Potter County Road Topping Moves Ahead of Schedule
Potter County road topping is ahead of schedule with more than five miles laid by a 17 man crew. Blue Bonnet Drive, Cactus and Cottonwood Avenues, and parts of Pullman Switch Road and Avondale are topped while remaining sections include a damp ground road northeast of the city and Hill Crest. Officials plan to discuss traffic control at Highway 66 and 87 and Pullman Switch intersections east of Amarillo to prepare for winter wear.
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Potter County
Bill Hale
Blue Bonnet Drive
Cactus
Cottonwood Avenues
Pleasant Valley
Hillcrest
Avondale
Hale
Charles Smith
Amarillo
Death on the tracks ends in second fatality
Four Mexican men walked along Missouri Pacific tracks north of Edinburg Monday night. A freight train struck Jesus Cruz killing him and injuring another man who survived. Fernando Garcia escaped unharmed at first and later was killed by a second train after flagging a bus and guiding authorities to the scene.
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Edinburg
U.P
Fernando Garcia
Garcia
Missouri Pacific
Jesus Cruz
U S cotton mills plan big five year renovation spend
U S cotton mills plan to invest about 100000000 dollars yearly for five years in renovations new machinery and research. Advertisement urges trial of Blup Star Ointment for itching eczema tinea pimples scabies and toe itch with money back guarantee if the first jar fails to satisfy.
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U. S
End of socialism foreseen by Churchill in Britain
Churchill told the Women's Conservative Association that Britain's socialism would be erased by the electorate after February elections. He said Attlee's Labour majority marks him as the sole socialist figurehead in the free world outside the iron curtain and Scandinavia. He warned the blot would soon be removed.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Women’s Conservative Association
Clement Attlee
Iron Curtain
Scandinavia
Labor Party
House of Commons
Churchill
Yugoslavia Charges Soviet Union With Economic Blockade
Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister Joza Vilfan told the Economic Commission for Europe that Soviet trade with Yugoslavia stopped in late 1949 after Tito's party was expelled from Cominform. He accused Moscow of economic warfare and resisting discrimination measures while pressing for curbs on American and European trade.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Russia
Soviet Union
Economic Commission For Europe
ECE
Joza Vilfan
Marshal Tito
Communist Party
Cominform
Vilsan
United States
Europe
Wilsan
Barbecue King Charged Over Marijuana Grow Operation
Oakland police arrested Henry Daniels 54 owner of a cafe known as the Barbecue King after finding about 500 marijuana plants growing on his roof and yard. Ventilators from his barbecue pit were used to dry leaves. Plants valued at $50,000. Officials say his shop was a main supply center for weed in Northern California.
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Oakland
Cal
Henry Daniels
Daniels
Guy Skelton
California
Visomatic debuts to show shopping in Ontario booth system
In Pembroke Ontario a Visomatic device debuted enabling shoppers to view color photos and prices of house dresses or jackknives on a screen from an air conditioned booth. A button activates the display and delivery next day follows an order. Developed by Laurence Freiman of an Ottawa department store.
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Pembroke
Ont
Visomatic
Laurence Freiman
Ottawa
Schulberg Finds Job Back in Filmmaking
B P Schulberg, once Hollywood magnate, returns to moviemaking by going to New York to prepare It Happened in Hollywood based on Budd Schulberg articles. He plans a non hostile portrait of Hollywood workers, saying the industry differs little from others and vows hard work. He previously advertised as one of Hollywood's forgotten men and found no jobs.
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Hollywood
U.P
B. P. Schulberg
Schulberg
New York
Budd Schulberg
New Chief of Turkish Army Named
In Ankara on June 7 Gen. Nri Yamut aged 60 was named chief of the general staff of the army. He succeeds Col. Gen. Abdur Rahman Nafiz Gurman who has been named to the military council. Yamut previously led ground forces and fought the British in World War I at the Dardanelles.
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Ankara
Turkey
Nri Yamut
Yamut
Ound Forces
Abdurrahman Nafiz Gurman
Dardanelles
Finns Premier Urho Kekkonen To Visit Moscow
Premier Urho Kekkonen will travel to Moscow to attend a signing ceremony for a Russian Finnish trade pact. The agreement sets a five year framework for mutual goods exchange, with negotiations having begun last April after an invitation from the Soviet legation in Helsinki.
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Helsinki
Finland
Urho Kekkonen
Moscow
Wavell Buried In Westminster
Britain held a hero's funeral for Field Marshal Lord Wavell at Westminster Abbey. His body, after lying in state in London Tower since May 26, was brought by boat for burial following his service in Palestine Somaliland Crete Tobruk and Burma.
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Britain
Lord Wavell
Westminster Abbey
Palestine
Somaliland
Crete
Tobruk
Burma
Westminster
London Tower
Dallas Police Raid Bookies Across Six Locations
Police raided six bookmaking dens in Dallas, arresting 18 men and seizing tally sheets and about $9,000. Raiders had torn glass-topped tickets and telephones from walls and destroyed blackboards used for posting inning by inning baseball results. Detective Capt. Ed Preston said the sites normally handled about $20,000 daily in bets.
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Dallas
Ed Preston
Actress Blondell to Divorce Todd Tomorrow in Nevada
Las Vegas dispatch reports actress Joan Blondell will obtain a Nevada divorce from Broadway producer Mike Todd tomorrow. Blondell’s attorney Paul Ralli said she will not seek alimony or a property settlement and will claim cruelty as the grounds for the action.
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Las Vegas
U.P
Joan Blondell
Nevada
Mike Todd
Paul Ralli
Man Charged With Obscenity In Victory Theater
Henry Tynn twenty year old construction worker from Oakland California is jailed in Potter County on obscene and abusive language charges. The theater manager detained him after he allegedly sat beside two twelve year old girls at the Victory Theater and used obscene language.
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Henry Tynn
Oakland
Cal
Potter County
Victory Theater
Tynn
Walter H Adams Pays Fine for Reckless Driving
Walter H Adams of 741 North Roberts paid a 100 dollar fine in corporation court after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Adams was arrested around midnight following a collision between his car and a parked vehicle at North Mirror and Brooks.
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Walter H. Adams
North Roberts
Corporation Court
Adams
North Mirror
Brooks
Wolflin Dukes Meet Clovis Nine at Gold Sox Park
Clovis nine meets the Wolflin Dukes of Amarillo YMCA at 4 pm in Gold Sox Park. Dukes recently won an invitation tournament at Cactus and lead the Amarillo YMCA league. Players are 11 and 12. coaches are Lloyd Thompson and Alvin Boney. Admission is free.
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Clovis
Wolflin Dukes
Amarillo
County Employes Picnic Set For Saturday at Palo Duro Canyon
County employees gathered in the courthouse will hold their annual picnic this Saturday afternoon in Palo Duro Canyon. Sheriff Paul Gaither is again in charge of arranging the picnic supplies and ingredients.
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Palo Duro Canyon
Paul Gaither
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