03 Mar 1950
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1950
Page
1
A 2085 Venus trip concept, speed of travel advances, and reflections on space exploration. The piece contrasts past travel by ox cart with jet and rocket pace, notes TWA aviation plans for Amarillo, and ponders reader interest in detective fiction and local political rumors.
In Plainview on March 2 the Thatcher Printing Co was renamed Eaton and Sudduth Stationers. Owned by Wilmot Eaton and Dexy Sudduth, they bought the business from Walter E. Thatcher four years ago and moved one door, expanding operations. Thatcher now owns the Wood Printing Company in Lubbock.
Today in Amarillo events include 10:00 AM registration for the West Texas District Hi Y Conference at Polk Street Methodist Church with an opening assembly at 3 45 PM at ee High School Auditorium. A 1 00 PM special city commission meeting with Amarillo architects discusses plans for a proposed new Amarillo Air Terminal in the Commission Chamber. Other items include 4 30 PM Story Hour at the Public Library, 7 00 PM Roundtable for the Llano Estacado Council Boy Scouts at Camp Don Harrington, 7 30 PM Junior Chamber stag party at the VFW Hall, 7 30 PM Knife and Fork Club dinner at the Amarillo Country Club, and 8 00 PM Forest Hill Civic Club at Forest Hill School Auditorium.
In Manchester, Elise Borroto testifies that Dr Hermann N Sander showed concern for her dying mother and invited her family to stay at his home. Separately in Washington, Judge Keech clears United Mine Workers of contempt, prompting talk of government seizure to force 372,000 miners back to work amid a nationwide strike.
The case of Louis Bob Conley remains tangled as lawyers seek the intent of a revised federal flight statute. An Amarillo man charged in Boston with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for an attack on his mother in law faces habeas corpus questions on the statute’s applicability to assault with a dangerous weapon. If remanded to Massachusetts for trial, he would confront state charges including assault, kidnapping his daughter, failure to support his wife and child, and contempt of court. he is represented by Mc Eachern and Ochsner.
Housing is sought for about 30 delegates at the West Texas District Hi Y and Tri Hi Y conference opening today. People able to host a pair of boys or girls Friday and Saturday nights with breakfast Saturday and Sunday mornings should call the YMCA at 3 1716 this morning.
Matador Texas is described as a town of a thousand hills by visitors and locals. Mayor Ben Meador and editor Douglas Meador highlight the town’s charm, noting it has no railroad and now relies on a small ice house industry for local dealers.
All day events in Clarendon Donley and Silvert on counties feature fat stock shows at show buildings. Lipscomb County hosts a stock show at the county warehouse while Swisher County holds a sale at the fairgrounds. Guymon Oklahoma plans a chamber banquet at the VFW hall.
Two youths, Troy Lowery Jr. and Clyde Hooper, received five year suspended sentences in Luther Gribble's 100th District Court for the Dec. 4 Kirkland railway depot safe burglary. They admitted taking money and moving it about 10 miles after prying open the safe. Herbert H. Free faces trial next week for involvement.
President Truman backed defense budget cuts and a 13 billion dollar annual ceiling for the next two years. Secretary Louis Johnson said studies show no retreat from national security goals while costs are minimized.
Three men jailed after a Tuesday morning burglary in Pampa unraveled into a wider haul with items traced to several Panhandle sites. Sheriff Earl Hill identified a clock and a pearl necklace from a December Memphis drug store burglary, and a local pawn shop watch linked to Memphis. Police and officers from multiple counties questioned suspects and pursued related burglaries across Oklahoma and Texas.
President Truman stated he will never go to Moscow on a peace mission during his term, while keeping the door open for international moves toward ending the Cold War. He endorsed UN efforts and Senator McMahon's peace proposals, noting no threats to security and promising to follow the law in the coal crisis. He declined to say if loyalty files would be turned over to the Senate inquiry and emphasized no need for a new atomic approach beyond the current plan.
Missouri Compromise allowed slavery in Missouri but prohibited in other western states north of latitude 36 30. In 1931 The Star Spangled Banner became the national anthem after Hoover signed the bill. Geneva origin linked to juniper trees. Today's child frets over facts. Full Moon tomorrow morning 4 34 AM. Moonrise 6 10 PM. Orion and Saturn visible in evening sky. Chuckle lampoons improving living conditions and humble beginnings.
London dispatch reports Labour's plan to nationalize likely stored for now as Attlee forms a new cabinet after a narrow election victory. No official policy announcement. ministers review the throne speech ahead of Monday's State opening before King George VI.
A morning blaze killed Elwood Smith 36, his mother Harriet 68, and his six children Carolyn 11, Patricia 9, Malcolm 7, Rob 7, Judy 3, Cheryl 1, in Monson Maine. Norma Smith 32 survived critically burned after neighbor found her fleeing naked through deep snow.
A historic 125 year old frame house burned with eight people trapped inside. Firemen say a man who led his wife to safety then returned to the flames likely cut himself badly, leaving blood in the snow near the front door. Bodies burned beyond recognition were recovered from the ruins.
Governor Allan Shivers hailed Texas first comprehensive reform plan for state hospitals in 104 years. He said the four day special session produced a program with 26 million dollars to modernize facilities, improve care, and restore hope for sick patients to return to families as healthier citizens.
Judith Coplon refuses to call witnesses in her defense as the spy conspiracy case against her and Valentin Gubitchev heads to a six by six juror panel. Prosecutors anticipate final pleas next Monday and a verdict possibly Tuesday after a string of court rulings affecting the mistrial motion. Coplon, 28, once a Justice Department analyst, faces up to 35 years if convicted of stealing defense secrets for the Russians.
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