Death and Funeral Notices Summary
Mitch Woodward of Oklahoma and Walter Jesser, both linked to Woodward addresses, are listed among mourners in obituary notices. Muriel Kelley, 70 of 719 Short Street, is noted as deceased with service details set for Memorial Chapel and Memorial Park Cemetery. Earl Reid Martin, 56, of 4234 West 13th, is recorded as died with service times and burial planned at Memorial Chapel and burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Edwin Loyal Gaddis, 25, stationed at March Air Force Base, son of H. H. and unnamed mother, with service at Memorial Chapel and burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. body arrived Amarillo Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitch
Mitchel
Woodward
Oklahom
Oeed
el McCormick
Annie Sane
Wood Areeet
Walter
Jesser Cena Ward
Okla
Rchards
Plains Hotel
Ivy
Sceene Express
Bastar
Muriel Wkelley Vial
Fannie F. Kelley
Short St
Flora B. Ramsey
Roscoe Snyder
Nellie Snyder
Amy Barrett
E. P. Whitsett
Jess D. Ray Ramsey
Mepore Park
Reid Martin
W. 13Th
Eunice
Jack
Martin
Liano Gaddis
Edwin Loyal Gaddis
March Air Force Base
H. H. Gaddis
C. T McBride
Amarillo
Memorial Park Cemetery
Obituary notices from Hazelwood and nearby towns
Hazlewood Tennie Hazlewood 70 of Lubbock died Friday mother of WIL Martin sister of George Oscar Gilbert 34 grandchildren 3 great grandchildren service 10 30 AM Monday Griggs Pioneer Chapel. Bernett 86 of Channing died mother of Mrs C E Thornton ess Phillips Mrs Brods Smith 77 3 grandchildren 4 great grandchildren 1 great great grandchild service 2 30 PM Monday Murphy Spicer Chapel in Clarendon burial apnnane Cemetery Snodgrass Mrs Kne Snodgrass 69 Cherokee Okla died Sunday mother of Mrs George Hayden W A and Clifford Snodgrass sister of Mrs Anna Lea Hood Mrs Woods Mrs Roy Hale L EE W A D B and John R Peterson service pending with N B Griggs and Sons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazlewood
Tennie Hazlewood
Lubbock
Wil
Martin
George Oscar Gilbert
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Bernett
Channing
C.E. Thorntoness Phillips
Brods Smith
Murphy- Spicer
Colorful flowers at white wedding spark debate
A bride questions mixing color with a white bridal dress and altering wedding party rituals. The response defends tradition, noting white symbolizes maiden purity, while flexible seating and color in flowers are discouraged to avoid theatrical connotations. Also discusses divorce etiquette and wedding guest rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Post
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Gault Charged With Felony DWI After Waiver of Exam
Paul V. Gault waived examining trial on a felony DWI charge before Justice Ivy Wilkinson. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Gault listed Panhandle Texas address and has a prior Pecos County DWI conviction from October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. Gault
Panhandle, Tex
Justice of the Peace
Ivy Wilkinson
District Attorney’s Office
Gault
Pecos County
12 O' Clock Quotations Mull Merrill Lynch Stock Quotes
Merrill Lynch Am arillo office furnishes New York stock market quotations. Commodities include Allegheny Lud, Mack Trucks, Motors, General Electric, Ford, Chrysler, Boeing, or other major firms with varied price quotes. Market roundups list numerous equities with percent changes and trading notes from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amer Can
Amer Cyan
Montgem Ward
Amer Locome
Nat Gas
Motorola Inc
Amer F & L
Mueller Brass
Amer Home Pr
Murray Corp
Amer Rad Sts
Nash Kelvintr
Amer
Distillers
Anaconda
NatisteelCorp
Armour Gee Ainatemar
Harmour
Ashland Oil
NY Central
Assoc Dry
North Am Avia
Arch Toj&sf
North Nat Gas Eal
Avco Manufac
North Pac RR
Baldwin Loco
Ohio
Balt
Isi
Qhio
Jo Sy Bendix
Qliver Cor
Kard Otor
Best Foods
Bethlehem Sti
Paramount Co
Bohn
Berbevy Coal
Borden Co
