Amarillo Air Base expansion needs big $37 million
Sen. Lyndon Johnson said the Air Force seeks $37,035,000 authorization to expand and install training facilities at the Amarillo base with a concurrent $18,860,000 immediate appropriation to start work. Congress likely to approve quickly. the Texas request is the largest for any military expansion in the state.
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Aircraft Mechanics Trained at Amarillo Field in World War II
Amarillo Army Air Field built and run by the Training Command during World War II served as a mechanics school with later added activities. At peak, about 50,000 served there. city owns the field since the war, leased to the Air Force for $1 yearly. Today over 100 structures remain, including hangars, warehouse, rail sidings, and fuel tanks, with utilities intact and usable. Some hospitals wards remain in fair condition, and base facilities are detailed on Page 13.
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Training Command
Air Force
Amarillo
AIR Field
Midland Rancher Roy Parks Jr dies in Dallas hospital
Roy Parks Jr a Midland rancher and cattle partner to his father Roy Parks Sr died in a Dallas hospital after a short illness He was 26 a Midland High School and Texas Tech attendee and Navy veteran He visited Amarillo livestock events regularly and married Harriet Price of Pampa Surviving relatives include his wife and two children Funeral services set for Thursday at the Presbyterian Church in Midland
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Midland
Dallas
Mr. Parks
Roy Parks
Amarillo
Midlandry School
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Presbyterian Church
Harriet Price
Pampa
Willis Price
Chinese Envoys Arrive in London En Route to Peiping
Chinese Communist delegation arrived in London by plane from Lake Success en route to Peiping. They gave no statements or interviews to reporters.
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London
United Nations
Lake Success
En Roue
Peiping
YMCA Building Campaign Chooses Epperson Leader
R H Bob Epperson, longtime Amarillo resident and former city commissioner, was named chairman of the big gifts committee for the YMCA building drive. The campaign, chaired by Arthur Truitt, aims to raise 500000 for a new facility at Ninth and Van Buren, starting in February. About 60 businessmen attended the luncheon at the Amarillo Club.
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R. H
Bob” Epperson
Southwestern Drug Corp
Amarillo Club
Arthur Truitt
Epperson
Amarillo
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Pe tain Denied Freedom By French High Court
Paris dispatch reports the French high court of justice rejected Marshal Philippe Pétain's lawyers appeal to free the former Vichy head of state. He remains sentenced to life for collaboration with Nazi Germany during World War II.
Artillery Attacks Increase at Hungnam Beachhead
United States Fourth Third Division troops hold the Hungnam waterfront as Communist forces intensify bombardments. Heavy artillery and carrier planes blast enemy columns while UN estimates include 1,300 enemy casualties in the past 24 hours. South Korean forces push north of Seoul with limited gains as UN planners anticipate broader maneuvers. President Rhee declares Seoul impregnable and outlines aims to boost allied strength to near four million in days ahead.
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National Assembly
Rhee
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Solons Demand Details On Western Europe Troop Plans
Washington dispatch reports lawmakers pressed for detailed pledges from allied nations and assurances the United States will not sacrifice home military reserves as President Truman considers sending more American troops to Europe. Senators and representatives urged reports from Acheson and Pace after the Brussels conference, amid talks of a one million man Atlantic Pact force under Eisenhower.
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Pace
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Western Europe
Union Leaders Push Wage Stabilization Linked to Food Rent Control
Washington December 20 top union chiefs met President Truman urging that food prices and rents be effectively controlled before any wage stabilization moves. They insisted compensatory raises allowed if living costs are curbed, warned wage stabilization must not become wage freezing, and urged a separate independent wage stabilization board and prompt Defense Production Act amendments. They noted current law permits price controls on wages but not rent controls or automatic food price limits.
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Truman
William Green
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Death claims No. 1 Panhandle pioneer Mr George Black
Groom Texas area obituary recounts George M. Black 85 a Panhandle pioneer since 1874. Born in London, he served as deputy peace officer in Wheeler County and later in Roberts County and Groom. Known for a wild handlebar mustache and likeness to Old Man Texas, he grew up in Mobeetie after foster father John Corcoran joined Army supply work.
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Mobeetie
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Roberts County
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John Knott
Dallas Morning News
Texas
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England
America
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Weather summary for Amarillo area and outlook
The Amarillo weather forecast calls for generally fair skies today tonight and Thursday with a cold snap today and tonight and warmer conditions on Thursday. Highest today around 48 degrees and 56 tomorrow with a recent low around 22. Panhandle agricultural outlook notes no major changes and continued suitability for outdoor work with mostly sunny to partly cloudy conditions. Also mentions local business ad copy for building materials from Oliver and Wiggins Lumber Co.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
GI is revealed as imposter in Dallas deception
In Dallas on December 20 a man claiming to be Sgt. Robert J. Ventura, missing since June 30, 1943 after a B 24 crash near Bougainville, visited Sunshine Home for Children. He claimed to be a prisoner in Japan and left abruptly. Relatives later identified him as a former schoolmate. the real family had long hoped for his return. The find ends hopes of a living reunion.
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Robert J. Ventura
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Bougainville
Pacific
Air Force
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Denton
Edd Thompson
Sunshine Home For
Vernon E. Becker
Dallas Times Herald
Four Groups Claim Ownership of Mysterious “Whatsit” Sphere
Albuquerque reports Dr. Lincoln LaPaz, head of the New Mexico Institute of Meteoritics, sought help identifying an 18 inch metal sphere found by deer hunters a month ago. Claims came from the Navy Research Department, University of Minnesota, White Sands Proving Ground, and an unidentified panel of military men.
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Lincoln LaPaz
New Mexico Institute of Meteoritics
Albuquerque
New Mexico
New Mexico Inc
Meteoritics
Navy Research Department
Washington
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
White Sands Proving Ground
LaPaz
Lad Is Seriously Injured by Dog
A four year old, Dwain Knight, was bitten repeatedly by a dog at 1600 North Houston and remained in serious condition at St Anthony's Hospital at noon. This marked a second dog attack within two weeks in the same neighborhood, following a prior bite of Terry Hull, four, at 1501 North Houston. It was unclear if the same dog was responsible for both incidents.
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Dwain Knight
R. L. Knight
North Hayes
North Houston
Terry Dean Hull
M. E. Hull
Knight Child
Hull
Pope Pius XII to Speak on Vatican Radio at Christmas
The Vatican announced Pope Pius XII will deliver an important Christmas address over Vatican radio at 11 AM on Saturday. The address will be broadcast in English and other languages, linking the Holy See with Catholics worldwide from Vatican City.
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