Texas House OKs 200 million tax plan adjourns
In Austin on June 6 the House voted to adjourn the 2nd session at noon Friday after lawmakers accepted a 200 million dollar tax program. Both chambers passed the plan by large majorities in rapid action. Rep. John Crosthwait of Dallas led the House resolution for Friday adjournment, while Rep. Doug Crouch of Denton urged a 6 PM adjournment.
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Austin
U.P
House of Representatives
House
Senate
John Crosthwait
Dallas
Doug Crouch
Denton
Ready To Go Home Adopts Tax Bill In Lone Star Senate
The Texas Senate approved a conference committee tax bill by 29 to 2 with Sens. Kyle Vick and Dorsey Hardeman voting no. The measure aims to keep the state in the black for the next two fiscal years as lawmakers anticipate a possible adjournment delay pending an address by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The upper chamber backed the bill amid expectations of a swift Senate approval.
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Kyle Vick
Waco
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
Douglas MacArthur
House
Warden
Texas
Truce Plan Upheld by Acheson Air Crashes Take Heavy Toll
Four prominent East Texans on a pleasure flight to Southwest Texas were killed in a single engine plane crash six miles east of Groesbeck in Central Texas. Fog may have contributed. the crew checked out at Palestine airport and departed after closing. Bodies found in a pasture. $4000 cash recovered. plane owned by Stinson Flying Club.
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Groesbeck
Texas
John Hensley
Jacksonville
Joe S. Meyer
Palestine
Ivy Lee Morris
Jakie Boyd
Boyd
Bill Green
Meyer
Stinson Flying Club
Charles Cates
Highway 64
Green
Norton Fox
Ruby Lauderdale
Roy Sims
Connally-Shelton Funeral Home
Amarillo pools open despite cool weather
Cloudy conditions dampen swimming in Amarillo with Thompson Pool and the Country Club Pool opening June 1 and the Amarillo Youth Center pool operating year round. Lifeguards on duty at all sites, hours posted, and Red Cross instructors running morning classes at 609 Carolina while Gem Lake opening date remains unannounced.
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Amarillo
Thompson Pool
Country Club
Amarillo Youth Center
Carolina
Red Cross
Gem Lake
Weather Recover Bodies of Both Miami Panhandle Men
Two Miami area ranchers Le W. L. Russell and Roy Mathers helped recover the body of Hickman from the creek near Miami after a long search. Stephenson located Cox at Cuyler Lake, ending a three hour search when a drag line snagged on a submerged fence wire. Cox and Haiduk were in a motor boat overturned by a whirlwind. Haiduk clung to a pole until rescue arrived as rescuers searched for Cox.
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W. L. Russell
Roy Mathers
Miami
Hickman
Russell
Mathers
Stephenson
Cox
Cuyler
Roy Carhart
Panhandle
Walter Brown
Clarence Williams
Haiduk
Bridge Collapse Triggers Rescue Operation on Creek
Volunteers and Amarillo and Panhandle Fire Departments aided a search after a cottonwood tree toppled during a flood, sweeping bridge spans into the creek. Spectators fled as the 40-foot sections broke away, with initial reports that Hickman might be trapped under one span.
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Amarillo
Hickman
Funeral notices for Cox and Hickman in Panhandle area
The report notes a Cottonwood tree and flood damage near Coffeyville and Miami, with Cox, 58, a cattle buyer and former deputy sheriff, survived by his wife Marian and several children. Leslie Cox, a drowning victim, is also mentioned. Hickman, 61, pioneer of Roberts County, operated a tin shop and plumbing business in Mobeetie and Miami, with survivors Gertie Dial, A C Dial, and Marguerite Ellis. Funeral arrangements for Cox pending.
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Miami
Coffeyville
Cox
J. M. Cox
Panhandle
Carson County
Marian Cox
Ralph Metcalf
Wayne
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Amarillo
Clifford
Austin
Howard
Schenectady
Marion Cox
Tom Henry
Wichita
Kan
Earl Spain
Dallas
Leslie Cox
Poston Funeral Home
Hickman
Roberts County
D. K. Hick
Mobeetie
Christy Weckesser
Gertie Dial
San Antonio
A. C. Dial
Perryton
Marguerite Ellis
Concord
Cal
Creeks Overflow as Downpours Hit Route 60 Area
Heavy rains and hail across the plains closed Highway 60 east of Miami for hours, later reopened after mud and debris were cleared. Farwell saw scattered damage with a tight hail pattern, while Pleasant Hill crops suffered 4 to 5 inches of rain destroying wheat and raw crop and washing out cotton. West Camp reported golf-ball to fist sized hail. Palmer and Bailey counties face possible crop losses as replanting becomes unlikely due to seed shortages. Running Water Draw caused highway washouts between Bovina and Farwell, though waters subsided this morning. Alanreed and Wheeler endured heavy rain with farm dam washouts and tree damage. Crops across the area are estimated 100 percent destroyed, threatening replanting. A Jim Risner dam break destroyed a truck garden and halted Highway 83 traffic. Sheriff Bus Dorman noted a tow truck rescued a car and four occupants from a ditch west of Wheeler. Rail and air service largely normal.
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Miami
Farwell
Pleasant Hill
Clovis
New Mexico Line
West Camp
Palmer and Bailey
Bovina
Alanreed
Wheeler
Burlington Lines
Zephyr
Vernon
Highway 83
Jim Risner
Bus Dorman
Page
Dude Ranch Final Show Tonight at Amarillo High
The last performance of the annual Dixie Dice show titled Dude Ranch runs at Amarillo High School Auditorium at 8:30 pm. Sponsored by the Downtown Lions Club, proceeds benefit Cripple Children and Cancer funds. Tickets cost $1 and are sold at Maxor Galloway Walgreen and Cretney drug stores or at the auditorium.
