Lonely hearts ads from Amarillo seek companionship and offers
A pile of classified notes asks for correspondents and services. An elderly woman seeks an older gentleman to write, others offer to give away puppies, seek dog owners, arrange babysitting and home care, and trade stamps. Multiple names, addresses, and phone numbers appear for contact.
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Amarillo
Tack
D. A
Houston
Florida
E. A. Lemmons
Carol Ann Foster
Parker
Hill
North Monroe
Gunn Bros
S&h
Bryan
North East Sixth
Apt. A
Prison Strike Ends in Oregon
Salem reports that eight day sit down strike at Oregon state prison ended with inmates returning to work. Convicts accused Guard Morris Race of brutality during a fight, leading Warden George Alexander to lock in cells and cut meals. Race was on vacation and to be reassigned outside walls when he returns. Two ringleaders remained in solitary. the grievance committee was abolished but leaders met with the warden to end the strike.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Prison
St. Morris Race
George Alexander
Race
Alexander
Urge Maximum Beef Marketing at Fall Cattle Drive
Denver Aug 23 beef men urged by the American National Cattlemen to market as many cattle as possible this fall. F E Mollin said Congress must not permit packer slaughter quotas. He warned of a short beef supply after the range run ends before new short fed cattle enter the market. Breeding herds have surged, with USDA estimating about 90 million cattle on Jan 1 1952, near five million above 1945 peak.
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Denver
General Council
The
American National Cattlemen's Association
F. E. Mollin
Congress
Mollin
Department of Agriculture
Businessmen Face Gem Theft Charges
Omaha businessmen Benjamin B. Livingston Albert Rotella and Gerald Duff were charged with helping bank robber Kenneth Kitts move and sell about 100000 dollars worth of uncut diamonds stolen in Oklahoma City in May 1949. FBI said warrants were filed against Kitts and Charles Taylor. Gems remain unrecovered.
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Omaha
U.P
Kenneth Kitts
Oklahoma City
Nebraska Safety Patrol
FBI
Benjamin B. Livingston
Albert Joseph Rotella
Gerald F. Duff
Kitts
Charles Taylor
Minneso
Oklahoma
Chicago
Peter Goldberg
New York
FBT
Gun Fails To Fire Man Is Disgusted
Walter Fett 52, a Weather Seal of Illinois clerk in Chicago, aimed a pistol at his head and triggered it repeatedly. the gun clicked each time. He fled to the street, begged a policeman for a gun to end his life, was detained at Bridewell Hospital after revealing financial troubles.
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Chicago
Walter H. Fett
Weather Seal of Illinois, Inc
Bridewell Hospital
Thief Steals Jewels From Tennis Champion in New York
A stealthy thief entered a Savoy Hotel suite and took 20000 dollars worth of insured jewels from Mrs Margaret Osborne DuPont while she and fellow star Louise Brough slept. Thelma Long, Australia’s leading woman player, was in another room. Police reported the time window but did not name a suspect.
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New York
Savoy Hotel
Margaret Osborne DuPont
DuPont
Louise Brough
Thelma Long
Australia
Polio Strikes Entire Family in Fort Worth
Fort Worth reports a polio ward case where Mrs. Lester Hueson Collier, ill five weeks, is joined by her four month old baby and husband. Collier uses an iron lung while wife and infant rest nearby. Mrs Collier remains cheerful saying all are doing fine. Norway rationing mentions coal and wood.
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Fort Worth
Lester Hueson Collier
Collier
Russians Reject Baltic Proposal Rejects to take Baltic waters case to World Court
Russia refused to take its claim of 12 miles of Baltic waters to the International Court of Justice, prompting Danish and Swedish protests over extended territorial waters. Denmark and Sweden seek UN World Court jurisdiction, citing long Soviet held stretches and recent seizures of their ships.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Russia
Baltic
International Court of Justice
Sweden
Baltic States
East Germany
Foreign Ministry
Honest boy earns month of free ice cream
Seven year old Charles Gibson may eat about 15 gallons of ice cream in a month after returning a lost $250 found by a sack. The ice cream firm grants free ice cream for a month and a government savings bond as a reward. Charles and his family have been taking home roughly a gallon daily, with the boy currently consuming about half.
