AWOL Soldier, Four Sought in Channing Theft Case
An AWOL Amarillo soldier is questioned in a theft of about 2000 in aviation gear from Lt. Robert W. Edelen’s car in Channing Wednesday night. Most loot recovered by Potter County Sheriff's deputies. suspect held in Hollis, Okla. Four others sought, including two juvenile girls, with one charged for delinquency of a 13 year old Amarillo girl. Lieutenant Edelen was visiting in Channing. Hallmark charged in Hartley County and held in Hollis.
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Potter County
Gaither
Hollis
O. D. Jackson
Jackson
Air Force
Edelen
Amarilo
Channing
Charlie Allison
Fort Hood
Harold Hallmark
Williams
Amarillo
Hartley County
Hallmark
King Fike Dalhart
Okla
Indict Cohen on Tax Evasion in Los Angeles
A federal grand jury indicted gambler Mickey Cohen on income tax evasion charges in Los Angeles. Prosecutors cited years of suspected undeclared payments and debts totaling about $300,000. Cohen offered no comment beyond saying he is clean legally, while critics push that he faces a concerted campaign to “get Mickey Cohen.”
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
US Senate Crime Committee
Estes Kefauver
Chinese withdrawal reshapes front near Parallel 38
AP reports a surprise Chinese pullback on the central front north of Parallel 38 leaves a no man’s land before UN forces. China masses in Manchuria raise air strength questions as 100,000 fresh troops arrive in North Korea. Casualties cited include 10,739 Chinese and North Korean dead March 1 to 27, with air and naval actions ongoing. Allied units push against heavy fire as Thai and Greek troops advance toward Chunchon.
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Tokyo
No-Man’s Land
United Nations
John Randolph
Korea
Far East
North Korea
Eighth Army
Bardments
Chunchon
Greenglass Sentenced Fifteen Years In Spy Ring Case
New York April 6 David Greenglass the key accuser in the Soviet spy ring was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the espionage affair. The trial linked him to his sister and her husband who faced related charges in the case.
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Greenglass
New York
Atom
David Greenglass
Inlaw
Amarillo FHA to approve 860 rental units for defense housing
Mayor Klein reports FHA will approve loans to qualified sponsors for 860 rental units in Amarillo with ongoing reviews every 30 to 60 days. The plan adds to 800 already promised by FHA, with local builders planning 500 additional units and a potential 800 from a Lubbock firm under section 207.
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Klein
Baxter
Amarillo
Mickey Maguire
Lowell Munday
Troy Jones
Joe and Tut Coop
Amarillouilder
Lubbock
Stearns
Washington
Walter Rogers
Congressman Rogers
Air Force
Amarillo Base
13 Per Cent Boost In Gas Rates Sought
Amarillo Gas Company filed for an average 13 percent increase with the city commission. The plan uses a sliding scale raising minimum bills to 1.25 dollars for 3,000 cubic feet and 25 cents per thousand cubic feet for next 67,000 cubic feet, with further reductions to 21 cents. The proposal would lift gross revenue by 170,000 dollars for 1950 test year and set earnings at 5.9 percent on a fair value rate base.
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City Commission
Amarillo Gas Company
N. V. Moss
Flags fly at half staff for La Prensa shutdown
Globe-News joins national mourning after La Prensa in Buenos Aires is shut down for criticizing Dictator Juan Peron. Newsrooms across the country lower flags, with the Washington National Press Club leading the observance. WWDC Washington dedicates its 24 broadcasts to La Prensa. A Washington conference urged protection of press freedom against government interference.
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Globe-News
la Prensa
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Globe News
Washington National Press Club
Miami
Washington
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Memphis
Corning
Howard Cole
Clarence B. Hanson
Alabama Press Association
Birmingham News
WWDC
American Foreign Ministers Conference
Addicts Sell Souls For Dope In Amarillo
Report warns of marijuana and heroin addiction driving crime with youths under 21 seeking cure from Lexington hospital swelling from 3 to 200. Harry J. Anslinger cites juvenile delinquency link as high schoolers engage with criminals, leading to thefts of narcotics in Texas topping $50,000 as public safety chief McLaughlin notes.
