Senate Sifts Draft Proposals as Civil Rights Plan Faces Pushback
June 4 Washington Senate leaders foresee no success for Senator Langer’s bid to attach a civil rights program to the draft bill. Gurney plans to shelve the rider after brief explanation while panels accept 10 minor amendments on 18 year old drafting provisions and volunteer training. Wherry backs Capehart delay until 90 days after signing, with presidential call to draft contingent on volunteer shortfall.
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Indiana
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Nebraska
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Mrs Neva Sloan Dies at 68 on Boise City Ranch
Mrs. Neva Sloan of Boise City died suddenly in Julian Kansas at her daughter Bernice Sloan Crandall's home. She was 68, widow of Dudley Sloan, survived by three sons Earl, Kendall and Bartlesville, a sister and four grandchildren. Funeral set for 2 PM Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Dodd officiating. Active and honorary pallbearers named. Burial at private family ranch cemetery.
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Here
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Kan
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Dudley Clarence Sloan
Amarillo
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Ed McMahan
Arthur Brookhart
Tom E. Baker
Hosea Garrett
Ed Setters
Lindsay Allen
Baptist minister Dr Ernest Townsend dies at 77
Belton Texas reports the death of Dr Ernest Gate Townsend a well known Baptist minister and educator aged 77 after several weeks illness. News notes his long service in Texas religious and educational circles.
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Belton
U.P
Ernestgate Townsend
VFW Auxiliaries To Hold Two Day Meet
District 9 VFW Auxiliary hosts a two day encampment in Pampa today and tomorrow with registration at 10 a.m. in the Schneider Hotel. Sunday sessions at 10 a.m. will be led by district president Vada Lee Humphrey, followed by lunch and a joint VFW posts and auxiliaries session.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Pampa
Schneider
Ship Ahoy SRO Sign Lights Up Tonight at High School
Advance sales for Ship Ahoy promise another SRO crowd at the high school auditorium as the Dixie Dice musical revue returns tonight at 8 30 pm. Proceeds benefit Amarillo a cappella choir’s New York trip with tickets priced at one dollar or more as donors choose. Tickets available at Maxor Lincoln H Y and Galloway drug stores.
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Jamie Gail Wilson
Judy Schwan
Sally Haggerton
Maryann Castleberry
Rosemary Mahon
Jana McGraw
Judith Rae Graves
Rena Aikens
Glenda Copeland
Jim Ann Far
New York
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Maxor
Lincoln
H & Y and
Galloway
County Receives Four Surplus RAAF Buildings
Potter County has four surplus buildings allotted at Amarillo Army Air Field from War Assets Administration. The gift includes a guest house and barracks units, with a total price of 1050 dollars after discounts of 95 percent on the guest house and 80 percent on the other units. County commissioners will decide next Monday.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
John Crudgington
War Assets Administration
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Crudgington
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Army Transport Returns With 4459 Bodies of War Dead
An Army transport returned to San Francisco with the bodies of 4,459 American war dead from New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. The ship Lieut. George W. G Boyce was the sixth funeral ship to reach the port and carried the largest single list of war dead.
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New Guinea
Philippine Islands
George W. G Boyce
Maritime Unions Threaten Strike After June 15
Four CIO maritime unions threaten a strike if their demands are not met after June 15 and condemn President Truman for a fact finding board. The unions demand good faith bargaining by ship owners, retention of hiring halls, wage and hour gains, and better living conditions. Signed by NMU, ILWU, Cooks and Stewards, and ARA presidents.
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Truman
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National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
American Radio Association
Gulf
West
Joseph Curran
NMU
Harry Bridges
ILWU
Hugh Bryson
Carl Lindquist
ARA
Red Soldiers Storm Jail In Vienna To Free Buddies
Six Russian soldiers stormed an Austrian police station in Vienna to free two comrades arrested for drunkenness. The Russians, noted for trouble in the British sector, reportedly overpowered guards and withdrew pistols to release their jailed teammates.
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Vienna
Socialist Correspondence
Queen Wilhelmina to Abdicate in September
The Netherlands announces that Queen Wilhelmina will abdicate on September 4. Crown Princess Juliana will succeed and be sworn in as queen on September 6.
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Wilhelmina
The
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Michael and Anne in Geneva for first reunion in months
Former King Michael of Romania and Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma met in Geneva on June 4 for the first time in three months. Aide say marriage plans remain indefinite, with reports they may travel to Greece next week for a ceremony. Anne, en route from Copenhagen, said they would marry and details would appear in newspapers. She was joined by her uncle Prince Eric.
