Horse meat probe targets Riskin and Gilgus
Investigation into interstate shipments of boneless horse meat not inspected or labeled as required by law expands across several states. Authorities say green ink horse meat labels were removed after Riskin and Gilgus placed orders with a South Bend plant, with possible conspiracy charges pending and bonds set at 5000 each if convicted.
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Texas
Riskin
Gilgus
Paul Coder
Washington
US Meat Inspection Division
Department of Agriculture
Frank B. Potter
Commissioner's Court
Potter
U8 Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Coder
Tam Fla
South Bend
Ind
Southnd
Ison
Cegee
Meat Inspection Division
Chicago
Aulas
Fort Worth
Houston
Florida
Dallas
J. R. Wright
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Slash in Spending Is Voted
Washington reports the House Appropriations Committee cut 157.9 million from President Truman's spending program in an omnibus bill leaving the 1951 budget in the red. It recommends 29.045 billion for most agencies, with defense spared large cuts. The bill targets deficits and defense expenditures, amid debate on further reductions.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Coittee
Clarence Cannon
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Louis Johnson
Miss Clara Dawson Awarded 156,937 for Bus Crash Injuries
Miss Clara Dawson, a 60 year old schoolteacher, was awarded 156,937.55 for injuries from a bus truck collision on May 11, 1948. She helped a pupil board a streetcar, pushed another to safety, and was struck by the bus. Doctors said she would never work again.
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Los Angeles
Clara Dawson
Superior Court
Dawson
Negotiations for Lot Purchase by Southwestern Public Service
Southwestern Public Service Company negotiates to buy a 60 by 140 foot lot north of the Rule Building for headquarters. President J. E. Cunningham said at noon today the parcel will eventually host a drive in bill paying station.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
J. E. Cunningham
Yellow Fever Toll Rises in Bolivia
Yellow fever has killed 230 people in Bolivia in recent weeks with over 1000 residents infected in a remote region. Health officials credited interventions by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Pan American Sanitary Office in checking the outbreak.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Rockefeller Foundation
Pan-American Sanitary Office
Amarillo Choir Seeks Extra Money for Houston Trip
Editorial urges Amarillo business leaders to fund the Bel Canto Chorale's trip to Houston. Of 75 students selected by contest, 36 may stay home without $1,000 more. Total needed for travel is $2,500. plans include programs and a style show. Donations to A. M. Autrey at Amarillo High School requested. city’s support praised.
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Amarillo High School
Bel Canto Chorale
Houston
Houston Symphony
Amarillo
A. M. Autrey
Bel Canto Chorale Fashion Show At Herring Hotel
The AHS Bel Canto Chorale presents a spring style show at 8 tonight in Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom featuring Blackburn Bros. outfits. Proceeds aid a down state tour with stops in Austin Houston Abilene Huntsville and a Houston Symphony collaboration on April 10. Admission is 1. Funds needed total about 2,500. over 1,300 has been raised.
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Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
AHS Bel Canto Chorale
Blackburn Bros
Austin
Houston
Abilene
Huntsville
Houston Symphony
Ram
Moonshiners Escape West Texas Banishment
In Oklahoma City moon shiners caught near the city received suspended sentences. Federal Judge Stephen Chandler had proposed banishment to West Texas as a deterrent, but reversed the idea after West Texans objected, saying their area would not harbor Oklahoma bootleggers.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
U.2
Oklahoma
Here
West Texas
Stephen Chandler
Chandler
Earthquake Felt in Tokyo Bay Area No Damage Reported
A light quake was felt in the Tokyo area today with Tokyo Bay as the epicenter. The central meteorological observatory reported the event but stated no damage occurred.
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Tokyo
Central Meterological Observatory
Tokyo Bay
No Basic Study Change Planned in Amarillo High School
Amarillo school board denies plans to alter the basic course of study at Amarillo High. The building addition on Twelfth and Polk aims to provide classrooms for requested vocational subjects. The school will still require 84 units for graduation, with remedial English reading and arithmetic offered for students needing extra help. Courses include English, creative English, speech, Latin, Spanish, history, civics, geometry, algebra, biology, chemistry, physics, and more.
