Public opinion split on McCarthy across letters to newspapers
Across the United States readers flood papers with views on the Army McCarthy hearings. About 25 papers favored McCarthy, 19 opposed, and 17 were evenly split, with a few noting coordinated letter campaigns and varying regional trends.
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McCarthy
Joe
White House
Joseph R. McCarthy
Moines
Iowa
Minneapolis
Washington
Associated Press
Rains and Hail Hit Plains Crops Across Wide Area
Heavy weekend rains and hail caused extensive damage to wheat and hay across the High Plains. In King County and Guthrie the heaviest falls reached 5 to 7 inches, with reports of 1.4 inches of rain in Shamrock area and two miles east of Hereford. Drivers were warned as water covered highways 304 and 70, and churches evacuated amid storm sirens.
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High Plains
Hollis
Dumond
Finney
King County
Guthrie
Bob George Ranch
Wheeler County
Plainview
A. V. Hanes
Shamrock
Milt Williams
Paducah
Abilene
Hereford
Olton
BR. E. Brumley Farm
Brumley
Eddie Reinaur
Joel
Initiative Needed. WT Students Told
In Canyon on May 23 WTNS reports more than 220 graduates of West Texas State College were urged to think and act for themselves. Dr. R Lofton Hudson outlined Tap Roots for Tall Souls urging maturity through self-reliance giving to others and setting life goals amid crowded facilities and a rain canceling the procession.
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Canyon
West Texas State College
R. Lofton Hudson
Wornall Baptist Church of
Kansas City
James P. Cornette
Hudson
And Still No Picnic Amid Rainy Amarillo Weekends
Loretta Keathley of 4012 Hayden heads for the outdoors in Amarillo but encounters a long string of wet weekends. Since April 11 there have been eight straight soggy weekends with rainfall totaling fractions of an inch, hampering picnics and outdoor plans.
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Loretta Keathley
Hayden
Great Outdoors
Amarillo
Weather snapshot from Amarillo 1954 report
Historical weather listing shows 129 of 143 sunlit days in Amarillo during 1954. Comparative readings at 3 PM report wind speeds up to 20 MPH with clear to cloudy skies in Dallas Houston Oklahoma City and Amarillo.
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Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Dallas
Houston
Okla
Tremor Shakes Los Angeles Area
A brief earthquake was felt across metropolitan Los Angeles and southern California at 4:53 PM PDT. No damage was reported as seismologists awaited epicenter details and readings from outlying stations.
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Los Angeles
California
California Institute of Technology
Barrow and Bonnie Killed 20 Years Ago
Dallas reports on the 1934 execution of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker at Huntsville. The piece recalls their crime spree, including bank robberies and jail breaks, and notes Raymond Hamilton’s involvement and later fate. It marks the two as Southwest legends whose deaths ended a violent era.
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Barrow
Southwest
Hamilton
Texas
Eastham Farm
Bonnie
Bonnie Parker
Dallas
Huntsville
Texas Titan Holds His Own On TV Show
Robert Young and William White, rail road titans, argued their cases in a face-to-face television appearance over control of the New York Central. White, Central president, and Young, former Chesapeake and Ohio financier, faced pointed questions as the showdown aired.
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Associated Press
Lawrence E. Spivak
Meet the Press
William White
Robert Young
New York
Texas Titan
Geoffrey Gould
New York Central
White
The
Central
Young
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Adventists Meet San Francisco Opens Largest Conference
May 23 report notes the 49th Quadrennial Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, one of the largest religious gatherings here, set to open tomorrow and attract attendees from across the nation.
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San Francisco
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
West Texas New Mexico League Clash Ends In Eleven
Amarillo defeats Plainview 3 to 2 in eleven innings. Borger at Lubbock and Clovis at Pampa postponed due to rain. MLB scores include Cleveland 14 Baltimore 3, Washington 9 Philadelphia 4, Chicago 4 Detroit 3, Boston 10 New York 9, New York 6 Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 13 St Louis 6, Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 4 Chicago 2.
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West Texas
Britain to weigh united action in Asia if Geneva fails
Prime Minister Churchill called a special Cabinet session to decide whether Britain should join in united action against Communists in Indochina if Geneva peace talks collapse. A full review of Britain's Far East position accompanies the move as events near a climax.
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London
Churchill
Indochina
Geneva
Britain
Far East
Lights Out On 2 Blocks Sunset Crestway Blackout
A Southwestern Public Service aerial cable failed twice on Sunset and Crestway causing a two block blackout from 6 30 PM to after 8 30 PM. Ten men rerouted four strands by hand with no alley access and expected to finish around 3 AM. The Daily News received no inquiries about the outage.
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Sunset
Crestway
Southwestern Public Service Company
Daily News
Leech Faces Extradition Over Eight-Year Axe Murder
In Lima Ohio Jimmy Leech, 44, a boilermaker, was charged with killing four soldiers eight years ago in Germany. His son Alan 9 fears missing school Monday as authorities study evidence. coworkers back him and his family stays hopeful amid pending extradition.
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Jimmy
Extradition on Leech Slaying Case Delayed in Germany
U S Chief Prosecutor Thomas Landan said evidence in the 1946 Passau triple murder case is not legally sufficient for extradition. Former Army Captain James M. Leech of Lima Ohio faces charges for killing Maj Everett Cofran Capt Adrian Wessler and 1st Lt Stanley Rosewater and arsoning their home. Canfield filed the charges after Army files were handed to U S authorities. Landan will study the case before pursuing extradition and the process may take weeks.
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Alan
Army
James M. Leech
Leech
Jimmy Leech
Phyllis
Lima
Germany
Passau
Everett, Corran
Adrian L. Wessler
Stanley M. Rosewater
Alan Leech
Jimmy
Standard Oil Co. of
Ohio
Fh & Ae
Frankfurt
U.S
Thomas Landan
Lancian
Axarson
William Canfield
Hampden
Mass
High Commission
Everett S. Cofran
Washington, D.C
New Rochelle
N.Y
Omaha
Neb
Canfield
Cofran
Atty, Lancan
Boston
Landan
Bremen
United States
Women stockholders weigh support in New York Central fight
Wilma Loss of the Federation of Women Shareholders in American Business says New York Central women are undecided between Robert R Young and William White. They will vote when balloting begins in Albany on Wednesday afternoon after asking questions and evaluating backers.
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New York
New York Central Railroad Coyly
Robert R. Young
William White
The
Central
Wilma Loss
Federation of Women Shareholders In American Business
Albany
Meet the Press clash as White and Young face stock showdown
National broadcast features White and Young trading barbs over a proxy battle for railroad control. The drama centers on Central's stockholders meeting in Albany, with a court decision potentially delaying the vote by a month.
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National Broadcasting Company
E & & Young
White
Central
Albany
YOUNG
Heidt Show Arrives in Amarillo For Benefit Night
Horace Heidt and a 50 member troupe arrive in Amarillo for an 8:15 PM performance at Municipal Auditorium. Tickets go on sale at Maxor Drug and the auditorium box office from 6:30 PM. Proceeds benefit the South Amarillo Lions Club.
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Horace Heidt
Amarillo
Heidt
Municipal Auditorium
Maxor Drug
South
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L. K. Gilley
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