Death and Funeral Notices from Shaw and Surrounding Areas
Mazurek Theodore H. Mazurek 89 of Bovina Texas died Monday. Funeral rites include Rosary 8 PM Tuesday at Memorial Chapel Mass 19 AM Thursday at Hereford Catholic Church burial Hereford Cemetery. Hurt Clarence Edward Sr. 58 of 1001 Milam died Monday. Husband of Nola father of CFE Hurt Jr Larry and Sandra. Burial at Liano with service 4 PM Wednesday at Memorial Chapel. Coffman Villa Bond Coffman 69 of Groom died Sunday. Mother of four and sister of several relatives. Service 10 AM Tuesday Groom burial Liberty Missouri. Reynold Georgia Beulah Reynold 60 of 2119 ages died Monday wife of W. J. mother of several and sister of G. F. Lingo. Service pending with Blackburn-Shaw. Anderson Morris Glenn Anderson II 2-day-old son of Mr and Mrs M G Anderson Jr. Service pending with Blackburn Shaw. Ehart Alfred Lee Ehart 34 of Dalhart died Monday husband of Austa father of Carolyn Ann and James Edward. Two brothers and four sisters. Body to Dalhart for service and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazurekheodore H. Mazurek
Bovina Exas
Henry
Sam, Lewis
Bernice Phillips
Lucy Pyke
Rose Hamlin
Hereford Catholic Church
Hereford Cemetery
Clarence Edward Hurt
Nola
Cfe
Hurt, Jr
Larry
Sandra
Gene
Robert
Walter
Hamton
J. E. Cheatham
O. B. Thomas
F. G Smith
Liano
Coffman
Bond Coffman
Groom
Texas
Effiemarie Latta
Margaret Kimmins
Helen Kuehler
Linnie C. Hall
Lee Bond
Malinda Boned
Liberty
Mo Reynold Georgia Beunah Reynold
W. J
D. Sexton
J. H. Anderson
Blackburn Shaw
Ehart Alfred Lee Ehart
Dalhart
Austa
Carolyn Ann
James Edward
Daibart
Tragic Death of One Year Old Clyde Seibert in Sebring
Clyde Dempsey Seibert one year old son of Tech Set and Mrs Clyde Seibert of Sebring Florida died Saturday in Sebring. He was brother of Verna Kathleen Sharon Ann and grandson of Mr and Mrs R E Leibner and Mr and Mrs C B Seibert. Services pending with Griggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sfirert Clyde Dempsey Seibert
Tech Set
Clyde Seibert
Sebring
Fla
Verna Athleen
Sharon Ann
R. E. Leibner
Seibert
Griggs
Puckett and Gill Burial Notices From Kansas and Texas
Bert Puckett of Wellington Kansas and Preston Edwin Gill of Lubbock Texas are listed with services pending. Gill is husband to Margaret and father to Martha Kay, son of Mrs Bess Gill, brother to Raymond and Mrs Fred Kroll. Williams Glen Allen Williams age 41 of 1322 Buchanan is father to Glen E L White and Georgia Mae Hoff, service pending with Boxwell Brothers.
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Puckett
Bert Puckett
Wellington
Kansas
Wichita
Kan
Preston Edwin Gill
Lubbock
Texas
Margaret
Martha Kay
Bess Gill
Raymond
Fred Kroll
Boxwell Brothers
Williams Glen Allen Williams
Buchanan
Glen E
L. White
Georgia Mae Hoff
Nab Pair In Dallas Bombings
Two men Arthur Eugene Young and Claude T. Wright were charged in the June 24 bombing of a South Dallas home at 2214 Eugene. Wright owned the home. Young, Wright’s relative, was arrested in Hunt County. Arrests came ahead of a district court grand jury probe into South Dallas racial tensions. Neither man was granted bond.
