Governor Grants Plea For Sanity Hearing In McGee Case
Governor Allan Shivers grants a 30 day execution stay for Richard W. McGee to allow time for a sanity hearing. The reprieve delays the death date to September 1. McGee, in Huntsville Texas death cell, demands statements and disrupts meals while guards describe his religious rants and violence toward staff. His mother has not visited for two weeks, with two sisters visiting briefly.
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Allan Shivers
Richard W. McGee
State Pardons Board
Col. E. A. Simpson
G. V. Pardue
Lubhaecle
Huntsville
Texas Penitentiary
Richard McGee
Marcus VY. Heath
Richard
Heath
McGee
Don Reid
Associated Press
Reid
Huntsville Item
Interview Ends With Incoherent Babble at McGee Statement
Howard Sublett described the attempted interview as producing only incoherent babbling. McGee then responded to a question with the brief directive to read John 3 16 in the Holy Bible.
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Howard Sublett
Bureau of Classification
Amarillo ROTC Graduate Leads 32nd Infantry Unit
Lt. Col. John M. Hightower, 34, the youngest U S regimental commander in Korea, began his military career in Amarillo High School ROTC before Pearl Harbor. Col. T H McDonald and teacher Mrs Atwood recall his early drive and support for his Army path.
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Amarillo High School
John M. Hightower
Korea
William Hoge
32Nd Infantry
Fred Tripp
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Pearl Harbor
32Nd Infantry Regiment
Mili
Col
T. H. McDonald
John
Atwood
Bryan
Hightower
What He Gets for Bragging In Korea Command Post Jest
An Allied observer reports a Chinese Communist soldier with a grim humor subduing a forward command post. Captain Carroll O Neill of Baltimore requests artillery fire after a laughing taunt, and an hour later the observer says the command post is recaptured with a final taunt.
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Korea
Carroll O'Neill
Baltimore
O'Neill
Amarillo Considers Movie Censorship Board
The city attorney said Amarillo could form a board of censors and require permits for showing films, a response to a church group request. The proposal faced skepticism from city officials and theater manager Jack King called it impractical. Dallas appraiser George Ehrenbourg discussed a school district tax reappraisal with the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Ben P. Manning
City Commission
Manning
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Board of Censors
N. ¥. Moss
Gene Klein
Jack King
George Ehrenbourg
Dallas
Commission
Confederate Army Getting Rebels At Amarillo High
Roberta Underwood reports Amarillo High School Rebels rally behind the Confederate flag. Ted and Don Singleton, Suzanne Norman and other students display growing flag ownership, tracing origins from handcraft to ordered banners as loyalties surface. Rebels-Page 12.
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Scott Dine
Suzanne Norman
Singleton Brothers
Don Singleton
Ted Singleton
Amarillo High School
Ted
Neill Singleton
van Buren
Don
Oldster
AHS
Joe Norman
Baseball Tonights Standings and Schedules
In the American League three games scheduled St Louis at Boston Chicago at Philadelphia and Cleveland at Washington. The National League has New York at Chicago this afternoon with late game scores expected Tonight Philadelphia at Cincinnati Boston at St Louis and Brooklyn at Pittsburgh on the slate.
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St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Washington
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Weather outlook and regional notes for Amarillo area
The Weather Bureau reports considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms across Amarillo and vicinity. Temperatures to rise with highs near 91 today and 93 tomorrow, lows around 68 to 70. Panhandle outlook notes light rainfall with some heavier totals possible, little disruption to outdoor work, and similar patterns in West Texas New Mexico regions. Ad for Clovers & Wiggins Lumber Co. lists 2x4 and 2x6 lumber at 6.95 per board.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Qlver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
1200
West
Planes Hit Red Troops in Korean Iron Triangle
Allied warplanes struck Red positions in the iron triangle on Korea's western front near Pyongyang and Kumsong. Fifth Air Force Mustangs strafed troops and napalmed a village while Marine fighters and B 26 bombers attacked east of Pyongyang.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Iron Triangle
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Gerald R. Marshall
Woodrow
Kumsong
Kumhwa
Plan for Amarillo Siren Warning System
Civil Defense plans in Amarillo aim to install a siren network for disasters and potential attacks. The Western Continental Equipment Co of Colorado Springs is to conduct a survey using 14 sirens of 40 to 32 horsepower. Initial cost is projected at 35000 dollars, with efforts to reduce expenses. Assist Deputy Director J C Smith noted current siren facilities are inadequate.
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Amarillo
T. H., McDonald
Civil Defense
Western Continental Equipment Company
Colorado Springs
Colo
McDonald
J. C. Smith
Smith
Auditorium Repair Plan Under City Study
The city commission weighs a 100000 dollar package for Municipal Auditorium repairs including a new roof upgraded ventilation and lighting. A bond issue may fund the work as a partial next year. An added south wing for the city engineering water and accounting offices is under preliminary study due to crowded conditions with over 20000 accounts now in the water department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Klein
Klein
Water and Accounting Department
N. V. Moss
Peace Parley Stalls Over Korea Cease-Fire Line
Talks on a buffer zone between UN and Communist forces stall for a sixth day. The Communists demand a 38th parallel line, rejecting the current front largely in North Korea. No progress reported at the Kaesong session. A possible pause was suggested for consultations, with South Korean minister Pyun hinting at a broad zone that could cover front and 38th parallel.
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38Th Parallel Line
Yung Tao Pyun
Korean National Assembly
Pusan
Yung Tae Pyun
Kaesong
Bedside Pal Aids Recovery
Donny Cloyd Foster, 4, injured by a cane fishing pole point on Tierra Blanca Creek near Canyon. He received five throat stitches and rests with his Pekingese Tonto by his bed as his parents and grandparents care for him after the accident yesterday afternoon.
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Tonto
Donny Cloyd Foster
Donny
Ray Foster
Arthur
Tierra Blanca Creek
Canyon
John Eoff
Fisk
Crushed to Death in Dallas Paper Roll Accident
Dallas July 31 A C Thompson 66 was crushed to death yesterday when heavy paper rolls weighing several hundred pounds toppled onto him while unloading them. Police said the rolls fell and caused the fatality.
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Dallas
A. C Thompson
Thompson
Death takes Mrs. J Sid O Keefe of Panhandle
Mrs J Sid O Keefe a pioneer Panhandle resident died this morning at the family home. She was 62 years old and had been ill the past month. Survivors include her husband two daughters Mrs Louis Raber Colorado Springs and Mrs Kenneth Gibson Dallas and two sons J Pat O Keefe Amarillo and B Bryce O Keefe Atlanta. The body is in the care of Poston.
Ramsey Shuns Political Talk During lull in campaigns
Lt Governor Ben Ramsey visiting on route through OC avoided discussing future ambitions amid a calm political season. Ramsey, former Texas governor Shivers ally, kept mum on possible next moves while praising the Legislature for its work on redistricting and noting his own district lost a representative. He declined to speculate about possible runs for governor or the US Senate.
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Texas
Ben Ramsey
Vuulcuuun
Shivers
US Senate
Tom Connally
Ramsey
Senate
Connally
San Augustine
West Texas
High Plains
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Hick
Death House
SS Se
Pardue
72Nd District Court
Dan Blair
Blair
Judge Blair
R. L. Allston
Lubbock
Meche
Allston
Betty Jane
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Board of Pardons and Paroles
University of Texas Student Health Service
University of 1947
David White
San Marecos High School
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dixie
By Roberta Underwood
US Weather Bureau
KGNCS
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Globe
Donny Foster
Maser
Williams-Boyce
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