Quaker City Becomes GOP No Man's Land
In Philadelphia Pennsylvania hosts kept Republicans guessing as the race remains wide open with top contenders Dewey Taft Warren and Stassen cited. Pennsylvania 73 delegate votes could influence the nomination with Ed Martin the favored son for now and Vandenberg seen as a dark horse.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Edward Martin
Martin
Estras Howell
Scranton
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Joseph W. Martin
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
James H. Duff
Dewey
Taft
Congress
Farm Bill Passes as Congress Adjourns After Lively Session
The 80th Congress wraps up after a long night approving a hybrid farm bill and a foreign aid package of 6.03 billion dollars. The House vote was 319 to 62 with Senate approval by voice vote, and adjournment came early. Leaders hinted at a possible return before year’s end.
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Washington
National Party
House
Senate
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
Truman
Barkley
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Texas delegation weighs Taft on first ballot in Philadelphia
Al Bennett reports from Philadelphia the Texas group, uninstructed, likely to cast 30 for Taft 2 for Dewey and 1 for Stassen on the first ballot. If Taft fails to surge Texans may back Vandenberg as second choice.
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AL Bennett
Philadelphia
Texas
Taft
Dewey
Stassen
Adelphia
Parker Hotzl
George Shannon
Amarillo
Dayton
O. Shannon
Vandenberg
Shannon
Convention City
Detroit
Soviet Search Halts US Train Into Berlin
The US Army halted sending supplies into Berlin by rail to avoid Soviet inspection. A Berlin bound military freight train retreated from Marienborn rather than allow inspection, risking air delivery for 10,000 US personnel.
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Berlin
Marienborn
Germany
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Weather report notes partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change for Monday and Tuesday across Amarillo and West Texas. Scattered thunderstorms are possible in New Mexico and northern mountains, with highs in the 80s to 90s and nightly minimums around the upper 40s to 60s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Cie
What Am I Saying Lie Detectors
A column notes a newly invented lie detector claims to detect subconscious prevarication but says early machines derived from the biblical rib concept remain the baseline with little improvement since.
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Frank Morean
N. ¥. Post Corp., Inc
Census reports May cotton use by lint and linters
The Census Bureau reports May cotton consumption at 785 445 bales of lint and 98 893 bales of linters. This compares with April figures of 829 730 bales of lint and 97 458 bales of linters and with May last year showing 807 135 bales of lint and 80 423 bales of linters.
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Washington
Census Bureau
State of Emergency Declared in Malaya States
Singapore June 29. A state of emergency was proclaimed throughout the nine states of the Malay Federation to halt a wave of terrorism allegedly by Communists. The action was ordered by Sir Edward Gent, high commissioner for Malaya.
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Singapore
Malaya
Sir Edward Gent
Concert Ticket Sale Extended For Philharmonic Season
The sale period for Philharmonic Orchestra season tickets is extended. The Southwestern Public Service Company board at Fifth and Polk will be open today Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 to 4. Reservations can be made at the ticket office by phone 6201 extension 71 or by mail to Box 2207 Amarillo Texas. Prices are 6 7.20 8.40 13.20 and 15 dollars.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Fifth and Polk
Amarillo
Tex
Three Dead in Shamrock Highway Crash on Route 66
At least three people died and eight were injured when a three-car collision occurred near Shamrock on Highway 66 two miles west of town. Victims include Winnie Fay Flynt 35 Clovis NM Edna Mae Burson 49 Shamrock and Othella Burson about 60 Hoeskell.
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Winnie Fay Flynt
Clovis
Edna Mae _ Burson
Shamrock
Othella Burson
Hoeskell
Charles Flynt
Theo Burson
Amasa Flynt
Winnie Flynt
Mary
Martha Flynt
Dan Burson
Doris Burson
June Wood
Shamrock General Hospital
Flynt
Burson
Highway 66
Edna Mae Burson
Womack
Clay Funeral Homes
Community Nights and Rodeo Events Across the Panhandle
The notice lists events in Borger Fort Sumner Tucumcari Canadian Wellington and Goodwell. Veterans Affairs contact at city hall 1:30 PM Fort Sumner county Democratic gathering 3:00 PM Wellington junior rodeo under 16 at Wellington Rodeo Grounds. Violin recital 8:30 PM in Hughes Strong Auditorium.
