Miss America Jacque Mercer Weds Douglas Cook
Miss America of 1949 Jacque Mercer married Douglas Cook in Litchfield Park Arizona at the Community Church. The couple has dated five years and planned a July 4 wedding before the ceremony. Mercer, 19 next month, may affect her Miss America status as the board will decide at a forthcoming meeting. The bride will continue as Miss America until the year ends despite marriage.
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Litchfield Park
Ariz
Jacque Mercer
Douglas Cook
Phoenix
University of Chicago
Jacque
Miss Mercer
Arthur Mercer
Associated Press
Cook
Miss America Bride and Doug Wed for Family Arrival
Jacque and Doug, who met at North Phoenix High School, wed shortly after obtaining a marriage license in Maricopa County Court House. Only family and close friends attended as Rev. James B. Ostergren conducted the ceremony. Anxiety over five months apart and fears of longer separation spurred the couple to marry now rather than July 4.
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Maricopa County
James B. Ostergren
Jacque
Doug
North Phoenix High School
Oil Test Accident Kills One at Texhoma
At Phillips No 1 Dix wildcat test in Hansford County a cable fouled causing tongs to swing and strike J G Jones 27 of Goodwell who died. J B Renfro 21 of Texhoma was injured with minor bruises and possible back injury. The well lies near Morse in GH H Survey.
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Texhoma
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Company
Hansford County
J. G
Jack” Jones
Goodwell
Oklo
J. B
Bob” Renfro
Jones
Renfro
Borger
Bargain Offered In Taxes
Taxpayers face a Saturday deadline to settle city school and county taxes to deduct them from income taxes. John Crudgington says the consolidated city school district tax office hours extend to noon Saturday. Pete Kinkead notes county offices also stay open until noon. Penalties begin for unpaid taxes after January 31, 1950. offices close Monday.
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John Crudgington
Consolidated City School District
Crudgington
Pete Kinkead
Potter County
Kinkead
Suspect Kasay Linked to Reuther Shootings and Dynmite Plot
Detroit receives word that Paul Kassay, 55, a former Goodyear demolitions expert and alleged communist sympathizer who vanished after a 1931 blimp sabotage charge, is a suspect in the Reuther shootings and the CIO UAW dynamite plot. Authorities note Kasay’s background fits possible ties to the attacks and attempted bombings.
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Commie
Detroit
Paul F. Kassay
Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Donalds. Leonard
Kasay
Leonard
Kassay
Goodyear Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Goodyear
Walter Reuther
UAW
Victor
Union
International
Rader twins trial set for February sixth
Edward Lee and Leo Earl Rader face robbery with firearms charges for the June 22 Piggly Wiggly and July 9 McCartt Super Market holdups. They pleaded not guilty in 47th District Court and trial dates were scheduled with possible joint or separate proceedings. A 200-man special venue was ordered, and co-defendant L. R. Moore’s trial was set for January 23.
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Edward Lee
Leo Earl Rader
McCartt Super Market
47Th District Court
McCartt
Lloyd King
W. A. Culwell
Raders
G. King
King
L. R. Moore
Piggly Wiggly
Theft Victim Nicked Twice by Police Files
Montreal police files helped taxi driver William Frankford discover a $3 traffic violation he owed while attempting to identify a gunman who stole $6 from him and $9 net loss overall. He failed to identify the robber.
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Montreal
William Frankford
Powers to Spend New Year in Mexico With Linda Christian
Movie actor Tyrone Power and his wife Linda Christian planned to spend about ten days in Mexico with Mrs Powers family. The couple flew to Mexico City in Powers private plane for New Year’s Eve and were met by relatives.
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Mexico City
U.P
Tyrone Power
Linda Christian
Mexico
Blizzard Stuns Northwest as Miners Trapped and Death Tied
A Northwest blizzard battered Washington and Oregon with two feet of snow, gusts to 56 mph, and transport disruptions. One man died, three miners were trapped near Cle Elum, and a logging railroad worker perished near Ryderwood as rescue crews battled deep drifts and blocked highways across the Cascades. More than 150 cars and several buses were stranded near Princeton, British Columbia.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Washington
British Columbia
Oregon
Sillinn Aia
Cle Elum, Wash
Cascade Range
Montana
Nebraska
Princeton
Stevens Pass
Cascades
Five Hundred Barbizon Models Name 1950s Most Eligible Bachelors
Fifty Barizon models name ten top bachelors for 1950 led by Farley Granger and Marlon Brando. The list includes Edgar Luchenbach Montgomery Clift Robert Merrill Howard Duff Jon Whitcomb Paul Douglas Joe DiMaggio and Peter Lawford.
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New York
U.2
Farley Granger
Edgar Luchenbach
Montgomery Clift
Robert Merrill
Marlon Brando
Howard Duff
Jon Whitcomb
Paul Douglas
Joe DiMaggio
Peter Lawford
Colder Weather Expected By Thursday In Panhandle
Amarillo area forecast calls for continued mild conditions today and tomorrow with a drop in temps late Thursday or Friday. Walter Watts, Amarillo Air Terminal forecaster, cites a west shunting high pressure and a Dakotas storm center bringing colder air by Friday with little chance of precipitation. Yesterday reached 51 degrees, last night 25.
