Houston Ace Leads Pack in PGA Test
Houston teaching pro Hill at Memorial Park posted a three under par 32 on the front nine to lead Chuck Klein by one stroke in Texas PGA qualifying. Klein faltered with a bogey on No 6 and barely missed a birdie bid on No 9. The 36-hole medal play determines the five advancing to the National PGA Tournament in Pittsburgh, with the Texas PGA event opening a week of matches and cup ties, including Nelson captaining Texas and Dutra leading Mexico.
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Memorial Park
Houston
Hill
Chuck Klein
Ross Rogers
Amarillo Field
Klein
Pittsburgh
Texas
Mexico
Byron Nelson
Olin Dutra
Braniff Airways
Hardin Brothers
el Paso Country Club
Jack
Wally
Little Rock
Elroy Marti
Ralph Morgan
Tyler
J. C. Hardwicke
Dallas
C. B. Mims
Raymond Gafford
Northwood Country Club
Gafford
Nelson
News Tip Winners Split Prizes For Tips This Week
An after midnight plane crash tip earns H A Hines of 810 North Hughes five dollars. Ida L Reynolds of 110 A East Twenty first wins three dollars for a tip on an Amarillo Marine prisoner release. Fred Bailey of 3811 Harrison takes two dollars for a tip on a Hereford freight train derailment. Additional callers listed include Criscell Kemp Vera McMurtry Art Cox and others. In Formosa the Nationalist defense ministry reports Chinese Communist troops wounded in Korea seek escape to Hong Kong and Macau prompting new travel restrictions.
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H. A. Hines
North Hughes
Ida L. Reynolds
Amarillo
Fred Bailey
Harrison
Hereford
Criscell Kemp
Vera McMurtry
Travis
Art Cox
Monroe
T. C. Judd
North East Twenty-third
Nellie Peterson
West Eleventh
H. A. Somerville
Hughes
Clyde Gibbins
Wichita
H. R. McAdams
McMasters
W. G. Lusk, Jr
Jackson
Florence
Taipeh
Formosa
Korea
South China
Hong Kong
Maca
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Reds
Explosions Rock SMU Area In Campus Mischief Spree
Police report three dynamite blasts near the Southern Methodist University campus causing structural damage and a toppled flag pole. A 1950 black Ford was seen fleeing the White Rock Lake vicinity as investigators tie the incidents to thefts from a construction storage shed earlier in the month. University Park and Dallas police label the offenses malicious mischief and suspect youths are involved.
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Southern Methodist University
SMU
University Park
Lakeside
Dallas
Judge Jones Sees MacArthur Talk Peak of Washington Drama
Judge Marvin Jones chief justice of the US Court of Claims visits Texas A M College to receive an honorary Doctor of Law degree. He reflects on the Truman MacArthur controversy as the most dramatic Capitol Hill event he has witnessed in years.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
US Court of Claims
Truman-MacArthur
MacArthur
Congress
Capitol Hill
Jones
Panhandle
Court of Claims
Justice Jones
Texas
Texas A&m College
House Committee On Agriculture
Lee Judge Jones
Texas House tightens ban on closed shops
In Austin on May 28, the Texas House approved 74 to 40 a bill extending anti trust penalties to violations of the state right to work law. The measure, authored by Rep. Horace Houston Jr and Sen. George Parkhouse, would expose violators to fines of 50 to 1500 dollars per day and previously removed criminal provisions. The Senate had adopted a conference committee report, sending the bill to Gov. Allan Shivers for signing.
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Austin
U.P
House of Representatives
Texas
House
Allan Shivers
Senate
Horace Houston, Jr
Dallas
George Parkhouse
Shivers
Jack Wisener
Wells
Townsend Douglas Named New Northwest Texas Hospital Board Member
Townsend Douglas, vice president of the American National Bank, was appointed by the Potter County Commissioners Court to replace Herbert Willborn on the Northwest Texas Hospital board of managers. Willborn resigned after serving three and a half years. A hospital meeting with the court and board to discuss recently approved salary increases was postponed indefinitely due to the hospital deficit exceeding the county budget.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
Townsend Douglas
American National Bank
Douglas
Potter County Commissioners Court
Herbert Willborn
Willborn
Commissioners Court
Board of Managers
Vandenberg Says Air Force Too Small for China and Russia
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg told the Senate committee the United States runs a shoestring Air Force that could devastate industries in Russia or China but not both. He opposed bombing Manchuria bases and urged limited war for negotiated peace, warning a full-power strike could be inconclusive.
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China
Russia
Vandenberg
Washington
Hoyt. S. Vandenberg
Air Force
United States
Armed Services - Foreign Relations Committee
Douglas Mac—_ _ Arthur
Manchuria
United States Air Force
Fed-Up MP Becomes Hero in Korean War Battle
Kenneth W. Sells of Middlesboro Kentucky, a former military policeman, transferred to King Company of the 11th Infantry Regiment. He charged a machine gun nest after a grenade exploded in his hand, lost his right hand, carried on with his rifle, and was praised by Col. William W. Quinn for extraordinary bravery. He received the Combat Infantryman Badge and Purple Heart and was recommended for the Medal of Honor.
