Certificates of necessity granted for Amarillo facilities
Three certificates of necessity authorize rapid tax amortization for Southwestern Public Service Company facilities in Amarillo division. The items include a 4.39 million dollar Fast Plant addition, a new Amarillo to Canyon transmission line, and an East Plant substation, all in operation. American Smelting and Refining Company gains a 60 percent rapid amortization for a screening plant costing 58,500 dollars.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Ama- Tillo
Amarillo
Canyon
East Plant
T. W Gilstrap
American Smelting and Refining Company
Fred E Dotson Rites Tomorrow in Amarillo
Funeral services for Fred E Dotson 52 will be held tomorrow at 4 PM in the Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Stanley D Letcher officiating. Burial in Liano Cemetery. He died yesterday in St Anthony's Hospital after living in Amarillo nine years. Survivors include wife Nora Peralee Dotson daughter Josie Miller three brothers George Homer Dave and a sister Nancy Freeman.
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Olsary Parks Echols
Fort Worth
Edgar E
Ginger
Eugene
Fred E. Dotson
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Stanley D. Letcher
West Amarilo
West Amarillo
Nora Peralee Dotson
Josie Miller
Amarillo
George Dotson
Homer Dotson
Ringland
Okla
Dave Dotson
Gardenia
Cal
Nancy Freeman
Dallas
Burglars Target Coffin Company and Llano Cemetery
Thieves smashed into Texas Coffin Company at 820 West Fifth last night and stole small change from a soda machine after breaking a front window with a rock. Police investigate a separate early week break-in at Llano Cemetery where the office was burglarized, about $30 in cash and $500 in bonds taken from the safe. Thieves damaged the office strong-box by knocking the knob and punching the pins.
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Texas Coffin Company
820 West Fifth
Llano Cemetery
This Dog Shows Surprising Talent
In Inglewood California on July 4, Kelli a two year old German shepherd trained by Mrs John R Barton climbs trees. When sent to fetch a bird she ascended nine feet to the lower branches revealing unexpected arboreal skill. If her talents persist there may be no shelter for fleeing cats.
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Inglewood
Cal
Kelli
Windymere
John R. Barton
Visits Parents While on Leave
CANYON July 4 Special Lt. William A. Miller formerly West Texas State College basketball star who lettered four years under his father, the cage coach, is visiting his parents on leave from Lackland AFB. He earned a BS and MA in administrative education in 1949, taught and coached at Dalhart High School, and joined the Air Force on Dec 31, 1950. He was commissioned last month and is temporarily assigned as a physical training officer at Lackland.
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Miller
Lackland
Courthouse Records Warrants Deeds and Marital Notices
Courthouse records list warranty deeds transferring lots and blocks in Forest Hill Park Wolflin Place Wolflin Annex and other additions to buyers including Walton Nesbitt Gray and Haddock among many. Domestic court cases include two divorces and a marriage license for George Hyman and Vaughna Pearl Maugraur.
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Nix & Smith Co. Ins
Howard S Walton
Forest Hill Park
Frank Wilkinson Const. Co
Harvey E. Looney
Fair Park
L. D. Ed
Benton Hishan Wallace F. Pray
O. Paul Standley
Madden Ames
Reynolds Alford Homes, Inc
Jay V. Huber
West Lawn Ing
Gene Tyler
R. T. Tyler
See Instrument
Jessie Williams
Jewel Carrol Haddock
Famous Heights Park
T B. Steel
Johnnie F. Jordan
San Jacinto Heights
Reynolds Ashford Homes, Inc
Spikes
West Lawnia
Mary Mitchell
Holand
Cora W. Wood
H. L. Allison
Holland
Eartha Mae Ward
Delma
G&s
Nellie Johnson
John W. Johnson
Helen Matthews Brown
Mitchell Brown
Minnieke Tugsle
Lloyd Henry Tugele
George Hyman
Vaughna Pearl Maugraur
Lidia Family Attends Funeral Arrangements
The obituary fragment notes wife Mrs Warne Lidia a daughter Mrs Spoonts of Amarillo and granddaughter Catherine Dean Spoonts. The body will be brought to Amarillo by rail with funeral services to be announced by N.S. Griggs & Sons. The Catskills represent the subtraction type of mountain.
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Warne Lidia
Spoonts
Fannin
Catherine Dean Spoonts
Amarillo
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Former Amarillo man charged in slaying case
Raymond Donnell, 34, a former clerk in an Amarillo clothing store, was charged with murder in San Antonio for the shooting death of Dr. Clyde C. Craig of Lubbock. Bond set at $4,000. The case stems from a love triangle. Donnell surrendered after the morning shooting in his wife’s Alamo Heights apartment.
