Barbara Jean Rogers Death Notice and Service
Barbara Jean Rogers 7 203 Lincoln died Saturday daughter of Virgil Rogers sister to Margaret Virginia Sandra and Irvin granddaughter of Grace Elders and Melvin Rogers service 4 PM Tuesday Church of God burial Liano
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Rogers Barbara Jean Rogers
Lincoln
Virgil Rogers
Margaret
Virginia
Sandra
Irvin
Grace Elders
Melvin Rogers
Church of God
Liano
Obituary notices for several locals at Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Walter Marion Sparks 63 of 115 E Hastings died Sunday. Father of Mrs. John Cooper and others. Service 2 PM Tuesday at Griggs Pioneer Chapel. Hugh A. Dd 81 of 501 Alabama died Monday. Service 4 PM Tuesday at Griggs Pioneer Chapel. Body in state until service. casket not opened. Mary Frances Vaughn 2 of 4207 N E 14th died Monday. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W C Vaughn. service announced. Lilian Gillum Taylor 72 of 1904 South Jackson. service pending with Griggs and Sons.
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Walter Marion Sparks
Hastings
John Cooper
John T. Anderson
Vernon Crother
C. R. Wofford
Joe Baker
Walter Mathis
Henry
Luther
Jim
Dewey
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Hughes A. Dd
Alabama
Oma Blattenberg
Crettie Morris
Claire
H. L. Dry
N. S Griggs and Sons
Lilian Gillum Taylor
South Jackson
Lawson
Lloyd Gillum
Stella Powell
N. &. Griggs and Sons
Archbishop Groesz Seeks Mercy in Conspiracy Trial
In Budapest on June 26 prosecutor Gyula Alapi seeks the severest punishment death for Archbishop Joszef Groesz and eight companions. The 64 year old archbishop confessed to conspiring with arms and American help to overthrow the Communist government and pleaded for mercy. All nine defendants, five churchmen, gave confessions and seven delivered final statements.
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Budapest
Hungary
Gyula Alapi
Joszef Groesz
Stab Wounds Plague Local Man. Woman Held in Jail
Jesse Williams, 44, of 222 West Eleventh, is treated at St Anthony’s Hospital after a knife attack last night at his home. He suffers a stab wound just above the left shoulder blade. Police report a Negro man cut him. a Negro woman is held in city jail without formal charge pending Williams’ condition.
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Jesse Williams
West Eleventh
St. Anthony's Hospital
Jones
Williams
West Seventh Avenue Barricaded for Sewer Installations
West Seventh Avenue is barricaded today and yesterday due to excavation for sewer line installations for the new American National Bank Building to be built at Seventh and Tyler. Foran Construction Company conducts excavation and Plains Plumbing Company installs the sewer lines.
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West Seventh Avenue
American National Bank
Seventh and Tyler
Foran Construction Company
Plains Plumbing Company
Edinburgh Reports Record First Week Festival Bookings
Edinburgh announced record first week bookings totaling 120000 dollars for the 1951 Festival as organizers touted strong audience interest and growing support from sponsors and patrons.
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Edinburgh
Truman Creates New Psychological Strategy Board
James Marlow outlines President Truman creating a top level Psychological Strategy Board to coordinate U S propaganda and psychological warfare against Russia. The panel includes Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith Robert Lovett James Webb and Gordon Gray with reporting to the National Security Council as the Berlin blockade example looms over future strategy.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Russia
China
Europe
Japan
Army
State Department
Korea
Geremany
World
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
Tron
ECA
Economic Cooperation Administration
National Psychological Strategy Board
Psychological Strategy Board
Committee
Walter Bedell Smith
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
Defense Department
Marshall
James E. Webb
Acheson
National Security Council
Barkley
National Security Resources Board
Berlin
Strike Leaders Urge Quick Settlement In Coast Phone Tie Up
Federal negotiators pressed for a fast settlement of the one day old strike by 9 500 Southern California employees of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. The walkout threatens to spread to the Pacific Northwest with CIO CWA spokesmen noting quickie strikes in St Helens and Portland Oregon as protests over contract delays.
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Los Angeles
California
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Pacific Northwest
CIO Communications Workers of America
St. Helens
Portland
Ore
Markets 12 O'clock Quotation Summary
The Amarillo Merrill Lynch office reports New York stock quotations across numerous issues including Allied Chem, Motorola, General Electric, Texaco, Southern Pacific, and Sears Roebuck with varied percent changes and cross references to rail and oil stocks. Chicago grain closes show wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans with July and options prices and small daily shifts.
