Phillips Bargaining Resumes Delayed by Weather in Borger
A scheduled 10 a.m. bargaining meeting between Phillips Petroleum Company and Operating Engineers Local 351 in Borger was postponed due to fog and mist delaying Phillips officials from Bartlesville. Negotiations led by Herbert Woods of Washington DC resumed plant shutdowns’ wide impact on rubber, fuel oil, and wheat markets.
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Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips
Cials
Borger
Bartlesville
Borger- Phillips
Proposa
Herbert Woods
Washington, DC
International Operating Engineers Union
Amarillo
Re Ss
Woods
Rubber Company
Akron
Goodrich Rubber
Bonavista
Straw Hat Day Opens With Flimsy Chassis Demand
Straw Hat Day begins at sunup with renewed straw hats on market. Bakus Milami Leghorn and Balabunta styles return after the war, crowding imitations. Panama chassis are advertised as this year’s key choice with wider brims.
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Panama
Gebhart Told He May Use Divorced Wife's Tiny Estate
In Los Angeles on May 9 Howard C. Gebhart received $1 from his ex wife's estate. The will includes a hostile line allegedly urging him to buy bullets and to shoot himself, attributed to a claimant described as Fay Gebhart aged five.
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Los Angeles
Howard C. Gebhart
Fay Gebhart
Reach wage pact in Pittsburgh ends labor stalemate
Aluminum Company of America announced a new agreement with the CIO United Steelworkers granting the equivalent of a fifteen cent an hour wage increase.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
CIO
United Steelworkers
US Cruiser Manchester Arrives in Port Said for Egypt Visit
The US light cruiser Manchester arrived at Port Said this morning inaugurating a visit to Egypt by the US Mediterranean naval force and signaling the start of a goodwill tour.
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Cairo
Manchester
Port Said
Egypt
Soviet Union Pushes UN Palestine Inquiry to End British Rule
The Soviet Union demanded that the proposed United Nations Palestine inquiry commission study ending Britain's mandate in the Holy Land without delay. The demand was made to an 11 nation drafting sub committee of the general assembly's political committee at a closed meeting. The committee prepared a compromise plan as UN members prepared to hear Arab and Jewish viewpoints later today.
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N. Y
Soviet
Russia
United Nations
Palestine Inquiry Commission
Britain
Holy Land
General Assembly
Fire injures Glenn Ford at Columbia Studio scene
A Civil War fire scene at Columbia Studio yesterday went awry injuring actor Glenn Ford and a supporting player when gasoline used to spark the blaze exploded. Authorities noted the incident as an accident during filming.
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Hollywood
Columbia Studio
Glenn Ford
Greek Policy Foes Shouted Down in House Debate
The House rejected by voice vote a proposal to ban American military aid to Greece and Turkey amid fears of Communist threats. An amendment to limit aid to Greece and ban aid to Turkey was also defeated, as debate highlighted disagreements over U.S. military support and aid limits.
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Washington
Greece
Turkey
Bender
Ohio
Republican
Voice Contest Set to End at Five O Clock Today
Final winners among over 1500 Panhandle students in vocal contests at Municipal Auditorium will be announced at 5 this evening. Region I sponsors the events with Miss La Nelle Serector chairing. Miss Gertrude Elliker oversees arrangements with help from junior and senior high music teachers. Contests include a required song, a chosen piece, and sight readings. judges come from Oklahoma University, Oklahoma A&M, Colorado University and Denver schools. Amarillo places 350 entrants, including three Amarillo High choirs and one from each junior high.
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Panhandle
Municipal Auditorium
Texas Interscholastic League
la Nelle Serector
Pampa
Gertrude Elliker
Amarillo
Elliker
Optimists Gather in Amarillo for Silver Jubilee Events
Vanguard of 300 Optimist International members arrive in Amarillo for the Seventh District Silver Jubilee sessions. Registration starts at 3 PM in Herring Hotel. Delegates from 25 clubs across Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana expected as one-way traffic plan set to reduce congestion on Fifth Avenue near the post office.
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Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Pos
Fifth Avenue
Taylor and
Fillmore Streets
Tato
Carlie Price
Captain Price
Price
W. D. DeGrassi
Artery
Father Uses Baby as Target In Knife-Throwing Incident
Evelyn Coulter charges husband Charles used their year old baby as a target for knife throwing to test his aim against imagined Japs. Officers found nine knife scars around the highchair and Coulter was booked on assault with a deadly weapon after a police confrontation. He boasted of wartime kills and threatened family members during the fracas.
