller
East First Street
Board of Directors
Cary Grant Rests After Minor Surgery
Cary Grant rests comfortably in Burbank hospital after a cyst removal during a short observation stay on Monday. The film star entered the hospital for a few days of observation and recovered well by Tuesday.
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Cary Grant
Burbank
Calif
Reece Appointed to State Board of Medical Examiners
Dr. Charles D. Reece of Houston was named to the State Board of Medical Examiners in place of Dr. Denton Kerr who resigned after revealing he could not serve while on Baylor University Medical School faculty. Kerr, a 1931 UT Medical Branch graduate and Sherman native, had been appointed last spring. He remains on the Houston Board of Health until departure.
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Austin American Capitol
Charles D. Reece
Houston
State Board of Medical Examiners
Denton Kerr
Allan Shivers
Kerr
Baylor University Medical School
Stat Board
Reece
Sherman
University of Texas
Houston Board of Health
US Transport Given Task of Evacuation
Hong Kong dispatch says the American President Lines transport General Gordon will sail for Shanghai in ballast on Sept 29 to evacuate foreigners from the Communist held city.
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Hong Kong
American President Lines
General Gordon
Shanghai
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