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Raymond Donnell
Amarillo
San Antonio
Clyde C. Craiz
Lubbock
Centist
Donnell
Ruby Donnell Donnell
Alamo Heights
Dr. Craig
W.W. Roberts
June
Roberts
Amarillo Panhandle doubleheader and holiday events set
Governor commanding officer of Amarillo Air Force Base and Col. Thomas L. Mosley oversee a Panhandle rivalry doubleheader between the Amarillo Gold Sox and the Lubbock Hubbers at 2:30 PM across from the rodeo arena. Public picnics fill Amarillo parks as Thompson and Ellwood host band concerts canceled due to vacations.
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Amarillo Air Force Base
Thomas L. Mosley
Rodeo Arena
Amarillo Gold Sox
Lubbock Hubbers
Panhandle
Amarillo
Thompson Park
Texas
St. Anthony's Hospitals
YWCA
Youth Center
Peace talks set for Kaesong still unclear after July 10
The UN commander urged the Reds to hold the armistice parley before July 10 to save lives. Three Allied liaison officers, all colonels or below, would depart Seoul by helicopter at 4 AM for Kaesong if weather allows, otherwise in three white flag jeeps. Ridgway granted immunity for the convoy and advised route disclosure. In Korea, the Eighth Army barred newsmen from interviewing or photographing the officers departing for Kaesong.
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Kaesong
Seoul
Kimpo
Texas
Imjin
Ridway
Korea
Eighth Army
Rites Tomorrow For Olivas Baby
Funeral services for Julia Olivas infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Olivas will be held tomorrow at 11 am at Llano Cemetery. Fr A Rodriguez will officiate. She died last night at Wyatt Memorial Hospital and is survived by her parents a brother Joe and grandparents Joe D Samora Fort Sumner and Conrad Olivas Amarillo. Funeral arrangements are under N S Griggs Sons.
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Julia Olivas
Patrick Olivas
Llano Cemetery
A. Rodriguez
Wyatt Memorial Hospital
Joe
Joe D. Samora
Fort Sumner
Conrad Olivas
Amarillo
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Honest youngster praised by police in Kenosha
Daniel Raffone aged 12 broke a store window by accident and left a note admitting the act. Police found the note and the boy announced he would turn himself in. He did so the next day and received a commendation for honesty from authorities.
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Kenosha
Wis
Daniel Raffone
Dan
Wingo To Oklahoma Return Wingo To Oklahoma
Elias Jefferson Wingo arraigned on federal charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and released to Oklahoma authorities. The 58 year old Atoka resident faced rape charges involving his 14 year old daughter and is wanted for questioning in his wife's June death in Atoka. He was arrested in Memphis and held on $7,500 bond.
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Elias Jefferson Wingo
Oklahoma
Wingo
Atoka
Oklah
Charles
McAlester
Memphis
Package Service For Army Jeeps
Portable warehouses will serve as the Army solution for jeep repair and maintenance worldwide. Spare parts will be oil dipped, cloth wrapped, hermetically sealed in wax, and packed in large boxes at the Willys-Overland plant in Toledo. Each box holds hundreds of identical parts protected against salt water heat cold and exposure, then shipped to Army posts globally.
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Toledo
Ohio
U.P
Army
Willys-Overland
Fourth of July Parades Honor Independence Worldwide
United States marks Independence Day with parades and speeches as Americans abroad and at home honor liberty. Allied forces report key advances in Korea while U S troops prepare for defense against communism. In Philadelphia delegates reenact Jefferson declaration. 28,000 U S war dead named in London ceremony.
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United States
United Nations Command
Eighth Army
Europe
Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson
Department of Defense
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Jungle Books author Kipling associated with Vermont hills
The sentence notes that Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Books in the hills of Vermont. It links the author to a Vermont setting and a famous work without broader context.
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Rudyard Kipling
Hills
Vermont
Kaiser Saves Wife and Two Men From Drowning at Tahoe
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser rescued his wife Alyce Kaiser and two doctors from icy Lake Tahoe when their catamaran capsized in a gust. Kaiser, 69, observed the incident, launched his speedboat, and reached the scene in seven minutes to bring all aboard to shore unharmed.
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Kaiser
Wife
Waitress daughter fights for share of oilman’s millions
Barbara Cullinan a 30 year old Houston society girl turned Baton Rouge waitress filed suit in district court to challenge her father Craig Cullinan s will claiming an estates share for himself and his two sons. Attorneys alleged his mind was impaired when he made the will which left about 10 million to others. The case cites a 1939 incident when he became obsessed with hatred toward his daughter and notes she earns only 35 a week while holding securities yielding 900 annually.
