President Returns as Martha Truman Relapse Persists
After a morning of cautious improvement Martha Truman's condition worsened in the afternoon. Press secretary Charles G. Ross and Dr. Wallace H. Graham described a tired heart and fluctuating health as the President planned further visits from Grandview, Kansas City, and Washington.
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Kansas City
Charles G. Ross
Martha E. Truman
Washington
Muehlebach
Grandview
Ross
Mr. Truman
General Graham
Mrs. Truman
Graham
Truman
Threat of Atomic Gas Clouds Hangs Over Tomorrow's World
Radioactive gas clouds could follow atomic weapons as by products of atomic piles. Glenn L Martin warned the Senate aviation subcommittee that a two mile diameter cloud might form, spreading radioactivity like radium gamma rays and threatening people within half a mile. Oak Ridge and Smyth report support this risk, with potential fallout on clothing and surroundings.
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Martin
Roosevelt
Associated Press Service
New York
Glenn L. Martin
Senate Aviation Sub-Committee
Smyth
Plane crash at Burlington airshow kills Navy pilot and two youths
At an airshow in Burlington Iowa a Corsair overran control and crashed onto Perkins School playground. Three dead include a Navy pilot and two 16 year old boys. six youngsters seriously injured. Wreckage damaged four blocks, with homes and a street, and a 5 year old girl burned by flaming fuel.
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Burlington
Ing Vail
Ronald Hagemeier
Jimmy Grant
Navy
Naval Reserve Air Show
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Cort Klein
Burlington Hawkeye Gazette
Perkins School
Jack Duke
Harry Darrah
Darrah
Jackie Brunat
Norbert Dunn
Herbert Salome
Allen Kelly
Lyle Lewis
Fire on Pan Massachusetts sparks Texas City blaze
A fire of undetermined origin aboard the gasoline laden tanker Pan Massachusetts and its attached tug Charles Clarke spread to the dock at the Pan American Refinery near Texas City. Two tug crewmen were badly burned and hospitalized in critical condition. Officials said no explosion danger existed as the tanker carried 100 octane gasoline and tanks were being balanced before sailing. The blaze caused extensive damage to the dock end and prompted a brief exodus of residents.
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Texas City
Pan-Massachusetts
Charles Clarke
John Berchick
W. L. Ladish
Pan American Refinery Company
Monsanto Chemical Company
Pan American
Ladish
Pan Massachusetts
Texas
Camp Wallace
Engagement of Barbara Jean Thompson to Capt. Eisenhower
Announcement from Washington notes Bar bara Jean Thompson to Captain John S. D. Eisenhower, son of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Parents Col. and Mrs. Percy W. Thompson reveal the couple will wed on June 10.
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Barbara Jean Thompson
John S. D. Eisenhower
Percy W. Thompson
Washington
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Trade Safari Trip Heads West With 125 in Party
A 125 member safari caravan departs Amarillo aboard the Rock Island for a two day tour of 16 Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Kansas towns. The group led by Virgil Patterson will stop at Dalhart and feature a 40 piece Buffalo Band.
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Amarillo
Rock Island
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Dalhart
Dalhart Country Club
Buffalo Band
Tucumcari
Guymon
Virgil Patterson
Dogs With Transplanted Lungs And Hearts Survive Eight Days
Moscow reports Vladimir Demikov, a 30 year old Russian physiologist, replaced hearts and lungs in seven dogs using donor organs. All survived the operation but none lived beyond eight days due to pleurisy. He also tested a low heart action pump but deaths occurred from blood coagulation with the pump walls.
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Moscow
Vladimir Demikov
Moscow News
Demikov
City's Welcome May Steal Show From Bob Hope
Bing Crosby and 41 entertainers arrive in Amarillo on Bob Hope Day for a charity benefit to Boys Ranch. The troupe perform at the Paramount and Municipal Auditorium with radio coverage by KGNC, featuring local acts and school bands.
