Bond expected today in Johnson case at Amarillo
E T Dusty Miller and Edith Louis prepared for a bond posting as Johnson remains under federal custody. The proceedings touched on a state line flight charge and the trial schedule, with Mrs Louis planning to accompany Johnson home to Michigan after bond approval.
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E. T
Dusty” Miller
Johnson
Edith Louis
Miller
Potter County
Bill Lampe
Harty
Federal
Thornton
Park Plaza
North East Eighth
Tucumcari
Diana
Louis
Amarillo
Michigan
Cities seek private enterprise aid in Texas meeting
More than 50 Panhandle and South Plains city officials gathered at the Herring Hotel for a League of Texas Municipalities district meeting. Mayor Gene Klein urged the league as a people’s lobby and discussed Federal role in local taxation and potential bills to shift amusements tax and gasoline tax issues to cities. A. A. Meredith questioned gasoline tax collection as unconstitutional yet noted current state practices. The State Highway Department was referenced as the discussion moved to broader governance.
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Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Herring Hotel
League of Texas
League
Gene Klein
Klein
Roup
States Conference of Mayors
New York
Washington
E. E. McAdams
Austin
A. A. Meredith
Borger
State Highway Department
Latvians Escape Shadow of Two Slave Masters-Nazis and Reds
Six former Latvian residents reunite at the Rock Island depot in Amarillo after fleeing Nazi and Soviet oppression. Mrs. Aija Gubins and her sons Valdis and Toris travel from Essline to join relatives including Mrs. Orlds and John Rozentals. The group, with UNRRA ties and military backgrounds, seeks a new life in Amarillo as more family members plan to follow. The journey from Germany to the United States included Bremerhaven and New York, with a stopover at St. Louis and Oklahoma City.
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Globe
Amarillo
James W. Orlds
Washington
Darla Jane
Valdis Gubins
Aija Gubins
A. Rozenthals
Orlds
Gubins
John Rozenthals
Toris Gubins
Charley Stout
Rock Island
Essline
Germany
A. Rozentals
John Rozentals
UNRRA
Arolsen
Kassel
Paris
John
Sergejs Bankins
Andris
O. Astrid
Peter
Hitler
Latvia
Russia
St. Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Oklahoma City
Atlantic Pact nations form permanent defense command
London reported the twelve Atlantic Pact powers ordered their central command to quickly align defense plans for Western Europe. Secretary Acheson said progress toward collective security against Communism was genuine, as the group moves toward appointing deputy foreign ministers to staff a permanent defense body and plan force levels and financial duties for shared defense.
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London
Western
Europe
Atlantic Pact
Acheson
West
Permanent Defense Committee
W. Averell Harriman
Robert A. Lovett
Omar A. Bradley
US Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stalin in Good Health Says Lie Reports Positive Health
United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie reports Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is hale and hearty after an hour and a half talk in Moscow. Lie dismisses rumors of ill health as wishes of some. He notes Stalin was as healthy as in 1946 and plans to travel to Prague Paris London and New York next.
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Moscow
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Stalin
Lie
Prague
Paris
London
New York
Bishop Quarterman's Mother Dies in Poughkeepsie
Mrs. 8. Quarterman of Poughkeepsie New York mother of Bishop George H. Quarterman 1520 Bryan died yesterday after a monthlong illness Funeral services are set for Saturday in Poughkeepsie Bishop Quarterman Episcopal bishop of the Missionary District of North Texas has held the post since December 1946 He and Mrs Quarterman will depart Amarillo for New York later today
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Quarterman
Poughkeepsie
George H. Quarterman
Bryan
Bishop Quarterman
North Texas
Amarillo
New York
Commerce Tightens Nylon Parachute Cloth Exports
The Commerce Department on May 18 tightened export controls over nylon parachute cloth and other strategic materials to stop shipments to Communist areas.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Warm and windy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Friday fair and cooler in the afternoon. High today around 92 degrees, low 62. Tomorrow high about 79. West Texas mostly unchanged with scattered thundershowers. New Mexico partly cloudy with scattered storms, mainly mountains and north, cooler Friday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Nineteen Die In B-29 Crash At Azores Air Base
The US Air Force reports 15 crew members killed when a B-29 from the 301st Bomb Group crashed during an emergency landing at Lagens Air Base Azores during a flight from Bermuda to England. The wreck occurred in light rain with a 500 foot ceiling. none survived. Officials will release victims’ names after next of kin are notified.
