Two Die In Gruver Car Train Crash
Gruver mourns after a late night collision between two cars and a Rock Island freight train killed Leslie Cator and Glenna Sparks. Injured were Alvin Kauffman and Pat Holt, with Kauffman in critical condition. Funeral plans set, and Gruver Spring Festival cancelled except prize awards.
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Leslie Cator
Buster Cator
Glenna Bell Sparks
Bernie Sparks
Alvin Kauffman
Clarence Kauffman
Pat Holt
Coy Holt
Rock Island
Ray Etling
Gruver Chamber of Commerce
Hansford County
Miss Sparks
Grover High School
Morse High School
Young Cator
Grover Greyhounds
Austin
Greyhound
Morse High
Kauffman
Holt
Cator
Spearman Hospital
Acheson Meets King George VI In London Audience
United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson met King George VI in a private audience in London on May 10. He and Mrs Acheson later joined the king and Queen Elizabeth at lunch as guests.
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London
Dean Acheson
King George VI
Gunn Bros Thrift Stamps and Lumber Co Ad
Gunn Bros Thrift Stamps and Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co advertise services at 1200 West 6th, highlighting supplies and stamp programs for customers.
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Gunn Bros
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Iran's Royal Family Calmed by Wedding in Paris
Persian Princess Fatemeh and Vincent Lee Hillyer wed in a second Moslem ceremony in Paris to ease Iran's royal tensions. Hillyer, from California, converted to Islam in a brief mufti-led rite as Rita Hayworth and Aga Khan attended. the Shah had earlier stripped and then offered restoration of privileges if the couple married.
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Paris
Fatemeh
Iran
Vincent Lee Hillyer
Los Banos
Cal
Gundew Andar
Wmiquvigivyy Iau
Rome
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Rita
Aly
Vincent
Si Kaddour Ben-Ghabrit
Mahomet
Hillyer
University of California At Los Angeles
Europe
Middle East
Tehran
Ex-Soviet Slaves Form New York Association
One hundred former inmates of Soviet labor camps organized in New York to publicize the plight of Russian slaves and seek awareness from the American public.
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New York
Sandie-Coyote Playoff Slated
The Amarillo Golden Sandie and Wichita Falls Coyote bi district baseball playoff opens next Tuesday at Wichita Falls with a second game at Gold Sox Field in the following Friday and a possible third game the next day. The winner advances to the state Class AA tournament in Austin. Arrangements were made by long distance call. Superintendent Charles M Rogers won the coin flip for home or away and Wichita Falls director Joe Golding flipped. Freeman confirmed the call was in the air before Rogers selected tails, which won.
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Amarillo Golden Sandie
Wichita Falls
Gold Sox Field
Austin
Supt
Chas. M. Rogers
Joe Golding
O. T. Freeman
Mr. Rogers
UN Chief Heads for Moscow to Ease Cold War
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie departed by plane from Zurich on May 10 to Moscow in a bid to ease tensions of the cold war. The move signals urgent diplomacy as East and West blocs confront strategic standoffs.
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Moscow
Zurich
Switzerland
Trygve Lie
Seventeen Dead In Floods Across Three States
The Associated Press reports the worst floods in years left dozens dead or missing and thousands homeless in North Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska. Communities were isolated as rivers swelled, while Red River flooding threatened Winnipeg prompting a relief appeal.
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Midwest
North Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Winnipeg
Canada
Red River
Brig. R. E. A. Morton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Greater
Red River Valley
International Line
Brotherhood Walkout Strikes Five Rail Lines Nationwide
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen began a 6 AM local time strike against four major rail systems to demand a second fireman on Diesel units. Railroads argued the move is unnecessary, safety would not be improved, and sessions were not scheduled to resume talks. The stoppage affected New York Central, Pennsylvania, Southern Railway, and Santa Fe, with nationwide effect at 8 AM Texas time. the walkout began in local zones to stagger impact.
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The
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Brotherhood
O'Neill
Roob Allie
Michigan Association of Railroads
O’neill
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Southern Railway
Santa Fe
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Texas
Johnson Street
Striking Brotherhood of Railway Firemen
Amarillo
E. L. Shofner
Brotherhood of Railway
Lubbock
Borger
Santa Fe Railway Co
Santa Fe Lines
Gulf Coast Lines
G. R. Buchanan
Jury selection drags in Amarillo court trial
In Amarillo a 47th District Court trial exceeds expected pace as 120 jurors questioned, eight chosen, and 60 more to be summoned for afternoon sessions. The proceedings feature jurors with ties to the Thornton case, defense and prosecution rejections, and notes on the defendant Ewald Johnson. Separately the Santa Fe strike disrupts rail operations with 100 firemen and enginemen walking off, causing cancellations and an embargo on livestock and perishables.
