General Blanchard Not Yet on TV in McCarthy Hearings Tale
Thornton Blanchard of Santa Fe Building follows the McCarthy hearings with interest hoping his brother General Charley Blanchard will appear on screen. Charley, commander at Camp Gordon, is linked to Pvt G David Schine. A playful anecdote about a Blanchard daughter who wed a foreigner unfolds in Trieste and at a Silver Grill line.
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Izzardee
V—Tert
General Blanchard
Thornton Blanchard
Santa Fe
Charley Blanchard
Camp Gordon
G. David Schine
Fort Dix
Blanchard
Charley
Amarillo High School
West Point
Trieste
Silver Grill
Charles Wolflin
Thornton
Brigitte Brooks
Texas
Bill Wylder
Archie Castleberry
Wez Izzard
Jaycees hunt for jackrabbits in Panhandle encounter
Amarillo Jaycees led by Harold Oliver scoured Boys Ranch for jackrabbits for a picnic and upcoming Louisiana and Texas delegates visit. Only two cottontails were found, prompting plans for a jackrabbit race if more can be located. The group offered 1 dollar per rabbit for the first 25 delivered.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Louisiana
Texas
Colorado Springs
Oliver
Amarillo golf star Gene Edwards faces Baxter in city final
Gene Edwards the banker battles Baxter the national junior champion in a 36 hole city championship final on a hot windy day. Edwards pushes the teen challenger, taking the competition to two extra holes before losing.
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Amarillo
Gene Edwards
Baxter
Hogan
Maury Maverick Taken by Death
Maury Maverick, 58, former congressman and two term San Antonio mayor, died of a heart ailment. The fiery Texan coined gobbledygook and led the loyalist Texas Democratic faction. He chaired wartime Smaller War Plants Corp and backed Adlai Stevenson in 1952.
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San Antonio
Maury Maverick
South Texas
Maverick
Congress
War Plants Corp
War Production Board
Texas
Democratic Party
Adlai Stevenson
Federal ruling extends gas regulation to interstate pipelines
The court decides Phillips Petroleum qualifies as a natural gas company under the Natural Gas Act and that its rates may affect the ultimate consumer price. State officials react with uproar as Senator Johnson calls the ruling shocking and amazing, extending federal regulation to natural gas producers selling to interstate pipelines.
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Federal Power Commission
Phillips Petroleum Co
Johnson
US Decision Draws Action In Panhandle Gas Fight
Independent oil and gas producers vow prompt action after a Supreme Court ruling granting the Federal Power Commission power to regulate interstate natural gas prices. Spokesmen say the panhandle industry faces a major challenge to private enterprise in gas production. Lawrence Hagy voices leadership.
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Langer
US Supreme Court
Te Phillips Petroleum Co
Federal Power Commission
Panhandle
Lawrence Hagy
Ten Die in Maryland Beach Collision Near No Beach
A high speed crash near No Beach Maryland killed ten people instantly, five in each car, on Route 416 southeast of Washington. Vehicle occupants were thrown clear as the wrecked cars lay mangled around the scene. witness Gordon Berry collapsed at the sight and was hospitalized in deep shock.
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Calvert County
Hugh Ward
Gordon Berry
Tohoka Park
Washington
Robert E. Abell
Silver Spring
Thomas Bozzole
North Beach
Berry
Baseball results from West Texas New Mexico and leagues
Clovis beat Amarillo 8 to 7 and Plainview routed Pampa 15 to 1. Abilene won 13 to 4, Lubbock 5 to 5. In the American League Boston lost 5 to 3 and Detroit 5 2. In the National League Brooklyn defeated St Louis 7 to 5 and New York edged Milwaukee 4 to 2.
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Clovis
Amarillo
Berger
Albuquerque
Plainview
Pampa
Abilene
Lubbock
Boston
Detroit
Brooklyn
St. Louis
New York
Milwaukee
Shivers cites threat from Lloyd's official over insurance inquiry
Gov. Shivers said a Bandera Texas caller identified as Ralph Hammonds threatened to embarrass his administration if officials pressed an inquiry into Lloyds of North America. He described the call as long distance from Washington on April 28, naming attorneys Yarborough and Jones and signaling authority from Hammonds to pressure the state.
