Cohen Seeks Fast Buck In Texas With Bullet Proof Cadillac
Gambler Mickey Cohen offered 5000 dollars plus a 500 dollar bonus to drive his $16,000 armor plated Cadillac around a Fort Worth track. He was arrested for speeding in Imperial California at 65 mph in a 45 zone and released on bail. Authorities note Cohen faces a potential contempt charge in Texas and had borrowed 3000 dollars on the car.
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Cohen
Texas
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Gearhart
Gordon Bowers
California
Fort Worth
Texas Stock Car Racing Association
Floods devastate Deep South as rivers surge
The Associated Press reports two days of heavy rain flood thousands of acres across the Deep South. Alabama bears the brunt with major rivers like the Tombigbee and Warrior rising to record levels while Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia brace for impact. Dozens of towns face high water, hundreds are homeless, and Red Cross and National Guardsmen assist in sheltering evacuees. The Coosa and Warrior threaten record crests as rail service offers free shuttle to move people away from flooded areas. Local livestock suffer as pastures flood and planting is delayed.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Louisiana
Cahaba
Coosa
National Guardsmen
Childersburg
Tennessee
Death takes oil operator and horse aficionado Aleck R. Anderson
Aleck R. Anderson an independent oil and gas operator and noted horse fancier died this morning at his home on Florida Avenue. He would have been 71 on July 16 survived by his widow Josephine Anderson a sister Emma Carlson and a brother Arthur W. Anderson Funeral arrangements are by Blackburn Shaw Anderson was born in Sweden and came to the United States with his parents at age two.
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Aleck R. Anderson
Florida
Anderson
Josephine Anderson
Emma Carlson
Minneapolis
Arthur W. Anderson
Kansas City
Blackburn-Shaw
Sweden
MR. Anderson
Pork America's Know How intrigues Tasmanian visit
Tasmanian visitor J Eric Cuthbertson spoke before Amarillo Rotary and will address Kiwanis. He contrasted Tasmania and the United States noting flat Panhandle plains versus Tasmania's mountains and greenery. He highlighted Tasmania's hydro power and air transport, and praised American problem solving speed from a Los Angeles site. He and his wife toured the Grand Canyon on their journey.
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Panhandle
Australia
Cuthbertson
Rotary International
Amarillo
Tasmania
America
United States
Biltmore
Los Angeles
Housing builders eye quick rental solution for Amarillo
Globe reports Rep Walter Rogers says rental housing can be built under current law 207 to meet needs of Amarillo Air Force Base and Atomic Energy Commission personnel. He will meet FHA and RHA officials, with E T Stearns noting no commitment was made about 500 units under normal growth rules.
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Globe Business
Walter Rogers
The
Globe
Amarillo
Rogers
Amarillo Air Force Base
Atomic Energy Commission
RHA
Richards
E. T. Stearns
FHA
Fort Worth
Bill Hale
Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association
Ed Lavell
Lavell
Pleads Not Guilty In McCune Slaying
L. C. Owen, a former Amarillo carpenter and Cimarron County ranch hand, pleaded not guilty to murder in the May 5 shooting of Lyle McCune on the Bill Chenault ranch south of Boise City. Defense plans self defense claim as witnesses recount events and officers describe pistols found near the body. Mr and Mrs Chenault testified as witnesses as Judge F. Hiner Dale presided in Guymon.
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Globe
Grosse City
Okla
L. C. Owen
Amarillo
Cimarron County
Lyle McCune
Owen
Bill Chenault
Boise City
McCune
Defense Atty. C. R
Kenneth Warner
Tommy Howard
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Warner
Chenault
Howard
MecCune
F. Hiner Dale
Guymon
Amnerille
Panhandle
No Rationing in Sight Yet Says Price Chief
Washington, March 30. Price control director Michael DiSalle said price rolls back may occur but no across the board cuts. He does not anticipate rationing. The U S Chamber of Commerce questions defense officials' approach and labor’s demands for price guarantees.
