Douglas Plans Jet Transport
Douglas Aircraft announces the DC8 jet transport with 80 to 125 seats and 550 mph speed aimed at Los Angeles to New York in 4 hours. It will test in 1957 and enter airline service in 1959, with routes to Europe and Hawaii to San Francisco, powered by four P and W J57 engines.
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Santa Monica
Calif
P—Douglas Aircraft Co
Los Angeles
New York
Donald W. Douglas
Douglas Board of Directors
Douglas
America
United States
Paris
Honolulu
San Francisco
Boeing Airplane Company
Air Force
Douglas Santa Monica
Infant Montgomery Taken by Death
Seven month old Johnny Lynn Montgomery son of Mrs. Ann Montgomery of 704 Georgia died at 4 53 p m yesterday in an Amarillo doctor's office after illness. Born December 1 1954, he leaves grandparents Mr and Mrs William C Davis of Lubbock. Funeral services are pending with Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
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Johnny Lynn Montgomery
Ann Montgomery
Georgia
Amarillo
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Johnny Lynn
William C. Davis
Lubbock
Hatmaker Lev Refutes Being Biggest Chiseler With $5089 Check
Rich Chicago hat maker Harry Lev testified at a Senate hearing that he is not the biggest chiseler in the world on Army contracts. He wrote a $5089.38 check to the U.S. Treasury to show the government is entitled to a rebate, denying bribery allegations and claiming the affair with Mrs. Mella Hart was social. The Air Force officer involved, Capt. Raymond Wool, faced inquiry, while Lev denied any improper payments and emphasized the business nature of contracts.
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Washington
Harry Lev
Chicago
Senate
Garrison
Leo
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
U. S. Treasury
State Bank of
McClellan
Mella Hart
Westfield
N. J
Lev
Hart
Armed Forces
New York
Raymond Wool
Air Force
Wool
Bender
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Main Street Goes to Sea proposed for atomic liner
Designer J Gordon Lippincott urged an atomic merchant ship with interactive American life displays. He proposed a drugstore, supermarket, school with live teacher, and a church while avoiding weapon or propaganda content. He backed broader world exhibition of peaceful atomic uses.
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New York Herald Tribune News Service
New York
Eisenhower
J. Gordon Lippincott
Lippincott & Margulies
Ents
United States
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Maritime Administration
Censure of Israel for Gaza border raid by UN commission
The UN sponsored Mixed Armistice Commission censured Israel for a May 11 raid in the Gaza area that killed two Egyptian patrol members. The Egyptian resolution says four Israeli soldiers crossed Egyptian territory and attacked the patrol. Egypt accuses Israel of mining roads and patrol attacks while Israel claims no foreknowledge and vows punishment if caught. Mohamed Riad says Egypt is ready to discuss proposals within the commission framework.
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Jerusalem
Mixed Armistice Commission
Israel
Gaza
Commission
U.N
Egypt
E.l.m.burns
Gaza Frontier
Mohamed Riad
Burns
Midland Girl Scouts Begin World Tour
A 14 girl Midland Girl Scouts group starts a 69 day world tour from Midland, with 10 leaving by plane and four joining in New York to sail aboard the Andrea Doria. They will visit Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, England and Scotland, funded by a $17,000 accumulated fund. All are May graduates of Midland High School.
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Midland
Tex
New York
Italy
Andrea Doria
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
France
England
Scotland
Midland High School
Obituary notes from Amarillo area reflect multiple deaths
The list records several regional deaths including Johnny Lynn Montgomery infant in Amarillo with funeral pending, Virgil S. Bullard of Rolla Kansas, Wanda Louise Hollis of Clovis New Mexico, Grace Esson Kenney of Clovis, Anna Ivy Magness of Happy, William H. Obrecht of Panhandle, Frances Ann Parker of Happy, Eli Sanders of Amarillo, and survivor details. Funeral arrangements are handled by local mortuaries Rogers and Boxwell Brothers with various church services and cemeteries noted.
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Bullard
Virgil S
Rolla
Kan
Don Cannon
Lee
LaJunta
Colo
Osee
Jacksonville
Fla
Elba
Mayo
Ira
Plainville
Conn
Earl
Chicago
Mary DeArmond
Cherokee
Okla
Olive Banker
Stanfield
Ore
Rolla Methodist Church
Rolla Cemetery
Rogers Mortuary
Lions from 11 Panhandle Cities Attend Clarendon Barbecue
Eight hundred Lions Club members from 11 Texas cities gathered in Clarendon for a barbecue and dance co hosted by Clarendon and Carlisle Lions clubs. Dist Gov Jim Ed Shreve announced Clarendon Lions won fifth place in the international membership contest. A dance followed at the American Legion Hall with music by Ed Armstrong’s Amarillo band.
