Six Jurymen Named For Brinkley Trial
In Brinkley murder case Orla U Brinkley jurors were chosen for a murder trial in 47th District Court with 185 of 264 veniremen reporting. The state will not seek the death penalty and examination resumes at 9 am. The case stems from the death of Joseph Michael Getz, 20 months old, with Brinkley denying charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orla LU
Brinkley
47Th District Court
Henry
Bishop
Joseph Michael Getz
Lloyd King
Less Whitaker
Amarillo Weather Outlook With Snow Possible
The Weather Bureau reports cloudy and colder conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with light rain Tuesday. Snow is possible late Tuesday afternoon or night into Wednesday with more flurries the Panhandle and South Plains. West Texas sees mostly cloudy skies, rain and colder air, with snow flurries in the Panhandle and South Plains and some rain or snow in the Pecos Valley.
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Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Farm Committee Members Named
Fifty three votes the largest in Potter County farm program election in recent years named leaders for the next year. John Detten elected chairman. David F. Danmier vice chairman. Luther E. Glavier regular member. Lloyd W. Krabbe first alternate. John F. Blessen second alternate. Committeemen plan conservation practices and administer the farm program with federal payments.
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Potter County
John Detten
David F. Danmier
Luther E. Glavier
Lloyd W. Krabbe
John F. Blessen
Texas sets show cause dates over gas waste in oil fields
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered 26 oil fields including East Texas to show cause by Jan 25 why they should not cease flaring about 177 million cubic feet of natural gas daily. Commission Chairman Ernest O. Thompson cited ample oil supply and stressed the move targets wasteful flaring without risking winter oil shortages.
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Austin
Texas
Big East Texas
Railroad Commission
Commission
Supreme Court
Ernest O. Thompson
Imogene
Jourdanton
Lolita
Porter
Slick Wilcox
Francitas
Amelia
North Katy
Oyster Bayou
Red Fish Reef
Thompson
North Thompson
South Thompson
Conoco
Driscoll
Odom
Richard King
Sun
Sun North
Chapel Hill
Navarro Crossing
Todd Deep
Crincidal
Block 31 Division
Cowden South
Fuhrman-Masche
Lie detector tests eyed in Hiss Chambers case
House committee considers polygraph tests for Whittaker Chambers and the Hiss brothers Alger and Donald as part of the Hiss-Chambers dispute. Mundt said the panel may decide within a day. Testimony on how documents left the State Department is planned, with four accessed officials named.
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Washington
House
Hiss-Chambers
Representative Mundt
South Dakota
House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss Brothers
Alger
Donald
Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Moscow
Donald Hiss
Hisses
Mundt
Hiss
Mundst
Eunice Lincoln
Miss Lincoln
Francis Sayre
Anna Belle Newcomb
Lincoln
Miss Newcomb
Sayre
United Nations
Paris
Annual Christmas Party and Cub Leaders Meeting
WELLINGTON and DUMAS host club events this evening. The Business and Professional Women's Club gathers at the Community Building at 7 30 PM for a Christmas party. In Dumas Cub Leaders, Boy Scout Leaders, Senior Leaders and District Committee men of the Moore County District meet at the Christian Church.
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Wellington
Business and Professional Women's Club
Dumas
Moore County
Llano Estacado Boy Scout Council
Christian Church
Range Riders Join Search for Judge Riggs Missing Potter County Judge
J N Riggs a 70 year old former Potter County judge has been missing since Sunday morning. The Range Riders led by Delbert Dalby and Tex Thornton will search with Sheriff Bill Adams at River Road School at 7 30 am. The search covers the River Road west pasture area north of Amarillo with help from Mel Armstrong and J P Leneveu. Relatives and friends aided the effort by air and radio stations were alerted after his disappearance.
