Flying saucers sighted near Amarillo and Lubbock observers report
Amarillo residents and two Texas Tech professors in Lubbock describe two groups of objects seen at about 9:10 to 9:15 PM moving northeast to southwest at incredible speed. One observer notes a pink glow and a string of beads while the second group appears stacked then disperses within seconds.
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Lubbock
CAA
Reese
Botere
Texas Tech
Amarillo
Associated Press
Bill Coons
Johnson
Palo Duro Drive-In
Coons
Postmen Lead Drive for Palsy Building Fund
Amarillo postmen plan a two round today starting at 8 p.m. to collect for the Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center building fund aiming at 40 000 dollars. They will accept cash in sealed envelopes and checks payable to the fund. Campaign chair Troy Jones said cash on hand is about 9 000 dollars with two recent checks: 400 dollars from Southwestern Public Service Company and 200 dollars from anonymous donors.
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Amarillo
Jack Phillips
Phillips Parkmoor
Sixteenth
Madison
Troy Jones
Southwestern Public Service Company
Two Amarillo Brothers Return From Global Assignments
Charles L Leveritt after three years with Arabia-American Oil Co returns from Saudi Arabia to Amarillo with a deep tan and Texas pride. His brother John, an Air Force captain, flies back from Nellis AFB to spend time with family before a Guam assignment. The brothers, graduates of Amarillo High School, share memories of World War II and naval service.
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World Globe
A. G. Leveritt
John, Jr
Leveritt
Minnesota
Iowa
Nevada
Charles
Pacific
Sam
Marianas Island
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Amarillo
South America
Atlantic Refinery Corporation
Texas
Ibn Saud
New Red Charges Ely 2000 Caucasian Troops Reported Ready for Battle
Tokyo dispatches say about 2000 Caucasian troops have entered Korea to fight if truce talks fail and war resumes. Informants indicate anti air batteries may be stationed in North Korea on both coasts. A volunteer European force rumored to gather north of the Yalu River in Manchuria for months.
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Tokyo
U.P
Korea
North Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Paratrooper Killed as Maneuvers End at Camp Mackall
Pvt. Salvadore J. Camarena of Los Angeles died when his emergency parachute opened late during Exercise Southern Pines at Camp Mackall North Carolina. The two day airborne assault left about 175 injuries and 14 deaths in two weeks of maneuvers involving 110000 troops.
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Camp Mackall
Pvt
Salvadore J. Camarena
Los Angeles
John R. Hodge
Third Army
National Guard
Allies accused of more neutral zone violations
Peiping radio in English charged that United States warplanes violated the neutral Korean armistice zone and flew over Shanghai Tsingtao and other Chinese coastal cities. The report also claimed American planes moved toward Kaesong and disrupted truce talks, while Ridgway termed earlier charges malicious falsehoods.
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Tokyo
Red China
United States
Shanghai
Tsingtao
Peiping Radio
China
Kaesong
Reds
Matthew Rideway
Peiping
Red News Agency
Red
Shantung
Chekiang
Kiangsu
Ridgway
Pekping
Pyongyang
C. Turner Joy
Peiping People's Daily
C. Turner
Joy
Experimental Jets Crash Killing Pilots
Two experimental aircraft incidents claim pilots' lives. In England at Stansted a Handley Page flying triangle disintegrated during test, no blast heard, pilot J P Broomfield killed instantly. In California James P Martin, 34, died piloting a small rectilinear flying wing after unauthorized takeoff from Torrance Municipal Airport. witnesses saw the craft stall and plunge to the ground.
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Stansted
England
Handley-Page Company
Stansted Airport
J. P. Broomfield
Britain
Torrance
Cal
James P. Martin
Martin
Plains Shower Event Impacts Road Conditions Near Canyon
Heavy rain and brief hail disrupted travel near Canyon as motorists reported poor visibility from windshield wipers. Rain tapered near Amarillo six to eight miles south, with .01 inch at the Amarillo Air Terminal and variable activity elsewhere. Temperatures rose to 88 in Amarillo, while Dalhart reached 77. overall, Oldham County saw heavier precipitation than Vega. Widely scattered showers were forecast for today.
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Seaneus
Canyon
Amarillo
US Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Weather Bureau
Ed DiLoreto
Weatherman
Goodland
Kan
Trinidad
Colo
Friona
Borger
Perryton
Globe News
O. H. Loyd
Vega
Borger Man Killed In Highway Wreck
Pi Joe L Collins, 22, of Borger died in a three car crash on Highway 81 five miles north of Bowie. He passed a Bowie driver and collided head on with a vehicle driven by Billy Meacham of Waurika Oklahoma. Meacham is listed in serious condition.
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Bowie
Joe L. Collier
Borger
Highway 81
Collier
Benton Hendricks
Billy Meacham
Waurika
Okla
Highway Patrol
Meacham
Bowe
New Hurricane Unleashed Off Mexico Coast Near Gulf
Mazatlan halted sea and air traffic as a 90 mile per hour hurricane moved north toward the Gulf of California. The storm followed the worst Mexican hurricane on record along the east coast where 198 deaths had occurred and 6,000 people displaced. Soto La Marina residents fled to a hillside camp above the town lacking food and water.
