Mayor Klein Injured In Collision With Taxi
Mayor Gene Klein sustained facial injuries and tooth loss when his car collided with a Negroe taxi at Second and Tyler. He was treated at St Anthony's Hospital after being thrown from the vehicle. no head injury. Commissioner Bud Curtis assisted. collision occurred as Klein returned from State Chemical Company.
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Thee Globe
Gene Klein
Second
Tyler
Klein
Thompson
Thompson Teold
N. S. Tiggs & Sons
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Second and
State Chemical Company
Star Lumber Company
Second Avenue
de- Pendakie Cab Company
Henry James Mergerson
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Chemical Company
Bud Curtis
Second and Park
Lee
Phone firm cuts down on information
South western Bell Telephone Company will limit information service to numbers not listed in the directory starting Monday. A. O. Thomas, district manager, said operators will refuse to provide listed numbers except emergencies and will advise customers to look up numbers themselves. He noted operators handle about 5,900 calls daily and three of four requests are for numbers already listed. The aim is to free resources for necessary calls and speed service, a plan also awaiting adoption in larger cities.
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A. O. Thomas
Stesn
Mr. Thomas
Thomas
Spooks Blamed For Boat and Trailer Theft
Mrs. Paul Fuqua reported the theft of a boat and trailer valued at 400 dollars, found missing from a trailer parked near her Virginia residence. J. L. King, chief of detectives, said Halloween pranksters likely took the boat and trailer and expect they will be recovered.
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Paul Fuqua
Virginia
Fuqua
J. L. King
Plains Area Shivers In 26 Degree Cold
A cold snap spans the Tri State area with a 26 degree low at Amarillo Air Terminal. Snow dusts the North Plains while moisture remains light. Reports from Lubbock Plainview Tucumcari Dalhart Perryton Gage show 0.04 to 0.19 inches. Highs today near 38 with a 45 forecast tomorrow.
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Guymon
Okla
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Dallas
Midwest
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el Paso
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Plainview
Tucumeaci
Dalhart
Clayton
Perryton
Gage
Japan Lacks Funds to Rearm Tokyo Says Finance Minister
November 11 report quotes Finance Minister Hayata Ikeda telling the diet that Japan has insufficient financial ability to rearm. The statement underscores postwar demilitarization limits and ongoing economic pressures shaping defense policy.
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Hayata Ikeda
Diet
Japan
No Casualties in Atomic Troop Test
US Army troops participated in an atomic blast at Yucca Flat with no casualties and gathered observations deemed highly informative. Major General William B. Kean confirmed the test, which cracked store windows in Las Vegas 75 miles away, prompting plans to limit further AEC experiments.
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William B. Kean
AEC
Texas
Yucca Flat
Here
Fremont Street
West Texas College vote favors Buffalo Stadium for home games
Students and faculty back playing all home football games at Buffalo Stadium by more than four to one, 492 yes votes, with Amarillo Stadium options noted. Athletic committee to decide December 10 after considering opponents' seating limits and Prairie Student newspaper instigation.
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West Texas State College
Buffalo Stadium
Amarillo Stadium
Mitchell Jones
Jones
West Texas
Améfillo Stadium
Prairie
Hunter Bags Leopard in Arkansas Mountains
In Waldron Arkansas a rugged lumberjack killed a 160 pound circus leopard after a Campa Brothers Circus truck overturned in rain and sent animals into the Ouchita Mountains. A friendly black bear wandered out later and was captured alive. six animals remain at large including a polar bear and four monkeys.
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Arkarosas
Judy
Raymond Freiegel
Campa Brothers
Freiogol
Animal Hunt
Man breaks toes after kick at cat outside home
J H Kinche loe of 2501 North West First tried to keep a Siamese cat outside a door arriving with the family. He kicked at the cat, struck the door, and broke two toes on his right foot. The cat entered the house anyway.
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J. H. Kincheloe
North West
Kincheloe
Kitcheloe
Bowles Presents Credentials As US Envoy To India
Chester Bowles and his wife arrived in New Delhi where Bowles presented credentials to President Rajendra Prasad at Government House. The new ambassador and embassy staff attended a luncheon hosted by the president.
Moose Freed From Dead Animal's Horns
FAIRMANKS Alaska November 1 three men freed a young bull moose after its horns tangled with a dead moose on Banana Flats twenty miles south of here Wildlife Agents Ray Woolford Frank Glasser and pilot Jim Magoffin said the horns were wired together by abandoned military target cable The two animals weighed about 600 and 1400 pounds respectively and the younger was about two years old They concluded the entanglement happened as the younger moose sniffed around the dead larger one and the two likely died from starvation or thirst The younger was freed by roping and tying it then released into the brush
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U.P
Banana Flats
Here
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Frank Glasser
Jim Magoffin
Woolford
Glasser
Magoffin
Moise
Parents Charged In County Court Over School Attendance
County court filings target parents of non attending children as part of a drive to curb absenteeism. Bruce Wheeler, attendance investigator, says charges range from small fines to 36 day jail terms and cases are still to be disposed. He notes minors may face juvenile delinquency actions if justified.
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Bruce Wheeler
Wheeler
Princess Elizabeth honors Washington tomb in Mount Vernon visit
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh laid a wreath at George Washington's tomb and toured Mount Vernon before attending a reception at the British embassy. The day included ceremonies, crowds, and a formal dinner for President Truman, with Miss Margaret Truman in attendance.
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Duke of Edinburgh
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Margaret Truman
Blair House
Miss Truman
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Potomac River
Virginia
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Congress
Ike Heads Home To See Truman
Washington dispatch reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower will fly from his French headquarters to meet President Truman for a two day conference on Western European military problems. Press Secretary Joseph Short said the visit will occur Monday and Tuesday with a return flight to Paris Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. The trip was at Truman's suggestion and not prompted by any need in the Western European defense organization commanded by Eisenhower.
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White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Press Secy
Joseph Short
Eisenhower
Paris
Short
Plan to tighten vice war in Amarillo using injunctions
Amarillo plans a continuing anti vice campaign with a full time vice squad in the police department. The city commission will pursue injunctions against owners of hotels rooming houses and other buildings used for prostitution. Heavier penalties for vagrants and arrests of those frequenting such places are part of the push. Mayor Gene Klein said the drive will be ongoing and not a short lived effort.
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City Commission
Amarillo
Police
Corporation Court
Gene Klein
Weather Almanac for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Weather synopsis from the US Weather Bureau notes occasional heat and snow, with a high of 38 in Amarillo this afternoon and a hard freeze tonight to 24 degrees. Snow ends by late afternoon, then partly cloudy tonight and Friday, warmer Friday to near 45. Similar cold, cloudy conditions with light precipitation across West Texas and New Mexico, including Panhandle, South Plains, and Pecos regions.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Panhandle-South Plains
Upper
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Gas blasts ruin Halloween parade in Pittsburgh
A gas main explosion at Max Davidson confectionery in Beltzhoover, Pittsburgh, killed 32 year old Helen Kellington and injured 23 others during a Halloween parade. Fire officials estimate $20,000 in damages after a two story building gutted by fire and dozens of paradegoers, including 200 to 300 masked children, were affected.
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Helen Kellington
Cor Fectionery
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Davidson
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Caxe
Es Ione
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Canara
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