Berlin Talks Survive as Stalin Keeps Path Open for Accord
Reports from Moscow state Stalin clears path for four power talks on Berlin. Western envoys Smith Chataigneau Roberts see progress after July 31 and August meetings. Officials say terms have been narrowed to a low denominator and new ideas may aid East West settlement amid cautious optimism. See MOSCOW Page 2
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Russia
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Kremlin
Stalin
Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Whitehall
London
Moscow
Braniff DC-4 Lands Safely After Nose Wheel Jam
A four engine Braniff Airways DC-4 with nose wheel jammed landed safely at Love Field after circling 90 minutes to burn fuel. No injuries among 19 passengers and four crew. 200 spectators watched as the plane touched down on a spark-filled runway with the tail scraping concrete.
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Dallas
Braniff Airways
Love Field
Corpus Christi
Braniff
Houston
Perryton Hotel Fire Blazes Through Downtown Loss $150000
Fifty guests escaped unharmed as a three story Perryton hotel burned in the early hours. Firemen from four towns fought the blaze four hours with wind threatening nearby shops including the Ellis Theater and Goodyear store. Officials put losses at least $150 000 with 12 rooms destroyed and the coffee shop a total loss.
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Perryton
E. J. Miller
Fort Worth
Goodrich
Edmond Gennette
J. H. Brashears
Borger, Booker
Spearman
Main Street
Ellis Theater
Theater Drug
Carpenter Jewelry
Goodyear Tire
Spearman Fire Department
Booker
Borger
Brashears
Carl Ellis
Battle over Canadian dam project grows with city leaders
At a North Plains meeting Fritz Thompson of Borger and Hutchinson County officials pressed for more emphasis on municipal and industrial water use and recreation. Mayor Hagg said the Army deadline for extra data is Sept 20 and Mayor Rogers sought 120 more days to mobilize Lubbock Plainview and others through the State Board of Water Engineers and Governor Jester. The Army’s unfavorable 40 year benefit estimate and a 23 million dollar dam cost prompted calls for broader regional input.
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Borger
Hutchinson County
Fritz Thompson
Hagg
Department of the Army
Washington
Rogers
Lubbock
Plainview
South Plains
State Board of Water Engineers
Jester
Amarillo
Corps of Army Engineers
Kenneth Royall
Army
North Plains
Death Rares $550000 Graft in Kansas Case
Edmund Kindred, 60, loan company owner, believed to have paid $1000 for his own murder and run a $550,000 swindle. Investigators found City Finance Company assets near 14.61 cash in bank, with many losses from forgery. A truck driver, William Gaver, is jailed for murder. Kindred sought life insurance to benefit others. Receivership filed as public officials pursue dissolution.
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Emporia
Kan
Herbert J. Kindred
H. C. Davis
City Finance Company, Inc
Jeff Robertson
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kindred
Florence
William W. Gaver
Joplin
Gaver
Wichita
Davis
Robertson
City Investment Corporation
Fairbury
Neb
Associated Discount Corp
South Bend
Ind
Riverview State Bank
Kansas City
National Bank of
Topeka
Citizens State Bank of
Morris Plan Bank
Jay Sullivan
Lyon County
Sam Mellinger
High Temperatures Stay With Amarillo Forecast
The Amarillo area foresees 96 degree heat Tuesday with a 61 degree night. Wednesday should again reach 96. Monday’s top reading was 95 and Monday night dipped to 58, the coolest since June 29 when 57 was recorded, according to US Weather Bureau observer H C Winburn at English Field.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Winburn
Amarillo Area Forecast Shows Warm Days and Cool Nights
Weather report notes sunny skies with high daytime temperatures today and Wednesday and cool nights in West Texas. Highs reach mid 90s with lows around 58, and little temperature change expected through Wednesday.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
City in clash over cattle truck traffic in Amarillo
Amarillo battles over odors and parking of loaded cattle trucks amid city rules and a clash between Mayor Lawrence Hagg, the police, and residents. Officials cite cattle industry needs, service and fuel businesses, while neighbors demand relief from truck odors and noise. The dispute highlights tension between commerce and quality of life on city streets.