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Borger
Alvin C. Boney
Veterans Administration
City Hall
Fort Sumner
Court House
Tucumcari
Navajo
Flag Ranch Hotel
Logan
All Chamber of Commerce
Wellington
Wellington Rodeo
City
Goodwell
Creech Reynolds
Panhandle A&m Lyceum Committee
Hughes Strong
Bradley Says Draft Aims to Prevent Foreign Conflict
General Omar Bradley announced the new Selective Service Act targets 200 000 to 225 000 inductees in year one. He cited peacetime draft as strengthening foreign policy and backing U S leadership while outlining Army growth from 540 000 to 790 000 via draft and enlistments. He discussed emergency risk, overseas staffing, and revised training camps to support a twofold outcome: carry out occupation missions and bolster home defenses.
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Los Angeles
Omar Bradley
Army
Bradley
Congress
Kremlin
Senate
Navy
Air Force
United States
Mrs. Cordelia Potter 83 Dies in Clayton Hospital
Mrs. Cordelia Eddy Potter aged 83 wife of Col. Jack Potter famed trail driver died Sunday morning in a Clayton hospital.
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Clayton
Cordelia Eddy Potter
Col
Jack Potter
Mrs Potter Dies After Fall and Pneumonia Sickness
Mrs Potter aged long time resident of Union County New Mexico suffered a broken leg and shock when she fell at home last Thursday. Doctors say death followed pneumonia. She was born near San Antonio Texas and married Colonel Potter over 60 years ago. Surviving are her husband two sons Carl Potter Cortez NM and Robert Potter Las Lunas NM two daughters Mrs Jack Lenhart and Mrs Ethel Wade Clayton NM and ten grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Winchester Funeral Home.
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Jack Lenhart
Ethel Wade
Clayton
Winchester Funeral Home
Six Hurt in Four Car Crash Near Washburn
Six persons were injured in a four car collision on Highway 287 about five miles east of Washburn Saturday night. Olin Lambert 39 and James Conrad 21 suffered leg injuries and were taken to hospitals. others received treatment for superficial injuries and were later released.
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Washburn
Olin Lambert
Claude Farmer
Northwest Texas Hospital
James Conrad
Claude
William Marvin Russell
Corona
Cal
Weeks Hughes
Maxie Hopson
Robert Turner Bradley
Russell
Hughes
Amarillo
Lambert
Thnt
Bradley
Rain and hail dampen High Plains weather drift
Thundershowers disrupted the High Plains region with hail reported in Perryton. Amarillo measured .65 inch at English Field and .86 inch atop the Globe-News building. Other 24 hour totals included Pampa .90, Clarendon 1.15, Tucumcari .12, and La Junta 1.03 inches. Layton noted rainfall moving into Oklahoma and Northeast Texas. Amarillo wind averaged 25 mph WSW. Sunday low 62 and high 90.
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High Plains
Perryton
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Government
English Field
Ivan Layton
Observer
Globe- News
Amarillo Business District
Pampa
Clarendon
Lubbock
Gage
Elk City
Guymon
Clayton
Tucumcari
Akron
Cole
la Junta
Lamar
Pueblo
Layton
Oklahoma
Texas
Amarillo M Philhar tickets on sale at Southwestern Public Service
Kiwanis Club meets at Amarillo Hotel for members and guests. Mrs Juliette McIntosh Grathe promotes Children’s Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center in Dallas. Pilot Club hosts Spastics fundraising in Herring Hotel’s Crevral Ballroom.
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M—Philharmonic
Southwestern Public Service Company
Kiwanis Club
Amarillo Hotel
Juliette McIntosh Grathe
Dallas
Iks
Pilot Club
Herring Hotel
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Keystone Pennsylvania
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Ochiltree County
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Bill Lance
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Lock & Lock Custom Combiners
Penrose
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Philly
The
Globe
Atchison, Kan
Taylor
Soviet Zone
Census Bureau Reports
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Olver & Wilkins Lumber Co
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