Radiation effects on man and city devastation explored
Washington reports on atomic bomb impact estimates across U S cities. Experts disagree on fatality figures, noting secrecy and the influence of building construction on casualty ranges. The Times Square scenario illustrates possible military and economic disruption from a核 bomb.
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Washington
New York
Times Square
Japan
New York Times Square
Nagasaki
Manhattan
Hiroshima
Colombian Army and Snipers Fight in Bogota Center
Colombian troops battled snipers for over an hour in central Bogota near Jimenez De Ques ada Avenue and the Hotel Granada. Civilians sheltered in San Francisco Church as gunfire echoed from multiple directions amid riots tied to unrest during the Pan American Conference.
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Bogota
Colombia
Jimenez de Quesada Avenue
Carrera
Granada
San Francisco
De Gaulle urges immediate general election to meet Red threat
In Marseille Gen Charles De Gaulle urged an immediate general election to form a strong government to confront Soviet Russia. Premier Schuman proposed new military reorganization and longer service. De Gaulle appealed to French to join the RPF and pledged a powerful executive.
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de Gaulle
Marseille
France
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet
Russia
Robert Schuman
Schuman
DeGaulle
RPF
Bogota Pearl Harbor analogy shapes view of 9 April riots
Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias says American intelligence saw similar faults in Bogota and Pearl Harbor warnings. He argues the Inter-American Conference lacked a clear aim, while Latin Americans sought hemispheric recovery, and that Communists exploited popular discontent, possibly pressuring Liberal Leader Eliecer Gaitan who was assassinated.
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Washington
Bogota
Pearl Harbor
Ellis M. Zacharias
Zacnarias
Naval Intelligence
WINX
Zacharias
America
Marshall
Eliecer Gaitan
Gailan
Amarillo Area Weather Summary and Temperatures
The Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy and cooler conditions for Amarillo and vicinity on Monday with similar expectations Tuesday. Occasional showers and thundershowers are noted, especially in West Texas regions including Panhandle South Plains and Paso area with a slight cool down Tuesday. Temperature readings show highs around the low 90s and lows in the 40s, with trace precipitation and sunset around 7 22 PM.
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US Weather Bureau
Amarillo
West Texas
Paso Area
Panhandle
South Plains
Vest
Lake Max
Amarillo Ties April Heat Record at 94 Degrees
Amarillo's high reached 94 degrees yesterday tying the April record that had stood for 38 years. Weatherman P. W. Reynolds of the US Weather Bureau says the 94 was first touched on the 29th in 1910 and forecasts relief with partly cloudy cooler weather, a high near 79 and a low around 55 tonight. A trace of moisture and dust was reported late yesterday.
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Amarillo
P. W. Reynolds
US Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Reynolds
State VFW Chief Evans May Enter Race for Governor
Roger Q Evans of Denison said he will run for Texas governor if enough dissatisfaction with the present administration exists. Evans, a Texas House member and state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, made the remark in Austin on April 18.
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VFW
Evans
Austin
Roger Q .Evans
Denison
Texas
Texas House of Representatives
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dispute Over Air Force Fund Cuts Across Party Lines
A Senate dispute over funding to expand air power cuts across party lines. Republicans Bridges and Gurney back Truman and Defense Secretary Forrestal arguing for restraint until a full defense program is ready. Democrats O Mahoney and Maybank push for the 70 group plan with Maybank promising a fight to delay House approved air power funds.
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Washington
Senate
America
Bridges
New Hampshire
Appropriations Committee
Gurney
South Dakota
Armed Services Committee
Truman
Defense
Forrestal
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Maybank
South Carolina
House
Angler Wins Mud Cat at Panhandle Fish Rodeo
T. L. Allen of 823 Georgia reeled in a half pound mud cat tagged POSC 108 at Buffalo Lake during the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsman's Club Fish Rodeo. The 11 inch trophy fish earned at least 25 free fishing permits and possible extra prizes for Panhandle members.
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T. L. Allen
Georgia
News-Globe
Panhandle Club
PCSC
Joe Palooka
Dixie Dugan
Joe
Dixie
Panhandle Outdoor Sportsman's Club
Lake Concession
Amarillo
Purse Theft Turns Fatal for Des Moines Mother
Mrs. Myrtle E. Bird, 54, mother of 11, died six hours after her purse containing 115 dollars was stolen from her porch. She had enlisted a neighbor to help open her door, then fainted when the purse disappeared and later suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Des Moines
Carol Ann
What Am I Saying Humor by Frank Morean
A short humor column notes women enjoy humor and suggests many amateur comedians are older men with white hair. The piece, attributed to Frank Morean, appears as a light anecdotal gag from 1948.
