House Approves 45 Dollar Combat Pay For Korea Service
The House passed a 46.61 billion defense bill sending to the Senate includes a provision for a $45 monthly combat pay for troops in Korea. The measure retroactively covers May 31, 1950, and applies to those under fire or captured or wounded within a month. The bill funds the Army Navy Air Force and other offices and ends with cash appropriations only. The Senate critiqued the rush to adjourn as lawmakers pushed bills with limited debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot Hercher
Washington
House
Senate
Korea
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
National Security Resources Board
Armed Services
Western rodeo men contend for titles at four day show
Riders from Western states dominate the four day rodeo with Bill George of Canada leading bullriding and Freckles Brown of Lawton Oklahoma placing high in saddle bronc. Other standouts include Jesse Like Kim Coloe and N A Pittcock in bareback calf roping and bulldogging with 8.9 second times. Final rounds and matinee conclude the event with top finishers earning prizes.
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Bill George
Wolf Perry
Kiota
Arnold Hill
Jesse Like
Kim
Cole
Ray Roberts
Amarillo
Freckles Brown
Lawton
Okla
Buster Butts
Texhoma
Sonny Singer
Alamosa
Colo
Leon Jones
Enochs
Cowboy Carlson
Leonard McCravey
Memphis
N. A. Pittcock
Bill Bomar
Clovis
N. M
Pittcock
Wilbur Plaugher
Kim Coloe
Leonard MecCravey
Okla Ard
N. A. Pitcock
Aspermont
Ab Deakin
James Wallis
Wilbur Plaugher Prather
Cal
Ird
M. A. Pitcock
E. P. Driver
Big Spring
Buster Butt
Guill Boasts the Delegates at Chicago Meeting
Ben Guill of Pampa former Republican congressman and Texas Eisenhower backer urged the GOP National Committee in Chicago to recognize Eisenhower delegates. He said most Texas Republicans favor Eisenhower and that recognition would help the party grow in Texas. Fritz Ostrom Hutchinson County GOP chairman attended but did not join the debate.
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Pampa
Ben Guill
Eisenhower
Panhandle
GOP
Chicago
Guill
Texas
Fritz Ostrom
Hutchinson County
Taft
Fourth of July Crowds In Palo Duro Canyon Park
About 3,000 people spent the Fourth of July in Palo Duro Canyon Park with jeep patrols from Headquarters Company 142nd Infantry Texas National Guard directing traffic. Concessionaire John McCarty credited Guardsmen for order and noted observers followed the fireworks ban as larger crowds expected today and tomorrow. An estimated 100 carloads camped overnight.
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Palo Duro Canyon
142Nd Infantry
Texas National Guard
John McCarty
McCarty
Store Held Up In Broad Daylight Details Emerge
Police described two young robbers who held up a drug store and fled north on Lincoln then east on 9th Avenue. One suspect, 23 or 24, 5 feet 5 inches, blond hair, stocky 145 pounds, carried a .32 caliber snub revolver. The second suspect, about 18, 5 feet 10 inches, black hair with a wave. Adams witnessed the escape and suspects had talked of easy money beforehand.
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Lincoln
Adams
9Th Avenue
Kincaid
Lyles Rites Set Here on Monday
Funeral services for Lynwood Earl Lyles Jr. will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in Griggs Pioneer Chapel with Dr. Smythe H. Lindsey officiating. Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery. Lyles, 45, of 1108 Tyler, died Thursday in Houston after being stricken with polio.
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Lynwood Earl Lyles Jr
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Smythe H. Lindsey
St. Andrew Episcopal Church
Llano
Lyles
L. E. Lyles
Tyler
Houston
Akard Daughters Funeral Set Today
Funeral services for Sharon Fuller Akard nine month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Akard Lubbock will be held at 3 p m today at Pierce Street Baptist Church Rev Earl W Hatchett will officiate the infant died in Albuquerque Survivors include grandparents Mr and Mrs B L Barker 711 N Garfield under Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home Oregon firs and California red woods live from 4000 to 5000 years.
