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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1954
Page
1
A Washington column notes farmers face the Department of Agriculture price support limits with 13 percent wheat acreage cuts and a strict surplus disposal program. It highlights excess U S grain and dairy stock and the political danger of waste while detailing crops and quantities enough to supply each American.
At Westminster Presbyterian Church a party at 7 to 9 will offer ice cream and cake for 25 cents with curb service. Proceeds fund a CROP project to buy and ship pigs to Central American areas in need, continuing last year’s goat shipments to Korea.
Governor Shivers spoke to about 3,500 in downtown Lufkin promising a legal challenge to the non segregation decision. He denounced night riders and cross burnings while criticizing opponent Ralph Yarborough as the CIO PAC’s hand picked candidate.
Amarillo Public Schools and Amarillo College budgets loom with a possible one cent college tax raise but a potential cut in the public school rate. A public hearing is slated for August 16 with further budget talks planned for tomorrow night. The board also awarded contracts to Plains Chevrolet for two sta
Panhandle farmers do not anticipate a unit ed protest against Ezra Benson 13 per cent wheat acreage allotment cut announced yesterday. Carroll Boyd of the National Wheat Growers Assoc says most Panhandle growers accept cuts while oppose flexible price supports which could follow if a presidential veto forces a shift back to 1949 farm bill rules. He notes some hardship in isolated cases due to allotment rules based on production history, with heavier cuts in the north and midwest and opposition likely from those regions.
Secretary Benson orders a 13 percent cutback in 1955 wheat planting and calls a July 23 grower referendum to approve rigid marketing quotas. He warns of the strongest controls in U.S. farming history to curb new crop surpluses and outlines broader plans for grain tobacco peanuts corn and sugar crops.
Ballot places for the July 24 Democratic primary were drawn last night by the Potter County Democratic Committee. Listings include commissioner precincts 1 and 3, representative 93rd district, county judge, county treasurer, constable, district attorney, US Congress 18th district, county school superintendent, and district judge 47th district. Filing fees are five percent for most offices and seven and one half percent for four-year posts. fees due by Saturday. The meeting was attended by most Democratic candidates, says chairman John McCarty.
Plainview defeated Amarillo 5 to 3 while Pampa beat Clovis 5 to 4. Abilene fell to Albuquerque 2 to 1 and Lubbock shut out Berger 6 to 0. In the National League New York defeated St Louis 8 to 5. No American League games were scheduled.
The Fourth Army announced that Cpl. Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas will be court martialed in San Antonio on charges including conspiring with the enemy about postwar subversion and promoting anti American propaganda. Lt Gen I D White said the case will be tried as a non capital matter with witnesses from across the United States.
The Federal Reserve Board announced a reduction in reserve requirements that would enable about nine billion dollars of additional credit to flow into the economy. The move, aimed at expanding loans and investments by the nation's 6,700 member banks, follows a similar action last June and comes as short term rates hover near multi-decade lows.
The forecast calls for 97 degrees today with no relief in sight and a low around 70 last night. Amarillo peaked at 98, with other high readings across Texas and New Mexico including Roswell 99, Albuquerque 100, Tucumcari 100, and Dalhart 96 to 98, signaling a sustained heat spell.
Amarillo recorded 156 days of sun out of 172 in 1954. Weather snapshot at 3 PM yesterday lists Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma City, and Amarillo with wind speeds from 9 to 21 MPH and visibility 15 miles. Amarillo reported clear skies.
Inter-American Peace Commission agreed to suspend temporarily Guatemala's complaint accusing foreign aggression. The five-nation panel at the Pan-American Union voted unanimously to pause the ruling while not abandoning its interest in charges against Honduras and Nicaragua. Meanwhile the State Department said Guatemala pledged to protect about 1,200 U.S. citizens and allow evacuation if needed with Ambassador Peurifoy empowered to act.
Guatemalan government claims a victory in its first major clash with anti-Communist invaders who entered Honduras four days earlier to overthrow President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán. A radio communique described well trained regulars armed with modern public safety items meeting the rebels at Gual.
Hereford and Deaf Smith County residents watch a $199,000 lien on the four story 58 room Hotel Jim Hill drive a foreclosure auction. The RFC seeks liquidating bids at 1 PM Tuesday with an Amarillo firm handling the sale. Local stockholders who helped start the hostelry in the late 1940s may bid to preserve their investment.
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith won a sweeping victory in Maine’s Republican senate primary over Robert L. Jones as 368 of 626 precincts reported. She led 42 133 to 8 010 amid controversy over Sen. McCarthy’s influence, with Smith alleging McCarthy planted Jones to blunt her campaign.
About 500 Vietminh prisoners at a My Tho camp in Viet Nam broke free after a guerrilla attack on guards. Some 100 were killed or recaptured as 400 potential reinforcements fled into the jungle 30 miles southwest of Saigon. The uprising involved Vietminh regulars and regional guerrillas attacking the compound.
M. T. Johnson Jr and Jay Taylor of Amarillo Texas were elected state directors for Texas by the National Livestock Auction Assn at its annual convention in Idaho Falls Idaho. Special deal for 47 through 51 Studebaker owners at Bob Crudgington Inc.
In San Diego Texas on June 21 District Attorney Raeburn Norris declined to disqualify himself from the assault to murder trial of political boss George Parr. Norris said he could be fair and impartial though Parr had campaigned for him and he had described indictments as void. Judge Maxwell Welch pressed Norris three times with the same question. Attorney General John Ben Shepperd observed the proceedings as the court planned to avoid staffing Parr's trial with AG personnel.
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