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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1948
Page
10
Elmer and Mrs. Terry build a 1386 square foot circular home at 3011 Twenty-eighth Street with a 42 foot outside diameter. The project costs 6500 dollars and uses steel casement windows, concrete slab floors, and a skylit dining room. The couple funded without a loan after three years’ planning amid financing challenges.
An indictment for aggravated assault was returned Friday against F J Koenig Jr who lives near Cliffside road northwest of Amarillo. The case stems from three shots fired at Eli Leflar a city police detective lieutenant and his son-in-law Oliver G Wright on July 10. Charges against Koenig Sr were dismissed. Koenig Jr is free on a $1500 bond.
Anderson Hospital the state operated cancer center in Texas is turning away patients from Houston Dallas San Antonio and Fort Worth Dr H R Hill director of the city county venereal disease clinic said the hospital has to draw the line somewhere Dr R C Heflebower assistant director said the hospital must lease its 32 beds from two Houston hospitals and cannot admit patients who could be treated by their own county facilities
A man alerted Central Fire Station at 316 Polk, saying a grease fire was burning on a stove in the Saratoga Cafe. Firemen arrived promptly and extinguished the small fire about 10 15.
Coke Stevenson, in Austin, cites "hundreds of letters" showing George Peddy backers shifting to Stevenson in the runoff. He notes the letters as evidence of changing loyalties among voters in the opge.
Mr and Mrs C L Duniven of 1901 Madison depart Saturday for Colorado Springs.
Patrolman Paul Mayerle tagged US Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge following a July 27 collision in Denver. Mayerle, who joined the force in 1946, was reassigned to foot duty August 1 in a routine transfer noted by Capt. Joseph Trinnier.
The Panhandle Market Show will add a gift division for the next event on January 16-17, 1949. W H Gattis, committee chair, announced after a Market Show meeting. Arch Cooper of the Herring Hotel said extra space will host gift exhibitors with hotel ballrooms and sample rooms available.
AUSTIN Aug 6. More than 70 delegates meet with the Texas Water Conservation Association to develop two new water codes one governing rivers and streams and the other underground water such as wells. The codes will replace the current water code if enacted by the Legislature in January. E W Easterling of Beaumont chairs the meeting. The proposed codes have not been published yet.
Buck Beringer, superintendent of Northwest Texas Hospital, reports payroll fell by about 700 in July due to resignations. June payroll was 32277.30 and July 31522.44, as board had directed a 3900 monthly cut for July and August totaling nearly 8000.
Lance Brown a 17 year old Negro was charged with burglary after city officers arrested him. He allegedly broke into the home of Moses Lee driver for Dependable Cab Company at 312 West Second. Brown said he failed to get a hunting knife during a scuffle and sold the knife to Lee. Bond set at 1500 by Justice Ivy Wilkinson.
Property sits on a standard 60-foot lot across from Wagner Park. The garage is rectangular and ready for occupancy in two to three months.
Earl B. Knowlton 33 is indicted on three counts by the grand jury for driving while intoxicated and for driving an automobile without the owner's consent on two counts. He was originally charged with car theft of Boxwell Brothers' ambulance used to reach Conway. His home address is listed as Amarillo general delivery.
Announcement from The Globe News states Sgt and Mrs C H Stevens welcomed a son in Tokyo Japan on July 28. The infant named Richard Wayne weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces at birth.
D. L. Spriggs, 27, indicted on burglary, is jailed in Potter County after return from Los Angeles by sheriff's deputies Dick Vaughn and Phil Darnell. He allegedly burglarized the H. H. Elam residence at 2619 Hayden on April 17, taking a watch two pistols and other items. one pistol was traced to a local pawn shop under Spriggs's name.
Pioneer Air Lines traffic and sales representatives from Texas and New Mexico will gather in Lubbock for a three day session starting Sunday. A company official says the group will conduct a concentrated sales canvass of the city.
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