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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1951
Page
12
A Congressional Quarterly survey finds regional home base largely drives defenses votes over party affiliation. Eastern and southern lawmakers favor stronger preparedness, while Midwest and parts of the West lean to less defense. Veterans status shows little impact.
Rep. Walter Rogers of Pampa was not in the House when some early Congressional Quarterly polls were taken, but he later voted nay on the UMTS 1951 measures. The text notes the House Senate compromise on UMTS was not yet accepted at that time.
CLAUDE Sept 4 Funeral services for P D Colville retired rancher will be conducted at Hillsboro. Colville 83 died Sunday morning at Claude Convalescent Home after weeks there moving from Pecos. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Jim McClure Hillsboro and Mrs Callie Jordan Lubbock a nephew Oscar Harris a niece Mrs Eva Nichols both of Claude and a cousin Mrs W L McClure of Claude. Body taken to Claude by ambulance from Murphy Spicer Funeral Home of Clarendon.
Central Airlines received authorization from the Civil Aeronautics Board to offer daily scheduled service to Norman Oklahoma from Fort Worth linking with Dallas Oklahoma City Tulsa Wichita and about 25 other cities. Four flights daily into Norman will operate with 24 passenger DC 3 aircraft. The pre inaugural flight is Sept 5 with schedules to begin around Sept 15 to 20 after station preparations.
In Middleboro Massachusetts elderly Edith McCormick still uses a pair of scissors bought 79 years ago. She says they are practically as good as new and continue to serve daily tasks.
Turkey ends its government monopoly on wines and liquors, allowing private traders to sell these products. The reform opens the market to competition and may affect state revenue and consumer choices. Government officials expect smoother supply chains and higher tax collection from alcohol sales.
Sheriff Francis E. Thomas investigated a missing watermelons case at a farm near Vincennes Indiana. A boy met him at the field edge and asked if he came to steal watermelons too.
In New Orleans a 15-year-old boy, Richard D Boyer, was killed when a policeman stumbled and his revolver discharged during a pursuit in a cemetery. Patrolman Lawrence Michel and Officer Joseph Bauman had stopped after spotting the boy near a car by a drive in restaurant. The bullet entered Boyers back and exited through his chest.
Daniels testified that Michel chased Boyer for about four blocks to the cemetery entrance, describing the pursuit in the statement given to officers.
A passerby saw thick smoke at a suburban Waukegan department store and firefighters forced a plate-glass door. Inside they found the janitor spraying DDT, prompting the alarm.
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