Royal Wedding Chronicle Nears Balcony Cheers and Crashes
The Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten wedding drew vast crowds in London with millions along the streets and 2,500 witnesses at Westminster Abbey. The 15 foot train snagged on a candelabra but was freed by the best man. Crowds roared from Buckingham Palace as the couple appeared on the balcony, while casualties numbered 1,045 treated for fainting and 23 hospitalized. The ceremony lasted one hour and was broadcast to the empire and the United States.
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Buckingham Palace
Parliament Square
Westminster Abbey
Mall
Trafalgar Square
Whitehall
Elizabeth
Prince William
Gloucester
Prince Michael
Kent
Philip
Marquis
Milford Haven
Abbey
Ham Palace
British Empire
United States
Westminister Abbey
Amarillo Highway Routing Talks in Austin
Amarillo's potential highway future is being previewed in Austin with district highway engineer Guy Lott meeting state official DeWitt Greer. Lott discussed city routing plans with city manager N. V. Moss as planning and zoning members led by Jimmie James worked on urban traffic routes. The final draft is pending and the city commission has yet to receive a formal recommendation. Greer previously indicated the state may spend six to eight million dollars on Amarillo highways if the city provides right of way, including a proposed North Eighth super highway as a main stem.
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Amarillo
Austin
Guy Lott
DeWitt Greer
Lawrence Hagg
Greer
Lott
Planning Commission
City Commission
Amarillo Schools To Receive 17 Army Field Buildings
Four Amarillo schools were allocated 17 Amarillo Army Air Field buildings by the War Assets Administration. The structures will be moved to town for use as temporary classrooms. Superintendent Chas M. Rogers and business manager George Waddill met with two surplus property representatives, with continued talks at the high school in the afternoon.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Army Air Field
War Assets Administration
Chas. M. Rogers
George Waddill
J. C. Gilliam
War Assets Administration Office
Dallas
M. S. Robertson
School Administration
United States Office of Education
Rogers
Horace Mann
Forest Hill
Humphreys Highland
Alice Landergin
Pleasant Valley
Summit
Patten
WAA
Plainview
Clarendon
Hedley
Spade
Lubbock County
Canyon
Dickens County
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Tax Plan Favors Mayor Consolidation of Tax Offices
Mayor Lawrence Hagy backs consolidating school and city tax offices to cut costs and boost efficiency and supports new tax record systems. The joint city school equalization board urged consolidation along with shifting from ad valorem to sales use and income taxes. The board also proposes new appraisal procedures sworn equalization boards in January and updated tax education and maps.
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Lawrence Hagy
Mayor Hagy
Hagg
California
Lization Board
George Waddill
Equalization Board
Pampa Death Trial Closes
Jessie Lee Crawford testified in the murder trial over the July 4 shooting of his former wife and her husband Lee and Mrs Bostick. He described threats from his ex wife and broke down when describing the shooting, saying he did not intend to shoot and that he loved her.
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Harry Hoare
Globe News
Pampa
Jessie Lee Crawford
Crawford
Lee Bostick
Bostick
See
Senate Banking Committee Advances Anti-inflation Plan
The Banking Committee moves to enact a four point anti inflation program with rent controls installment buying curbs bank credit limits and possible margin increases for commodity exchanges while delaying standby price wage and rationing powers. Dewey charges Truman China policy lapses and Taiwan aid debated as Taft confirms approval of a 597 million emergency aid bill for France Italy and Austria.
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PFICE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Tobey
New Hampshire
Republican
Navy
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Congress
France
Italy
Austria
Yvatt
Senate
House
Joseph W. Martin
Christian A. Herter
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Cloudy with occasional rain and drizzle today and tonight. Warmer today with a high near 54 and a low around 32 tonight. Colder tomorrow with a high about 42. In West Texas and the Panhandle expect further rain and near freezing temperatures tonight and partly cloudy, colder tomorrow. In New Mexico light rain and snow possible in mountains north today and tonight with highs near 48 and a low around 40, noon at 47.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
Big Bend
Upper Panhandle
New Mexico
College Students Use Roulette System to Rack Up Reno Winnings
Albert Hibbs of Chillicothe Ohio and Roy Walford of San Diego California, University of Chicago students, quit a three day run with $8 000 profit after their wheel strategy failed on the ninth consecutive roll. They spent days watching the wheel at Harold's Club Reno and recorded each winning number while police cleared them as harmless observers.
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Reno
Bob Bennyhoff
Navy
U.P
University of Chicago
Albert Hibbs
Chillicothe
Ohio
Roy Walford
San Diego
Harold
Harold Smith
Hibbs
Walford
Raymond Smith
Monte Carlo
Blum Seeks Broad Coalition to Stabilize France
Leon Blum agrees to form a government of public safety to quell labor unrest as Socialist President Vincent Auriol asks the national assembly for confirmation. A recall of part of the 1947 military class adds 140000 troops, with about half a million workers on strike nationwide.
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Varis
Leon Blum
France
Vincent Auriol
National Assembly
Gray-Haired Father Saves Ringling Tightwire Duo Fall
Charles Davis rushed under his son Harold and daughter Hilda as they wobbled on a 35 foot high wire with no net. They and other aerialists halted their ride before the sawdust center ring. All three were treated in a Miami hospital with Hilda listed as 16 and Harold 31.
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Miami
Fla
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Charles Davis
Hilda
Davis
Shettle
Harold
Hospital Atendants
Ethan
Rold
Minnie Davis
Elsie Mee
Sis
Panhandle Weather Braces for Wetting Cold Front
Moisture laden clouds hung over the Panhandle with only traces reaching the ground. A cold front from the west will bring a burst of moisture late today, with Amarillo and surrounding areas in line for a good soaking before a drop in temperatures tonight.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
United States Weather Bureau
English Field
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Thomas E. Dewey
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