Lubbock Focuses on Real Estate Loan Forgeries
A Lubbock grand jury and District Attorney Alton Griffin move to counter double contracting and forged real estate loan papers. Investigators target misrepresentations in loan applications to curb up to 100 percent financing through inflated prices and down payments, with federal cases noted in FHA and VA loans.
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Lubbock
Alton Griffin
Griffin
Texas
Waggoner Cary
Veterans Administration
Federal Housing Administration
Farlier
Grand Prairie
Lewis Decker
New Mexico
Lubbock Grand Jury
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Midland
Odessa
Paso
Texas Banking Commission
Texas Insurance Commission
Grand Jury
Savings and Loan Associations
Fat Overnight Diet Pitches ODRINEX Drug
An ad touts ODRINEX a nonprescription fat loss tablet promising seven day fat reduction with money back guarantee. It claims appetite suppression allows eating meats and desired foods while reducing portions before returning for a refund via Hearing Drug Store at 7 W. Texas.
United Airlines mechanic nets record bonus for savings
William L. Williams 47 a United Air Lines mechanic was awarded the largest idea bonus in the company's history after a suggestion saved nearly 100000 in the first year of use. He also received 9495 for a hydraulic pump repair method that reduced waste.
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San Francisco
William L. Williams
United Air Lines
United
Selbyville
High Criticism of Barry Warren by ABA Chief
Phoenix, Afiz AP reports Walter Craig president-elect of the American Bar Association says Chief Justice Earl Warren was right to criticize the bar for silence on three constitutional amendments. The proposals would create a Court of the Union, shift amendment power to states, and strip federal courts of state reapportionment jurisdiction. The ABA board opposed the first two and sent the reapportionment question to a committee. Randolph, Virginia, served as the first U.S. attorney general.
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Phoenix
Afiz
American Bar Association
Earl Warren
Walter EB. Craig
American Law Institute
Warren
Court of the Union
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Board of Governors of
The
Association
Craig
Bar
Minow leaves FCC to join Encyclopaedia Britannica
Washington notes Newton Minow quits the FCC after a seven year chairmanship to join Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. The move, reportedly at $100,000 a year, shifts to E. William Henry who succeeds Minow as regulator. Henry vows tougher standards on public-interest licensing while praising broadcasts that educate and inform.
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Washington
Newton Minow
Chicago
Federal Communications Commission
Encyclopaedia Britannic, Inc
Minow
FCC
AEVE
National Association of Broadcasters
TV Schedule Fragment for Friday and Saturday
A navigational rundown of a TV guide segment listing programs and times for Friday night and Saturday schedule blocks. It includes news, sports, comedies, dramas, variety shows, cartoons, westerns, and film programs with channel names and repeat cues. The fragments show a typical local listing with titles like Route 66, The Flintstones, Dragnet, and The Price Is Right, along with time stamps and minor program notes.
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Nick Gearhart
ABC
Walter Cronkite
Rawhide
Mitch
Dickens
Fenster
CBS Dragnet
Marietta
Jerry Lester
Amended Texas Shrimp Law Explained by Club Leader
CEditor notes the amended Texas Shrimp Conservation Act HB 109 passed May 16. Changes include a second open season May 15 to July 15, larger shrimp allowed, new trawl size limits, and daily landing caps. Groups say measures reduce waste, boost value, and promote fair harvest distribution while aligning with biologists’ findings.
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Texas
House of Representatives
Senate
Coopera
Commercial
Pri
RRA
ELS
Fisheries’ Biologists
The
Club
Texas Shrimp Association
Texas Seafood Institute
Expansion seen as key to salvaging Estes empire in Pecos
Bob Boyd of American Grain Corp, trustee for Billie Sol Estes assets, says expansion through farming holds the best chance to salvage the former empire. The firm bought 647.5 acres near Abilene plus Estes era cotton allotments under ASCS review, plants lettuce and cantaloupes, mulls future pecan ventures, and plans to grow the grain storage business across former Estes farms in Pecos and Eastland County.
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Pecos
Bob. Boyd
American Grain Corp
Billie Sol. Estes
Boyd
Plains
Estes
W. W. Watkins
Abilene
Estes Farms
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
Eastland
Cisco
A. B. Foster Jr
E ‘Mer
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Hearing Drug Store
United Lines
Barry Warren
Edmund Randolph
Virginia
United States
E. William Henry
Memphis
Henry
Communications Satellite Corporation
Valiant
America
Higginbotham Motor CO. Inc
Market ST
Baytown
Sun’s Television Log
George Reasoner
Farm Journal
Sgt. Preston
Flicka
Art Grindle
Shari Lewis
Wee Peeharg
Ritirickville
Daddy Roy Rogers
Bernie and
Cecil
Roy Rogers
Larry Kane
Hollywood Playhouse
Riley
MGM Theatre
Bobby Wolf
Johnny Mack
Jerry Jackson
Chuck Evans
M.T
Bebo) Waddell
Bayshore
T Brancis Drake
Philip
Spain
England
BRUCE
Home Lumber Company
E. Texas
Terminix
Snes Gas
Ted
Aveda
Lavaway
Mmba
Sears
West Texas
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