MARIA MONTEZ Drowns in Suburban Suresnes Tragedy
Actress Maria Montez reportedly drowned in Suresnes near Paris after a period of intense work in Europe. Husband Jean Pierre Aumont, the actor, was summoned from the Paris area as friends noted she had suffered heart trouble recently but did not believe it was serious. Montez, famed for stage and screen work in France, Italy, and Belgium, had returned from Rome with her latest film Sensuality and had lived with Aumont since their July 1943 marriage. they have a daughter, Maria Christina. Her career included a high profile dispute over back salary in Los Angeles and a move from Hollywood to Europe earlier this year.
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Jean Pierre Aumont
Suresnes
Paris
Rome
France
Italy
Belgium
Luxembourg
Aumont
Maria Christina
Maria
William G. MacFeeters
Egypt
United States
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Europe
Wild Weather Strikes Tri-State Area With Floods And Hail
A severe storm battered Kelton 12 miles east of Wheeler bringing 4 9 inches of rain and hail. Up to 6 inches moisture fell between Kelton and Wheeler with heavy crop damage reported. Strong winds knocked down power lines and a barn roof was ripped. Wheeler saw only light rain, while other towns logged scattered showers with Amarillo stations reporting little to no rainfall.
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Tri-State
Kelton
Wheeler
Childress
Amarillo
Amarillo Air Terminal
Pampa
Vega
Borger
Indians Hit Warpath In Utah Uprising
Salt Lake City dispatch says Utah Highway Patrol ordered all troopers to Bluff to quell an Indian uprising near Four Corners where reports describe drunk Utes and Navajos running wild. Patrolman Merlyn Brown and Sheriff C R Rogers went to Bluff but were forced to retreat as Indians surged through town. Longstanding tensions between Whites and Indians in Bluff have flared over grazing lands but previously settled without bloodshed.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Highway Patrol
Bluff
Utah
Four Cor
Ners
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Merlyn Brown
C. R
Rogers
San Juan County
Blanding
American tourist shoots wife in prank gone wrong
In Mexico City an American tourist William Seward Burroughs of St. Louis, 37, attempted to shoot a glass from his wife Joan's head with a pistol. The shot hit her forehead. she died in hospital. Burroughs was arrested after the 27 year old woman died.
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Mexico City
William Tell
William Seward Burroughs
St. Louis
Joan
White Russians planned attack on Gromyko delegation
San Francisco authorities say a report from an FBI agent warned White Russians planned to ram the Russian delegation’s car with a beer truck on the Bay shore Freeway en route to the War Memorial Opera House for the peace conference. Police escort and traffic jam incidents accompanied the rapid convoy.
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FBI
San Francisco
Andrei Gromyko
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bayshore
Hillsborough
War Memorial Opera House
Opera House
Otto Schramm
Redwood City
California Highway Patrol
Schramm
H. W. Baker
Washington
Gromyko
Demos Fear GOP Texas Victory in Lone Special Election
House Democratic leaders warn a lone Republican may win the Texas 13th District special election open to all candidates. Joe Jackson faces seven Democrats including W OD McFarlane, Edith Williams, and Walter Jenkins as Ed Gossett's seat is filled after his resignation to join Southwestern Bell.
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Washington
House
Texas
Ben H. Guill
Guill
Joe Jackson
Wichita
W. OD. McFarlane
Edith Williams
Walter Jenkins
Lyndon Johnson
Ed Gossett
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
County Road May Be Paved
County officials consider paving a main county road with potential impact on local traffic and public safety. A decision timeline and cost estimates remain under review as residents weigh benefits of improved surface against funding needs.
County eyes Gloveier Road Farm to Market status
County Commissioners Court recommended designating the old Gloveier Road as a Farm to Market route under the 1952 53 program. The 5 mile project would widen from 60 to 100 feet and resurfaced to ease traffic on Highways 60 66 near the Pantex plant, pending Austin approval. Attending were Cas Johnson Bill Adams and Tom Bursey.
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North East Eighth
County Commissioners Court
Gloveier
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Pullman Switch Road
Potter County
Austin
Pantex Aec
Cas Johnson
Bill Adams
Tom Bursey
Big Department Store Rumors Stir Amarillo Real Estate Scene
Rumors of a mammoth department store for Amarillo follow yesterday’s record downtown real estate deal, with talk centering on Federated Department Stores and Foley’s. Other speculative angles include a ramp-style parking garage, but government restrictions and investment angles suggest years before any construction. S&G Corporation of Dallas is the buyer, via comment from its representatives, while officials note no further contacts and emphasize investment potential.
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Globe
Amarillo
S&g Corporation of
Dallas
Federated Department Stores
Eighth
Tyler
Foley’s
Foley’s of
Houston
Federated
Standard & Poore’s
Wichita Falls
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Homer Wheeler
William Q. Boyce
Chaser
S&g Corporation
BIG Deal
Federal Economy Knows No Bounds
Washington reports the General Services Administration will cut worker comforts due to Congress funding cuts. Measures include closer desk spacing, reducing cleaning from five to twice weekly, limiting heating to 68 degrees, annual window washing, halting towels and soap at washbasins, and reducing supplies from 40 to 30 dollars per clerical employee.
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Washington
General Services Administration
GSA
Congress
Truce Talks May Move to Ship Off Korean War
A meeting on a neutral ship at sea emerged as the only condition for resuming cease fire talks between Communist and United Nations forces. The Communist delegation offered no new protest to Allied notes about a conference site as Ridgway pressed a new meeting place. Tokyo officials warned an answer is likely to come, with Reds avoiding blame for a breakdown and the talks remaining uncertain.
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United Nations
Red
Dom McUlmy Wanswiwsise
Reds
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers in the Panhandle. Amarillo expects highs near 94 to 95 degrees and lows around 65. The 24 hour high peaked at 97 with a 64 degree low. No major temperature changes anticipated overnight into Saturday.
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Amarzillo
West Texas
Panhandle
A Hectic Day for Soviets
The Japanese peace conference opened its seventh session amid fear of an assassination plot against Russia's Andrei Gromyko. The Soviet delegate entered the War Memorial Building under heavy guard after police were warned of a planned highway ambush. The United States announced plans to push the treaty to signing by tomorrow morning and circulated a memo urging signatories to notify the secretary general by 6 PM.
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San Francisco
U.P
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
War Memorial
United States
American G I wounded by Communist cop near Berlin border
A U S soldier was wounded when his car crashed into a barrier at the Russian zone border on the outskirts of Berlin. A German Communist policeman fired into the car after the soldier failed to dismount. The extent of the injury is unknown. the soldier was taken into the Russian zone.
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Berlin
Communist “People’s Police
Fir Shiplap Siding at Olver & Wiggins Lor. Co.
Fir 2x4 2x6 1x8 shiplap offered by Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co at 1200 West 6th. Read as a classified notice for building materials with item sizes and supplier.
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Fir
Per Hord
Baseball scores and schedules in National and American Leagues
National League box scores show Brooklyn and Philadelphia games with Furillo homerun for Brooklyn and Jansen Westrum Sarkont Cooper for New York. Tonight features St. Louis at Pittsburgh and Chicago at Cincinnati. American League notes New York at Washington. late scores unavailable with two game tonight at Boston Philadelphia and Cleveland St. Louis. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Infurance.
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Brooklyn
Roberts, Hansen and Wilber
Roe and
Campanella
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New York
Jansen
Westrum
Sarkont
Cooper
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Washington
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
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