Safe Knocked in Pontiac Firm Burglary
Yeggs broke into the Dock Coffey Pontiac Company at 509 Tyler last night, damaging a six foot safe and stealing cash totaling 608.47 while checks over 1,000 lay scattered. The scene showed tools from the shop, half smoked cigars, and ransacked desks. the burglars left through the same NE window they entered, discovered by morning manager Gale Meigs.
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Yeggs
Dock Coffey Pontiac Company
Tyler
Gale Meigs
Meigs
Coffey
Panhandle Sees Widespread Rain and Thunder
Thunderstorms moved through the Panhandle and South Plains delivering up to a half inch at many points. Amarillo reported a half inch while downtown Amarillo saw 0.82 inches. Clovis measured about one inch in a late afternoon storm and Orion recorded a half inch. No damage reported as rains continued through Sunday.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo Alree
US Weather Bureau
News - Globe
Amarillo
Clovis
Orion
See Rain
Lost dog found via Globe News Want Ads
Junior Boswell uses his father Sam Boswell's Garage ad line and a one day 60 cent Want Ad in Globe News to locate his red cocker male dog named Sandy. Call 8883 for reward. Dial 6262 The People's Market Place offers quick results.
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Sam Boswell, Jr
Sam Boswell
Globe News
Sandy
Fire wrecks CloVis store in early morning blaze
Fire destroyed the Safeway store at Sixth and Pile in CloVis. The brick building and its stock were gutted after a 1:22 a.m. alarm, with fire crews from CloVis and the base aiding until about 4 a.m. Store manager Jeff Fulbright and owner George Laser could not determine stock value. A police captain was injured assisting hose lines while spectators gathered and a Safeway truck driver commented on the blaze.
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Clovis
Safeway
Sixth and Pile
George Laser
Hall
el Paso
Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance Firm In Brief
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance and a line about a brief time and an external party. Key actors are unclear. no concrete events, dates, or locations are discernible.
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Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes— Insurance Enver
Giigine
Iowa and California primaries test Brannan plan impact
The Iowa Democratic primary may shape Truman administration support for the Brannan farm plan as voters choose among six Senate hopefuls including Albert Loveland. In California, James Roosevelt challenges Earl Warren for governor as Rob Nixon and Helen Gahagan Douglas lead the Senate race, with cross filing allowed. Arkansas holds a Republican state convention tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Iowa
California
James Roosevelt
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
New Mexico
Arkansas
Sen
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Albert J. Loveland
Earl Warren
Senate
Downey
Richard N. Nixon
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Manchester Boddy
Boosting Is Not Enough Now, CC Managers Told
The Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers convened its 44th annual session in Abilene with John Womble noting the shift from boosters to professionally educated city analysts. Hubert M. Harrison of Longview urged self reliance and warned against 15 years of federal aid eroding the American spirit. He cited Eisenhower and a student essay contest emphasizing independent action.
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Chamber of Commerce
John Womble
Abilene
Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers
Herring Hotel
Hubert M. Harrison
Harrison
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Longview
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Voice of George Harrison on business and citizenship
George Harrison criticizes the Chamber of Commerce and business leaders for failing to shape sentiment and defend free enterprise. He laments their silence in the face of what he calls wrong in communities, urges homefront action and proactive plans rather than negative critique, noting a few firms offered retirement benefits long ago. Page 11 confirms convention context.
Court Issues Ruling On Negro Dining Car Segregation
The Supreme Court ruled eight to zero that segregating Negroes in railroad diners violates the Interstate Commerce Act. Justice Burton wrote the opinion, with Justice Clark not participating. The decision condemns separate but unequal dining service as unlawful and affirms that passengers must be treated equally when dining cars are available.
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Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Elmer W. Henderson
Committee On Fair Employment Practices
Birmingham
Henderson
Southern Railway Company
Southern Railroads
American Council of Human Rights
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Justice Department
Department
Burton
Foreign Aid Bill Signed by President Truman
President Truman signed a 3.12 billion dollar foreign aid authorization at the White House, backing five worldwide programs including Marshall Plan support for Europe and the point four initiative to develop backward areas. The package funds tech aid for Korea and Arab refugees, with emphasis on free enterprise and defeating communism while urging Congress to fund full implementation.
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Truman
White House
Congress
Europe
Korea
Southeast Asia
China
Republic of Korea
Palestine
United Nations
Horace Scott Wins $5 News Tip Prize
Horace Scott of McCaslin and Scott Lumber Co wins the $5 first prize for News Tips after supplying information on a Canyon wreck that killed four people. Second prize goes to Mrs. Estelle Brown for a 12 year old boy rescuing a girl from Lake McClellan. A special $3 award is given to Mrs. W Hayworth for a long laugh inducing item.
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Horace Scott
McCaslin and Scott Lumber Co
Canyon
Estelle Brown
Sanborn
Lake McClellan
Highway 287
Paul Davis
East Seventeenth
W. ©. Hayworth
North Johnson
Globe
Bevin Recovering After Operation In London
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin is improving after an intestinal operation performed Saturday. His private secretary said no further bulletins on his condition will be issued.
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Bevin
London
Ernest Bevin
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
The Weather Bureau reports cloudy conditions this afternoon and tonight with a rise to 83 degrees and a low around 76. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight and warmer Tuesday. New Mexico notes widely scattered thundershowers in the east, otherwise fair today through Tuesday with rising temperatures.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Supreme Court Rules Federal Rights Over Tideland Oil
The Supreme Court ruled the federal government holds top rights to tidelands oil off Texas and Louisiana shores. Justice Douglas delivered the opinion with separate dissents by Reed and Krankfurter in the Texas case. Louisiana’s case, 7-0, saw Justices Jackson and Clark not participating. The ruling links to California precedent granting broader control over offshore oil.
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Supreme Court
Federal
Texas
Louisiana
Douglas
Reed
Minton
Krankfurter
Arate
Jackson
Clark
Vernment
Gulf Coast Oil Prize
California
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Globe New Mexico Bureau
Joe Hacker
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Doug Hall
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Frankfurter
R. H. Collier
Polk
W. E. Hayworth
L. W. Spoonts
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Larry Bearden
Fannin
H. W. Hunter
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Pierce
Anna Marie Higgins
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