Dallas Gunman Raiders Attempt on Life at Hospital
In Dallas a gunman fired at Herbert Noble in his hospital room at Methodist Hospital after an earlier ambush. Noble, a long time gambler, said the latest attempt was mainly to ease his nerves and that he hopes to remain in Dallas until death. Police described the shot as a rifle bullet tearing through a fourth floor window.
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Herbert Noble
ealf_dulad
Noble
Methodist Hospital
Forgit
Ford
Nevada
End of heat wave foreseen as cooler weather moves in
Amarillo forecast calls for fair skies this afternoon with mild conditions then increasing clouds tomorrow. The 24 hour high reached 75 degrees and the low 40. Temperatures are expected two to five degrees above normal for five days with colder weather by Thursday and little change through Saturday. Noble, shot at Dec 31, remains under guard in hospital with a fresh cast on his arm after a blast in his room.
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Amarillo
High Plains
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Bergman Film Sparks Nationwide Protests Over Stromboli
Protests erupt nationwide as Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini face backlash over the film Stromboli and the couple’s scandal. Ministers and censors from Alabama to Ohio call bans or boycotts, while Bergman sues for divorce in Mexico and Rossellini awaits a formal status.
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Ingrid
Rossellini
Rome
Miss Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Birmingham
Ala
Protestant Ministers Association
Accused's Brother Has Scar Over Left Eye
Four state witnesses in 47th District Court identified Edward Lee Rader as one of two men who robbed Piggly Wiggly Store No. 2 in Amarillo on the morning of June 22, 1949. They said Edward Lee differs from twin Leo Earl by height and face with a scar over the left eye. Deputies separated the twins. June 22 manager Noel Holiman described the heist with guns forcing staff to the back and the cooler.
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Edward Lee Rader
Lee Earl
47Th District Court
Edward Rader
Polk
Edward Lee
Leo Earl
W. A. Culwell
Billy Culwell
Amarillo
Noel Holiman
Holiman
Dist. Atty
Asia
Ee Ps
Ask Leniency for Visiting Drivers
The retail merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce will recommend leniency for out of town traffic violators. The committee voted this morning to propose courtesy tickets for list-offense parking violations bearing Amarillo's slogan. Bennie Solnick presided. Stanley Blackburn was absent.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Bennie Solnick
Stanley Blackburn
Skipper of Mo Loses Command
NORFOLK Va February 7 The skipper who ran the battleship Missouri on a mudbank was relieved of command temporarily the Navy said Admiral William M Fechteler said the Big Mo s former skipper Captain H Page Smith would take over the Navy s only active battleship again for the time being and at least until the legal proceedings of a naval court of inquiry are completed Captain William D Brown who was taking the Missouri out on her first cruise under his command faces a four member board of inquiry which seeks to place blame for the Big Mo s humiliating 15 day stay on a Hampton Roads mudbank
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U.P
Navy
William M. Fechteler
H. Page Smith
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William D. Brown
Hampton Roads
Phone Strike Delayed As Mediation Sheds Time
The CIO Telephone Workers delay a nationwide strike for 16 days at the federal mediation request to allow more bargaining time with Bell System. Union leaders aim for wage increases and a shorter work week, warning a strike could occur by February 24 if talks fail. Separate Taft Hartley action on the coal miners and industry responses loom.
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Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Bell System
Ching
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell Companies
Beirne
Bell Sys
Communications Workers Union
Bell Systems
Taft-Hartley
President Truman
Nex
John S. Lewis
Mr. Truman
Iit
Love and Larceny at Bank Bee Unfolds
In Hammond Indiana bank affairs a boater named Heater admits to part in a 3553 dollar shortage at the bank. He is charged with violating US code and to face a US commissioner. Miss Norma Bender and Miss Benner were previously linked to related discrepancies found in an FDIC audit.
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Norma Bender
Ing
Heater
Moore
Hammond
Ind
Bank
Benner
Koreans cheer US aid pact signed Jan 26 in Seoul
Forty thousand Koreans in Seoul Stadium celebrated a January 26 agreement under which the United States will supply ten million dollars worth of military equipment to the Korean republic.
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Seoul
Seoul Stadium
United States
Korean Republic
Would Void the Lease on Wife in Naples Trial
In Naples a contract signed by Vincenzo Marvasi and Rino Vinciguerra leased Mrs. Marvasi for three months for 40 thousand lire. Marvasi seeks nullification claiming a bad bargain and that his wife is worth more, while Vinciguerra urges enforcement. The Naples magistrates court must decide if the contract is legal.
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Naples
Italy
U.P
Vincenzo Marvasi
Rino Vinciguerra
Ghost burglar eludes capture after midtown leap
New York detectives of the Holmes Agency chased a burglar believed to be a ghost after he sprinted from the eighth floor of a midtown linen firm. Police found a lone shoe on the street and a dent in a skylight, with no body and no sign of forced entry or theft.
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New York
Holmes Agency
J. G. Comfort Co
Holmes
His Homestead Takes to the Sea
SOUTHBORNE, Fug. Feb. 7 (FP) Victor A. Hunt heard a tearing sound at midnight, woke to find his garden 30 feet long had split away and fallen down a 100 foot cliff into the sea. The Hunt horse now stands 8 feet from the crumbling lip. The Hunts spent the night in a hotel.
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Southborne, Fug
Victor A. Hunt
Hunt
Thieves Caught With Panties In Detroit Robbery
Detroit February 7 Two men Cassel Knox 37 and Monathis Blanton 33 confessed to stealing 14 pairs of panties after police found the garments crumpled in their pockets in a department store robbery.
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Detroit
Cassel Knox
Monathis Blanton
Weather Bureau Report Amarillo and New Mexico
Fair this afternoon and tonight with clouds Wednesday. Little colder Wednesday. Partly cloudy today tonight and Wednesday in New Mexico. Scattered showers or snow flurries over western mountains. Not much temperature change.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Neighbors worried after Mickey Cohen bombing
In Los Angeles on February 7, residents near mobster Mickey Cohen report shock and fear after yesterday's bombing. Neighbors Susan Erhardt and George Cleveland condemn the attack while Deputy Chief Thad Brown warns of potential casualties among innocents, noting a girl narrowly escaped injury.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Susan Erhardt
Erhardt
Moreno Avenue
Cohen
Weewss
George Cleveland
Thad Brown
Legislature Trims Back Texas Road Reform Effort
In Austin, House Speaker Durwood Manford blocked a bid by an economy bloc to repeal Texas rural road act, ruling the measure out of order during a 20 minute session. Fort Worth Rep J W Shannon led supporters. Senate considered a probe into the Department of Agriculture as farmers complained over clover seed grading. The Senate recessed until tomorrow to continue deliberations on the matter.
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Durwood Manford
Texas
J. W. Shannon
Fort Worth
Sarrant County
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Gus Strauss
Hallettsville
Allan Shivers
van Rep
H. A. “Salty
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