Relatives Await Word in Blocher Murder Case at Progress
Bailey County officers seek word from Joshua Blocher relatives before continuing search of his Progress home. The 85 year old pioneer, founder of Progress, was found murdered 11 miles northwest of AWAIT. Autopsy underway after his battered body was found on Harold Mardis farm. Two suspects questioned. motive robbery. $190 in jars found. Sheriff Freeman says clues are being investigated and an arrest is hoped soon.
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Muleshoe
Bailey County
Here
Progress
Blocher
A. H. Freeman
Freeman
Harold Mardis
Mardis
Cecil
Clifford
Topeka
Kan
Overbrook
Thief Removes Logs From Oil Office
Miss Maria Spencer, a research geologist for Superior, reports two logs with sample descriptions of wildcat wells were stolen from the office. The thief, evidently familiar with the oil business, escaped through a rear door and did not disturb other equipment. Robert Looney heard the fleeing footsteps and alerted the office. The theft, kept secret until now, has been reported to headquarters.
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Robert Looney
Looney
Miss Maria Spencer
Miss Spencer
Spencer
Oldham County
Oil Company
Beef price ceiling enforcement threatens violators
Washington reports price stabilizer Michael DiSalle vows action against suspected beef price ceiling violators amid signals of maldistribution after a ban on slaughter quotas. He will deploy OPS teams and push for DOJ priority, with steps to extend ceilings to sellers and make each steer subject to a ceiling.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Congress
OPS
Justice
No Black Market Reported In Amarillo Beef Trade
An official of Pinkney Packing Company stated no black market activity in beef in Amarillo or the surrounding area. He said such markets are mainly in the eastern United States and that local merchants would not pay above ceiling prices. Butchers reportedly have ample meat and seem satisfied with their supply.
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Pinkney Packing Company
Amarillo
United States
Senate panels vote against report on MacArthur hearings
Washington Aug 17 Two Senate committees voted 20 to 3 to withhold a formal report on their two month MacArthur hearings. The majority said a report now would revive controversy during Korean peace talks. Senators may file personal views instead.
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Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Russell
Georgia
House
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Civil Defense Administration
Heat Wave Bakes Panhandle with near 100 Degree Readings
Temperatures climbed toward 100 degrees across the Panhandle yesterday with highs near 98 in the area and 102 in Childress. Forecasts call for more hot weather with highs around 101 today and 99 tomorrow. Lows near 70, a trace of rain in Hereford, and a five day outlook for little or no rainfall.
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Panhandle
Childress
Tucumcari
Gage
Okla
Hereford
Indictment in Bradley fixing case involves 3 players
A New York bulletin reports that three Bradley University basketball players and eight fixers including a gunman and bank robber were indicted today over suspected game fixing. The charges allege involvement in manipulating key games.
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New York
Bradley University
Hopeful Breakthrough Hinted In Cease Fire Deadlock
A four hour plus Kaesong sub committee session on a man to man basis amid a news blackout ended with a next meeting at 11 AM today. Peiping radio signaled possible compromise on the 38th parallel truce line, noting adjustments may be needed for topography and defensive needs. Gen Ridgway’s SHQ radio in Tokyo reaffirmed demand for a truce line based on the present battle front.
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Kaesong
38Th Parallel
Voice
UN Command” Radio
Matthew B. Ridgway
Supreme Headquarters
Tokyo
Weather and UN talks blend in mixed brief page note
The Amarillo region forecast calls for generally fair skies with partly cloudy afternoons today tonight and Saturday cooler conditions and temperatures in the 70s to 99s. A Panhandle outlook favors dry outdoor work with clear to partly cloudy skies and continued warm highs. New Mexico and West Texas expect fair to partly cloudy days with scattered thundershowers in spots. In unrelated World News the UN Command signals land concessions could keep the line near the 38th Parallel as Kaesong talks proceed with negotiators from both sides reporting jovial mood and mutual respect despite no official comment from the four delegates about progress See CEASE-FIRE-Page 4.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Naples Boy Undergoes Operation for Ingested Metal
Pietro Fabrizio, eight, was taken to a Naples hospital after a stomach ache. Surgeons removed 79 nails, barbed wire pieces, copper wire, two pens, and 14 tin pieces from his stomach. The incident notes a lumber price list from Olver Wiggins Lumber.
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Naples
Pietro Fabrizio
Accused Killers Denounce OSS Officer Killing Charges
The Defense Department accuses former Lt. Aldo Icardi and ex-Sgt. Carl LaDolce, with two Italians, of killing Maj. William V. Holohan behind German lines in 1944. Icardi and LaDolce deny the charges, pledging exoneration and challenging the department’s procedures while arguing they cannot be tried in the United States for a crime committed in Italy.
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OSS
Maj
William V. Holohan
Holohan
Office of Strategic Services
Defense Department
Aldo “Ike” Icardi
Preakness
Carl G. LaDolce
Rochester
Icardi
Pittsburgh
Icardi Remarks on Defense Department Authority
Icardi said he was amazed the Defense Department would suggest that Italy, once an enemy country, has any authority.
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Icardi
Defense Department
Italy
Busy Night For Cops
A series of cash thefts and a purse theft kept Amarillo police busy late yesterday and last night. S. G. Stockton reported $40 stolen from a locker at Amarillo Country Club where he had left it to wash for lunch. A wallet was later found at Wolflin Lake, appearing burned as if held to an exhaust pipe, with Stockton later reclaiming it but confirming the cash was gone. Mrs. H. E. Hill reported a $7 purse either missing or stolen from her car after parking at her North Hayes home yesterday afternoon.
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Perore Mianiga
Monroe
Ted Neely
Hughes
Neely
Amarillo Country Club
S. G. Stockton
Polk
Stockton
Wolflin Lake
E. Hill
North Hayes
Doctor in Oklahoma Charged in Patient Death
Dr Perry E Hewitt a $40 000 a year brain specialist was charged with killing Mrs Allene Shuler 38 of Borger by injecting drugs into her neck to ease headaches and reviving her with gin He pleaded innocent at arraignment and set for preliminary hearing on first degree manslaughter charges The death occurred Aug 9 at City Hospital 17 hours after the injection of intracaine into the neck
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Muskogee
Oklo
Perry E. Hewitt
Allene Shuler
Borger
Shuler
City Hospital
Hewitt
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Hammering Hank) Hodes
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