Beautician Was FBI Agent In Red Ranks
Washington July 6 The Evening Star reports former beauty shop worker Mary Stalcup Markward 239 a Chesterbrook Va housewife infiltrated the Communist Party here at FBI urging and spied on Red activity for nearly seven years She joined in May 1943 left in Oct 1949 rose to treasurer and city committee member kept lists dues party books and transfers The Daily Worker first disclosed her role Feb 7 The House Un American Activities Committee debated her testimony and the Star lists top facts she reported including underground groups and 20 clubs in Washington and Red recruitment targets
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Baseball scores and schedule Across leagues
In the National League Boston leads New York 52 to 25 with Spahn, Wilson and Cooper among top performers. Cincinnati and Chicago scoreless. Perkowski and Howelly win for Chicago. Tonight Brooklyn visits Philadelphia and St Louis hosts Pittsburgh. In the American League Chicago plays at St Louis in a doubleheader with New York facing Boston Philadelphia at Washington and Cleveland at Detroit.
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Plains Golfers Mourn Death of B F Holmes
Shamrock mourns pioneer businessman and golf enthusiast Benjamin Franklin Holmes at 63. Born in Carthage, he moved to Shamrock in 1906, co owned Shamrock & Gas Co, married Elizabeth Lyle in 1910, and led Shamrock Country Club as president. He helped found the Tri State Senior Golf Association and won its first championship in 1935.
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Benjamin Franklin Holmes
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Carthage
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Elizabeth Lyle
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
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Khiva
Amarillo
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Old Hillcrest Golf Club
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Gene Howe
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Juvenile Traffic Fines Prompt Amarillo Talks
Prosecution of juveniles for traffic violations changes with a new state law effective June 15. Ages 14 to 17 face fines from 1 to 500 dollars for reckless drunken or fast driving. County and city officials discuss shifting juvenile cases to the county where juvenile authorities are trained.
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Amarillo
Dick Cazzell
Jordan
Jack Grant
Wife Fined For Stabbing Legless Mate At Court
A Negro woman was fined 20 in corporation court by City Judge Dick Cazzell after admitting she hid a butcher knife at her husband s request following a home altercation two weeks earlier He claimed he fell on the knife during a struggle and the judge dismissed the story as full of holes as the woman tried to explain Her hospital-bound husband was to return home at 10 o clock
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Corporation
Dick Cazzell
Cazzel
Student Pilot Flies Plane Home After Bailout Lesson
At Randolph Field a student pilot failed to hear a bailout order during a tail spin drill. Lt Howard L Rust, 28, of Slippery Rock Pennsylvania, righted the plane and landed safely at the base. Lt Dwight Huntsman, 22, of Salt Lake City, was treated for back and foot wounds after the instructor bailed out. Rust had been a B 17 pilot in World War II.
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Randolph Air Force Base
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Dwight Huntsman
Salt Lake City
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Howard L. Rust
Slippery Rock
Rust
Randolph Base Hospital
United States Cancels Tariff Concessions on CommunistGoods
The State Department announced that the U S will revoke all tariff concessions for goods from Russia and allied communist nations. The move reverts duties to 1930 rates and covers items including Russian manganese furs Polish hams hides coal tar products Hungarian meat Romanian fodder Bulgarian tobacco and more. Officials estimate about 81.9 million dollars in communist shipments will be affected.
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McGee Plea Gains Support From Board of Pardons
Austin July 6 Attorneys veterans affairs officials and relatives joined to urge clemency for Richard W McGee who faces the electric chair on Aug 2 The appeal follows the three year anniversary of the Ben Allston slaying in Lubbock Witnesses argued McGee was insane before during and after the crime and remains so A Dallas woman a sister urged mercy noting the chair is a stigma to her children and society would be better off with him dead
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Ben Allston
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E. A. Simpson
Amarillo
Lee McGee
Grand jurors seek a Panhandle lie detector site
Grand jurors led by foreman Jesse Hill urge placing a lie detector in Amarillo to avoid transporting suspects to Austin for the state operated polygraph. They cite anticipated state provision of two more machines and trained operators, with local space and some expense likely offset by taxpayer savings. They note many agencies are short staffed and a trip to Austin takes at least three people.