Penney
Borg-Warner
Penn Pow&Lt
Brides Frase
Rexall Drug A
Climax Molyb
Cities
Reynorency
Clinton Foods
Bic Rays
Colo
Teawan
Columbia Gas
St!Sf Rail
Columbia Car
Regis Papr
Balson
Bean Roebuck
Jannsol Eelani
Consol Vultes
Bersal i
Con Baking
Ighamrk Oil
Con Motors
Lshel
Continent
Cciaiy Ohi
Crane Co
South
Curtis
Curtiss Wright
Sperry Car
Decca Records
Spiegel Inc . Deere & Co
Square D Co
Distillers Corp
Dome Mines
Doug Aircraft
Cal
Dow Chemical
DuPont de Ne
Eagle-Picher
Sterling Drug
Eastman Rod
Stewart War
Eastern Airlin
Stone & Web
Eaton Manus
Studebaker
Sylva Elect
Flintkote Co
SY Va
Foster Wheeler
Tenn Co
Freeport Sulp
Texas Compers Fruehauf Co
Tex Gulf Pro
Gair Co
Tex G Sulpl
General Elect
Tex Pac Coal
General Foods
Tex Pac Ld
General Motor
Tidewater Oil
Gen Pub
General Tire
Gillette Safety
Gimble Bros
TranWiid Air
Lidden Co ST
Goodall-Sans
BF Goodrich
Union Oil Car
Union Pac
Greyhound Cp
United Aircr
Grumman Air
Airin
Gulf Oil
Halliburton
Unit Corp
Ate ‘Heyden Chem
Homestake Mi
Merch
Houston Oil
UN Parami
Howe Sound
Hudson Motor
Internat
Nick
Walworth Co
Warner Bros
T&t
wWarren
Johns Manvil
Weird Sue
Jones & Laugh
Siwest Auto
Joy Manufact
West UN C
Kennecott Cop
Jay” Ec
Laclede Gas
Westh Airb
Lehigh Portia
Lerner
West Penn
Libby McNeill
Na Bellas Hess
Cattain
Niles-B-Pond
Cessna Aiver
Northrop Avia
Claude Neon
Ai Pacific
Colden
Cub
Technicolor
Fairchild Eng
State Wins Injunction Against Phone Companies
District Judge Jack Roberts granted a temporary injunction proscribing the transmission of horse racing information by telephone to Maceo and Company clubs in Galveston. The ruling bars the clubs from receiving such data until a permanent order is set after hearings in Travis County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jack Roberts
Maceo and Company
Galveston
Roberts
Maceos
Price Daniel
Daniel
Travis County
Galveston County
Turf Grill
Murdock
Steamliner
Home Plate
Willis Gresham
Henry Gates Steen
Felix J. DeMary
Louisiana
Orange
Everett Looney
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Ben Borden
Southwestern Associated Telephone Company
Women Pickets Face Charges in NM Row
Silver City, NM June 18 Thirty nine women pickets in the Hanover zinc strike will face charges today. They were arrested with 17 children Saturday by sheriff’s officers using tear gas bombs and released the same night. The event occurs as NLRB enters the dispute and hearings set for June 26 to 28. The Independent Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers seeks improved conditions amid a strike begun Oct. 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City
Hanover
Empire Zine Co
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Franke Ashe
el Paso
Edwin L. Mechem
Will Rogers Range Riders Rodeo Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the Will Rogers Range Riders Rodeo went on sale this morning in Amarillo hotel lobby. Show at Tri State Fair Park on July 14 features national performers Byron, Lee andAnn Hendricks with their Roman jump and other acts. Ticket prices are 75 cents for children, 1.75 for adults, box seats one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
Amarillo
Tri- State Fair Park
Byron, Lee
Ann Hendricks
Twins Born After Car Crash In Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on June 18 21 year old Wanda Bidwell safely delivered twins after a car crash interrupted her hospital trip. The babies weighed 5 pounds 2 ounces and 4 pounds and are reported fine, with only minor injuries to the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Wanda Bidwell
Question Man In Gasmart Break-in
A 25 year old Pantex man was held in city jail at noon for questioning in a break in at Lewis Gasmart 501 West Tenth early Sunday morning. Officers said he admitted breaking the glass panel of a west door with a rock. Patrolmen found the burglary at 12 40 Sunday morning during a routine check and took him into custody. Police said nothing was missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Gasmart
