Milk producers press for 60 cent rise in liquid milk
Milk producers push for a 60 cent per hundred pounds increase while awaiting a Dallas OPA Poultry Egg and Milk unit head Francis Weber and a meeting in Amarillo. If the conference fails, Amarillo milk deliveries will end after tomorrow with tomorrow morning’s supply going to distributors. The session is set for 2 o clock at the Amarillo Hotel.
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OPA
Francis Weber
Poultry, Egg and Milk
Dallas
Amarillo
Weber
Amarillo Doctors Seek Prescription Restrictions in Milk Supply
In a regional dairy action, Amarillo doctors urge limits on prescriptions used for milk production amid shortages. Producers in the Lubbock milkshed join with Amarillo groups in a joint effort. The meeting concluded shortly after it began.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
President Urges Union and Firm To Okay Proposal
New York Jan 10 President Truman’s wage panel urged a 19 cent hourly raise for General Motors workers and called for a 50 day strike settlement. The CIO Auto Workers demanded 33.6 cents hourly rise. Truman urged swift settlement to lift nationwide labor tensions.
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Washington
Truman
General Motors
Giant
Cio-United Auto Workers
Mr. Truman
Corporation
Cio-Auto
Detroit
C. E. Wilson
UAW
New York
Phone Strike May Bar Long Distance Service
About 250 local members of the Southwestern Telephone Workers Union vote to respect picket lines if Western Electric maintenance workers strike. Mrs Cora Miller Texas chairman says a picket is usually set within 48 hours of the strike. Maintenance workers left Amarillo job at 10 o clock Wednesday morning and direct wire teletype service remains available unless receiving equipment fails.
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Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
Western Electric
Cora Miller
Texas
Telephone Workers
Amarillo
Miller
Trucker Strike Ends in Amarillo Resumes Work
Lee Way Motor Freight workers in Amarillo return to duty after a sympathy strike that began December 13. About 150 employees and 100 trucks are back on the road from the Amarillo headquarters at 200 Grant. The nationwide dispute started with Kansas City drivers on November 17 and affected Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico operations.
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Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc
Amarillo
Spud Brundage
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Veterans Club links upside down discharge button to loan needs
The University of Houston Veterans Club states that a veteran who wears his discharge button upside down signals financial distress and a wish to obtain a loan. The club warns the symbol may be misunderstood by the public.
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Houston
U.P
Veterans Club
University of Houston Today
Butane truck strikes troop train in Amarillo
A collision at a Grand Avenue crossing in Amarillo sent a burning butane truck into a troop train. Several wounded aboard the train and bystanders were treated at local hospitals and base facilities. Witnesses described sparks, a late alarm, and rapid emergency response from fire trucks police and ambulances.
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Lopez
Puckett
W. W. Miller
Northwest Texas
Miller
St. Anthony's
Amarilo Army Air Field
Amarillo Field
L. F. Briggs
North Mirror
Briggs
Santa Fe
Grand Avenue
Pfe
Pfe. J. H. Golden, of Amarillo Field
Grand
Golden
Joe Cantrell
Nelson Higginbotham
Texas Highway Patrol
Austin
Cantrell
Mad coyotes invade Motley County homes amid rabies scare
In Motley County near Matador, rabid coyotes have killed cattle and hogs and approached a house, peering through a window. E. G. Pope of the Fish and Wildlife service warns several rabid coyotes exist and urges vaccination and culling by hunters. dogs must be killed if unvaccinated as quarantine looms.
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Lewis Nordyk
Motley County
Matador
E. G. Pope
Lubbock
Fish and Wildlife Service
Rabies Fears Rise Over Rabid Coyotes in Motley County
Reports say Motley County faces renewed rabies concerns as mad dog scares spread through the area. Mr. Pope notes the situation is not serious yet requires swift action, with coyotes and dogs provoking excitement similar to past rabies scares. Continued on page 17.
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Pope
Motley County
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Summary
Partly cloudy and slightly warmer Friday with fair and cooler Friday night. West Texas fair and warmer Friday turning colder by Friday night. Saturday fair and colder with strong southwest winds along the coast shifting to northwest Friday night. Includes moon phase and yesterday’s temperatures and a note of used car prices.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
LORCA
Jack SoRelle
10Th
Fillmore
Janitor Freed in Suzanne Degnan Case Police Probe Sex Offenders
Chicago detectives released Hector Verburgh and two other janitors after two days of questioning in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping murder case. Investigators maintained a focus on suspected sex offenders as they reviewed a basement dismemberment site and retraced the killer's entry ladder from a nearby nursery.
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Suzanne
Chicago
Hector Verburgh
Suzanne Degnan
Verburgh
Mary
Desere Smet
Harold Ward
Criminal Court
Hospital Smet
Edgewater
Degnan
Verburegh
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Arthur Paul McGrath
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
Honolulu
Mid-Pacific Stars and Stripes
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
mid-Pacific
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