Truman outlines big peacetime budget to wage cold war
President Truman unveils a record peacetime budget for 1950 totaling about two trillion dollars in fiscal measures. He warns higher taxes are likely as deficits mount and defense spending expands to meet global responsibilities and a larger military. The plan includes a four billion dollar annual tax increase and a payroll tax to fund national health insurance starting July 1.
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Truman
America
Fed
Amarillo Lubbock dam survey forwarded for governor review
Burl C. Blanton prepared a joint Amarillo Lubbock dam survey mailed to Gov Beauford Jester. Amarillo Chamber of Commerce executives approved the survey while Lubbock representatives, delayed by weather, aimed for final approval. The report seeks data to justify delaying a US Army project related to Canadian car gas.
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Amarillo-Lubbock Dam
Burl C. Blanton
Beauford
Amarillo
Gene Klein
Chamber of Lagag
Corps __ of Engineers
Amarillo Plea Delays Corps Report On Canadian River Dam
Mayor Lawrence Hagg asks Governor Jester to defer releasing the Army Corps of Engineers report until the Interior Department and Bureau of Reclamation complete a parallel investigation. The letter cites Amarillo and Congressman Worley’s efforts to secure a more definite, locally favorable ruling before Congress reviews the matter.
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Ema
Army
Corp
Blanton
Washington
Lawrence Hagg
Jester
Gene Worley
Amarillo
Department
Mullins Trial Postponed in Burglary Case
Clyde A. Mullins 26 faces burglary charges in the Jan 22 1948 Wheeler Brothers Auto Shop break in. The trial was delayed to Wednesday to let civil docket cases with priority be heard, per District Attorney Lloyd King.
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Clyde A. Mullins
47Th District
Lloyd King
Mullins
Wheeler Brothers
West Sixth
Weldon B. Burgess
Burgess
Wheeler
US Moves To Heal Anglo-Israel Rift
The United States sought to ease Middle East tensions as defense chiefs weigh steps to strengthen air, land, and sea bases. Washington urged Britain and Israel to treat the shooting down of five British planes as a regrettable incident and hoped it would not derail efforts toward Arab-Israeli reconciliation. UN chief Lie conferred with Britain's representative over the clash, expressing concern about Holy Land developments.
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Associated Press
United States
Middle East
Washington
Palestine
Britain
Israel
State Department
Department
Aqaba
Trans-Jordan
Egypt
Trygve Lie
Lake Success
Lie
Holy Land
Pedestrian Injured After Slip on Icy Street
W. B. Malone a 36 year old man of 2106 Garfield suffered facial lacerations and was knocked unconscious when he slipped on the icy street at Tenth and Arthur this morning. He was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital by Boxwell Brothers ambulance and was resting well at noon. Meyers Motor Co. Chrysler Plymouth.
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W. B. Malone
Garfield
Tenth and
Arthur
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Boxwell Brothers Ambulance
Freezing Rain Strands Amarillo Area Buses and Travel
Potter County school officials report at least two rural buses missed routes as freezing rain and glazing hit the Panhandle. Temperatures hover around 15 afternoons, dropping to 3 tonight, with ice lingering. Schools closed and absences high, rail and air travel delayed, highways hazardous, but cars mostly uninjured in fender-bender collisions.
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Potter County
Marnie
Amarillo
Panhandle
Grady Wilson
Highway Department
State Highway Patrol
TWA
Kansas City
Braniff
Pioneer
Houston
Southwestern Public Service Company
Southwestern Bell
Ama- Fillo
Solon Held Up by Weather Not Romance
Washington January 10 reports linking 43 year old Senator to June Millarde known as Toni Seven were denied by Magnuson who said weather delayed his trip to Washington. He travelled from Seattle to San Francisco by car before flying, and said marriage rumors were common but false.
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Washington
June Millarde
Toni Seven
Congress
Magnuson
Seattle
San Francisco
Ducks Unlimited Round Up Slated At VFW Hall Tonight
Bill Gunn chairs the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club event at the VFW Hall 1401 West Eighth with a 6 30 p m start. The group will present a 1100 down payment to Arthur M Bartley as Ducks Unlimited executive director and host two motion pictures on nesting grounds restoration in Canada. Howard Conrey and guests from Texas Wildlife Federation and related groups will attend. Tickets for the open barbecue are one dollar.