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Clarendon
Lions Club
Texas
Clarendon Lions Club
Carlisle
Lubbock
M. M
Mike) McCully
Clarendon Club
Clarendon Country Club
George Weatherall
R. E. Brennan
Clarendon Lions
Lions International
Dist. Gov
Jim Ed
Waller
Plainview
Carl Allmond
W. T
Dub) Nelson
Childress
H. M
Flip) Breedlove
W. W. Sandifer
Ernest Kent
Bill Lowe
Amarillo Army
Arthur F. Roy
Cpl
Robert Reidr
Childress Bank Teller Convicted
James Herman Thorne a 49 year old Childress bank teller was sentenced to a year and a day on each count of a three count indictment for embezzling from First National Bank in Childress. Judge Joe B Dooley handed down concurrent sentences Tuesday morning. Thorne pleaded guilty to taking more than 5000 dollars during six months and will be committed to federal prison to serve the sentence.
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James Herman Thorne
Childress
First National Bank
Joe B. Dooley
Federal Court
Amarillo
Thorne
Childress Bank
U. S
Dooley
Senate Approves Housing Bill Expansion and Servicemen Dwellings
The Senate voted 135,000 low rent public housing units over four years, surpassing the White House request. It also passed an omnibus housing bill extending the federal program, adding 100,000 dwellings for married servicemen and a college housing plan. The measure moves to the House for further dispute.
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San Antonio
Washington
Senate
Democrats
Eisenhower
End Shame Dray Tabs Offer Seeks Preventing Bed Wetting
An advertising notice promoting DRY-TABS claims to end embarrassment from bed wetting and avoid ruined furniture and health risks. It urges purchase for $3.00 at all better drug stores and targets adults seeking a cure or relief from a longstanding habit.
Building Collapse Claims Fifth Life in Dallas
The downtown Dallas building collapse during dismantling claimed a fifth life when Raymond Henry Hilz, a 30 year old mechanic, died at Parkland Hospital after chest injuries. He was among eight injured when debris toppled from a three story structure onto a neighboring one story building during a bank expansion project. Funeral services will be held Friday in Pilot Point, Texas.
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Dallas
Raymond Henry Hilz
Parkland Hospital
Hilz
Pilot Point
Tex
Diamond rarity in typical mine vastly low
In a standard diamond mine only one part in 35 million of mined material is actual diamond. The ratio highlights how scarce gem quality crystals are within large ore yields.
Scout Leaders Inspect Camp Don Harrington today
Deputy Regional Scout Executive A. Max Hatfield of Dallas will lead the annual inspection of Camp Don Harrington south of Amarillo. The visit includes program, equipment, health, and safety reviews as about 100 area Scouts attend and committee members from Llano Estacado Council participate.
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Don Harrington
Amarillo
A. Max Hatfield
Dallas
Llano Estacado
A. C. Hallmark
Dalhart
Ralph Palmer
Dumas
Charles Donnell
Canyon
Don Burnett
Bert Boomer
Hereford
Health and Safety Committee
J. E. Spann
Joe Lipscomb
W. T. Aaron
Jack Wyatt
W. W. Stevenberg
Leo Box
Hatfield
Marine Seized in Bayonet Attack
HONOLULU June 7 Police held a U S Marine on a charge of bayoneting a sailor he found in bed with the Marine's wife. The wife Melvina Denmark described years of fighting over her with prior husbands and current husband Clyde Denmark 24 of Seiman Okla said the bayonet was driven home in a struggle at Pearl Harbor.
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Honolulu
U.S. Marine
Melvina Denmark
Marine Pic
Clyde C. Denmark
Seiman
Okla
Denmark
Pearl Harbor
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Montgomery
Hatmaker
Armed Services
Robert F. Kennedy
Subcommittee
Busi
Reppert
Beebe
Drake
Gour Choice
Lewis Jewelers
D. P.m
Jewelers
Polk Sea
Midland Girl Scouts
Norway
Canada
Amarillo Area
Tri-State Area
Joseph
Lampasas
Allen Head
Clovis
Kenney
Grace Esson
Magness
Anna Ivy
Happy
Griggs-Warren Funeral
J. F. Magness
John Davis
Earl Barrett
Oakland
W. E. Stone
California
James Baskin
Red Bluff
Obrecht
William H
Panhandle
St. Anthony's Hospital
Panhandle Methodist Church
Elsie Obrecht
Dora Bell Russ
W. H. Lusk
W. W. Williams
Parker
Frances Ann
Walker Parker
Groom Osteopathic Hospital
Kathy
Wesley Woods
Groom
Vega
Lions
Fetc
Shreve
E. T
Deaf Smith County Hospital
Nell McCain
Spur
Gladys Brown
Grover
W. A. Phipps
June Marie Shreve
Ben
John
Roby
Gilisland Funeral Home
Fifth Life
Marine
REE Bros
Butane
Raef Bros
Butane & Appliances
N.E
Ambarger
Ane Ey
Elgin Watch Co
Per Ular
Guia
6Th & Polk
Sen
OE BN Jewelers
Ey Corner
Peetu Il Weed
Pere CK Yae Hy
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