Spillway Breaker Destroys Lake Fryer in Panhandle
The Panhandle lost Lake Fryer, 17 miles southeast of Perryton, when the spillway failed. The 102 acre lake, built by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, faced structural collapse after water seepage hollowed out concrete supports. Authorities fear repair funding requires a special congressional appropriation.
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Panhandle
Fryer
Perryton
Wolf Creek
Lake
Lake Fryer
North Plains
H. H. Finnell
Soil Conservation Service
Rita Blanca Lake
Ing Department of Agriculture
Finnell
Ralph Headlee
Soil Conservation Office
Daily News
Wol Creek
Lake Fryer Dam
Hailstorm Ravages Pampa Area With Heavy Damage
A powerful thunderstorm blasted the Pampa area with hail up to baseball size and north winds, hitting downtown and west of town. Cars suffered dented tops and broken glass, wheat damage reached thousands of dollars, and a 30 mile hail strip stretched from east of Pampa to Panhandle with drifts six inches deep. Rainfall near one and a half inches north of Miami and into Panhandle.
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Pampa
Amarillo
Kingsmill
Panhandle
Miami
Childress
US Pd
English Field Sai
Fugitive Roark Delivers Flowers to Wife in Hospital
Adrian Leo Roark, 24, a fugitive, walked into Jefferson Davis Hospital and left flowers for his wife, Evelyn Roark, 24, who lay in critical condition from two gunshot wounds at a cafe in Addicks. Deputies said he visited her room briefly, then departed. A manhunt continues across Harris County for Roark after the early afternoon shooting at the Hitching Rack roadside cafe.
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Houston
U.P
Adrian Leo Roark
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Addicks
Harris County
Evelyn Roark
Roark
Hospital Information Desk
Bill Wingo
Tornado Strikes Henderson Suburbs Damaging Homes
A tornado swept the western suburbs of Henderson during the afternoon injuring a Black girl and demolishing several houses. Damage included part of Mayor L. H. Reeds new home, rebuilt after a recent fire.
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Henderson
L. H. Reeds
Strike Tensions Rise As Plains Plant Walkout Prolongs
Workers at the Plains Plant vote against a company union agreement after a walkout that began May 1. A C charge was filed with Dr. Edwin A. Elliott as union members urge others to stay away from the plant and attend a union meeting. The Borger Phillips Bonavista area faces deepening strike impact with mass layoffs expected as paychecks end.
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Edwin A. Elliott
Plains
Borger-Phillips- Bonavista
Phillips
Phillips Opens Bonavista Plant Amid 16 Day Strike
Phillips Petroleum plans a temporary reopening of its Bonavista butadiene plant for repairs with over 700 workers eligible to return. Union leaders accuse the company of strike breaking, file Wagner Act charges, seek conciliators, and warn of possible violence as picketers protest.
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Phillips
Borger
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bonavista
T. L. Cubbage
Plains
Edwin A. Elliott
National Labor Relations Board
Department of Labor
Cubbage
B. F. Goodrich
Three Men Sought in Texas for Questioning in Atlanta Murder
Atlanta police ask Texas authorities to issue a lookout for three men suspected of questioning in the murder of Mrs. Paul Refoule. Two white men with a foreign accent and a tall negro, believed traveling together, may have jewelry and a camera similar to items taken from the Refoule home. Authorities questioned local remodel workers as clues in the case.
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Atlanta
Texas
Paul Refoule
Peachtree Creek
Fred Bradford
Clyde
Tex
Fort Worth
Dedication Planned for Vinton Tourist Center Ceremony
Governors Beauford H. Jester of Texas and J. H. Davis of Louisiana will take part in the dedication of an information service center for tourists at Vinton Louisiana on May 28. Mayor Raymond Sanders of Orange said today.
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Orange
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
J. H. Davis
Louisiana
Vinton
Raymond Sanders
Orenge
Phillips Eyes Deal For More Phillips Plants
Phillips Petroleum Company flags an option to acquire 80 percent of Wasatch Oil Refining of Salt Lake City and Idaho Refining of Pocatello. Offer expires June 12 as executives study assets. Wasatch director Moyle calls negotiations premature though progress expected within about ten days. Wasatch operates Woods Cross and Pocatello refineries. Idaho Oil Company runs sites in Idaho Nevada Wyoming Oregon.