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Dale Cheavens Austin
Shivers
Ralph Hammonds
Washington
Bandera
Tex
Mr. Hammonds
Ralph W. Hammonds
Lloyd's of North America
Houston
98Th District
Attorney General
Insurance Commission
Ralph Yarborough
Herman Jones
Hammonds
John VanCronkhite
Jones
Insurance Company
VanCronkhite
Austin
Amarillo Leads 142 Sunlit Days in 1954 Record
Weather notes show Amarillo with 142 sunlit days out of 158 in 1954. Comparative readings at 3 PM report wind speeds and conditions across Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with Amarillo listed as clear and zero visibility.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla City
Parr Stands By For Duval Judge in Assault Trial
In San Diego Texas Dist. Judge A S Broadfoot kept George Parr and ex auditor C T Stansell Jr available as the term began for an assault to murder case. Parr and Stansell face forged counts and bank on bonds while a new grand jury with a Freedom Party influence is directed to probe county finances.
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San Diego
Tex
A. S. Broadfoot
George Parr
Parr
Duval County
C. T. Stansell Jr
79Th District Court
Broadfoot
Stansell
Grand Jury
Robert Lee
Bruni
Ramiirez
Leo
C. Woodrow Laughlin
State Supreme Court
Laughlin
Freedom Party
John Ben Shepperd
Vietminh tighten squeeze toward Hanoi in Indochina
Vietminh forces from Dien Bien Phu press toward the Red River Delta in a large scissors movement aimed at breaking French Union defenses near Hanoi. Rebels, supported by heavy bombs from American supplied aircraft, strike at garrisons near Son Tay and Haiphong as attacks widen.
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Larry Allen
Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Phu Tho
Son Tay
Haiphong
China Sea
Phu Tho Hinge
Hao Binh
Black River
Ninh Binh
Molotov Set To Crack Whip In Indochina Talks
Geneva June 7 Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov dominated Indochina peace talks on the eve of a key session. After six weeks of debate his expected statement could shape Communist policy and influence the French government and premier Laniel as Paris debates Indochina policy.
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Geneva
V.M. Molotov
Indochina
Molotov
Joseph Laniel
Paris
Georges and
National Assembly
District Post Office Opens Here June 14
Amarillo will welcome a new district Post Office Department operations center on June 14, announced Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield. The six new district offices, including Amarillo, report to a regional office in Dallas as part of nationwide decentralization to improve mail service, morale, and costs. Summerfield cited six advantages from delegation of authority to district managers and field personnel.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Daily News
Washington
Summerfield
District l
Panhandle group eyes gas price rule via Texas actions
Hagy and the Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association plan a meeting to pursue a minimum price for Panhandle gas. They may urge the Texas Railroad Commission to set a floor, or seek a special legislative session to empower the commission. Oklahoma already set a 9.3262 cent per thousand cubic feet minimum, cited as conservation.
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Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Groun
Texas Railroad Commission
Hagg
Phillips
Independent Oil and Gas Fraternity
Federal Power Commission
Texas
Oklahoma
Hugoton
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
State Court
US Supreme Court
Oil and Gas
Panhandle
Joe Must Go Club Recall Fails in Wisconsin
Sauk City editor Leroy Gore led the Joe Must Go Club in a failed recall effort against Senator Joseph McCarthy. Supporters argued anti McCarthy sentiment could still defeat him, while critics noted the 335,000 signatures fell short of the 403,904 needed and well below McCarthy's 1952 vote total.
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Sauk City
Wis
Sen. McCarthy
Joe Must Go Club
McCarthy
Senate
Sen
Thomas Fairchild
Wisconsin
Secretary of State
Congress
Judge Warns Attorneys of Politics in Insurance Case
In Austin Judge Charles Betts warned lawyers in the Lloyds of North America receivership case not to turn the 98th district court into a political rostrum. The trial opened with a key injunctive petition and with witnesses including Ralph W. Hammonds whose testimony may be presented via transcript if he does not appear.
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Associated Press
Ralph Yarborough
Austin
98Th District Court
Yarborough
Rudy Rice
John Davenport
Mac Roy Rasor Austin
Charles Betts
Lloyd's of North America
Shivers
Betts
Hammonds
Shiv
Ers
Capitol
Rice
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