Highway 66 Boosters Convene at Plains Canyon Get-Together
More than 80 highway boosters from seven states gather at the Herring Hotel for the national Highway 66 convention in Amarillo. Activities include lunches at Palo Dure Canyon, a 6 pm cocktail party, a 7 pm banquet and dance, speeches by Wes Izzard and Nile Noble, and a directors meeting with a new president to be elected.
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Herring Hotel
Palo Dure Canyon
Homer Rice
Long Champ
Gene Klein
Frank Smith
Clinton
Okla
Highway 66 Association
Lyle Overman
Oklahoma City
New Mexico
Texas
Missouri
Arizona
Amarillo
Crystal Ballroom
Wes Izzard
The
Globe News
Nile Noble
Jean Jacques
Los Angeles
J. J. Publishing Company
Kansas
Amarillo Man Killed in Action in Korea
Two casualty reports reach Amarillo families from Korea. William Raymond Horrigan Jr., a Marine private and former Amarillo high school student, was killed in action on Oct. 2. Albert Roy Speck Jr., also a Marine, was wounded in action. born at Tascosa and raised in Amarillo, he has served four years.
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Amarillo
W. R. Horrigan
Bellaire
William Raymond Horrigan
Pearl C. Speck
Lincoln
Albert Roy Speck
Speck
Tascosa
Marines
Novelist Haycox Claimed by Death
Ernest Haycox a 51 year old Portland writer of western frontier fiction died of cancer. His works including Union Pacific Stage Coach and Canyon Passage were adapted to films. Former Oregonian police reporter he produced 25 novels after choosing westerns. He served on the Mexican border in 1916 with the Oregon National Guard and in World War I with the 41st Division in France.
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Portland
Ore
Ernest Haycox
West
Union Pacific
Canyon Passage
Oregonian
Oregon National Guard
France
Georgia Man Ellened Legion Commander Plans Here
Erle Cocke Jr a 29 year old World War II hero airline executive from Dawson Georgia was elected national commander of the American Legion by acclamation at the four day national convention. He vows to push the two fisted preparedness program including Universal Military Training and opposition to communism while urging belt tightening in government spending. Five regional vice commanders and a new national chaplain Rabbi David Lefkowitz were named as the 1951 convention set for Miami Florida.
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Los Angeles
American Legion
Communist Party
Erle Cocke, Jr
Airlines
Dawson
Legion
UMT
Cocke
Herbert Jacobi
Washington, DC
Joseph H. Adams
Miami
Fla
Felix Pogliano
Denver
Colo
Lewis H. Gough
Pasadena
Cal
Frederick Bramlage
Junction City
Kaw
David Lefkowitz
Shreveport
Edward J. Carney
Lawrence
Mass
Miami, Fla
British Seaman Charged In Buckingham Palace Theft
Douglas Monro, 26, of London, is charged with breaking into Buckingham Palace and stealing a dispatch box. The box was later found in a nearby garbage can and said to be intact with no state secrets. Monro to appear at Bow Street court tomorrow. no royal family members were present.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Scotland Yard
Douglas Monro
Monro
Seaman
Swinton Street
Kings Cross
Grafton Townhead
Glasgow
Palace
Cannon Row
Bow Street Court
King George VI
Sandringham
Norfolk County
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Buckingham
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Legion Executive to Visit Amarillo and Texas Cities
The new national commander Erle Cocke Jr of Dawson Georgia will tour Texas on his Los Angeles convention return. He will speak in Amarillo on Thursday October 26 followed by Wichita Falls on October 27 and Gainesville on October 28.
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The
American Legion
Erle Cocke, Jr
Dawson, Ga
Amarillo
Texas
Los Angeles
Mr. Cocke
Wichita Falls
Gainesville
Swimming Pool Policy Aired In Ellwood Park Plan
City commissioners discussed a proposed large municipal pool at Ellwood Park stressing inclusive design for all ages and safe, supervised operation. They cited site factors, landscaping, access, and lessons from Thompson Park pool, noting daily health inspections and high sanitation ratings.
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Ellwood Park
Thompson Park
Park and Recreation Commission
Lumber prices at Olver and Wiggins Lbr Co
Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co lists fir 2x4 and 2x6 at seven dollars ninety five cents per hundred. Located at 1200 West 6th Street with supplier contact for yard pricing and stock.
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Fkr
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
West
Plains Queen in Spotlight at K C Show
Amarillo's Edna Blanchard advances to the Royal Queen contest final for the American Royal Corona tion Ball in Kansas City. She ranked in the top three among 42 contestants from five states and will appear prominently at the festivities while remaining in Kansas City for a week for the society horse show.
