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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1950
Page
6
New York January 16 The annual March of Dimes opened seeking a record 52 million dollars for polio relief. Basil O Connor president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis proclaimed M Day and mobilization during an ABC Network radio address urging funds in a two week campaign.
Four cases are docketed for trial in this week’s county court session set to begin at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. Assistant County Attorney O M Calhoun said the court will determine the order of trial tomorrow morning. Roy Beck faces malicious mischief charges, Irvin Savage is charged with aggravated assault, and Ailennie McKuen along with John E Anderson are charged separately with driving while intoxicated.
Detroit art circles debated the outcome as John 8 Coppin, a 45 year old painter, again drew the public’s votes yet received no regular awards in the Michigan artists exhibition. The event closed yesterday with Coppin missing 21 awards totaling 2500 dollars despite past wins.
In Fort Myers Florida on January 16 real estate man R W Randell age 66, facing appeal in a prior mass casualty case, shot his wife Evelyn Ray Randell and himself with a 12 gauge firearm. Sheriff Flanders Thompson said Randell had been in poor health and was under $10,000 bond. The bodies were found at the Randell home after he asked the sheriff to come. State Attorney Smiley labeled it a serious incident. no inquest was needed.
A plan sponsored by the American Forest Products Industries outlines conservation efforts for the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The reef, noted as the largest coral reef system in the world, runs about 1000 miles and spans 30 miles in width.
In Cuero Texas on the Goliad highway three miles from town a collision between a car carrying four and a truck killed Virgil Wilkinson 20 of Edinburg and Dolores Hahn 18 of Cuero. Four others were injured Edward Rhodes 19 Edinburg Joe Kersh 25 San Antonio Marge Franklin Cuero and Marshall Prewett Cuero.
Florida reports a new all time state record of 26.5 million pine seedlings planted this year as part of the reforestation program, surpassing the 1948 high of 11 million. Champion Paper and Fiber Co. also planted six million pines in Georgia and the Carolinas, with twenty four states participating in tree farming efforts.
Mrs. Lee McClellan of Spearman suffered a stroke yesterday morning while visiting Mr. and Mrs. Grover Wilson at 1705 Harrison. She remained unconscious at St. Anthony's Hospital at noon but her physician said she appeared to be rallying. She had been a patient in the hospital until Saturday before visiting.
Weekend reports say Guy Bailey was not arrested for beer sales Sunday at Star Night Club 3800 East Seventeenth, despite prior fines of 100 and 200 dollars. City annexation extended Sunday closing rules to Bailey and five other taverns, while liquor board found no violations at the Star and approved Grady Bailey's nearby Grady's Drive-In beer license.
Fragmentary line indicates someone planned to come to Amarillo either today or tomorrow, but surrounding context is missing to identify the person, event, or purpose.
The Gainesville Community Circus will visit June 2 and 3 under the South Amarillo Lions Club. Potter County commissioners approved using the grandstand and rodeo arena at Tri-State Fair Park for the event. Proceeds will support the Ace Club program aiding individuals.
France and West Germany expect to sign a new trade pact in Paris on Wednesday, aiming to authorize about 400 million dollars in bilateral trade, according to informed sources. The agreement signals a major postwar economic reconciliation between the two nations and promises expanded commerce.
A fragmented text claims an atom is ten to the minus? hundred trillion times smaller than a man and cites Britannica. It also asserts over 85 percent of U S correspondence students study vocational courses.
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