Jail renovation mild and hopes for a better lockup
Amarillo police and inmates alike welcome a slight facelift to the city jail. Fresh grey and cream paint improve the stench, but officials say a complete jail upgrade is still needed. The piece also flags new recruit N Fisher from Waynesboro Virginia and notes a football victory by Margaret Wills and James Bob Crump. Additional items include an open Nunn Electric door survey, sugar blues on a car tank, a late night airplane disturbance, and a dawn fire at the Double Dip with several officers involved.
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Calcutta
Virginia
Lhce Dement
Ficer N. Fisher
Waynesboro
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
J. B. Crump
Margaret Wills
Boysch
Kids, Inc
James Bob
Crump
C. C. Cutler
L. B. Bartlett
Nunn Electric Co
Polk
Morris Blinderman
Austin
O. B. Harvey
Margaret OBrien Adds Ballet Dancing to Her Talents
Amarillo star Margaret OBrien, praised by Cyd Charisse, learned ballet from Charisse during The Unfinished Dance. Charisse recalls Margaret planned a backyard corps de ballet and practiced daily, aiming to be like her mentor. The pair formed a strong bond amid filming and Charisse's later knee injury recovery. The Unfinished Dance screens at the Paramount Theater on December 2.
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Amarillo
Cyd Charisse
Margaret O’brien
Paramount Theater
Margaret O'Brien
Cyd
Margaret
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Miss Charisse
Sid Finklea
O’brien
Corps de Ballet
Ricardo Montalban
Interstate
Jack King
Twelve French Soldiers Die in Truck Crash
A military truck overturned in a ditch between Marseille and Toulon killing twelve soldiers and injuring twenty four, authorities said.
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Marseille
Toulon
Edward M Brown Selected for Who's Who in Colleges
Abi lene Christian College faculty chose Edward M Brown son of Mr and Mrs Richard W Brown 3613 North East Tenth for the 1947 48 Who's Who edition. He majors in Bible and is a debate team member Alpha Tau Lambda associate leader of the Evangelistic Forum and has background in debate oratory 4 H work basketball and drama.
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Abilene Christian College
Edward‘ M. Brown
Richard W. Brown
North East Tenth
Edward
BROWN
Alpha Tau Lambda
Evangelistic Forum
Oklahoma Graduate Follows 4-H Path to Chicago Show
Edward, a Dustin High School graduate in 1940, later worked at the 4-H show in Chicago 1938. He served two and a half years in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
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Chicago
Dustin High School
Oklahoma
Edward
Army Air Forces
Barehead Bandit Flees With 250 From Ice Company
Waco police sought a bareheaded bandit who fled on foot after robbing the Waco Ice Co. plant of 250 dollars Sunday. A company clerk, W. A. Taylor, said the man forced him at gunpoint during customers and then grabbed the cash and escaped.
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Waco
U.P
Waco Ice Co
W. A. Taylor
Minnie Kennedy Dies at 78 Revivalist and Mother of Aimee Semple McPherson
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy a revivalist and mother of the late Aimee Semple McPherson died yesterday in Hermosa Beach California at age 78.
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Minnie Kennedy
Hermosa Beach
Cal
Aimee Semple McPherson
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