Yanks Scale Buckingham Palace Wall for Night Stay
Oregon ex-GIs Wallace McCall and John Jensen scaled the 8 foot walls and slept in Buckingham Palace grounds. Scotland Yard and the War Office called it unprecedented as guards and police watched over the intruders who sought a safe place to sleep in London. The men, ages 22 and 24, from Portland and North Bend, gave casual remarks about finding shelter near the famed palace.
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London
Oregon
Scotland Yard
British War Office
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Wallace
Steve) McCall
Portland
Ore
John L. Jenson
North Bend
Jensen
Youthful trespassers flee wall into lavish tea grounds
Two English girls and two youths slip over a wall into a British palace lawn where a fashionable tea party unfolds. They hide in Arctic sleeping bags, share beans, and only awaken to gardener and police arriving in the sun as they plan a longer motorcycle tour before adulthood.
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McCall
Jensen
Europe
West Europe recovery talks with Molotov in Paris
French British and Soviet foreign ministers held a four hour meeting in Paris about a Unified Europe recovery program. Officials expect a decision within 48 hours on Soviet stance toward U S Marshall Plan aid. Britain and France push for a plan outside UN framework.
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Russia
Paris
France
Britain
Europe
V. M. Molotov
George C. Marshall
Bidault
Hall of Parrots
Foreign Ministry
London
United Nations
Judge orders alimony in NC domestic case
In Charlotte on June 27 Judge F M Redd presided over a domestic relations case where an elderly Black man was charged by his wife with non support. After hearings he ordered the husband to pay the wife 25 dollars monthly, with the defendant offering occasional extra sums.
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Charlotte
F. M. Redd
UN Crackdown Demanded on Greek Guerrillas
The United States urged the UN Security Council to back enforcement action against Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria for aiding Greek guerrillas in Northern Greece. Warren Austin proposed an 11 nation Balkan monitoring commission with broad access for two years amid fears of a Soviet veto.
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Austin
UN Balkan Investigating Committee
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
Vermont
Balkans
Balkan
Russia
UN Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Balkan Commission
United Nations
Tornado Strikes Havelll Missouri Town No Injuries Reported
A tornado and heavy rain hit Havelll, Missouri, at dawn, damaging a dozen buildings in the 500-person town. Two businesses were unroofed, the Christian Church and about 10 homes lost roofs, and most telephone lines were down with no injuries reported.
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Haviell
Missouri
Christian Church
Woman Freed After Mental Hospital Mixup In Passaic
Mrs Anna Parfinska 55 of Passaic says a mistake led to her involuntary three day stay at Greystone Park State Hospital. A Polish speaking reporter reported the confusion stemmed from language and a neighbor also named Anna. Authorities verified the error and she was driven home. In San Angelo, Mrs Sam Thorne 51 wife of a grocer and school board president died last night.
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Passaic
Anna Parfinska
Anna
Greystone Park
Herstory
San Angelo
Sam Thorne
House Group Approves New Missile Center in California
A House Armed Service subcommittee approved legislation authorizing $34.52 million for a guided missile test center at Point Mugu California. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz urged immediate approval. Point Mugu lies 40 miles north of Los Angeles and was chosen from 33 proposed sites.
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Washington
House
Armed Service
Point Mugu
Cal
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
Los Angeles
Navy
Girl Knows How To Put on Chill In New York
A 17 year old girl, Kathleen Roan of Providence, Rhode Island, demonstrated making snow at the Hayden Planetarium. She used two wash tubs, ice and rock salt, and breathed into the setup to cool moisture below freezing. Dry ice seeds formed small snowflakes. Kathleen’s contraption cost $4.32 and won a science prize last winter.