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New York
CURB
Amer Maracab
Lone Star Gas
LaLand&Expl
Ark
Nat Gas
NaBellas Hess
Nat Fuel
Ande Neon A Ly Corron Rev Co
Cosden
Pacific Petrol
iFairchild Eng
Kaiser Fraser
Technicolor
Kineston
Pexas
Southern Union Gas” Sraree
Chicago
Uhlmann Grain Co
Iehanesis
Kansas City Livestock Market Summary June 26
Cattle numbers 4,500 with calves 600. slaughter steers steady to 25c lower. good to prime dealers $35.00-38.00. feeders $33.00. hogs 4,000 steady to 25c lower. 180-260 lb $21.75-22.00. sows $17.75-20.00. sheep 2,000 steady. native spring lambs $32.00-32.25 and good to choice $29.00-31.00. yearlings and other classes varied with prices in the $15.00-32.00 range.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago live stock market report June 26 move
Chicago livestock prices show hogs 9 000 steady to 25 cents lower most 180 to 230 pounds 22 75 to 23 35 240 to 270 pounds 21 75 to 22 60 280 to 300 pounds 20 75 to 21 60 cattle 5 000 calves 400 steers steady heifers steady bulls and vealers steady prime 1100 to 1400 pound steers 37 50 to 38 50 most good and choice steers 36 00 bulls 26 75 to 31 00 good to prime dealers 38 00 to 40 00 sheep 1 000 steady good to prime native spring slaughter lambs 33 50 to 35 00 slaughter lambs and yearlings with No 1 skins 30 00 good to choice handyweight lambs 16 50 to 17 75
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Chicago
Denard Gordon Hospitalized After Sudden Illness
Denard Gordon of the Hill Lines staff was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital after a sudden illness at the Hill Lines office on Grant Street. His wife, Mrs. Gordon, said he had been planning an appendectomy soon but felt well earlier today.
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Denard Gordon
St. Anthony's Hospital
Hill Lines
Grant
Mass repatriation of Indonesians from New Caledonia proceeds
Most Indonesians, about 97 percent, completed repatriation from New Caledonia. Government officials reported only a small remaining group as authorities coordinate onward relocation and processing. The effort reflects regional refugee and labor drawdown.
Pup and cat that became pals after life tragedy
Miss Miesse faced the death of her cat Bug after a minor operation complications. Gro-pup, the dog, mourned Bug at the box and by the grave. The pair had forgotten their native instincts and formed an unlikely friendship before Bug was buried beside the house.
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Bug
Miss Miesse
Gro-pup
Western Union Strike Looms in Texas
Dallas June 26 A strike against Western Union could close all Texas offices next Monday as 2,300 Dallas Houston San Antonio Fort Worth El Paso workers join a 25 cent hourly wage demand for 35,000 nationwide. GTU official Dixie Richards says the action targets the company, not the public, with pickets planned at all office locations.
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Dallas
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Texas
Southwest
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
el Paso
Dixie Richards
GTU
No Moisture For a Spell
Weatherman H. C. Winburn says clear nights and mornings continue through Wednesday with warm days and cool nights. Tomorrows high 95 and tonight’s low 62 follow a 92 degree day and 67 degree night. The five day outlook shows scattered thundershowers late this week.
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H. C. Winburn
Odessa Tightens Water Rules To Save Dwindling Supply
Odessa enacts a city ordinance banning lawn watering after 8:00 a.m. on Friday to curb a shrinking water supply. City Manager Casey Fannin warned violators will have water meters removed, with restoration contingent on signing an emergency-use agreement.
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Odessa
Casey Fannin
Three Boys Under Ten Admit Theft From Truck
Three boys under ten admitted stealing merchandise from a Hearne Motor Freight truck parked at 200 North Buchanan. They led officers to a cache near the Buchanan Street overpass, where 17 billfolds and candy were recovered. The boys, ages 6 and 9, two of whom are brothers, returned home from a movie Sunday afternoon. The case was sent to the crime prevention division.
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Hearne
Buchanan Street
North Buchanan
Police Department
Mobsters Thwarted in Amarillo Dragnet
Potter County sheriff’s deputies arrested three men Friday and Sunday in a planned seven-suspect mob operation. William Snowden Oscar B Abbot and John D Abbot were held for investigation. Snowden faces immigration action after prior deportations, while Oscar Abbot and John Abbot have histories with San Quentin and other authorities. No charges were filed locally.
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Amarillo
Potter County
el Paso
Canada
New Mexico
San Quentin
Oscar Abbot
California
John Abbot
Kerrville
Graves
Snowden
Abbot Brothers
Johnson brands Soviet peace talk a two faced ploy
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson charged that Soviet Russia seeks peace in Korea only to buy time for war elsewhere. He addressed the 27th Fighter Escort Wing homecoming at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Austin, praising their seven months of combat in Korea and stressing victory on American terms.
