Gas Bill Passage Gets Ike's Nod
Fort Worth dispatch reports a fatal South Side gun battle ending with Wylie D. Bartley dead at 31 and a 27-year-old police officer in custody. Bartley was shot after an argument over two women. the assailant fled firing from a car, striking a drug store and a passing vehicle. Miss Jackie Bottoms, living with the trio, was threatened as the shooter escaped.
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Fort Worth
Wylie D. Bartley
Bartley
Bob Hill
Jackie Bottoms
Star Telegram
Nixon backs Poland aid as gamble worth taking
East Lansing June 9 Nixon called aid to Poland a gamble worth taking to counter communism by lending 95 million dollars to purchase U S farm commodities and mining gear. He defended the move as freedom against tyranny. He also said Eisenhower backed the Harris O Hara natural gas bill and urged quick action in the House despite potential changes.
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East Lansing
Mich
Nixon
Poland
Eisenhower
U. S
Daily News
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Oren Harris
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Joseph O'Hara
R-Minn
Charles Kendall
Office of Defense Mobilization
Harris
Armed Bandit Robs Jack McCoy Phillips 66 Station
A bandit with a pistol robbed the newly opened Jack McCoy Phillips 66 Service Station at 3601 E 18th late Sunday night taking 175 dollars from a cash register. Attendant Jack Murray, who had worked two weeks, said the man fled to the rear after ordering him to face a wall. Murray, uninjured, fled across the street to alert police.
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Jack McCoy
Phillips 66
E. 18Th
Jack Murray
Murray
McCoy
Amarillo Air Force Base
First Steps Mapped for Dam Re Entry
LUBBOCK June 9 The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority plans to invite Amarillo Pampa and Plainview back into the system at a CRMWA board meeting. If petitions gain board approval a public hearing will be held and an election funded by the authority in each city. The three cities left CRMWA in protest of a private dam financing plan which has since been abandoned.
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Lubbock
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Monnday
CRMWA
Amarillo
Pampa
Plainview
Sanford
Weather Front Fades After Severe Thunderstorms
The Panhandle and South Plains saw three days of fizzled severe thunderstorm warnings with showers hail and strong winds reported in the North Plains and Oklahoma Panhandle. The front stretched from near Amarillo to near Enid Oklahoma with warnings valid until 10 p.m. Amarillo officials had previously joined and left discussions on financing a dam project under CRMWA, tied to uniform water pricing repeal in 1953 legislation.
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Panhandle
South Plains
North Plains
Oklahoma Panhandle
Amarillo
Enid
Oklo
Oklahoma
U.S. Weather Bureau
Norstad Sees NATO Strength Deterring Soviet Move
Gen Lauris Norstad told St Olaf College commencement that NATO forces are so strong that Russia would fear attacking the alliance. He said NATO’s tied strength and potential for crushing retaliation deter aggression and that a break in the alliance would spell its end.
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Europe
Lauris Norstad
Russia
St. Olaf College
Norstad
McCormack urges tolerance on Girard case amid trial in Japan
House Democratic leader John W. McCormack urged Americans to accept the transfer of Army specialist William S. Girard to Japan for manslaughter trial. He framed the move as a possible mistake but emphasized maintaining US Japan friendship and alliance. Attorneys argue to return Girard to the United States as hearings begin before Judge Joseph C. McGarrah.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
William S. Girard
Girard
McCormack
Japan
United States
Reds
Joseph C. McGarraghy
John Foster Dulles
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Army
William M. Brucker
Tokyo
Stanley F. Levin
Girard Fiancee Says Situation Is Mixed Up In Japan
In Omiya Japan June 9 William S Girard an Illinois Army specialist charged with fatally shooting a Japanese shell gatherer at a US firing range last January faces a tangled case His fiancee Isuro Hayashi says the matter is too confused for understanding She notes Girard fired his Japanese lawyer after his brother in Ottawa Illinois ordered the dismissal The case rests on whether Japanese or American jurisdiction should apply and the question remains unsettled as officials consider the appeal.
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Omiya
Japan
William S. Girard
Girard
U. S
Ottawa
Ill
Amarillo and Panhandle warm with scattered thundershowers
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts Amarillo and vicinity for Monday as partly cloudy and warm with isolated evening thunderstorms and a high near 90. Tuesday remains partly cloudy and warm with widely scattered afternoon or evening showers and little temperature change.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Mystery Frogman Head Found in England Near Crabb Case
A headless body with frogman gear washed ashore on Pilsea Island near Chichester England police and Royal Navy officials believe the remains are of a frogman. The discovery recalls the 1956 disappearance of Cmdr Lionel Crabb near Portsmouth amid Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union.