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St, Louis
Charles Gibson
Charles
W. H. Volkmar
Lana Turner and Henry Topping Face Troubled Home
Hollywood reports actress Lana Turner and tinplate heir Henry J. Topping face marital strain as he is away on business. MGM says they had misunderstandings and Turner awaits his return to resolve their issues. Turner previously married Artie Shaw and Stephen Crane and has daughter Cheryl.
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Hollywood
Tinplate
Henry J
Bob” Topping
Lana Turner
MGM
Miss Turner
Topping
Arline Judge
Artie Shaw
Stephen Crane
Cheryl
Nobody Brags About Mother Drinking
A writer condemns public bragging about maternal alcohol use and warns against social drinking. He argues drinking leads to ruin, cites Dr. John L. C. Goffin on alcohol as narcotic and habit forming, and urges schools to teach abstinence over moderation.
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Dunce
John Barleycorn
Smartaleck
John L. C. Goffin
Los Angeles Board of Education
Public Letters Back Cadets Dismissal At West Point
West Point officials disclosed that about 400 letters on the cribbing cheating scandal were received. A majority favored dismissal of the cadets, though many writers expressed mixed or contradictory views. Col. James B. Leer, the academy spokesman, declined to reveal letter contents.
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West Point
James B. Leer
Military Academy
Leer
English doctors pursue cure for the common cold discovery
English physicians report a new discovery aimed at a long sought cure for the common cold. Researchers describe promising early results and potential implications for treatment timelines, though full effectiveness remains under study.
Fig Tree Survives Freeze With Five Figs
Mr and Mrs J Dearen report bringing a fig from Henrietta last July. Planted in their yard on July 19, it survived last winter's freeze and now bears five nice figs this season.
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Henrietta
J. Tom Dearen
Kennel Club Meeting At Herring Hotel In Amarillo
The Panhandle Kennel Club is called to meet at 7 30 tonight on the mezzanine of the Herring Hotel Final committee reports will be heard on the third annual Amarillo Dog Show scheduled for September 11 at the Tri State Fair Park pavilion Also notes a Norwegian drug firm unveiling an improved nitrogen production process
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Panhandle Kennel Club
Herring Hotel
Amarillo
Tri- State Fair Park
Inaugural Plan For Amarillo Bus Trip To Palo Duro Park
A special program marks the inaugural sight-seeing bus ride for Continental Panhandle Trailways to Palo Duro State Park. John Heket says Amarillo civic leaders will join the 5:45 p.m. departure from Seventh and Tyler depot. A canyon concert and open air ceremony at El Coronado Lodge follow the third crossing, with twice daily trips running Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Return times are 2:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., with Panhandle Plains Historical Museum in Canyon as a regular stop.
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Palo Duro State Park
John Heket
Continental Panhandle Trailways Bus Company
Amarillo
Seventh
Tyler
Park
Canyon
el Coronado Lodge
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
Fire hazard near Eighteenth and Polk draws concern
A Polk Street resident reports a dangerous site where grass and weeds near a house stand 20 feet from the lot line and children play in the area. They say they have alerted the fire department and urge officials to inspect the southeast corner near the intersection.
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Eighteenth and
Polk
Fire Department
City questions horse availability after move from Wisconsin
A Wisconsin family recounts moving to Amarillo Texas and finding no riding academies with horses. The mother laments lack of equestrian options for her 12 year old daughter Susan, contrasts with Wausau, Wisconsin, and urges local riding lessons for children. She questions why Amarillo cannot support horses and riding schools.
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Wausau
Wis
Susan
Texas
Waal
Wisconsin
Germany
Amarillo
Wausau, Wis
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Oregon
Bruno
Yakima
Wash
Raymond Westberg, Jr
Genevieve Griffin
Judith Griffin
Saunders Implement Co
Johnson
Westbergs
Roi Gen E. Viv
Dan Bree
Hoory
Dodge ‘Bolt
Bree
Smith
Cee
Man
Norway
Lana
Husband
Kennel Club
Herring
Navy Club
Globe
Waterloo
Polk Street
Don J. Dimock
Peachtree
Little Boys
Oxfords
AIR Cadet Radio
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