Mrs. Bivins gifts $50,000 to Amarillo YMCA fund
Mrs. Bivins, widow of cattleman Jude Bivins, donates $50,000 to the Amarillo YMCA building fund to endow an indoor pool in memory of her son Billy Bivins. The campaign aims for $500,000 to erect the pool at Ninth and Van Buren as part of the community’s YMCA facility.
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Globe
Allen Early, Jr
YMCA
Association
Ninth and van Buren
J. L. Bivins
Billy Bivins
Ymca Building Fund
Epperson
Jude” Bivins
Boys Ranch
Amarillo
Massive Allied Forces Massed for Korea Invasion Push
Army signals a 105,000‑man US Tenth Corps formation and regrouped Eighth Army along the 150‑mile Parallel 38 frontier in southeast Korea. Allied units including British and South Korean forces line the rugged mountainous front with sharp valleys, signaling a strong defense.
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10Th Corps
Korea
Eighth Army
Republic
Korean War Fronts See Probes and Chinese Buildups
Allied forces repelled light probing attacks northeast of Chunchon as the Eighth Army warned of Chinese Reds massing north and northwest of Seoul. Allied air units pounded a Communist gathering just behind the front lines in the center of the peninsula.
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Chunchon
Eighth Army
Seoul
South Korean Forces Hold Off North Korean Attacks Near 38th Parallel
Far East Air Forces B 29s and Fifth Air Force carrier planes joined the air assault on enemy positions near Chorwon south of Parallel 38. South Korean troops broke through a surrounded North Korean regiment near Chorwon, while Taedong area fighting cooled after an hourlong clash. MacArthur noted initial Communist gains reversed, with a South Korean unit northeast of Yongpo reporting an all night engagement after being surrounded.
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Far East Air Forces Bomber Command
Fifth Air Force
Chorwon
MacArthur
Taedong
Yongpo
Reds Break Through Lines On Christmas Day Front
By Christmas Day late afternoon the South Korean unit pierced enemy defenses and joined other friendly forces in the area. Another UN force attacked 400 Reds nearby with no reported result. Maj. Gen. Emmett O'Donnell's bomber command said B 29s delivered their heaviest strike on Kumhwa, a key highway and rail hub 54 miles north of Seoul, while another group bombed toward the Manchurian border and the town of Konda. Firs Lbr and shiplap in ad for Oliver & Wiggins Lbr Co.
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Emmett O’donnell
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
North Texas, Panhandle feel sharp cold snap
A nordher grips Texas with Amarillo at 12 degrees and Dallas down to 30. Clovis New Mexico sees 4 degrees, Fort Worth 27, Lubbock 16, Tucumcari 19, Childress 13, Gage 13. Warmth returns late in the week as a warming trend begins tomorrow and continues through Friday with highs near 45.
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Panhandle
Tri-State
Texas
Amarillo
Clovis
Downstate
Dallas
Fort Worth
Dalhart
Lubbock
Clayton
Tucumcari
Childress
Gage
Okla
Ed di Loreto
Truman plans expanded tax program to fund defense
Washington reports President Truman will ask Congress for a broader and higher tax plan in 1952 to cover mounting defense costs against Communist aggression. The budget is expected to propose about 75 billion dollars for fiscal 1952, mainly for the armed forces, with taxes to be submitted a few weeks after Congress convenes on January 3. Short said details will be released at an appropriate time, but stressed urgency remains for additional taxes to support the defense program.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
82Nd Congress
White House
Joseph Short
State of the Union
Short
Truman to hold regular news conference tomorrow
President Truman will hold his regular news conference at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in Washington.
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Truman
Washington
McCarthy Furious Over Daughter’s Wedding To Gridder
Oilman Glenn McCarthy reacts to his 17 year old daughter Glenalee’s marriage to 19 year old George Pontikes, Rice Institute football player. Reported at his Houston mansion, the marriage credential cites Dec 2 with Justice of Peace Nash Oliver confirming the ceremony.
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Houston
Glenn McCarthy
McCarthy
Glenalee
George Pontikes
Rice Institute
Pantikes
Miss McCarthy
Pontikes
Justice of Peace
Nash Oliver
Waco
Lamar High School
Angela Pontikes
New Shamrock
Faustine Lee
W. E. Lee
Lee
Lees
Mary Margaret
Harry Richards
Texas A&m
Oliver
Reinforce Army In West Berlin
More than 300 former constabulary troopers returned from West Germany today to join the American Sixth Infantry Regiment in garrisoning West Berlin.
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Berlin
West Germany
West Berlin
China shapes army of 12 million by end of 1951
China may field a fighting force of 12 million by year end 1951 as mobilization accelerates. Current figures show five million in a regular army and about five million irregulars being formed into units. The mobilization drive announced December 12 urged workers and students into military training, with 101,000 student volunteers reported in three weeks and more enlistees expected from labor ranks.
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Hong Kong
China
Red China
Reds
Peiping
America
Nanking
New China News Agency
Communists’ East China Military and Political University
Shanghai
Fire hazards in hotels prompt call for sprinklers
City fire marshal Ed Spann rejected claims that local hotels lock fire escapes or rear exits. He said monthly checks find occasional padlocked doors and screen doors secured to deter unpaid guests. Spann urged automatic sprinklers in all hotels, especially basements and corridors, and cited Walker's Convalescent Home fire as a heating system explosion with a gas leak suspected.
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Ed Spann
Spann
Walker
Weather Report For Amarillo And Vicinity
The Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy and cold across Amarillo and vicinity with a gradual warmup. Today highs around 36 with a low near 18. tomorrow up to 45. The Panhandle agricultural outlook notes continued cold with a slow warming trend Thursday and Friday. West Texas and New Mexico areas show varying cloudiness and warmer conditions through Thursday with highs in the 40s to 50s and lows generally in the teens to mid twenties.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
US Ends Snub of Franco Spain
The United States resumes full diplomatic relations with Spain as tensions rise between communist and anti communist nations. Spain will appoint Jose Felix Lequerica as ambassador while Griffis, 63, resigns as ambassador to Argentina and becomes the first US ambassador to Spain since 1945. Nomination will go to the 82nd Congress after it convenes on January 3.
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Spain
Europe
White House
Griffis
Jose Felix Lequerica
Lequerica
Argentina
Norman Armour
82Nd Congress
Phonevision to Begin Commercial Test in Chicago
Zenith Radio Corp announces first commercial test of Phonevision begins New Year’s Day. About 300 Chicago families will view special shows on home TV sets for an added fee, using Zenith’s experimental station to transmit the programs.
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Chicago
U.P
Phonevision
Zenith Radio Corp
Services Held for Sooner Legislator
Services were held today for John W. Harreld 78 Oklahoma's first Republican US senator who died at his Oklahoma City home yesterday.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
John W. Harreld
Oklahoma
Witness Tells of Explosive Recipe Linked to Reds
Mrs. Ann Remington testified on her second day at a perjury trial that she and her former husband, a Commerce Department economist, were both members of the Communist Party and discussed sending a top secret explosive formula to Russia via a courier later identified as Elizabeth Bentley. She recalled meetings at their Croton-on-Hudson home and a Mexico honeymoon with officials from party headquarters.
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Ann Remington
Commerce Department
Remington
New York
Communist Party
Elizabeth Bentley
Russia
Earl Browder
Browder
Croton-on-Hudson
New York City
Mexico
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