Judge Shouts Threats In Graft Trial Of 18 Police
Bookie Harry Gross defies court and refuses to testify in the Kings County graft trial. Judge Samuel Leibowitz warns of jail a thousand years. Prosecutor Miles McDonald laments inability to compel testimony as Gross cites family safety. The case centers on a $1.06 million yearly payoff to protect Gross’s bookmaking syndicate.
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New York
Harry Gross
Kings County
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Tgik Couig
Miles McDonald
Gambler Gross Refuses to Testify in Court Stand
A tense courtroom scene shows judge Stern ordering the reluctant witness to take the stand. The gambler Gross resists, worried for his family while the judge warns of penalties. aides press for testimony as the exchange grows heated.
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Rltz
Gross
Moody Gambler
Odd Jobber Slain In Alley Scuffle In Pampa
Charles Lee Wheeler 43, a cement finisher, was shot dead in an alley near South Somerville in Pampa between 7:15 and 7:30. Authorities found seven empty Remington .22 shells, concluded two people fired, one fatal shot after a scuffle. No charges filed. funeral arrangements pending. Survivors include son Johnny Lee Wheeler, mother Mrs. S. H. Morris, and brothers E. O. Wheeler and Albert Wheeler.
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Robbin Tibbets
Globe Pampa Bureau
Pampa
Charles Lee Wheeler
Wheeler
South Somerville
Rairoad
Lefors
John Wilkinson
Buck Haggard
Wilkinson
Hagcard
Justice of the Peace
John Andrews
Sheriff's Department
Pampa High School
Gray County
Duenkel- Carmichael Funeral Home
Johnny Lee Wheeler
Navy
San Diego
8. H. Morris
Augusta
Ark
E. O. Wheeler
Amarillo
Albert Wheeler
Amarillo Airport Runways Could Cost Over Million
Aeronautics Administration proposes complete rebuilding of Amarillo Air Terminal runways with no firm cost figures yet. City officials estimate over one million dollars, with two CAA options to share costs. One would overlay the existing surface with four inches of reinforced concrete. the other would raise the runways to improve drainage by removing paving and adding base material. City Manager N V Moss says no immediate major rehab is planned and drainage fixes, including storm sewers, are needed. CAA would not cover maintenance costs.
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Amarillo Air Terminal
The
Aeronautics Administration
CAA
N. V. Moss
Moss
We Send Gas to Canada Some Day Theyll Pipe Water to Us
Amarillo speaker Sydney R. Montague predicted that within 50 years water from Canada will be piped to the High Plains and Texas Panhandle, making the region a major industrial hub. He noted Canada holds half the world’s fresh water and contrasted North American policing with Canadian judicial power, urging prompt court action on crimes. See CANADA-Page 4.
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Canada
High Plains
Texas Panhandle
Sydney R. Montague
Amarillo
Knife and Fork Club
Amarillo Country Club
Montague
Royal Canadian Mounted
Far North
United States
Texas
Kefauver
Missing Army captain at Sandia base prompts search
Albuqueruque Sept 19 Sandia Base authorities launched a broad hunt for Capt Frederick J Fogarty Jr a 37 year old Army captain at the secret atomic weapons center who vanished Sept 13 after cashing a 400 check and abandoning his car in Albuquerque Police and military units in New Mexico Colorado and Rhode Island are aiding the search Fogarty dressed in civilian clothes left his home in Albuquerque and has not been seen since his duty morning.
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Albuquerque
U.P
Sandia
Special Atomic Weapons Center
Frederick J. Fogarty
Fogarty
New Mexico
Colorado
Rhode Island
Providence
Flora Meyers seeks divorce after 52 years of marriage
In Twin Falls Idaho on September 19 Flora Meyers 72 files for divorce from Edward Meyers 71 citing misconduct accusations, overbearing behavior and abuse as the grounds.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Flora Meyers
Edward Meyers
Red Call May Pave Way for Reopening of Peace Parley
UN and Communist liaison officers meet at dawn in Pan Mun Jom as optimism grows that a resumption of armistice talks could follow. The Reds may reply favorably to Ridgway's note while a separate UN liaison meeting discusses radio link changes and a prior neutrality dispute involving Kaesong.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Texas
Mathew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Ridgway
Pan Mun Jom
Reds
Red
Baseball scorecard notes from early league games
Summary of baseball results with several teams and pitchers named, including Philadelphia Chicago St Louis and New York matchups. The text lists runs by inning and player pairings such as Stuart House Shantz Tipton Wynn Hegan McDermott Masterson Rosar Nichols Cooper Dickson McCullough Church Wilbur Rush Chill and notes only scheduled games.
