County Project Bid Record Shows $1.56 Million Total
The bidding exceeded the county and federal funds allocated for the project. The bid with alternates totaled 1,562,772 dollars.
06 Nov 1950
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1950
Page
1
The bidding exceeded the county and federal funds allocated for the project. The bid with alternates totaled 1,562,772 dollars.
Associated Press reports the final 1950 congressional campaign centers on international issues as Truman’s Fair Deal is set aside. Voter turnout could reach 42 million in a non presidential year, with Democrats likely to retain control of the Senate and House though last minute sentiment could shift. Taft joins the cross party emphasis on foreign affairs sparked by Truman’s St Louis speech and Stassen’s Republican response.
Taft intensified his campaign against the Truman administration accusing the White House of wrecking bipartisan foreign policy after the 1948 election. He pressed the issue amid a broader clash with State Auditor Joseph Ferguson, marking a climactic moment in the Ohio Senate contest.
Tomorrow is Election Day with polls from 8 to 7. The Panhandle race of note is the 18th District between Walter Rogers and Ben Guill. Liquor stores close until after polls. Amarillo banks stay open. courthouse and County Clerk office operate until returns are in.
The United Nations declares hostile contact with Chinese Communist forces and cites a concentration of divisions in Manchuria. MacArthur labels Chinese intervention in Korea an act of grave international lawlessness. US calls Security Council meeting to address Red China's role. Sources warn a broader war could hinge on China’s response.
Japanese actions in Korea are described amid sensational reporting as the war escalates. The account cites the Mr. Rasco field dispatch aboard the USS Pickaway, noting perceived calmness in Japanese demeanor contrasted with alleged cruelty in conflict zones.
Kasco reports intelligence services aboard a ship with work and identities not for publication. Their mission's success may depend on anonymity, and the piece argues against indiscriminate naming while highlighting the stubborn streak in the enemy.
Wall Street faced war nerves as Korea news spurred fierce price swings. Prices dropped $1 to over $4 a share, with heavy selling flooding exchanges and flash price reporting used for the first time amid private talks on the crisis. Officials cited UN debates and MacArthur's charges as market shapers.
President Truman held a long telephone conference with Secretary of State Acheson about the deteriorating Korea situation. He and aides noted concern over Chinese Communist troops moving into North Korea from Manchuria while officially declining to comment on the developments or MacArthur's contentious communique.
Nine hundred dollars in cash and narcotics were stolen from Whiteway Food Store No 8 and Van A Brunex Drug Store in Amarillo during the night. Thieves forced entry through a west window and pried rear window bars at the drug store. Police planned prints and a full detective probe as Bruner listed dilaudid morphine and pantopan among the narcotics taken.
A California party traveling east collided with two westbound Navajo Truck Lines trucks near a Texas highway. Mrs. McKinney and Mrs. Lindley, both in serious condition, rear- ended the first truck then sideswiped the second. Mr. Lindley is in fair condition with head injuries. The wreckage and injuries prompted hospital transport and X-ray checks as crew and drivers faced investigations by state patrol.
The forecast calls for cooler conditions this afternoon and tonight with slowly rising temperatures Tuesday. Highs reach 68 today and 74 tomorrow, with a 33 tonight and a 42 low last night. The Panhandle outlook notes dry weather, a bit cooler tonight, then warmer Tuesday. West Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with cooler conditions inland and windy easterly winds in the east and south portions.
Jack Johnson of Box 1650 wins the $5 first prize in the News Tip contest for providing the tip on a Rock Island train crash into a butane truck. Second and third prizes go to Bernice McDuffie and Mrs. Mary Loflin for tips on the Mrs. Wino Alien murder case and the sighting of Mrs. Allen in Amarillo respectively. Numerous others offered tips last week.
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