Marine veteran Shot Dead in Etter Store Shooting
A man identified as Young Wilson was shot at about 7 45 Tuesday night in his father's Etter store. The victim died from a chest wound after making no statement before death. Sheriff John Eastley said Wilson, a Marine Corps veteran and former Lone Star Liquor employee, was shot with a .32 Colt pistol and had married just a month earlier.
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Etter
Moore County
John Eas
Tley
Wilson
Marine Corps
Lone Star Liquor Company
Mass Shooting Prompts Parffin Tests and Betsy Wilson Inquiry
Sheriff Easley said Oran Wilson Sr of Etter and three family members were being questioned after a fatal shooting at a store kitchen area connected to a quarters store near Dalhart area. Parffin tests on two other men were ordered and to be sent to Austin for Judy.
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Sheriff's Department
Oran Wilson, Sr
Etter
Austin
Judy
Easley
Oran Wilson
Margie
Young Wilson
Burglars Loot Polk Street Methodist Church Safe
Thieves struck the Polk Street Methodist Church during Christmas, lifting a heavy church safe containing 28 years of records and an undetermined cash value. The heist, second burglary in three months, left behind candy and a disrupted office as police investigated the open nursery window and broken office door.
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yhe-Times
Polk Street Methodist
E. D. McCullough
Eugene Slater
Bill Cox
Globe-Times
Polk Street Methodist Church
Polk
Jerry Ratcliff
Slater
Bill Butler
Christmas Story Goes Sour as Pups Tail Injured by Duck
In Chicago on December 26 a 10 month old spaniel Smokey was hurt when a Christmas mechanical duck wound up. Donald Miller’s pup was grabbed by the duck’s gears, sent to an animal welfare shelter, and the device was dismantled with screwdrivers and snips. Smokey lost some fur and pride.
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Chicago
Smokey
Donald Miller
Donald
Lonnie
Animal Welfare
Allen Glisch
California Feels Quake Across 200 Mile Area
Californians in Los Angeles and surrounding counties felt a jolting earthquake at dinner hour, cracking windows and rattling homes across a 200 mile region. No serious damage was reported.
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California
Los Angeles
U.P
Burglary Loot Ties Clarendon Hardware Case
Amarillo police and Donley County Sheriff investigate a Christmas morning burglary at the Hudson and Taylor hardware and sporting goods store in Clarendon. Loot valued at 2500 to 3000 dollars includes firearms, watches, knives and assorted merchandise. entry gained by removing a back window screen. A dark green Ford convertible seen on Clarendon streets is being checked.
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Amarillo
Clarendon
Donley County
Guy Wright
Hudson and Taylor
J. H. Headrick
Wright
Linda Crawford Fatally Injured in Three Car Crash
Linda Crawford four, daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Crawford of Del Rio, died from injuries after a three car collision near Corpus Christi Tuesday night. Local authorities investigated the crash and identified the participating vehicles and drivers. The incident adds to regional traffic fatalities reported in December.
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Corpus Christi
Linda Crawford
W. R. Crawford
del Rio
Here
Groucho Marx Appears Tonight on KGNC Radio Show
Local radio listing announces 8 O Clock Show on KGNC featuring entertainer Groucho Marx tonight with the Globe Times providing news and light entertainment for listeners.
Holiday Holds Death Toll in Four-Day Christmas
The Associated Press reports violent accidents across the United States during the four-day Christmas period from 6 PM Friday to midnight, totaling 747 deaths. Traffic crashes surpassed 500 fatalities, fires caused about 100, and other causes added over 90 deaths, with Texas contributing nearly 60. The total edges the prior 1936 four-day toll of 761, while traffic deaths fell short of the 600 Safety Council forecast.
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Associated Press
United States
National Safety Council
2Xas
Truce Nears Deadline in Korea Armistice Talks
Armistice deadline in Korea expires at midnight with negotiations deadlocked and Allies stunned by prisoner status. Potential outcomes include extension of talks, lapse of cease-fire, major fighting, or a prolonged twilight war. Communists report 571 prisoners killed or wounded, 152 Americans escaped, three released, 332 missing under investigation, as UN forces await word.
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Panmanijom
Korea
Texas
POW Mail Penetrates Korea Red Curtain
The first batch of mail from Americans and other UN troops in Communist prison camps was delivered to the UN command in Panmunjom. A large package carried hundreds of letters, started for relay to relatives in Japan. Christmas observances lit six POW camps with services, carols, Santa packages, and mixed Western Chinese dishes.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
Japan
Lee Sang Cho
Red
Reds
William F. Dean
Berkeley
Cal
North Korea
Santa Claus
Build it right with Iver and Wiggins lumber offer
A Chicago Sun-Times style ad from Iver and Wiggins Lbr Co advertises 2x4 2x6 and 1x8 shiplap at six dollars ninety five cents per holrd. The listing notes the address 1200 West 6th and promotes a straightforward lumber purchase.
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Iver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
West
Robbery by Assault Charged in Wild West Ride
Maury Teague reported being beaten and forced from a car after three men drove from a North Fast Eighth club night ride to Amarillo Air Force Base where they dumped him. Alton Maxey and Billy Ford, both from Lubbock, face robbery by assault charges. a third suspect is being sought.
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Maury Teague
West Nineteenth
Alton Maxey
Billy Ford
Lubbock
Teague
Amarillo Air Force Base
Sheriff's
Amarillo
Driver Halts on 25 Foot Bank Near RF& C Plant
A Ford with unknown owner rested precariously on a 25 foot embankment beside the Fort Worth and Denver tracks southeast of the American Smelting and Refining Company plant. Passersby during Christmas week faced difficulty understanding the parking choice. Globe-Times staff photo records the scene.
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Amarillo
Ford
Fort Worth & Denver
American Smelting and Refining Company
Globe-Times
Escaping Gas Nearly Kills Child Saved by Parents Heroism
Five year old Donnie Davis survived carbon monoxide poisoning after his parents acted quickly on Christmas Day. He spent about eighteen hours in a northwest Texas Hospital oxygen tent before returning home to 1009 Bellaire on Wednesday morning. His mother, Mrs. Franklin D. Davis, said Donnie was playing with Christmas toys when symptoms began.
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Donnie Davis
Donnie
Davis
Bellaire
Northwest Texas Hospital
Bul Ne
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