Amarillo Eyes New 1949 Football Stadium For Sandies
School officials plan to let a contract for a new stadium by January aimed at the 1949 season. Dick Bivins notes revenue bonds to fund a $400,000 embankment stadium for 15 000 seats, with site searches continuing after rejecting the Whit tington Estate as options. Contractors envision bowl design with earth embankments and sidewalk type construction.
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Dick Bivins
Sandies
Mr. Bivins
Bivins
Grayson Gill
Dallas
Amarillo
George Waddill
Gill
Waddill
Tyler
Odessa
Bus Pay Mutation Hinted In Amarillo Driver Bargaining
Bargaining for higher wages for Amarillo Bus Company drivers is nearing a tentative settlement discussed as officials discourage a fare increase. Proposed change would set three 25 cent fares replacing four 25 cent fares while single fares stay at 10 cents and school fares at 5 cents. Union representative Clarence Aber said a meeting with company officials is possible tomorrow night and any agreement must be approved by the union members. About 500 thousand Romans suffer mil influenza amid city health reports.
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Amarillo Bus Company
Pes Cials
Clarence Aber
Aber
Mr. Aber
Suspect in Michigan admits death of Philadelphia slaying victim
Herbert L. Gulembo, 24, a foundry worker, confessed to beating Mrs. Catherine Miller to death last April with a war relic shell in her apartment. He said a Philadelphia iceman was accused of the slaying and that he surrendered after learning of the other case. Gulembo, married with three children, said he served five years in the Army and had been living in a Saginaw rescue mission. He was held without charge pending further questioning.
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Herbert L. Gulembo
Bugenske
Gulembo
Philadelphia
Catherine Miller
Bayard J. Jenkins
Kathryn Mellor
Jenkins
Reese
Mich
Scottville
Saginaw
Italy
Lovett Promises Tight Security After Chambers Papers
Lovett told reporters that the State Department has tightened secrecy after Whittaker Chambers supplied stolen 1937 and 1938 papers to the House Un American Activities Committee. He said code work is now secure and that investigators will probe who stole the documents as a special team reviews contents for public interest impact.
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Lovett
House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
John E. Peurifoy
House
Department
State Department
House Committee
Plug Loopholes In State Election Code
H Grady Chandler of Austin urged delaying first and second primaries to May and June instead of July and August to allow more time for election contestes. He spoke to Gov Beauford H Jester s committee on proposed changes.
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Austin
H. Grady Chandler
The
State Bar
Beauford H. Jester
Election Code Reform Group Opens First Session
Former baseballer Chandler chairs a study group named by Jester to fix election code holes. The committee cites conflicts and ambiguities delaying contests between August primaries and November elections and calls for runoffs and clearer ballot certifications. Members include Atty. Gen. Price Daniel and Secretary of State Paul Brown.
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Jester
Secretary of State
Atty. Gen. Price Daniel
Paul H. Brown
House
W. O. Reed
Vann M. Kennedy
Corpus Christi
J. M. Patterson, Sr
Austin
William Y. Penn
Midland
John Ben Shepperd
Gladewater
Carlos Ashley
Allan Shivers
Chiangmen Claw Way From Trap Amid China Civil War
In central China Chiang Kai-shek’s forces face encirclement as Communist columns close on Suchow and Nanking. The balance tilts to the Communists with larger numbers morale and equipment, while Chiang benefits from air support and improving weather. World reaction includes Truman talks and UN maneuvers as North China battles intensify.
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Nanking
Chiang
China
Peiping
Shanghai
Wuhan
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Hanyang
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Truman
Reshuffle in Berlin Pressures Soviet Zone Plan
Berlin Communist rump government pushes two year plan for the Soviet zone. A postal blockade freezes mail exchange in the divided city. Western Berlin doctors largely ignore orders to submit medical reports. Neely-Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Germany
Sloppy Drivers Warned In Amarillo Traffic Crackdown
Mayor Lawrence Hagg urged Amarillo motorists to drop small town driving habits during Christmas shopping. Police will issue tickets for double parking red lights wrong turns and lane violations as officers patrol Polk intersections from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Amarillo
Lawrence Hagg
Hagg
Polk
Kick Costs Errol Flynn Fifty Dollars in Court
New York police report debonair actor Errol Flynn pled guilty to disorderly conduct after kicking a policeman in the shins during a taxicab incident. Flynn paid a $50 fine, while a $100 bill could not be changed.
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Debonair
Errol Flynn
Joseph Bergeles
Flynn
Robert Graham Wahn
Wahn
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Increasing cloudiness and warmth in the afternoon give way to strong northerly winds and a much colder night with temperatures near 20 degrees by Thursday. Light snow flurries tonight, clearing Thursday with diminishing winds. In West Texas, conditions are partly cloudy and warmer early, then colder with lows 20 to 40 across Panhandle and South Plains, 25 to 35 elsewhere. A 24 hour high of 47 and low of 35 are reported.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Cold Wave Looms As Amarillo Sees Frigid Night
A rapidly moving storm will push temperatures to near 20 degrees tonight with northerly winds 35 to 40 mph. Light snow flurries are possible as Amarillo lies on the storm’s southwestern fringe while Kansas and Oklahoma Panhandle face heavier cold. Highs run 61 today, 40 tomorrow. yesterday’s high 47, low 35.
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H. C. Winburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Amarillo
Winborn
Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Winburn
Panhandle
Husband jailed in Texas for wife's murder
Harold Ward 35 was jailed in Beaumont charged with the murder of his 16 year old wife Joyce. Her body was found in the couple's trailer home showing evidence of beating and facial cuts according to police. Office furniture is a Christmas gift a man will appreciate Russell.
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Beaumont
U.P
Harold Ward
Joyce
Russell
Arrest May Break Battery Theft Ring in South Plains
Amarillo man surrendered to police after a Swisher County sheriff request. Chief J L King says the man is held for investigation as officers hope the arrest breaks a wave of battery thefts from irrigation pumps affecting farmers in the Swisher County area.
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South Plains
Amarillo
J. L. King
Hugh White
Swisher County
White
Mayor Frowns On Proposed Seventh and Tyler Bus Terminal
Mayor Lawrence Hagg warned the plan for a Seventh Avenue terminal may create a traffic hazard as buses back from stalls opening onto the Seventh Avenue side. City officials said the loading area would force buses to back out onto busy streets, risking congestion. City Manager V Moss echoed growing concerns as the commission reviewed the depot plans.
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Seventh and
Tyler
Seventh Avenue
Hagg
V. Moss
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Hi” Erwin
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