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Henry S. Bishop
47Th District Court
Heath Furniture Company
Heath Furniture
Ted Anderson
Carolina
J. W. Whittington
West Fifth
Leo Southern
van Buren
van Dyke
Pierce
Ernest Bailey
North Hayes
D. K. Allen
Army Tech Village
A. M. Baumgartner
North West Eighth
Ray Reeves
West Tenth
Ewald Johnson
Sara Thornton
Two Killed as Bridge Fails Under Train Near Pond Creek
Enid Oklahoma May 10 AP two Rock Island railway workers Fireman D E Burrow 34 and Brakeman T B Kelly 45 both of El Reno were killed when a freight train plunged through a storm weakened bridge over Wild Horse Creek near Pond Creek. Engine G L Gholston 59 and Conductor William Propper 41 were treated at Enid General Hospital. damage blamed on heavy rains weakening the span.
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Enid
Okla
Rock Island
Wee
D. E. Burrow
T. B. Kelly
el Reno
Wild Horse Creek
Pond Creek
Oklahoma
Byron Chapman
G. L. Gholston
William Propper
Enid General Hospital
Propper
Harry Klopfenstein
Weather and wheat crop forecast shrink rail 689 million bu
The Agriculture Department forecast the May 1 winter wheat crop at 689,595,000 bushels, down 73,995,000 from last month. The figure trails last year's 901,668,000 and the 10-year average of 758,821,000 bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mentalist Cass Bets Rain Pay For Amarillo Week
Alano Dass the psycho-mentalist at the Paramount may work for nothing or be paid double based on Amarillo rain. City manager es King doubts the forecast while Cass predicts heavy rain within a week. If at least a half inch falls before Tuesday midnight, Cass earns double. otherwise no pay.
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Alano Dass
The
Paramount
Amarillo
Cass
Es King
Interstate Theaters
Panhandle
King
Polio Victim Dismissed From Amarillo Hospital
Sandra Noblett, 11, daughter of Wesley I. Noblett, 2304 Parker, has been discharged from Northwest Texas Hospital after polio treatment. Two other children remain hospitalized for diagnostic polio observation. This marks Amarillo's second definite polio case this year. Donald Jack Meeks, 2, 101 Bonita Drive, Pleasant Valley, was previously treated and discharged with a mild case.
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Sandra Noblett
Wesley I. Noblett
Parker
Northwest Texas Hospital
Noblett
Amarillo
Donald Jack Meeks
Bonita Drive
Pleasant Valley
Rescuers Battle Time As Digging Reaches Atteo
In Brooklyn a well digger named Domi nick Atteo, 45, trapped 18 feet underground under a garage for over 24 hours, endures third degree burns and suffocating sand as rescuers work to free him. He cries I cant stand it any longer as they near his side in a life or death race.
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New York
Brooklyn
Dominick Atteo
Atteo
Amarillo Weather: Cloudy to clearing. warming Thursday
The Weather Bureau reports AMARILLO AND VICINITY: Cloudy and cooler this afternoon and tonight, clearing Thursday. Warmer Thursday afternoon. High 67 this afternoon, low 48, high 76 tomorrow. Yesterday's high 78, low 51, rainfall 0.1. West Texas: Partly cloudy with occasional Panhandle rain this afternoon, tonight, and Thursday, little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Winners Listed in Small Talk Contest
Winners of the Globe Small Talk contest include Dr. Wm. E. Laur of 1233 Georgia who won $5 for Hadacol Do you think it would really help me Mrs oemee yente of 38 Rita Ball 2039 ayden took third with Hey Joe what's wrong under there The original caption You never remember our anniversary was not used Honorable mentions include Frank Cullum
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Wm. E. Laur
Georgia
Oemee Yente
Rita Ball
Ayden
Ted J. Keller
West Ninth
Joe
Frank Cullum
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Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Spearman
Gruver High School
W. L. Porterfield
Gruver Methodist
Hawkins
Morse
Hansford
Acheson
the Aga Khan
Nasrillwndes
Associated Press
Bulf&e
Globe
Sam Hodges
Buchanan
Hodges
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen
Ine
Bane
Gilobe
Ama
Rillo
Porn
By Norton Spryde
Tex Thornton
G. A. Sterley
North East Nineteenth
Sterley
Walter Irvin
Ford
Lee Howard
Sanborn
By Troy Martin
Bulletin
Mirror Enterprises Syn
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