Amarillo High Carries Texas Colors in Music Meet
Amarillo High School will represent Texas at the Southwestern Music Educators Association convention in Oklahoma City. Nearly 200 students, music directors, and parents travel today, returning Saturday. Miss Tennie Thompson and Charles L. Emmons lead the choir and orchestra in a cappella, classical, and collaborative numbers including Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Texas
Southwestern Music Educators Association
Amarillo High School
Oklahoma City
Tennie Thompson
Charles L. Emmons
Haircut Prices Cut Back in Tyler Shops
On March 8 4-OPS reports twelve Dallas area barbershops in Tyler have reduced haircut prices to 75 cents after raising to $1 on January 26 the day after ceiling price limits were imposed.
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Dallas
Tyler
Washington
Government Today
Doomed Lovers Face Last Meals Before Sing Sing
Osining NY March 8 AP The "lonely hearts" killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez prepared last meals with liver and onions fried chicken and salads for Mrs Beck and fried eggs with potatoes onion omelette and dessert for Mr Fernandez as lawyers pressed 11th hour appeals to a federal court after failed state appeals to spare them from the electric chair tonight.
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Ossining
Sing Sing
Martha Beck
Raymond Fernandez
Lonely Hearts
New York
Judge orders wig to reform troubled youth in Chicago
In Chicago a family court judge, Robert J. Dunne, ordered a wig for a 13 year old bald headed boy from a fatherless and destitute home. A psychiatrist said illness caused the hair loss and the wig could restore confidence and help him become a "new boy."
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Chicago
March
Jdge
Robert J. Dunne
Senate To Broaden Scope of RFC Probe
Senate Banking Committee chairman Fulbright announced a unanimous vote to broaden an RFC inquiry by requesting the Justice Department search for perjury tax evasion or other violations of law. The panel has supplied daily witness testimony and cited Dunham as saying a fellow director urged him to resign and become the fall guy.
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Justice Department
Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate Banking Committee
RFC
Walter L. Dunham
Board
Subcommittee
Dunham
C. Edward Rowe
Senator Capehart
Indiana
Florida
Rowe
Wilson Candidate for School Board
Amarillo attorney R A Bob Wilson announced his candidacy for the Amarillo Independent School District board. He has served since July 1948 to fill the late Tom Wingate’s term, seeking election on April 7 with filing due by March 28.
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Board of Trustees
Amarillo Independent
W. N. Durham, Jr
First National Bank
E. M. Blackburn, Jr
Wilson
George M. Waddill
Amarillo
Underwood, Wilson, Sutton, Heare and Boyce
Molly Lou
Elizabeth Nixson
Bobby
Collision Fatal to Senator Virgil Chapman dies in wreck
Senator Virgil Chapman of Kentucky, 55, dies from injuries after his car collides with a trailer truck. He died at Bethesda Naval Hospital about seven hours after the crash, leaving the Senate margin at 48 to 47. Governor Wetherby would likely appoint a Democrat to fill the seat until election.
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Washington
Virgil Chapman
Congress
Kentucky
Chapman
Bethesda Naval Hospital
House
Senate
Barkley
Lawrence W. Wetherby
Fireman seeks court order to curb wife's abuse in Houston
Johnnie C. Brooks, Houston's tallest fireman, requested court protection from his 135‑pound wife Peggy Lou amid divorce proceedings. Judge Phil D. Woodruff granted orders restricting both spouses and ordered Brooks to pay $32.50 semi monthly. Brooks cited beatings, late nights, and an incident at the fire station with her mother. Peggy Lou denied most charges.
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Houston
U.P
Johnnie C. Brooks
Phil D. Woodruff
Woodruff
Brooks
Homan Wilkinson
Peggy Lou
US Navy Plane Falls Under Sea Off Anzio Rescue
Six survivors from a US Navy PB-4Y-2 Privateer missing since yesterday were saved by Italian destroyer Carabiniere off Anzio. The aircraft with 14 aboard carried personnel from Trieste to Rome via Udine. Rescue planes from Wiesbaden and Tripoli joined a search, as Italian launches aided near Nettuno. The last message reported the plane over the coast area 18 miles northwest of Rome with one engine on fire amid a storm.
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Anzio
Carabiniere
Wiesbaden
Germany
Tripoli
Tyrrhenian Sea
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding areas
The latest forecast shows windy and colder conditions this afternoon with freezing temperatures tonight. Highs around 47 today and 53 tomorrow, with a 74 degree high and 47 degree low recorded for the prior 24 hours. Continued cold into Friday, moderating by Saturday, with no precipitation expected in the Panhandle and mixed clouds across West Texas and New Mexico.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
South Plains
New Mexico
Western diplomats stymied as Austria talks stall
March 8 report from Paris shows Big Four deputies debating a point list for ministers to discuss an Austrian independence treaty. Russia seeks linkage to Trieste, arguing Western allies violated Italy treaty by militarizing Trieste. Western and British factions push for a swift Austrian accord despite Moscow’s conditions.
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Paris
Big Four
Austria
Trieste
Adriatic Sea
Italy
Record Korean War Drive Surges With 11,600 Reds Dead
March 8 dispatches report UN forces advancing up to 2 1/2 miles on a 70 mile Korean front. US divisions totaled heavy enemy losses, with 11,400 Reds killed in ground action and 260 prisoners captured. Air forces added 200 dead and wounded plus 500 more casualties today. UN forces push past Han River and seize key terrain as US 25th and 24th divisions lead advances.
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Tokyo
Eighth Army
Korea
Han River
Seoul
Hongchon
Ture
Pukhan River
Demos Split on Committee Vote
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees split on Lodge proposal to urge European nations to fund major contributions to ground forces under Eisenhower. The tie that defeated a similar measure yesterday was reversed in a joint move by Republicans and three Democrats led by Connally.
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Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lodge
Connally
Texas
State liquor vote is asked in Texas 1952 election
A proposed constitutional amendment would ban all alcoholic beverages except medicinal. it sets a statewide prohibition election for November 1952. Rep Milton Wilkinson and co author Rep Joe Gandy push the measure backed by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union led by Mrs. Claude DeVan Watts of Austin. The WCTU seeks a public vote, not a legislative commitment, and cites petitions from churches statewide.
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Austin
Milton Wilkinson
Patroon
Claude DeVan Watts
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
IMT
Watts
WCTU
Texas
Texas Liquor Control Board
Joe Gandy
Winnsboro
Wilkinson
Beckham Well Puzzles West Beckham County Oil Quest
The Carter Oil Company reports a puzzling wildcat in west Beckham County Oklahoma. At 10,294 to 10,297 feet drilling mud heaves and fluid flows raised fire hazard concerns. A blowout preventer was set to curb pressure while mud and weight materials are pumped to stabilize the well. No salt water seen. gas quantity unknown. Engineers suspect pressure from deep formations.
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West Beckham County
Okla
Carter Oil Company
Halliburton Oil Wall Co Amantias O
Vywee
OS Euno
Texas moves to ban slot machines in bill drive
A Senate bill to outlaw slot machines in Texas sparks a legislative clash with organized crime as March 8 reports note the push gains momentum. The measure targets gambling operations, aiming to curb illicit activities tied to slots across the state.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Senate
Lone Star
Truman vacations top topic of idle chatter
The Republican National Committee released a record of President Truman's absences since January 1, 1950. It notes 66 days away from Washington plus a 23 day Key West trip and 26 days cruising nearby waters, with 29 days of a previous Key West vacation. The White House says he works in Florida as well as relaxing.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Truman
Key West
Fla
White House
Florida
Watkins
Utah
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