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Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
K.S. Adams
Wasatch Oil Refining Company
Salt Lake City
Idaho Refining Company
Pocatello
Idaho
James D. Moyle
Wasatch Company
Woods Cross
Idaho Oil Company
Nevada
Wyoming
Oregon
Bob Hope Day Promised in Amarillo Tuesday
Mayor proclaims Bob Hope Day with a state welcome to Amarillo as the TWA Constellation bearing the Hope troupe arrives Tuesday afternoon. Will Rogers Range Riders and Amarillo High School band greet, flowers for the women, and New Mexico Transportation Co buses to shuttle cast and officials to events at the Boys Ranch benefit.
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Bob Hope
Lawrence Hagg
Amarillo
TWA
Hope Troupe
Will Rogers Range
Amarillo High School
New Mexico Transportation Company
Hope
Boys Ranch
National Broadcasting Company
Municipal Auditorium
Maxor Drug Store
Paramount
Maxor’s
Goodrich
Amarillo Aerial Photographer Dies in Plane Crash
The body of William Foster Fletcher 406 Alabama was found in the burned wreckage of his Cub Super Cruiser aircraft five miles south of Amarillo after a storm. He was 38 and survived by his wife and daughter Carolyn. Funeral services are set for this afternoon at Boxwell Brothers Chapel.
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Amarillo
William Foster Fletcher
Alabama
Fletcher
Mays
Mr. Mays
C. C Hutto
Mr. Hutto
Boxwell Brothers
Lubbock
Tradewind
Canyon and
Abernathy
Southwestern Public Service Company
Readi
Winters
Johnson Building
Taylor Street
Pueblo
Colo
Pampa
Air Transport Command
Carolyn
W.H. Fletcher
Plainview
Marvin Truelock
Southland
Fred
Beaumont
Frank
Houston
Robert
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Ray Rozell
First Baptist Church
Winston Reeves
Whitney Anderson
Vernon
Jack Edwards
Bill Whitehead
Henry Hertner
Glenn Morris
Mom Relents and Saves Son From Prison
In Savannah Georgia on May 16 a 17 year old seaman Leon Hen son of Port Arthur Texas faced a two year prison term for smuggling Johanna Henrica Wagner aboard a freighter from Rotterdam. Judge Frank M Scarlett offered to suspend the sentence if the couple married. the mother relented after immigration officials were summoned and the girl was ordered deported.
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Savanah
U.P
Leon Henson
Port Arthur
Tex
Johanna Henrica Wagnall
Rotterdam
Holland
Frank M. Scarlett
Johanna
Scarlett
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy weekend with higher temperatures in Panhandle and New Mexico east of Divide. Highs reach 70 to 90 degrees with scattered thundershowers possible Sunday and Monday. Extended period through May 21 shows near normal temps, light to moderate precipitation, and a slight warm up Saturday.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Divide
Gulf Plains
Woolley smiles through beard as he heads eastward on tour
Scribe notes Monty Woolley during a layover at Herring Hotel Dining Room. The actor, traveling with a mechanic, discusses his 20 year beard, reports a broken-down 1940 convertible, and questions liquor laws while avoiding reporters. He plans rest in New York later this year.
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Monty Woolley
Globe-News
Herring
Greeley
New York
Woolley
Wooley
Walt Disney
O'Hara
Moses
Albuquerque
C. Aubrey Smith
Amarillo
Southwest Bell Strike Near Settlement in Texas Pact
The Texas head of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Workers union said a final company offer of a 4 dollar weekly blanket raise for all non supervisory employees was agreed. A settlement could come within 48 hours with talks in St Louis progressing and with meetings planned in Dallas Austin and San Antonio to inform workers. The dispute, a 43 day strike involving 43000 workers, centered on a contract and jurisdiction over outside plant workers.
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Associated Press
Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Workers Union
Southwestern
San Antonio
Austin
J. C. Ferguson
Dallas
St. Louis
Ferguson
Hackney
Tors
Bell
Cora Miller
Amarillo
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