Ellwood Park to get large pool as city budget boosts funds
The 1950 51 budget includes a 150000 appropriation for two pools in Amarillo. Ellwood Park will house a 165 by 90 foot pool with a diving tank and a separate children's pool, aided by Paddock Engineering designs and marine lighting.
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Ellwood Park
North Heights Park
Park and Recreation Commission
Park Department
Paddock Engineering Company of Texas
Amateur Athletic Union
North Heights
Amarillo
Paddock Engineering Co
Texas
Madison
Texans urged to prosecute draft delinquents today
Selective Service reports 607 Texas men called for physicals from 19 boards. 41 percent acceptable, 39 percent unacceptable, 20 percent failed to report. Brig. Gen. Wakefield warns failure to report is a federal offense with up to five years prison and $10,000 fine. Orders to report as delinquent registrants due late September. Unlisted cause includes address changes hindering delivery of orders.
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Selective Service
Paul L. Wakefield
Wakefield
Federal
Massive B 29 raid targets North Korean buildup near Taegu
The Associated Press reports 98 B 29s dropped 1 750 000 pounds of bombs on a Red buildup area housing about 60 000 troops near Taegu. Observers noted panicked retreats, desertions east of the Nak Tong, and demoralization as the first such strike in Korean War history.
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Associated Press
Taegu
Syumue
Mats Velas
Naktong
Naktong River
Red China May Fight if Yanks Cross Line
A Taipei dispatch reported Mao Tze-tung would rush 150,000 Chinese Red troops to defend North Korea if UN forces cross the 38th parallel. Russia would supply heavy weapons. China would favor infiltration in Southeast Asia to avoid wider war. Molotov planned further talks after reporting to Stalin.
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Hong Kong
China Today
Russia
North Korea
United Nations
Korea
38Th Parallel
Taipei
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Peiping
Wah Kiu Yat Po
South Korea
Mao Tze-tung
Southeast Asia
Chen Keng
Formosa
Molotov
Stalin
Marine Wounded and House Postal Vote Weave In News
William M Pascoe, wounded in Korea, was notified by the War Department via his mother Mrs Pascoe of 1016 North Roosevelt. In Congress, the House voted 264 to 108 to restore city mail service to two daily deliveries, sending the measure to the Senate as a companion bill clears the Senate committee.
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William M. Pascoe
War Department
Pascoe
North
Roosevelt
Sergeant Pascoe
Marine Corps
Saratoga
Alice
San Francisco
Washington
House
Senate
Post Office Department
Truman
Rules Committee
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Lumber price update from Olver and Wiggins
Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co located at 1200 West 6th advertises fir 2x4 at five dollars seventy five cents per hundred. The note lists the supplier and price in a concise hardware trade line.
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Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
West
Lightning High Ride Grips Southwest Power Grid in Amarillo
A severe lightning surge disrupted Southwestern Public Service Company installations from Carlsbad New Mexico to Amarillo Texas last night. Damage neared 165000 dollars with blackouts in several South Plains cities and put three polio patients at Plainview Hospital in danger. Engineers traced failures to a direct hit on a 69000 volt transformer at Tuco near Abernathy at 8 18 o clock, creating a transient high voltage.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Carlsbad
Amarillo
South Plains
Plainview Hospital
Clinic Foundation
Tucco
Abernathy
Weather Summary From Panhandle And South Plains Tonight
Light to moderate showers moved across the Panhandle and South Plains with more thundershowers expected tonight. Amarillo reported a drizzle around 1 PM and 1.05 inches fell at the Air Terminal between 3:30 and 4:30 PM yesterday. Total yearly rainfall at the terminal reached 14.69 inches, 0.54 inches above normal, with other area towns recording varying amounts such as Claude 0.39, Follett 0.09, Panhandle 0.16, Shamrock 0.11, Pampa 0.83, Plainview 0.01, Lubbock 0.04, and Des Moines NM 0.35.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo
Amarillo Air Terminal
Ama- 0
Claude
Follett
Shamrock
Pampa
Plainview
Lubbock
Des Moines
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
The US Weather Bureau reports mainly partly cloudy skies for Amarillo and surrounding areas through today and Thursday with warm temperatures. Highs near 88 today and 90 tomorrow, readings show 90 for the 24 hour period ending this morning, and a measured precipitation of 1.05 inches. The Panhandle Agricultural Outlook notes favorable conditions for scattered thundershowers over the next two to three days, possibly slowing outdoor work. West and New Mexico regions show similar partly cloudy conditions with chances of scattered thundershowers and little temperature change.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
New Mexico
Night Club Gossip: Amarillo Juvenile Offic er Warns Teens
Amarillo juvenile officer Jack Grant calls for strict action against unescorted teens in night clubs. He cites underage girls slipping between tables for drinks and says offenders will be taken before the court. Parents and club operators join the alarm over rising disturbances.
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Amarillo
Jack Grant
Grant
J. B McClure
State Liquor Control Board
Night club operators seek juv access controls
Night clubs discuss measures to bar or limit juvenile entry as officers say the juvenile officer notes operators are alarmed and considering conduct rules to control youths in venues.
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Grant
Truman Meets With Military Leaders
President Truman spent about twenty minutes reviewing Korean war developments with the joint chiefs of staff in his regular weekly briefing. General Omar Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs, reports on battlefield progress on other days.
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Washington
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs
Feather Duster Then Sledgehammer in Korea Drive
Tokyo reports a two stage air attack on North Korea. A single B-29 dropped leaflets urging surrender as 98 B-29s followed with 3 500 quarter ton bombs dropping on 60 000 Reds massed in a 26 square mile area for an all out drive.
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Tokyo
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