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Sharon Fuller
Akard
Lloyd Akard
Lubbock
Pierce Street Baptist Church
Earl W. Hatchett
Llano
Albuquerque
8. L. Barker
N. Garfield
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Taft Texas Delegation Sways 38 Convention Votes
The National Committee backed Taft in Texas with 22 delegates to Eisenhower's 16, matching Taft's compromise plan amid heated analysis from Hoover and party leaders. The vote sets up a potential convention showdown as both camps prepare for further rulings by the Credentials Committee and possible floor fight.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Texas
National Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
Convention Credentials Committee
Lodge
David S. Ingalls
Convention Headquarters
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Gov
Earl Warren
California
Stephen Wilson
Rhode Island
Weeks
Frank V. DuPont
Delaware
Hoover
Washington
National Committees
Credentials Committee
Jack Porter
Henry Zweifel
Texas Taft
J. Russell Sprague
New York
Harrison Spangler
Iowa
Sinclair Weeks
Eisenhow
Ohio
Harry Cabot Lodge Jr
Rio Grande
Tafta
Eisenhower Whistle Stop Tour Heads to Chicago Convention
Eisenhower backers push rank and file delegates to challenge convention preliminaries. The general carries a theme of revolt as he tours by whistle stop train toward the Chicago arena for the convention.
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Eisenhower
Chicago
Taft Eisenhower delegate split at Taft convention
The 18th District alternates named were D. O. Beene and D. H. Ostrum. Delegates-at-large would be three per side, Taft and Eisenhower, with the Eisenhower slate largely omitted on wire. Taft would gain 22 to 14 for Eisenhower, with districts 3,5,8,9,10,12 and 18 supplying delegates.
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D. O. Beene
Wheeler
D. H. Ostrum
Borger
Taft
Eisenhower
Henry Zweifel
Fort Worth
Texas
GOP
Ben Guill
Panhandle
Chicago
Ike
Plainview Woman Dies at 60 in Home at 1407 Oakland
Mrs Davie Crawford 60 was found dead in her Plainview home at 1407 Oakland St at 730 am. Heart disease listed as cause. Funeral arrangements pending under Lemons Funeral Home. Survived by husband J M Crawford (d 1952) and daughter Mozelle, seven children and fourteen grandchildren.
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Plainview
Davie Crawford
Oakland St
Lemons Funeral Home
Crawford
J. M. Crawford
Waxahachie
Lorenzo
Church of Christ
Mozelle Crawford
F. J. Huffman
Fort Worth
FE. W. Grant
Co. L. Elmore
Amarillo
James Chandler
Littlefield
Harry Grant
Phoenix
Ariz
Haskell Jackson
Hart
S/Set
James Crawford
Riverside
Calif
Via Giller
Dallas
G. Critchfield
Bullard
Tom Cain
Snyder
Derby Checker Announces Prizes and Chief Inspector
The July 20 derby announces prizes including two Schwinn bicycles and a belt. James Ferguson of 4234 Parker is named chief inspector to verify racer qualifications. A watermelon party at 7 p.m. at Ellwood Park in the southwest corner is sponsored by Amarillo Jaycees with prizes from Blackburns McGregor Gibb's Clothiers and Plains Chevrolet.
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James Ferguson
Parker
Blackburn
Borden's
McGregor
Gibb’s Clothiers
Al's
Hub Clothiers
Schwinn
Plains Chevrolet
Derby Boys
Ellwood Park
Amarillo Jaycees
Spotted dog found near Fort Worth station
A white and black spotted dog, smooth-haired and long-tailed, weighing 40 to 45 pounds, was found near the Fort Worth and Denver station and brought to Modern Auto Service by a friend of station manager John Allen who hopes the owner will claim it.
