Pioneer Salesman and Official Dies in Panhandle
Lorenzo D. Heyser, longtime Potter County treasurer and Panhandle sales veteran, died at 76 in Northwest Texas Hospital after a heart attack following asthma. He spent decades touring the High Plains as a farm equipment salesman and later managed the B. F. Avery Implement Company in Amarillo, remembered for rugged road travel and a life on the road. Official census figures show Amarillo edging Potter County in population, with Borger and Stinnett seeing notable gains over the decade.
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Borger
Walter Shaller
Hutchinson County
Potter County
Amarillo
Randall County
Lorenzo D. Heyser
Northwest
Texas Hospital
Monroe
Heyser
Oklahoma City
B. F. Avery Implement Company
Eigh Plains
High Plains
Panhandle
Mr. Heyser
Pleasant Valley
Phillips
Stinnett
Pampa
Shaller
Gray County
US May Get Tough As Jaffe Clams Up
Senate investigators weigh contempt proceedings against Philip Jaffe for refusing to answer questions about Amerasia Magazine. The case ties to the 1940s discovery of hundreds of classified documents at the magazine, with Jaffe pleading guilty to conspiracy to obtain. Contempt citations have been proposed for other witnesses, including Earl Browder and Frederick Vanderbilt Field, who faced questions on Communist ties.
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Washington
Senate
Philip Jaffe
Amerasia Magazine
Jaffe
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Field
Subcommittee
Edward P. Morgan
Morgan
O. John Rogge
US Circuit Court of Appeals
Congressional Committee
Congress
Amerasia
New York
Rancher dies in gun battle in Gonzales Texas
In Gonzales Texas an elderly rancher Walter Knandel 70 died after a shotgun duel with J Hutcheson 60 owner of Apache Liquor Store on the town square near the county courthouse. Hutcheson was seriously wounded and the only witnesses were two boys.
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Gonzales
Texas Heroes
Gonzales County
Walter Knandel
Shottgun
J. W.uvuton
Hutcheson
L. D. Buchanan
Knandel
Buchanan
Conley Held on Kidnapping and Court Orders
Louis Bob Conley of Amarillo is jailed in Brockton Mass on charges including two counts of kidnapping his daughter assaults on his ex wife and his mother in law and contempt of custody and support orders He was arrested by Brockton Police after pleading not guilty in federal court in Boston to unlawful flight to avoid prosecution Four Brockton policemen led by Capt D Edward Sullivan assisted in the federal court arrest when he was freed on See CONLEY Page 14
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Louis Bob Conley
Amarillo
Brockton
Mass
Boston
D. Edward Sullivan
Conley
Acheson Heads to Dallas for Policy Address Evening
Secretary of State Dean Acheson left by air for Dallas to deliver a foreign policy address at Southern Methodist University. He traveled with Mrs. Acheson and several officials including Senators Connally and Wilson, Representative McGhee, Lucius D. Battle, and staff. The speech was to be before the Civic Federation of Dallas.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Dallas
Acheson
Senator Connally
Texas
Connally
Representative Wilson
George McGhee
McGhee
Lucius D. Battle
Michael J. McDermott
Robert Berry
SMU
Civic Federation of Dallas
University
House sale ad promises large loan and small down payment
After delivery the house at 903 Louisiana was sold, advertised with a small down payment and a large loan. The 6 room home features a landscaped yard and patio near schools.
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Louisiana
Remington pleads innocent to perjury in Communist denial
William W. Remington, former government economist, pleaded not guilty to a perjury indictment in federal court in New York. Judge John W. Clancy set July 5 for trial, ordered $5,000 bail, and gave two days to raise it. Remington, who resigned from the Commerce Department amid loyalty concerns, faced potential punishment up to five years and $2,000 fine if convicted.
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New York
William W. Remington
John W. Clancy
Remington
Commerce Department
Clancy
Bethuel Webster
Thomas J. Donegan
FBI
Grand Jury
Webster
Joseph L. Lee Remington
States Take Tidal Claims to Congress
Washington reports the House Rules Committee heard a bill to grant states title to marginal sea tidelands amid a dispute over federal versus state control. Texas Representative Lyle said Congress should settle the issue, citing Supreme Court rulings on submerged lands. Gossett of Texas to present the main argument. Gunn Bros. Thrift Stamps, Iver Wiggins Lbr. Co.
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Congress
Washington
House Rules Committee
Lyle
Texas
Supreme Court
Louisiana
A&a
James VY. Alfred
Southern
Dan Moody
Allred
Moody
Representative Gossett
Tidelands
Missing Pilot of Crashed Plane Reappears in Pampa
Borger officials report R E Heidenreich, Borger construction worker, called to say he ran out of gas and crashed near Canadian. He walked into Canadian, boarded a train to Pampa, ending a hours long search by Sheriff Risley and Deputy Newton who found only tracks at the crash site.
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Borger
Canadian
Bill Darnagle
R. E. Heidenreich
Heidenreich
Illinois
Harnagle
Pampa
Clyde Risley
Hemphill County
Risley
Tom Newton
Newton
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Jack Porter
Houston Oilman
Pagreen Johnson
US Senate
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John C. White
Wichita Falls
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Howard Meighan
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Harry Tevis
AFI
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House District of Columbia
John L. McMillan
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J. E
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