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Mexico City
Pacific
Mazatlan
Mexico
Gulf of California
la Paz
Gulf
Atlantic
Jamaica
East Coast
Air Force
Soto la Marina
Tampico
Tax OKayed by Randall County in Texas
Voters in Randall County approve a 30 cent ad valorem tax to fund county road and bridge repairs. Early returns show strong support with 80 to 12 in Canyon precinct and about seven to one overall. Final results await county commissioners meeting for confirmation.
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Canyon
Randall County
Panhandle
McGee Isolated In Lubbock Jail
Richard W. McGee, condemned slayer, was placed on the fourth floor of Lubbock County jail for safety during a sanity hearing scheduled for September 17 in 72nd District Court. Sheriff Grady Harrisst reports no other prisoners on the floor and notes past hunger strike threats.
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Lubbock
Richard W. McGee
Lubbock County
McGee
Huntsville
Je T Harrist
Community meetings and events in Amarillo area schedule
OPS specialist M D Lakey available to discuss regulation 34 at the Amarillo Hotel. Kiwanis meets Herring Hotel at 1 00 PM. AHS Bel Canto auditions at high school annex 6 30 PM. Sertoma meets Parkmoore Drive-In 7 00 PM. Ama tillo District Semit leaders roundtable Camp Don Harrington 6 00 PM. Porchlight drive for Cerebral Palsy center fund at 8 00 PM. Circus of Death endurance driving exhibition at Plains Chevrolet Used Car Lot 8 00 PM. Forest Hill Civic Club meets Forest Hill School Annex 8 15 PM. Gold Sox vs Clovis Pioneers at Gold Sox Field 8 15 PM.
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Office of Price Stabilization Specialisat
M. D Lakey
Amarillo
Kiwanis Club
Herring Hotel
AHS
Bel Canto Chorale
Sertoma Club
Parkmoor Drive-In
Ama- Tillo
Don Harrington
Plains Chevrolet Company
Twelfth
Fillmore
Forest Hill
Forest Hill School
Gold Sox
Clovis Pioneers
Bunavista Boy Dragged to His Death by Horse
Wayne Culp a 14 year old boy was dragged to death by a horse on the M T Johnson ranch near Bunavista He was the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Culp of 604 Fifth Street Philrich Branch Bunavista He died after being rushed to North Plains Hospital Funeral services were pending at Blackburn Shaw Brown Funeral Home The cause remained under study with authorities noting the rider may have been thrown and dragged by a stirrup rather than a direct strike
The Red Foley Show on KGNC Tonight
The Globe News reports KGNC airs The Red Foley Show at 5 30 PM today. Red Foley brings country music hits and entertainer’s chatter from the airwaves, promising lively performances and familiar tunes for listeners.
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The
Globe News Today
Red Foley
Poland exile reveals harsher life for women under Red Warsaw
Krystyna Karczynska, a 21-year-old Polish refugee in Sweden, says Polish women face extreme labor camps and brutal discipline with harsh pay and political punishment for minor offenses. She describes forced overtime, political pressure, and a vow to marry after finding work in Sweden.
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Stockholm
Poland
Krystyna Karczenska
Miss Karczynska
Valltofta
Sweden
Baltic
Poznan
Love
Korczynaka
MacFadden Parachutes Into Hudson River to Prove Safety
Bernarr MacFadden eighty three parachuted from a plane into the Hudson River near the Palisades landing safely about 20 feet from New Jersey shore. Rescued by Yonkers crabbers and a fireman he told spectators I feel like a million amid a near collision with rocks. Police had warned against such stunts prompting a change to a higher upstream jump as he aims to prove water parachute safety for young airmen.
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Alpinf
Bernarr MacFadden
Hudson River
New Jersey
Niagara Falls
MacFadden
Yonkers
Palisades
Yonkers River
Mac
New York
Hudson
George Washington Bridge
No One Hurt as Auto Blows Up
An attempt to kill six United Mine Workers organizers failed when dynamite planted in their car exploded minutes after they left Hyden Kentucky. Police said no one was harmed, the car was a total loss, and the interior was mangled with the hood blown over 100 yards.
Annual Coffee-Coffee Clan Reunion Highlights Abundant Coffees
The 15th annual reunion drew 117 Coffees and Coffey descendants to Ellwood Park with attendees from Texas New Mexico Oregon Tennessee and Colorado. Officers include Woodson Coffee Jr vice president plus President Mrs Vern Chumpacker and secretary treasurer Mrs E E Buchanan. The event featured social mingling a brief business session and updates on births deaths and marriages among Coffees and Coffeys.
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Ellwood Park
Coffey
Colfer
Woodson Coffee, Jr. Silverton
Vern Chumpacker
White Deer
E. E. Buchanan
Bowe
Perma M “ Ae
Nent
L, Morgan
Beverly
O. B. Phillips
West Eighth
Texas
New Mexico
Eugene
Ore
Memphis
Tenn
Greeley
Colo
Coffee
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Hord Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
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Henry C. Coffee
Pampa
Janice Rae Coffee
Earl G. Coffee
Albuquerque
Walter E. Coffee
Becky
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George Coffee
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