Groom nab burglars after chase in stock theft looting
Two out-of-town men looted the Co-op Service Station at Groom, chased by Guy Blackwell and Deputy Grady Stapp, to Lake McClellan where their car stalled. Both suspects, from Campbell Ohio and Butler Pennsylvania, are jailed in Panhandle with evidence including hunting gear, a radio, food, and the recovered $6.92. Evidence is before the grand jury.
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Groom
Grady Stapp
Lake McUicClian
Guy Blackwell
Blackwell
Amarillo
Stapp
Lake McClellan
Campbell
Ohio
Butler
Carson County
Panhandle
Clarence Williams
Utah
Amarillo County OKs west Amarillo road plan and budget tweaks
Potter County commissioners approved a new paved road west of Amarillo to connect North Western Avenue, Highway 66, Cliffside Road, and Highway 287. They also endorsed a safety meeting by Del E Webb Construction at the fair park pavilion August 18, in cooperation with the Corps of Engineers. Three bids were accepted for county needs and Northwest Texas Hospital budget revisions were urged, with a final hearing set for September 10 and hospital construction slated to finish July 1, 1952.
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Potter County
Texas Highway Department
Amarillo
North Western Avenue
Western Avenue
Cliffside Road
del E. Webb Construction Company
Fair Park Pavilion
Amarillo Air Force Base
Corps of Engineers
Gulf Oil Corporation
Russell Stationery Company
Roberts Paper Company
Northwest Texas Hospital Board
A. D. Foreman
F. S. Walters, Jr
Pharmacy
Foreman
Farley Sees European Peace Feelings Optimistic
New York Aug 6 James A Farley said Europe shows no danger of war and that the mood is realistic He noted public polls show General Eisenhower popular and declined to discuss him as a possible presidential candidate Farley also commented that the nation seldom votes out an administration when prosperity exists and avoided remarks on being named baseball commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James A. Farley
Europe
Eisenhower
Farley
Cafeteria Managers Return From School Workshop
Ten Amarillo Public Schools cafeteria managers completed a school lunch workshop held on the Texas Tech campus. Attendees included Mrs. Etna Giles, Mrs. Kitty Warren, Mrs. Ruby Hefley, Mrs. Essie Turner, Mrs. Myrtie Kirksey, Mrs. Lee Harry, Mrs. Alex Williams, Mrs. Gertrude McClury, Mrs. Odessa Painter, and Mrs. Cora B. Roddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Public Schools
Texas Techpalegoniel Cajlere
Iabhock
Etna Giles
Kitty Warren
Ruby Hefley
Essie Turner
Myrtie Kirksey
Lee Harry
Alex Williams
Gertrude McClury
Odessa Painter
Cora B. Roddy
Bond Set in Burglary Case for Nichols
Thomas R. Nichols had bond set at 1000 dollars by Justice C. W. Carder after Nichols waived examining trial on a burglary charge connected to the Bricklayers Union building at 1007 West Seventh. Nichols gave a Van Buren Street address.
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Thomas R. Nichols
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Nichols
Stroke fatal to Waco editor Baldwin aged 58
Frank Baldwin editor of the Waco News Tribune and Times Herald died at 10:20 AM after a stroke suffered at home at 3:30 AM. He led the two papers for about 25 years since 1926 at the News-Tribune and 1928 at the Times-Herald. He came to Waco with publishers E. S. Fentress and Charles Marsh.
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WACO
Frank Baldwin
Waco News-Tribune
Times- Herald
Providence Hospital
Baldwin
News-Tribune
Times-Herald
E. 8
Fentress
Charles Marsh
Texas
Series of petty thefts and a burglary report
Over the weekend police logged several petty thefts and one burglary. Thugs forced open the Wash Clean Laundry door at West Thirty sixth and ransacked the shop, yielding no apparent loss. Victims reported a camera, binoculars, hubcaps, and a tire with wheel stolen from vehicles.
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West Thirty-sixth
Joe Duckworth
West Eleventh
Richard Ingerton
Green Acres
C. J. Tipton
North Hayes
Taylor’s Market
Taylor Street
WAC Corporal Robertson Serving At Camp Gordon Detachment
Corporal Mary B. Robertson of Amarillo serves with the Women's Army Corps Detachment at Camp Gordon Pa assigned to the Headquarters Signal Corps Replacement Training Center. Sister of Mrs H J Lockheart she has 22 months in service after basic training at Fort Lee and earlier attended Amarillo High School and San Jacinto Beauty School. Previously employed at 8 H Kress Globe News Want Ads.
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Cpl
Mary B. Robertson
Amarillo
Women's Army Corps
Camp Gordon
Headquarters
Signal Corps Replacement Training Center
H. J
Pleads Not Guilty To Drunk Driving
George Lucas aged 50 of 310 Eable faced Potter County Court after pleading not guilty to driving while intoxicated. Bond set at 1000 dollars. He was arrested early Sunday on North East Eighth amid prior similar charges and a dismissed case where a woman testified she drove.
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George Lucas
Eable
Potter County
Lucas
North East Eighth
First Baptist WMU Circle Picnic at Callahan Home
Members of the Business Women's WMU Circle at First Baptist Church shared a Friday picnic supper hosted by Mrs. H. B. Callahan at 116 Wayside Drive. A business meeting followed with Mrs. Laura Johnson presiding. Mrs. C. O. Huber and daughter Kathleen sang, and Mrs. Bradley Allison of Kansas City spoke. Miss Shirley Dobbs led the devotional. A note mentions caterpillars wiping out barley in New Zealand.
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WMU
First Baptist Church
H. B. Callahan
Wayside Drive
Laura Johnson
C. O. Huber
Kathleen
Bradley Allison
Kansas City
Shirley Dobbs
$25 Missing From Jo's Corral Cafe
Burglars last night stole about $25 in small change from Jo's Corral Cafe on Highways 60 and 66 east of Amarillo. They pried a window pane, jimmied the music box and cigarette machine, and took coin boxes and small amounts from the register while leaving $2 in pennies.
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Corral Cafe
Amarillo
Josephine Harvey
Deepest Great Lakes depth recorded in Lake Superior
The deepest sounding in any of the Great Lakes was measured in Lake Superior at a depth of 1,290 feet marking a record for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
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Mary Thomas
CAP
Amarillo Civil Air Patrol
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Jerry Sides
Robert Harry Scott
Charles S. Brown, Jr
Gerald N. Seligman
Joe Spears
Jimmy Hale
Amarillo Air Terminal
University of Texas
Mary Seeaia
Fesiious and
Iaton
Golden Light
Lumber & Materials
Mary Thomas’ Restaurant
Singleton-Miller Bros. Lumber Co
Ed C. Singleton
Jimmie H. Miller
Sam L. Miller
Mann’‘S
Ayo Bakery
City
Nisise
Corporal Robertson
WAC
Globe News
Mary
Ed Thomas
Bob
N. Buchanan
Bob Turner
Kwitcherkikkin
Congra la Bilions
N.E
Plainsman Motel
N. E
R. A. Vanderlaan and
T. M. Montgomery
Weis
Hers Shomas Restaurant
Church Circle
New Zealand
Tom Porter
Penguin
Stokely
Minute Maid
OSE
U.S
Corral
Mary Smenend
Standard Brands
Furniture Co
Veter Iad
Eri
Plains Creamery
Hom
Sivals Svk
Tavita
Asholin Avi
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