Grounding of Navy Privateers follows Alaska crashes
A Naval air squadron in Alaska has been grounded for morale reasons after recent crashes that killed 45. A special inquiry board will investigate, led by a rear admiral, with confidential proceedings. Nine other craft have crashed or vanished, raising the death toll to 100.
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Naval Air
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Navy
Representative Mitchell
Washington Democrat
Francis P. Whitehair
Whitehair
Mitchell
Patrol Squadron 9
Alaskan Sea Frontier
Pacific Fleet
Investi
Russia
Air Force
US Puts Air Clamp on Czechs
Frankfurt dispatch reports Allied High Commission barred all CSA flights across West Germany effective last Tuesday midnight with no reason given. US Britain and France concurred in the action amid talk of retaliation for William Oatis case. State Department had previously discussed restricting Czech air operations over the 7S zone.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Allied High Commission
West Germany
High Commission
United States
Britain
France
William Oatis
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Oatis
Berlin
Czechoslovak Airlines
CSA
Czechoslovakia
Truman
Bus Fare Increases Hit Texas August 10
A statewide intrastate bus fare hike, averaging 2 cents per mile, took effect August 10 but public notification was limited. Tax-inclusive single and round trip fares rose across routes such as Amarillo to Canyon and Amarillo to Clarendon, with carrier, chamber, and public notice sparse.
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Fred Post
Globe
Texas
Chambers of Commerce
Texas Railroad Commission
A. J. Scrivner
Dave Cheavens
Association Press News Bureau
Austin
Commission
Mr. Scrivner
Railroad Commission
Amarillo
Canyon
Merchants Meet Here To Swap Supermarket Ideas
Irving Axelrod of the Texas Merchants Association says about 300 Texas owned stores are part of 14 chain members. The group handles a quarterly billion in volume and aims to cut costs and offer lower prices. Amarillo firms Furr Food Stores and McCartt Super Markets are delegates, with registration and a reception planned at the Herring Hotel.
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Globe
Texas Merchants Association
F. A. Sewell
Furr Food Stores
Irving Axelrod
Joe Weingarden
Houston
Key Furr
Amarillo
Furr Food
Super Markets
Texas
McCartt Super Markets
Herring Hotel
Safe robbery at Swift and Company ice cream plant
Officers puzzled by a theft of about 370 dollars from a 1000 pound safe at the Swift and Company ice cream plant. The outer door was found open at about 8 am, one compartment locked, the other open, with as yet undisclosed cash in the locked section. The money reportedly came via a deliveryman who turned in the envelope containing funds to the company last night.
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Yeggs
Swift & Company
E. E. Cavender
Cavender
Ralph Harvey
J. L. King
Weather and crime notes from Amarillo district
Amarillo and vicinity forecast shows fair conditions today tonight and Friday with rising temperatures. Panhandle outlook remains favorable for outdoor operations with a warming trend and clear to partly cloudy skies. West Texas will be partly cloudy and cooler today then warmer in Panhandle and South Plains. A burglary at an office involved a broken glass panel and a safe with no forced entry marks. the intruders likely knew the combination. A separate burglary yielded a purse stolen from 903 Fannin, later discarded in the yard. LSU admitted four Black students to its law and graduate schools amid a federal court order.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
South Plains
King
Harvey
Cavender
Leon Marshall
Crooks
Robert H. McKenzie
Fannin
McKenzie
LSU
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Law and
Panhandle Sees Cool Spell with Teasing Warmup
Crisp fall weather gripped the Panhandle with Amarillo recording its coolest night since June 11 as temperatures dipped to 48 degrees. The day rose to 72, while expectations point to a 78 degree high today and a 54 degree low tonight as the region warms gradually.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Walter Watts
Amarillo Air Terminal
Britain boycotts Iran cargoes as ships halted
London reports Britain has halted all British ships from delivering cargoes to Iran. The move, announced today, follows escalating tensions as government orders a complete stoppage of shipments to Iran.
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Britain
Iran
London
Reds Armistice Bribery Hint Seen as Price for Talks
The Peiping radio hinted that resuming Korean truce talks would require Allied admission that all Red charges are true. UN command mostly rejected Red accusations, admitting one: accidental strafing of the Kaesong neutral zone. Allied troops seized another mountain northeast of Kumhwa and seven ridges, with Reds mounting stubborn foot-by-foot defense. The front east of Kumhwa nears Kaesong as peak battles continue. western fronts see slower action with large Red forces massed, while moonlight Sundays loom for a possible drive.
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Associated Press
Peiping
United Nations Command
Kaesong
Peiping Radio
Korea
Kumhwa
United Nations
Red
South Korea
Seoul
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Baseball scores and matchups across leagues
Baseball scores note late results and upcoming games. Oe Sakink appears in the text with Garver and Batts. Parnell and Robinson are mentioned in connection with Detroit at New York. Cleveland at Washington has a night game and New York at St. Louis is late for early scores with Boston at St. Louis also scheduled at night.
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Parnell
Robinson
Detroit
New York
Cleveland
Washington
National League
St. Louis
Boston
Witness says firm sought top influence in loan case
Washington Sept 13 A witness E J Toole former treasurer of Litheford testified in a Senate investigation that William M Boyle Jr Democratic national chairman pressed for White House calls to speed an RFC loan for American Lithofold Corp Toole cited a diary entry noting contact with RJB identified as R J Brauner then president of Litheford and dated Feb 3 1949 He said Green agreed not to press the White House for influence while RFC officials cooperated
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Washington
American Lithofold Corporation
White House
E. J. Toole
Litheford
St. Louis
Senate
William M. Boyle, Jr
RFC
Toole
RJB
R. J. Brauner
Boyle
Push-Button Bombers Dower? First Guided Missile Squadron Planned
The Air Force said it is forming its first guided missile squadron at Cocoa Florida to operate a new pilotless bomber design called the Matador B-61. The unit will train under Air Research and Development Command, then move to Tactical Air Command control for combat readiness.
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Washington
Air Force
Cocoa
Fla
Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
Air Research and Development Command
Tactical Air Command
Truman
Viewers in Amarillo Embrace TV Pants for Beth Ann
19 month old Beth Ann McCully will be sitting pretty when television arrives in Amarillo. She wears aqua romper pants designed for comfort while watching TV. The sponge cushion seat keeps her off the cold floor and cushions falls as she plays with dolls and learns to walk.
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Beth Ann McCully
Mary Louise Broome
Amarillo
California
Beth Ann
Bill Ae
Micuuly
Tot
Gambler Harry Gross Held Under Guard in New York
New York September 13 AP Gambler Harry Gross key witness in a graft case against 18 cops was returned to state custody after a one day flight to Atlantic City New Jersey District Attorney Miles McDonald vowed he would not escape again and said Gross would be kept in protective custody with many guards McDonald spoke after an all night trip to secure the roving witness Gross claimed he was bored by police surveillance and merely took a day at the races before being recaptured See GROSS-Page 7
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New York
Harry Gross
Miles McDonald
McDonald
Atlantic City
Gross
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Neely-Greenhill
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