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Frank Morean
N Y Post Corp
Italy’s Sunday vote spreads anti Communist zeal across nation
In Rome and Milan early reports describe two thwarted attacks on munitions dumps during Italy’s election day. Police arrested two sentries after a boat neared a Lombardy arms depot. In Milan 60 soldiers repelled attackers at a San Rocco El Porto ammunition dump with no casualties.
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Rome
Italy
Pavia
Lombardy
Milan
Ticino
Enrico Acchiardi
Acchiardi
San Rocco el Porto
Christian Democratic Party
Bologna
Interior Ministry
Turin
Naples
Ancona
Salerno
Pescara
Alcide de Gasperi
Vatican City
Frascati
Europe
Popular Front
de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Seve
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Washington
Palmiro Togliatti
Ministry of Interior
Communist Popular Front
Plane escape shows merit of a safety film
Marvin Lee Jr of 4212 Hayden credits a safety lesson from a movie for saving his life when a gust flipped his Aeronca 41 at English Field. He escaped unharmed as the plane wrecked, recalling the advice to switch off power before exiting.
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Marvin Lee, Jr
Hayden
English Field
Lee
J. L. Kennedy
Dumas
Perpfist
Amarillo
Little Annie Lou Found After Snooze Adventure
Two year old Annie Lou Green of 2406 Buchanan wandered away during a spring afternoon. Amarillo officers Crump and Raymond led the search with neighbors, locating Annie Lou asleep behind a chair three blocks from home.
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Annie Lou
Green
Buchanan
J. W. Crump
Jack Raymond
Amarillo
Lewis Decision Today Awaited By All Industry
AP reports John L. Lewis faced a possible jail term or fine in a contempt of court action tied to the nationwide soft coal strike. A Federal judge could convict the United Mine Workers leader, heightening fears of renewed strikes by 400,000 miners and ripple effects across auto, steel, rail, and other industries.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
America
Heavy and Light
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Lewis
United Mine
Southern
Industry
Congress
Thursfax
Reds Lead in War on Arabs Claim in Cairo
Cairo dispatch reports Maj. Salah Bizri, Syria's Arab League liaison, alleging 50 Russian commanders lead Jews against Arabs in northern Palestine. He says Russians front Jewish and Haifa Haemek areas using Haifa base and visaless arrivals. Official Jewish sources deny Russian Jews in the Holy Land.
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Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Arab League
Palestine
Salah Bisri
Haifa
M Haemek
Holy
Bizri
Holy Land
Death Wins in Second Spin In Motorboat
Pittsburgh April 18 Howard Miller 31 cheated death twice today first when his motor boat was swept toward Emsw dam and saved by aviator Roberta Wassel 20 who landed a pontoon near him and towed him to safety two hours later Miller again took the boat on the Ohio River it overturned near the point and Miller drowned with his body not yet recovered.
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Pittsburgh
Howard Miller
Miller
Emsw
Roberta Wassel
Ohio River
Paint Firm Burns in Omaha Fire
A spectacular blaze destroyed the four story Morris Paint and Varnish Company building in Omaha today. The fire origin remains under investigation and no injuries are reported.
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BURNS
Omaha
Morris Paint and Varnish Company
Truck Damages Stinnett Span Forces Bridge Closure
Traffic across the Canadian River on Highway 117 between Borger and Stinnett was halted after a truck knocked uprights from the bridge flooring. Heavy vehicles are rerouted via Highway 87 to Dumas to Stinnett, or via the Old Plemons bridge, while lighter vehicles cross. Repairs will remove the damaged section and replace it, with an eight to ten day closure.
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Canadian River
Borger
Stinnett
James G. Lott
District Highway Department
Dumas
Community meeting notices and delegate registration
Clean-up Week events at noon at the Herring Hotel for the Panhandle Geological Society and the Kiwanis Club at the Amarrillo Hotel. Delegates register for the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers eighth district convention at Polk Street Methodist Church. See High Plains Today Page 2.
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Atarta
Panhandle
Sutety
Herring
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Anthony O. Chapman
Oleta Curry of
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Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company
West
Walter Seigenthaler
Al's Radio Ser
Air Force Fund
Myrtle E. Bird
Russell
Taylor
Herberg
Donne S
Little Annie Lou
Stinnett Span
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