Smithwick Trial Opens With Guarded Courtroom After Attempt on Prosecutor Life
On July 29 in Belton a heavily guarded courtroom heard Smithwick recount the gun attack on Prosecutor James K. Evetts as Mason sat in a car on Alice street. Smithwick testified Mason grabbed for his gun and he fired, while a manhunt for the unseen shooter continued.
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Smithwick
James K. Evetts
Mason
Evetts
Belton
Bill Mason
Henry
Taylor, Sr
Alice
Avelino Saenz
Taylor
Daneer
Moore Pleads Guilty in Grocery Hold-up
Crosbyton and Lubbock resident L R Moore pleaded guilty in 47th District Court to armed robbery in the June 22 Piggly Wiggly hold-up at 1500 Polk. He testified the Rader twins, Leo Earl and Edward Lee, helped, but declined to name which twin entered the store.
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Moore
L. R. Moore
Crosbyton
Lubbock
47Th District Court
Dist
Atty
Lloyd King
Guadalcanal
Polk
Rader
Leo Earl
Edward Lee
Henry S. Bishop
King
Amarillo
Bishop
Dodge City
Kan
Snow Flurries and Cold to Hit Amarillo Tonight
Forecaster Winburn warns of a deep Colorado storm bringing a cold snap to the Panhandle with occasional snow flurries tonight and Wednesday. After a mild 75 degree day, temperatures will plummet and stay near normal over five days, with warmer Friday then colder again Saturday. Previous precipitation records are cited: Measurable snow December 20 21 was .02 inch. last rain September 2 3 was .90 inch.
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Winburn
Amarillo
Colorado
Mexico
Canada
Kansas City Firm Wins Amarillo School Bond Bid
Stern and Co of Kansas City won a 31 000 dollar issue of 5 percent bonds from the Amarillo school board at an informal meeting. The bid yielded a 5073 90 premium, highest of 11 bids, with premiums down to 4180. Bonds mature in one to six years to retire a 100 000 bond issue due Feb 1. A bond election may be held April 1 to fund an expansion of the school system.
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Stern & Co
Kansas City
Amarillo
Kansas City Bonding Company
Stern
George Waddill
Waddill
German memorial motion filed in Bundestag for POWs in Russia
A motion to observe March 5 as a memorial day in Germany for Germans still held as war prisoners in Russia was filed today with the West German Bundestag.
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Bonn
Germany
Russia
Bundestag
Girl Pleads Insanity in Mercy Slaying of Dad
In Stamford Connecticut 21 year old Carol Ann Paight admits shooting her policeman father in a hospital bed on Sept 23. Defense argues grief driven insanity while the state seeks mercy killing issues before jurors as the trial opens with a panel of 26 prospective jurors.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Stamford, Conn
David F. Goldstein
Carl
Lorin Willis
Peggy G. Newbareer
Westpost
Danbury
Conn
Carol
See Mercy
Life-Term Prisoner Used As Police Bait Vanishes
Tulsa police admitting a life-term inmate was used to trap a murder suspect failed to recover both the suspect and the bait. William Auburn Hunt, freed through the governor to gather information on patrolman Jim Peters’s 1928 burglary killing, disappeared after five days of surveillance. James Devine, county assistant, arranged Hunt’s release. detectives and a wired cabin provided monitoring, but Hunt vanished after requesting more funds.
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Tulsa
Okla
U.P
J. W. Holmsworth
William Auburn Hunt
AtnAlacara Tata Nanitantia
Jim Peters
Hunt
Watonga
Peters
James Devine
West Tulsa
Ter
Holmsworth
Jast
Banquet Tickets Near Sellout in Amarillo Chamber Event
More than 400 tickets are sold for the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce annual banquet set for tomorrow night at 7:30 in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. Ralph Carney of Wichita Kan will speak, and Earl O Keefe will be installed as chamber president. The event features a slogan contest winner and entertainment by the Harmonettes and Dixie Dice Troupe.
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Globe
Amarillo
Globe News
Municipal Auditorium
Doug Graham
Glyn Spearman
Diane Holt
Clarence Holt
Hughes
Duke Nally
Chamber of Commerce
Herb Budke
Mr. Budke
Herring Hotel
Ralph Carney
Wichita
Kan
Coleman Stove Company
Carney
Earl O'Keefe
Harmonettes
Amarillo High School
Dixie Dice Troupe
Veterans study farming as wives control absences
ANADARKO Okla Jan 24 World War II veterans studying agriculture here admit they no longer live in a man's world. Each time a veteran misses a training class he must offer a written explanation signed by his wife.
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Anadarko
Okla
Bachelor 34 Plans to Wed Mother of 12
Cleveland report notes Albert Ball, 34, says at a ceremonial breakfast he will marry Doris McDaniels, 37, mother of 12. Ball earns about 55 dollars weekly as a trucker while McDaniels relies on relief. They discuss finances and future, with Ball adding he won’t seek more children soon and McDaniels hoping relief assistance continues after her divorce—granted tomorrow from her first husband.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Doris Mcscon
Chilren
Albert Ball
Albert
Weather watch extends across West Texas and New Mexico
The US Weather Bureau warns of a cold wave across Amarillo and West Texas with strong winds and potential freezing rain or snow tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures plunge from today’s 75 to lows near 13, with heavy wind and cattle protection advised. New Mexico sees partly cloudy skies but snow flurries in northern mountains tonight and tomorrow.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Big Spring
New Mexico
Governor backs cigarette tax hike to fund hospital aid
Governor Shivers signaled support if Legislature enacts a cigarette tax to finance a long-range hospital building program. The Texas hospital board urged a special 40 to 60 million dollar tax, to create a building fund of at least five million annually, while a temporary tax would cover 1951 operating needs. The present cigarette tax is two cents and last year raised about 23.5 million dollars. a one-cent increase would add roughly 7.5 million annually.
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Board For
Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools
Shivers
Frsday
Steals a Car He Cannot Drive
Vancouver police detain a man on vagrancy charges after he admits intent to steal a car he cannot drive. He was found pushing the vehicle along a street and will undergo a mental examination today.
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Vancouver
Radio KLPW seeks move to Floydada from Plainview
Washington January 24 Radio Station KLPW Plainview has asked the communications commission for permission to relocate its transmitters and studio to Floydada.
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Washington
KLPW
Plainview
The
Communications Commission
Floydada
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US Weather Bureau
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