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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1951
Page
8
Pakistan produces about 8 million tons of rice annually, roughly meeting domestic demand. Under favorable crops the output reaches around 4 million tons, with about half a million tons available for export. Methyl bromide fumigation kills armored scales and mealy bugs affecting orchid growers.
Korea reports Communist negotiators turned down all UN points and shift to cease fire talks. Peiping radio quotes Red negotiators and Alan Winnington on possible armistice 30 days after a cease-fire line is agreed. Allied troops recapture a hill near Yonchon while pushing northwest of the Punchbowl. other front lines show little action.
Santa arrives November 29 to Amarillo and Ellwood Park for Christmas. A 60 foot tree and Santa’s workshop will greet visitors nightly through December 25. Parades, choirs, and special programs mark days leading to a citywide holiday celebration. Toys will be collected and reconditioned by firemen and the air base hobby shop. Officials invite organizations to schedule park parties.
Albany youth William R. Costantino, 18, was given a suspended sentence for an inadequate 39 inch horn on his car after a blast frightened pedestrians. He was ordered to present satisfactory evidence the horns had been removed, with the devices costing him 204 dollars.
Inmates at Menard prison in Chester Illinois released the Menard Times with a front page photo of the prison entrance bearing the caption This is where we came in.
A closed hearing linked Senators Cain and Morse to a memorandum about King. Philip Angell, attorney for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, said the memo appeared to have reached T Lamar Caudle, recently fired by a Truman admin prosecutor. The inquiry ties to a Long Beach savings and loan case and a prior tax fraud probe involving Jones and Withoit. The committee chair halted comments, and the hearing was to continue later.
Elliott Caplin notes nerves over dark streets due to his new digest New US Crime a crime stories magazine aimed at curious citizens and potential gangsta readers alike He explains the goal is plain language psychiatry based articles with expert input and occasional police images on covers featuring Hoover and district attorney Miles MacDonald while pondering faces of top criminals and lawmen.
Washington reports Southern Democrats discuss a compromise civil rights plank drafted by the 1948 platform committee. Sen. Clinton Anderson leads efforts to win Southern support, while Sen. Sparkman says a similar plank could pass. Some fear a Truman bid could end compromise prospects, with Monroney weighing succession and Rayburn as candidate choice.
Lt. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr., U S Marine commander in the Pacific, flew to Honolulu for headquarters before taking command as Marine commandant on January 1 with offices in Washington, the agency reported.
Pravda in its lead editorial pledges support for the struggle for independence for the people of Egypt Iraq Morocco Algiers and other colonies as Moscow voices aid.
Madrid reports that recent rainfall has left Spain with the best subsoil conditions in seven years, signaling potential relief for farming and groundwater.
A blind wife and her gambler husband drift apart after a weekly poker night, leading him to seek new light in Fifth Avenue and Carnegie Hall. He meets a blind woman by chance, but the concert end reveals his wife, and she says love has no surprises. He hopes she won’t see him as a liar and contemplates giving up tomorrow.
Plasma Cross instructed several blood collecting centers to curb activity. Sharp and Dohme will place blood from defense and Red Cross centers into military and civilian stockpiles. Shipments of whole blood to Korea would not be affected since the Philadelphia plant only converts blood to plasma.
In Monmouthshire England a recent week saw more than 100 sheep killed by killer dogs local authorities report the incident as a serious livestock attack prompting warnings to shepherds and landowners and investigations into canine involvement.
Hollywood actor Don Porter unveils a planned Indian style restaurant featuring buffalo venison bear meat and wild greens. He will host self cooking lessons in mud packed leaves and seeks full blooded Indian waitresses to enhance atmosphere. Porter claims menus come from Sioux Blackfeet Snake Piankisha Cherokee Quapaw Chickasha traditions.
Bonn Germany November 20 Chancellor Konrad Adenauer departed by air for Paris to meet with the foreign ministers of the United States Britain and France to discuss West German affairs.
Santa Fe report notes hillbilly Peter Grainger, AWOL from the Army, claimed a mountain life in northern New Mexico with references to a "Doctor Carver." Locals in Magdalena Beaverhead Reserve Glenwood and Santa Fe dispute knowing him or Carver. vital records lack birth or death certificates, leaving his mountain burial claim unverified.
The fully clothed body of 60-year-old Wichita Falls woman Mrs. A. C. Moline was found floating in the Baker Hotel swimming pool in Mineral Wells. Peace Justice J. R. Watkins ruled the death an act of self-drowning. Her hotel key and walking cane lay near the pool edge. her husband, also a hotel guest, had returned to Wichita Falls.
Paris reports an Egyptian spokesman said Egypt purchased arms from Switzerland to arm forces near the Suez Canal after Britain the United States France and Sweden refused supply. Dr Mahmoud Azmi said the purchase was made several weeks ago and provided no details on the arms or Swiss firm involved.
Trenton New Jersey November 20 Malcolm Forbes associate publisher of Forbes magazine announced formation of the New Jersey Republicans for Eisenhower Club.
Sweden implements an obligatory three week vacation policy aimed at boosting full employment. Government officials say the measure will ensure workers receive paid time off and improve labor market participation.
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