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Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1953

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ADA critics target Eisenhower at Washington convention

Americans for Democratic Action opened its annual meeting with a sharp critique of President Eisenhower charging lack of leadership. ADA urged action against McCarthyism, defense cuts, and a shift from tested conservation programs for mineral resources.

Washington Americans For Democratic Action Eisenhower Sen McCarthy R-Wis Administration Senate Internal Revenue Bureau Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr ADA Harvard University Siion Francis Biddle ADA National Schlesinger Franklin D. Roosevelt

Seven prisoners escape from Northern Michigan Prison

MARQUETTE May 22 seven inmates escaped from Northern Michigan Prison using acetylene torches during repair work. Six were serving life terms. Warden Emory Jacques said the escapees cut bars and screens and headed west along Carp River toward Wisconsin through a wooded area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Marquette Mich Michigan Upper Peninsula Emory Jacques Carp River Wisconsin

Plainview Pioneer Roundup Receives City Reception

The High Plains Today item notes a Plainview Pioneer Roundup reception at the city auditorium with events from 10 AM parade to a 2 PM gathering and a 6 PM supper.

High Plains Plainview City Auditorium

Levee Breaks as Sabine River Threatens Orange Workforce

In Orange Texas the Sabine River surged, flood fighters and residents raced to build up two auxiliary dikes. The crest was forecast near eight and a half to nine feet, with 200 homes already inundated and thousands more at risk as crews and volunteers battled the advancing waters. Sheriff Chester Holts estimated about ten thousand people fought the flood.

Orange Sabine Rere Paul Lake Charles Gulf Coast Chester Holts Manuel Gomez

Flooded Areas Force Highway Closures as Town Struggles

Mounting floods along the river threaten Lake Charles area routes. Highway 90 links Zee OSE with Orange, with dynamite charges cited by officials as a method to create a flood cut. Police and crews work to reduce water intrusion as swamps overflow.

EuUae Tris Raa Tex Icity Zee Ose Eges Iaara State Police Ithe

Rivets Comic Strip Coming to The Daily News

Rivets will appear in The Daily News each morning starting Monday after popularity in The Saturday Evening Post. The beloved humor character is known on two continents and has brought laughter to millions.

Daily News Saturday Evening Post

Prisoner Shot at Amarillo AFB in Escape Attempt

Charles G. Davis a 21 year old Black prisoner at Amarillo Air Force Base was shot in the back by an armed guard during an escape attempt from the base stockade He was being moved to the hospital when he fled after being warned Davis weighs 210 pounds and stands 5 9 He has a six month sentence for striking a senior NCO and received two months earlier for insubordination Davis is reported in stable condition at the base hospital with transfusions completed and no immediate complications expected.

Amarillo Air Force Base Charles G. Davis Braddock Davis George McBride Public Air Force

Dogs To Para Cll in Sanction Mate Ten Canines

Sanctioned dog show at Tri State Fairgrounds sponsored by Panhandle Kennel Club with Captain Will Judy, publisher of a dog authority, arriving by plane. Officials grounded in St. Louis. event expected noon today with dogs from three months old entered and judged by Dog World.

American Kennel Club Tri-State Fairgrounds Autom Will Judy Known Dog Authority Kennel Club St. Louis Judy Viola Gibbon Panhandle

Denial of British Ships Carried Chinese Troops Faces Probers

Senate investigators cite British denials amid charges that British owned vessels carried Chinese Red troops during the Korean War. Francis Flanagan says evidence could be supplied if a showdown occurs while Britain questions vagueness. Wheelock Marden staff deny the accusations and note vessels seized by the Communists.

Washington Senate Francis D. Flanagan Sen. McCarthy R-Wis Flanagan McCarthy Robert Kennedy Weelock-Marden Co Hong Kong G. E. Marden Wheelock-Marden London F. H. Horman-Fisher Wheelock- Marden

North Amarillo High School Contract Awarded to Walsh Hazlewood

The North Amarillo High School contract for architecture and engineering was awarded to Walsh & Hazlewood by the school board after a plan to form an association with Short & Boren was proposed. Walsh & Hazlewood also hold the elementary school contract and will continue that work while Short & Boren begin preliminary high school work.