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Houston
Barbara Cullinan
Baton Rouge
Miss Cullinan
Craig Cullinan
Cullinan
Craig F. Cullinan
Joseph F. Cullinan, II
Alva Brumfield
Louisiana
J. J. Collins
Lufkin
J. W. Walker
J. H. Pittman, Jr
Planning for Pantex roads and parking areas
Plans and specifications for road and parking area work at the Pantex AEC Plant will be issued by August 1, with bids opened August 30, 1951 at the Herring Hotel. The project budget ranges from 250000 to 500000 dollars and covers 21 miles of rehabilitated roads, three existing parking areas, nine and a half miles of new roads, and two new parking areas. Campbell Construction Co. of Shreveport already won the spur railroad contract with a bid of 265330.75 against a 336111.30 government estimate. other bids came from Rovyce Kershaw, Miller & Long, W A Smith Construction Co, and W H Nichols & Co. The scope includes 17000 feet of new trackage, 29000 feet of renovated trackage, a car inspection pit, 8000 cubic yards of earth excavation, and 13000 tons of ballast. Silas Mason Company is architect-engineer.
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Pantex Aec
Atomic Energy Commission
Santa Fe
Herring Hotel
Campbell Construction Co
Shreveport
Pantex
Rovyce Kershaw
Montgomery
Ala
Miller & Long
Houston
W. A. Smith Construction Co
American schools in Egypt number 64 in 1949-50
During the 1949 50 school year there were 64 American kindergarten primary secondary and technical schools in Egypt with 7 677 pupils.
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Egypt
Cairo
Communists Pay Heavy Price in War Equipment
Newberry South Carolina July 4 Brig Gen G B Meloy said the Korean War has forced Communists to pause for thought as their losses extend beyond casualties to heavy losses in equipment and supplies including tanks weapons food and ammunition Meloy warned that the Kremlin leaders remain shrewd and must keep vigilance against aggression while noting the Red Army could be used when appropriate for strategic aims The address was prepared for a patriotic celebration at Jolly Street
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Newberry
G. 8. Meloy
Army
Kremlin
Meloy
Jolly Street
Russia
Politsburo
Red Army
British delegates tour Norway to study schools
Thirty delegates from the British Commonwealth visit Kristiansund and other Norwegian cities to examine Norway's educational system and school operations as part of an official tour.
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Norway
Kristiansund
British Commonwealth
One in three cars clutchless in U S last year
Pontiac Michigan report notes that one out of every three automobiles built in the United States last year was equipped with an automatic transmission. The statistic reflects trends in American car manufacturing and ownership during the period.
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Pontiac
Mich
United States
Rites Set for Dalhart Rodeo Victim Arthur Hoffman
Funeral services planned in Dalhart for Arthur Hoffman aged 98 who died after being fatally injured in the bulldogging event at the Rabbit Ears Rodeo in Clayton New Mexico. Hoffman, a Kansas native who lived in Dalhart since 1928, operated a farm and lived with his sister Mrs Cecil Whiteside. Survivors include another sister Mrs W R McEvers and a brother Orville Hollman, both of Dalhart. Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home of Dalhart directing.
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Dalhart
Arthur Hoffman
Rabbit Ears
Clayton
Hoffman
St. Joseph's Hospital
Kansas
Cecil Whiteside
Whiteside
W. R. McEvers
Orville Hollman
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home of
Venezuela Means Little Venice
Caracas notes that Venezuela name traces to Spanish observers who found stilt villages over water and dubbed the land Little Venice. The term Brazil and surrounding areas reflect similar naming habits by early explorers.
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Venezuela
Venice
Caracas
Venezuelan grants mills chain to Portuguese industrialist
LA GUAIRA Venezuela The Venezuelan Government has granted Augusto Athavde a Portuguese industrialist permission to establish a chain of flour mills in Venezuela.
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Blackburn
Shaw Funeral Directors
Chee
Griggs
Toi
Guin
A. Guinn
Washington
Athens
Tex
Ik Oxowed Brothers
Osgood
Monument CO
Buchanan
Ruthker
Jefferson
Llano
Fred F. Dotson
Globe-News
Norman M. Harris
D.O.A.C
Washington Center Hospital
Plain
Green Acres
Amarillé
Rock Island
Bile, Miller
Courthouse Records
Mr. Lidia
Catskills
Ranger
Corpus Christi
Emily Post
Mrs. Post
Soon
Post
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Olivas Baby
Police
Thomas Paint & Supplies
Lakhee
Cullinin
American Republic Corp
Chain OF Flour Mills
Maitos Hearing Service
M. M. Smith
Adams
Lewis
Lewis Diamond Guarantee
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