Background on Berlin Crisis Events and Allied Access
Article traces 1943 to 1944 efforts shaping postwar Berlin access. Key figures include John G. Winant and Lucius D. Clay. Potsdam Conference proceeds without a clear free air, road, and rail access pledge to Berlin, despite Truman’s letter and Allied discussions. The piece notes shifts in Allied leadership and zones, with emphasis on occupation, reparations, and Poland.
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Berlin
United Nations European Advisory Commission
John G. Winant
Great Britain
Germany
War Department
Europe
Truman
Stalin
U. S
Frankfort
Bremen
Churchill
Potsdam
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
England
Clement Atlee
East Germany
Poland
Radio Schedule Fragments for KGNC-BV Day
Radio listings show programs including Megs Baggis at 1 00 p m Prig Is Right at 1 30 p m and The Telephone Hour at 8 00 p m with some digits and text fragments. The schedule appears incomplete and timed slots are unclear.
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KGNC
Megs Baggis
Prig
Prescription Dear Editor and Committee Critique
A letter from D. E. Scott of Wellington mocks committees by noting they seek more money for every study. He suggests a radical reform, joking that doctors could be paid by prescribing only castor oil.
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D. E. Scott Wellington
Sorghum Feeding Study Formed Amid West Texas Growth Hope
Dr. Jim Hildreth leads a new committee to study feasibility of a West Texas live stock feeding industry using grain sorghum. Kenneth Lewis and John Baumgardner join, with input from Amarillo, Lubbock chambers and groups like Grain Sorghum Producers Assn. and Glover Packing Co. The two day conference in Amarillo gathers 200 growers and researchers from the Southwest and Midwest to assess costs markets and profits.
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Daily News
J. R. Couch
Texas A & M
R. G. Peeler
Hereford
Grain Sorghum Producers Assn
Leonard W. Schruben
Kansas State College
Globe News Publishing Co
Jim Hildreth
Texas A&m College System
Hildreth
Kenneth Lewis
National Cotton Seed Products Assn
Lubbock
John Baumgardner
Agricultural Staff
Texas Tech
West Texas
Amarillo
High Plains
Southwest
Kx Industry and Research at Work on Crop Uses
Industry and research agencies join to find new outlets for Golden Spread crops. Sesame seed oil from High Plains Research Station now appears in hair tonics and candies. Gum from grain sorghum carbohydrates is used on postage stamps. Castor beans offer oil for medicines lubricants and many other uses.
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Golden Spread
High Plains
Former Amarillo adventurer Browder freed on bond in Canada bond case
Edward Browder Jr., 42, previously of Amarillo, posted 20000 dollars bail in Miami on charges of receiving and concealing stolen bonds moving in interstate commerce. FBI agents found 136650 dollars in securities. serial numbers linked to Montreal and Brockville thefts. Browder, who used the alias John Smyth, was arrested with a loaded pistol. He has a prior 1948 sentence for conspiring to organize a Venezuela expedition and was acquitted that year of conspiring to sell planes in an attempt to overthrow the Dominican Republic government. He was the 12th man arrested in the case.
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Amarillo
Edward Browder Jr
FBI
Canada
Lee O. Teague
Miami
la Societe Nationale de Fiducie
Montreal
Teague
Brockville, Ont
Browder
John Smyth
Federal Correctional Institution
Venezuela
Death Takes Lou Costello in Beverly Hills
Fat funny Lou Costello, 53, died of his second heart attack in a week at a Beverly Hills hospital. Bud Abbott, 63, his longtime partner, sobbed at the news from Encino. Costello’s widow and three daughters survive. his last film, completed in January, was a science fiction epic.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lou Costello
Bud Abbott
Abbott
Encino
Costello
Eddie Sherman
Lou
Patricia
Carol Lou
Christine
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
U S Weather Bureau predicts windy and colder conditions with blowing dust today and tonight. Thursday, expect fair to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. low around 34 and high near 52.
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U.S
Amarillo
Panhandle
Oath Plains
Indy
Pioneer IV nears solar orbit surpassing half Moon distance
The Pioneer IV space probe reached 118 852 miles from Earth while heading toward a solar orbit. NASA scientists predicted the craft would miss the Moon by about 38 000 miles, with revised timings and speed reductions noted after launch from Cape Canaveral.
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Washington
America
Space
Earth
Air Force
California
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Pioneer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Eisenhower Invites Macmillan to Washington Over Berlin Tactics
President Eisenhower invites Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to Washington to discuss moves to deter Moscow from pushing Western powers out of Berlin. Macmillan expected to report on Khrushchev talks and assess limits before a May 27 deadline.
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Harold Macmillan
Russia
Berlin
Macmillan
Khrushchev
White House
Moscow
West
Oklahoma repeal issue slows Edmondson reform drive
The prohibition repeal issue in Oklahoma heads to voters as Governor Edmondson’s reform program stalls in the legislature. Reporter Phil Dessauer notes the slowed pace in a page 3 dispatch. New Mexico’s sales tax revenue from six cities is cut by order of the Governor, with Will Harrison detailing the action on page 9.
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Oklahoma
Edmondson
Phil Dessauer
The
Daily News
New Mexico
Sunshine State
Will Harrison
Oil Depletion Plug Is Asked
The Treasury asked Congress to limit the 27 percent oil and gas depletion allowance to income from production at the well head. The move follows a federal district court decision on processed petroleum products that would, if upheld, reduce tax revenue by allowing deductions on finished products higher in value than crude. Secretary Anderson sent draft legislation to House Ways and Means Committee chair Wilbur Mills.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Congress
Federal District Court
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Cotton Fertilizer Study From High Plains Station
The High Plains Research Station at Halfway Hale County releases a report detailing cotton fertilizing methods for Golden Spread farmers. Jack Porter's report appears on page 7 and notes future coverage on wheat and oil seed crops set for Thursday.
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High Plains Research Station
Halfway
Hale County
Golden Spread
Jack Porter
Khrushchev Braces Against Jet Blast During Macmillan’s Moscow Exit
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan departed Moscow on a jet that unleashed a strong blast nearly knocking Khrushchev over. AP photographer Robert Rider-Rider and a Soviet photographer shielded the premier with coats as Khrushchev clutched his hat. Khrushchev greeted the photographers after the plane lifted off.
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Moscow
Harold Macmillan
Nikita Khrushchev
Robert Rider-Rider
Khrushchev
Rider-Rider
U S Embassy Staff Hides In Bolivia Amid Unrest
In La Paz, U S embassy personnel went into hiding after violent protests sparked by Time magazine criticism. Tin miners strike shut government mines, rioters burned a flag, and a 15 year old was killed in the turmoil. No U S citizens were harmed. State Department urged Bolivian protection for about 1800 Americans.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.S
Time Magazine
Washington
State Department
City to order two official flags for City Hall and auditorium
Amarillo will soon display two new official flags replacing the World War II ship flag. The City Commission voted to buy two banners costing 140 dollars, after considering prices from 80 to 150 dollars each with discounts. Commissioner Simpson noted former mayor Jenkins urged replacement for display in the mayor’s office and auditorium. Mayor Armstrong hesitated, suggesting voluntary donations instead of city spending.
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Amarillo
J. M
Red
John Armstrong
Simpson
Daily News
Weather Roundup for Amarillo and Houston 1955
The report notes Amarillo records 54 of 62 sunny days in 1955. It lists readings for 3 p.m. Tuesday with wind speed 18 MPH in Amarillo and 12 MPH in Houston, visibility fair and sky clear with partial readings.
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Eesesess
Houston
Lolokla
City
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