Willyard Death Trial Nears Jury Deliberation
Closing arguments concluded in the 47th District Court murder case of Carl Lee Willyard. The state built the case over the day while Willyard claimed the fatal shot to Eunice Willyard was accidental.
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Willyard
Carl Lee Willyard
47Th District Court
Eunice Willyard
Pierce
Mary Brantley
Nugget Cafe
Clovis
Amarillo
Earl Wyatt
Eunice
Ben Smith
Potter County
Vorce
Lee Willyard
Trippers Visit Portales For Breakfast With Amarillo Delegation
Portales businessmen hosted 100 Amarillo business and professional men for a breakfast in the Eastern New Mexico University dining hall on the courthouse square. The event showcased Portales Hotel construction and the university’s growth under President Floyd Golden, with a band parade and public greetings on the square.
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Pris
Floyd Kennedy
Portales
Mason King
Amarillo
Floyd Golden
Southwest
President Golden
Courthouse Square
Ed J. Neer
How Odd Everyone Else Has His Number
President Truman called his wife from the hotel after an Eastern Star meeting and asked an operator for the White House number. Press secretary Charles G. Ross supplied National 1414, a line familiar to most Washingtonians.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Eastern Star
Charlie
Charles G. Ross
Ross
National
Washington
Shivers Keeps Busy While Capitol Closes For Columbus Day
Austin Oct 12 Most state house offices closed as capitol employees observed Columbus Day. Gov Allan Shivers had a regular work day scheduling a talk tonight before a businessmen's club at Lockhart.
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Austin
U.P
Capitol
Allan Shivers
Businessmens’ Club
Lockhart
Governor Proclaims Two Thanksgivings in Texas
Governor Allan Shivers issued a proclamation designating November 23 and November 30 as Thanksgiving days to satisfy both the national and Texas traditions. He noted confusion over the date and urged Texans to count their blessings beyond a single day. Banks will observe both holidays in line with state law.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Banks
Jailbreaker Wants More Than Freedom
Beaumont police report a drunkenness detainee who escaped custody weeks ago. The man, labeled nervier by officers, sent a letter from Shreveport requesting his personal effects be mailed. Police say he must come to claim them.
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Beaumont
Oct
Shreveport
City Dads Defend Ellwood Park Pool Site
City commission defends Ellwood Park as the swimming pool site after consulting Hare and Hare landscape architects and engineers. Plans call for a low silhouette building near the Eleventh and Madison area with split cedar fencing, minimal tree removal, and preserved comfort station use, centrally located for easy access by bus, bike, and walk for city residents.
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Ellwood Park
City Commission
Hare & Hare
Amarillo
Eleventh and
Madison
Marines Hit Trouble On Two and One Hill
Globe-News war report from Oct. 12 details Corporal John Hayes Jr of Amarillo and the Fifth Marine Regiment facing heavy North Korean resistance on Hill 88 near Chosen Christian University during the Inchon and Kimpo operations. Hayes survived multiple transfers and joined his unit at the pivotal ridge known as Two and One Hill, amid fierce fighting as Dog Company, Second Battalion, engaged the enemy.
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David Rasco
Globe-News
Fifth Marine Regiment
Cpl
John Hayes, Jr
Amarillo
Hayes
van Prince Kemp
van Right
Willis UE
Johny Hayes, Jr
Korea
Inchon
Kimpo
Strategic Air Center
Seoul
Chosen Christian University
Fifth Marines
Rasco
Allied Fleet Bombards Chongjin Near Manchuria
Allied naval strike with Missouri, Helena, British Canadian and Australian ships pounds Chongjin, a northern Red Korea port near Manchuria, as carrier planes attack shore targets. Bombardment signals ongoing campaign toward Pyongyang with Allied forces advancing on three fronts.
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Chongjin
Red Korea
Red China
Manchuria
Soviet Siberia
Wonsan
Chorjin
Siberian
Vladivostok
Ment
Helena
Missouri
UN Orders Korea Split Under 38th Parallel Civil Authority
The United Nations Committee on Korea ordered Gen. Douglas MacArthur to confine South Korea’s authority below the 38th parallel and to establish a new civil administration in liberated North Korea. The Australian resolution passed in secret session, with six of seven members supporting it. the Netherlands was to be consulted. The plan calls for unified command over a provisional North Korean government with UN army officers attached to the civil administration and ongoing elections for a unified peninsula government.
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Chile
Turkey
Pakistan
Philippines
Thailand
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Hague
MacArthur
North Korea
Unified Command
Korea
Texans to Honor Connally at November Appreciation Dinner
Prominent Texans invited for an appreciation dinner November 8 in honor of Senator Tom Connally. The American Legion Post will sponsor the event and the program will be broadcast over a statewide radio network, said Post Commander Willis Jarrel.
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Texas
Connally Tyler
U.P
Tom Connally
American Legion Post
Willis Jarrel
Weather Outlook Amarillo and West Texas Forecast
United States Weather Bureau reports generally fair conditions for Amarillo and vicinity tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Highs around 80 today and 81 tomorrow. lows near 50. West Texas and New Mexico mirror fair conditions, with minimal temperature shifts. Lumber prices listed by Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co. at 2x4 and 2x6 $7.95 per hundred.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
West
Modest Honest Taxi Driver Returns Lost Bag
Miss Camilla Steinbrugge left a bag containing $2000 cash a passport and a first class Ile de France ticket in a taxi at the Hotel Roosevelt. A driver named Harry Goldwasser found the bag and returned it earning a $200 reward. Police confirmed the tale.
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New York
Camilla Steinbrugge
Hotel Roosevelt
Ile de France
Miss Steinbrugge
Harry Goldwasser
City Shrouded by Heavy Fog Hits Houston
A crippling blanket of fog, described as the heaviest in some time, rolled into Houston after midnight. The fog closed the municipal airport and slowed traffic to a crawl across the city.
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Houston
U.P
MacArthur Is Loaded for Conference With Truman
President Truman leaves St. Louis aboard Independence for a Wake Island talks with General MacArthur on Far East policy and North Korea clean‑up. Indochina military developments loom as a major topic. MacArthur reportedly urges firm action to defend Formosa Indochina and non‑Communist areas, with U.S. leadership in Asia emphasized. Sen. Brewster comments on political implications.
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Marriman Smith
ST. Louis
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
North Korea
Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base
California
Hawaii
Wake
MacArthur
Washington
Indochina
Tokyo
United States
Formosa
Mr. Truman
Korea
Asia
Europe
Sen
Owen Brewster
New Building Directory Directory Room Locations
A compact listing shows the temporary and old building spaces for departments including News Room Composing Room Stereotype Room Press Dept Mailing Room Classified Adv National Adv Business Office Circulation Dept Old Tack’s Office Photo Dept and Display Adv with contact at 607 Taylor St and phone 6262 to reach all departments.
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Old Tack’s
E. Sixth
Taylor ST
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