Western Union Heist Suspect In Potter County Jail
Smith, held in Potter County jail on auto theft charges, was too ill for interrogation as a Amarillo physician said his condition is not serious. He suffered cuts from a car rollover near Newlin Hall County. Police tie him to the Western Union robbery through a lineup and descriptions.
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Smith
Potter County
Riner
Newlin
Hall County
Memphis
J. W. Bettes
Lincoln
Amarillo
Potter
C. I. Hood
Western Union
Hood
Hnd
Navy
Houston
Somerville
Tenn
GM to Shut Five Buick Olds Pontiac Plants for Week
General Motors announces a one week shutdown of five Buick Oldsmobile and Pontiac assembly plants in Linden New Jersey Wilmington Delaware Framingham Massachusetts Atlanta Georgia and Kansas City Kansas due to a sudden materials shortage. The Southgate California plant will close partially for inventory and rearrangement. About 13000 workers will be idled and operations resume January 8.
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Detroit
General Motors
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Packard
Ford
Studebaker
Linden
Wilmington
Del
Framingham
Mass
Atlanta
Kansas City
Kan
Southgate
Cal
J. E. Goodman
Goodman
Appropriation for Texas Panhandle Water Project Approved
President Truman signed HR 2733 authorizing an $86,656,000 plan to deliver Canadian River water to a dozen Texas Panhandle and High Plains cities. The package includes a 27 million dollar dam near Sanford and a 54 million dollar aqueduct, with flood control wildlife conservation and other works making up the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Easley
Washington
Truman
Panhandle
High Plains
Texas
Sanford
Water aqueduct plan to supply Texas and New Mexico towns
The bill would authorize a water aqueduct to serve Amarillo Pampa Borger Lubbock Brownfield Littlefield Levelland Dimmit Tahoka O Donnell Lamesa and Plainview. About 95 percent of project costs would be repaid over 50 years with interest. Congress has not yet appropriated funds. The measure passed the House August 4 1949 and cleared the Senate December 15 after Texas senators Connally Johnson and New Mexico senator Chavez secured approval amid a regional water division accord.
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Amarillo
Pampa
Borger
Lubbock
Brownfield
Littlefield
Levelland
Dimmit
Tahoka
O’donnell
Lamesa
Plainview
Congress
House
Senate
Texas
Connally
Johnson
Chavez
New Mexico
Musical Thieves Delay Concert After Score Theft
In Sydney last night a concert was delayed 75 minutes after all musical scores were stolen including Rosini’s The Thieving Magpie requiring duplicates borrowed from a music conservatory to salvage the performance.
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Sydney
Australia
Rossini
Reds Bend Allied Line in China Invasion Push
Chinese and Korean Communist forces massed along four invasion highways into South Korea as the front held with sporadic clashes. An Eighth Army spokesman said South Korean troops retreated about 4,000 yards under pressure while Gen. MacArthur warned of a centric or eastern strike to outflank the Imjin River line near Seoul. Ridgway expressed confidence in his troops as UN deliberations awaited action on China’s invasion.
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Eighth Army
South Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Red
Aljied Imjin
Seoul
Matthew B Ridgway
United Nations
China
Ranth
US Urged To Finance Guerrilla War On Red Nations
Senator Wiley, Wisconsin Republican, urged arming underground groups inside Russia and Soviet satellites, proposing a worldwide movement patterned on Cominform. He argued such a program could cost little and would provoke the USSR by demonstrating Western resolve, even without new legislation. He suggested a board of revolutionary strategy including military experts and agency heads to guide clandestine action.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Wiley
Wisconsin
Republican
United States
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
China
Congress
Communist International
Board of Revolutionary Strategy
Iron Curtain
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Crackdown on bank loans curbs on rubber ordered
Charles Hoover died at Northwest Texas Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was a longtime Amarillo businessman, arriving from Fort Worth in 1907, later in life a successful life insurance agent. He was active in civic life and known for his tenor voice and sports interest. The article also notes federal actions in a broad crackdown on lending, rubber and cobalt controls, and plans for wage and price oversight as part of defense production efforts. The piece mentions his family, including wife Lena Brack Hoover, two sons, a Dallas brother, and his birth in 1878 near Nashville.
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Charles Hoover
Northwest Texas Hospital
Mr. Hoover
Amarillo
Fort Worth
A. P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Panhandle
Lena Brack
First Christian Church
Madison
Charles D. Hoover, Jr
Edgar Hoover
Dallas
Charles Denton Hoover
Nashville
Tom Currie
NPA
NPR
Federal Reserve Board
Folsom Inmates Urge Help For National War Effort
Folsom State Prison inmates publish a strong call to aid the war effort in World War II and Korea. Harry Reiter notes 2700 prisoners ready to assist by producing machine parts and fittings for shipyards and aircraft plants. An additional front page reports hundreds pledging blood donations for U.S. armed forces.