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Amarillo
Lawrence Hagg
Katheryne Burwell
Hagy
Hagg
Great Plains
Stage Set For Spy Climax
Congressional spy probes questioned a maid and three automobile officials as groundwork was laid for an Hiss Chambers confrontation. Hiss and Chambers have offered opposing accounts of their 1930s dealings, with Dudenz and the maid providing useful information. Cherner said he knew nothing of the Hiss car, while Menshh claimed Cherner Co. bought a 1929 Ford roadster from Hiss in 1936 and sold it the same day.
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Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
State Department
Chambers
Chambers Hr
Washington
Committee
Joseph Cherner
Sam Menshh
Henry Gertler
Cherner
Louis Dudenz
Communist Party
Fordham University
New York
Robert E. Stripling
Stripling
Dudenz
George Crosley
Crosley
Cari
Menshh
Thompson Reprieved Thompson Reprieved
Two Alcatraz inmates Thomp son Miran Edgar and Sam Shockley received stays of execution until December 3 after petitioning the President for clemency. They were convicted in the 1946 Alcatraz riot that killed guards Miller and Stites and were charged with kidnapping and bank robbery in other cases. Thompson had been awaiting death for his role in the escape attempt.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Miran Edgar Thompson
Amarillo
Sam Shockley
Muskogee
Oklo
William A. Miller
Harold P. Stites
Miller
Joseph Paul Cretzer
Cretzer
Thompson
US District Court
Lem Savage
Eddie Day
San Jos
New Mexico
Settlement Sought to Reopen Los Alamos Strike
An apparent settlement was reported in the Los Alamos labor dispute idling 3500 workers at the Atomic Weapons Center. State AFL Building Trades Council officials said they would try to have all workers back on the job by 9 tomorrow morning.
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Los Alamos
Los Alamos Atomic Weapons Center
AFL Building Trades Council
Seven Die As Army Transport Crashes Near Newton
An Army transport plane crashed about five miles north of Newton New Jersey today. The Army Air Base at Middletown reported seven or more persons killed in the incident.
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Middletown
Army Air Base
Newton
Army
NLRB Orders Vote On City Bus Union
The National Labor Relations Board assumes jurisdiction in the Amarillo Bus Company dispute and orders an election to determine union recognition. About 19 employees work for the company, with 75 to 80 drivers, and the union effort began in 1947. If a majority votes for the union, the company must recognize it as bargaining agent. The election date will be set within the next 30 days by the Fort Worth regional director.
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Amarillo Bus Company
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
NLRB
Clarence L. Aber
Oklahoma City
Leonard Nussbaum
Fort Worth
Aber
Bill Ecker
North
Harrison
Polio Strikes Second Amarillo Child in Two Days
A boy under two becomes Amarillo's second polio case in two days. Michael Ray Miracle of 3307 Monroe, grandson of the Miracle Market owner, developed polio after tonsillitis treatment and was taken by car to the McBride Bone and Joint Hospital in Oklahoma City. The Plainview polio hospital is at capacity.
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Amarillo
Michael Ray Miracle
Amos Miracle, Jr
Monroe
Mircle
406
West Tenth
McBride Bone and Joint Hospital
Oklahoma City
Plainview
Fuill
Deputy J O Ward Dies After Long Service
J O Ward aged 59 a veteran deputy U S marshal died in Mercedes. He served many years in the marshal service and was widely known in the county law enforcement community. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
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Difs
Mercedes
J. O. Ward
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Tri-State Fair Grounds
Amarillio Natl. Bank
ROYAL
Russell
Taylor
Bulletins
City Bus Union
Neely-Greenhill -Lowndes—Insurance
Jone Maynard Lot. Co
Clarence L, Aber
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