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England
Chichester
Britain
Royal Air Force
Pilsea Island
Navy
Cmdr
Lionel
Buster) Crabb
Crabb Escape Rumors Stir UK Russia Tensions
Reports trace Crabb disappearance to a possible capture by Russian sailors and return to Russia as a prisoner. Sir Anthony Eden faced Commons questions but shielded details, warning that disclosure could worsen international tensions with Russia. A Moscow interview from Pravda quoted the admiral doubting Britain’s claims, framing the incident as a diplomatic irritant.
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Crabb
Russia
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Pravda
Moscow
Prisoners recaptured after Stinnett jail escape near Dumas
Two youths Harold White and Elbert Dyer escaped Hutchinson County jail at Stinnett Sunday night and were recaptured within an hour after evading a Highway Patrol roadblock near Dumas. Their stolen 1948 car got stuck in mud on a Henry DeLamar farm dirt lane as officers Hubbard and Fitzgerald closed in. White, accused of strong arm robbery, and Dyer, indicted on two counts of forgery, were returned to custody and later transported toward Dumas. White had prior questioning in a Borger case involving a $200 hitchhiker scam near Amarillo.
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Hutchinson County
Stinnett
Dumas
Harold Lee White
Elbert W. Dyer
John Campbell
Campbell
Don Hubbard
Bill Fitzgerald
Hubbard
Fitzgerald
Amarillo
Man Kills Family and Self in Toronto Tragedy
Toronto police report James D. Sinclair, 37, killed his wife Margaret 37, son Ian 7, daughter Joy 2, and his parents, then fatally drove into a bridge abutment. He left notes claiming interference with his life and drinking.
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Toronto
Ont
James D. Sinclair
Sinclair
Margaret
Ian
Joy
Queen Elizabeth Highway
Anti-Trust Group Urges Cleanup Of FTV Industry Practices
A House Anti-Trust Subcommittee released a 148 page report urging a broad government probe into television industry practices. It targets network corporate structures long term artist contracts sponsor discounts and ties with ad agencies. It also calls for increased UHF development a tax removal on multi band sets and an ethics code for FCC to curb informal ex parte discussions.
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Washington
House
Federal Communications Commission
Subcommittee
Congress
FCC
Baseball Scores From Western and National Leagues
Western League results show Amarillo blank Albuquerque and Sioux City 0-5, Lincoln 3-4 Des Moines 4-6, Topeka 5-13 Pueblo 6-2, Colorado Springs 11-10. National League games include Cincinnati 3- Brooklyn 1-0, Chicago 7-4, Philadelphia 3-4 in a curfew shortened second game, Milwaukee 2-1, Pittsburgh 1-5, St. Louis 2-10, New York 1-7. American League totals list Baltimore 7-5, Chicago 5-0, New York 5, Detroit 4, Cleveland 7-6, Washington 2-7, Boston 9-3, Kansas City 4-5.
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Amarillo
Albuquerque
Sioux City
Lincoln
Des Moines
Topeka
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
New York
Baltimore
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
Kansas City
US policy outline may shift disarmament talks in London
Harold E. Stassen is to outline a new U.S. partial arms cut policy in the United Nations Disarmament sub committee in London. The plan aims for agreement among nations and stresses consultation, avoiding spheres of influence while proposing ground and air inspection over undefined areas.
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London
United States
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
United Nations Disarmament Subcommittee
Eisenhower
Washington
Russia
Stassen
Weather Highlights From Amarillo 1957 Report
The bulletin notes Amarillo logged 134 sunny days in 160 days for 1957 with comparative readings at 4 p.m. Sunday. It lists wind, visibility and sky conditions for Houston and Oklahoma City with metric notations and mentions KGNC-TV Colorcast Club 60 and a matinee theater at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
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Amarillo
Houston
Okla
City
Kgnc-Tv
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Dexter, N.M
NATO Power
Northfield, Minn
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
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Louis Girard
Ment
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Cirard
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Itsuro Hayashi
District Court
Haru
Candy) Sueyama
Weather Forecast
Admiralty
Ordzhonikidze
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Khrushchev
Portsmouth
Henry DeLamar
Highway 152
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Borger
Skyline Club
James Sinclair Sr
Anti-Trust Group
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