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Dallas
Young
Hunt County
Wright
Eugene
Doris Jean Andrews
South Dallas
Glen Williams Rites Pending
Funeral arrangements for Glen Williams, 41, of 1322 Buchanan, are pending at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home after he was fatally overcome by smoke and fumes from a mattress fire in his bedroom late Monday night. Williams was found by his son Glen Edwin Williams, 21, around 11 o’clock, and fire department inhalator squad efforts failed to revive him. He awakened in the smoke-filled room and entered a closet, where he lay with his head against the closet wall. Origin of the blaze is undetermined. A native of Mount Vernon, Texas, Williams had lived here since 1934 and worked at WA&W Motors. Surviving: wife Virginia Williams, daughter Mrs. B. L. White of Mount Pleasant, sister Mrs. Georgia Mae Hoff of Skelivtown.
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Glen Williams
Boxwell Brothers
Williams
Buchanan
Glen Edwin Williams
Mount Vernon
Tex
Wa&w Motors
Virginia Williams
B. L. White
Mount Pleasant
Georgia Mae Hoff
Skelivtown
Steers His Dad On Final Journey
In Adrian Michigan a 12 year old boy took the wheel as a truck sped down a steep hill after his father whispered I am going son and slumped in the seat. William Williamson aged 49 of Elkhart Indiana died of a heart attack before his son Larry could stop the truck.
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Adrian, Mich
William Williamson
Elkhart
Ind
Larry
Vishinsky Almost Recovered and Set to Return
British diplomat said Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky is nearly well after months of illness and will resume full-time duties at the foreign ministry soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vishinsky
Moscow
Andrei Vishinsky
Foreign Ministry
Sun as Laboratory: Scientists Study Distant Stars
Scientists use the Sun as a reference laboratory to understand distant stars. By comparing solar and stellar data, researchers infer properties such as composition, temperature, and life cycles across the cosmos.
Markets 12 O Clock Quotations From Merrill Lynch Desk
New York stock quotes from the Amarillo Merrill Lynch office list Air Reduction through Youngstown Sheet and Tube with varied percent values and many prominent tickers. also notes over the counter and Chicago Grain and Livestock data including wheat corn oats soybeans hogs cattle sheep and prices in the Chicago market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Uhlmann Grain Co
Country Has 3600 Year Coal Supply
Charleston news notes a United States Geological Survey report stating that over 24 trillion tons of bituminous coal have been produced in the U S with about 616.3 billion tons still recoverable at a 50 percent recovery rate. If consumption stays at the 1940–1950 average, coal would last to 3563.
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Charleston
United States Geological Survey
United States
Great Lakes Locks Handle More Traffic Than Major Canals
Great Lakes locks at Sault Ste Marie carry more yearly cargo tonnage than the combined totals through the Panama, Suez, Manchester, and Kiel Canals, signaling the lakes' dominant role in regional trade and transportation.
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Great Lakes
Ottawa
Sault Ste. Marie
Panama
Suez
Manchester
Kiel
Bradley U. Cage Aces Charged in Game Fixing Scandal
New York July 24 Dist Atty Frank Hogan announced eight Bradley University players admitted taking bribes to fix games including All American Eugene Melchiorre. Up to 2700 dollars involved since 1948 49 season with fixes aimed at Washington State and Oregon State games. Grand jury action expected. note linked figures Nick Englese aka Nick the Greek and Salvatore Sollazzo tied to Madison Square Garden schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Hogan
Bradley University
Bradley
Peoria
Til
Hogan
Eugene Melchiorre
William Mann
Aaron Preece
Charles Grover
Michael Shore
Peoria County
Washington State
Oregon State
Sollazzo
Long Island University
City College of New York
New York University
Thief Reaches Through Window In Amarillo Theft
A thief pried a window screen at 908 Kentucky and stole $60 from a purse belonging to Mrs. D. J. Gambrall of Wichita Falls who is visiting here. The thief reached through, took the cash, and left the handbag. the purse was not taken. Police found tracks, and this echoes earlier local theft waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
D. J. Gambrall
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Plowing Made Easy In Pearisburg Va
E R Henderson, a Virginia farmer, rigged a 20 inch wheel and small electric motor to a garden plow for about 12 dollars. He claimed it made plowing the easiest he had ever done and demonstrated the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearisburg
E. R. Henderson
Henderson
Cease-Fire Talks Face Setback Amid Korean Front Fighting
As cease-fire talks stall after 18 months of conflict in Korea, Allied air power strikes target rail lines and bridges near Pyongyang. Jet missions disrupt rail yards at Kang-Dong and Sariwon while two UN planes are shot down. Vice Admiral Joy returns from Tokyo with UN delegates, as discussions reject troop withdrawal from the agenda.
