Twisters Hit Four States
Tornadoes and windstorms struck across Iowa Nebraska Colorado and southern Minnesota injuring at least five people. Two small Iowa communities suffered major damage as Duncan population 80 faced a ruinous business district collapse and over half the homes damaged with losses exceeding 500000 while Crystal Lake population 301 saw almost every building harmed. Livestock losses were extensive with more than one million dollars in total damage across the four states.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Minnesota
Duncan
Crystal Lake
Sid
Hailstorm Hits Nebraska and Colorado Rural Areas
A destructive hail storm pounded Scottsbluff Nebraska for the second time in two days. Thunderstorms and winds up to 80 miles an hour were reported in western Nebraska near Holyoke and surrounding rural eastern Colorado.
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Ney
Neb
Colorado
Holyoke
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Airport Use Contracts Expected At City Commission
Pioneer and Bran were set to sign contracts for Amarillo Air Terminal use with landing fees at seven cents per thousand pounds of aircraft weight. City and airline officials had agreed earlier after a prior sliding scale plan. Also on the agenda were bids for street and alley paving projects and resurfacing materials, plus a petition to open an alley between Brooks and Rule streets and a boulevard stop sign installation at West Eighteenth and Travis.
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Pioneer
Braniff Airlines
Amarillo Air
City Commission
Brooks and
Rule Streets
West Eighteenth
Travis
Wounded in Korea Fighting Brackeen Wounded
Mrs. G W Rotenberry reports her brother Pic Gail Brackeen has been wounded in Korean action with the First Marine Division. The 27 year old Marine has previously endured frostbitten feet and recently rejoined his unit after hospitalization. A Altus Oklahoma High School graduate, Brackeen served four years in World War II and saw action at Midway Iwo Jima and other Pacific sites. He re enlisted three years ago while living in Amarillo with his sister and brother in law.
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G. W. Rotenberry
North Hayes
Pic
Gail Brackeen
Marine Division
War Department
Altus
Okla
Brackeen
Midway
Iwo Jima
Pacific Islands
Amarillo
Kimbrough brothers host visit in Amarillo and Canyon
Former Texas A&M All America fullback John Kimbrough visits his brother and West Texas State coach Frank Kimbrough in Amarillo Canyon. The pair plan a round of golf this afternoon at the Amarillo Country Club with John's wife as guest.
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Texas A&m
John Kimbrough
Amarillo
Canyon
Frank Kimbrough
West Texas State
Amarillo Country Club
Mrs A Gillum Taylor Taken by Death
Lillian Gillum Taylor 72 died last night at 10 30 in Cunningham Convalescent Home. Wife of A S Taylor, she lived in Amarillo since 1914 and was born September 3 1878 in Pittsburg Texas. Services at Griggs Pioneer Chapel at 8 pm with Dr E B Fincher officiating. Burial tomorrow in Minco Oklahoma. Survivors include two brothers Lawson Gillum Sayre and Lloyd Gillum Stillwater and a sister Stella Powells Chickasha.
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Lillian Gillum Taylor
Cunningham
A. S. Taylor
Jackson
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
E. B. Fincher
Southern Presbyterian Church
Minco
Oklo
Taylor
Amarillo
Pittsburg
Tex
Lawson Gillum
Sayre
Okla
Lloyd Gillum
Stillwater
Stella Powells
Chickasha
Innes Refused Liquor Permit at Cottonwood Inn
Bill Innes saw his beer and whiskey permit application for the Cottonwood Inn on the Dallas Highway at Pullman Switch refused by County Judge E. E. Jordan. Sheriff Paul Gaither and deputy supervisor Joe Sides had protested. Innes plans an appeal or a new filing.
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Bill Innes
Cottonwood Inn
Dallas Highway
Pullman Switch
E. E. Jordan
Paul Gaither
Joe Sides
Liquor Control Board
Innes
Gordzelik Found Guilty of Sodomy in Two Year Term
A jury in 47th District Court found William John Gordzelik of White Deer guilty of sodomy involving a 13 year old boy. His penalty was assessed at two years in the penitentiary for the November 23 incident in Thompson Park.
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47Th District Court
William John Gordzelik
White Deer
Gordzelik
Thompson Park
Bartlett Hurt in Wreck Near Belton
Luther Bartlett a former police desk sergeant in Bartlett was injured last week in a car accident near Belton Amarillo friends learned today He suffered severe cuts and bruises and is hospitalized at Fort Hood where he is stationed Bartlett left the police department about eight months ago to rejoin military service
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Luther Bartlett
Belton
Amarillo
Bartlett
Fort Hood
Benches Installed on Downtown Corners Under City Franchise
Downtown street corners receive the first city awarded benches this week. Globe Seating Company won the franchise with the high bid to operate the advertising supported wood and steel benches.
