Amarillo Guardsman in Korea Seeks Rest and Home Return
A letter from Buddy Whitmar's mother urges fair treatment for the 21-year-old Amarillo National Guardsman serving in Korea. After a brutal 72 hours buried during an enemy assault, Whitmar was pulled from the dugout unharmed but ordered back to the front. Local advocates press Congressman Rogers and Lyndon Johnson to intervene for a deserved rest and rotation home.
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Buddy
Pfc
Harold Whitmar
Amarillo
Red Lines
Korea
Bobie Whitmar
Polk
States
UN planes losses rise to 1300 in Korean conflict
A Washington report tallies about 1,300 United Nations aircraft lost in Korea, with 583 destroyed in combat and Communist losses at least 308. Many noncombat operational losses account for roughly half of the total, while production forecasts call for a surge to 1,800 to 2,000 planes monthly within two years.
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Washington
United Nations
Korea
The
Aircraft Industries Association
Ramsey
Far East
Adm
Dewitt C. Ramsey
Grath Says Caudle Cleared in Plane Sale Case
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General J Howard McGrath defended a $5,000 commission paid to T Lamar Caudle on a $30,000 airplane sale as a unique case. He said he saw no impropriety but acknowledged Caudle’s actions are under scrutiny in a tax scandal inquiry. The matter connected to Caudle’s former Justice Department role and related indictments in New York. The president’s ally expressed disgust at the unfolding disclosures and urged accountability.
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Associated Press
United Press
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
T. Lamar Caudle
McGrath
Caudle
House Ways and Means
Justice Department
Larry Knohl
Kean
New Jersey
Red Radio Brings Joy To Plains
Borger families receive a wire recorded Christmas greeting from Maj Newton W Lantron via the Red Peiping radio program Prisoner Calling. Lantron, missing in action since July 24 1950, was a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II and later served again, with his family reassured by the message.
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Borger
Reds Peiping
Red
Maj
Newton W. Lantron
J. M. Garrard
Clayton
Mesa
Ariz
Globe-Times
Garrards
Lantron
Garrard
Gulf Oil Company
Binita
Lahtron
Newt, Jr
Sue
Newton
Germany
Arizona
Japan
Nine Die In Fire At Lumber Worker Home
Fire swept through the Cook family home before dawn, killing five children and several relatives. Fire officials said fuel oil near a wood heater likely caused the blaze. Only surviving relatives, the Still parents, were hospitalized in critical condition.
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Cook
Reuben Still
W. H. Still
Summerville
Hinson
Freda
Ruby Ann
John
Linda
Mary
Still
Evelyn
Suzanne
Ogreda
Barbara Ann Still
Cook Home
Iran Premier Mossadegh faces hostile mobs as session ends
Tensions erupt around the Majlis as supporters and opponents clash leaving several injured. Nationalist crowds shout death to opposition deputies while Mossadegh threatens to address the West on oil sales. Outside, 500 army troops stand guard amid fears of a broader confrontation.
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Majlis
Iran
Mossadegh F
Mossadegh
Majlis Square
DiMaggio Says He Will Not Play Baseball Again
New York December 11 Joe DiMaggio veteran Yankee outfielder announced he will not play baseball again. He made the statement today in New York indicating retirement from the sport after a long career with the Yankees.
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New York
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankee
Robbery Suspect Cooperates With Police In Search For Him
Fort Worth police report the robbery suspect is already jailed after Belew's claim of being robbed of $21 cash a $65 topcoat and a $22 suit coat. Guy Tiny Tyler, six foot four, Quitaque resident, identified as one of two attackers, was jailed Sunday morning after being found passed out in a car. Tyler arraigned on robbery by assault with a $2,000 bond. police seek the second suspect.
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Fort Worth
J. L. King
Morris Belew
Grand
Belew
Guy “Tiny” Tyler
Quitaque
Tyler
East Tenth
City
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
King
The Moon Kind to Lovers in The Cheerful Cherub
A fragment from The Cheerful Cherub proclaims the moon gentler to lovers than any friend. The verse hints at a celestial presence guiding affection with a tender, poetic tone.
Tot Dead in Its Bed at Amarillo Camp
A nine month old boy, Bobby McDonald, died apparently from accidental suffocation in a narrow bunk bed shared with a 2 year old brother at Gluck Section Camp 9 miles north of Amarillo. Justice of the Peace Ivy Wilkinson ruled accidental death after an inquest and no autopsy. Survivors include parents two sisters Margaret Ruth and Ann and a brother Ben Franklin. Funeral services are pending with Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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Potter County
Bobby McDonald
B. J. McDonald
Gluck
Amarillo
Highway 287
Ivy Wilkinson
Channing
Memphis
Margaret Ruth
Ann
Ben Franklin
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Communists reject UN plan on prisoner exchange
In Panmunjom the Communists rejected a man-for-man war prisoner exchange and refused to disclose prison camps or let Red Cross visits unless 120,000 Red prisoners are freed during the truce. They also retracted a rotation concession tied to neutral policing, keeping armistice talks deadlocked with 16 days to the Dec 27 target. North Korean Maj Gen Lee Sang Cho proposed full release of all prisoners after a signed armistice, but the idea stalled. See PRISONERS-Page 10.
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United Nations
Red Cross
Panmunjom
Lee Sang Cho
Woman on sixth day of fast seeks return to church
Odessa a 36 year old housewife Mrs Ben L Roden enters sixth day of water fast at home to press Seventh Day Adventist conference officials in Amarillo to readmit her family into the Shepherds Rod. District court order forced her to stay home. she had been disfellowshipped two years prior and previously fasting in the church for eight days last October.
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Odessa
Seventh Day Adventist Church Conference
Amarillo
Ben L. Roden
The
Shepherd’s Rod
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
The US Weather Bureau reports fair weather in Amarillo and vicinity with rising temperatures. High today around 38, tonight’s low 26, and Wednesday’s high near 44. West Texas clear to partly cloudy with warming afternoons. New Mexico generally fair with warm spell, high 35 to 45 in the north and 45 to 55 along the southern border. Lows vary from near zero in northern mountains to 25-35 on the southern border. Auto public liability and property damage insurance offered by Williams-Boyce.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Licenses Returned to Accused Amarillo Liquor Dealers
Seven days remain for Amarillo residents to mail names and addresses to the chamber for a chance at 200 dollars in city contest prizes for best decorated homes. Judges from the Amarillo Garden Club will assess displays illuminated 7 to 10 PM on December 19 through 22. Tom Hart of Southwestern Public Service Company assists as lighting adviser. judge names to follow after appointments. Separately, two liquor store operators challenging state license suspensions won minor court victories, with Judge W E Gee ordering reinstatement of several selling permits pending appeal on December 20 at 9:00 AM.
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Tom Hart
Southwestern Public Service Company
State Liquor Control Board
W. E. Gee
Ralph Lowe
Panhandle
P&o
Vernon Slape
Amarillo
Star
Borger
Clarence Jackson
108Th District
Coke Stevenson, Jr
Austin
Liquor Board
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Pfc. Whitmar
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Texas
Grath
Truman
Tokyo
John Foster Dulles
Shigeru Yoshida
Dulles
T. Lamar
Remier
Dimaggio
Cherub
Gros
Horder & Wiggins Lbr. Co
West
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate
the Weather
US Weather Bureau Report
Williams-Boyce
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
NEWS
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