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Pierce
John Allen
Fort Worth & Denver
Allen
Mrs. Caroline Ragsdale Dies In Pampa At 64
Mrs. Caroline Mae Ragsdale longtime Pampa resident died at her daughter's home 100 Avondale aged 64. She worked with Foster Furniture for over ten years and came to Pampa in 1928 from Boise Idaho. Funeral set 10 a m Monday at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Douglas Nelson officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Survivors include two sons three sisters and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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Caroline Mae Ragsdale
Pampa
Clayton Heare
Avondale
Ragsdale
Foster Furniture Company
Manley
Neb
K. T. Scotthorn
Heare
Tom K. Ragsdale
Roswell
C. L. Ragsdale
Vista
Calif
Bertha Rassmussen
Hattie Reese
St. Louis
Beulah Davis
Newton
Iowa
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Railroader Injured In Fall From Engine
Edward E. Maki a Santa Fe switchman living at 4012 North East Mth suffered a back injury when he fell from a switch engine near the underpass on East 26th Avenue He was taken to St Anthony's Hospital by Boxwell Brothers Ambulance X ray exams were underway to assess the injuries last night
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Edward E. Maki
Santa Fe
North East Mth
East 26Th Avenue
Maki
St. Anthony's Hospital
Boxwell Brothers Ambulance
Gas Station Hold-Up Ends With Woman Releasing Pistol
A woman at Mose Goodman Service Station used a .45 pistol to force two young hold‑ups to flee after they slugged her husband and grabbed $30 from the cash register. Police reported Goodman, 61, was struck with a sock weapon and treated for a head gash.
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Mose Goodman
N. E. 8Th Ave
Goodman
Hunt Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Jose Frank Hunt 65 a Pampa business and civic leader will be held at 4 p m Saturday in First Christian Church Rev H H Tyler will officiate Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery under direction of Duenkel Carmichael Funeral Home Military rites will be conducted at the graveside Hunt died suddenly yesterday at his home 1138 N Russell death attributed to a heart attack He co owned with Bob Burns of Davis Electric Company first electrical contractor in Pampa native of Cedartown Ga Survivor list includes wife Goldie and three grandchildren plus stepsons and a sister
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Hunt
Bob Burns
Davis Electric Company
Pampa
Kansas City
Cedartown
American Legion
The
Elks Lodge
Pampa Lions Club
Harold Wright
Paul Crossman
Ed Lindberg
Charlie Russell
Lysle Stout
Charlie Powell
Clyde Oswalt
Bill Heskew
Goldie Hunt
M. M. Semke
Albuquerque
L. G. Semke
Enid
Okla
John Disney
Rome
Outland Infant Daughter Funeral Today
Graveside rites for the infant daughter of Airman First Class and Mrs. J. T. Outland are set for 10 a.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery. Father Francis A. Smyer will officiate. The baby died Thursday night at Amarillo Air Force Base Hospital. Survivors include two brothers William and Edmund Outland and grandparents Mr and Mrs Edmund Ullrich of Colon Panama Canal Zone.
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J. T. Outland
Memorial Park Cemetery
Francis A. Smyer
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Amarillo Air Force Base Hospital
William
Edmund Outland
Amarillo
Edmund Ullrich
Colon
Panama Canal Zone
Mrs Tompkins Dies at Odessa
Mrs Helen Tompkins 40, formerly of Borger, died suddenly at her Odessa home yesterday afternoon. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs R A Wright of Philview Camp. Survived by husband Cleo Tompkins a daughter Louise Tompkins two brothers Claude Wright Billy Wright and Draper Wright and two sisters Edna Mae Mays and Edith Redman. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Borger
Helen Tompkins
Odessa
Tompkins
R. A. Wright
Philview
Here
Cleo Tompkins
Louise Tompkins
Claude Wright
Wichita
Kan
Billy Wright
Navy
California
Draper Wright
Man Falls From Elephant Butte Dam Report
A fisherman reported a man fell from Elephant Butte dam and surfaced twice before vanishing. Search boats were sent to the area after the sighting on July 4.
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Elephant Butte Dam
Dan Trahey Dies In California
Dan Trahey Pecos division superintendent of the Santa Fe Railroad died in Englewood California at 62 after sick leave since December He began with Santa Fe in Las Vegas New Mexico as a messenger and came to Clovis in 1922 as train master He later served in Wellington Kansas before returning to Clovis Funeral plans are pending Survivors include his wife Amelia a daughter Madalyn and a son Dan Trahey Jr of Fort Worth
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Amelia Trahey
Madalyn Trahey
Clovis
Dan Trahey Jr
Fort Worth
Oklahoma Delegate Shifts to MacArthur Support
Chicago July 4 P Jo O Ferguson an Oklahoma delegate previously uncommitted said he will back Gen Douglas MacArthur for the Republican nomination. He told a reporter I will vote for MacArthur.
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Chicago
Jo O. Ferguson
Oklahoma
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
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