Water Problems Study Session To Hear State Leaders
Officials plan morning and afternoon sessions to study irrigation issues. Attending are state Senators Rogers Kelley Edinburg John Bell Cuero Pat Bullock Colorado City George Moffett Chillicothe Rep Byron Tinsley now in Greenville and others including Douglas Bergman Dallas Preston Smith Lubbock J C Cantrell Princeton George A Knapp Houston Victor Boulin Houston J C McCall Dallas Hamilton Lowe Austin J E Sturrock TG of Texas Water Conservation Association and James Gulekie Amarillo member of the Water Engineers board.
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Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
John Bell
Cuero
Pat Bullock
Colorado City
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Byron Tinsley
Amarillo
Greenville
Douglas Bergman
Dallas
Preston Smith
Lubbock
J. C. Cantrell
Princeton
George A. Knapp
Houston
Victor Boulin
J. C. McCall
Hamilton Lowe
Austin
J. E. Sturrock
Texas Water Conservation Association
James Gulekie
State Board of Water Engineers
Officials announce hearings on water issues in Texas
Dean Moorhead and Rep. William Fly lead a panel with Senator Kelley chairing. The group plans hearings in Wichita Falls and Stamford to address surface water and underground water problems. Hagg notes sessions focus on surface water but require underground solutions, with Robbins and Broadhurst listed for participation.
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Dean Moorhead
Austin
William S. Fly
Victoria
Kelley
Wichita Falls
Stamford
Lawrence Hagg
H. E. Robbins
Amarillo
Bureau of Reclamation
William Broadhurst
US Geological Survey
Texas
Loyalty hearings reveal restricted access at Bureau of Standards
The House heard that a Bureau of Standards employee supervised secret areas for 15 months before loyalty clearance. He could not enter without a supervisor. The session, led by Dr Edward A Condon, also noted 71 of 40 000 Commerce Department employees quit or were fired under the loyalty security crackdown, with 2 658 total. Condon defended the bureau while denying improper allegations.
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Washington
House
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
House Appropriations
Edward A. Condon
Condon
Commerce Department
Dr. Condon
Subcommittee On
Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs dies at 74
Edgar Rice Burroughs, the Tarzan creator, died at his Encino home at age 74 after a three month illness from a heart condition. The Chicago-born author leaves daughter Joan and sons John and Hulbert, having produced Tarzan tales that earned millions and spanned 27 films and numerous adaptations.
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Encino
Cal
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Herman Seal
Burroughs
Joan
John
Hulbert
Chicago
Three Guard Fliers Die in Midair Collision
Fort Worth dispatch reports three Texas National Guard pilots from Eagle Mountain Lake base killed when two light liaison planes touched wings and crashed one mile south of Rhome at 9 42 this morning. Captain H B Richardson observed the event from another plane about a thousand feet above.
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Fort Worth
Texas National Guard
Lewis Dean Wall, Jr
Charles R. McMeas
Fred Bowden
National Guard
Eagle Mountain Lake
Rhome
H. B. Richardson
Eagle Mountain Guard
Six Injured In Canyon Area Car Collision
Six people were hospitalized after a two car crash on state High way 217, half a mile east of Canyon. Willie McCrary 18 suffered a compound leg fracture and possible head injuries. three other teenage boys in the Ford also had cuts and bruises. George C Thornton 24 and his wife plus 61 month old Martha Jean were treated or hospitalized for injuries including a fractured leg and possible rib fractures. The Ford overturned. the Chrysler rolled but stayed upright.
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Canyon
Willie McCrary
Travis
Northwest Texas
George C. Thornton
Florida
Thornton
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Martha Jean
Ford
Tom McWilliams
Forest
Ede Chattin
West Twentieth
McCrary
Bobby
Chattin
Chrysler
Mason Charged With Murder In Cafe Slaying
Milton M. Mason, 22, was charged with murder in the death of his estranged wife Opal Mason, 25, at the Little Inn Cafe in Amarillo. Justice of the Peace denied bail. A witness said the shooting followed a cafe conversation. a .22 pistol and large knife were found on Mason. Funeral plans for Opal Mason were pending.
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Milton M. Mason
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Carder
Mason
Opal Mason
West Ninth
Little Inn
Buchanan
Janet Sue Hestand
Royce Jones
Davis
Okla
Amarillo
Ruby Lane
Wheatland
Tex
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Opal
Milton Mason
Fire destroys Phillips High School in Phillips
Fire swept through the Phillips High School this afternoon, gutting a two story brick building valued at about 200000 dollars when new in 1935. Flames began around 435 pm in the auditorium gymnasium and by five the back wall had fallen, with walls collapsing soon after. Superintendent Lee Johnson estimated replacement costs between 300000 and 500000 dollars for the building and equipment. Ten Future Homemakers of America girls were in the auditorium rehearsing a play when the fire started. Anneta Inman and Jeanetta Armstrong alerted the station after spotting flames near a switchbox.
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Daily News
Phillips
Phillips High School
Supt. of
Lee Johnson
Future Homemakers of America
Iane Bender
Anneta Inman
FHA
Jeanetta Armstrong
School Continues At Church After Fire Report
Phillips High School will hold classes this morning in Methodist and Baptist Churches and at a local theater following an emergency session. About 350 students were left without a building after a $200,000 structure burned today. Firefighters remained at the scene as Superintendent Johnson, Principal Irvin Kimmins, and student helpers salvaged filing cabinets and a safe from the office.