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J. N. Riggs
Potter County
Delbert Dalby
Tex Thornton
Bill Adams
River Road School
River Road
Amarillo
Adams
Mel Armstrong
J. P. Leneveu
Johnson Seeks Water Aid From Truman on Texas Dams
Senator-elect Lyndon B. Johnson met with President Truman in Washington to discuss flood control and rivers and harbors improvements for Texas. Johnson thanked Truman for past federal help and outlined plans for four more Colorado River dams and potential Guadalupe projects, stressing water supply needs for cities and farms.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Harry S. Truman
White House
Senate
Johnson
Truman
Miller Springs
Brazos River
Colorado River
10Th Congressional
Colorado
Canyon
Guadalupe River
Guadalupe
Truman elected President as electors cast votes
Electors from 48 states officially cast ballots with Truman at 303 votes, Dewey 189, Thurmond 39. One Tennessee elector defied party by voting Thurmond, while another backed Truman, highlighting rare vote-splitting and the long-standing practice of winner-take-all in most states.
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Washington
Truman
Tennessee
Thomas E. Dewey
J. Strom Thurmond
Mr. Truman
Preston Parks
Somerville
Thurmond
Parks
Harry S. Truman
United States
Senate
Colorado
Roosevelt
Maryland
California
West Virginia
Recording Ban Ends Musicians Union Welfare Fund Approved
The U S government approves the AFL Federation of Musicians welfare fund 2 million dollars a year to aid unemployed players. Samuel Rosenbaum named sole trustee and royalties fund free concerts and musician pay in a plan ruling under Taft Hartley Act. End of recording ban allows AFL instrumentalists to resume recording domestically.
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Washington
James C. Petrillo
Musicians Union Welfare Fund
AFL
Tom C. Clark
Labor Department
William S. Tyson
AFL Federation of Musicians
Samuel R. Rosenbaum
Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Tyson
Clark
Rosenbaum
Afl-American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
General Gray Arrives in Amarillo for VA Hospital Tour
VA chief Gen. Carl R. Gray Jr., a railroad man by background, arrives in Amarillo by Rock Island at 6:30 AM for a day of inspection at Veterans Hospital after breakfast with Wright Armstrong. He is joined by VA officials from Dallas and his wife, then departs for Albuquerque tonight.
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Carl R. Gray, Jr
Veterans Affairs
Veterans Administration
Amarillo
Panhandle
Rock Island
Wright Armstrong
Burlington Lines
Herring Hotel
Veterans Hospital
General Gray
A. W. Woolford
Washington, DC
Col
Thomas G. Lanphier
Lee D. Cady
W. N. Sewell
Dallas
Carl R. Gray, Sr
New York City
Kansas City
Petrillo to Sign Five Year Pact Ending Recording Ban
New York, Dec 13. The five year contract approved last October will be signed tomorrow ending the Petrillo recording ban and restoring new records. The deal, tied to royalties for a union welfare fund, was delayed for Taft Hartley act legality. Big four labels rush to press new releases for Christmas, while Decca slows. Petrillo leads the union of instrumentalists who halted recording December 31.
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New York
Phonograph Record Companies
Afl-American Federation of Musicians
James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
Chicago
Rca-Victor
Columbia
Capitol
Decca
Amarillo Daily Schedule Of Meetings And Events
A packed noon to evening list in Amarillo includes VA admin inspect Vets Hospital at 10 00 AM, Decoration of American Legion Tree at Municipal Auditorium, Amarillo Real Estate Board meeting and officer elections at Amarillo Hotel, Kiwanis and Lions Club gatherings, City Commission discussion on water works at Municipal Auditorium, Horace Mann PTA with WTSC speaker at school, Federated Women’s Clubs charter at YWCA, Business and Professional Women’s Club at Herring Hotel, Christmas shopping kickoff in San Jacinto, Rebekah Lodge meeting at Rebekah Hall, 20 30 Club and Toastmasters at local venues, Motorcycle Club at Fredda Anderson home, and Top O’ Texas Chapter AA at Amarillo College Auditorium.
