Brink's Robbery Ties Not To Boston Gangs
Four gunmen wearing gas masks ambushed three Brink's guards at the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. payroll factory in Thompsonville Connecticut. They escaped with about 15000 dollars. Police set roadblocks and chased a Massachusetts registered car but later concluded the bandits likely fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompsonville
Conn
Brink's, Inc
Brink
Boston
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co
Connecticut
John Trudell
Orville Latinville
Joseph Flowers
Cold War Psychology Proposal Shocks Big Three Talks
At London talks May 12 United States proposes a psychological cold war campaign to counter Russia's peace offensive. Dean Acheson urges coordinated propaganda efforts while Robert Schuman warns against anti-Soviet diatribe. They focus on cementing Germany to the West and shaping the world crisis response.
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London
U.P
United States
Russia
Dean Acheson
Robert Schuman
Acheson
Schuman
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Austria
Woman Dies From Fall At University of Texas Tower
A 28-year-old University of Texas student Benny Sellers of Tuscola died today after slipping from a window between the 27th floor and the observation tower of the 307-foot Administration Building. Witnesses Richard Williams and Florie Medlenka saw her cling to the sill before slipping. a notebook and purse were found nearby. This marks the second fatal fall from the tower in seven months. The incident occurred about 8:50 AM in the west courtyard.
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Austin
U.P
University of Texas
Benny Sellers
Tuscola
Tex
Richard Williams
Florie Medlenka
Prosecution Rest in Ewald Johnson Murder Trial
The state wrapped up its main case against Ewald Johnson after medical testimony and accounts from Dodge City witnesses about Tex Thornton’s death last June. Key evidence included the Thornton gun, found car, and related testimonies from Deputy Marshal Bill Lampe, Clyde Turley, and Captain Bob Marshall, with Johnson’s admission material on record.
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Ewald Johnson
Don Marsalis
H. L. King
Bess George
Dodge City
Kan
Thornton
Norton Spryde
Tex Thornton
D. S. Marsalis
E. T
Dusty” Miller
Johnson
Acumcaii
Washington, DC
Bill Lampe
Lampe
Henry Bishop
47Th District Court
Turley
Amarillo
Sid Harper
Globe
W. R. Frazee
Sub sighting off New Jersey by oil tanker Mobilgas
Three crewmen on the Socony Vacuum Oil tanker Mobilgas sighted a submarine about 30 miles off Barnegat Lightship near Atlantic City. The periscope rose from the water as the sub headed away, smoke visible. Navy in Washington denied any US submarine in the area. Mobilgas reported the sighting after radioing the Navy.
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Philadelphia
U.P
New Jersey
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mobilgas
Barnegat
Atlantic City Beach
Navy
Washington
Mead
Weather summary for Amarillo and region
Cloudy nights and mornings give way to partly cloudy afternoons today and Saturday. Temperatures rise with 78 today and 81 tomorrow, 68 for the 24 hour high to 6:30 am and a 0.03 inch precipitation. West Texas and New Mexico expect scattered showers, warmer conditions, and generally fair skies inland. Local ads note Gunn Bros. Thrift Stamps and Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co at 1200 West 6th.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Gunn Bros
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Reopen Rail Talks Struggle Continues Amid Sabotage Claims
The government reportedly revived efforts to end the rail strike that idled nearly 200,000 workers and spurred violence. National Railway Mediation Board members met in Chicago with railroad reps after a board session with David B. Robertson of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine Men. A derailment in Cleveland, blamed on sabotage, followed the ongoing three day strike by 18,000 firemen, as thousands more workers face layoffs across industries.
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National (Railway) Mediation Board
Chicago
Cleveland
New York Central
Buffalo
Collinwood Yards
Nyc
D. W. Taylor
Federal Bureau of Investiga
Taylor
Built ftin verdict in horse meat case
Meyer Gilgus of Kansas City and Louis K. Riskin of Minneapolis were fined 5000 dollars each and sentenced to six months in prison for their part in the Texas horse meat swindle of 1950. Judge T Whitfield Davidson probated the terms if they arranged payment of the fines.
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Dallas
Meyer Gilgus
Kansas City
Louis K. Riskin
Minneapolis
T. Whitfield Davidson
Hearing Tuesday In Slaying
Preliminary hearing set for L. C. Owen 59 charged with murder in the fatal May 5 shooting of Lyle McCune near Boise City. W. L. Chenault Jr. held, questioned, then released. Sheriff notes the same bullet may have struck Mrs. Chenault. Owen remanded to jail. bonds possible after Tuesday.
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Boise City
Oklo
L. C. Owen
Amarillo
Lyle McCune
Owen
W. L
Billy” Chenault, Jr
McCune
I. E. Hill
Joe Mene
Marron Oe Tarvier
Chenault Ranch
Chenault
Kenneth Warner
W. L. Chenault, Jr
Warner
Showers Bring Light Rain Across Panhandle Area
A band of thundershowers moved through Eastern New Mexico and crossed the Panhandle this morning, delivering light showers. Amarillo recorded .06 inch downtown and .03 inch at the Air Terminal, with several towns across the High Plains reporting moisture. Skies darkened tonight with a forecast of clouds and warmer conditions tomorrow afternoon, high near 81. The five day outlook calls for temperatures about six degrees above normal and scattered showers possible by Sunday.
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New Mexico
Panhandle
Amarillo
Amarillo Air Terminal
High Plains
Clovis
Tucumcari
Dalhart
Vega
Hereford
Tulsa
Plainview
Dumas
Borger
Spearman
Guymon
Tomorow
GOP Luncheon To Honor Guill In Capitol Honor
Texas's first Republican congressman in over two decades, Ben H. Guill, will be the guest of honor at a Capitol luncheon the day he takes his oath as a House member. Host was Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts. event in the Speaker's dining room with Republican leaders attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Capitol
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Ben H. Guill
Gene Worley
Congress
Flying saucer lands near Amarillo airport in early hours
At Tradewind Airport near Amarillo a glowing oval craft circled the field at about 1 am, landed briefly on a grassy plot near the hangars, and emitted twin jets of fire from the rear. B G Hunter, night service man, reported the craft’s movements as he attempted to wake a pilot. Authorities did not confirm sightings.
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Globe
Charles E. “Red” Oliver
Pleasant Valley
Tradewind Airport
Oliver
B. G. Hunter
Georgia
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Hunter
Amarillo Air Terminal
Civil Aeoonanetics Administration
Weather Bureau
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Springfield
Mass
T.U. Tower
Associated Press
Great Plains
United Press
Illo
Bulletin
Paul Boxwell
George McCarthy
Miller
Ernest Northcutt
Park Plaza
Marshall
John Poe
Poe
Clyde Turley
Terre Haute
Beaumont
Port Socony
Bayonne
Harold Mead
Stephen M. Young
Ohio Democrat
US Weather Bureau
United Press Dispatches
David B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Leverett Edwards
National Railway Mediation Board
John R. Steelman
Ce Alee
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