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Ducks Unlimited
Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
West Eighth
Bill Gunn
Texas Panhandle
Arthur M. Bartley
Mr. Bartley
Duck Factory
Canada
Bartley
International Organization
North America
Howard Conrey
Stuttgart
Ark
Roy A. Webb
Pampa
Conrad Fath
Austin
Texas Wildlife Federation
Howard Dodgen
Texas Game, Fish & Oyster Commission
R. A. King
Wichita Falls
Texas
Dick Kleberg
King Ranch
Herring Hotel
Panhandle
Federation
Game, Fish & Oyster Commission
Commission
Safebreakers Loot Amarillo Tobacco Office Over Weekend
Burglars tunneled through an un alarmed wall of the Amarillo Wholesale Tobacco Company at 403 North Fillmore entering from the Maytag Laundry next door. They looted $14.67 in cash and checks totaling $133 and removed six cartons of cigarettes plus one box of cigars. Detectives say professionals carried out the safebreaking.
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Amarillo Wholesale Tobacco Company
403-A
North Fillmore
C. H. Brazier
Maytag
403-B
Tobacco Company
Suan Company
Weather Outlook For Amarillo West Texas And New Mexico
Freezing rain and sleet extend this afternoon into tonight and early Tuesday with glazing and cold. Snow in the Panhandle and South Plains with freezing rain elsewhere and much colder temperatures 3 to 10 in the Panhandle South Plains 12 to 24 elsewhere. Light snow east of the divide in New Mexico with winds 20 to 30 mph. Colder today tonight. gradual clearing then warmer northeast Tuesday. Highs and rainfall measures are noted in the 0.21 inch range for the pene- tration.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Divide
Doctor Takes Dim View of Dark Glasses
Capetown doctor Dr. J. G. Louw in the Pagne Medical Journal calls dark glasses a refuge of the neurotic and says tinted glasses signal avoidance of reality or external judgment. He notes more South African natives wearing them but questions their value as civilization progresses.
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Capetown
Hollywood
Pagne Medical Journal
J. G. Louw
Tom May, Brownfield Mayor, Dies at 59
Tom May longtime Brownfield mayor and Magnolia Petroleum distributor died suddenly in a Brownfield hospital after a minor operation. He moved to Terry County from Arkansas in 1917 and leaves a large family. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church Brownfield with Rose Croix graveside rites. Burial at Terry County Memorial Cemetery.
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Tom May
Brownfield
Khiva Temple
Amarillo
May
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Terry County
Arkansas
First Baptist Church
Jack Lewis
Lubbock
Shanghai Mayor pleads as child deaths rise in winter
Shanghai Mayor K. C. Wu urged parents not to abandon children on the streets as the starvation and exposure death toll climbed to 5,792 for the season. Corpse collectors recovered 137 bodies yesterday, 128 of them children.
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Shanghai
K. C. Wu
Path of 66 Route Re routing Sparks Right of Way Debate
County commissioners weighed expenses for re routing Highway 66 from Veterans Hospital area toward Avondale Street. Proposed 40 foot extra on both sides of the 120 foot right of way could require moving homes and vine into front rooms. Lott backs a 200 foot wide right of way, fearing traffic issues at a fork north to North West Eighth. Commission seeks county engineer input on costs and feasibility.
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Veterans Hospital
Avondale Street
Lott
Avondale
North West Eighth
Commissioners approve tentative site for Tri-State Fair Stadium
Potter County commissioners approve a 20 acre tentative stadium site in the southwest corner of Tri-State Fair Park with two practice fields in the northwest corner. Dick Bivins Amarillo school board president presents the plan while Frank Harrison estimates space and Rex Baxter backs near Marrs Street for equipment access during Fair Week.
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Potter County
Tri-State Fair Park
Dick Bivins
Amarillo
Frank Harrison
Bivins
Howard Lynch
Golden Sand
Storm
Ball Park
Tri-State Fair Association
Harrison Or
Rex Baxter
Comenems Cabkedent Son
County Ar
Grayson Gill
Dallas
Gill
Wallace Hazlewood
Harrison
News Tip Winners Highlight Local Readers
The weekly News Tip prize goes to Mrs. Doyle Malson of 2105 Houston Route 2 Box 426 for a feature on orchid hobbyist John L. Britton at 2106 Houston. A $5 check will be mailed to Mrs. Lula Mae Cole of 905 A Vir ter.
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Doyle Malson
Houston
Route
Borger Night Spot Case Leads to Burglary Suspect Wanted
A case in Borger from December seeks a suspect named Seana and another figure Kiser, both linked to a burglary spree across several Texas locations. Authorities request public assistance in locating them.
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En Tae Ae Seana
Borger
Kiser
Texas
Yeggy Burglars Hit Washburn Store in Weekend Heist
Sheriff investigated a burglary at H. E. White General Store in Washburn. Loot includes cash merchandise motor oil cigarette cartons and two 32 20 caliber revolvers estimated at 350 to 400 dollars. Suspects described as professional and fled.
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H. E. White General
Washburn
John Morris
Claude
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