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Washington
Michael DiSalle
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Labor
Supersonic X-2 Rocket Plane Aims For 1951 Flight
The Air Force plans a year end flight of the X-2 rocket plane built by Bell Aircraft. The diminutive, swept wing craft is experimental and unarmed, designed to fly faster and higher than any manned aircraft.
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Washington
Air Force
Robbers Fire Burn Attempt After Armored Car Heist
A pair of robbers stole about $6,500 in cash and checks from an Amarillo Banking Service armored car at Myers Fried Chicken Restaurant. One man was seen at dusk attempting to burn checks and money bags near the American Smelting and Refining Co plant, starting a grass fire before disappearing. Authorities recovered a substantial portion of the loot and obtained a description of one suspect. The incident followed the prior night's similar daylight robbery. See ROBBERS-Page 14.
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American Smelting and Refining Company
West Amarillo
Amarillo Banking Service
Myers Fried Chicken
West Sixth
Charles N. Weaver
T-Anchor
San Jacinto
Globe Staff
J. L. King
Amarillo
Drive-In Is Looted at Castle Drive-In Cafe 1
Burglars pried open a back door at 616 West Sixth and stole 300 to 400 dollars in cash from Castle Drive-In Cafe No 1. Owner W L Stark blamed the theft on a door lock being forced, with the break occurring between 1 am and 6 30 am when cashier Mrs Dorothy Hunt found the place. He said no safe was used and the money was hidden.
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Castle Drive-In
West Sixth
W. L. Stark
Dorothy Hunt
Stark
Grady Halford
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Fair weather and warmer today and tonight with a 65 degree high and 37 overnight. Saturday turns partly cloudy and cooler with a 56 degree high. Overnight low around 30. West Texas sees increasing clouds and warmer today with Saturday mostly cloudy and a few showers. New Mexico expects no cloudiness today, brief mountain snow flurries possible, warmer today, with increasing winds Saturday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Coe
Fair condition reported for gun victim in Canadian shooting
Raymond R. Stands 36 year old Santa Fe conductor was described as in fair condition at Hemphill County Memorial Hospital after being shot three times in front of the Micou residence on Sixth Street. Bill Micoa about 43 a Santa Fe brakeman faced assault with intent to murder charges after surrendering to a deputy sheriff and posting $3000 bond.
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Raymond R. Stands
Santa Fe
Stands
Hemphill County Memorial Hospital
Bill Micoa
Micoa
Sixth Street
Tom Newton
Newton
Micou
Herschel Fields
Roy Sheets
Harvey Parker
First Presbyterian Church
Canadian
Amarillo
Tyler
Culwell Freed On $1,000 Bond
Dallas March 30 Ama rillo attorney William A Culwell freed on a $1,000 appeal bond after sentencing to two years in federal prison. He was convicted of inducing witnesses Ruby Clara Booth and Buck Britt to give false testimony in a Mann Act case. The government alleged the witnesses denied staying together in a Baton NM hotel prompted by Culwell and others.
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Dallas
Amarillo
William A. Culwell
Culwell
Ruby Clara Booth
Buck Britt
Clayton
Baton, NM
Pipkin Attends State Crime Conference in Austin
District Attorney Hermon Pipkin Jr. traveled to Austin to join a special crime conference called by the state attorney general. The meeting focused on the statewide investigation into organized crime.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison, Jr
Pipkin
Hermon Pipkin, Jr
Communists Mass for Spring Offensive North Korea Front
Bitter fighting raged across the front south of the Red Korean border as Allied troops traded blows with Communist forces. US and allied lines held with heavy exchanges, 2000 Red vehicles spotted at night, and fears of a spring push during early April amid muddy conditions and ongoing patrol clashes.
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East Central
North Korea
Fki
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Exnorth
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Down
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J. Eric Cuthberston
Garrison
Atty
Price Daniel
Daniel
Steward Hellman
District and County
By Thomas Thompson
By Harry Hoare
Chamber
Eric Johnston
Bell Aircraft Corporation
By Troy Martin
US Weather Bureau
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company
Neely-Greenhill
Lowndes
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