Map Plan For Speed On Dam Federal and state committees meet
A Panhandle South Plains Canadian River Dam committee session is set for this afternoon at the Herring Hotel. Clarence Whiteside of Lubbock chairs the joint meeting to push a hearing before a US Senate subcommittee on the 85 million dollar dam project and to arrange an early inter state compact among New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma for waters division. The decision followed talks with C A Huff mayor of Pampa and Joe Cooley of Borger. Members listed include A A Meredith Ray Prichett Lawrence Hagg R Q O Stark E O Wedgeworth Preston E Smith Rex B Baxter Gene Klein Sam Richardson and others from Borger Plainview Pampa Lubbock Amarillo La Lee and O’Donnell.
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Herring Hotel
Clarence Whiteside
Lubbock
US Senate
Senate
Interstate Compact Commissioners
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Arkansas
Mississippi
Mr. Whiteside
C. A. Huff
Pampa
Canadian River Dam Organization
Joe Cooley
Borger
A. A. Meredith
Chamber of Commerce
Ray Prichett
Plainview
Lawrence Hagg
Amarillo
R. Q O. Stark
O’donnell
E. O. Wedgeworth
Preston E. Smith
Rex
B. Baxter
Gene Klein
Sam Richardson
la- Lee Dam
Woman Talks And Breaks In Tex Thornton Case
Diana Johnson, 18, of Lynwood California, identified as Linda Wouri, and her husband Ewald Johnson, AWOL Army, confessed to witnessing the Tex Thornton murder in Amarillo. Authorities say Johnson is the garrotter, described as 22 to 25, 5 ft 6 in, 135 to 150 pounds, brown hair, with a 1948 Chrysler. The couple rode with Thornton on June 22 and were linked to the Park Plaza Motel killing found Jan 23. Cleveland-style sketch and details from park police corroborate the account. The case hinges on Johnson’s identity and the missing badge claim sparked by a deputy badge from the Range Rider organization.
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Amarillo
Tex Thornton
Diana Heaney Johnson
Eleanor Phillips
Capital City
Tex Keirsey
Globe-News
Washington, DC
Norton Spryde
Thornton
Sid Harper
M. H. Raspberry
United States Park Police
Harper
Raspberry
Chief Harper
Lynwood
Cal
Ewald Johnson
United States Army
Linda Wouri
Ralatad Hae
William Gunter
C. P. Apfelbeck
Johnson
Gunter
Texas
Los Angeles
Heroe
Diana Johnson
Park
Suici
Dal Tendency
Porter Beall
Park Plaza
New Lee Thornton
Page
Teva
PBS
Amarillo City Orders Removal of No Parking Signs
The Amarillo city commission directed the Police Department to remove all unauthorized No Parking, Loading Zone, and Reserved for Customers signs from streets. The move follows discussion of sign proliferation around the business district and comes with traffic signals for the high school area rejected due to counts showing no warrant for signals at Twelfth and Polk or Fourteenth and Polk.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Twelfth
Polk
Weather: Amarillo and West Texas report cooler pattern
The Weather Bureau notes cloudy conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with clearing tonight, then fair and cool Thursday. Panhandle and South Plains see occasional light rain, while New Mexico experiences partly cloudy skies with scattered showers or snow flurries, fair and cooler Thursday.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Resume of Coal Talks and Atomic Policy Shifts
John L. Lewis and soft coal operators agree to resume direct negotiations this afternoon at the request of President Truman's fact finding board. Secretary Acheson rejects new overtures to Russia on international control of atomic weapons and warns against self reproach that could hinder American policy. A Texas hospital bill clears the Senate without dissent, authorizing 488 thousand dollars for state hospitals and special schools for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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U.P
John L. Lewis
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Factfinding Board
Acheson
Russia
United States
OKAY
Austin
Senate
Bank of Douglas Robbery Nets About 130000 Dollars
Two armed robbers escaped with an estimated 130 thousand dollars in currency after holding up the Bank of Douglas in Phoenix. Vault teller James Wise said he was forced at gunpoint to open the vault and the money was taken in one hundred dollar bills or smaller.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Bank of Douglas
James Wise
Thornton’s death linked to Adrian station sighting
Eyewitnesses Jon New Mexico describe the afternoon before Thornton’s death, noting Jimmy Briggs and Henry J Bedwell saw the couple at Briggs Service Station in Adrian refueling Thornton’s car before the stay.
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Thornton
Jimmy Briggs
Henry J. Bedwell
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Adrian
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Charley Thompson
Torrence Pofejoy
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