Tol Collins enters Amarillo school board race
Tol Collins a local Amarillo grocer and father of three announces candidacy for two open seats on the school board. He targets superintendent Charles Rogers, pledging a one plank platform to bring new blood and end a pension style system, noting residence since 1942 and business at 4613 Bushland. Other candidates include Bob Wilson and W. N. Durham Jr. Election set for April 7.
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Amarillo
Tol Collins
Collins
George M. Waddill
Chas. M. Rogers
Rosemont
Don Collins
Amarillo High School
Anne
Carolyn
Sam _ Houston School
Mr. Collins
Country Club
Bushland
Channing
Gene Collins
Ey County
Gene Colns
R. A
Bob” Wilson
W. N. Durham, Jr
FE. M. Blackburn, Jr
Wilson
Durham
Red Newspaper Faces Bankruptcy Threat Says Daily Worker
New York report says the Daily Worker faces bankruptcy and seeks funds. A front page editorial claims the Communist newspaper must raise $200,000, with appeals underway to readers.
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New York
The
Daily Worker
New Hereford Hotel Fights Foreclosure
Hereford March 20 Special Directors of the Hereford Community Hotel Corporation travel to Dallas for talks with RFC officials to avert foreclosing on the Hotel Jim Hill. About 44000 was due February 24, including 6397.25 principal and interest. A March 20 extension was arranged, but no financing plan emerged. the hotel opened in February 1950 and was financed by local stock sales.
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Hereford Community Hotel Corporation
Dallas
RFC
Jim Hill
Henry Sears
Atomic test program at Eniewtok likely underway says commission
Commission officials avoid direct confirmation of new atomic blast tests while signaling a fresh series at Eniewtok. The plan covers testing effects on structures and materials with data to Civil Defense and includes instrumentation for design criteria. Joint Task Force 3 led by Lt Gen Elwood R. Quesada coordinates Armed Services AEC and contractors, with security limits under the Atomic Energy Act. Weather-aware timing places testing season late March as southeast winds would push fallout away from inhabited areas including Hawaii.
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Associated Press
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al 'Amarillo
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Ik Eniwetok
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Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok
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Central Pacific
Eniwetok Atoll
Commission
Civil Defense Administration
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AIA
Joint Task Force 3
Elwood R. Quesada
USAF
Las Vegas
Nev
Gordon Dean
AEC
Marshall Islands
Hawaii
Entiwetok
Marshall Group
Seven Youths Held in Childress Rape Case
In Childress March 20 seven local youths face rape charges related to an alleged attack on a 15 year old girl. Four were in custody at Childress County jail with bonds set at 1500 each. two others were charged but not jailed. The incident reportedly occurred within ten days.
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Childress County
Jimmie Shubert
Gerald Hudson
Billy Ray Wood
Wayland Smoot
Ely Whitley
Justice of the Peace
L. C
Allen Harp
Harp
Shubert
Woods
Whiteley
Hudson
Short
Childress High School
Grand Jury
Texas Senate Approves Record 169 Million Biennial Bill
In Austin on March 20 the Senate spent one hour on a historic 169 million dollar biennial appropriation bill and approved it, the largest in Texas history. In Oklahoma City on March 20 a psychiatrist testified Billy Cook is incurably insane while a government doctor called him sane, setting up a sanity hearing to decide on his fate.
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Austin
U.P
Senate
Texas
Cook
Oklahoma City
Billy Cook
City's Growth Brings New School Crisis
Amarillo faces a near term need for an additional million dollars for school building and immediate purchase of sites for three elementary schools and a junior high as housing developments total over 2,000 units. Superintendent Chas M. Rogers cited undersized Humphreys Highland School and projected district enrollment rising to 1,053 students, with 900 housing units in the area under or near construction.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
Humphreys Highland
Moresby Rogers
Brand School
Weather sketch for Amarillo and Panhandle area
Fair and warmer today with partly cloudy skies and little change tonight. High 61, low 29. tomorrow 59. 24 hour high 53, low 26. West winds 5 shifting. Warmer today and tonight across the Panhandle.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
British Racketeer Pines for Big Time
London reports the Senate Crime Committee inquiry into Frank Costello’s underworld power has unsettled British mobsters. Italian racketeer Jack, high on the London register, vows to emigrate to New York, claiming America is the land of promise while he remains barely scraping by.
