Clements Denies Fake Mortgages in Superior Sale
Orr testified in the felony theft trial that fictitious tank mortgage contracts totaling 382000 were used to finance the purchase of Superior Manufacturing Co after its sale for about 500000. He said Clements pleaded to avoid more bogus mortgages and named Coleman McSpadden and Ruel Alexander as new managers who have pleaded guilty to related indictments.
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Robert Earl Clements
Superior Manufacturing Co
Clements
Harold Orr
Orr
Coleman McSpadden
Lubbock
Ruel Alexander
Amarillo
Lipscomb
Superior
Southwestern Investment Co
Alexander
McSpadden
Amarilla
Moore
Robert E. Clements
Ad Council Launches UN Public Service Campaign
A national Advertising Council effort will recruit free advertising to win public support for the United Nations. The campaign stresses UN achievements and cautions about risks of war, with materials from Ogilvy Benson & Mather and a free booklet The UN in Action.
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New York
United Nations
The
Advertising Council
Council
Kennedy
Fisenhower
United States
United States Committee For the United Nations
Robert S. Benjamin
United Artists
Samuel Thurm
Lever Brothers Company
Ogilvy, Benson & Mather, Inc
UN In Action
Globe News Free Fireworks Show Lights Amarillo July 4
The annual Globe News Free Fireworks Show returns July 4 at Dick Bivins Stadium. Nightfall programs start with a concert by the Amarillo Air Force Base Band and Jody Drill Team, followed by a dozen ground displays and hundreds of aerial shells staged by Burnett Fireworks of Enid Oklahoma.
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Globe News
Dick Bivins
Amarillo Air Force Base
Jody
Burnett Fireworks Company
Enid
Okla
Flag of
Texas
Bugs Bunny
Niagara Falls
Globe News Publishing Company
Golden Spread
Amarillo
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Through Thursday
Weather from the U S Weather Bureau indicates clear to partly cloudy skies for Amarillo and vicinity through Thursday with a chance of thundershowers Thursday afternoon and evening. West Texas outlook shows similar conditions with isolated storms and high temperatures around 90 to 97 degrees. Rio Grande Valley remains fair with widely scattered afternoon and evening showers and little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Texas
Rio Grande
North Western Signals Three Way Merger Talks With Rock Island
North Western proposes to exchange one share of stock and cash for 3.6 shares of Rock Island, aiming to control via stock ownership then merge with Rock Island and Milwaukee. UP agreement remains on Rock Island board, with key directors committing to the UP terms.
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The
North Western
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Roads
New York City
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Chicago Tribune
Union Pacific Railroad
Col
Henry Crown
Peace Norris
Roy Ingersoll
Borg-Warner Corporation
Col. Crown
Rock Island Board
U.P
Union Pacific
Rock Island Common
North Western Common
Exchange of Stock
Heineman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milwaukee Road
Hook Island
Soviet Spy Wennerstrom Arrest Shock Sweden
Swedish authorities publicly disclosed the 57 year old Col Stig Wennerstrom a colonel decorated by the United States and France was arrested on espionage charges. He admitted stealing Swedish and allied secrets and delivering them to the Kremlin possibly including NATO defense information. The case prompted expulsion of two Soviet diplomats and raised tensions around a planned Khrushchev visit.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
France
Washington
Khrushchev
Stig Erick Wennerstrom
Kremlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Paris
Wennerstrom
State Department
Torsten Nilsson
Vitaly Nikolsky
George Baranovsky
Soviet Union
Scandinavia
Tage Erlander
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Swedish Defense Ministry
Driver's Fatal Crash Near Amarillo On U S 66
A New Jersey man, James Virgil James, 53, of Fort Lee, died when a gasoline transport crushed his car about 11:30 am Tuesday on U S 66 east of Amarillo. The truck driver Charles Bert Dees of 2209 Grand was uninjured. See story on page 12.
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New Jersey
Amarillo
James Virgil James
Fort Lee
Charles Bert Dees
Grand
NLRB certifies result of West Texas Equipment union vote
The National Labor Relations Board overruled an objection and certified the Jan 15 election in which West Texas Equipment Co employees voted against union representation. Also notes a July 4 fireworks show at Dick Bivins stadium and other city news including helium plant work and Avondale Center moves.
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National Labor Relations Board
West Texas Equipment Co
Bureau of Mines
Avondale Center
Death of Hollis boy in accidental shooting
Merle Ray McClendon eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Vern McClendon Hollis Oklahoma died in an accidental shooting at his home. About $65,000 has been raised toward the 130000 goal to fund the Garretson Senior Citizens Center project in Panhandle with funds collected so far.
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Merle Ray McClendon
Vern McClendon
Hollis
Oklo
Garretson Senior Citizens Center
Panhandle
Public figures and private lives collide in wartime trust
Crossroads notes public sentiment on wartime leaders and celebrities. The piece observes embarrassment when government ministers or public icons are found to enjoy recreation or romance, challenging the ideal of constant public devotion and faith.
Weather Fragments from Amarillo 1943 Almanac
Fragments show dawn light over Amarillo in 1943 with scattered notes on wind visibility and sky conditions. Entries reference Clay readings and a sequence of unclear measurements, reflecting a damaged weather page from the era.
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Amarillo
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Demos
Associated Press
Atlantic City
Atlantic Ocean
Arthur Lee Moore
Fort Worth
Ad Council
By Joseph Egelhof
Chicago Tribune Press Service
Congo
Katanga
Leopoldville
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago and North Western AR
Rock Island Railroad
Norris
Mr. Ingersoll
Dagens Nyheter
Christine
Senate
Huw Williams
Penn
News Digest
City Commission
Ann Landers
Santa Fe Spotlight
Syviie Porter
Mao
Lackawanna, N.Y
Crossroads
Sccort
Wellington
Houston
Dailos Omla
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