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Kansas City
Amarillo
Edna Blanchard
He's Alive Because KoRed Sniper Missed the Marines in Korea
A profile of Bill Ford of the Fifth Marine Regiment, a 20-year-old Amarrillo native in the Third Battalion’s headquarters company, detailing his service from Pusan to Seoul, his wire communications duties, and narrow escapes on the way to Inchon and Seoul, with notes on his unit’s fast advances and battles.
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Fifth Marine Regiment
Bill Ford
Bill
First Marine Division
Young Ford
South Korea
Taegu
Masan
Seoul
Pusan
Korea
Chin Wanni
Amarillo
Chinju
Naktong River
Eighth Army
No Name Ridge
Inchon
Ford
United States backs Trygve Lie in UN veto fight
US and allies rally behind Trygve Lie as Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob A. Malik uses Moscow's veto in the Security Council to block a second five year term. Lie's term expires Feb 2, 1951, with the General Assembly expected to extend his service. China abstains. Malik proposes Poland's Zygmunt Modzelewski. US, Britain, France, Norway, India and Egypt abstain in vote.
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Iran
General Assembly
Lie
Korea
Russia
Stalin
China
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Malik
Zygmunt Modzelewski
Poland
Cuba
Ecuador
United States
Britain
France
Norway
India
Egypt
Preacher Hurt After Fall From Motorcycle
Reverend James Combs 32 of Hamilton Ohio was injured in a fall from a motorcycle at North First and McMasters while visiting the Church of God revival. He suffered facial lacerations a cut by the left eye and various bruises and scratches. He was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital by Griggs ambulance.
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James Combs
Hamilton
Ohio
Combs
Church of God
North McMasters
Northwest Texas Hospital
North First
McMasters
Billy Hamilton
Taylor
L. C. Pennington
Pennington
Griggs
Dallas Man Victim Of Bandit Pair
Two armed bandits trailed State Fair picture concessionaire Abe Hirsch to his Dallas home and robbed him of 1700 dollars. One man carried a pistol and the other a rifle. They entered through a window after 2 am and demanded the money.
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Dallas
Abe Hirsch
Hirsch
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The Amarillo area reports continued fair weather and mild temperatures with highs around 89 today and 88 tomorrow, and lows near 58 tonight and 54 this morning. Panhandle crop outlook remains favorable for field work with no major temperature changes expected in West Texas and New Mexico through Saturday.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Truman Flies to Hawaii En Route to Far East Policy Meet
President Truman flew westward toward a Far East policy conference with General Douglas MacArthur. He planned a stop at Pearl Harbor Hawaii this afternoon before continuing. A Secret Service plane squadron had already arrived in Hawaii to map his routes. Admiral Arthur Radford prepared arrival arrangements at Pacific Fleet headquarters.
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Truman
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Secret Service
Adm
Arthur Radford
Pacific Fleet
Fleet Headquarters
Mr. Truman
President Truman Arrives at Hickam Field Honolulu
President Truman lands at Hickam Field aboard the Independence for brief visits in Hawaii. He plans talks with MacArthur at Wake Island and will depart tonight to return to San Francisco after a Honolulu stopover and Sunday sightseeing.
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Hickam Field
Honolulu
Truman
Mac
Wake Isand
Mr. Truman
Hawaii
San Francisco
Population US total at 152271006 with armed forces overseas
Census Bureau estimates the US population on Sept 1 at 152,271,006, including 576,000 Americans in the armed forces overseas. Civilian population is 150,817,000 and continental US armed forces total 278,000.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Continental
Credit Curbs Face Retail Opposition In Washington
Retailers angrily challenge consumer credit controls during a Washington meeting with National Production Administrator William H. Harrison. They urge relaxed limits and wage price curbs, while sources say the government may actually tighten current credit restrictions affecting larger down payments and faster payoff terms. Maury L. Nee, committee chair and furniture firm president, stated concerns.
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Washington
William H. Harrison
Harrison
Maury L. Nee
Commerce Department
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Globe
US Highway 66 Association
Jack Cutberth
Oklahoma Association
66 Boosters
Plains Canyon
Haycox
Greenhill
Tnsu
Georgia
State Department
Dean Acheson
State
America
George N. Craig
Brazil
Ind
Legion Executive
Oklahoma
K.C
Norton Spryde
Photo
By David Rasco
KoRed
Klhasa
Wuyo
LF Ford
Wolmi Island
Wolmi-do
Rasco
Tokyo
Chongjin
Wonsan
Namsi
Red China
North Korea
Pyongyang
Red
Ceylon
Tanchon
Worcester
Songjin
Austin
Preacher
US Weather Bureau
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