Arkansas man renames after court ruling in Searcy
An Arkansan of Indian descent had his name changed in court yesterday. He will be John Simpson, formerly John Pelecat of Searcy. In other news from Little Rock, a special city commission meeting is planned to study a 50 to 65 percent rate increase request by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company amid service complaints.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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Klein
N. V. Moss
Reds Miss Target At Roadblock Near Coast Line
Army photographer Ray Terne reports on the Reds failing to clear an enemy roadblock blocking a 120 mile coast line. American tanks and infantrymen advance along the south coast as UN forces press to clear the position near the port.
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United Nations
Ray Terne Ois
Tiwan Eet
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Miami Beach
Fla
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Pss Seg
Charge filed in fatal truck crash near Conway
A truck driver Marvin Wt Cece of Gesses of Leav faces a negligent homicide charge after a wreck on Highway 66 about three miles west of Conway at eight last night. The Hermes meyer car struck the truck left side as it entered the highway, killing two persons. Sheriff Clarence Williams said the driver could not be identified as the other car fled, and Sursa offered a statement from a neighbor. The case was filed in Panhandle Justice of the Peace Sam Lanning's court with Lursa to appear this morning.
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Conway
Marvin Wt Cece
Gesses
Leav
Highway 66
Clarence Williams
Panhandle
Justice of the Peace
Sam Lanning
Lursa
Lanning
Williams
Hermesmeyer
Sursa
Jailbreak try fizzles as two burglars fail to escape
James Farris and Billy Gene Burden, both 22, were unable to leave their Potter County jail cells after sawing bars. Sheriff Paul Gaither said the men had not opened a way through and planned to move them to Huntsville. Farris previously aided an Amarillo jailbreak and faces possible charges related to a third man.
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Potter County
James Farris
Amarillo
Huntsville
Billy Gene Burden
Farris
Paul Gaither
Gaither
Rader Twins
Edward Lee
Leo Ear
Dwight Hoskins
Hoskins
Polx
Johnson
Crash kills 23 Americans on Cairo airliner
A Transworld Airlines Constellation jet carrying 55 people including 23 Americans crashed north of Cairo. All 48 passengers and seven crew members died. Rescue teams found the plane badly burned with only a small section standing. Victims, many notable and from a dozen countries, were too charred for immediate identification.
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Transworld
Constellation
Cohen's Goin Thanked Rangers After Crash Near Cairo
Officials in Behaira province reported the crash site near Etay Baroud about 75 miles northwest of Cairo. Eyewitnesses saw the Star of Maryland plunge in flames. Rescue teams reached the Nile delta area after a TWA search plane spotted wreckage. Two bodies were moved by plane to Cairo. The four engine craft was on a Bombay to New York run, taking off from Farouk Field at 1:30 AM Cairo time. It reported to Cairo control 20 minutes after takeoff and then went silent.
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Etay Baroud
Cairo
Star of
Maryland
TWA
Nile Delta
Rangers Detain Gambler Cohen In Texas Flight to California
Fort Worth dispatch says Texas Rangers escorted gambler Mickey Cohen to a California bound plane after arrest in Wichita Falls. Officials said Cohen planned to establish a gambling empire in Texas. He was booked on a Texas to California flight, with arrival in Los Angeles later.
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Texas Rangers
Mickey Cohen
California
Rangers
Texas
Wichita Falls
Homer Garrison, Jr
Austin
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Garrison
American Airlines
el Paso
Los Angeles
M. P
Lone Wolf
Gonzaullos
Lee Cohen
Funeral Friday for H. Bank Jones Amarillo civic leader
Funeral services for H. Bank Jones pioneer Amarillo civic leader and city official will be held Friday at 2 PM in Griggs & Sons Chapel with Dr. Smythe Lindsay officiating. Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery. Jones died yesterday at St. Anthony’s Hospital at age 80 after years of ill health. He was born in Fredericksburg Virginia on March 11 1860 and came to Texas after college, contributing to the High Plains empire and serving as Amarillo’s delegate to a water conservation meeting in 1912.
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Arrillo
Griggs & Sons
Smythe Lindsay
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Llano Cemetery
John Benke
Wart Curry
L. B. Lyles
Sherwood Blasdel
Eugene Blasdel
Jimmy Blasdel
Mr. Jones
Amarillo
Denver
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Hayden
Jones
Fredericksburg
Lexington
Transylvania College
Texas
University of Texas
Longhorn
Two Texas Train Wrecks Leave 15 Injured
In central Texas near Lampasas a Santa Fe passenger train left the rails with 11 injured none seriously. About 100 miles northeast near Teague a Rock Island freight derailed, injuring four men and an unidentified Negro among the crew aboard 47 cars carrying wheat.
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Lampasas
Texas
Santa Fe
Teague
Rock Island
Plan Draft Of Fathers Plan Draft Of Fathers
Representative Vinson of Georgia announced the draft will be extended to married men with dependents. He said the House passed a bill granting GI family allotments from 85 to 165 dollars monthly to fund the families of men in draft age, enabling broader Selective Service calls.
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Vinson
Georgia
House
Armed Services Committee
Selective Service
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
The forecast shows a warmer afternoon with highs around 88 degrees and a low near 57 today. Tonight and Friday expect clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Temperatures across West Texas and New Mexico remain mild with fair conditions and minimal shifts.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Lieutenant Cited in Russian War Propaganda
An Amarillo officer, First Lt. Stanley G. Zimmerman Jr., among 29 U S officers taken in Korea, is named in Russian propaganda claims at the United Nations. The father rejects the allegation, saying his son would not cooperate with enemy broadcasts and noting a War Department message confirming the name spelling.
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Korea
United Nations
Stanley G. Zimmerman, Jr
Stanley G. Zimmerman
Hayes
Jakob A. Malik
Amarillo
Zimmerman
War Departent
G. Zimmerman
War department notifies Zimmerman family of missing son
The Zimmermans confirm their son Lt. Zimmerman, 29, has been missing in action in Korea since July 14. He arrived in Japan June 21 after enlisting in 1940, served in the European theater in World War II, and held a field-promoted rank. He returned to the U.S. in December 1945 and re enlisted in the artillery two years later.
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Korea
Zimmerman
Japan
Air Corps
San Antonio
Army of Occupation
Berlin
States
Friday Schedule For Registration At Amarillo High
Amarillo Senior High continues registration through tomorrow with alphabetical makeups Friday afternoon. Schedule lists N through S at 8:30 AM and T through Z at 1 PM. Note references a September $1600 bonus promotion in McCartt's Thursday ad.
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Amarillo Senior High School
McCartt
Gulf storm fades inland while new hurricanes form east and north
A Gulf hurricane that weakened as it moved inland near Mobile caused little damage though a tornado offshoot damaged Apalachicola, Fla. Another hurricane gained strength in the eastern Caribbean with winds reaching 75 to 100 miles per hour, while a third storm headed north from the Atlantic east of Bermuda. Coast Guard at Santa Rosa Island logged 98 mph on land with minimal damage near Pensacola.
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Apalachicola
Fla
Caribbean
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Martinique
West Indies
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Bermuda
Gulf
Florida
Coast Guard
Santa Rosa Island
Pensacola
Coast
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