Police officer fired after self inflicted shooting incident
In Northwest Texas Hospital Virginia Kyser Houtchens 25 of 1610 Hayden suffered a bullet wound to the left side in a case police say was self inflicted with a .38 caliber Smith and Wesson owned by a policeman present at the scene. Chief J L King said notes found at the apartment suggest personal distress and that Garrett the officer involved is through with the force after a six month probation. No charges planned. discharge will be filed with Civil Service.
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Murder suicide ruling at Temple husband kills wife then himself
Justice of the Peace R W Watts ruled the fatal shooting of Willie Joe Kovar 50 and his wife Millie was murder and death by own action. District Atty James K Evetts said an investigation showed Kovar shot his wife at their house yesterday and then killed himself.
Taegu Threatened in All Out Red Incidents
North Korean premier Kim Il Sung orders a midnight August deadline to wipe out UN forces. Allied forces win two sharp skirmishes as US First Cavalry and 24th Infantry push at Battle Mountain near Ha man and Waegwan. Communists mass 110000 to 120000 troops with 30000 raw recruits. 1500 British troops arrive but see no action yet. The front line stretches 120 miles from Pohang to the coast, with Taegu and Pusan potential break points as Pohang battles dominate attention. See WAR-Page 6.
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Reds
United Nations
Battle Mountain
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Masan
Waegwan
Pohang
Naktong
Why Doesn't He Say He's Just Fed Up?
Representative Camp of Georgia urged Congress to adjourn saying members are tired and nerves frayed. He lamented missing watermelons fruit fried chicken and baseball and hoped to go home for muscadines persimmons and possums.
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Representative Camp
Georgia
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Camp
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Truman asks for space for 44 000 new New York defense staff
President Truman asked Congress for 13 740 000 to provide office space for 44 000 new government employees to be hired under the expanded defense program. He said space is needed outside Washington and will cover rent and alterations. White House officials noted locations nationwide require additional government office room. He also asked 1 860 000 for Civil Service Commission loyalty investigations of the new defense employees.
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Truman
Congress
White House
Civil Service Commission
Toy balloons upset Communists
Frankfurt dispatch reports EC A officials say two pieces of evidence show balloon propaganda from the Marshall Plan is reaching Communist areas. Dozens of replies from readers in communist zones and a Communist counter campaign criticizing balloons as carriers of poison. About 100,000 balloons sent from Denmark and West Germany, many reaching East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Lithuania. Balloons carry messages about European recovery and freedom.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Economic Cooperation Administration
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Berlin
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Nationaltidende
Denmark
Poland
Hungary
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Lithuania
Testimony Ends as Adams Defense Rest in Bus Murder Trial
State and defense rested their cases in the Epsy Adams murder trial after testimony from Stratford character witnesses. Adams 50 faced a June 24 bus shooting of Madeleine Cone 46 at Third and Filmore. Adams described events on the stand with claims of temporary insanity and self defense as Judge Bishop prepared the jury charge.
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Epsy Adams
47Th District Court
Adams
Madeline Thomas Cone
Third
Filmore
Stratford
Henry S. Bishop
O'Dwyer Named Ambassador to Mexico
President Truman nominated New York City mayor William O'Dwyer as ambassador to Mexico and sent the nomination to the Senate for confirmation. O'Dwyer will succeed Walter Thurston after a prior conference with the President.
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Washington
Truman
William O’dwyer
New York City
Mexico
Senate
O’dwyer
Walter Thurston
FCC Authorizes Change at KSNY
The Blake Formby Broadcasting Co owner station KSNY Snyder Texas was authorized by the communications commission to assign its license to John Blake. Blake will receive 25 percent stake from Marshall Formby for 9750 dollars while Blake already holds 75 percent. Blake will also assign half interest in KPAN Hereford Texas to Formby who owns the other half of KPAN.
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Washington
Blake
City Studies Phone Rates In Amarillo
Amarillo city commissioners will study Southwestern Bell's rate hike request of 50 to 5 percent before deciding. Mayor Gene Klein said the commission will only grant an increase if justified. A. O. Thomas, district manager, said expansion costs are high and returns low, noting a 3 percent overall return and 1.6 percent on a $1.5 million postwar expansion. He faced questions on expansion dependence on interest rates and compared the Dallas case.
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Amarillo
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Gene Klein
A. O. Thomas
Thomas
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Dallas
Dallas OKs 9.13 Percent Telephone Rate Hike
Dallas city council approved a 9.13 percent telephone rate increase at first reading. A public hearing is set for next Tuesday, and if approved the Dallas Telephone Company plans a 17.5 million expansion program in Dallas.