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Phillips
Phillips High School
C&o Sales
Johnson
Prin. Irvin Kimmins
Spelling Bee Clue Quiz Sparks Word Challenges
Three clue word challenge presents phonetic hint, definition, and letter count for ten terms. Readers guess from accented pronunciation like pir oo et to ahn som but and others, then compare with page 8 spellings.
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News-Globe
Amarillo Almanac Partly cloudy with rising temperatures
Amarillo and vicinity expect partly cloudy days with rising temperatures and a high around 71. West Texas regions from the Panhandle to Pecos Valley show warmer conditions with regional hourly temperatures and a 24 hour precipitation total of none. Sunrise at 6 59 PM and sunset at 6 51 AM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South
Quae
Pecos Valley
Bam
Big Kite Contest Winds End In A Roaring Finish
A 50 entrant field faced calm air for the final 15 minute event as judges waited for wind. Thirteen year old John Totten won with at least 1000 feet of string and took $25. Other prizes ranged from 5 to 10 dollars for various categories, with 10 girls among the competitors and ages from 5 to 18.
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News- Globe
John Totten
R. B. Totten
Harrison
John
Bowie
Keith Garner
A. G. Garner
van Buren
Jimmy Ray Talley
H. R. Talley
Lincoln
Carl Johnson
Frank Johnson
Washington
Philip Mathis
Claude E. Mathis
Broadmoor
Perchie Bridges
Robert Bridges
Pierce
Mark Miles
Terry Gay Peterson
County Atty
Joan Peterson
Lipscomb
Raymond Summar
West
Elaine Caroline Frier
Polk
Tommy Hain
Taylor
James Bagwell
East
Gerald Rose
Herman
Mike Cervin
Ronny Simmons
Monroe
Gary Colley
Buchanan
David Dine
Sunset
Robert Cochran
East Ninth
J. A. Bailey
Johnny Sudbury
Crockett
Ronny Settles
Lloyd Mowry
East Eleventh
Charles Settles
James Saunders
Hayden
Stanley Taylor
Robert Yale Clark
Donald
Dick Vanderpool
Byron Merchant
Kline
Don Landis
Jackson
Myrna Merchant
Warren Eaton
Ong
Tom Miller
Johnny Oakes
Hughes
Tommy Thomas
West Sixteenth
Jerry Arendall
North Apache
Thomas Leatherman
North Woodland
Thomas Major
Susan Major
Hydrogen Bomb Issues Revealed By Top Scientists
Top scientists warn secrecy on hydrogen bomb is dangerous to U S policy decisions and national security. The piece notes scientists fear public awareness lags behind rapid weapon advances and urges informed choices as Congress and the public confront new destructive capabilities.
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
Committee On Atomic Information
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Associated Press
ASNE
Daily News
the Panhandle
America
Warns Hysteria Can Do Damage
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged American cities to prepare for a possible surprise war by distributing a civilian defense booklet. Senator Hickenlooper warned mass hysteria could harm wartime capacity more than bombs, urging calm as civilian defense hearings resume with New York and Massachusetts witnesses.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce Today
Capitol Hill
Hickenlooper
Iowa
America
Senate House Atomic Committee
New York
Massachusetts
Cave Age Approaches As Government Eyes Safe Shelters
A Washington column notes caves as strategic assets and cites Rep Rankin urging Paducah Kentucky as a capital safe from hydrogen bombs. It explains limestone caves like Mammoth Cave in the St. Louis area span over 8,000 square miles across Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and mentions cave fauna found in Tennessee caves.
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Ibre
Rankin
Mississippi
Paducah
Mammoth Cave
St. Louis Limestone
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Man
One Man War Declared Against Miners Leader John L Lewis
Lloyd H. Sidener, former president of Local 7445 in Canton, said he will mobilize miners to remove John L. Lewis from the United Mine Workers. Sidener claims Lewis ordered miners to ignore a federal court order and devised secret signals to resume mining.
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Canton
Til
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lloyd H. Sidener
UMW
Sidener
Lewis
Gen. A. W. Brewster Captain Regrets Missing Elder Signals
At Pearl Harbor the Brewster radioed regret for failing to hear distress signals from the Elder, a Navy net tender after a four day fire near Eniwetok. The Elder's 40 crew members were rescued. 26 rode life rafts, others were found aboard after the fire and radio failure.
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Pearl Harbor
A. W. Brewster
Elder
Brewster
mid-Pacific
Eniwetok Island
William F. Adams
McCarthy Calls For Acheson Ouster As State Dept Critic
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin said the country would be better off if Dean Acheson were ousted as Secretary of State. He argued the whole State Department “untouchables” ring should go, stating this during a television program question.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Dean Acheson
Acheson
State Department
Gubitchev Sails Home After Suspended Sentence
Val Entin S. Gubitchev, the convicted Russian spy, sails for home with his wife on a Polish liner after federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan suspends a 15 year sentence. Co defendant Judith Coplon, former FBI employee, remains free on $40 000 bail pending appeal of a 15 year sentence for plotting to spy for Russia.
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New York
Valentin S. Gubitchev
Sylvester J. Ryan
Gubitchev
Judith Coplon
FBI
Russia
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Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
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Albert Einstein
Harold C. Urey
Lee A. Dubridge
California Institute of Technology
Arthur Edson Washington
National
Speleological Society
John L
Texas Water Code Committee
Herring
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