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City Commission
Globe Seating Company
Bolton Arrives At San Francisco From Korea
Pvt. Charles E. Bolton, son of Mrs. Mabel Stone of Dumas, arrived in San Francisco yesterday aboard the Transport Central John Pope as part of the Army rotation. In a separate AP report, Florence Jean Hardy, 28, a domestic servant, claimed she threw a brick at BBC headquarters because she felt the programs had grown dull and needed livening up.
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Korea
Pvt
Charles E. Bolton
Mabel Stone
Dumas
J. D. Hollinger
Associated Press
Bolton
San Francisco
Central
John Pope
British Broadcasting Co
Florence Jean Hardy
Hairpin lace and crochet doily pattern 7063 flyer
Readers are invited to send twenty cents for pattern 7063 from Amarillo Globe News. The ad promotes hairpin lace and crochet doilies in two colors or one, with directions included. It also mentions a 1951 Alice Brooks Needlework catalog and a free pattern printed in the book, urging needleworkers to order.
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Amarillo Globe- News
Household Arts Dept
P. O
Chelsea Station
New York 11
Alice Brooks
Open Kimble Assault Trial Opens in 47th District Court
A jury was selected in 47th District Court for the trial of E. T. Kimble of 1005 Bryant on charges of assault with intent to murder in the shooting of Joe Wing at 2705 West Fifth. March Chung, operator of Joe Wing Lee's Cafe, was hospitalized for two weeks after the incident. Testimony was set to be heard this afternoon.
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47Th District Court
E. T. Kimble
Bryant
Kimble
Joe Wing Ros
West Fifth
Hogs Stolen From Farmer at Dimmitt
Theft of 25 hogs from R G Henderson a Dimmitt farmer was reported to the Potter County sheriff. He found the loss when feeding the animals. Each hog weighed 175 to 200 pounds. Two marks from a dual wheel truck were found near the hog house.
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R. G. Henderson
Potter County
Outdoor Movie Lineup in Amarillo Parks This Week
The Air Force presents Look to the Sky and The Making of a Yankee plays in Amarillo parks this week. The pair is sponsored by the Air Force and the New York Yankees farm system with Canada Dry Bottling Company involved in distribution.
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Air Force
New York Yankees
Amarillo
Park and Recreation Commission
Canada Dry Bottling Company
Burglars Steal Pennies From Britt’s Grocery
Burglars entered Britt's Grocery at 2104 Arthur through a back door, cutting a hole with a brace and bit. About $3 in pennies from the gum machine was stolen overnight.
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Britt's Grocery
Arthur
Rites Tomorrow for Vaughn Girl
Funeral services for Mary Frances Vaughn two years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Winford C Vaughn will be held tomorrow afternoon in Griggs Pioneer Chapel with burial at Llano Cemetery She died last night at St Anthony's Hospital after becoming ill at the home of Mrs Bert Dehr where she was staying While her mother was at Northwest Texas Hospital two brothers Leo and Johnny and grandparents Mrs A M Shaw Mrs H L Dry and M F Hollis survive born March 23 1949 in Amarillo
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Mary Frances Vaughn
Winford C. Vaughn
North East Fourteenth
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Llano
St. Anthony's Hospital
Bert Dehr
North East Fifteenth
Northwest Texas Hospital
Winford
Mary Frances
Amarillo
Leo
Johnny
A. M. Shaw
Panhandle
H. L. Dry
Fairland
Okla
M. F. Hollis
Lubbock
Typing Champion Here Saturday in Amarillo
Lloyd F. Schuneman of Underwood Typewriter Corp. announced that George L. Hossfield of New York City, the world’s champion typist, will visit Amarillo for a public demonstration Saturday with time and place to be announced. He will also demonstrate Monday at 8 in West Texas State College auditorium, brought by Amarillo Office Machine Co. sponsor.
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Lloyd F. Schuneman
Underwood Typewriter Corporation
George L. Hossfield
New York City
Amarillo
Hossfield
West Texas State College
Roof Repair Begins on City Auditorium Dome
The Municipal Auditorium roof is being repaired with metal sheeting by Stewart Roofing and Sheet Metal Co. City Manager N V Moss says the job seems endless and that patches have been ongoing during his tenure.
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Stewart Roofing and Sheet Metal Company
N. V. Moss
Central Michigan College elects senior Al Boulee as bachelor king
At Central Michigan College in Mount Pleasant Michigan coeds voted senior Al Boulee the campus most eligible bachelor. Boulee reigned at a spring ball signaling a playful reform of the queen election tradition.
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MT. Pleasant. Mich
Central Michigan College
al Boulee
Boulee
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PFC
KODAK
Timken
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Dimmitt
Vaughn Girl
Schilling
2Nd St
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Raines
West Texas Boot & Shoe Shop
Empire Investment Corp
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Ideal Heating & Air Conditioning Co
S. Fillmore
Amarillo Lumber
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Amarillo Lumber CO
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