Motive for Landis death remains a mystery
Hollywood July 6 film star Carole Landis age 23 killed herself with sleeping pills in Brentwood California home. Police found no clear reason for the suicide amid reports of four previous marriages and restless personal life. note to mother and personal effects described in detail.
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Carole Landis
Brentweed
Aad
Miss Landis
Rex Harrison Harrison
Lill Palmer
Brentwood
C. L
Mommie
Holiday weekend traffic outlook in Panhandle noted
No traffic fatalities reported during the long holiday weekend according to highway patrol. Capt. Polk Ivy, supervisor, said the situation looks hopeful but not certain as residents return from trips and travel volume rises. Previous years had five fatalities when the holiday fell on a Friday.
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Panhandle
Polk Ivy
Truman says Ike drive not dead amid party unity push
A Virginia delegation urged unity as the party faces divisions over the Ike nomination. The memo notes statements by a former Army chief of staff now at Columbia University, while Truman travels from Missouri to Washington and appeals for party cohesion.
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Eise
Demond McGrath
Rhode Island
Truman
Eisenhower Support Buildup Stirs Democratic Debate
Senator Johnston of South Carolina and Cook County Leader Jacob Arvey voice backing for Dwight D. Eisenhower. Johnston expects a November White House bid while Arvey refuses to resign from the party draft effort. Alabama delegates also cling to the draft boom.
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Senator Johnston
South Carolina
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Chicago
Cook County
Jacob M. Arvey
Senhower
Il Arvey
Alabama
Palestine Truce Ends Soon as Bernadotte Presses Talks
Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha of the Arab League warned that a prolongation of the UN truce in Palestine would not be accepted. The four week ceasefire expires at midnight Thursday as Bernadotte pursues revised proposals with Jews and Arabs.
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Palestine
High
Arab League
United Nations
Holy Land
Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha
The
League
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
Azzam
Ing
Record Wheat Arrivals Hit Kansas City Market Peak
In Kansas City on July 6 the Board of Trade reported 4578 cars of wheat arriving, an all time market record. The shipment surpassed the previous peak set July 5 ten years ago by about 25 percent, with the 1938 tally at 3579 cars.
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Kansas City
Board of Trade
City Backs Braniff Bid In West Coast Airline Quest
Amarillo backs Braniff International Airways in a contest among Braniff and other carriers for a West Coast route. Mayor Lawrence Hagg announced support as Braniff president T. E. Braniff from Dallas is due Tuesday afternoon for a meeting with local officials and business leaders at 7 p.m. in the Herring Hotel.
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Amarillo
West Coast
Braniff Interational Airways
Lawrence Hagg
T. E. Braniff
Dallas
Braniff International Airci
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Herring
Braniff Airways
Braniff
Contract Let for Big New College Building
Growth of Amarillo College recognised Monday night by the board of trustees. The trustees let a contract for construction of a 546 thousand dollar structure forming a quadrangle on the campus. The two story brick and steel building will sit near Jackson and Twenty-second, housing music and home economics departments plus offices and classrooms. Completion is planned by September 1, 1989. The project is funded by a bond issue approved with an expansion program. The board also authorized 5200 dollars for seating equipment and filing cabinets. Four bids to repaint Alice San Jacinto Summit schools were rejected as over budget.
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Amarillo College
Walter Wirtz
Amarillo
Ing
Carlander of
Slding
Jackson
Twenty
A. M. Meyer
George Waddill
Alice San- Aercin
Margaret Wills
San Jacinto
Summit
GOP Big Two May Visit Here
George Shannon notes Dewey or Earl Warren or both may visit Amarillo before the fall. He cites national polls showing Dewey as the Republican choice and says Texas delegates backed him openly at the convention. Shannon, a Texas Republican leader, says nomination was by popular acclaim, not high pressure.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
Amarillo
George Shannon
Dewey
Warren
Shannon
Philadelphia
New York City
New York
Texas
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy today tonight and Wednesday with scattered thundershowers and mild temperatures. West Texas sees similar skies with afternoon showers. New Mexico fair on Wednesday with isolated storms. High around 84, low 61. Al's Radio Service, Amarillo's oldest, 2-3851.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Radio Ser
Amarilio
Longtime West Texas State president honored at Canyon dinner
J A Hill, beloved president for three decades at West Texas State College, received a testimonial dinner in Canyon where nine speakers praised his service to the college and Panhandle region. Hill opened with a humorous caution against immodesty and shared a West Texas memory, recalling the college’s early days and a flagpole near the museum site.
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Rasco Br. J. A. Hill
West Texas State College
Canyon
Panhandle
Lexus State
Gare Musamore
James P. Comette
J. A. Hill
Hill
R. B. Cousins
Aess
West Joins In Protest To Moscow
The United States led a coordinated protest with Britain and France against the Soviet blockade of Berlin. London summoned the Soviet ambassador and handed a note, Paris delivered a protest, and Washington discussed terms linked to Truman Stalin correspondence and the Potsdam conference. Officials framed the notes as a strong protest rather than an ultimatum, with possible talks on a four power settlement for Berlin. See BLOCKADE Page 2
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Associated Press
United States
Georgi Zarubin
Foreign Office
Britain
Paris
Alexander Bogolomoy
Truman
Stalin
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Joan Mayniard
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