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Orr
R Gray, Jr
Vets
American Legion
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Rebekah Hall
West Sixth
Blackstone Hotel
Toastmasters
First Presbyterian Church
Fredda Anderson
Top O' Texas
Alcoholic Anonymous
Amarillo Col Auditorium
Girl Dies From Beating on Guam
Ruth Farnsworth a 27 year old San Francisco resident died in a military hospital on Guam twelve hours after being found unconscious and partially clothed in a jungle area near a curio shop where she worked. Navy reported several service members questioned in connection with the slaying but none detained. initial Guam reports suggested rape though Pacific fleet said no examination for tape had yet been made.
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Pearl Harbor
Ruth Farnsworth
San Francisco
Guam
Navy
Miss Sworth
Pacific Fleet Information Office
Canadian C of C Plans Panhandle Chamber
Canadian Chamber of Commerce officers were re elected and outlined plans to form a Panhandle Chamber. Tom Abrahams P presid ent and Carl Zybach vice president were confirmed. The group will invite NE Panhandle chambers to Canadian for talks on a regional chamber. Similar regional interest spans Hansford Lipscomb Ochiltree Hutchinson Roberts Hemphill Gray counties.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Sn Wea
Wesseul
C of C
Chambers of Commerce
Hansford
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
Hutchinson
Roberts
Hemphill, Gray
Hermit Builds House Around Cave in Pismo Beach
A hermit in Pismo Beach California grew so attached to his cave that he constructed a house around it and went broke in the process. The quirky tale highlights a man choosing shelter over cash as his cave home expands.
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Frank Morean
Pismo Beach
Cal
NY Post Corm
City Bus Proposal Pleases Amarillo Company Drivers
City bus drivers for the Amarillo Bus Company voiced general approval of a proposed contract after last night’s discussion. M. P. Nussbaum, company president, led negotiations and expressed cautious optimism about the proposal’s terms and impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Bus Company
M. P. Nussbaum
Daily News Index Announces Bus Driver Contract
Daily News Index reports the company will sign a contract giving drivers 10 cent hourly raises to a top of 1.10 with overtime at time and a half. The agreement includes paid vacations up to 12 days based on service length. Negotiations began two weeks earlier, with a meeting at Iron Workers Hall.
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Iron Workers Hall
East Seventh
Rites Today for Abilene Editor Rites Today for Abilene Editor
Abilene publishers like Marshall Bernard Hanks, longtime head of The Reporter-News, dies at 64 after a heart attack. He built a Texas newspaper empire with ownership links to several papers and radio stations, influencing Abilene civic life and state journalism.
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Abilene
Marshall Bernard Hanks
Hanks
Texas
Carrier Boy
R. T. Hanks
Bernard Hanks
Dallas
Reporter
Simmons College
Hardin-Simmons University
Baylor University
Waco
Reporter-News
Houston Harte
San Angelo Standard- Times
Corpus Christi Caller- Times
Big Spring Daily Herald
Paris Evening News
Marshall News-Messenger
Denison Herald
Harte
Paris
Big Spring
Corpus Christi
Wichita Falls
Unseasonable Warm Spell Ending With Cold Front
The weather bureau warns of an abrupt fade-out this afternoon as cold air masses move in. Expect light snow and strong winds with temperatures dropping to near sub freezing by Tuesday night. Yesterday ranged from 38 to 73 degrees in the region.
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Weather Bureau
Bureau
P. W. Reynolds
Amarillo
Car Crash Damages Home In Kenosha
Early yesterday a car skidded in front of the Alex Galdabini home, mounted the curb and crashed into the brick house. Plaster collapsed as police sirens sounded and about 100 people gathered. An ambulance carried a passenger to the hospital and a tow truck removed the wrecked car. A sleepy caller identified as Galdabini asked a question about his house opening time.
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Kenosha
Wis
Alex Galdabini
Galdabini
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