Wild Car Crash Batter Monroe Street Scene
A runaway car driven by James W. Bush Jr. ripped through 3700 block Monroe and crashed into the side of James E. Fowler’s garage at 3704 Monroe. An owner, identified as sde Morrow, inspects a torn street sign in the 3700–3800 blocks this morning while Fowler and Bush discuss the incident with staff photographers Pypy Forbes and J. T. Broadwell.
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Sde Morrow
Buchanan
Monroe
James W. Bush, Jr
Bush
James E. Fowler
Fowler
J. T. Broadw
Auto Ends Rampage In Garage On Monroe Street
James W. Bush Jr., 20, of 4214 Monroe, blacked out while driving north on Monroe near 3814. His car careened through yards and fences, plowed into the garden and the James E. Fowler garage at 3704 Monroe, tearing through walls and nearly injuring him. He drove off shaken but unhospitalized.
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Monroe Street
James W. Bush, Jr
Monroe
James E. Fowler
Bush
Price rollback clash sparks economic Pearl Harbor warning
President Truman backs a tougher controls bill as Congress debates the weakened act. Johnston warns Congress to restore rollback authority or face a costly economic disaster, pledging NBC broadcasts and meetings to press for strong action. Meanwhile, arrests flow in a cattle theft ring spanning Lipscomb and Hemphill counties with suspects charged and grand juries convening.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Johnston
Truman
Congress
NBC
New York
Nothing Unusual Its Summertime Forecast
Heat remains steady across Amarillo area with a high near 95 degrees and a low around 70 tonight. Walter Watts notes a few scattered thundershowers possible in the evenings over the next two days but rainfall will be light. Yesterday’s high was 91 and the low 68, with Clayton New Mexico recording 0.35 inch of rain, the only precipitation in the Tri State region.
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Amarillo
Walter Watts
Clayton
Tri-State
City Eyes Gem Lake Pool Deal To Augment Thompson Park
Amarillo Park and Recreation Commission recommends the city commission study acquiring Gem Lake Pool to supplement Thompson Park Pool facilities. Gem Lake Pool, once the region’s largest and Amarillo’s only pool for years, sits west of the Amarillo Country Club on Gem Lake Road near the new Highway 66 by pass route. Bath houses and related facilities need repair though the main swimming tank is in fairly good shape.
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Amarillo
Gem Lake
Firecracker tossed into car sparks July Fourth arrest
Dallas police report a 40 year old man tossed a firecracker into a peel automobile on July 4. The squad car detained him and jailed him after the incident.
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Dallas
Lightning Kills One and Injures Twelve at Picnic Grove
In Shattuck Oklahoma a lightning bolt struck a grove near Fargo yesterday afternoon killing Miss Arletta Eagon 24 and injuring 12 others including Mrs Orville Bargon 19 who was seriously hurt. Survivors treated for shock at Newman Memorial Hospital included the Eagon family and the Richardson family.
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Shattuck
Okla
Fargo
Arletta Eagon
Orville Bargon
Newman Memorial Hospital
Homer Eagon
Lenora
Margaret
Orville Eagon
Harlan Richardson
Miss Eagon
Mr. Eagon
Mr. Richardson
Eads Hide Plant To Find New Location
The rendering plant of the Eads Hide & Wool Company at 1900 North East Third may move soon. Ernest H. Eads confirms plans are not finished but states the plant will relocate to escape odors and complaints. Neighbors have sued for property damage and city hearings have addressed the issue.
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EADS
Eads Hide & Wool Company
North East Third
Ernest H. Eads
Mr. Eads
City Commission
Gunn Bros Thrift Stamps and Home Repair Loans
Wiggins Lumber Co promotes home repair loans lasting 30 months with payments arranged through Gunn Bros Thrift stamps.
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Gunn Bros
Wiggins Lumber Co
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast Updates
In Amarillo and vicinity fair today tonight and Friday with partial cloudiness in afternoons. Warm trend continues with highs near 93 today and 95 tomorrow. overnight low around 70. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies through Friday with scattered thundershowers in the afternoons and evenings. New Mexico mostly fair with some late day showers southeast portion.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ban on Use of Gas Heat In New Buildings Seen
A tentative national order drafted by the Petroleum Administration for Defense would bar installation of natural gas heating equipment in new buildings. The plan aims to protect current customers and ensure gas supplies for defense needs, restricting new space heating and large-volume customers without PAD approval. Officials from Amarillo Gas Company had no comment.