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Folsom State Prison
Cal
Folsom
Harry Reiter
Korea
Colder Air Due Tonight After Mild Spell
Walter Watts of the US Weather Bureau at Amarillo reports a rapid temperature drop tonight after a brief warm spell. Forecasters expect a low around 22 degrees with a high near 43 tomorrow, and seasonal normals of 4 to 7 degrees over the next five days. Little or no precipitation is anticipated.
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Walter Watts
US Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Watts
Stepfather Held in Death of Child in Atlanta
Police investigated the background of 4 year old Sandra Dianne Peeler as authorities held Luther M cash 23 for suspected manslaughter after she died of internal injuries while with her mother at home. Autopsy indicated injuries occurred before the alleged accident.
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Atlanta
Sandra Dianne Peeler
Luther M. Cash
Cash
M. M. Coppenger
Virginia Cash
Sandra
Frances Sykes
Connenger
Brenda Sue
Tno
British industry posts 8 percent rise in 1950 output
London reports industrial output rose eight per cent in 1950 enabling larger exports and helping Britain to manage without additional Marshall Plan aid after January 1, as stated by Chancellor Hugh Gaitskell.
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London
Britain
Hugh Gaitskell
Amarillo Weather and Outlook From the Weather Bureau
The Amarillo area reports considerable high cloudiness today through Saturday with a slight warming today and colder conditions tonight and Saturday. Highs around 57 today, 48 tomorrow. 24 hour period highs 51 with a 29 low. The agricultural outlook forecasts dry, rising temperatures with colder conditions Saturday. West Texas remains partly cloudy and warmer today, turning colder in the Panhandle tonight and across South Plains and Pecos Valley Saturday. New Mexico also shows partial cloudiness today and Saturday with little temperature change. Advert: Fir 2 by 4 inch lumber and shiplap at Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co. 1200 W. 6th.
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Amarillo
Panhands
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Fire traps seven in Smuggler mine Colorado
Swift moving fire trapped seven men underground at the Smuggler gold mine in Silver Plume Colorado. Lawrence Schreiner reported seeing the shaft house in flames at about 9 30 AM as the hoist operator. The blaze destroyed the shaft house hoist and nearby buildings making escape via the Mendota mine doubtful. Firefighters and volunteers rushed to the scene along US 6 near Georgetown to assist in rescue efforts.
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Colo
Lawrence Schreiner
Mendota
Georgetown
Clear Creek
Burlington man wins world liar title in 1959 contest
Down to Earth reports the Burlington Liars Club crowned Frank J. Goulette of Los Angeles as the year’s top deceiver for a far fetched North Dakota deathbed tale. The entry describes a crew freezing a grave and stacking a man under a pile driver for a seven day burial.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars’ Club
Frank J. Goulette
Los Angeles
North Dakota
Typhoon Roars Across Luzon With 85 Mile Winds
Typhoon warnings were hoisted on Luzon Island as a tropical storm with winds near 85 miles per hour swirled in from the sea tonight, endangering coastal towns on the island.
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Luzon
Manila
Texas Oklahoma New Mexico river compact progress
Senator Lyndon Johnson's office reported the President signed the bill on his watch in Williamsburg. The next step is ratification by Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma legislatures. If all three agree to use waters from the Canadian River as set forth, the measure returns to Congress for appropriation legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Williamsburg
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Canadian
Congress
Jet Pilots Collect Medals At Korea Base
F-80 pilots of the 49th Fighter-Bomber Group have earned about 1,000 Air Medals and over 300 Distinguished Flying Crosses since the Korean War began. They have flown more than 11,500 effective sorties against the enemy.
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U.S. Air Base
Korea
U.P
Rearmament of Japan Figures in US Treaty Plans
The Korean war has spurred U S interest in an early peace treaty with Japan to permit rearmament and allow American troop stations. Washington deems a broad peace treaty urgent as Peiping’s Korea role and China Red intervention loom. The note to Soviet UN Delegate Malik outlines Tokyo defense postures and treaty aims.
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Japan
Washington
United States
Korea
Peiping
Pacific
Jacob
Malik
New York
Russia
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Price Offices
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ESA
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Palo Duro Club
the Weather
US Weather Bureau Report
Shiplap
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
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Formosa
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Republic of China
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