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Amarillo
US Public Health Service
Lexington
Kry
Harry J. Anslinger
The
Treasury
Bureau of Narcotics
Department of Public Safety
Glen H. McLaughlin
Weather Summary Amarillo and Vicinity Forecast
The Weather Bureau reports for Amarillo and vicinity expect partly cloudy and cooler today and tonight. Saturday will be fair with slightly warmer temperatures. Panhandle outlook remains favorable for outdoor work with a cooler today and a rising trend over the weekend. West Texas stays fair and a little cooler except in El Paso and the Big Bend. Saturday should be a bit warmer. New Mexico parts see partly cloudy conditions today tonight and Saturday with scattered light showers or thunderstorms and cooler in the east central portion.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
New Mexico
East Central
Mayor silent as officer tags overparked car
In Scottsbluff Nebraska on April 6 Mayor Victor R Blackledge signs a payroll voucher for Patrolman Tom Cowan inside city hall while Cowan issues a parking ticket on the mayor’s over parked car outside reflecting a sharp altercation between city authorities and one officer.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
Victor R. Blackledge
Tom Cowan
Cowan
Congress Slashes Money Bill By Vast $365 Million Cut
Washington April 6 U P The House Appropriations Committee cut 365 3 million from an 843 4 million administration spending request to the present fiscal year ending June 30 The 478 1 million approved will be spread among a dozen federal agencies The panel said it is tired of funding expanding federal activities often labeled as emergencies or national defense It warned the government must secure tax returns as plants expand for defense and civilian production beyond amortization periods The cuts included slashing defense agency requests and drastically reducing Voice of America funding while rejecting a decentralization program for 19 000 federal workers
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Russia
United States
Civil Defense Administration
Voice of America
Four on Ballot in Amarillo School Board Race
Amarillo Independent School District trustees race features four candidates R A Bob Wilson W N Bill Durham Alward White and Tol Collins. Collins campaigns to oust superintendent Charles M Rogers, ballots cast at 12 polling places from 8 AM to 7 PM with top two vote getters elected.
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Amarillo Independent School District
Amarillo Contrara
WVBR
R. A
Bob” Wilson
W. N
Bill” Durham, Jr
First National Bank
Alward White
Tol Collins
Collins
Chas. M. Rogers
Rogers
Amarillo dealer seeks dog substitute for grieving girl
C R Garner, an Amarillo automobile dealer, promised a replacement for Suzie the dog after it was killed by his car in Seeley California. He searched Phoenix for a suitable dog, finally sending a fox terrier named Trixie to Kathy Brown, who sometimes calls her Suzie by mistake.
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Imperial Valley Press
el Centro
Cal
Kathy Brown
Seeley
Trixie
C. R
Bob” Garner
Amarillo
Garner
Imperial Valley
Suzie
Kathy
Robert G. Brown
Brown
Phoenix
Ariz
Grocers To Talk Ceilings In Amarillo Forum
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce announced an open forum on ceiling prices for wholesale and retail grocers in the Tri State area. The session is set for 1 30 p m April 12 at Municipal Auditorium with Dr J Taylor and Ted Gehring from the Office of Price Stabilization leading the discussion and Q and A. OPS officials will stay in Amarillo until noon the next day for private talks at the Herring Hotel.
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Tri-State
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Chamber
Man Killed When Car Hits Truck Near Stratford
Stratford April 6 A 24 year old Army tailoonman Jerry Frizzell home on furlough from Camp Hood was killed early today when his car collided with a Denver Amarillo Express semi trailer truck ten miles south of Stratford on Highway 287 The truck driver Charlie Bebout and relief Gene Moore said Frizzell's car weaved and dimmed lights suggested sleep at the wheel Sheriff Doc Wilson and troopers cited the left truck wheels on the soft shoulder and noted the trailer axle was knocked free The deceased son of Mr and Mrs W S Frizzell is survived by two brothers Bill and Jack and his Stratford parents long time Sherman County farmers
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Stratford
Jerry Frizzell
Here
Highway 287
Frizzell
W. S. Frizzell
Sherman County
Camp Hood
Stratford High School
Doc” Wilson
Amarillo
Charlie Bebout
Crockett
Gene Moore
Cleveland
Wilson
Bebout
R. C. Johnson
Roger Sosebee
Dalhart
Bill
Jack
Annie Oakley to Star in Globe Comic Strip Monday
The Amarillo Globe announces a new daily comic feature starring Annie Oakley as a dynamic redhead in her late teens. She will shoot it out with bandits and help a friend win back her love, marking the first female rifle heroine in the paper.
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Annie Oakley
Amarillo
Boat capsizes on Tisa river drowning 10 passengers
A ferryboat on the River Tisa in Belgrade Yugoslavia capsized today. Ten of its 13 passengers drowned in the incident.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tisa
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West Sixth
By Thomas Thompson
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Peron
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US Weather Bureau Report
Mayfair
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Hild Hattie
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