Victim of roadside slaying identified near Tucumcari
A man found shot five times in a ditch along abandoned US 66 four miles west of Tucumcari has been identified as Gunnish, a former Martins Ferry Ohio resident. FBI fingerprint comparison confirmed identity. records show two sets on file and no listed relatives. Authorities in Ohio to trace movements as sheriff investigates motive.
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Formmer
Ohio
Claud
Martins Ferry
Mancus
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Gunnish
FBI
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Elm Grove
Wva
Blair Cherry explains resignation from coaching career
Blair Cherry recounts why he quit coaching at the state university and moved into the oil business in Lubbock. Patt Powell of the Globe News reviews the piece for tomorrow's Amarillo Daily News edition.
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Blair Cherry
Saturday Evening Post
Sandie
University of Texas
State University
Lubbock
Patt Powell
Globe News
Amarillo
Yanks Down Eight Red Jets in a Major Air Battle
Eight Soviet built MiG-15 jets were destroyed in a 15 minute air battle, the biggest one day loss in jet air warfare history. Twelve Sabrejets on a photo mission engaged about 30 MiGs near Sinuiju, with eight fighters shot down and several damaged. Ground fighting near Kumsong edged closer, as UN forces pressed a westward assault and Korean commander Park Sun Yuk predicted the enemy’s likely pursuit of peace negotiations after heavy casualties.
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Air Force
Sinaiju
Yalu River
Manchurian
Sinanju
Sinuiju
Benjamin
Preston
Hollywood
Cal
Manchuria
Sa‘tre
Park
Robert C. Miller
Battle Suez Riots Reported Killed and Injured
British troops clash with Egyptian rioters in Ismailia and Cairo as Ismailia reports 12 dead and 80 injured. Britain sends reinforcements after parliament backs plans to end the 1936 treaty and Sudan under King Farouk. Demonstrators cry out against Britain, praising Farouk.
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Egypt
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Ismailia
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Canal Zone
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London
Alexandria
British War Office
War Office
Sudan
Farouk
Nile
Salomon resigns as Democratic National Committee treasurer
Sidney Salomon Jr. of St. Louis quits as DNC treasurer after Boyle’s health-related resignation. He says the new chairman should have free rein to select officers and notes the RFC loan inquiry involving Boyle has no bearing on his decision. He informed President Truman of the move and reported the committee’s finances as satisfactory.
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U.ar
Sidney Salomon, Jr
St. Louis
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Salomon
Boyle
Senate Rfc
National Committee
White House
Truman
Senate
American Litheford Co
Red Feather Campaign Maps All-Out Drive in Amarillo
Preparations for C Day in Amarillo kicked off this morning as the United Red Feather Society announced a goal of 228,883 dollars for five divisions. The Advance gifts division led by Virgil Patterson seeks 128,000, the Executive division with Walter Shaller and Stanley Blackburn plus J Earnest Batson targets 25,000, the Employee division headed by F W Wallace with Bob Rogers as vice chair aims 36,000, the Individual Subscribers division led by Frank Helvey with Dan Higgins and Tom Kruser as vice chair seeks 17,883, and the National Firms division under Roy Bell with Dan Hickey and Jack Pate rounds out the targets.
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Amarillo
United Red Feather
Amarillo Club
Advance Gifts
Virgil Patterson
Walter Shaller
Stanley Blackburn
J. Earnest Batson
F. W. Wall
It’s Going To Nearly Freeze Tonight in Panhandle
Forecaster H C Winburn warns a killing freeze may hit the northern Panhandle tonight as a cold front arrives. Am arillo is projected to see 35 degrees with winds up to 35 mph. Temperatures drop from 60 this morning to the low 50s or high 40s later, described as a polar outbreak and the season’s most severe norther. Wind diminishes tonight with a high Wednesday around 50.
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Panhandle
High Plains
H. C. Winburn
North Panhandle
Amarillo
Dalhart
Winburn
Taft Announces Candidacy for Republican Nomination
Washington October 16 Senator Taft announced he is a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Washington
Neely .Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
McCarthy Spy Ousted by Swiss Court
Charles Davis a 23 year old American was sentenced by a Swiss federal court to eight months in jail and expulsion for gathering political information on US diplomats for Senator Joseph McCarthy. He was found guilty of providing data on Swiss and American left-wing extremists to the Geneva consulate and the Paris embassy. Davis had already served 11 months in a Geneva jail and was released immediately.
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Switzerland
Charles Davis
United States
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Davis
Geneva
Paris
Albert Rais
Pakistan Leader Assassinated in Rawalpindi Speech
Pakistan's prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan, 56, was shot dead as he spoke to a Muslim crowd in Rawalpindi near Kashmir. An assassin named Khaksan, tied to a right wing sect led by Alama Mashriqi, reportedly praised jehad. The incident sparked regional tension as Western powers seek to shore up defenses against communism and Islamist unrest.
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India
Pakistan
Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat
Khaksan
Punjab
Alama Mashriqi
al Islam
Morocco
Jakarta
Realtors Discuss Contracts at Amarillo Board Meet
Thomas Thompson reports the Amarillo Real Estate Board held a dinner meeting with over 250 attendees at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall. The Texas State Real Estate Commission, in Amarillo for the first time since 1945, discussed earnest money showing of houses and the real estate man’s office, led by George W. Sandin of Austin.
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Thomas Thompson
Globe
Earnest Money
Amarillo
Amarillo Real Estate Board
Panhandle
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Charles Wolflin
Hundreds Join Search for Missing Infant in Michigan City
Police and thousands of volunteers continued the hunt for six day old Lawrence James Lyons kidnapped from St. Anthony Hospital as a mysterious woman in white drew attention. The FBI ruled out the nurse found in Milwaukee as involved while state police pursued a possible link to a separate car-jack attempt near Marion Indiana.
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Ind
FBI
Milwaukee
Lawrence James Lyons
Marion
George Daugherty
Lyons
St. Anthony Hospital
James Lyons
John Boehlin
Sursery
Lee
Associated Press
Frances
Shapiro Pays $10,000 for Tax Cut He Did Not Receive
Maxwell Shapiro a Boston businessman testified before a House Ways and Means subcommittee that he paid two $5,000 checks to Daniel A. Friedman as supposed legal fees to reduce his federal tax liabilities. He expected a drop from about $142,000 to $40,000 but received no tax relief.
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Maxwell Shapiro
Boston
Shapiro
House
Ways and Means
Daniel A. Friedman
York
Friedman
Dennis W. Delaney
Delaney
Justice Department
St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
James P. Finnegan
Hugh Finnigan
One Victim Of Crash Still Unidentified In AmArillo
Fingerprint experts work to identify the second woman who died from Sunday morning crash on Highway 66 one mile west of Amarillo. The other death was identified as Mary Frances White known locally as Frances in Amarillo. A third victim remained unidentified earlier. Mrs Lilye Schultz of Pantex was identified by a daughter at Northwest Texas Hospital where survivors are treated.
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Amarillo
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Mary Frances White
Don Sipes
Frances Ig
Lilye Schultz
Northwest Texas Hospital
Schultz
Pantex
Criti
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Windy and colder today with much colder tonight and diminishing winds. Temperatures drop from 63 this morning to 35 by Wednesday morning. Partly cloudy and cold Wednesday with highs near 50. 24 hour high 86 and low 54 reported earlier. Also notes colder conditions across Panhandle, South Plains, and areas east of the Pecos River with lows 34 to 40 tonight.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos River
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