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Romania
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Copenhagen
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Police Warn Of Possible Juvenile Gang Fight
Anonymous tip to the Daily News warned of a planned 8 pm juvenile gang fight at a well known teen hangout. Officers doubted the timing and noted the group may seek thrill and commercial gain by taking and selling pictures. no fight occurred last night.
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Funeral Rites Today For Mrs Ferguson
Final rites for Mrs Bertha Lowe Ferguson longtime Amarillo teacher will be held at 4 p m in First Presbyterian Church with Dr Francis W Pritchard officiating Burial will be in Llano Cemetery The body will lie in state at N S Griggs Sons Chapel until one hour before services The casket will not be opened Mrs Ferguson 51 died Thursday in Northwest Texas Hospital She had been ill three weeks Survivors include a son a daughter two brothers a brother in law and several nephews and nieces
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Amarillo
First Presbyterian Church
Francis W. Pritchard
Llano
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Ferguson
Northwest Texas
Jesse Holton Ferguson
Woman Injured in 3 Car Accident at East Tenth
Mrs. Lorene Lockhart 25 of 994 Philadelphia sustained possible head injuries in a three car crash near the East Tenth underpass yesterday afternoon. Police say her pickup was bumped by Carl Craig 51 of Texhoma, sending it into Vesta Mae Winters Route 1 Amarillo. Winte rs car suffered no damage.
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Philadelphia
East Tenth
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Texhoma
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Vesta Mae Winters
Route 1
Amarillo
Craig
Winters
Know Yourself and Others Grads Told
Amarillo College graduates heard Dr. Robert L. Sutherland urge development of social skills and understanding in place of gadgetry. He cited lack of insight into others and the need to teach observing the Sermon on the Mount, urging know yourself know others and work with all types of people.
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Galen Onstad
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Janie Branson
Nick Nelson
Ben Ramsey
Querry Studio Revue Tops Amarillo High School Show
Querry Studio Revue staged a top show in Amarillo High School auditorium last night starring Charlotte Wertz Ce line Seay and Priscilla Brown in The Dancing Doll and Shauny O Sh ay. Doris Lee Wood demonstrated tap and the 25 girl ballet closed with a Strauss waltz Southern Roses. Caroline Hazan Colby Davies led the music with Mr Querry assisting.
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Ballet Corps
Amarillo High School
Art Querry
Charlotte Wertz
Celine Seay
Shauny O’shay
Priscilla Brown
Doris Lee Wood
Caroline Hazan
Colby Davies
Mr. Querry
Funeral rites for Willis Madison Lamb today
Funeral services for Willis Madison Lamb 31 of 1707 Lincoln will be held at 10 a m in Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Dr E B Fincher will officiate. Interment will be near his mother's grave in Prosper Texas. Surviving are wife Eula Doris Lamb daughter Martha Ann father Joseph Lamb and two sisters Mrs Jimmy Janell and Mrs Kearnie Adkisson.
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Willis Madison Lamb
Lincoln
Washburn
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Prosper
Texas
Sherman
Dallas
Eula Doris Lamb
Martha Ann
Joseph Lamb
Jimmy Janell
Kearnie Adkisson
Planning Board approves advertising rezone request
Louis Leewald Investment Company sought to rezone blocks 32 lots 1-6 and 19-24 in Old Town from residential B to retail C. The planning and zoning commission approved advertising this action and set a public hearing for the first Friday night in July.
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Louis Leewald Investment Company
Old Town
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Senate Okays Pension Hike and Social Security Bill
The Senate approved a $5 monthly rise in federal old age pensions for the aged and needy blind with $3 for dependent children, rejected lowering eligibility from 65 to 60, and sent the measure to a conference with the House. The vote on the bill was 74 to 6, with the current maximum federal contribution rising from $25 to $30 monthly.
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Senate
McFarland
Arizona
Revercomb
West Virginia
House
Bliss Funeral to Be Held Today for Martha Coggeshall Bliss
Last rites for Mrs. Martha Coggeshall Bliss will be at 2 30 PM in N S Griggs & Sons Chapel with Rev. Galen H Onstad of St Andrew's Episcopal Church officiating. Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include her son Edward N Bliss and a brother Fred A Coggeshall of Newport RI with a grandson Edward N Bliss Jr of Los Angeles.
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