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Los Angeles
Evelyn Coulter
Charles
Coulter
Sally Nelson
Labor Front Picket Lines In Phone Dispute Ends
Nationwide strike by 20 000 long distance workers concludes after talks with Bell System. Union toll calls for no cross picket lines and reports wage gains of two to four dollars weekly. Akron walkout ends. other plant disputes affect Goodrich and aluminum plant crews. Stubblefield ad notes Spring Bedspread Week.
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Associated Press
American Union of Telephone Workers
Bell System Companies
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Akron
Ohio
B. F. Goodrich Company
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Aluminum Company
Willie Francis execution ends after second attempt
In St Martinville Louisiana on May 9 Willie Francis an 18 year old negro died in the state portable electric chair after a second failed attempt at execution. He had previously escaped the first attempt in 1946 due to a loose connection. The long legal battle involved the US Supreme Court Louisiana Supreme Court and the state pardon board. Francis was convicted of murder in a holdup that killed Andrew Thomas, a white druggist. The crowd gathered outside the jail waited for news of the execution.
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ST. Martinville
Louisiana
Willie Francis
St. Martin Parish
Willie
Francis
Andrew Thomas
Claude Thomas
Andrew
Hope Ticket Sale Opens Next Monday For Bob Hope Shows
Public ticket sales for the Paramount Theater and Municipal Auditorium Bob Hope Pepsodent shows on May 20 begin next Monday with details to be announced Sunday. Proceeds benefit Boys Ranch water supply. donations of 25 dollars include a choice Paramount seat.
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Municipal Auditorium
Bob Hope
Buck Carter
Boys Ranch
Hope
Jerry Colonna
Vera Vague
NBC
Paramount
Hope Troops
Swinging Fists and Bullets Clear Rail Crossing
At a Dallas crossing a driver and a woman in his car fought switchmen blocking trains. The man punched a switchman while the woman fired three shots, but the shots ended the altercation as the crossing cleared and the car left.
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Dallas
Laraine Day Divorce Upheld by California Court
Superior Judge Ingall W. Bull upheld Laraine Day and J. Ray Hendricks divorce in California while calling the Mexican decree a nullity for status. The judge refused to set aside the January decree despite claims of collusion involving Leo Durocher and the Juarez filing.
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Los Angeles
Laraine Day
California
J. Ray Hendricks
Ingall W. Bull
George A. Dockweiler
Dock Weiler
Dockweiler
Bull
Hendricks
Leo Durocher
Texas
Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Laraine
el Paso
Juarez
Miss Day
Rain Concentrates on Southwest Plains Weather drizzles continue for Amarillo area
Rain fell across the Texas Panhandle with the heaviest totals in the Texas New Mexico border area and eastern New Mexico. Muleshoe measured 1.61 inches and Clovis 1.62 inches as reports show at least some moisture across most of the Panhandle though no widespread heavy falls. Oklahoma stations like Elk City recorded 1.53 inches while Amarillo expected more drizzle today.
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Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Texas-New Mexico
New Mexico
Clovis
Roswell
Tucumcari
Clayton
Amarillo
Trace
Adrian
Claude
Clarendon
Childress
Crosbyton
Dalhart
Hereford
Lubbock
Memphis
Miami
Pampa
Plainview
Shamrock
Spearman
H. C. Winburn
the Weatherman
Dimmitt
Dumas
Follett
Stratford
eElk City
Oklahoma
Winburn
Dandelions in Amarillo yards face new control methods
Urban homeowners in Amarillo seek relief from persistent dandelions once dug by hand now targeted with chemicals. Miss Pauline Lakey explains 2 4 D and other killers, noting clover recovery, root activity, and the need to time spraying with growth before burning remaining blossoms.
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Helen Thompson
Amarillo
Paris
Pauline Lakey
Miss Lakey
Miss Lokey
Weather outlook segments cross borders with showers
The Amarillo region reports cloudy to partly cloudy skies with occasional light rain this afternoon and night. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with light rain in the Panhandle and South Plains, warmer Saturday. New Mexico expects scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening, cooler tonight, rising temperatures Saturday. High 73, low 49, noon 53, trace precipitation. Also local business notes and a roller skating event at Roller Palace Friday night.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
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