Amarillo Safety Council Plans Evening Meeting
City county and school officials prepare for an Amarillo Safety Council gathering tomorrow night at 8 in Amarillo High auditorium. J W Stephens Sam T White and R D Northen lead engineering education and enforcement divisions as temporary chairs. Mayor Klein Commissioner Curtis and others will discuss council purposes and safety efforts for schools and drivers.
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Amarillo Safety Council
Amarillo High School
J. W. Stephens
Sam T. White
R. D. Northen
Gene Klein
Safety Council
Bud Curtis
John C. Anderson
R. A. Selby
C. T. Howell
City Officials Attend Meeting Led by Moss and Chiefs
City Manager N V Moss along with Police Chief Sid Harper Fire Chief George Cooper Sheriff Paul Gaither Highway Patrol Capt Polk Ivy and District Attorney Hermon Pipkin Jr attend a scheduled meeting to discuss local safety and transportation issues.
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N. V. Moss
Sid Harper
George Cooper
Paul Gaither
Highway Patrol
Polk Ivy
Hermon Pipkin, Jr
Inspection Tour of Pantex Plant by AEC and Silas Mason
An inspection tour of the Pantex project began this week with officials from the Atomic Energy Commission and Silas Mason Construction Company. AEC leaders include R E Cole and John Macy, while Silas Mason was represented by A J Sackett and R L Telford among others. The Mason team finished their visit yesterday afternoon, and the AEC group is to stay through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
Silas Mason Construction Company
Pantex Aec
AEC
R. E. Cole
John Macy
C. C. Campbell
T. Wendt
William Juvenall
Silas Mason
A. J. Sackett
R. L. Telford
Miles S. Killmer
R. G. Cone
Affirm Laird Conviction By Texas Court of Appeals
The Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin affirmed a Potter County jury verdict finding Harry W. Laird guilty of barratry. Laird, a hardware merchant from El Reno Oklahoma, was fined 35 dollars for inducing a lawsuit against the Panhandle Santa Fe Railroad over a disability claim by former railroad employee C. J. Hood of Amarillo. Hood testified Laird tried to persuade him to sue after an injury near Hereford on Nov. 3, 1947. Laird faces additional charges in other cases in Canadian and Belton counties.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Potter County
Harry W. Laird
el Reno
Okla
Laird
Panhandle & Santa Fe Railroad
C. J. Hood
Amarillo
Hereford
Lairdad
Gene Jordan
Jordan
John Peterson
Canadian
Belton
Chamber Board To Tour Amarillo Air Force Base
Members of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce board were set for an inspection tour of Amarillo Air Force Base this afternoon. They would meet Col. Ray H. Clark to hear current base activity and near term plans, then dine in the airmen's mess hall.
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Amarillo
Ochoa to Fight Extradition in Texas Double Murder Case
Mexico City dispatch reports George Ochoa now opposes extradition to Texas for trial on a July 31, 1949 double murder in Laredo. Federal court action, possibly admitted today, could stall extradition while the appeal under the Amparo law is reviewed.
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Mexico City
George Ochoa
Texas
Ochoa
Laredo
Mexico
Telesforo Ocampo
Ocampo
First Federal
Captain's Wife Goes to Front
Mrs Benita Lassetter 27 wife of Capt Matthew Lassetter 29 of the Northumberland Fusiliers spent four days with her husband near Korea. She traveled from Roque Brune France hitchhiked planes both ways returned to Tokyo and then home. She declined to detail how or why saying she did not want to cause trouble for others involved. They met five or six days in May and described walks and visits with friends.
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Tokyo
Korea
Benita Lassetter
Matthew Lassetter
The
Northumberland Fusilliers
Lassetter
Roque Brune
France
Treasure Hunt Death Penalty Opens June 23 at Palo Duro
In Brownwood Texas Marvin Johnson awaits execution for the Dallas rookie patrolman murder after a district court jury found him guilty. The trial involved his uncle Robert Johnson and Maxfield Pomeroy with related charges and changing testimony over the course of the case.
