Swedish girl embraces American gadgets and food customs
Asta Jarl, an 18 year old Swede staying with Mr and Mrs Palm in Amarillo, compares Smorgasbord to ship servings and notes American meals differ. She admires electric appliances, plans a five year visit, and travels from Hullsfred to New York and Chicago before arriving in Amarillo.
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Asta Jarl
Asta
Albert Palm
Julian
Amarillo College
Mr. Palm
Hultsfred
Gripsholm
Mrs. Palm
Mr Palm
Amarillo
New York
Palms
Boston
Yale University
Niagra Falls
Chicago
Hullsfred
Peoria
Rock
Congressman Hurt In Auto Collision
Washington dispatch reports Representative Burleson of Texas escaped with minor cuts after a two-car collision that pushed his vehicle against a pole. The other driver, Howard L. Thrower of Camp Barrett Virginia, suffered a forehead cut. Also noted is Helmut Lasch of South Africa who survived a 50 foot tailplane crash with two sprained ankles in Johannesburg.
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Washington
Burleson
Texas
Howard L. Thrower
Camp Barrett
Helmut Lasch
South Africa
Johannesburg
Hotels adopt 3 day plan for grid tilt in Dallas
Dallas hotels and tourist courts have adopted a three day reservation rule for the Texas Oklahoma grid game weekend October 13. Officials deny widespread price increases though one motel reportedly sought 60 for two rooms for Oct 11 12 13. Dallas Hotel Association and Dallas Motor Court Association defend the policy to protect guests with confirmed bookings. Fort Worth and surrounding areas report sold out ahead of the big weekend.
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Dallas
Louisville
McAlester
Okla
Roy Spears
Oklahoma
Randall Davis
Dallas Hotel Association
Davis
Adolphus Hotel
Everett F. Collins
Dallas Motor Court Association
Fort Worth
Newsmen Seek Curtail Tass Reporters Access
Washington reports show Capitol Hill newsmen moved to bar Tass representatives from congressional press galleries for now citing Tass as a Soviet propaganda and intelligence arm. The action blocks new Tass applications while authorities consider a broader inquiry and possible State and Justice Department advice.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Tass
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Nviega Pong Hae
State and Justice Departments
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
O’conor
Maryland
Oatis
Postwar mood in Japan after 1945 treaty
In Amarillo a cautious optimism dominates about Japan as an ally under the postwar treaty and military agreement. Allies seek to keep Japan away from Communist ties by supplying raw materials and markets, with forces likely in place for an indefinite period to prevent drift toward China or Russia.
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James Marlow
Washington
Japan
United States
China
Russia
Asia
Britain
Europe
United Nations
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Pacific
Hillbilly singer Floyd Tillman ends marriages with divorce
Houston reports Floyd Tillman, famed hillbilly singer known as the King of Hillbilly Music, has filed his fourth divorce and declares he will never marry again. He testified that his 18-year-old wife Doris Jean blamed him for their separation, and he described his life with ex-wife Little Marge as over. Tillman plans no remarriage while continuing to release records about playing the field. A separate note mentions a proposed $2.5 million bridge project across the Nile at Shhag, Egypt.
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Houston
Floyd Tillman
Little Marge
Floyd
Biff Collie
Tillman
Dallas
Doris Jean
Marge
Three New Signs Advertise Amarillo City
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce tourist and publicity committee chair John Ballard said three highway signs advertising Amarillo are installed at Vernon southeast Stratford north and Texico southwest. The panel also approved a slogan Amarillo a city where the highways are always open. Frank Besore of Purr Food Stores was named a new committee member. London Zoo keepers train a nine foot Indian python for handling by people.
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John Ballard
Amarillo
Britain Faces 1950s Debt Strains At Big Three Talks
Washington dispatch reports Britain's finance chief Hugh Gaitskell briefed Secretary Snyder on mounting import costs and a 1951 balance of payments deficit. He warned of a $76 million interest payment on the 1946 loan and discussed possible US debt relief while noting Western rearmament pressures.
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Washington
Britain
Free World
Hugh Gaitskell
Treasury
Snyder
State Department
Acheson
Herbert Morrison
Robert Schuman
Gaitskell
Attlee
Russia
Milk Production Near All Time Low
In 1950 Americans produced 794 pounds of milk per person, the second lowest since 1937. Creamery butter output rose to a six year high but remained only three quarters of prewar levels. Madras India warns of a critical food outlook from June to September.
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Omaha
Madras
India
Nationalists Hit Back as Guerrillas Hold Taicheng Island
Nationalist forces in Formosa strike from Taicheng Island near Shanghai to disrupt Communist shipping. Guerrilla bands under Maj. Gen. Lu Wei-hsiang and Maj. Gen. Wang Hsiang-yi threaten sea lanes, with 1,000 plus troops in several units. Nationalist navy guards Taicheng and nearby waters while planning defense against possible Communist incursions.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chekiang
Taicheng
Shanghai
Lu Wei-hsiang
Wenchow Bay
Anchow Bay
Taichow Bay
National Defense Ministry
Wang Hsiang-yi
Taicheng Island
United Press
Tachin
Keelung
Nsi Yang-chu
Uni
Nsu
Wang
Bavarian plants churn out about 13000 motorcycles monthly
Bavarian factories now produce roughly 13000 motorcycles each month, reflecting a strong output pace. The figure indicates steady industrial activity and demand for two wheeled vehicles in the region.
Farmer's Spouse Holds Many Jobs in Corinth
Dora Walden of Corinth Mississippi is a farm wife who serves as school lunchroom supervisor a practical nurse secretary and treasurer of a farmer's market 4-H club leader and past president of the home demonstration council. She writes a farm column and can 300 to 500 quarts of fruit and vegetables yearly.
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Corinth
Dora Walden
Farmer’s Market
Home Demonstration Council
Belgian Warns of Welding Hazards
A Belgian report in the foreign letters section of the Journal of the American Medical Association warns welders face hazards from metals like lead and welding gases. Electric arc welding is deemed more dangerous than other soldering methods, and shops are urged to ensure good ventilation.
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Chicago
Foreign Letters
Journal of the American Medical Association
Manpower Needs Studied by Public Health Service
The Public Health Service inventories manpower needs of state and local health departments to learn normal requirements and establish emergency plans. The National Security Resources Board urged the survey as part of preparedness.
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Washington
Public Health Service
National Security Resources Board
States create school building authorities to aid districts
The Council of State Governments reports several states are creating special authorities to help local districts finance new school buildings and expand existing ones. Following Pennsylvania which set up a public school building authority in 1947, most plans imitate that model to relieve wartime driven shortages.
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Chicago
W.P
Council of State Governments
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Public School Building Authority
Civil Service Group To Meet in Amarillo City Office
The Amarillo Civil Service Commission will meet Monday night in the City Personnel Department office to study efficiency reports recently completed by city department heads. Clifford Davis, personnel director and secretary, says no other business is scheduled.
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Amarillo Civil Service Commission
Clifford Davis
Commission
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