West Tenth
Epidemics Reported in North Korea by General Sams
Brig. Gen. C. F. Sams reported in Washington that hundreds of thousands of North Koreans and Communist troops suffer from smallpox typhus and typhoid in North Korea. He said the country lacks medical facilities for inoculation or treatment and that attempts to manufacture vaccines failed due to insufficient potency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Korea
C. F. Sams
Sams
General Headquarters
Tokyo
Settlement in Maritime Strike Sought
Federal mediators on both coasts pressed for an end to the three day CIO maritime workers strike that halts non defense shipping in 23 Atlantic and Gulf ports. NMU president Joseph Curran urged shipowners to concede a 25 percent pay raise and 40 hour week with 48 hours pay. The walkout involves NMU ARA and MEBA seamen and then ARA radio operators on the West Coast. The ARA seeks a 70 dollar monthly radio operator raise. ILWU pledged not to cross picket lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
Clyde Mills
US Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington
Gulf Shippers
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
NMU
American Radio Association and
Marine Engineers Benevolent Association
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
ARA
San Francisco
Pacific Maritime Association of Ship Owners
Harry Bridges
Galveston
Tex
Great Lakes
Shots Kill Two At US Embassy In Havana
In Havana on June 18 a Marine guard Sgt Robert J Shelton and Cuban janitor Augustin Fernandez were found dead of bullet wounds in the U S embassy visa section. Police said it appeared to be murder and death by own action with a pistol found near Shelton. Authorities noted no sign of burglary and Shelton’s home address was unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
United States
Robert J. Shelton
Augustin Fernandez
Shelton
Mighty Mio Pays Visit to Norway
The 45000 ton US battleship Missouri entered Oslo harbor on an official visit to Oslo. Destroyer transport USS Burdo escorted it and a 21 gun salute welcomed the ship at Akershus fortress. Rear Admiral James L. Holloway Jr met Crown Prince Olaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Norway
Missouri
Burdo
Akershus
James L. Holloway, Jr
Olaf
Royal Palace
Annapolis
Legion Maps War on Dope at Legion conference
New York reports a narcotics crisis with teenage addiction rising across major cities. Public Health official Dr Victor H Vogel cites New York City as the worst, noting 100 million dollars annual illicit narcotics sales. Conference attendees include Irving Slonim and Austin McCormick, who discuss admissions, hospital capacity, and a two year illegal sales probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Victor H. Vogel
US Public Health Service
Federal Hospital
Lexington
Vogel
Lexington Hospital
Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
Siege of Heat Ahead for Area
Extremely warm temperatures are forecast for the area this week. Roswell, 105 degrees yesterday. Amarillo reached 90 with a 64 night low. Tomorrow’s high expected 91. tonight’s low about 49. Thunderstorms possible tonight. yesterday brought light showers in several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Winburn
Roswell
Amarillo
Winburn
Hereford
Perryton
Follett
Guyman
Okla
Gage
Total Solar Eclipse Visible in United States 1954
The next total solar eclipse visible in the United States will occur on June 30, 1954. The totality path, about 100 miles wide, travels northeast from Nebraska toward OntariOs and Quebec, offering a brief celestial spectacle across portions of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nebraska
Ontaris
Quebec
Twister Hits Near Perryton
