02 Jun 1956
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1956
Page
1
An article from a 1935 Liberty magazine edition cites charts and experts claiming white birth rates have fallen below replacement, projecting population decline after 1950 with estimates of 150 million in 1950 and 162 million in 1955.
Bill Gunn reports catching the fourth largest marlin hauled from Hawaiian waters weighing 730 pounds. The fish leapt and disappeared twice before surfacing far away, while Bill Boyce also landed a 482 pound marlin. Photos are promised for the Sunday News-Globe sports page.
Randall County Grand Jury indicts Clarence Edward Young of Wichita for murder and theft over fifty dollars in the Chapman murder two miles south of Canyon on March 14. Sheriff Johnston testified with Young's taped confession as evidence. Young to be moved to Potter County jail for trial.
Clarence Edward Young a 275 pound 6 foot 2 inch man is in custody in Randall County after confessing to the murder of Robert Boyd Chapman near Canyon on St Patrick’s Day. He aided police in recovering Chapman’s belongings and led investigators to evidence for trial.
Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday in Amarillo and vicinity. Sunday remains partly cloudy and warm with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Low temperatures not specified. high Saturday noted as part of the forecast.
Western League results show Amarillo 8 Pueblo 6 and Topeka 57 Sioux City 25, with Lincoln 13 Des Moines 1 and Colorado Springs 4 Albuquerque at the top. Southwestern League lists San Angelo 4 Plainview 3 and Midland 5 Hobbs 1. National League reports New York 8 Cincinnati 2 and Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 2. American League notes Detroit 6 New York 4 and Boston 5 Kansas City. Baltimore 3 Chicago 2 Washington 5 Cleveland 3.
Dmitri T. Shepilov, age 50, replaced Vyacheslav Molotov as foreign minister. Molotov remains deputy premier. The move, announced by the Presidium, came as Yugoslav leader Tito visited Moscow. Shepilov has long been seen as Molotov’s likely successor and has been Pravda editor in chief since 1952.
Amarillo High School celebrated 540 graduates at Fair Park Coliseum with 30 January and 45 August completers, as 33 scholarship winners were announced. The ceremony opened with Elgars Pomp and Circumstance performed by the school orchestra led by Charles L. Emmons, and ended with the Valedictorian Wayne Hilgers receiving the Amarillo College scholarship.
Harris McDonald Kimbrough prominent Amarillo attorney dies of a heart attack after 8 p.m. at his home 2613 Hayden. Born April 17, 1899 in Houston he had lived in Amarillo since 1908 and was a WWI veteran, University of California, University of Texas alumnus, member of First Baptist Church Amarillo Bar Association American Legion Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Surviving are his wife Jewel a son Harris Jr. a daughter Alice Ann a granddaughter Katrina and three sisters. Funeral services pending with Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home.
Jesse H. Jones, the Texas financier who loaned more than 50 billion dollars for the Reconstruction Finance Corp and helped national political fundraising, died at 82 in St Luke's Hospital Houston. His career spanned lumber, banking, real estate, and philanthropy including the Houston Endowment and gifts to Rice, Virginia and Houston.
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