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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1951
Page
1
An Amarillo read urges restraint as inflation rises and political pressure grows. It warns of profiteers and rent seekers, calls out organized labor farmers and business for fueling a wage price spiral, and fears a slide toward dictatorship if self interest continues.
A state patrolman letters a Texline incident about Nielsen Audimeters found in a minister's home. Two devices were attached to a living room radio and a bedroom table model, sparking questions about un American spying myths in the Panhandle. The letter notes the family moved away and hides their present address.
Two Senate committees approve resolutions urging troop deployment to Europe while seeking endorsement from both chambers. A 16 to 8 vote advances a joint house approval path, but one measure passes with Senate only. The move frames support for US forces under Eisenhower within the North Atlantic defense context.
Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston loosened wage controls in a move that could affect about 250,000 workers. Three orders set policy on cost of living raises through June 30, wage rules for new plants, and allowances for post Jan 25 industry increases in similar labor markets.
The Zany Toy Company of St. Louis tests new products with a juvenile board aged 2 to 14. Chairman Jay Zimmerman says child directors provide free sample feedback to shape market hits, a practice started from his daughters reactions and expanded to neighborhood kids.
Allied forces pushed 3 miles in the Han River bridgehead and repulsed heavy North Korean and Chinese attacks along a 70 mile front. More than 17 900 Red casualties were reported in the first two days of the offensive while UN air power logged a record 1900 sorties in support.
Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, known as the lonely hearts slayers, were executed in Sing Sing. Fernandez went first at 10:12 PM, followed by Beck at 10:19 PM, after a long day of appeals failed. The pair had strangled Albany widow Janet Fay in 1949 using a lonely hearts club ruse.
In Amarillo today a packed schedule features a two day education conference at Municipal Auditorium with sessions at 9 AM and 2 PM, a two day coon dog field meet registrations close, First Crossing of Palo Duro Canyon, American Business Club at Herring Hotel, Amarillo Exchange Club events at the hotel, a 2 PM book review for delegates at First Baptist, 7:30 PM Knife and Fork Club banquet, 7:30 PM Spring Fashions On Parade at First Presbyterian, 7:40 PM North Randall County Civic Club, Alice Landersgin School, and 7:30 PM public hearings by City Planning and Zoning Commission at Municipal Auditorium.
Readable text shows a daily news index item about remodeling activities involving Loana, Olver and Wiscmal Lumber Company at 1200 West Sixth. The fragment implies a local business project or property update with these names and location.
Witnesses across southern Colorado and northern New Mexico reported meteor like fireballs and silvery objects on Tuesday afternoon. State patrolmen in Alamosa and near Rio ran saw objects, one allegedly landing, but no debris or crater was found. San dia atomic weapons station declined comment on the sightings.
Walter L. Dunham testified that a fellow RFC director pressed him to resign and act as the fall guy in the Senate Banking subcommittee investigation. He named C Edward Rowe as the proposer and as having drafted a letter to President Truman. Fulbright said the DoJ was asked to examine records for possible perjury or tax violations and that the committee would pursue the study.
In Washington a Reuters like discussion centers on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and alleged favoritism. The piece cites a furrier case involving Merl Young's wife and a $9000 fur coat with COD questions. Senators accuse directors Dunham Rowe and Willett of political influence swaying RFC policy. the men deny the charges.
The Panhandle faces cold air with lows near 18 to 24 degrees and daytime highs around 46. The US Weather Bureau notes Oklahoma will feel the chill more, with a broad cold front split across Texas and New Mexico. Winds shift from northeast to lighter by afternoon as frigid air moves in.
The United States accuses Russia of fanning the arms race and warns a Western disarmament push would alarm free peoples. Philip Jessup tells Four Power deputies that a Western move to parity with Russia requires assurances of an end to its aggressive policy. Gromyko counters that the West started the arms race as risks grow with no progress on a joint ministerial agenda. The Russia proposal calls for German unity discussion amid a stalled draft agenda.
A jail statement from a burglary suspect linked nearly twenty five thousand dollars in loot and fourteen Amarillo robberies plus four Borger hijackings to a Dumas Gosselin Store rooftopping. The breakout tied to three Moore County defendants Robert Simpson Duane Velebil and Robert Smith with four others sought.
In Austin the legislature sent to the governor a bill to help grand juries probe vice and created a five member committee with a $10 000 appropriation to study organized crime. Debates over duplication of efforts and speed of investigations marked the session as tax and gas bills plus a call for broader fiscal reviews moved forward.
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