October Brings Joy and Death in Gunnish Slaying
Mrs. Gunnish, widow of Frederick Gunnish, travels from Amarillo to Martins Ferry to tend affairs after her husband’s death. She plans to sell his 1936 Plymouth sedan, return to work in a glove factory, and support their three children. Investigators seek more clues as they review the case and missing personal effects.
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Gunnish
Amarillo
Martins Ferry
Russell Alltop
West Coast
California
Heisler
Quay County
Highway 66
Tucumcari
James Riel
Shamrock
Amarillo Garage and Storage Company
James
Marie
Jean Riell
Jean
Britain recalls envoy to Tehran over oil row
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden ordered Britain's ambassador in Tehran to return to London for consultations on the Anglo Iranian oil dispute. Sir Francis Shepherd leads the mission, and the recall signals a push to reopen stalled negotiations on nationalization of Anglo Iranian Oil Company assets. Churchill's cabinet is expected to consider the issue at its first formal meeting soon.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Tehran
Eden
Winston Churchill
Francis Shepherd
Iran
Churchill
Southwestern moves offices to Public Service Building
Southwestern Public Service Co moved its paying office and utilization department from Fifth and Polk to the Public Service Building at Third and Polk. The eight story building, bought in 1947, now houses these final departments with the paying office on the west ground floor and the demonstration kitchen and all electric laundry in the east. Utilization staff will host dinners for Heath Appliance personnel, showcasing Crosley appliances, as part of customer and firm demonstrations.
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Southwestern Public Service Co
Fifth and Polk
Public Service
Third and Polk
Southwestern
Bob Brummal
Home Service Advisers
Heath Appliance Company
Fern Brannen
Fern Carver
Crosley
Heath Company
Bagot Hardware Company
Brummal
Utilization
Miss Brannen
Miss Carver
Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo Oil Company
Handy Size Atom Bomb for Use At Front Added to US Arsenal
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated the seventh nuclear blast at Frenchman’s Flat, via a B 29 drop. The medium size test mushroomed to a 10,000 foot rise, 50 mile width, displayed a color-changing cloud, and was visible from Las Vegas with limited shock impact near the range. Observers noted no troop participation and anticipated further tests the next day.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
Frenchman's Flat Proving Ground
Desert Proving Ground
Las Vegas
Chaplain Dies Rescuing Drowning Men at Beach
Maj. Ray Stephens Air Force chaplain and former McLean and Spearman pastor died amid a rescue attempt at the beach in Spearman. He helped form a human chain to reach two men caught in a dangerous undertow. the chain broke and he drowned. The two men were saved. Stephens, 40, stationed at Patrick AFB Cocoa Florida, earned the Bronze Star in the Pacific. He had served as pastor at McLean and Spearman after the war, and was active in Lions Club and local religious programs. Survivors include his wife Alla Mae Gammill and three children. Funeral plans not yet announced.
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Spearman
Maj
Ray Stephens
Air Force
McLean
Major Stephens
Patrick Air Force Base
Cocoa
Fla
Associated Press
Stephens
First Baptist Church
Lions Club
Alla Mae Gammill
Sulphur Springs
Chil
Couple Dies as Car Rams Truck in Borger Texas
A Borger couple, Carlton Bivens 42 and Annabelle 26, died when their speeding car struck a stalled cattle truck on Highway 117 twelve miles northeast of Stinnett. Truck driver Jerry Hollaway of Amarillo escaped unharmed. Bivens son Charles Scott, and siblings survive. Funeral plans pending at Minton Funeral Home. A second fatal crash near Hedley killed Mrs. Jimmie Ward Loudermilk 35, with injuries to two daughters and Miss Zanza Bennett as they rode home from Fort Worth.
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Borger
Highway 117
Stinnett
Carlton Bivens
West Sixth
Annabelle
Spearman
Adobe Walls
Jerry J. Hollaway
Amarillo
Bivens
Hollaway
Clarendon
Fort Worth
Hedley
Jimmie Ward Loudermilk
Anita
June Kay
Zanza Bennett
Goodall Hospital
Loudermilk
Burns-Bain
UMT To Get Going In Summer
Washington reports universal military training planners expect a six month UMT program for 18 year olds on a limited scale next summer. Dr Karl Compton said about 60 000 young men can be spared from the draft for training if Congress approves. Congress is to act early next session, possibly by late March, with a small scale launch within a few months after.
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Washington
U.P
Karl T. Compton
National Security Training Commission
Congress
Armed Services
Compton
Commission
German Educator Sees Value In U S School System Visit
Alfred Gruenberg principal of Berlin High School reports space limits for 500 students in western Berlin and outlines German attempts to slim the curriculum while adding more foreign languages. He notes German students learn English by ear, face difficulties with tense usage, and reflect on experiences with Birmingham and Amarillo high schools during the tour.
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Berlin
Alfred Gruenberg
Amarillo High School
United States
Germany
Gruenberg
Birmingham
Ala
B 29 Crash At McClellan Involves 12 Onboard Injured
A B 29 at McClellan Air Force Base spun, ground looped, broke in two and caught fire last night. Eleven airmen were injured while a civilian fireman died of a heart attack. Two crewmen were seriously hurt, nine others minor. The aircraft was returning for an emergency landing after an aborted takeoff for Honolulu.
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Sacramento
Cal
McClellan Air Force Base
McClellan
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Vicinity Update
US Weather Bureau reports pair with slowly rising temperatures today and Tuesday. High today 73 degrees, low 43. high tomorrow 76. 24 hour high 64, low 43, trace precipitation. Panhandle agricultural outlook favorable for outdoor work next 2 to 3 days with no significant rainfall. West Texas partly cloudy and warmer from Panhandle to upper Pecos Valley eastward today. Tonight and Tuesday partly cloudy with little temperature change. New Mexico fair today tonight and Tuesday, warmer in east and southeast Tuesday.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
South Plains
Pecos
New Mexico
Bird nips boy as bird flees into mouth in Rochester
Mrs. Michael Allen of Rochester reports a gray bird bit her 4 year old son Michael twice after flying into his mouth. A doctor treated the child for minor injuries.
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Rochester
Michael Allen
Michael
Britain May Send New Envoy to US
London reports Britain may replace ambassador to Washington Sir Oliver Franks soon. The pick would be a figure trusted by Winston Churchill and close to his inner circle, though no decision has been made yet.
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Britain
London
Washington
Oliver Franks
Winston Churchill
Two Die In Plane Crash Near Isabell Kansas
Guymon Flying Farmers and Civil Air Patrol searched for a missing plane carrying two Kansas men from Eldorado to Boise City. The wreckage was found three miles north of Isabell, Kansas, in overcast weather. Bill Brant and his brother Robert Brant were identified as the deceased.
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Guymon
Okio
Kansas
Pratt
Kan
Isabell
Bill Brant
Burns
Robert
Eldorado
Boise City
Oklo
Civil Air Patrol
Guymon Municipal
Quarantine Aboard USS Mellette Near San Juan
About 1,500 Marines and 100 sailors were quarantined today in San Juan harbor aboard the Army Transport USS Mellette due to a dysentery outbreak, Navy announced in Puerto Rico on October 29.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Mellette
Navy
News Tip First Prize To Mrs G Francisco
A local tips contest awards first prize to Mrs. George Francisco of Parker for a News Tip about a gas fume incident affecting a woman and her son. Second prize goes to Roy Munday of 1608 Monroe for a tip on a Claude car overturn that injured four in a related sequence.
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G. Francisco
George Francisco
Parker
Roy Munday
Monroe
Claude
H. B. Warren
West Fourteenth
Wolflin i Lake
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