Senate probes Calvert over tax and insurance laws
The Senate Investigating Committee urged changes to tax and insurance statutes to improve enforcement. It criticized Comptroller Robert S. Calvert and urged a joint House Senate probe into state government. The panel finds Calvert tied to money, recommends felony penalties for improper political donations by officials, and calls for department reorganizations and stronger enforcement of insurance laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank N. Manitzas Austin
Senate
Robert S. Calvert
House Senate
Sen
Charles Herring
Austin
Calvert
Board of Insurance
Comptroller
em@ge
ICT
Comptroller’s Department
Comptroller's Department
State Auditor
Former Amarillo man held on loot from Ontario bank burglary
Edward Browder Jr. 42, once from Amarillo, jailed on $20,000 bond on receiving stolen bonds from a $2% million Brockville bank burglary in Canada. FBI says Browder carried $136,650 in bonds and a pistol, seeking buyers. He has no direct charge in the crime, with $386,650 recovered and the case tying to an international fraud network.
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Miami
Fla
Amarillo
Tex
Canada
Edward Browder Jr
U. S
Roger E. Davis
FBI
Browder
Lee O. Teague
Teague
Louis A. Sabatino
Brockville
Ont
Ontario
Quebec
Caracas
Venezuela
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Switzerland
No. 4
Court House Square
Brockville Trust and Savings Co
World Population Gain Seen as Major Threat
Global population growth is labeled a major threat by Jack Porter and speakers at the Grain Sorghum Research and Utilization Conference. Hope warns of a 3 percent annual rise after 1950, urging solutions in underprivileged areas and support for Food for Peace. Dr. Watson notes grain sorghums’ expanding industrial use and breeding potential, highlighting sorghum starches as alternatives to corn.
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Cie R. Hope
Hope
Kansas Wheat Commission
America
Eisenhower
Logan Walker
Abilene
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Clifford Hope
Garden City
Stanley A. Watson
Corn Products Refining Company
Argo
Ill
Hydrant Hit Sparks Underpass Damage in Buchanan Street
A hit and run damaged a fire hydrant at the southeast corner of Buchanan and SE 1st, causing flooding of 300 to 400 gallons per minute for about 30 minutes. City crews will repair undermined concrete with soil cement while police seek the driver.
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Buchanan Street
Buchanan and
S.E. 1St
Jack Burnett
John DeShazo
DeShazo
State Highway Department
Harry Bozeman
Dan Carter
Carter
Border Loop Ends in Tie as West Texas Trips New Mexico
Page selections note a tie at border loop, West Texas falls to New Mexico, with A&M coverage on page 6. Uniform fashion appeal for women highlighted on page 9, British leadership initiative reclaimed, and radio TV logs on page 15. Harry Gilstrap discusses Wednesday "People's Capitalism."
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Globe-Times
West Texas
New Mexico
A&m
White
Harry Gilstrap
Freeway Cancels Breezeway Building
Houston report shows contract builder P-Per rin White halting work on 11 houses after learning a new freeway is planned where breezeways would be built. City officials say 36 permits were issued. office had no notice of the freeway. District engineer cites confusion and a mistake.
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Houston
Perrin White
Harold Woods
Wiley Carmichael
School Bus Plunges Into Pond Drowning Nine in Tifton
A bus carrying 86 Negro and white students left a dirt road in Tifton Georgia at 840 am and plunged into a farm pond. Nine children aged 5 to 15 died. Four boys aided others in escaping as the bus filled with water. Thirteen patients were treated later. driver Doyle Jones said the bus struck a rut and the wheels locked.
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Tifton
Tift County Hospital
Doyle Jones
James Collins
Oscar Holt
Carl Lowry
Charles Ahrens
Collins
Jack Withers
Withers
Pioneer IV Blazes New Space Trail Toward Moon
The Army launched Pioneer IV from Cape Canaveral shortly after midnight. Initial speed reached 24,890 mph, with the craft at 66,000 miles by 8 a.m. EST and 72,400 miles by 9 a.m. as it headed toward the moon and then to solar orbit. NASA confirmed precise speed and course from multiple tracking stations. President Eisenhower praised the feat as a splendid achievement.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Moon
Goldstone
Calif
Puerto Rico
Jodrell Bank
England
NASA
Eisenhower
White House
Andrew J. Goodpaster
J. B. Medaris
Army
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Panhandle Region
Fair and windy conditions dominate through Wednesday with a warmer afternoon trend. Highs near 61 today, 52 Wednesday, lows around 29 tonight. No significant precipitation expected, winds rising midweek, with cooler southeastern portions today and warmer Wednesday. Sunrise 7 13 a.m. Sunset 6 44 p.m.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Pla
New Mexico
Plains
Staff Leaves U.S. Embassy in Bolivia Amid Riots
U S staff moved to the outskirts of La Paz for protection after anti American riots followed Time magazine quotes triggering unrest. Senator Bridges urged sending troops and halting foreign aid while Bolivian President Siles defended official denials and urged calm as a 15 year old was shot in the violence.
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U.S
Bolivia
Washington
State Department
la Paz
Time Magazine
Hernan Siles
Sen
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
la Pez
Bridges
Siles
Comic Dictionary COURTSHIP
A humorous note on courtship describing the moment two people realize there are many others in the world competing for attention. The line playfully hints at awareness of abundance and romantic doubt during dating.
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State Board of Insurance Liquidation Division
ICT Insurance Co
Dallas
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Preferred Life Insurance Co
and Estate Life Insurance Co
Lal
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Jack Porter
Herring Hotel
Foreign Corn Products Refining Co
Thad
Auto
Williams-Boyce
Jane Sauer
Karol ‘Riskin
Tan Cheery
Washington, Pa
Farrell
Keer IV
U.S. Space
Miss Moon
Pioneer
Abou
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