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Brownwood
Marvin Johnson
Dallas
Brown County District Court
J. W. Johnson
Maxfield Pomeroy
Robert Johnson
Johnson
A. O. Newman
Fred S. Harless
William O. Breedlove
Johnny Sides
Harold L. Dawson
Sides
Dawson
Marvin
Robert
Pomeroy
J. W
Second Week Begins In Search For Plane
Roswell New Mexico June 13 The second week began today in the search for a plane missing with four Odessa Texas residents aboard on a flight from Ruidoso to Odessa A Civil Air Patrol spokesman said we dont even have any leads but quickly added that searchers havent given up hope Twenty nine planes returned unsuccessful again last night twenty of them training craft from Reese Air Force Base Lubbock
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Roswell
Odessa
Tex
Ruidoso
Civil Air Patrol
Reece Air Force Base
Lubbock
Air Base Bids Open June 21 for Amarillo Construction
Bids for a communications building at Amarillo Air Force Base will be opened June 21 in the Tulsa Corps of Engineers office. Plans and specs were released to bidders about two weeks ago. No estimated cost was revealed.
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Amarillo Air Force Base
Tulsa Corps of Engineers
Rehmeyer To Take Navy Reserve Training Cruise
Lee W. Rehmeyer of 1616 Monroe begins a 27 day Naval Reserve Training Corps cruise on June 22. He is one of 9,000 midshipmen in UENROTC from colleges and universities across the country, traveling through the Caribbean to Kingston Jamaica and Santiago and Guantanamo Cuba.
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Lee W. Rehmeyer
C. 8. Rehmeyer
Monroe
Naval Reserve Training Corps
Rehmeyer
Navy
Uenrotc
Caribbean
Kingston
Jamaica
Santiago
Guanetanamo
Cuba
Father Receives Dead GI's Medal for Courage in Korea
In Washington on June 21 General Omar Bradley will present the Medal of Honor to Earl Collier for his son Corporal John W. Collier of Worthington Kentucky. Collier 21 smothered a grenade to save fellow soldiers during a Korea advance and was killed September 19. He served with the 27th Regiment of the 25th Division. The award marks the Army’s 14th MOH in Korea. other recipients were killed or missing.
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Washington
John W. Collier
Worthington
Korea
Collier
27Th
Earl Collier
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Corporal Collier
Navy
Saunders Serves Aboard USS Massey In Korean Waters
Bobby G. Saunders of Amarillo serves in the Engineering Division aboard the destroyer USS Massey in Korean waters. In late March the ship supported the Republic of Korea Capital Division and aided a British raid on Songin in early April, firing over 10,000 five inch shells along the Korean east coast during six months of operations. Saunders joined the Navy in 1950 after working for Southwestern Greyhound Bus Lines.
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Bobby G. Saunders
James B. Saunders
Amarillo
Massey
Republic of Korea Capital Division
38Th Parallel
Songin
Saunders
Navy
Southwestern Greyhound Bus Lines
Welk Returns To United States After Korea Duty
Burland J. Welk, husband of Mrs Audra Kathrine Welk of the Army Technical Village northeast of Amarillo, has returned to the United States after more than nine months on combat duty in Korean waters. Welk is a commissaryman first class and served aboard the landing ship tank USS 1123, which took part in major amphibious operations against the enemy in Korea.
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Burland J. Welk
Audra Kathrine Welk
Army Technical
Amarillo
Korean
Welk
Korea
Castor Oil Finds Use Across Household Products
A list shows castor oil used in Nylon leather paint lipstick flypaper typewriter ribbons and hair dressing. The variety highlights its role in common consumer goods and cosmetic items.
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Plan Safety Council
George Fox
Pantex Plant
Globe-News
Pacific
van Camp Sea Food Company, Inc
Terminal Island, California
Kentucky
Bourbon
Ors
Hottleg
Stitzel-Weller
Louisville
Miller Printing CO
Fillmore
Palo Duro State Park
John McCarty
Park
McCarthy
McCarty
Draughon's
Business College
Wichita Falls
Seiwell Drug
N. Fillmore
Doc's Liquor
Liquor Store, Inc
South
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Company
Amarillo Texas
Mufti
Mufti 2
Major
Picher
Mateo
Eagle- Picher Fire Home
Shell-Monday Co
Eagle-Picher
Schell
8Th Street
United States
American Petroleum Institute
Standard Oil Company OF Texas
Plains Lubricating Company
Arthur St. Amarillo
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