Panhandle Sees Light Rain With Warm Front Forecast
Light rain showers spread across the Panhandle with mild temperatures and a forecast of snow tonight or tomorrow. Meteorologist Larry Mayne warned of a potential limb prediction that soon proved correct as showers wet Amarillo streets and sporadic rain persisted into midnight. The warm front from Central Texas and a California low drive moist air and likely continued rain regions including Fort Worth Dallas and Roswell with a cold northern push expected by Tuesday. Sheriff deputies along Potter County roadblocks noted the showers from the weather system as they monitored escaped juveniles.
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Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Larry Mayne
Amarillo
Mayne
Texas
California
Wyoming
Ft. Worth
Dallas
Big Bend
Midland
el Paso
Roswell
Hobart
Childress
Abilene
Potter County
Borger
T Men Go To Work In Amarillo Traffic Safety Drive
Amarillo's T Men started their enforcement saturday observing traffic violations and reporting them. A traffic commission letters to violators will go out today asking for cooperation in safety as the program continues.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Traffic Commission
Deaths on US Roads Exceed Predictions On New Year’s Holiday
The Associated Press reports US highway deaths during the New Year’s 54 hour holiday reached 264, with 25 fires and 33 other accidents totaling 322 violent fatalities. Only four states reported no deaths, and the toll fell short of the 392 highway deaths from Christmas weekend.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Delaware
Nevada
North Dakota
Wyoming
Mama Is A Pilot Returns With Foundling Baby
Lt Norman K Donahoe a 27 year old US Navy fighter pilot and Korean War veteran travels 13 000 miles to adopt a Greek foundling Roni Marie He hitchhikes home with his wife Helen Manos Donahoe waiting in New York The family has a 17 month old child nappies bottles and 48 disposable diapers on hand as they race to return before supplies run out
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Athens
Greece
Norman K
Moose) Donahoe
United States
Roni Marie
New York
Donahoe
Helen Manos Donahoe
George Carren
Brook
Amarillo Mavericks Return From Cotton Bowl Victory
The Amarillo Maverick Club and coach Ralph Dykeman arrived home around 7 p.m. after winning the Cotton Bowl 14 to 6 over Oak Cliff of Dallas. Players, praised for politeness, rode back from Wichita Falls to welcome scenes with family and supporters.
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Daily News
Amarillo
Maverick Club
Ralph Dykeman
Maverick
James Kyle
Jerry Raines
Dykeman
Oak Cliff
Dallas
American Business Club of Dallas
Mavericks
Grand Prairie
T. L. Bowman
Wichita Falls
Panama Chief Remon Killed by Shots at Race Track
President Jose Antonio Remon was assassinated at the Panama race track while watching a race. Foreign Minister Jose Ramon Guizado seized the presidency as a bodyguard and others died, including a detective named Peralta. An arrest abroad was reportedly linked to a woman in Remon's party.
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Jose Ramon Guizado
Remon
Peralta
Danilo Sousa
New York
Panama
United Nations
Ernesto de la Ossa
Foreign Ministry
de la Ossa
Arnulfo Arias
Weather Bureau hit by bullets as President shot
An assassination scene unfolds as a bodyguard reports the president was shot. The U S Weather Bureau forecast is not connected to the event, while Panama's longtime strongman Remon is mentioned as a political figure in the tumult.
Official Says Plot Known for Six Weeks
Roberto Heurtematte, Panama’s controller general and former U.S. ambassador, said President Jose Antonio Remon learned six weeks ago of a plot to assassinate him. He was in Washington to wind up affairs and planned to attend Florida’s governor inauguration in Tallahassee. Cecelia Remon led the Panamanian delegation to the Miami inauguration.
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Washington
Roberto Heurtematte
Panama
Jose Antonio Remon
Muniti
Heurtematte
United States
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Leroy Collins
Cecelia Remon
Miami
Remon
Navy Chief Says U S Would Use Atom Weapons in Korea
Admiral Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told reporters in Seoul that the United States would be ready to use atomic weapons if needed should Communists renew aggression in Korea. He said lasting peace is uncertain and that military aid would continue as long as required.