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Washington
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Bruce K. Brown
Brown
PAD
Herb Budke
Amarillo Gas Company
Fingerprints Tie Suspect to Pleasant Valley Attack Car
The investigation into Samuel J. Galway tightens as a thumb and palm print from the victim on a left door of a 1950 Plymouth matches the 9-year-old girl. Galway, in custody in Lubbock, admits to the assault and faces charges of kidnapping rape and enticing for immoral purposes. His vehicle loaned on the morning of June 25 by its owner Gasaway, a Amarillo native.
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Samuel J. Galway
Pleasant Valley
Don Sipes
Police Department
Galway
Gasaway
Amarillo
Lubbock
Make Driver's Suspension Stick
County Judge Gene Jordan campaigns to stamp out driving with suspended licenses. The offense fine rises to 100 dollars from 25 to 50 plus costs, totaling 122.50. Horace Walker Peek of Dumas, 54, arrested after a minor crash eight miles east of Amarillo. felony DWI second offense filed by the District Attorney.
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Gene Jordan
Erdan
Sing
Horace Walker Peek
Dumas
Peek
Amarillo
No Sparklers and Gun Charge Highlight County Court Day
Johnny Samora, 21, of 1636 Cleveland, arrested for carting a pie after saying he had no fireworks. He pleaded not guilty in county court with a $1,000 bond. In another case, Mary Williams, 1110 B Harrison, pleaded guilty to a separate charge with $100 and costs.
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Hurdle Smith
Glazier
Justice Court
Dennis Williams
Leroy Price
Johnny Samora
Cleveland
Samora
Mary Williams
B. Harrison
Two U S Diplomats Ousted By Hungary
Hungary declared Albert Scherer Jr and Ruth Tryon persona non grata and ordered their departure within 24 hours amid a diplomatic clash tied to the archbishop Groesz trial. Miss Eich was barred entry and may not return to Hungary, while U S officials rejected linking staff to spying. Scherer’s family remained with him in Budapest.
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Mempers
Rmgaion
Austria
Budapest
Legation
Albert Scherer, Jr
Ruth Tryon
Mary Eich
Miss Eich
Vienna
Hungary
Jozef Groesz
US State Department
Groesz
Carol
Miss Tryon
Red Date For Peace Talk
Tokyo reports arrangements for communist and Allied truce envoys to meet in peace Sunday while fighting continues in Korea. UN patrols near Kaesong were fired upon as ceasefire talks loom, with Gen Ridgway seeking guaranteed safe conduct for emissaries. Peiping radio warned that cease-fire talks depend on US sincerity and urged continued defense buildup.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
38Th Parallel
Matthew B. Ridgway
Cine Escday
North Korea
Peiping
High Water Mark in Amarillo Water Use Record
Amarillo set a new 24 hour water-use record last week with 25 million gallons. The previous two years saw 24 million and under 22 million gallons, while earlier years never exceeded 20 million gallons.
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Amarillo
Explosive Stolen by Boys in Hanson Mass
Police pursue 12 bottles of top secret liquid explosive stolen from National Fireworks Co. plant in Hanson. Three teen suspects allegedly tossed seven remaining bottles from a speeding car. six recovered as search broadens. Four people injured in plant explosion during the investigation.
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Hanson
Mass
Hanover
National Fireworks Co
Baseball National League and AL Scoreboard Fragments
Partial game notes show Cincinnati and Pittsburgh with early and late innings, Merriman homer for Cincinnati, Torrezon homer for Boston, Miller and Candini in Chicago Detroit context, St Louis versus Chicago pending, Brock and New York versus Brooklyn, Washington timing unclear.
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National League Cincinnnanos
Pittsburgh
Fox and Howell
Pollett and Garagiola
Merriman
Cincinnati
Cy Pimiggeiddin
Okks
Miller
Candini
Seminick
Ickford
St. Claire
Torse2on
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Oll Fork
Brock
New York
Brooklyn
Detroit
Washington
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Price
Senate
By Ben Ezzell
Lipscomb County
Everett Tarbox
L. G. Brown
Higgins
Jimmy Shafer
Willie Shafer
Lipscomb
Tarbox
Hemphill County
Hemphill
Ellis County
Oklahoma City
Clyde Risley
Hardie Smith
Smith
Austin
Risley
Hemphill County Grand Jury
Lipscomb County Grand Jury
You
Sam Galway
Sheriff's Department
Globe
the Weathereather Bureau
Globe-News
Morgan Beatty News of the World
Palisades
John Butler
Johnny
Palisades Amusement Park
Joe Weissman
Ae Ce
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
U.S
Cardinal Mindszenty
Gals
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