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New York
Hayden Planetarium
General Electric
Vincent J. Schaefer
Kathleen Roan
Providence
Kathleen
Pastor Convicted Of Burning Church
MILWAUKEE June 27 A Presbyterian clergyman Dr John Lewis was found guilty of arson in the January blaze that damaged a 77 year old brick church. The 73 year old pastor faced a possible one to ten year prison sentence as the jury returned the verdict after testimony showed he bought kerosene and a synthetic cleaning fluid and that rags soaked in kerosene were found near the organ loft railing. Defense plans to seek a new trial or appeal to the Supreme Court. He was remanded for a hearing on motions.
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Milwaukee
John Lewis
Atty
Harry V. Meissner
Supreme Court
Dr. Lewis
Route 66 Group Forms Plan for National Convention
A US Highway 66 Association meeting at the Herring Hotel named temporary officers Ralph Jones of Albuquerque and Leo Weaver of Flagstaff to serve until the October national convention in Oklahoma City. Bob Clark was named convention chairman, with Bill Libby and Weaver heading committees. Representatives from five of eight states attended.
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US Highway 66 Association
Herring Hotel
Bob Clark
Shamrock
Ralph Jones
Albuquerque
Leo Weaver
Flagstaff
Ariz
National Board
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Jones
Bill Libby
Arcadia
Weaver
Clark
Texas
New Mexico
Bill Jones
Elk City
Oklahoma
Walter Mueller
Cal
California
Arizona
Max Hodd
Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
V. C. Greaser
Tucumcari
Libby
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Kenner
Sayre, Okla
Bullet Quells One Man Riot in Illinois Jail
In Moline Illinois on June 27 a Negro prisoner named Silkie Smith 63 broke from Silvis jail and terrorized about 200 bystanders. Deputy sheriff William Koster and James Gartelos fired tear gas and Smith was shot dead by Gartelos a block from the jail. Smith weighed 220 pounds and stood 6 feet 3 inches tall and had been jailed for vagrancy.
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Moline
Ill
Silvis
William Koster
Rock Island County
Silkie Smith
Koster
James Gartellos
Smith
Rock Island
Gartellos
Flying discs sighting blamed on jets near White Sands
Lt Col Harold R Turner says reports of flying discs in the western states may have been jet airplanes with circular exhausts causing disc-like illusions. White Sands commandant notes heated jet pipes can look like discs. Dentists and families in Silver City reported a bright disc arcing across the northern sky around 8 pm, vanishing quickly, with earlier reports from Pendleton and Boise, and similar sightings in Oklahoma and Idaho.
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Waillite Sands
Harold R. Turner
White Sands Proving Ground
New Mexico
R. F. Sensenbaugher
Silver City
Free Ranchman Cleared on Murder Charge in 1946 Shooting
Wylie Tomlinson Jr a 33 year old Menard ranchman was acquitted of murder in the fatal November 1946 shooting of H B Opp 64 oil operator and ranchman. He testified self defense and the jury deliberated under two hours. Opp and Ranger L E Trimble were earlier indicted. Trimble was acquitted and Opps indictment dismissed on appeal after conviction and reversal.
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San Angelo
Wylie Tomlinson, Jr
Menard
H. B. Opp
Tomlinson
Opp
L. E. Trimble
Cattlemen Meet Legislators on Hoof and Mouth Fight
Texas cattlemen join seven members of Congress for a public forum at the Herring Hotel to discuss hoof and mouth disease. The delegation, including Rep Eugene Worley, plans an on the spot Mexico campaign inspection and a Kingsville King Ranch visit before heading to Mexico City. The group travels from Washington by Army plane and aims to report to the House Appropriations Committee before further action.
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Texas Cattlemen
Congress
Herring
Amarillo
Mexico
Eugene Worley
Shamrock
Panhandle
Indiana
Walter K. Granger
Utah
Ernest K. Bramblett
California
Sid Simpson
Illinois
H. Carl Anderson
Minnesota
Worley
Washington
C. E. Weymouth Ranch
Dooley Verdict Slated Tuesday For Federal Judge
The Senate will take up Joe B. Dooley of Amarillo for the Northern District of Texas next Tuesday. Sen. Tom Connally, a Dooley supporter, said the nomination will be the first item of business at noon and that Tuesday is preferable for the action. The move follows a fallout with Sen. W. Lee O Daniel over patronage and Texas jobs.