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Jesse Hill
Austin
State Department of Public Safety
Amarilo
Amarillo
A. E. Womble
L. O. Patton
F. R. Goforth
C. L. Dunnigan
George Grimm
G. R. Roberts
J. Clapton
Jesse Smith
F. &. T. Coggins
L. E. Glovier
A. B. Warren
Amarillo Seek Lie Detector for Capital Crime Cases
Sheriff Paul Gaither and staff discussed obtaining a lie detector to aid in capital crime cases and speed up investigations in Amarillo. Grand jurors urged the bid, noting time savings, with the current term completing its session without new indictments and the next term set for the first Monday in August.
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Paul Gaither
Austin
Amarillo
Gaither
Ree
Allied Planes Skip Kaesong In Cease Fire Talks
Allied forces ordered not to attack the Pyongyang Kaesong corridor as Communist negotiators travel by convoy for cease fire preliminaries. General Weyland stated war planes would refrain along the Pyongyang Sariwon Namchongjiom highway until the agreed safe conduct, following Ridgway's pledge.
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Pyongyang-Sariwon- Namchongjiom
Kaesong
Parallel 38
Weyland
Matthew B. Ridgway
Wild duck invades rural Texas home
A wild duck wandered into the Burman Burnan residence at 206 Louisiana, startling Mrs Burnan who woke from a nap to find the bird perched on a chest of drawers. Mr Smith placed the duck in a backyard pen and plans to drive it to a Wayside pond on Sunday, unsure of its origin or intent.
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Hills
Burnamis
Amarillo BR
Oatis Trial Broadcast On NBC Radio Tonight
William Oatis, AP correspondent in Prague, is heard in a Czech court espionage trial recorded for NBC tonight at 9 45 Texas time. The Czech government sentenced him to 10 years. the broadcast includes his replies through an interpreter to questions asked by prosecutor Abe Goldberg.
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William Oatis
NBC
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Associated Press
Prague
Abe Goldberg
United Nations
UN Commander Bans Bombers From Key Western Front Road
The United Nations ordered bombers and fighters to avoid a main supply highway feeding the western front and a 5 mile radius around Kaesong until a Red delegation arrives. The road has suffered months of near constant attacks and is heavily cratered and mined with sharp tetrahedron devices. The pledge was part of security steps tied to final arrangements for a meeting of three See PEACE Page 8.
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Kaesong
Influence offer barred in Washington
Representative Bennett a Florida Democrat said before a Senate subcommittee that he was offered substantial sums of money to assist defense contract seekers in navigating government agencies, signaling a possible bribery attempt linked to procurement.
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Bennett
Florida
Senate
Red Angel Jailed in Sneer at Court
New York July 6 AP Millionaire Frederick Vanderbilt Field jailed for contempt for refusing to name bail contributors for four fugitives sought by the FBI. U S Court Judge Sylvester J Ryan ordered detention after field refused to reveal identities of bail fund backers. The four fugitives include Henry Winston Gus Hall Robert Thompson and Gilbert Green among 11 Com-
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Red ‘Angel
New York
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Sylvester J. Ryan
Civil Rights Congress
New Haven
Conn
Ryan
US Court
Thomas Swan
Yale Law School
Field
FBI
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The Amarillo region shows scattered afternoon clouds and hot conditions projected today and Saturday. Highs near 98 today, 95 tomorrow, with a 97 degree high and 71 degree low in the last 24 hours. Panhandle outlook favors outdoor work with little rainfall expected. West Texas and New Mexico similar warm, with isolated storms in New Mexico. In federal news, four forfeitees faced bail issues, while seven surrendered to begin terms in Lewisburg federal prison after a court dispute over compelled testimony and privilege leading to contempt and 90 days custody.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
United States
Ryan
Federal House of Detention
Lewisburg
Field
Victor Rabinowitz
FHA Home Repair Loans 30 Month Plan
Gunn Bros Thrift Tamps and Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co use FHA home repair loans offering 30 months to pay. The notice highlights financing options through local firms and suppliers assisting homeowners in funding improvements.
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Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
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