Veto Proposed Change to Northwest Texas Hospital Plans
The hospital planning committee vetoed a proposed major rearrangement of the Northwest Texas Hospital floor plan. County officials oppose moving laboratories and nurses’ offices to the new unit, saying it would waste beds. Potter County commissioners already rejected the change, and the hospital board is likely to adopt a similar resolution.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
Hospital Planning Committee
Harry Daily
Gene Jordan
Guy Carlander
Dallas
William F. O'Connell
Department of Public Health
Daily
Potter County
Hospital Board of Managers
O’connell
Convict Captured After Dressing as Woman in Houston
A 22-year-old convict, Kenton Montgomery, was arrested in Houston after a 12-hour chase while disguising himself as a woman. He had escaped from Fort Bend County with Raymond Tompkins, who remained at large. Montgomery, serving seven years for armed robbery, was found near a tourist court after a call alerted officers. he admitted separating from Tompkins in Rosenberg and claimed no idea where his companion went. Tompkins, 21, faced three two-year terms for theft burglary and forgery in Rusk County.
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Houston
Kenton Montgomery
Dallas
Palo Pinto
Montgomery
Central Farm
Fort Bend County
Raymond Tompkins
Tompkins
Rosenberg
Rusk County
Rites set for two Panhandle crash victims
Funeral services were scheduled in Plainview for James T. Diffey 26 who died in a New Year’s Day pickup collision near Brownfield. He worked as a roofer on an El Paso housing point and lived in Plainview. Also planned in Abernathy at 2:30 p m for William Henry Overman 47 who died when a car hit a trailer truck on Hale Center Cotton Center road. He worked for Co Op Gin at Cotton Center and had farmed most of his life. Surviving relatives listed for both include spouses and multiple children.
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Plainview
James T. Diffey
Brownfield
Roy G. Wood
Dean Brookshire
Church of Christ
IOOF
Diffey
el Paso
Abernathy
William Henry Overman
Ale Center
Overman
Hale Center
Cotton Center
Jesse Young
Adrian Methodist Church
Abernathy Methodist Church
Findleys Observe 50th Wedding Anniversary in Amarillo
About 80 relatives and friends gathered at the Lynn C. Kester home to honor Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Findley as they quietly observe their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple, married January 3, 1900, in Castlesburg, now reside in Amarillo after moving from Lubbock where Mr. Findley ran a grocery.
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Polk
J. B. Findley
North Mirror
J. O. Covington
North Johnson
W. H. Findley
Pineville
Ore
M. C. Robertson
Lubbock
Albert Findley
Plainview
Lynn Kester
J. R. Findley
Weldon A. Findley
Littlefield
Findley
Castlesburg
Gainesville
Amarillo
Condition of Two Serious Brothers In Texola Crash Near Shamrock
Two brothers William Henry Chandler and Wilbur Chandler remained in grave condition after a New Year’s Day accident near Texola on US 66. They suffered head injuries and bruises when their light sedan rolled over twice, 147 feet from the highway, after a crash that also injured Orville Farmer and Pauline Chandler. Farmer was released yesterday and Pauline Chandler released earlier.
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William Henry Chandler
Wilbur Chandler
Texola
Here
Shamrock Hospital
Orville Farmer
Pauline Chandler
Farmer
Miss Chandler
A. L. Chandler
Route 1
Oklahoma State Patrol
No Applications For Court Job In Reege City
No formal application has been made for appointment to the office of corporation judge in Reege. Moss said potential applicants talked with him but none filed in writing. The position pays 3600 dollars annually. J A Kirkman will become assistant chief of police when his successor is appointed.
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N. V. Reege
Morni Snr
Moss
J. A. Kirkman
Mexico May Raise Its Sinking Palace
Mexico City engineers consider raising the Bellas Artes palace after its sinking into clay soil. Pedro Ramirez of the education department says studies with Western Foundation Co. aim to lift the 1804-era building about 10 feet at a projected cost of 350000 to 550000 dollars, using piles and jacks for a solid foundation.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Pedro Ramirez
Education Department
Western Foundation Co
Chicago
Ramirez
Mother To Plead For Doomed Killer
Fort Worth Jan 3 A Handley mother will plead before the state board of pardons in Austin for her son James Willard Morrow 38 who faces the electric chair for killing Deputy Sheriff T E Shofner in Houston The mother claims he was insane at the time of the crime and remains mentally unbalanced due to a head injury from a 1939 car crash
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Fort Worth
U.P
State Board of Pardons and Aioses
Austin
James Willard Morrow
T. E. Shofner
Houston
J. H. Murrill
Murrill
Ten Big Issues Face Congress New Session
Washington reports the new session faces ten major items. Taxes likely no tax hikes but excise cuts. spending cuts uncertain though foreign aid and defense may shrink. Social welfare seeks liberalized old age insurance. education aid dim. Civil rights push for fair employment, with House support and Senate filibuster risk. Rent control fate uncertain beyond June 30. China policy debate strengthens foreign policy strains. aid to backward areas possible. Taft Hartley repeal mooted with little action. Brannan cotton quota revision eyed. DP admission restrictions may pass. oleomargarine tax repeal likely top Senate business.