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Dude Ranch
Amarillo High School
Downtown
Lions Club
Cripple Children and Cancer Funds
Maxor, Galloway, Walgreen
Cretney Drug Stores
Rape Case to The Grand Jury in Potter County
The Potter County grand jury was to act on Cara B. Williams, a Morton junk dealer charged with statutory rape regarding an alleged attack on a 13 year old Mexican girl. Witnesses testified last week and again today. Williams had been arrested and released on bond at Morton. The case was brought to Texas Good Neighbor Commission attention by F F Roberts. The girl says the assaults occurred twice on May 25 at a tourist court on North East Eighth Avenue.
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Potter County
Cara B. Williams
Morton
Williams
Amarillo
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Texas
Mexico
F. F. Roberts
Hugh Montgomery
Roberts
North East Eighth Avenue
Gossett Silent on Phone Job Offer
Washington June 6 Representative Gossett of Texas declined comment on reports he had been offered a 25000 dollar yearly job as lawyer for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Another report had Walter Jenkins of Senator Lyndon Johnson's staff considering a run for Congress if Gossett resigns. Johnson's office said Jenkins was in Texas on private business. Gossett represents the Wichita Falls district.
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Washington
Gossett
Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Walter Jenkins
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Johnson
Jenkins
Wichita Falls
Chinese Reds Aid Burma Rebels
Taiwan Formosa dispatch reports the Nationalist defense ministry reiterating charges that Chinese Reds supply arms to Burmese rebels. It cites 20 truckloads of weapons sent from Yunnan and identifies Gen Chu Chia Pi directing aid from Paoshan near the Burma Road.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Burma
Yunnan
Kina
Chu Chia-Pi
Paoshan
Nine Die as C-97 Crashes at Kelly Air Force Base
A military C-97 with nine crew aboard crashed on takeoff from Kelly Air Force Base, igniting fires that destroyed two business buildings. Witnesses described the plane roaring overhead and engines losing fire as it plummeted, with several near-miss incidents noted by bystanders.
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San Antonio
Kelly Air Force Base
Kelly
Military Air Transport Service
Mats
Sophie Zrenner
Grey Eagle
Somerset Road
Kelly Reservation
Josephine LaQue
Grey Eagle Cafe
Louis Guana
Gulf
Guana
Reds Fall Back as UN Warrants Advance Toward Iron Triangle
United Nations forces pushed through fading Chinese resistance to threaten the central Korea iron triangle. An Eighth Army note said gains ran about two miles along a 35 mile front below the plateau where 200000 or more Reds were believed massed. Communist withdrawals continued with UN infantry moving toward Chorwon and Kumhwa as Chinese forces abandoned bunkers.
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Tokyo
U.P
United Nations
Korea
Eighth Army
Iron Triangle
Chi
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Chipe
Petrillo Nominated for 12th A F of M Term
James C. Petrillo was nominated without opposition for a twelfth term as president of the American Federation of Musicians. Elections are slated for tomorrow at the convention's closing session in New York.
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New York
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Truman to Seek Record Military Spending of Seven Billion
President Truman will ask Congress for the largest military buildup in U.S. history totaling seven billion dollars. Representative Vinson of Georgia, chairman of the House armed services committee, conferred with the President as the plan covers new construction and expansion of overseas bases and installations in every state.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Representative Vinson
Georgia
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
White House
Rainy season favors Reds in Korea despite UN plans
United Press reports that the Korean rainy season starting after mid June will flood rivers and paddy fields, slow UN armored columns, ground many planes, and reduce offensives. Red commanders gain breathing room as weather hampers Allied logistics and visibility.
MacArthur to Speak Outdoors in Texas Capitol
General Douglas MacArthur will address a joint session of the Texas legislature on June 13 from the south steps of the Capitol. The seating arrangement is undecided, with Gov Allan Shivers hoped to introduce him. If weather delays his return, Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey would preside.
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Austin
Douglas MacArthur
Capital Building
Texas
Senate
House
Allan Shivers
Washington
Ben Ramsey
Baseball results and tonight schedules across leagues
In the National League, Cincinnati and New York produced a 6 2 win ledger with Mays homering for New York. St Louis beat Brooklyn as Campanella homered for Brooklyn. Chicago faces Philadelphia at 6 pm, Pittsburgh vs Boston at 6:30 pm. In the American League Washington vs Chicago and Boston vs Detroit are listed with late scores. Philadelphia meets Cleveland at 6:30 pm, New York vs St Louis at 7:30 pm. Remodeling Loans offered by Olver and Wiggins Lumber.
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Cincinnati
New York
Ramsdell
Bran
Promesa
Kennedy Aostrum
Mays
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Staley
Bover
Rice
Branca
Campanella
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
scattered late afternoon and evening thunder showers today and Thursday with slightly warmer temperatures. Highs 84 today 87 tomorrow. lows 61 and 59. Outlook shows continued scattered showers and local thunderstorms for two days. West Texas mostly partly cloudy with showers and storms in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico partly cloudy with varying showers and warmer west. Gordon Days page 14.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Cap Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
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Globe
Ed Jackson
L. Wood Jackson
Travis
J.P
Dean Acheson
United States
China Ane
Richard B. Russell
Rudolph Weinert
Seguin
MacArthur
Joe Pyle
Fort Worth
Weather
Earl Cox
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Gordon
Petrillo
Harry Ferguson
United Press
James A. van Fleet
United Na
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Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company
OS Weather Bureau
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