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William Burson
U.S
Korea
Kenneth W. Sells
Middlesboro
Sells
William W
Buffalo Bill
Quinn
Crisfield
11Th
Buffalo” Outfit
King
Albert D. Wedemeyer
Washington, DC
Pfc
Matthew Evans
Estelline
Tex
Reuben Kemp
Burlington
Riley
Wedemeyer
Coleone Quinn
Record May rainfall and wind shatters local weather marks
A historic May rainfall event set an all time 24 hour record at 5.71 inches between May 15 and May 16. Downtown Amarillo recorded 0.08 inches with winds up to 55 mph and lightning. Other towns logged varying totals from Claude 0.40 to Clayton New Mexico 0.60 inches as skies cleared to a forecast of partly cloudy and warm weather with highs near 94 and lows around 61.
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Amarillo
Clarendon
Panhandle
Claude
Shamrock
Dumas
Dalhart
Vega
Tulsa
Fair Park Race Track Receives Preliminary OK
Potter County commissioners tentatively approve construction of an automobile race track at Tri State Fair Park pending Tri State Fair Association approval. Veterans of Foreign Wars plan to sponsor the races and will present a plot plan showing fit within the fairgrounds in front of the grandstand and rodeo area. County Judge Gene Jordan will call a special meeting when plans are complete.
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Potter County
Nation's First Wheat Reaches Wichita Falls
May 28. The nation's first carload of 1951 wheat is on the way to market. Loaded Saturday night in Knox County by Fort Worth and Denver and Wichita Valley Railroads, subsidiaries of Burlington Lines, the wheat is due to reach Wichita Falls this afternoon en route to Fort Worth. The crop was slightly late due to weather.
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Wichita Falls
Knox County
Fort Worth
National and American League Play Tonight Across Cities
Major league games are scheduled tonight with doubleheaders in major markets. National League matchups include Brooklyn versus Philadelphia, Boston against New York, Chicago visiting Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh at St Louis. American League games feature New York at Boston, Philadelphia at Washington, St Louis at Chicago, and Cleveland at Detroit.
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Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Red troops surrender en masse as Allied drive advances
South Korean infantry push along the east coast as Allied front secures three to eight miles north of the parallel. The Chinese Communist army collapses in places, prisoners swell as the Eighth Army reports 5,000 captives in the May 20 to May 27 week, 3,016 seized Sunday, with many taken near the Hwachon Reservoir on the east-central front.
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Sokchori
West Central
Kumbhwa
Eighth Army
Hwachon
Iran Crisis Deepens As National Oil Fight Rises
Deputy premier said Foreign Minister Bagher Kazami told the World Court Iran would not send a representative to hearings. Communists seize on nationalist oil dispute while Red front groups plan mass meetings to oppose imperial oil firms. The Mossadegh government reportedly readies tanks and troops to keep order as non Communist Moslem militants threaten a holy war against Anglo Iranian Oil Company.
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Deppty
Bagher Kazami
Iran
Red Front
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Field for Auto Race Shapes Up
INDIANAPOLIS May 28 Final qualifications for the 500 mile auto race surged into a race to top earlier speeds. Bud Sennett walked away from his Maserati after a crash leaving him bloodied but unhurt. Bob Sweikert qualified his Marion Engineering Special at 131.224 mph, Elim inating Jimmy Bryan from the lineup. Chet Miller rolled the Novi Purelube Special at 135.798 mph the second fastest speed to date, Bayliss Lee eliminated.
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Indianapolis
Bud Sennett
Los Angeles
Bob Sweikert
Hayward
Cal
Marion Engineering
Jimmy Bryan
Phoenix
Ariz
Chet Miller
Glendale
Bayliss Lee Speedway
Weather Summary Amarillo Area Forecast
Weather Bureau reports for Amarillo and vicinity with Partly cloudy and warm today and Tuesday. Highs around 92 today 94 tomorrow. overnight lows near 61 today and 58 tonight. 61 precipitation last 24 hours. Panhandle outlook favorable with some nighttime thundershowers minimal outdoor impact. West Texas mostly clear with isolated thunderstorms in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms, mountains and northeast favored. Remodeling loans offered by Olver and Wiggins Lumber Company at 1200 West Sixth.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
South Plains
New Mexico
Radar Controlled Flak Heavily Pins US Planes
US warplanes suffer the bulk of losses to ground fire in Korea with radar directed anti aircraft guns taking the heaviest toll. B 29 bombers are hit at high altitudes amid widespread radar batteries around North Korean cities and key airfields. China and North Korea field modern flak like the MIG armed forces. See RED FLAK page 19
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Washington
Air
Britain
Asia
United Nations
China
Manchuria
Red Air Force
Yalu River
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Gene Klein
Amarillo Country Club
Fairway No. 1
White Rock Lake
City of
Mockingbird Golf
By Lewis Nordyke
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Republican
Bridges
Great Britain
Michael Riley
Coal Fork
Wva
Cuy
Spearman
Clayton
Fair Park
Neely
Greenhill
Lowndes
Itjaurance
Saubi World Court
Weather Bureau
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company
West Sixth
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