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Amarillo
Amarillo High School
Twelfth and
Polk
Emmern
Governor Endorses Canadian River Dam Plan in Texas Letter
Texas Governor Allan Shivers endorsed the Canadian River reservoir project in a March 18 letter to Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael W. Straus. The plan aims to supply surface water to Borger, Amarillo, Pampa, Plainview, Lubbock and other Panhandle cities, easing dependence on underground water and preventing future land condemnation. The project would also provide fish, wildlife, recreation and flood control benefits while prompting an interstate compact with Oklahoma and New Mexico over water rights.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Michael W. Straus
Bureau of Reclamation
Washington
Shivers
Beauford H. Jester
Panhandle-high Plains
Borger
Amarillo
Pampa
Plainview
Lubbock
Tahoka
O’donnell
Lamesa
Littlefield
Slaton
Levelland
Panhandle High Plains
Interstate Compact Commission
Sabine
Red
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Hospitals Ban Doctor Sander in Mercy Slaying Case
In Manchester New Hampshire two Catholic hospitals banned Dr Hermann N Sander for life after the county medical society studied a new charge of conduct unbecoming a physician arising from the December death of Abbie Borreto. Sander already faced or faced trial for a mercy killing.
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Manchester
Hillsborough County Medical Society
Hermann N. Sander
Candia
Board of Censors
Sander
Abbie Borreto
Lloyd L. Wells
County Society
Sacred Heart
Notre Dame
Matthew F. Brady
Third Victim of Shooting Dies
Snyder reports Hiram Tom Vance, 31, shot in a Snyder hotel room alongside his wife and Jack Sandefur. Authorities say Vance, released from Arkansas State Penitentiary on March 10, killed the others and attempted suicide. he died after lingering since Saturday night.
Marx Brothers Enter Texas Oil Venture in Northwest Texas
Paducah report says the Marx brothers joined about a dozen others in Stekell Oil and Associates Limited to develop oil lands in King and Cattle counties. Offices will be in Dallas and Los Angeles. initial investment listed at 100000 dollars, with Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo, Chico, and Gummo as major investors.
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Paducah
Marx Brothers
Texas
King and Cattle
Stekell Oil and Associates, Limited
Dallas
Los Angeles
Groucho and
Harpo
Zeppo
Chico
Gummo Marx
March Building Pushes Total Over Million Dollars
J O Stroud building contractor received a 15 permit this morning that lifted March construction to 1 012 260. The six room brick veneer dwelling at 1023 West Thirty third is for Mr and Mrs Rudy Bauman. March total now stands at 1 012 260.
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J. O. Stroud
Buiying
West
Rudy Bauman
Will Rogers Film Extended Run at Esquire Screen
Popular demand extends Steamboat Round the Bend on the Esquire Screen today starring Will Rogers and Irvin Cobb. A second Rogers film Harem opens tomorrow for a two day run at the same theater.
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Esquire Screen
Will Rogers
Irvin
Cobb
Esquire
German youths jailed by French court over leaflets
March 21 in Berlin a French military court sentenced nine German youths to one week imprisonment for distributing leaflets advertising the Communist march on Berlin planned for May. The youths faced charges of contravening wartime restrictions and propaganda activities linked to the movement.
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Berlin
Worley 10 Quit Congress April 3
Local brief notes that Worley 10 residents or a person named Worley 10 is associated with quitting Congress on April 3. The fragmentary item provides little context or additional details.
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Worley
Congress
Election date still in doubt for Worley replacement
The date for a special congressional election to replace Rep. Eugene Worley, who resigns April 3 to join the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, remains undecided. Gov. Shivers will set the election, weighing primary-day timing against saving counties money, with issues over judge appointments and funding still unsettled.
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Lewis Nordykke
Gene Worley
Democratic Party
Washington
Eugene Worley
Congress
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Worley
National House
Customs and Patent Appeals Court
Finis J. Garrett
Truman
Senate
Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Ernest McFarland
Arizona
Chicago
New York
Wardrow Lane
Lane
Bill McGill
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Patchy Clouds Today
The Weather Bureau reports fair conditions for Amarillo and vicinity this afternoon with partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday. Warmer by tomorrow with a high around 59 today and a low near 24. A 24 hour period ending at 6 this morning peaked at 70 degrees and bottomed at 25. Parts of the region in West Texas show cooler trends tonight and Wednesday with lighter warming on Wednesday. New Mexico areas expect similar cooling in the southeast portion today through Wednesday.
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Amarillo
Perature
New Mexico
Boa Constrictor Reported Roaming Colorado P ranch lands
Ranchers near Castle Rock say a tropical boa constrictor may be alive in the high altitude plains. Tracks found on Norman Smiths property and a road worker's sighting bolster the claim. Denver Zoo officials doubt the snakes winter survival in Colorado but acknowledge the mystery remains.
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Castle Rock
Colo
Norman Smith
Campbell
Denver
Zoo
Clyde Hill
Colorado
Atoe
Crepo
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