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Big D
Dallas
Telephone rate hike eyed for Corpus Christi and Amarillo
Southwestern Bell seeks rate increases of 66.6 to 77 percent in Corpus Christi and Amarillo to fund a 5.6 million expansion. The move prompts Corpus Christi to authorize a consulting engineer and Dallas officials note harm from recent developments as they weigh futures for city and phone service.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Stanton Bill
Telephone Company
W. B. Collier
Registration Schedule at Amarillo Senior High School
Registration at Amarillo Senior High School continues through Friday with alphabetic grouping. A through G begin 8:30 AM Thursday August 31, H through M at 11 PM Thursday, August 31, N through S 8:30 AM Friday, September 1, and T through Z at 1 PM Friday.
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Amarillo Senior High School
Hepthrough
Fireside Chat on Korea and home front to air Friday
President Truman will deliver a 30 minute fireside chat at 8 o clock Texas time Friday night carried by major radio networks from the White House projection room. He will report on UN forces progress in Korea and the international situation and discuss proposed economic controls and the Senate tax increase amid wartime measures.
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Truman
At & Oclock
Texas
White House
Charles G. Ross
United Nations
Korea
Senate
Fir 2x4 and 2x6 at Olvers and Wiggins Lumber Co
Hardwood supplier Olvers and Wiggins Lumber Co located at 1200 West 6th offers fir lumber 2x4 and 2x6 at four per hundred rated pricing.
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Sige
Olvers& Wiggins Lbr. Co
Hospital Plans Snared Again
Potter County voters approved 750000 for a Northwest Texas Hospital expansion in August. Delays arise from 21 state health department changes to working plans and specifications by architect Guy Carlander before federal funds matching. The department has approved the five story addition, nurses home, boiler and laundry building, but requires these revisions for final approval.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
Guy Carlander
Texas State Department of Health
State Health Department
Health Department
Carlander
Hospital Board
Carlarder
South Africa Accepts UN Korea Fighter Squadron Offer
In a Pentagon ceremony Secretary of Defense Johnson accepted South Africa's offer of a fighter plane squadron for United Nations forces in Korea on behalf of the United States and General MacArthur.
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Washington
South Africa
United Nations
Korea
Pentagon
Defense Johnson
United States
General MacArthur
Demotion Schedules Pay Cut For Detective In Kansas City
Kansas City police detective Lawrence N. Hanks, 38, after nine years on the force, won a request to be demoted to patrolman to save his department money. He says he pays $100 for a suit to fit his 250 pound frame and earns only $260 a month, making the cost prohibitive. Detectives wear business suits and often buy their own.
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Kansas City
Lawrence N. Hanks
Amarillo Weather Summary From US Weather Bureau
Amarillo and vicinity remain fair this afternoon tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions. Highs around 84 to 85 degrees, lows near 57 to 59, 0.10 inch precipitation reported. Panhandle outlook calls for mostly sunny dry days ahead. Texas partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers. New Mexico sees scattered afternoon storms in the east, otherwise fair with warmer northeast today.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Texas
New Mexico
Hurricane Headed Inland
A tropical hurricane with 85 to 95 mile per hour winds was aimed at the Gulf coast and expected to slam into beaches by tonight. Weather warnings covered from New Orleans to Panama City Florida. officials urged evacuation from low grounds as tides rise. Coast guard prepared, Red Cross and city officials stood by for emergencies amid gusty rain and squalls.
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U.P
Gulf Coast
Gulf
Stevens
Louisiana
Appalachicola
Fla
Puserios
Ythe Coast Guard
Keesler
Doctor Defends Fees for X Rays and Inductees
CHATTANOOGA Tenn Aug 30 A doctor who earns five dollars per man for X raying Army inductees argues overhead and expenses cut profit to about one dollar per man. He notes technicians chemical costs film and tube replacements raise costs and claims only about eight hundred dollars of four thousand dollars monthly income is clear.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Marchbanks
Che
Three British Tommies To Die In Egypt Execution
In PAYID Egypt on August 30 three British soldiers in their twenties are to be hanged, the first execution of British troops in Egypt. They were convicted for shooting and killing an Egyptian night watchman who tried to stop them from stealing a car last April.
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Egypt
Egyp
Watch McCartt's Thursday ad for September's $1600 Bonus
McCartt's Thursday advertisement promotes a September $1600 bonus offer. The text highlights limited-time terms and urges readers to act quickly to claim the incentive.
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