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Costello
Frank Costello
Tammany Hall
William O'Dwyer
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
O'Dwyer
New York
Tammany
Rudolph Halley
Aurelio
Exmayor
Supreme Court
Thomas A. Aurelio
New York County
Manhattan
Halley
O’dwyer
London
U.P
Senate Crime Committee
Jack
America
Influence Uncovered in Testimony on Kennedy’s Rise
Costello’s testimony reveals he shaped Michael Kennedy’s ascent to Hall leadership by guiding Tammany votes. The underworld figure claims decisively altering the outcome on the Tammany executive committee, shifting support from one candidate to Kennedy.
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Costello
Michael Kennedy
Tammany Executive Committee
Kennedy
Lee O’dwyer
Love burglar Adair gets 30 day execution stay
A Dallas man known as the love burglar, Fred Felix Adair Jr., won a 30 day stay of execution from the Texas board of pardons and paroles. Governor Shivers is expected to approve. The delay shifts his execution from March 29 to April 28 while a new sanity trial may be arranged after a lunacy jury deadlock. Adair faces four additional rape indictments.
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Board of Pardons and Paroles
Dallas
Love Burglar
Fred Felix Adair
Allan Shivers
Adair
Henry King
Vickery
Chinese Third Field Army Enters Korea Fighting Patch
Chinese Communist commanders have thrown elements of their Third Field Army into the Korean line to screen the northward withdrawal of other Reds. UN advances were reported along the front as heavy clashes occurred near Chunchon and north of Seoul. Prisoners from the 26th Army Corps were taken, and Chinese forces regrouped in Manchuria after previous clashes with Marines and Army units.
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Korea
38Th Parallel
United Nations
Inn
Seoul
Hongchon
Eighth Army
London
26Th Army
Third Field Army
Manchuria
Hungnam
Blackout on News at 38th parallel censorship in Korea
In Tokyo on March 21 Allied censorship barred any mention of the 38th parallel in Korea war reports and banned synonyms. Officials said the ban would require deletion even in stories about the prohibition while voluntary censorship continues. Copy on tactical details must be checked for security.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
Brothers Die Within Minutes of Each Other in Cal Deaths
In El Monte California on March 20 two elderly brothers Ernest Edward Andrew 76 and Arthur Gibson Andrew 78 died within minutes of each other from heart attacks. Ernest died first and Arthur collapsed while seeking help. The brothers had been inseparable all their lives and shared the same illness.
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EL Monte
Cal
Ernest Edward Andrew
Arthur Gibson Andrew
Arthur
Father of Korea victim's father urges Amarillo Red Cross drive
A local letter urges Amarillo residents to support the Red Cross drive after the father's son was killed in service. He contrasts rising needs with low funding and praises the Red Cross for aiding families with medical forms, hospital costs, and communication with servicemen. He calls for renewed donations to meet a $75,000 goal and maintain the city's "Friendly City" reputation.
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Hereford
Borger
Red Cross
Amarillo
The
Bill
Guam
Tokyo
Martial law grips Tehran as curfew imposed
The Shah declares two months of military government in Tehran and suburbs to curb unrest. A curfew from midnight to 5 AM is enforced, tanks roll into the streets amid rumors of assassinations and a political crisis in Iran.
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Iran
Ministry of War
Council of Ministers
Ike Puts Monty in Top Spot
Paris reports General Eisenhower named British Field Marshal Montgomery as deputy commander of the Atlantic Pact army. He also named eight staff officers and announced plans to appoint seven area commanders later. Juin, Juin resident general of Morocco, designated ground troops commander.
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Eisenhower
Hugh Saunders
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Alphonse Juin
von Tangen-Hansteen
Norway
Ebbe Goertz
Denmark
Allied Forces
Robert K. Taylor
US Air Force
Europe
Eisen _ Shower
Juin
Baltimore Teens' Drug Crisis Spurs Citywide Action
A Baltimore mother recounts her 15 year old son's descent into heroin after marijuana use, describing his jail term and the drug scene she witnessed in local hangouts. City leaders respond with an emergency youth council, hospital treatment push, and new bills for confiscation and harsher sentences for drug selling to minors.
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Mrs. X
Baltimore Evening Sun
Paul
Thomas D’alesandro
General Assembly
Annapolis
John Luber
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