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Senate
House
China
Truman
Labor—Administration
Brannan
Gaines Held In Burglary Amid Repeated Charges
Perennial trouble-maker Melvin Gaines, 24, is jailed on a new burglary charge after being released on bonds totaling 3,500 dollars on two earlier counts. Police say loot from the S and M Drug Store was found in his apartment, with earlier break-ins linking to a nearby cleaning establishment.
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Melvin Gaines
Potter County
Gaines
Justice of the Peace
Ivy Wilkinson
S&m
North East Hight
Fillmore
Robbery solved before report in Omaha
In Omaha police resolved a theft before it was reported when Ray Rapp rushed to the detective bureau and said two men had stolen a television aerial and a tool box from his parked truck. Officer T. W. Pike arrested the suspects as they tried to pawn the items minutes after the theft.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Ray Rapp
Detective Bureau
T. W. Pike
Duck Hunters Search for Missing Murray Students
Murray Kentucky police and volunteers hunted for three to four young men missing since Sunday after a duck hunting trip on Kentucky Lake near Pine Bluff Calloway County. The missing are Gene Slocum 30 Neptune New Jersey Robert Healey 31 Lynn Massachusetts and Talmadge Burkeen from Calloway County plus Healey’s brother reported missing by college authorities. A panel truck used by the hunters was found but no further clues have surfaced.
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Kentucky Lake
Pine Bluff
Calloway County
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Murray State College
Gene Slocum
Neptune
Robert Healey
Lynn
Mass
Talmadge Burkeen
Faxon
Oliver
Calloway
Wayne Flora
Healey
Burkeen
Johnny Reed
Tulsa Drivers Strike Forces Citizens to Walk Thumbs and Wait
Tulsa felt the full impact of a bus strike as AFL Amalgamated drivers walked out, leaving residents to walk, thumb rides, or await scarce cabs. The dispute centered on route consolidation and elimination.
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Tulsa
Okla
AFL Amalgamated Association of Electric Street Car and
Amarillo City Bids For 6534 Street Market Signs
The City Commission of Amarillo Texas will receive sealed bids until 3 00 P M on Tuesday January 10 1950 in the City Secretary Office City Hall for 6534 Street Market Signs Detailed specs available at Public Works Office City Hall Amarillo Cashier certified bid bond 6 percent required with proposal City reserves right to accept or reject bids N V Moss City Manager.
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Amarillo
Texas
H. R. Smith
City Hall
DAV Members Plan Lubbock Visit for National Commander
J. E. Pietzach Chapter No. 26 DAV members will travel to Lubbock next Saturday to greet national commander David M. Brown. DAV commander Robert E. Gorman said Brown tours the Southwest and will then visit New Mexico and California after the Lubbock event. Brown is slated to attend the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells today.
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Lubbock
David M. Brown
Robert E. Gorman
DAV
Brown
Southwest
New Mexico
California
Baker Hotel
Mineral Wells
Reserve Corps Units to Meet Tonight at Amarillo Field and East Fifth
Two units of the Organized Reserve Corps announced by Col. Victor Gomez will meet at 8 PM. The 950th Aviation Engineer Group convenes in building T-860 at Amarillo Army Air Field, while the 644th Transportation Truck Company (heavy) meets at the reserve office, 312 East Fifth. This marks the first post holiday gathering, with all members urged to attend.
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Organized Reserve Corps
Victor Gomez
Amarillo Army Air Field
644Th Transportation Truck Company
East Fifth
Midland Bank Deposits Hit New Year End High
Midland reports year end deposits amounting to 36,239,373.12 dollars for Nov 1 to Dec 31, 1949, marking a gain of 2,642,251.10 dollars from the prior period. The report notes the year end total compares with earlier figures, reflecting a strong cash position for local banking institutions.
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Midland
Midland Bank
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Patterns Offered by Amarillo Globe
Laura Wheeler offers a crochet strip pattern for a chair set and a davenport with charted, photo aided directions. Send twenty cents for Pattern 535 to The Amarillo Globe News Needlecraft Dept. and fifteen cents more for Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book featuring 104 illustrations and beginner friendly patterns.
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Amarillo Globe News
Old
Chelsea Station
New York
Pursuit Pence Orchestra Dars Orchestra Local News
Insomni a s insomnia 12 00 Sign. Fragmentary OCR text yields little verifiable fact. The item appears to be a brief local caption or filler noting an orchestra or dance event with unclear timing. No clear names, places, or outcomes are present to confirm.
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Dars Orchestra
Nsomnia
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