Becker Family Violin Makers Join Stradivari Tradition
The Becker family in Chicago continues a 74 year old craft with Carl Becker Jr and his daughter Jennifer making violins in a shop started in 1901. They produce about 800 instruments and strive for equal regard with Stradivarius and Guarneri as experts praise their craftsmanship and potential value.
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Carl Becker
Chicago
Carl Jr
Jennifer
Carl
Jenny
Becker
Courthouse Records Oil and Gas Leases in 160 Acre Tracts
Courthouse records show multiple oil and gas leases binding parties including W W Teague Jesse W Bush L E Garrett and others. Notable tenants include Texaco Gulf Oil Union Oil and Phillips Petroleum with rentals ranging from 10 to 640 dollars for 5 year terms covering sections in H&GN PSL T&P and related blocks. Several leases specify 640 acre transfers to Robert R Smith and long terms of up to 52 years.
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W.W. Teague
Jesse W. Bush
L.E. Garrett
Robert R. Smith
Jim Deakins
T&p
Frank J. Robinson
Phillips Petroleum Co
William S. Robinson
Eva L. Weitzmann
Texaco, Inc
Harry W. Middleton
Gulf Oil Corp
East
H&gn
Arnold Gardner
Carl W. Smith
W.E. Anthony
Marie Louise Irelan Armstrong
Norma Nicholas
Ruby Mae Taylor
Union Oil
Floy Baten Et al
Texarkana National Bank Et al
Marshal W. Wilburn
Kenneth Lindemann
Cora S. Moore
Stanley N. Staples
Coral S. Moore
Pittsburgh National Bank Et al
Marshall W. Wilburn
W.K. Duncan Et al
Frances Fullwood Keith
Gulf Oil
Walter S. Fullwood
H.C. Murphy
Burton Henris
Texaco
Garrison shifts from prosecutor to defense attorney
Former Dist Atty Jim Garrison, famed for his 1960s JFK assassination inquiry, now defense lawyer in a $5 million suit filed by Clay Shaw. Shaw, acquitted in 1969, claims the probe violated his rights. Judge Heebe allowed the suit to proceed posthumously. Garrison dismisses concerns and vows to fight.
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Bill Crider
Associated Press
New Orleans
Dist
Jim Garrison
Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Clay L. Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
Shaw
U.S. District Court
Louisiana
Frederick Heebe
Keebe
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Courthouse Records
Eleanor Gilbert Muse
H.T. Ardinger, Jr
Columbia Union National Bank & Trust Co
J.J. Travis
Laura Pembrook
Elizabeth L. Pawkett
Texas Land & Mortgage Co
W.W. Hill
W. A. Glasscock
Truth and Consequences, Inc
Kennedy
Oswald
Bill Norton
Western Auto
Tuffy
Ik *the
Goodzyear
Imperial Electric
BankAmericaid
United Budget Charge
Pecos
Pip
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