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Amarillo
Walter Watts
Amarillo Air Terminal
Texas Panhandle
Dakotas
Watts
Cotton farmers plan protest over 1950 allotments
Four Texas South Plains counties Castro Deaf Smith Palmer Swisher mobilize against low 1950 cotton acreage quotas. A Friday night meeting schedule in Dimmitt Hereford Swisher helps organize protests. Perry Bowser of Swisher County named chairman Posey Cunningham vice chairman. Coordinated actions aim to letters to congressmen and further county meetings.
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CAL Brumley Globe
Tulsa
South Plains
Castro
Deaf Smith
Palmer
Swisher
Swisher County
Dimmitt
Hereford
Palmer County
Friona
Perry Bowser
Kress
Posey Cunningham
Amarillo Annexes Five Outlying Territories
Amarillo city commissioners passed final reading Ordinance 1773 annexing Belmont Park Annex West Hills Amarillo Country Club Barnes Highlands Alamo Addition Dispay Sub-Division Brock Addition and portions of Famous Heights and Fairview Addition along the Fort Worth highway. The added areas total 2163.48 acres with about 1300 new residents. no protests accompanied the approval on first reading earlier in November.
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Amarillo
Belmont Park Annex
West Hills
Amarillo Country Club
Barnes Highlands
Alamo Addition
Dispay
Brock
Famous Heights
Fairview
Fort Worth
Gene Klein
Bud Curtis
Loren Young
Blonde actress Wallace to be tried for drunk driving
Los Angeles court set January 17 for Jean Wallace a 24 year old divorced wife of Franchot Tone to face drunk driving charges. She pleaded innocent and posted $100 bail after arrest on Christmas Day following an erratic drive.
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Los Angeles
Jean Wallace
Franchot Tone
Mexican judge rules street roulette legal in public squares
Mexico City judge Antonio Fernandez Vera freed a man for setting up a roulette wheel in a public square, ruling that indoor roulette is illegal but street gambling is lawful. The decision said the gambling statute overlooks such cases.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Antonio Fernandez Vera
Salaries Boost Planned for Potter County Officials
Potter County plans salary increases to 6250 dollars per year for the county judge tax assessor collector sheriff county attorney county clerk and district clerk while commissioners would gain 3600 dollars under the 1950 budget drafted by John Crudgington. The commissioners will review the plan next Monday and vote the following week. Existing salaries were 5300 dollars for the six officials and 3000 dollars for commissioners. A statewide action allows increases up to 25 percent of 1948 salaries, and the budget also provides raises for county workers who did not get a raise last October.
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Potter County
John Crudgington
Consolidated City
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook
Amargillo and vicinity remain fair and mild today tonight and Thursday. Highs around 60 today and 58 tomorrow. Lows near 30. West Texas and New Mexico also fair with no major temperature changes through Thursday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
AEC Officials Plan Amarillo Visit for HQ Study
Rex Baxter and Mayor Gene Klein learned two Atomic Energy Commission officials will visit Amarillo on Wednesday January 4 to study the city and facilities. John Macy Jr. and James C. Hobart will make the trip from Los Alamos as Albuquerque Santa Fe Denver and Colorado Springs also bid for the regional headquarters.
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Amarillo
Atomic Energy Commission
REC
Rex. Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Gene Klein
John Macy, Jr
ABC
Los Alamos
Macy
James C. Hobart
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Denver
Colorado Springs
Ruling soon on suspension of Amarillo police officer Floyd Allen
The Amarillo Civil Service Commission will decide Friday whether Floyd H. Allen remains suspended. A special noon meeting follows a public hearing where Allen and Police Chief Sid Harper defended themselves. Testimony showed complaints about Allen’s courtesy and debts, while supporters cited his fairness and prompt bill payments. Commission members are W. M. Sutton, chairman, Al Chesser, Ted Lokey.
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Amarillo Civil Service Commission
Floyd H. Allen
Allen
Sid Harper
Harper
Civil Service Commission
W. M. Sutton
al Chesser
Ted Lokey
Time picks Churchill man of the half century
Time Magazine editors name Winston Churchill the man of the half century on the January 2 cover. Artist Ernest Hamlin Cooper created the wartime prime minister portrait featured with a 16 page supplement The Half Century. Time notes Churchill’s impact across 1900 to 1950 as emblematic of the era.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Time Magazine
Ernest Hamlin
Time
Churchill
American relief official released by Russians near Vienna
Israel Jacobson, Budapest director for the American Joint Distribution Committee, was expelled from Hungary for suspected espionage and held by Hungarian authorities. He was released at the Austrian border with a Soviet officer guiding him through the Soviet zone to Vienna. Another American, Robert Vogeler of ITT, remains in incommunicado Hungarian custody.
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Vienna
Austria
Israel Jacobson
Hungary
Jacobson
Harbar
Nick
Budapest
American Joint Distribution Committee
Nickelsdorf
United States
Robert Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bellhop Lives in Style Without $$
New York police report William OConnell a 21 year old Washington bellhop and his wife Emma 25 arrived with 50 cents seeking luxury learned at Washington Mayflower Hotel They checked in Dec 9 to Dec 23 at the Plaza Waldorf Astoria and Roosevelt running up 389 in bills without paying a cent according to hotel managers
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New York
U.P
William O’connell
Washington, DC
Washington
Mayflower
Emma
Plaza
Waldorf-Astoria
Roosevelt Hotels
Fire Tour: 250000 Fire in Manila Destroys Theaters
A $250,000 blaze swept through several buildings in Manila on December 28. A janitor died after being trapped in the Bataan Theater as flames gutted the site and neighboring structures.
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Manila
Bataan Theater
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Amarillo Daily News
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