Still Studying Phone Rates Noted by City Officials
The city plans to study Southwestern Bell Telephone Company rate increase requests with Arthur Andersen & Company auditing the firm’s financial status and earnings. City Manager N V Moss said findings are not expected before early February. The company seeks increases from 47 to 85 percent, framed by its accountants as a 39 percent rise in earnings. The commission has not acted pending Andersen’s report.
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N. V. Moss
City Commission
Arthur Andersen & Company
Houston
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dallas
Telephone Company
Andersen Company
Jimmy Parmelee In Hospital After Lincoln Crash
Jimmy Parmelee of Omaha now Amarillo connection is reported in serious condition at Elizabeth Memorial Hospital Lincoln Neb. The 19 year old University of Nebraska student was injured in a traffic accident near Lincoln on Christmas morning. He is the son of Mr and Mrs James Parmelee who lived at 3108 Harrison.
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Jimmy Parmelee
Omaha
Neb
Amarillo
Elizabeth Memorial Hospital
Lincoln
James IL. Parmelee
Harrison
Jimmy
University of Nebraska
Ireland and United States sign first trade treaty in Dublin
The first Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Ireland was signed in Dublin and will run for at least ten years, outlining mutual trade and diplomatic arrangements.
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United States
Ireland
Dublin
Eddie Johnson Jr Funeral Tomorrow In Amarillo
Eddie Johnson Jr 22 a UT law student and Amarillo High School honor student died in a plane crash near Hope Arkansas. Funeral services are set for 2 PM tomorrow at First Presbyterian Church in Amarillo with burial in Llano Cemetery. Remaining in critical condition are George Barnes and Mrs E R McNeil with other crash victims recovering. Oscar E Grimm 80 of River Road was killed in the same crash along with two OU classmates. Survivors include parents Eddie and Mrs Johnson, sisters, and numerous relatives.
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St. Francis
St Anthony's Hospital
E. R. McNeil
Stratford
Barnes
Oscar E. Grimm
River Road
Eddie Johnson, Jr
First Presbyterian Church
University of Texas Law School
Edward B. Johnson
Hughes
Francis W. Pritchard
Llano Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Steve Taylor
Bill Braden
Joe Richardson
Sam Attebury
Dick Coon
Wales Madden, Jr
Jack Eisenburg
Allen Dawson, Jr
Oliver Barfield
B. R R. Barfield
Bill Franklin
Bobby Bauman
Rudy Bauman
Bob Taylor
Larry Williams
Bob Branden
Young Johnson
Hope
Ark
Fred Jones, Jr
Oklahoma City
Roy Max Allen
Guthrie
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Eddie
Fred Jones
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Little Rock
Young Jones
University of Texas
Miami Beach
Fila
New Orleans
Eddie Johnson
Amarillo
AHS
Quartermaster Corps
Sandie
Oklahoma
Phi Delta Phi
Sigma Alpha Epsison
Texas
M. T
Hep” Johnson
Panhandle
Jay Taylor
Western Stock Yards
Amarillo Livestock Auction Company
Boys Ranch
Gene Edwards
Nita Johnson
Amarillo High School
M. T. Johnson
Neil Johnson
Graham Johnson
Carl Giles
Norman
Leroy LeFlore
Tulsa
Adm
William Updegraff
San Francisco
Leo Martin
Sidney Willis
Kingston
Oklo
Potter County District Attorney reports 243 years in 122 sentences
District Attorney Lloyd King announced year end figures showing 122 defendants sentenced this year totaling 243 years. Suspended terms added 141 years. fines reached 1,250 dollars. Burglary led with 35 cases, forgery 31, and nine murder convictions.
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Potter County
Lloyd King
Corn crop fourth largest in 1950 Chicago report
Farmers produced the fourth largest corn crop in history in 1950 amid the smallest acreage planted in 56 years. U.S. farms also birthed sixty million pigs last spring, creating the largest peacetime pork crop on record.
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Chicago
America
Funeral for Tony W Hall 88
Funeral services for John W Hall aged 88 who died in last Friday's Walker Convalescent Home fire will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Polk Street Methodist Church chapel. Rev G Percival will officiate with City of Amarillo employees as pallbearers. burial at Llano Cemetery under N S Griggs & Sons direction. Hall lived at the home about a year, was Amarillo resident 20 years, formerly a sign painter for the street department, survived by two sons and three daughters.
