Fired Prof Kills at Peru State Teachers College
Dr. B K Baker psychology professor at Peru State Teachers College shot and killed college president Dr. William Nicholas and instructor Dr. Paul Maxwell before killing himself. Nemcha County Attorney Fred C. Kiechel said Baker’s body was found at his home and a note beside him indicated motive. Nicholas and Maxwell died from three bullets each firing in their offices between 11 15 and 11 30 am.
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Peru, Neb
B. K. Baker
Peru State Teachers College
William Nicholas
Paul A. Maxwell
Nemcha County
Fred C. Kiechel
Baker
Kiechel
Riechel
Dr. Nicholas
Maxwell
Education Department
Ed Maxwell
Ms. Smith
Dr. Maxwell
R. A. Quelle
Dr. Baker
Nic
Nicholas
Elevator Blast Fatal To Perryton Workman
Perryton April 24 Don Herring 28 died at Sanford Hospital at 12:24 this morning from burns after a dust explosion at Equity Elevator. Another victim Jim Woodward 21 was less hurt and improving. They were cleaning a grain unloading pit about 15 feet below ground when the blast—followed by a bulb explosion—shook the area. A second blast danger passed as inspectors assessed the site.
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Globe
Perryton
Don Herring
Equity
Sanford Hospital
Herring
Jim Woodward
Perryton Hospital
Woodward
Johnson trial to top busy court month
Dist Atty Lloyd King expects a jury for the Ewald Johnson murder trial set for May 8 as 47th District Court braces for a hectic month. Judge Bishop denied a venue change and ordered a 500 member special venue. Special prosecutor George McCarthy predicts jury selection will take most of a week. The pair, John son and wife Diana, are charged in the June 22 Tex Thornton slaying.
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Dist
Lloyd King
Ewald Johnson
47Th District Court
Johnson
Diana
Tex Thornton
Henry
Bishop
King
George McCarthy
McCarthy
Lee Johnson
Idle Workers Picket Lines at Local Plant
Local 77 CIO Communications Workers of America in Amarillo prepared for picketing at Southwestern Bell installations as a 43 state strike over a six member walkout at South Bend, Ind. The 40 Amarillo Western Electric workers voted unanimously to join the stoppage effective 8 this morning, with plans for further action if the general truce ends at midnight. Local unions in repair and traffic roles indicated support but had no instructions from St. Louis. uncertainty remained about next steps.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Local 77
CIO Communications Workers of America
T. O. McKinney
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Western Electric Company
South Bend
Ind
McKinney
CWA
Telephone Repairmen’s Union
Traffic Workers’ Union
M. J. Campbell
Miss Virginia Young
Traffic Workers
St. Louis
A. O. Thomas
Southwestern Bell
Miss Young
Delivery Cut Nears All Amarillo Areas
Delivery in Amarillo is limited to one daily trip for residential and most business areas with Saturday only one delivery. Parcel post also reduced to one daily delivery. Window hours shrink at North Amarillo and San Jacinto. main office unchanged. Some substitutes to be released gradually, no regular staff cuts expected.
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Amarillo
San Jacinto
Gordon Jordan
High Union Official Hints at Postponement
General Counsel Peter Seitz travels to New York as the CWA considers delaying a wage demand package for 204,000 Bell Telephone workers. The executive board could order a postponement of 10 15 or 20 days or press on while negotiations continue. About 10 000 Division 6 members are on strike at Western Electric, with federal mediator Mills staying in talks for a possible settlement.
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Peter Seitz
New York
CWA
Bell Telephone System
Division 6
Western Electric Co
Bell Sy
Clyde M. Mills
Bell Companies
Communication Workers of America, Cio
Unions Challenge Underpass Wage Scale in Amarillo
Amarillo building trades unions seek attorney opinions on the city commission set wage scale for West Eighth Avenue overpass construction. The scale, determined last Friday per state law, differs from the union’s recommended rates for architectural and heavy construction. Union leaders argue uniform wages should apply, while the city noted the Labor Department recognizes a difference between architectural and heavy construction.
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Amarillo
City Commission
West Eighth Avenue
Com
Commission
Department of Labor
Testimony of Budenz Shielded Testimony Shielded
Senate investigators barred Senator McCarthy and Owen J. Lattimore from secret testimony by Louis F. Budenz at a closed session of a foreign relations subcommittee. Budenz had said Communist Party leaders claimed Lattimore was in a Communist cell, which Lattimore denies.
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Washington
Senate
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Owen J. Lattimore
Louis F. Budenz
Lattimore
Senate Foreign Relations
Budenz
Weather Forecast Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather Bureau reports fair and cool conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with a warming trend Wednesday. Today’s high about 67 and tonight’s low around 36. Tomorrow’s high near 79 and the 24 hour low was 33. West Texas shows clear to partly cloudy skies with cooler conditions.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos Valley
Yanks Brace in Berlin
General Handy watched as American infantrymen with fixed bayonets repelled a simulated mob of 40,000 Berlin Communists amid tear gas and riot drill in Gruenwald West Berlin. The exercise tested May readiness as East German police were reported moving into the Soviet sector for demonstrations.
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Berlin
Thomas T. Handy
Europe
Gruenwald
West Berlin
Handy
Heidelberg
Tulip Platz
Elbe meeting marked end of war five years ago
Wes Gallagher recalls the April 25 1945 Elbe meeting where American and Soviet troops first embraced, sharing cognac and vodka as they faced a common foe. He contrasts then friendly cooperation with the later deteriorating US Soviet relations, noting leaders’ praise and shifting narratives.
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Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Western Front
Elbe River
Germany
Gallagher
United States
Soviet Union
Torgau
Strehla
Anaphim Larionov
Organization of the World For Peace
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Dresden
Stars and Stripes
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Greenhill
the Weather
US Weather Bureau
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Mirror Enterprises Syn
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