Five bodies found as 37 survivors rescued from plane crash
In Miami on June 6, 37 survivors of a twin engine plane that crashed into the Atlantic were rescued by the destroyer Saufley about 275 miles east northeast of Miami. A merchant ship Cape Ann sighted five bodies and stood by to aid. The pilot co-pilot and steward were saved and all survivors were reported in good condition.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Cape Ann
Coast Guard
Comdr
Hershell Sanders
Saufley
Westair Company
Navy
Wives Offer Counsel To Chamber Manager’s Wife
A panel of four chamber of commerce wives met at the Herring Hotel to advise Mrs. Jim Roberts wife of Plainview’s chamber manager. The session warned of life in a goldfish bowl and offered tips on bills, shopping, and projecting a wife’s support while preserving family and sanity. See WIVES-Page 15.
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Globe
Jim Roberts
Center
Chamber of Commerce
Robert
Plainview
Globe Business
Sid Holliday
Galveston
Herring Hotel
Roberts
Holliday
John Womble
Abilene
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Bill Blanton
Houston
Hob Lewis
US Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Amarillo
Boys Ranch program aids youths with no welfare support
Mr Farley spoke to Chamber of Commerce managers in the Crystal Ball Room at the Herring Hotel, describing Boys Ranch as a place for boys from broken homes. He quoted a typical case of delinquency starting with absence from school and negative peer influence, tracking toward minor offenses and reform efforts.
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Farley
Herring Hotel
Boys Ranch
Plan Training School for Rookie Cops
L. D. Morrison inspector and director of training of the Houston Police Department arrives tonight to aid Amarillo City Commission and Civil Service Commission in forming a pre service training school. He will meet tomorrow at 10 in a special session to help establish a training program for the police department.
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L. D. Morrison
Houston Police Department
Amarillo
Amarillo Weather Summary From US Weather Bureau Report
The Amarillo region is fair this afternoon, tonight, and Wednesday with warmer afternoons. Today's high 86, low 55. tomorrow's high 89. A 24 hour record shows 78 at 6:30 this morning, low 54. Panhandle outlook favors rising temps with showers possible late Thursday or Friday. West Texas clear to partly cloudy with warm temps across Panhandle South Plains Pecos Valley eastward. New Mexico fair today with warmer eastern areas.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
East
Bank robbery wooing her leads to surrender in Van Nuys
In Van Nuys California a Sacramento bookkeeper 23 held up a Bank of America and after a dance hall hostess, Margaret Sweet 20, learned of the crime she urged him to surrender. Police booked Donald P. Bookwalter for robbery after he admitted the act and the pair drove to the police station where he told the same story.
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VAN _ NUYS
Cal
Donald P. Bookwalter
Sacramento
Bank of America
Lee A. Proper
Margaret Sweet
Bookwalter
Proper
Bradley Boosts Arms Program Defense Pact Aid
General Omar N. Bradley told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that free European nations, with time and aid, can defend Western Europe against attack. He endorsed President Truman’s request for 1.222 billion dollars to continue foreign arms aid for another year, saying it moves toward security for the United States and allies.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Europe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Bradley
United States
Japanese Reds Barred From Public Office in 1946 Purge
General MacArthur ordered the removal of 24 top Communist politburo members from public life in Japan. Seven will vacate parliamentary seats and all members are barred from party membership and other political activity. Police actions followed Memorial Day protests, fueling speculation of harsher measures after Japan’s election. The move targets leaders and speakers, with no dissolution of the Communist Party.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Reds
Liberal Party
Communist Party
Sherman Bearcats oust Amarillo in state playoff
In Austin on June 6 the Sherman Bearcats defeated the Amarillo Golden Sandies 1-0 in the Inter scholastic League Class AA state baseball playoffs. Sherman will face Abilene at 7 p.m. Abilene beat Beaumont 7-0 to reach the semifinals. The winning run came in the top of the eighth as Clyde Israel overthrew first on a grounder after two singles.
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Disch
Austin
Sherman Bearcats
Amarillo Golden Sandies
Sherman
Abilene
Beaumont
Vern Irwin
Clyde Israel
Segregation Rulings Spark Mixed Southern Reactions
In Atlanta on June 6 AP reports the US Supreme Court rulings on segregation provoke consternation and elation across the South. Decisions include admitting a Negro law student to the all white University of Texas, desegregation of graduate classes at Oklahoma, and end to dining car segregation. NAACP plans a New York meeting June 26-27 to map strategy, while Governor Herman Talmadge vows Negroes will not be admitted to white schools.
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Atlanta
Southland
US Supreme Court
Supreme Court
University of Texas
University of Oklahoma
Ored
New York
Thurgood Marshall
NAACP
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Supreme Court ruling prompts Texas candidate’s rapid campaign surge
In Houston on June 6, a 46-year-old drilling contractor, J. M. Wren, reacted to U S Supreme Court rulings against Texas and the South by filing as a candidate for governor in Corsicana and then returning to Houston to begin campaigning immediately in his neighborhood.
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Houston
Texas
South
J. M. Wren
Corsicana
Market Slump Hits Toboggan Ride on Wall Street
New York stock market tumbled today with key issues dropping one to six dollars per share. The ticker system lagged four minutes as trades surged, while General Motors announced a two for one stock split and traded up to 91.25 before gains faded.
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New York
Rt Yy
General Motors
Rainfall Totals For Week and Forecast Ahead
Five day outlook calls for cooler but pleasant weather with light to moderate thundershowers late Thursday or Friday. Week ending rainfall totals show Amarillo station at 1.03 inches with numerous nearby towns reporting varying totals including Clovis 2.45 and Roswell 1.55 inches. Gunn Bros Thrift Stamps and Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co. advertise in the update.
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H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Borger
Childress
Clarendon
Claude
Crosbyton
Dalhart
Dimmitt
Dumas
Hereford
Lubbock
Memphis
Miami
Muleshoe
Panhandle
Plainview
Shamrock
Spearman
Stratford
Tulsa
Vega
Boise City
Okla
Guyman
Woodward
Clayton
Clovis
Roswell
Tucumcari
For Sale Fresh cow with high milk yield in Bushland area
Advertiser C. T. Rutherford states she has had good response for years selling livestock. For sale a fresh young cow half Holstein half Guernsey producing seven gallons daily. Located two miles east and three miles south of Bushland. Dial 6262. Wanted Headquarters claims quick results.
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Guernsey
C. T. Rutherford
Dial 6262
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Island of
Hawaii
Magic Roosevelt
Hickenlooper
By Thomas Thompson
California
James Roosevelt
Earl Warren
Iowa
Sy Eraorme
Ickenlooper
Albert Loveland
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Loveland
Nelson G. Kraschel
Brannan
Kraschel
Warren
Roosevelt
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
the Weather
US Weather Bureau Report
Western
High Court
National Association For the Advancement of Col
Gunn Bros
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Mirror Enterprises Syn
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