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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1951
Page
1
In March NYU professor Ernest C. Melby may cancel his education conference appearance amid a controversial background tied to the anti communist era. The Globe Times reports local growth issues dominate city affairs with bond issues for water sewer and streets on the agenda as Amarillo expands.
Pampa congressman Walter Rogers visits Dalhart Vega Borger and Spearman for public meetings and district oilmen gatherings. He plans a Ki Club talk in Vega Wednesday noon and will report to residents at each stop, including Phillips.
The Weather Bureau reports fair skies and rising temperatures this afternoon with windy conditions. A cooler trend is expected Wednesday with partly cloudy skies across Texas Panhandle, South Plains, and Paso area late tonight.
Eight nominees were elected to the Community Chest Board of Directors for the two year term from January 1952 to December 31, 1953. The directors are Lee Bivins Janie Eslick T W Gilstrap Frank Helvey Shelby Kruser W P Patterson Tol Ware and S B Whittenburg. They were chosen from 15 nominees by contributors to the Community Chest in the prior year. The new directors will assume office at the group’s first January meeting.
Temple residents celebrate as city council votes to abolish rent controls after opposition from eighty one attendees. Remaining controls persist in Bell and Coryell counties and parts of Williamson county, while rules tied to rent as of July 1, 1950 remain in effect in the affected outside areas.
City commission to weigh a 10 cent per trip taxi fare boost if cab firms submit requested cost and profit statements. Yellow Cab president Hamp Benton notes rising operating costs since 1948. No statements were given by noon Tuesday.
The Amarillo Globe Times invites readers to vote which comic strips columns and features from both papers should continue. Submit preferences by Friday with name and choices using the ballot or space provided.
Gen E O Thompson, a State Railroad Commission member, will be principal speaker at the Pan handle Chapter American Petroleum Institute gathering in the Bunavista cafeteria Wednesday at 7 pm. About 400 API members and guests are expected. officers will be elected.
Vice President and Mrs Alben W Barkley depart Manila after a two week Far East tour that included a stop in Korea Their flight returns them to the United States marking the end of the international visit and accompanying goodwill mission.
Williams-Boyce offers auto public liability and property damage insurance with contact via phone number 3-4334.
Amarillo High School Principal R B Norman said a complete background check will review Melby’s past before allowing him to speak at the Northwest Texas Conference for Education. Melby, dean at New York University, defends his anti communist stance and notes his former American Soviet Friendship involvement. Norman sought AIS files in Washington after comparing Melby’s record with concerns from his Columbia summer courses.
Amarillo downtown merchants voted to stay open until 8 PM on weekdays the final week before Christmas and to close at 5:30 PM on Christmas Eve. Ben Solnick presided at the Woolworth Building meeting with 25 merchants in attendance. new 1952 officers were elected. In Des Moines, a hotel room was raided and six cases of whiskey seized from the Iowa Sheriff’s Association room.
Hibok Hibok volcano on Camiguin Island in the central Philippines exploded killing at least 141 villagers. Rescue workers fought through smoking ash as Red Cross officials warned the toll could rise. A US amphibian plane and a seaplane were dispatched with doctors and supplies to aid survivors.
MULESHOE December 4 Eight jurors had been selected by noon Tuesday in the murder trial of L D Stevens of Amarillo with trial to finish that afternoon About 60 veniremen remained to be examined as prospective jurors Stevens co-defendant Thomas C Livesay Amarillo was granted severance due to recent appendectomy and temperature Stevens will be first to be tried Prosecutors are qualifying jurors on the death penalty A large Bailey County crowd watched at the courthouse About 100 veniremen still to be examined Original venire 180 reduced to 133 by legal excuses Attorneys for Stevens Bill Sheean Friona Karl Lovelady Muleshoe Presiding over the trial Dist Judge E A Bills Plainview Prosectors Dist Atty Joe Sharp Plainview assisted by Bailey County Atty Norman Bays Muleshoe Jurors accepted Monday were H M Gable H E Kirby E M Sawders and Marvin Wilterding About 40 witnesses expected to testify including several from Amarillo Case broken in Amarillo after tip placed Livesay and Stevens under suspicion Both men signed statements after lengthy questioning by police sheriff s officers and Texas Rangers See TRIAL Page 6
U S Marines conducted a hurried landing on the northeast Korean coast under naval gunfire as Communist forces recaptured three small islands near the Yalu. The exchange included three probing UN attacks on the central and eastern fronts while brutal cold intensified along the 145 mile line.
In the second day of bloody Suez fighting British troops clash with Egyptian police and civilians near a filtration plant. Reports vary on deaths, with Egyptian sources claiming up to 68 wounded and 29 killed yesterday, while British counts list 15 dead and 25 prisoners captured as the renewal ends an uneasy truce along the canal.
County Clerk Loren Jones warns licenses are sold out as heavy demand breaks records with nearly 2000 licenses sold at the office and downtown shops. Stores remain out while Austin reports printers finalizing more stock amid a statewide quail abundance.
Spike Jones brings a musical madhouse act to Municipal Auditorium tonight at 8 30. Tickets available until 5 at Dolly Lynch Concert Bureau 109 East Ninth with the box office opening at seven.
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