Panhandle swelters then cools as front moves in
A heat spell reached 100 degrees across the Panhandle and Rio Grande Valley before a cold front arrived this morning dropping temperatures to 81. Walter Watts of the weather bureau predicted a 92 degree high this afternoon with scattered thundershowers in the Panhandle. The forecast noted normals are 5 to 7 degrees above typical, with highs in the mid 90s and lows in the 60s.
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Panhandle
Walter Watts
Weather Bureau
Watts
Rio Grande Valley
Markets Stock Market Quotations and Kansas City Livestock Report
A garbled market page shows Merrill Lynch quotes and various company listings alongside a Kansas City livestock market report dated June 15. The cattle and hog prices are noted with ranges for different grades, with feeders and steers showing higher activity and volumes around 2000 head. Specific company names and stock references appear amid the numeric values.
Amarillo Trash Department Sets Record Hauls
C J Milburn reports 81 trash loads on Saturday and another 81 on Monday, the largest totals for the city’s pickup operation aided by three extra trucks and eight extra men. Weather supported alley spraying with DDT as crews push to clear all alleys.
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Tne Cxy
Amarillo
C. J. Milburn
Latins Win Equality In Segregation Suit Centered On Schools
Judge Ben Rice ruled in a four district Central Texas case where 20 Latin American elementary students charged segregation to learn English. Plaintiffs dropped monetary damages and settled on equality terms.
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Austin
Ben Rice
Central
Texas
Dallas Fort Worth Rivalry Touches Police Conference
Dallas Chief C F Hansson urged inviting the 1949 International Association of Chiefs of Police to Texas. Fort Worth Chief R E Dysart supported inviting Dallas, sparking a joke about Midway airport amid the dispute over airport ownership.
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C. F. Hansson
Texas Police
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International Association of Chiefs of Police
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Fort Worth
Hansson
Midway Airport
Woman Pregnant for 24th Time Builds House and Well
In Atlanta a 38 year old mother, Maud Pope, awaiting her 24th child, began building a house and digging a well after a life of housing moves. She taught her husband Bill to work, and she dug the 28 foot well herself with a pick and shovel since last August, while caring for 17 sons and four daughters.
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Sospital
Maud Fthel Pope
Bill
McClenny Charged With Felony DWI in District Court
Clarence T. McClenny aged 19 faced felony driving while intoxicated charges in the 47th District Court for a morning incident near Erlish Airport. Bond was set at $750 by Justice of the Peace C. W. Carder. Prior record shows a July 1, 1947 misdemeanor DWI conviction.
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Clarence T. McClenny
McGlenney
Erlish
C. W. Carder
C. W. Carder, Justice of the Peace
One Year Extension of Tariff Bill Passed by House
Congress approved a Republican bill extending the reciprocal trade act for one year amid changes debated with the Senate. The measure, sent to the White House, would allow a four month reporting window to the President and could be vetoed, with Truman opposing changes.
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Congress
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Senate
Truman
America
Federal Tariff Commission
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Coal talks collapse in soft coal negotiatons
Washington reports soft coal operators broke off contract negotiations with John L. Lewis on June 15. The Southern Coal Producers Association, representing about a third of national soft coal, did not oppose the move and said it would bargain with Lewis separately if needed.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Congress Debates Housing Bill Amid Social Security Expansion
Republicans back Wolcott's substitute housing provisions mirroring the Taft Ellender Wagner plan while the president warns of a tougher rules committee position. Halleck disputes public housing push, noting post 1937 construction gains as Congress moves to extend social security to millions and raise benefits for the blind and dependent children. The House approves aSocial Security expansion bill 237 to 2 adding about 3.5 million workers under coverage.
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Halleck
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Amarillo native to attend ILO conference in San Francisco
A native of Amarillo, Lumpkin travels to the West Coast for the 31st International Labor Organization conference in San Francisco. He will join a Venezuelan delegation and six official delegates to study ILO functions ahead of participation in the Baptist meeting, with sessions July 10.
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Amarillo
Lumpkin
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West Coast
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City Civil Service Ordinance Up Again
The city commission revisits the civil service ordinance for a second reading on Tuesday night. Amendments to electrical and plumbing rules may be ready for consideration. The meeting starts at 7:30. Frank Foliart appeals his city court conviction for altering a building at 404 North Lincoln to the county court.