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Austin
Russia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kremlin
Korea
Stephen F. Austin
Congress Avenue
Johnson
Bergstrom Field
Browder's Son Addresses Loyalty At Yonkers High Graduation
William Browder, 18, delivers the Yonkers High School graduation address on loyalty. He ranks second in his class and wins four awards including a scholarship to MIT while his father, once a Communist Party leader, and his wife attend.
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Yonkers
Fair Browder
Browder
Communist Party
United States
William
Yonkers High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Let There Be Light For Wet Objects In Depths
Cleveland readers are advised by General Electric officials how to use a standard flashlight underwater. Remove the lens and keep the bulb unlit until submerged. This prevents short circuits and allows visibility for recovering items like false teeth.
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Cleveland, Ohio
U.P
General Electric Company
Stratemeyer Improving After May Heart Attack
US Far East Air Forces said Lt Gen George E Stratemeyer still shows improvement after suffering a heart attack on May 20 at a golf course. The former FEAF commander is hospitalized near Tokyo in an Air Force facility.
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Stratemeyer
Tokyo
Far East Air Forces Headquarters
George E. Stratemeyer
FEAF
Air Force
Reds plan purge Berlin
Die Neue Zeitung reports a high level purge of East German government officials is planned in Berlin, with the action occurring in the mill. The piece notes today’s disclosure by the US high commission newspaper.
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Berlin
US High Commission
Die Neue Zeitung
Malik Seoul Cease Fire Bid Triggers Global Push
United Nations set to review Jacob Malik’s Soviet cease-fire proposal at a General Assembly session after Russia floated terms. United States questions motive while South Korea rejects it as unacceptable. Britain notes fortifications along the 38th parallel and allied troops poised to act quickly if an armistice is reached. Public sentiment leans toward the UN setting cease-fire terms.
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United Nations
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Trygve Lie
Lie
Oslo
New York
Jacob A. Malik
US State Department
38Th Parallel
Pusan
London
Washington
Korea
Malik
UN General Assembly
Nasrollah Entezam
Entezam
China
Air Evac Is Old Story Yet Soldiers Still Fly Home
A veteran pilot and nurse recount Korea era air evacuations. Wounded men are moved from fox holes to planes stacked with litters, then flown to Japan for care as Mount Fuji looms and UN cemeteries mark the war’s toll. The routine flight blends hardship and quiet professionalism.
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Frank H. King
Korea
Peter A. Bechtel
Hanover
North Korea
Yalu
Japan
Miriam Troxell
Lewistown
RAF
Berlin
Rudy Krueger
Anchorage
Alaska
United Nations
Straits
Mount Fuji
America
Red Dean Heads to Moscow for Peace Prize Visit
Dr Hewlett Johnson dean of Canterbury known as the Red Dean left London for Brussels on the first leg of a trip to Moscow to receive the world peace prize. He said he did not know if he would meet Premier Stalin.
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London
U.P
Hewlett Johnson
Canterbury
Brussels
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Rangers enter club as band plays Eyes of Texas
A Texas club scene described as the Rangers entered, with the band typically launching into the Eyes of Texas as they stepped inside, reflecting a lively college atmosphere.
Manhunt Continues for Amarillo Area Rapist and Kidnapper
A district attorney reports a 35 year old father and 32 year old mother aiding in the search for a suspect who abducted and attacked a young girl. Deputy Graves and Juvenile Officer Grant lead a systematic sweep of Amarillo and nearby areas. The victim, one of five children, described threats and an unknown weapon. The suspect faces possible charges of kidnapping, rape, and sodomy, with rape a capital offense. The man’s familiarity with Pleasant Valley and North Amarillo areas suggests he resides nearby. The witness described obscene language and threats. no witnesses to the abduction. The report notes production of soda ash requires large coal input.
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John Graves
Jack Grant
Amarillo
Gaither
Pleasant Valley
Texas
Frontline Lines Span West to East Coast in Korean War
Describes UN line anchors from the west to the east coast where American warships shell the enemy. Highlights the Chorwon Kumhwa Pyonggang triangle and notes western ridges reaching 4000 feet, with rugged terrain and clouds over the sea as lines shift into an unreadable pattern.
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Chorwon-Kumhwa-Pyonggang
Chorwon
Wind winds down Melrose power outage after storm
Melrose New Mexico faced an hour and a half of darkness when a south wind toppled power lines. Flying debris caused the outage as an old fashioned dust storm reduced visibility to near zero temporarily. Lightning flashed south of town with occasional thunder before calm returned.
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Melrose
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