Hold Man Who Leaped Into Car
A 37-year-old former convict who leaped into an Amarillo woman's car yesterday remained jailed at noon without charge. He sped into Mrs. Ounie Day's car at First and Polk as a train passed, was captured by two motorists, and turned over to police. He said he had served three prison terms and carried an Oregon to Dallas bus ticket, claiming he mistook the car for a taxi.
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Amarillo
City
Ounie Day
North
Polk
Oregon
Dallas
France Sets 1950 Record with 6700 Tons of Books Exported
France exported about 6,700 tons of books in 1950, a new national record for a single year. The figure underscores strong publishing and trade activity, with libraries and publishers benefiting from heightened international demand and export capacity.
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France
Mexican Independence Day Queen Election At Center Hall
The Mexican Center Club announces a queen election for the Sixteenth of September fiesta, to be held at Mexican Center Hall starting at 8 tonight. Five senoritas Virginia Solano Yolanda Palacios Martina Arredondo Celia Hernandez and Sofia Gallegos are nominated with sponsors named. The celebration runs two days from Saturday Sept 15 through Sunday night with a program of speaking and entertainment promised.
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Mexican Center Hall
Cleveland
Virginia Solano
Martin Renteria
Yolanda Palacios
Mateo Lopez
Martina Arredondo
Eutimio Hernandez
Celia Hernandez
Mike Ballin
Sofia Gallegos
Pedro Minjares
Juan Escoto
Mexican Center Club
Kidnapped Pampa Boy Found After 18 Years in Army
Houston mother Annabelle Linton reports 18 year search ends when Fort Riley confirms her son Peter McCullen Cooper, kidnapped in 1925 from Pampa, is at officers candidate school. Adopted by McCullen couple after Tulsa foundling tale, the reunion follows decades of inquiries and missing records. The article also notes uncertain Pampa authorities records and a separate line on Mexico's 1951 pineapple crop outlook at 155000 tons.
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Houston
Annabelle Linton
Armed Services
Army
Fort Riley
Peter McCullen Cooper
Officers Candidate School
California
McCullen
Tulsa
Peter
Amarillo to Offer Five Special Education Phases
Superintendent Charles M. Rogers announced five special education phases for Amarillo public schools this year. About 15 orthopedic nervous disorder students will study all day at McKinley, with Hammonds and Cheeves. speech disorders will be addressed by Lewis and Boulogne with short periodic sessions. John Miller leaves for Pleasant Valley principal post. Approximately 60 students are in the program since 1945, with lip reading and homebound services by Shaver, Harrison, Graves, and a new slow learner class at McKinley taught by Mildred Ann Satterfield.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
L. M. Hammonds
Velma Cheeves
Rogers
McKinley School
Hammonds
Cheeves
Kenneth Lewis
Jacqueline Boulogne
John Miller
Pleasant Valley School
Beatrice Shaver
Mary R. Harrison
Esther Graves
Mildred Ann Satterfield
Miss Satterfield
University of Texas
Texas
Liquor Violators Fined in Gray County Court
Fines totaling 1000 were imposed on Pampa liquor law violators in Gray County Court. Operators of Tom's Place Ozark Bar Brown Derby Cafe Royal Bar and Myrtle's Place each fined 100 and costs and had licenses suspended ten days. Lawrence Pool and L P Sanford also fined 100 and 400 respectively for illegal liquor sales and possession in wet areas. Arrests by Amarillo Texas Liquor Centre Board.
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Gray County
Tom's Place
East Frederick
Ozark Bar
South Cuyler
West Foster
Royal Bar
Myrtle’s Place
South Barnes
Lawrence Pool
Pampa
L. P. Sanford
Texas Liquor Store
Amarillo
Texas Liquor Centre Board
City Commissioners Weigh Tax Valuation Survey Contract
City commissioners meet this afternoon to review a proposed $30,000 contract with the George Ehrenberg Company of Dallas for a tax valuation survey of property in Amarillo and the Amarillo Independent School District. The contract was discussed Tuesday but no action was taken pending minor revisions.
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George Ehrenberg Company of
Dallas
Amarillo
Amarillo Independent School
Theater Men Face Tax Hit in New Caledonia
Theater operators in New Caledonia absorb a 10 percent tax on gross box-office receipts due to weak public purchasing power and expected attendance declines.
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New Caledonia
Test Permanent Street Markers On Line Avenue Test
Harold Miller traffic engineer says permanent markers will be installed next week on Line Avenue and Georgia Streets in a test. Two marker types plastic and metal will be used to determine which is more serviceable.
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Line Avenue
Georgia Streets
Harold Miller
Boys Ranch Youths To See Pro Football Night
The youngsters from Boys Ranch will be guests of the Detroit Lions for a game against the Washington Redskins tonight at Amarillo Stadium. Doak Walker visited the ranch yesterday and started the ball rolling in that direction.
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Boys Ranch
Detroit Lions
Motor City
Washington Redskins
Amarillo Stadium
Doak Walker
What people say they like about their jobs in Plainview Amarillo
Read excerpts from workers M O Stapleton Emil Myers Billy Miller a Carolina sales lady Jack Edwards and John Hansard who describe independence job satisfaction and benefits. Highlights include entrepreneurship joy in selling photography access to flexible hours and pride in owning a business.
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AL Lourillier
M. O. Stapleton
Plainview
Emil F. Myers
Canyon Road
Billy Miller
Route 1
Box 380
Amarillo
West Tenth
Jack Edwards
Crockett
Three Charged In Cafe Burglary
Three men Benito Martinez 30 Louis Martinez 18 and Raymond Gonzales 17 were charged in a Wednesday night burglary at Feed Troff Cafe 706 Grant. They live at 1306 Houston and remain in Potter County Jail at noon awaiting arraignment. Police said a kitchen vent was pulled loose to gain entry and $17 in cash a typewriter and supplies were stolen with some loot recovered. Gonzales was arrested at home Louis Martinez in a pool hall by Juvenile Officer Jack Grant and Benito Martinez at his home by sheriff's officers.
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Grant
Benito Martinez
Louis Martinez
Raymond Gonzales
Houston
Potter County
Gonzales
Jack Grant
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Shaw Funeral Directors
cAmanilles
Lly
Froxwell Brothers
Jackson Michael Royce
Ts RE Jackson
Vega
Jackson
Ollie O'Connor
J. R. Dillihay
Llano Cemetery
Jesse Bolin
Vega Baptist Church
Osgood Monument CO
Buchanan
Ruthker
Jefferson
Llano
Martina Arkedondo
Roy Porter
Joy
Mexico
Knights Templar
Lewis
Lewis Jewelers
6Th & Polk
the Globe Presents
The
Globe
Mrs
Dwight Nelson
Carolina
North and
South Carolina
John Hansard
Travis
America
Kentucky
Tie
Bernheim Distilling Co., Inc
Louisville, Kentucky
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