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London
US Air Force
Lagens Air Base
Azores
Barksdale Field
England
Bermuda
Scunthorpe
Lagens
Air Force
United States
Gl Force
Armed Forces Day Luncheon Set With Gen Atkinson Speaker
A Friday Armed Forces Day luncheon at Old Town Tascosa will feature Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Atkinson of Barksdale AFB as speaker with the topic Teamed for Defense. He arrives at Amarillo airport at 10 40 tomorrow amid a B 25 flyover from Reese AFB Lubbock and a 7 01 night B 36 flight from Carswell AFB Fort Worth. Tickets are sold out except a Dalhart block of 25 may be released if unused.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Reserves
Herring Hotel
Joseph H. Atkinson
Barksdale Air Force Base
Louisiana
Amarillo Air Terminal
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
National Guard
Chamber of Commerce
John J. Vandale
Old Tascosa
Dalhart
General Atkinson
Atkinson
Armed Services
Armed Forces
Bill Lansing
The Trip Is Free but Winner Isn’t
Walter F. Johnson, 40, inmate at Norfolk Prison Colony, won first prize in a radio song naming contest and turned the two week all expense trip to New York over to two disabled veterans at Cushing General Hospital Framingham. He is serving 8 to 10 years for burglary.
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Dedham
Mass
Walter F. Johnson
Norfolk Prison Colony
Cushing General Hospital
Framingham
Johnson
New York
Crime demonstration ends with cash theft in store
London police staged a crime detection gadgets display in a department store. During the demonstration a thief opened a cash register and walked away with 800 dollars, embarrassing the authorities and drawing attention to security measures.
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London
U.P
Chorale in Concert At 8 O'Clock Tonight Amarillo High auditorium hosts Bel Canto Chorale in three groups with no admission charge.
The Bel Canto Chorale performs tonight at 8 in the Amarillo High School auditorium after a postponement due to school activity conflicts. The program features classical and sacred numbers, folk songs and spirituals, and familiar popular selections. Soloists include Georgianne Ketchum, Jaynet Catterton, Bill Brooks, Carl Dene Williams, Carolyn Loveless, Jerry Williamson, and Carol Robberson, with Jaynee Samples and Anna Nell Butler on piano.
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Bel Canto Chorale
Amarillo High School
Georgianne Ketchum
Jaynet Catterton
Bill Brooks
Carl Dene Williams
Carolyn
Egyptian Princess Weds Commoner Amid Court Turmoil
In San Francisco on May 18 AP reports 19 year old Fathia sister of King Farouk will wed Riad Ghali. Cairo decrees strip her title and impound fortunes of Nazii. she demands the Muslim wedding soon. The dramatic royal decision follows renewed family discord.
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San Francisco
Egypt
Fathia
Farouk
Cairo
Riad Ghali
Beavers County’s “Snake Man” Escapes Jail Silent pursuit ensues
A 32 year old transient cook known as the Snake Man escaped Beaver jail last night by sawing through two bars and riding 40 feet to ground on a blanket rope. Deputy H L Altman reports another prisoner heard nothing during the night. Hanson, once at San Quentin, is wanted on multiple charges including FBI Mann Act violations and a Turpin Oklahoma stabbing incident. He may have stolen a 1949 green Mercury and his car matches a Waynoka residence loot list.
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Sidney Lawrence
Robert
Amarillo
Great Plains
Empire
Cook
H. L. Altman
Hanson
Altman
Beaver Jail
Beaver County
Mr. Altman
Ficers
San Quentin Penitentiary
Turpin
Okla
Robert Wright
Wright
Kan
Kansas
Here
Oklahoma
Waynoka
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