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Bing Crosby
NBC
Amarillo
Bob Hope
Jerry Colona
Vera Vague
Clark Dennis
Jeri Sullivan
English Field
Paramount Theater
Cal Farley
TWA
Will Rogers
Amarillo High School
KGNC
Hope
Municipal Auditorium
Boys Ranch
Army Air Field
Paramount
Paul Ellis
Maxor Drug
the Paramount
Thundershowers Hit Area Across Panhandle Region
A line of thundershowers moved through eastern New Mexico into Amarillo and surrounding towns yesterday. Severe electrical storms produced hail up to 6 inches in diameter near Jo Ann Bennett’s Route 1 home and caused a house fire in J. M. Montgomery’s residence at 1104 B Taylor. Lightning also struck the Jim Ivy residence in Vega. Rain totals varied with Amarillo reporting .11 inches after 5 PM and other locales recording trace amounts to .17 inches by last evening.
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New Mexico
Amarillo
Pampa
Jo Ann Bennett
Route 1
J. M. Montgomery
Taylor
Montgomerys
Vega
Seventh Street
Grant
Johnson
Jim Ivy
Dumas
Hereford
Canyon
Claude
Memphis
Adrian
Perryton
Panhandle
Plainview
English Field
Lubbock
Tucumcari
Maryland Delegates Back Shepherd for Jaycee President
Maryland Junior Chamber directs delegates to vote for John Ben Shepherd of Texas for national Jaycee president at the meet June 9 in Long Beach California.
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Maryland
Shepherd
Amarillo Youth Drowns in Creek
Donald Earle Thomas 18, of 511 Woodland, drowned about 1 am in Amarillo Creek a mile west of Cliffside seven miles northwest of Amarillo. He was swimming with Bill Williams 19 and Raymond Williams 14 when he disappeared crossing a 20 by 20 foot water hole. Raymond helped briefly but could not hold him. Thomas body was found about 30 minutes later. Police attempted resuscitation for 90 minutes without success. He was a junior in high school, born February 20, 1929 in Quanah, moved to Amarillo 11 years ago. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Thomas, two brothers Leroy 12 and Howard 11, two sisters Pearl 15 and Maxine 9. Body at Boxwell Brothers pending funeral arrangements.
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Greenville
J. Rupert Martin
Willie Earle
Pickens County
Edward G. Robinson
Martin
Roosevelt Carlos Hurd
Hurd
Donald Earle Thomas
Amarillo Creek
Cliffside
Amarillo
Thomas
Bill Williams
Raymond Williams
East
Williams
Boxwell Brothers
Quanah
R. T. Thomas
Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
Donald Earle
Leroy
Howard
Pearl
Maxine
400 Back on Phillips Jobs in Borger Strike Easing
About 400 workers returned to two Phillips Petroleum plants in Borger as Plains and Alamo Refinery reopened. Six government conciliators planned as a 18 day strike continues. union locals urged members to stay away until a new bargain is reached. Pickets stood outside with no violence, and maintenance work proceeded at Plains.
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Phillips
Borger
Phillips Petroleum Company
Plains
Alamo
AFL Operating Engineers Union
Western Electric strike gains partial settlement in Kearny
Western Electric and the Western Electric Employer Association agreed on a pay raise of about one half cent per hour for 22 000 production workers at the Kearny New Jersey plant. The deal awaits ratification at Jersey City and could enable some 5 600 Michigan Bell workers to end their walkout. The broader dispute keeps many Bell system exchanges operating on emergency basis and prompts new picketing in several regions.
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Washington
Western Electric
Kearny
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Western Electric Employer Association
Michigan
Jersey City
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
ACEW
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Ohio
Ernest Weaver
Bell System
Army's Ordinary Men Show Up Super Planes
Washington reports the Army Air Forces say man outlasts aircraft in crashes while accelerometer tests reveal jet fighters are damaged beyond 12 Gs in sharp pulls. G suits protect pilots but some commanders bar their use on non acrobatic flights to curb wear on planes.
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Army
Washington
Army Air Forces
AAF
RAF
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Louis Homme
Galveston
Marine Hospital
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company
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Wilderado
Ega
San Jon
Logan
Nara Visa
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