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American League
Res
Philladelphia
Stuart
House
Shantz
Tipton
SNE O
Incceneesaaa
Wynn and
Hegan
McDermott
Masterson
Rosar
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Washington
National League
Goa
Nichols
Cooper
Dickson
Youth Center Chief Kilgore Submits Resignation
Les Kilgore director of Amarillo Youth Center for a year and a half submits his resignation effective October 1. Ira Stephenson, board chair, notes Kilgore will take two weeks vacation before leaving. no successor yet. Kilgore came from Oklahoma City on January 2, 1950, where he led YMCA physical education and AAU activities. He directed activities for local youths and led early childhood and water program efforts.
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Amarillo
Les Kilgore
Ira Stephenson
Stephenson
Kilgore
Oklahoma City
YMCA
Amateur Athletic Association
Death Claims Mrs Carlson After War Dept Notice
Mrs Oscar Carlson of Jamestown New York 55 collapses and dies after learning by letter from the War Department that her son Lieutenant Francis Carlson was killed in Korea. Her death follows the family’s receipt of the casualty report.
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Jamestown
Oscar Carlson
War Department
Francis Carlson
Korea
War tax resister couple auctioned car in Iowa
In Earlham Iowa a Quaker wife explained their refusal to pay portions of 1947 to 1949 income taxes citing military expense funding. An internal revenue officer auctioned their 1939 Chevrolet two door for 145 dollars to F A Leeper of Dexter Iowa. The couple say they sent the money to the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Emery, 27, previously jailed as a conscientious objector, is abroad on a peace mission.
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Earlham
Iowa
Internal Revenue
Arthur H. Emery
Bureau of the Budget
H. H. Jopling
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Des Moines
Emery
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Europe
Emerys
F. A. Leeper
Dexter
Neighbors Aid Passmore Fire Victims With Quick Help
Neighbors banded together after a blaze destroyed the Passmore family home at 201 North Pierce early yesterday. The parents and nine children moved to a rear building as others delivered clothing and furnishings while relatives assist with bedding and storage.
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Passmore
North Pierce
Weather Summary Amarillo and Vicinity Mixed Conditions
Weather Bureau reports fair and mild conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with today's high around 88, low 61, and similar for tomorrow. Panhandle outlook shows clear to partly cloudy skies, mild temps today and Thursday, cooler Friday, windy east of the Rio Grande, and little temperature change across New Mexico. Ads note building materials from Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co. at 1200 West 6th.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Orchestra Tunes Up For Sunday Concert
Amarillo's symphony orchestra rehearses weeks for a Sunday San Jacinto Park concert as the campaign for memberships peaks. The board aims to fill Municipal Auditorium, aided by over 100 women from women's clubs contacting potential patrons by phone.
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Amarillo
San Jacinto Park
Pressure echoes in RFC inquiry as Willett testifies
Washington reports that William E. Willett, former RFC director, says White House officials and William M. Boyle Jr. pressed him about RFC loans. He notes at least 100 calls from Democratic National Committee figures seeking agency business, while former Director Harvey Gunderson says he received only one such call in five years.
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Washington
William E. Willett
RFC
White House
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National
RFC Joans
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Democratic National Committee
Harvey Gunderson
Guy Gabrielson
Carthage Hydrocol loan talks tied to chairman timing
Francis D Flanagan subcommittee counsel said he has evidence Gabrielson contacted the RFC after becoming chairman. Carthage Hydrocol secured three loans totaling 18.5 million dollars for a Brownsville Texas plant to convert natural gas into high octane gasoline. The loans predated Gabrielson’s GOP chairmanship and he previously worked as the company’s lawyer. Gunderson said Gabrielson discussed the project with him after See Boyle Page 4.
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Carthage Hydrocol Co
Francis D. Flanagan
Subcommittee
Gabrielson
RFC
Carthage Hydrocol
Brownsville
Tex
GOP
Gunderson
Boyle
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Youth Center
the Weather Us ‘Weather Bureau Report
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