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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1948
Page
5
The Capper's Farmer piece recounts how Cal Farley founded Boys Ranch in Old Tascosa after a court appeal, turning a ghost town into a home for boys. It notes 103 residents, a barracks for new arrivals, and Farley's hope for more ranches nationwide.
The State Board of Water Engineers reports May brought near normal rainfall overall, easing West Texas drought. Northeast Texas and the coast saw above normal rain, but West Texas remained dry until early June when rains began improving conditions. A four foot Pecos River rise and higher Red Bluff Reservoir water levels marked progress.
Kilgore police seek aid to identify the fourth victim of the Tulsa Hotel fire as officials report three bodies have been removed and remain unidentified.
Funeral services for Lt. James W. Mecaskey of Panhandle will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Carl Christian Funeral Home Decatur with military honors. Burial in Decatur. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs James Mecaskey and brother Robert Mecaskey, also a Pacific War veteran.
The burned hotel ruins identified George Clifton Young of Jacksonville Texas Gerald Lee 19 of Odin Ir and Victor Eason 31 Kilgore as deceased. Police seek seven missing occupants from the hotel with Chief Otis Whittington and mortician Leroy Rader urging anyone with information to contact Kilgore police. Names listed include William Hinds Jim Moore and
Billy Rae Campbell of Longview O B Musick of Kilgore Carl Fest erman and H E Stafford of Lafayette La uive were slain in their bed at the couples home in Long Meadow on May 31.
Springfield report states Mary B. Blackford 55 pleads innocent to murder using a bread knife on her paralyzed husband Walter M. Blackford 61, a wealthy paper company executive. She is held without bail as the case continues to June 17.
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