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First Christian Church
E. B. Fincher
Southern Presbyterian Church
Llano Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons
John W. Morris
Herman Rietman
Luther Hough
William E. Nelson
T. M. Johnson
John C. Sullivan
Grimm
Amarillo
Canyon
Ontario
Canada
the Oddfellows
George Grimm
John W. Hall
Walker Convalescent Home
Polk Street Methodist Church
G. Percival
Hall
City Street Department
Holiday Monday For City Offices
City offices in the Municipal Auditorium and city hall will be closed Monday in observance of New Year's Day. Fire and police department employees and essential staff of water and sewer departments and Amarillo Air Terminal will be on duty. Working staff receive additional vacation time.
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Fire and Police
Water and Sewer Departments
Amarillo Air Terminal
Miss Cook Wins Sewing Machine Grand Prize
Corrine Cook a 16 year old Amarillo girl won the grand prize in a 13 state Singer Sewing Center contest for young seamstresses. She received a Singer Featherweight portable sewing machine presented by Ed Nuss Amarillo manager. Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs S L Cook of 1311 Monroe was first prize winner locally in September and her entry advanced through 50 centers in the western states. Judging occurred at the Singer central agency in Denver.
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Corrine Cook
Amarillo
Southwestern
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Miss Cook
Ed Nuss
Singer Sewing Center
S. L. Cook
Monroe
Texas
Singer Company
Central Agency
Denver
Three Negroes Charged With Claude Drug Store Burglary
Sheriff John Moore of Claude filed burglary charges against three Black men held in Potter County jail. The District Attorney Lloyd King of the 47th District Court is handling the case. The men are accused in connection with the December 8 burglary of Catching Drug Store in Claude.
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John Moore
Claude
Amarillo
Potter County
Lloyd King
47Th District Court
Three men charged in Altus drug store burglary
About $500 in cash and checks and merchandise were taken. Names on the complaint are L. J Willis Norris Hill and Tim Coleman Jr all of Altus Oklahoma Willis and Hill were arrested in El Paso and Coleman in Altus Sheriff Moore said some of the loot from the drug store burglary has been recovered. The men are also charged with burglary in connection with entering Shelton Drug Store here last month. Bond of each has been set at $1500 by Mrs Bonita Wilkinson justice of the peace.
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L. J Willis
Norris Hill
Tim Coleman
Altus
Okla
Willis
Hill
el Paso
Coleman
Moore
Shelton
Bonita Wilkinson
Ferryboats in New York Staten Island get radar
Eight ferryboats operating between New York City and Staten Island will be equipped with radar for passenger safety. Each skipper will receive a two week training course in radar use during installation.
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New York
New York City
Staten Island
Rainfall Losses Through Runoff East of the Mississippi
A third of the yearly rainfall east of the Mississippi River never soaks into soil or recharges groundwater, instead running off the landscape. The report highlights soil, land use, and conservation practices as key factors in reducing this loss.
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Mississippi River
Rites at Matador For Mrs Murrah
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Murrah 64 of Matador will be held in the Church of Christ at Matador this afternoon at 2 30 oclock. Burial will be in the Matador cemetery. Survivors include sons Howard Henson Leonard Henson and a sister Mrs Charlie Soderstrom of Floydada. Mrs Murrah died last Friday in El Monte California while visiting her sister Mrs Ben Tingle. Other survivors include Mrs E L Wilson of Amarillo and Mrs Tingle.
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Emma Murrah
Matador
el Monte
Cal
Church of Christ At
Matador Cemetery
Murrah
Howard Henson
Odessa
Amarillo
E. L. Wilson
North East Twenty-fourth
Ben Tingle
California
Wilson
Tingle
Leonard Henson
Channing
Charlie Soderstrome
Floydada
Heavy Snow Covers Southern Germany in 61 Year Record
Heavy snowfall blanketed the southern two thirds of Western Germany starting Christmas night, with 13 inches near Frankfurt and 68 inches in the Alps. Trains and planes faced disruption as the heaviest snow since 1889 continued to fall at midday.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Alp
Snowy roads persist with light drifting reported
Continued travel along main highways remained largely passable as snow fell slowly and evenly with minimal drifting, keeping transport conditions muted yet steady in the area.
Train collision injures thirty in Manchester
A Manchester Liverpool passenger train struck a switch engine today near Manchester. At least 30 people were injured, three seriously, in the crash that disrupted service and prompted emergency response.
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Manchester
Eng
Manchester-Liverpool
Austria to boost aluminum output via new hydro electric project
Completion of a new hydro electric project will provide enough power for Austria to expand its aluminum production.
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Austria
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