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Navy
U. S
Korea
Seoul
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
United States
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Southeast Asia
Radford
U.S. 1St Marine Division
Washington
Far East
China
Formosa
Seven Juveniles Free Detention Home After Robbery
Four girls and three boys escaped from Potter County Detention Home in Borger after robbing superintendent J. M. Johnson of about $2 in nickels at pistol point. Captured by Meade sheriff's officers after midnight, the youths were aided by T. O. Simpson who chased them from the home toward Fritch. Authorities radioed roadblocks as deputies tracked the runaways, including a California runaway and an Amarillo Negro, with the group split from two who remained.
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Meade
Kan
J. M. Johnson
Johnson
T. O. Simpson
Mountain
Fritch
Borger
Panhandle
Potter County
Curtis Travis
Travis
Simpson
Tom Little
California
U S Sees Freeing Two Missing Americans Amid Russia Talks
Washington reports Moscow promised to release two long missing Americans, William T. Marchuk of Brackenridge, Pa., and John H. Noble of Detroit, amid a note to the U S Embassy in Moscow. Russia repeats demand for Soviet children in West Germany and New York welfare homes.
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Washington
United States
Russia
West Germany
New York
William T. Marchuk
Brackenridge
John H. Noble
Detroit
U. S
Moscow
State Department
Rus
Bank Robbery Trio Tied to Cotati Heist
Accused Capt Dallas Seevers of the Reno police identification bureau questioned Shirley Maniscalco 32 of San Francisco yesterday. She is one of three persons booked on bank robbery charges in connection with the theft of 39000 from a Cotati California bank Saturday. The trio was arrested in Reno Saturday after a fight in which Maniscalco's companion Ted Barker was shot and killed. Police say Barker also was involved in the California bank robbery.
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Dallas Seevers
Reno Police Indentification Bureau
Shirley Maniscalco
San Francisco
Cotati
Calif
Reno
Miss Maniscalco
Ted Barker
Barker
California
Associated Press
Bandits' nervous fright sparks Cotati bank raid case
FBI says Donald Anderson 28 ex convict led quartet of robbers captured after a motel shootout in Reno. Barker died from a wound. two women including Ann Toni face robbery charges. Anderson and companions admitted involvement in the Cotati California robbery of about 40000 dollars. $38000 recovered. Motel resident Jack Sparkman was attacked by Anderson who mistook him for police. Mrs L V Hash forced to accompany them.
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Reno
FBI
Cotati
Calif
Donald Anderson
del Seevers
Reno Police Identification Bureau
Seevers
Anderson
Jack Sparkman
Sparkman
Barker
L. V. Hash
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Report from 1955 shows two days of sun in Amarillo with cloudy conditions elsewhere. Readings at 3 PM yesterday list Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with wind speeds around 9 to 16 MPH and visibility 10 to 15 miles.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
City Woman Dies in Crash Near Goodnight
An Amarillo mother of two, Elmer Lee Holman, 18, died one mile west of Goodnight in a two-vehicle crash. Her husband and 17 month old son, Robert Andrew, were injured, with the infant having a fractured leg. Lewis E. Gibbs, 76, of Memphis, suffered a severe brain injury and is in critical condition at Goodall Hospital in Memphis. Gibbs was en route to Memphis. Holmans were returning to Amarillo after a visit. Highway Patrolman Russell Bain investigated. no cause given.
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Clarendon
Amarillo
Panhandle
Goodnight
Elmer Lee Holman
Goliad Sr
Robert Andrew
Goodall Hospital
Memphis
Lewis E. Gibbs
O. R. Goodall
Holman
Gibbs
Holmans
Russell Bain
Sheriff swap ends in a brief New Year confrontation
In Athens Texas on New Year’s Eve former Henderson County Sheriff Jess Sweeten and successor J W Brownlow clashed at the jail with two drawn guns. Sweeten declined reelection and Brownlow assumed office as the new sheriff after the confrontation witnessed by deputies and bystanders.
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Athens
Tex
Jess Sweeten
Henderson County
Brownlow
Sweeten
Classified ad sells Burrough adding machine
Carl Ellis of 1000 W 7th placed a 37 B classified ad to sell a Burrough adding machine. A customer bought it the first day it ran and Ellis later received a call from Santa Rosa New Mexico. The ad listed the machine with price 37.50 and contact at 1000 West 7th Ave and phone DR2 8140.
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News & Globe-Times
Carl Ellis
W. 7Th
Santa Rosa
N.M
Burrough
West 7Th Ave
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