Jurisdiction Dispute Over Jim Wells Vote Injunction
Lawyers for Lyndon B. Johnson and Stevenson agreed Jim Wells County District Court had no jurisdiction in a disputed ballot injunction case. Johnson argued only Travis County could handle the matter. Stevenson’s side contends no court may halt recounted votes. The dispute centers on precinct 13 and Stevenson’s affidavits.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Johnsons
L. Broeter
Travis County
Stevenson
Starr County
C. Holmgren
Kellis Dibrell
Weather and Texas Senate canvass details in 1950s Fort Worth
Weather bulletin from H C Winburn forecasts mild days and cool nights with 88 high for Monday afternoon and 87 for Tuesday in Fort Worth area. Separate report covers Lyndon B. Johnson edging Coke Stevenson by 87 votes for the Democratic US Senate nomination, with 494,181 to 494,104, as canvassing by the state executive committee proceeds county by county in Dallas era politics.
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H. C. Winburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Kennedy
Fort Worth
Vann M. Kennedy
Democratic Executive Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Coke R. Stevenson
Blackstone Hotel
Johnson
Stevenson
State Executive Committee
Coke Stevenson
Kimble County
Blanco County
Alvin J. Wirtz
Albert Sidney Johnson
Dallas
General Johnson
DEMOS
William A
Protest Tax Hike At Amarillo School Board Hearing
Representatives of foreign firms doing business in Amarillo rallied before the joint city school board of equalization Monday to protest steep tax assessment increases. A coffee company led the group citing a 400 to 500 percent rise as stores are held in Amarillo warehouses. Officials said foreign firms have paid low shares in prior years, and the higher assessments aim to equalize tax payments.
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Amarillo
Joint City School Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
Perry Burks
X Day for Berlin Set by Reds in SED Rally Claims
A Democratic paper asserts Communist leaders of the SED fixed a Monday date for seizing Berlin with a plan to disrupt airlift and leverage weather to block Western aid. The report cites mass anti Communist demonstrations and claims public support in Berlin has collapsed.
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Berlin
Seite Vena Menaaiacae
SED
U S Army Secretary Warns of Russia Threat at Legion Event
In a speech read to American Legionnaires Royall warns Russia primes for war with more than four million men under arms. He cites totalitarian expansion since WWII and urges strong U S defenses noting Russia’s military preparations contrast with U S outlays of 14.8 billion this year.
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Adneville
Army
Legionnaires
Russia
Royall
George C Mashall
United States
Bryant E. Moore
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Update
The forecast shows fair skies across Amarillo and vicinity this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. New Mexico remains fair today and Tuesday. The 24 hour period ending 6 30 AM recorded a high of 86 and a low of 82 degrees. Meyers Motor Co Chrysler Plymouth.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Meyers Motor _Co
Chrysler-Plymout
Winds Hit Bermuda as Hurricane Approaches Coast
Severe hurricane winds near Bermuda reach hurricane force with 140 mph velocity. Center 65 miles southwest at 9 15 AM. Storm to pass 40 to 60 miles west then recurving northward. Navy task force and planes alerted. Bermuda braced for impact. China reports 5 million homeless due to civil war floods.
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Miami
Bermuda
Texas
Virginia Capes
United States
Navy
US Air Force
Naval Operating
Government Information Service
Gay
China
News Tip Winners Honor Local Drowning Death and Fire Call
Mrs. T. B. Morgan wins first prize for a tipped drowning report at Lake McClellan during Labor Day. second prize goes to Mrs. W. S. Gregory for a porcupine sighting by her husband. Johnny McGee of Washington Street Fire Station collects a $2 tip on the time telling device’s millionth call. lists of winners and names follow.
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Lake McClellan
Mre
W. S. Gregory
Johnny McGee
Washington Street
Eskimos Bet On Texas Arrival With Chaperon
Dallas oilman L. L. Horne claims to have landed three Eskimo women from Alaska to Texas after a group of oilmen from Houston San Antonio Midland and Waco staged a $20000 bet. The women will arrive in Fort Worth with a chaperon by Wednesday.
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T V*s
Horne Oil Company
L. L. Horne
Alaska
Florne
Fort Worth
Jail break prompts jail inspection in Lipscomb County
Jail breakers possibly pried bars on side windows to release Lester Eglian, held on burglary charges in Higgins County jail. Sheriff Everett Tarbox said outside accomplices removed window bars. Eglian, 18, made statements and was charged with entering Higgins Wheat Growers Association offices and Higgins elevators.
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Higgins
Lester Eglian
Sherif Everett Tarbox
Mondy Tarbox
Panhandle
Eglian
Carillan
Higgins Wheat Growns Association
Ee Ee Higgins
Japan
Tokyo
Sth
Rayburn Talk Timed for KGNC Broadcast Night
Former Speaker Sam Rayburn will speak on KGNC Monday night at 10:30 from Fort Worth, instead of 8:30, as part of the rally opening the state Democratic convention. Also airing that night is Henry Wallace’s NBC address at 9:30, the Progressive Party’s presidential nominee.
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Congresem
Sam Rayburn
House
Fort Worth
KGNC
Rayburn
NBC
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Five Missing On Navy Plane
A US Navy plane with five aboard including two described as very important is missing. Four aboard are American military personnel and one is British. Names withheld until kin notified as Canadian forces search northern Manitoba.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Death by Own Action Triggers Manhattan Gas Blast
A gas explosion in a Manhattan 17 story building killed three and injured ten after an apparent self-inflicted asphyxiation by Eugene Hurley 35 following a marital estrangement. Four gas jets were found on in his apartment as emergency crews investigated top floors damaged by the blast.
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New York
Manhattan
Eugene Hurley
Hansford County Petition Seeks New Election After Runoff Absence
Spearman volunteers sign 186 affidavits claiming Hansford County voters were denied a chance to participate in the senatorial contest when the county committee refused to finance the run off. The affidavits may be presented to the state Democratic executive committee in Fort Worth for a possible new election.
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Spearman
Hansford
Democratic Executive Committee
Coke Stevenson
State
Fort Worth
Hansford County
Bill Miller
Clay Gibner
J. H. Buchanan
Hayden Hart
Grover Rancher
Hansford Page
Death Takes Leader In Baking Industry
John Kollner, a revered baker and artist with dough, led a long life in baking for 68 years after starting at age 12. Born near Austria Hungary, he learned German Slavic and Hungarian, prized the feel of dough, and became a familiar town figure with a warm smile and distinctive hat.
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John Kollner
Kellner
John Kollaer
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Old Empire
Czechoslovakia
Kollner
Kollaer
MR. Kollaer
Man Charged in Aug 8 Attack Has Iron Clad Alibi
Bert Andrew Head, charged in an Amarillo robbery and rape case, is alleged to have an iron clad alibi. Big Spring jail records show Head was in custody in Big Spring on Aug 8. Ranger Probst reports Head left Fort Worth Aug 6 and was arrested Aug 7 in Big Spring.
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Bert Andrew Head
Amarillo
Big Spring
Head
Frank Probst
Austin
Fort Worth
Nee
Sheriff's Department
Big
Probst
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