A small tornado struck the Oliver Carter farm five miles northeast of Perryton around 10 pm causing about 2000 in damage with no injuries. The funnel passed within 20 feet of the farmhouse and damaged granaries and a nearby plane. The Carter farm was the only affected site, with light rain and small hail reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perryton
Oliver Carter
Carter
Carter Farm
Twelve Die in Navy PBM Mariner Plane Crash
The Navy reports twelve officers and men killed in a PBM Mariner patrol plane crash in Japan last Friday. The craft struck a mountainside shortly after takeoff in the pre dawn darkness. Cause of the accident is not known. No Texans among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Japan
Barkley First Vice President to Marry in Office
Vice-President Alben W. Barkley becomes the first sitting VP to marry while in office. The ceremony marks a historic personal milestone for the former senator and veteran public servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alben W. Barkley
Hunters capture suspects after foot chase near river breaks
Gene fired on fleeing car, blowing a tire then pursued suspects three miles through open rangeland. The trio of carrier boys then recaptured the three fugitives, escorted them to the highway, and arranged sheriff contact. Potential misdemeanor theft charges expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene
Sheriff's Department
Amarillo
Potter County
Panhandle
Oklahoma
New
Oklahoma trio in custody linked to Plains burglaries
Three Tecumseh youths, held on a $500 bond in Pottawatomie County larceny charges, admit involvement in recent Plains burglaries. They are from Tecumseh Oklahoma, with two brothers among them, and are wanted for questioning in burglaries across Muleshoe Plains Lovington Roswell Guymon and Tecumseh. Authorities report a car loaded with motor oil and tools and possible travel in a stolen vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Plains
Tex
Tecumseh
Okla
Muleshoe
Lovington
Roswell
Guymon
Pottawatomie
Leroy Flinchum
Shawnee
Ohio
Pottawatomie County
Potter County
Flinchum
Severe Wind Storms Kill Two in Texas Districts
During a broad Texas wind storm a Dallas pilot William Dale Summers, 26, died in a light plane crash near Caddo Mills. E. A. Wharton, age unknown, died of a heart attack amid the storm. Reports varied on a possible tornado as wind gusts damaged crops and trees from Canton to Sachse and Grand Saline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Wharton
Caddo Mills
Greenville
Dallas
William Dale Summers
Summers
Sachse
Dallas County
US Weather Bureau
Wave Field
Texas
Grand Saline
Athens
Wills Point
Canton
Sheriff’s Office
Bombing Wonsan Port Champs Third Straight Day
War coverage reports heavy bombing of the Korean capital for the third day. UN naval forces along the east coast continue their fifth month of bombardment against Wonsan port. Navy tallies show 8635 enemy killed or wounded in four months as Reds strive to wreck transport feeding eastern and central fronts. Front dispatches face tightened censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonsan
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Blackban
Shaw Funeral Directors
BANKS
George W. Banks
Dumas
L. B. Green
Kotz
E. E and
Dovie
Hee Cod Gm
Pease Bro
Mattie Lou Banks
Witchel
Pauline Kotz
E. E. Jones
Ed Wyatt
Boxwell Brothers
Osgood Monument CO
Buchanon
Buthker’s
Jefferson
Panhandle Floral
West 15Th Ave
Llano
Emily Post
Tex East
Texas Gas
Southern Union Ges
Chicago Grain
Kansas City
Financial Industrial Fund
Ans
Uhimann Gratin Co
Ian
NM Row
The
Union
Empire Property
Nathan Witt
Post
Mighty Mio
Chamber of Commerce of
King
George III
Legion
Dope
Ciargv
Panvior
Ewe
State Farm
F. G Campbell
B. B. Williams
Kenneth 8B. Murphy
State Farm Insurance Co.s
Idth
Trier
Mrs. Gray
Spice & Span
Shirt Service
Panvaandle
Dry Cleaning Co
Pierce
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