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Frank Foliart
Foliart
North
Lincoln
County
World’s tallest building eyed for Houston at 140 stories
Houston officials of United Building Supply plan a 140 story skyscraper rising 1,366 feet on South Main Street. The radical design would house what is billed as the world’s largest department store and other oversized components, with 1.5 million square feet of floor space and an estimated cost near 25 million dollars.
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Houston
United Building Supply Compel
Weskenay
New York
Goodsell
Goodell
South Main Street
Chicago Livestock Prices Show Mixed Day on June 18
Chicago livestock markets report cattle 6 000 head with calves steady. steers tops at 38.00 and most good and choice steers and yearlings around 30.400. heifers firm to 25 higher. cows 20 to 28 with feed prices to 28. bulls at 30 down. stock cattle slow. Sheep 700 with slaughter lambs steady to higher. good to choice lambs 29 to 33. old crop fed lambs 29. slaugher ewes steady 11 30 to 12 00. all indications point to new all time high levels for fed and spring lambs.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
CSDA
Ateers
Police leadership push to raise standards and public image
FBI says modern officers must be better educated and trained. Dallas Police Chief C F Hanson emphasizes public relations to show citizens police work. Two main challenges cited are crime and traffic, with human factors highlighted. Northwestern University Traffic Institute criticizes sensational reporting and urges better auto crash coverage. The state association plans officers changes at the convention with Dysart to become president and Harper to move to first vice president, ending with a banquet at the Herring Hotel ballroom where Harper will host.
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Chied
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Dan Reynolds
Northwestern University Traffic Institute
State Association
R. E. Dysart
Fort Worth
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Sid Harper
Herring Hotel
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Miss Audichron Schedules Time For Thousands
The 17 600 or 17 800 person audience heard the time yesterday morning to noon today as a 17 year old operator named Miss Audichron handled the clock task.
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Gengays
Dixiecrats Move to Rebuild A States' Rights Party
Southern Democrats seek a long term rebuild of a Jeffersonian constitutional party. They caution against leaving the party while planning a reconstruction after a national disaster. A Texas legislator notes opposition to civil rights as an invasion of states’ rights and cites an anti lynching law proposal.
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Eekles Teas
Texas
Will Appeal Rex Bar Case In Bond Filing
The Rex Bar case against operator Jack A. Shaffer moves to appeal after a judge overruled a new trial motion. A $5,000 bond was posted as closing orders were issued, with Shaffer seeking dismissal grounds and judge disqualification concerns raised at the hearing before Judge Henry Bishop.
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Rex Bar
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Jim Collins
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Henry Bishop
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A. L. Schmitz
City Commission
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Fred Herbst
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Photographer Lloyd Eubanks dies at Northwest Texas Hospital
Lloyd Eubanks 34 an independent photographer died this morning at 8 45 at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. Surviving family includes father L D Eubanks Amarillo mother Mattie Eubanks Amarillo sister Mrs L W Garrett Dickens three brothers J P Eubanks Amarillo B B Eubanks Clovis NM and El bert Eubanks Orange. Body at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home with funeral arrangements not announced. A cerican farmers boosted crop production nearly 33 1/3 per cent during World War II.
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Amarillo
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Oklahoma Fugitive Arrested Here by Deputy Sheriff Pounds
Earl Watson, a fugitive wanted in Hollis Oklahoma on felony charges of passing worthless checks, was arrested today by Marshall Pounds, deputy sheriff. He waived extradi tion and will be sent back to Hollis for trial. FILE POSTAL CHARGES Two Amarillo post office substitutes arrested for embezzling mail funds. Leroy R. Poster, 21, of 2103 Washington and Lloyd D. Bandy, 20, of 402 Cleveland, released on $500 bond after arraignment.
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Harris County Grand Jury
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Houston Board of Education
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Earl Watson
Hollis
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Amarillo
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Cleveland
Bus drivers strike prompts restraining order and unrest
On May 21 bus drivers began a strike and a temporary order from Judge G V Pardue restrained strikers from molesting operating drivers. Violence flared in Hale and King counties with five men charged. one union organizer faced a charge in Lubbock County and the grand jury met without action.
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Hale
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damages suit filed against Santa Fe railroad
A $45 000 damage suit was filed today in district court against the Santa Fe Railroad by Lome Finley of Paris Texas. He says his wife Pauline Finley suffered permanent injuries when she was assaulted and fell or was thrown from a Santa Fe train between Playstaff and Winslow Arizona on July 3. Finley is represented by Smith and Homer Eilis Paris.
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Santa Fe Railroad
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Tex
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Playstaff
Winslow
Ariz
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