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Korea
Pyongyang
Kang-Dong
Sariwon
C. Turner Joy
Tokyo
Ridgway
Joy
Admiral Joy
Reds Go Deep for Their Fishy Story
MOSCOW July 24 Soviet scientific expedition claims it has found life nearly five miles below the sea. using conical nets hauled up from 8,000 meters a black fish with big eyes and a 35 inch long head. The scientists also fished up worms. Location of the catch was not specified.
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Moscow
Cop Produces Key To the Solution
A Virginia governor, John S. Battles, forgets his key at home and uses a police officer's key to enter the governor's mansion after a resident is away on vacation. The incident occurred in Richmond on July 24.
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Richmond
Virginia
John S. Battle
Rains Boost Flood Waters Near Cape Girardeau
The Mississippi neared a crest at 41.8 feet with an expected 41.9 later, dampening only slight further damage in Cape Girardeau Missouri. Levees in Perry County protecting 30 000 acres faced a sandbagging effort by Army and Air Force troops while upstream rains slowed receding and Alton lock restoration resumed river traffic.
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Cape Girardeau
Mississippi
Kansas
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
St. Louis
Perry County
Chester
Ill
Alton
General Walker Widow Visits Amarillo in Interim Tour
Mrs. Walton H. Walker widow of Korean War General Walker arrives in Amarillo as an overnight visitor. She plans to visit his 82-year-old mother in Belton and later go to Ft. Benning to see her son Captain Sam S. Walker. The trip follows news of General Walker’s July 24 retirement and his death in a jeep accident.
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Walton H. Walker
Walker
US 8Th Army
Amarillo
Sunset Motel
Highway 66
Veteran’s Hospital
General Walker
Belton
Ft. Benning
Sam S. Walker
Hastings Wedding Earthquake Test Stands Firm
During a marriage service in Hastings New Zealand an earthquake shook the church but the couple remained steady the clergyman continued the ceremony uninterrupted preserving the solemn mood and resilience of all present.
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Hastings
New Zealand
Gem Lake Pool Purchase Hangs On City Vote
City Manager N Y Moss faced a likely recommendation from the pool owners to resume operations. The Gem Lake swimming pool, unused this year, is described as in poor repair with repair costs around 100000 dollars. The Gem Lake site lies northwest of Amarillo near the Amarillo Country Club.
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Gem Lake
City Commission
N. Y. Moss
City Health Department
Moss
Park and Recreation Commission
Gem Lake Pool
Amarillo
Amarillo Country Club Golf Course
Gold Field Air Strip Sparks Alaska Pioneering Dream
In Flat Alaska the 1912 gold rush era is recalled as planes land on a field once sought for wealth. The improvised landing strip sits atop the historic gold field that drew pioneers and prospectors to the region.
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Flat
Alaska
Monument Shop Tombstone Message On Highway Front
Searcy Arkansas reports a monument shop placed a tombstone on the highway in front of its shop bearing the line Take your time. We can wait. The unusual roadside display drew attention from motorists and local authorities observed the scene.
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Searcy, Ark
Sparkman Backs Current Armed Forces Goal Against Hike
Senator Sparkman after two week European tour says there is no good reason for manpower increases beyond the current goal unless greater trouble looms. He notes Eisenhower did not indicate a need for more men in Europe. Other lawmakers echo caution while Congress weighs any expansion beyond 5.5 million. The draft sets a five million ceiling with possible funds for a modest rise to 3.5 million.
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Ater Sparkman
Alabama
Europe
Eisenhower
Senate
Russell
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Gangs Battle At Park Ends In Armed Confrontation
Police arrested 22 youths aged 17 to 20 after a third gathering at an amusement park. Open with a baseball bat left one man with a rib fracture and several others with minor injuries. A participant produced a shotgun ending the fight while others were found armed with a rifle pistol knives or homemade black jacks.