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Washington
Senate
Joe B. Dooley
Amarillo
Texas
Tom Connally
Dooley
Connally
W. Lee O’daniel
Hungary ratifies peace treaty unopposed in parliament
Budapest June 27 Hungarian parliament unanimously ratified the peace treaty. Only the Russian ratification remains before Hungary is restored as a sovereign state.
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Hungary
Budapest
Amnesia Victim Found In Bushes Near Canadian
A man found wandering in shorts and under shirt near Canadian is held by Sheriff E R Cloyd while identity is sought. Claimed name Virgil Cox, said he worked harvesting wheat and lived in Comanche Brownwood and Coleman Texas. He is 35 to 40, 5 ft 8, about 150 pounds, with no identifying marks. Authorities verify alleged prior residences and family details after the amnesia case.
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E. R. Cloyd
Virgil Cox
Comanche
Brownwood
Coleman
Texas
Cloyd
Legislators Consider Export Curbs on Oil to Russia
Washington lawmakers pressed to curb oil exports amid a Navy shortage. John L. Sullivan says the Navy must buy 500,000 barrels monthly for six months in the Persian Gulf to ship east. Weichel proposes mandatory export limits pending defense and domestic-supply assurances.
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Washington
Russia
Middle East
Weichel
Ohio
House Merchant Marine Committee
Congress
Brewster
Maine
Senate War Investigating Committee
Navy
John L. Sullivan
Persian Gulf
United States
Ralph E. Wilson
War Navy Petroleum Board
War and Navy Department
National Defense
Commerce Department
Wilson
House
Col
G. N. Vogel
The
Petroleum Board
Monaghan named assistant superintendent at Fort Worth & Denver
M G Monaghan has been named assistant superintendent of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway, succeeding J W Mode who retires as superintendent effective July 1. Monaghan, train master since 1942, had served as assistant superintendent in 1935 and 1936, and came to Amarillo from Wichita Falls. The Wichita Falls jurisdiction extends to Amarillo division per C D Peckenpaugh, VP and GM of the Burlington Lines. Monaghan has been with the Fort Worth & Denver over 30 years and lives at 2702 Van Buren.
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M. G. Monaghan
Fort Worth & Denver Railway Company
J. W. “Jinks” Mode
Mr. Mode
Mr. Monaghan
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
W. O. Frame
Fort Worth
Weekend Heat Soars Across Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Amararillo and vicinity expect hot conditions Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change in West Texas. New Mexico sees scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers but mostly fair weather. Highs range 85 to 95, with northwest 90 to 100. Yesterday’s temperatures peaked near 98 with lows in the 60s. Sunrise is 5 35 AM and sunset at 05 PM.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Man Accused Of Kidnapping Own Tot
Warrants issued for Lucille A Conley on kidnapping and two counts of assault after Lynette Conley, missing from Brockton Massachusetts, was taken from her crib. The mother and grandmother were beaten with pliers and brass knuckles. Conley filed for divorce in Amarillo alleging desertion. He served in Army and worked in photography. family history traced to 1929 arrival from Oklahoma.
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Aveag m
Runningriw
Lynette Conley
Brockton
Mass
Conley
Lucille A. Conley
Bertha R. LaCroix
108Th District Court
Amarillo
Lynette
Camp Miles Standish
Boston
Mary Conley
Monroe
Lucille
Bureau of Reclamation
Pearl Harbor
France
Germany
Forrest C. Conley
Conleys
Oklahoma
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Chicago Daily News
House Group
Route 66 Group
National Convention
Kingsville
King Ranch
Mexico City
John Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Monaghan
Louis B. Conley
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