Roy Cohn: Rising figure in Army McCarthy hearings
Washington May 30 Roy Marcus Cohn at 27 has become a national figure as chief counsel to the Senate subcommittee on investigations. A Democrat in McCarthy's circle he whispered in the ear during long hearings, drawing wide attention from senators officials and the press. He is born February 20, 1927, son of Albert Cohn, a Bronx politician and judge. He is a nightlife figure known for grooming habits and dating three pretty companions.
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Coln and Schine Rivalry and Club Image Questioned
A close ally says Coln does not seek clubs for leisure but to meet people, with G David Schine as a frequent companion and aide. The Army controversy over Schine’s favored treatment sparked the current dispute, amid a career marked by frequent clashes with investigators and a rapid Europe trip that drew sharp foreign press criticism.
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G. David Schine
Army
Cohn
Schine
Hornet’s Nest
Explosion at armory linked to rifle range group
About 45 men had visited the rifle range nearby and returned shortly before a blast at the newly completed armory building. They had eaten dinner at the armory after their range outing. The incident involved the fresh armory structure and the sequence of events surrounding the explosion.
Weather report sampling for Amarillo region 1954
Reading at 3 PM shows Amarillo with wind 17 MPH and visibility 12 miles under cloudy skies. Other stations report Houston Dallas and Oklahoma City with varying wind speeds and partly cloudy conditions.
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Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
North Pole Flight Connects Fairbanks and Stockholm
SAS plane Leif Viking completed the first direct Fairbanks Alaska to Stockholm Sweden route landing at Bromma airport after flying across the North Pole. The May 30 arrival marks a historic, polar crossing for Scandinavian Airlines System.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Scandinavian Airlines System
SAS
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Alasak
North Pole
Memorial Day Services for Amarillo War Dead
Memorial Day services honoring Amarillo's war dead will be at 10 AM in Memorial Park at 24th and Washington. Sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, chaplains from Amarillo Air Force Base will lead with an airman honor guard and taps by two buglers. Various veteran groups participate. speakers include Walter Brown and Rabbi Arthur Bluhm. song by Airman First Class Jack W. Waddington.
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Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Amarillo Air Force Base
D. L. Gabathaler
Roger Duis
Walter Brown
Golding-Meadows Post
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Thade
AAI
Arthur Bluhm
Jack W. Waddington
One World
O'Hara
Roland A. Saethye
John Quinn
Amarillo High holds 550 grads in baccalaureate sermon
Dr. Eugene Slater urged honesty and genuine motives as Amarillo High School seniors prepared for tonight’s graduation in Fair Park Coliseum. The service featured a school orchestra directed by Charles L. Emmons, with Rev. William E. Everheart delivering the invocation and Rabbi Arthur Bluhm giving the benediction.
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Amarillo High School
Fair Park Coliseum
Slater
Polk Street Methodist Church
Charles L. Emmons
William E. Everheart
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Larry Larsen
Arthur Bluhm
Temple _ B'Nai Israel
McKinley Climber Saved by Promise Kept to Dead Man
George Argus, a Brooklyn soldier, was found alive at 11 000 feet on Mt McKinley after a 24 hour rescue. Dr John McCall and Frank Milan led the nine man team to reach Argus who had a broken hip in a tiny tent. The rescue fulfilled promises McCall made to himself and to George Thayer of three weeks earlier.
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Alaska
George Argus
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Brooklyn
John McCall
University of Alaska
Frank Milan
Air Force Aero-Medical Laboratory
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Derailment Halts Santa Fe Freight Near Hereford
An eastbound Santa Fe freight derailed 51 miles west of Hereford, with 34 refrigerated cars left side by side across the track. The first derailed car moved 300 yards before tipping. cause under investigation, no injuries reported, detours via Lubbock set, and damage unknown as crews list six crewmen including conductor H H Widdick and engineer F E Warren.
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Jo Bechawns
W. G3
Amarillo
Brak
Daily News
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Smate
Thompson Named Abilene Superintendent in Northwest Texas
Hubert Thomson, longtime Amarillo San Jacinto Methodist Church leader, is appointed to head the Abilene district as Northwest Texas Methodist superintendents are announced in Battle, Wish. He succeeds H Clyde Smith who completed five years in Abilene. Other Amarillo area changes include pastor shifts to Snyder Pampa Vega Dalhart and Texline, with multiple appointments across Borger Lubbock and Plainview districts.
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Ralph Odom
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Adrian
H. Noel Bryant
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Borger
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Dallas
Laurel Heights
San Antonio
J. Chess Lovern
Polk Street
Memorial Day Closures Across Downtown Businesses
Most downtown stores federal offices and banks will be closed today in honor of Memorial Day. The holiday is observed today because it fell on Sunday, though Memorial Day was yesterday.
Teenage Liberal couple found dead in trailer home
Eldon Guttridge and his wife, part of Liberal prominent families, were found dead from gunshot wounds at their Guttridge ranch trailer. Seward County coroner Dr. Robert F. Byrne called the deaths murder or self-inflicted, with a coroner's jury to be convened soon after autopsy and X-ray exams.
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Writers Round-Up Opens at West Texas College Amarillo
The five day Writers Round-Up begins at 9 AM in the Amarillo Center at West Texas State College. Registration starts 8:30 AM and seminars cover writing for youth and for television. Wilfred McCormick of the University of New Mexico will speak at 10:30 AM and lead a clinic. Elizabeth Merchant and Tom Priest discuss television writing with a clinic at KFDA-TV. Laura Grace Erdman directs the event.
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Wilfred McCormick
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
McCormick
Elizabeth Merchant
Tom Priest
Kfda-Tv
Amarillo Public Library
Laura Grace Erdman
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