50 Years of Married Life in Amarillo Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George W Keeling mark 50 years since their July 8 1900 marriage in Bryan Texas with a family party at their Amarillo home 1523 Fannin. He 71 she 68 moved from San Antonio to Amarillo in 1929 and own Carroll Courts cafe and service station. Out of town guests include W Darnell of Dallas and B S Mansfield Ivy Hale and Eleanor Mansfield of San Antonio.
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George W. Keeling
Fannin
Keelings
Amarillo
San Antonio
Keeling
Carroll Courts
Canyon Road
Bryan
Tex
Beeping Tom Suspect Visited Bank After Release
In Hamilton Texas on July 11 a man accused of peeping was released by sheriff officers who later questioned their action. Upon release the man visited a local bank to cash a welfare check for a dependent blind. Officers note the suspect is partially blind.
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Hamilton
Tex
U.P
Dallas Bar Association backs state and local candidates
The Dallas Bar Association endorsed its political slate in a heavy vote. It recommended Will Wilson Harvey Griffin for the Supreme Court places, Meade Griffin for Place 3, W. A. Morrison for the Court of Criminal Appeals, and Henry Wade for Dallas district attorney in the association’s official action.
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Dallas
Dallas Bar Association
The
Supreme Court
Will Wilson
Harvey
Meade F. Griffin
W. A. Morrison
Court of Criminal Appeals
Henry Wade
Maintain Stand Against War at Seventh Day Adventists Convention
SAN FRANCISCO July 11 The worldwide Seventh Day Adventists prepared to maintain their stand against members serving in the fighting side of war. A spokesman at the 12 day church convention said members are training to serve as medical corpsmen. Medical cadet officers will train at Camp Beulah Pueblo Colo Aug 14 28 J Lamar McElhany president said the greatest danger today is intense nationalism that divides nations and individuals and has no place among a people carrying God's last message of mercy to all the world.
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San Francisco
Camp Beulah
Pueblo
Colo
J. Lamar McElhany
Houston To Nudge Out New Orleans
Census Director George Findlay estimated Houston's 1950 population at 576000 or more, with preliminary New Orleans figures at 568407. He predicted Houston might range from 576000 to 633000, likely making it the 14th largest city in the nation.
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Houston
New Orleans
George Findlay
Findlay
Television Muscles In on School Studies
Roosevelt Junior High School social studies class studied television effects on education. Survey of 429 students found over 52 percent owned TV sets. On school days the owning group watched about 2.8 hours daily and spent a little over three hours on studies each weekday.
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Cleveland W.2
Roosevelt Junior High School
Western Auto Sales Rise In June Figures
NEW YORK July 11 Western Auto Supply Mo reports June retail and wholesale sales totaling 14,018,000 a 35.1 percent rise from 10,378,000 a year earlier. For the first six months of 1950 sales reached 65,434,000 up 24 percent from 52,775,000 in 1949.
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New York
Western Auto Supply
Optimism in Fight Against Tuberculosis
In Jackson Mississippi on July 11 a tuberculosis treatment specialist asserts that optimism aids recovery. Henry Boswell head of the state tuberculosis sanitarium notes that optimism improves patient morale and treatment outcomes, contrasting with pessimism which hinders progress.
Boston Tavern Keeper Faces Beer Service Complaint
George Shabaga, tavern keeper in Boston, offered a ready explanation to police about two teen boys being served beer. He said the incident occurred after he became ill and asked a one eyed man to take over the bar while he went to a doctor.
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Boston
W.P
George Shabaga
Tron
Draft call for 20 000 men drives enlistment plans
Washington reports draft machinery moves to meet an Army request for 20 000 recruits. Maj Gen Lewis Hershey says induction centers may wait 60 days while Selective Service reorganizes. The plan focuses on 22 and 23 year olds, with volunteers hoped to fill the remainder as upswings occur in several cities. World War II exemptions shape early emphasis.
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Washington
Korea
Army
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
District of Columbia
Hershey
World Council of Churches drafts Korea policy statement
The World Council of Churches plans a Korea policy statement as its central committee gathers in Toronto to draft a declaration on the Korean war. The 90 member body represents about 160 million Protestants in 44 countries, including members from behind the Iron Curtain. A closed session allows private member input before a public draft debate Thursday.
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I LI I
Commission of Churches On International Affairs
Commission
Council
Kenneth G. Grubb
London
O. Frederick Nolde
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Toronto
World Council of Churches
Korea
Pearce Family Attends Funeral for R C Harbison
Mr and Mrs L S Pearce of 104 Wayside and their two daughters Barbara and Diane returned from Russellville Arkansas where they attended funeral services for Mrs Pearce s father R C Harbison. Mr Harbison 82 died July 4 at Russellville.
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L. S. Pearce
Barbara
Diane
Russellville
Ark
France’s 1949 Output Surpasses Prewar Levels
France last year produced 17 000 tractors, ten times the 1938 output. Coal production in 1949 totaled 53 000 tons, compared with 48 000 000 the previous year, reflecting heavy postwar production shifts.
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France
Man Charged in Shooting Ex-Wife Cathey Accused
Frank Cathey a Big Spring barber is charged with assault with intent to murder after shooting his estranged wife Mrs Cathey who was shot but expected to recover Police Capt E W York said Cathey slashed his throat with a razor and stabbed himself twice with an ice pick before being guarded in a hospital in Big Spring July 11.
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Cathey
E. W. York
Big Spring
Frank Cathey
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