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PAGE
City Gangs Targeted as Police Chief Vows Action
Police chief L D Morrison took command of an investigation into juvenile gang activity describing the situation as serious. He pledged to stop the gangs, stating the city will not be run by juveniles, while detectives noted arrests may deter further trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Morrison
Southside
Northside
H. A. Supple
Matador Ranch Sale In Southwest Oklahoma Advances
The Matador ranches straddling Floyd Motley Cottle Crosby and Dickens counties face an auction after decades of oil leases. Rumors suggest the buyers aim to dissolve the American syndicate and strip land of assets, with London bankers Lazard Brothers noting shareholders retain some mineral rights.
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Oklahoma
Floyd
Motley, Cottle
Crosby
Dickens
Matador Company
Lazard Brothers
Matador ranches tied to British interests and oil leases
The article notes the American syndicate sees the ranches as cattle investment with Alamositas leased to Superior Oil Co of California and Humble Oil Co of Texas drilling on Matador. Matador once held by Scottish and British interests, with Lazard announcing a sale at 23.70 dollars per share for 800000 shares. Market value rose in London to about five pounds, with Dundee headquarters and chairman William MacDougall.
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Alamositas
Superior Oil Company of
California
Humble Oil Company of Texas
Matador
Matador Company
West Texas
Lazard Brothers
London
Dundee
Scotland
William MacDougall
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Shaw
Oe Weah
Osgood Monument CO
Ruthker
Jefferson
Llano
British and Foreign Bible Society
California Liquid Fertilizer CO
Pico St
Pasadena, Calif
Minn Moline
Amer Airlines
Im-K-T
Amer
Amer Car&Fd
Hontem Ward
Amer Cyana
Amer Locomo
Mueller Brass
Amer Nat Gas
Murray Corpor
Amer P & L
I Nash Kelvinez
Amer Home
Nati Auto
Amer Zinc
Natl Dept
Anaconda
Natl Distillers
Prnch
Natl Gypsum
Armco Steel
Nat Steel Cp
Armour & Co
iNatl
Ashland
Natomas Cars
Assoc Dry
New York Cat
Atch Toj&sf
NorthAm Avia
Avco Manufac
North Nat Gas
Baldwin Loco
Ainorth Pac RR
Baltd& Ohio
Onio Edison
Bendix Aviata
Ohio Oil ‘Co
Best Foods
Oliver Corpor
Bethlehem St 51
Dackard Motor
Blaw Knox
S'Panam
Biles Co
Boeing
Central & SW
Pullman Incor
Ches & Ohio
Radio Corp
Chicago Corp
R K Pictures
Cheo Ri&Pac
R K Theaters
Chrysler Corp
Rem Rand
Climax Molyb
Reo Motors
Republic Avia
Con Motors Co
Scheniley Inc
Continent Oil
Seaboard Oil
Copperweld St
Sears Roebuck
Corn Products
Servel Inc
Shamrock Oil
Crucible Steel
Sharon Steel
E0el Oil Co
Curtis Publish
Sinclair Oi
Curtiss Wright
Decca Records
Deere & Co
Southern-Com
Distillers Corp
Southern Pac
Doehler-Jarvis
Southern Ry
Dome Mines
Sperry-Within
Doug Aircraft
Spiegel Incor
Dow Chem
Square D Co
DuPont de Nem
Stand
angle-Picher
Cal
Eastern Airi
Erie Railroad
Sterling Drug
Eversharp
siStewart Warn
Flintkote Co
Stone &Webst
Foster Wheeler
Studebaker Co
Freeport Suip
Sun Oil
Tex Pac
Glidden
Goodall Sans
Tidewater Oil
Goodrich
Goodyear T&r
Timken Roller
North
Renee Fee
Itevaccan Ge
Grumman Air
Union Carbide
siUnion
Gulf Oil Corp
Union Pacific
Halliburton
United Aircrft
Heritage A Srie
Houston
United Gas Co
Howe Sound
Merchant
Hudson Motor
Hl Central
Us Rubber Co
Cosden Petro
Pacite Peron
Sisolar
Kaiser Fraser
East
Tans Occ
Ince
Tenn
Texas Gas
Civaveken
Southern Union Gas
Chicago Livestock
Esis Ns
Psec
Conaress
Riner
Justice Court
Geo.a.dickels
Ighscap
Avice
Amarillo Motor Co., Inc
Amarillo, Texas
Tyler
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