Agent for Best Sellers Visits Family at Canyon
New York literary agent Maurice Crain visiting relatives in Canyon Goodnight and Amarillo. Crain, famed for guiding Cheaper By the Dozen and Belles On Their Toes, emphasizes that manuscripts must sell themselves and reflects on his West Texas ties from Goodnight to Canyon.
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Maurice Crain
New York
Canyon
Goodnight
Amarillo
Texas
Connecticut
Crain
Silver City
Tex
Annie Laurie Williams
Miss Williams
Mararet Mitchell
Mr. Crain
Hollywood
North Carolina
Pierce- Arrow
Gilbreath
The
New Yorker
Esquire
Frank B. Gilbreath
Frank
Book Club
Fred Gipson
Gipson
Denison
Laula Grace Erdman
Howard Puckett
Crains
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
University of Texas
Daily
Texan
Berryman kinship spans Meridian tales to Texas double cousins
KGNC broadcast times list shows Charlie Crudgington Gordon Suits Wes Izzard Bob Izzard Morgan Beatty. J M Crain of Amarillo notes double kinship with the Berryman family via the Gunn sisters Mary and Martha and Vance brothers marrying them in Meridian Mississippi before moving to Texas. Literary Agent Crain visited kin during the holidays, often leaving his walking cane in the car.
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Charlie Crudgington
Gordon Suits
Wes Izzard
Bob Izzard
Morgan Beatty
NBC
NBC News
J. M. Crain
Amarillo
Berryman
Meridian
Miss
Texas
Mary
Martha Gunn
Vance
Vance Boys
Gunn
Crain
Waldrop Receives Bronze Star for Korea Action
Marine First Lt Otis Ray Waldrop former resident at 206 Houston is awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic action with a mortar company in Korea between September 15 and 30 last year. The citation by Major General Oliver P Smith commends his continual reconnaissance under fire and leadership aiding mortar positions.
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Otis Ray Waldhrop
Houston
Korea
Waldrop
Oliver P. Smith
United States Naval Service
N. F. Waldrop
Davida
Oklo
Vera Snealdrop
Buantico Va
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Amarillo Tops Building List in 1950 Permits Race
An Associated Press roundup shows Amarillo led Texas cities under 100000 in 1950 building permits, narrowly ahead of Lubbock by 350 dollars. Lubbock reported about 25.74 million, Amarillo around 26.87 million, with Waco, Wichita Falls, Midland, San Angelo also listed and Corpus Christi over 100000 population with an estimated 28 million. The record also notes the greatest known ocean depth over 35000 feet.
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Amarillo
Texas
Associated Press
Lubbock
South Plains
Waco
Wichita Falls
Midland
San Angelo
Corpus Christi
Marine Corporal Wounded in Korea in Chosin Escape
Cpl. Joe E. Pate, son of Mrs. Evelyn Pate of 1804 Fillmore, was wounded in action with the Fifth Marine Division on December 2 during a failed Red trap escape in the Chosin area. He is hospitalized in Otsu, Japan, and his name appears in the Defense Department's 190th casualty list released yesterday.
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Korea
Cpl
Joe E. Pate
Evelyn Pate
Fillmore
Pate
Chosin
Otsu
Japan
Defense Department
India China barter deal ties jute to rice trade
New Delhi reports China will receive 37 000 bales of jute sacking in early 1951 in exchange for 50 000 tons of rice. The government instructs jute mills to prioritize China purchases at 36.50 per hundred bags while rice is priced around 31.50 per ton.
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New Delhi
India
China
Commerce Ministry
State Commander Visits Spanish War Veterans
State Commander Dr A B Carr and Mrs Carter were honored at a holiday luncheon by the Guy V Henry Jr Camp and Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans in the XIT Room of the Harring Hotel. Carr announced the memorial monument to be erected in Austin will be dedicated in early summer.
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Carter
Guy V. Henry, Jr
United Inish War Veterans
Erring Hotel
Carr
Sherman
Austin
Houston
W. DeGrassi
DeGrassi
Themerican Memorial Association
M. A. Lively
Terans Hospital
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