North Amarillo High School Walsh & Hazlewood Short & Boren Walsh

Tunisian official killed in Matmata home shooting

On May 21 unidentified assailants killed Mo hammed Khelifa an alternate member of the Matmata local council at his residence in Matmata Tunisia officials reported. The investigation continues with no arrests announced.

Tunis Matmata Mohammed Khelifa

Baseball Scores From West Texas New Mexico League Report

Scores and box details from games across the West Texas New Mexico and National/ American Leagues. Highlights include Amarillo and Abilene outings, plus Brooklyn New York and Chicago Cleveland results with pitchers and run totals noted.

Plainview McGoldrick Henderson Arthur and Warren Borger Pampa Borrego Decker Aldridge Quintana Pawelek Brooklyn New York Erskine Milliken Campa Inella Hearn Westrum Chicago Cleveland Rogovin Harrist Kretlow Consuegra Bearden Wilson Houteman Ginsberg Cincinnati ST. Louis King Perkowski Baldwin Landrith Seminick Mizzell Clark Brazie Rice Milwaukee Phila Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston Kellner Murray Parnell Kinder White Fricano Newsome Bishop Scheib Astroth Nixon Kennedy Freeman Washington Reynolds Miller Scarborough Berra Silvers Porterfield Fitzgerald Detroit

Texas Toll Roads Approved by Legislature

Texas lawmakers approved toll roads with a Dallas to Fort Worth highway project costing 30 million dollars. The measure, advanced by conference committee, awaits the governor's signature who supports the idea. The plan creates a Texas Turnpike Authority with seven voting members and six ex officio members. Revenue bonds will fund toll roads. state credit is not pledged.

Austin Texas Dallas Fort Worth Odernor House

Bank Robbery Clues Fade Across Four-State Hunt

The First National Bank in Nara New Mexico was robbed of $1011.35 triggering a multi‑state manhunt. Three suspects described as 20 year olds swarthy and 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 4 inches fled in a light blue or green 1951 Ford four door sedan. Lawmen from New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Colorado plus FBI aided as clues dwindled and sightings proved unreliable.

Nate Nielsen Daily News Nara Visa New Mexico Panhandle First National Bank Ing Holden Boise City Okla Mancus Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado Federal Bureau of Investigation Dalhart Clayton Civil Air Patrol

Boxing Club seeks new home after Dwight Morrow sale

The Borden boxing club, based at the former Dwight Morrow School at 1600 Cleveland since 1946, lost their headquarters after the Amarillo school system sold the building to the Texas Company. Globe News plans to underwrite moving costs and seeks a 30 by 60 foot space or larger, preferably a movable partitioned structure or a quonset hut, to continue year round training for champions. Contact Duke Nally at Globe News.

Borden Dwight Morrow Cleveland Texas Company Amarillo Texas Duke Nally Globe News Golden Gloves Globe News Publishing Company Nally The Globe News

Rejected Portrait Wins Prize in National Art Festival

Grace Brennan of Hinsdale Indiana painted a self portrait which she believed poor. She used the canvas reverse to paint a car. Her self portrait earned a prize from the festival judges at the National Amateur Art Festival in New York.

Sweet New York Im— Grace Brennan Hinsdale, Ir

Federal hearing set in Santa Fe 'Closed Shop' case today

A petition seeks to move an injunction suit from 108th District Court to a special federal court for Santa Fe employees and unions. Judge Joe B Dooley is to hear at 9 30 this morning as both sides argue removal and remand motions.

Santa Fe Joe B. Dooley 108Th District Court E. A. Simpson Esterday United States Dooley 5Th US Circuit Court of Appeals New Orleans Simpson Norris-LaGuardia

Unclear input prompts may hide a legal or policy ruling

The provided text is garbled with missing context and key terms. It cannot be reliably interpreted as a single news item. No clear person, organization, place, date, or outcome is identifiable for a valid card.

Supreme Court to decide Phillips gas rate case extent

The Supreme Court is expected to determine the issue as to whether the Federal Power Commission can regulate Phillips Petroleum Co rates. Cities, states and gas producers intervened, with 2000 counties potentially affected by the ruling over interstate gas pricing.

Supreme Court The Power Commission Henry W. Edgerton Court of Appeals Phillips Petroleum Co Phillips Company Phillips Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Commission

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