Gulf Oil and Texas Co Raise Gasoline Prices in Texas
Gulf Oil Corporation of Houston joined The Texas Company in advancing tank wagon and tank car prices of gasoline in Texas. Local service stations were notified by wholesale headquarters. Station owners differed on passing the cost to customers with some absorbing the half cent rise and others considering a one half cent to one cent increase. The Texas Company said the increase took effect yesterday morning. No reason was given for the move.
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Gulf Oil Corporation of Houston
Texas Company
Texas
Prosecution Confers On Johnson Trial in Amarillo Courthouse
A morning conference in the Amarillo courthouse set the stage for the Ewald Johnson murder trial of Tex Thornton. Officials and prosecutors outlined plans as about 400 of 500 jurors called said they will attend Monday, with witnesses from Texas and beyond. Johnson’s wife Diana, jailed on related charges, cannot testify.
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Ewald Johnson
Tex Thornton
Amarillo
E. T
Dusty” Miller
John Graves
Texas
George McCarthy
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
California
Munising
Mich
Evald
Diana
Amarillo Bar Association to Hear UT Law Professor
Members of the Amarillo Bar Association will hear Prof. Parker C. Fielder of the University of Texas School of Law at noon tomorrow. The luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel will cover federal income tax consequences of real estate transactions, a topic he recently addressed at a Houston Bar Association legal institute. B. L. Morgan is association president.
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Amarillo Bar Association
Parker C. Fielder
University of Texas School of Law
Amarillo Hotel
Fielder
Houston Bar Association
B. L. Morgan
Amarillo Association
Chiropractors Meet Sunday in Amarillo for District Gathering
The Panhandle District of the Texas Chiropractic Society will meet in Amarillo Sunday at Dowell's Sar atoga No. 2, 419 North Fillmore. Presiding is Dr. Alfred Peters, district director. Dr. Charles Courtson of San Angelo, a state board member, is the principal speaker at a 1 PM banquet. Also present are Dr. James A. Wolfe of Abilene and Dr. John M. Halstad of Cleburne. The three officials will hold a closed board meeting during the day.
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Panhandle
Texas Chiropractic Society
Amarillo
Dowell
Saratoga No. 2
North Fillmore
Alfred Peters
Charles Courtson
San Angelo
State Board of Examiners
James A. Wolfe
Abilene
State Society
John M. Halstad
Cleburne
Peters
Lee R. Parks Funeral Is Set
Lee R. Parks age 44 of Lubbock died yesterday at Amarillo Veterans Hospital after a lengthy illness. He will be buried in the National Cemetery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with N. S. Griggs & Sons in charge. He had lived in Lubbock briefly after moving from Austin and was a World War II veteran. Survivors include his wife and his parents, Mr and Mrs John Parks of Austin.
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Lee R. Parks
Lubbock
Santa Fe
National Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Parks
Amarillo Veterans Hospital
Austin
John Parks
Marian Martin Pattern 9133 for Jr Miss sizes 11 13 15 17
Advertisement for pattern 9133 by Marian Martin describes a versatile casual dress with Mandarin collar and gathered pleated skirt. Includes size 13, fabric details, complete Sew Chart, and 25 cents price to order from Amarillo Globe News Pattern Dept. 232 West 18th St New York NY.
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Marian Martin
Amarillo Globe News
West 18Th St
New York
N.Y
Rites Saturday For 8 W Jordan In Amarillo
Funeral services for Sheppard William Jordan seventy five will be held at 2 oclock tomorrow afternoon in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel. Rev Roy B Flippo of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church will officiate. Burial is set for Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers named J P Garrison R A Bowles C F Singletary L M Miller and F J Pierce. Mr Jordan died yesterday morning at his home after twenty years in Amarillo. He was a retired shoemaker and a Baptist Church member. Survivors include his wife two sons a daughter and three sisters.
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Sheppard William Jordan
Arthur
Blackburn- Shaw Memorial Chapel
Roy B. Flippo
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
J. P. Garrison
R. A. Bowles
C. F. Singletary
L. M. Miller
F. J. Pierce
Jordan
Flier killed in car crash near Hondo Texas
Hondo Texas May 5 Sergeant Harvey F Stanwood of Kelly Air Force Base died yesterday when his automobile overturned on a curve on US 90 five miles west of Hondo He was alone in the car and officials could not determine the exact cause of the accident.
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Hondo, Tex
Harvey F. Stanwood
Kelly Air Force Base
US 90
Hondo
Stanwood
Fifteen Brazilians Die as Bus Burns in Flooded Street
A bus overloaded with passengers caught fire and exploded in a flooded Rio de Janeiro street. Fifteen people were killed and twenty injured as torrential rains blocked rescue efforts.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
U.P
Scottish estate with Ben Lomond to be purchased for nation
The 12 370 acre Rowardenna estate in Scotland including Ben Lomond and 13 miles of Loch Lomond banks is being purchased for the nation.
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Rowardenna
Scotland
Ben Lomond
Loch Lomond
Wichita County Ex Sheriff Proctor McDonald Dies
Proctor L. McDonald 70 longtime Wichita County Sheriff died at his Electra home yesterday Survivors include his widow four sons Richard and Howard Homer and Claude of Electra and four daughters Mrs C A Hicks Wichita Falls Mrs Chester Johnson Pampa Mrs Leonard Foy Midland and Mrs Vernon Stepp Odessa
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Electra
Proctor L. McDonald
Wichita County
Richard
Pampa
Howard
Homer
Claude
C. A. Hicks
Wichita Falls
Chester Johnson
Leonard Foy
Midland
Vernon Stepp
Odessa
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