Chandler Leading in Kentucky Extends Edge In Close Vote
Former baseball commissioner A B Chandler widened his lead for Kentucky Democratic governor nomination as early returns from 1 318 precincts showed him at 102 960 votes to 93 891 for Bert T Combs. Denney led Clay 19 383 to 5 198 in the Republican gubernatorial race with Cooper endorsing Denney.
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Louisville
A. B
Happy
Chandler
Kentucky
Bert T. Combs
U.S
Edwin R. Denney
James L. Clay
Denney
John Sherman Cooper
India
Blican
Ken
U. S
Jefferson County
Combs
Alben Barkley
Earle C. Clements
Senate
Lawrence Wetherby
Coombs
Joseph J. Leary
Gov. Emerson
Puerto Rico escapes threat of Hurricane Connie
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were removed from Hurricane Connie warnings as the eye passed about 100 miles north of San Juan. Winds near 35 mph with brief squalls were reported, five inches of rain fell, and flood risk remained possible for 12 hours. No injuries or damage reported. evacuations occurred in coastal slum areas ahead of the storm.
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Puerto Rico
San Juan
Weather Bureau
Virgin Islands
U. S. Islands
Atlantic
Here
Bureau
New
Isla Verde
Miami
Fla
Civilian Defense Corps
Vic
Dual wife pleads for privacy as Airman’s homecoming looms
Mrs. Una Schmidt-Fine asks to be left alone with Alford B. Fine to protect their private life after she married him believing Airman J. C. Schmidt, father of her son, was dead in Korea. The case involves three adults and a Nevada City lawyer.
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Sacramento
Calif
Una Schmidt-Fine
Korea
Alford B. Fine
J.C
Daniel C. Schmidt
Schmidt
China
Schmidt-Fine
Nevada City
Fine
Harold A. Berliner
Father Dies In Rescue Attempt Near Plainview Lake
Plainview reports a 37 year old father, T. P. Stephenson, died after suffering a heart attack while attempting to save his 14 year old son Jimmy from drowning in a lake near the Stephenson residence. He collapsed in 44 feet of water and died at Plainview Hospital at 6 30. The boy was safe, swimming to retrieve an inner tube buoy as onlookers misread the scene.
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Plainview
Jimmy
Stephenson
T. P. Stephenson
Amarillo Man Set for Byrd Antarctic Expedition Command
Lt. Cmdr. John J. Vandale of Amarillo will command the U S S Wyandotte as part of Operation Deep Freeze led by Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd. The task force departs Norfolk in November, via Panama to New Zealand, rendezvousing at Scott Island for base and airstrip construction in Antarctica.
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Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Cmdr
John J. Vandale
Amarillo
Vandale
U.S.S. Wyandotte
Byrd
U.S.S. Ared
Norfolk
Panama Canal
New Zealand
Scott Island
Antic Circle
United States
Inter
Jailbreak suspect admits escape and crimes in Colorado
Wounded 21 year old Carroll Eugene McKinney admitted after hospital treatment that he and two companions cut from jail in Glenwood Springs last Tuesday and staged car thefts en route to Houston. Capt. Travis said McKinney’s story changed after a call to Sheriff Ray Baker, with details emerging of a jail escape and subsequent crimes. He was shot in the left arm during the sequence and later dropped at St Anthony's Hospital.
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Colorado
Glenwood Springs
Colo
C. E. Travis
Potter County Sheriff's Department
Carroll Eugene McKinney
Houston
Travis
McKinney
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Ray Baker
Amarillo Air Force Base
Panions
Amarillo
Canyon Highway
Accord
Crash Kills 10 Soldiers on Seoul Bridge
An Army truck carrying 20 U S Army 24th Division soldiers to Tokyo R and R left Seoul when it plunged through a railing on a narrow bridge and burned. Eight died at the scene and two died later. ten were injured, some critically. The driver escaped injury. Names of the dead and injured were withheld.
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Seoul
U. S. 24Th Division
Japan
Tokyo
Taylor
Ridgway
Republic of Korea
ROK
Weather Forecast for Am LO and Vicinity and Panhandle
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. Isolated thundershowers possible after noon and evening. Saturday night low 66, Sunday high 92. In Panhandle and South Plains partly cloudy with isolated showers and no major temperature shifts. Precipitation 0.02 inches in 24 hours ending 4 pm. Sunrise 6:01 am, sunset 7:44 pm.
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AM LO
Panhandle
South Plains
Baseball Scores and Standings Across Leagues
West Texas New Mexico League results Amarillo 7 to 4 Pampa 2 to 0 Plainview 6 Clovis 2 Albuquerque 6 Lubbock 2 El Paso 7 Abilene 3 National League Pittsburgh 2 Milwaukee 5 Philadelphia 5 St Louis 3 Cincinnati 13 New York 4 Brooklyn at Chicago postponed American League Washington 6 Cleveland 5 Kansas City 6 Boston 5 Baltimore 8 Chicago 1 Detroit 7 New York 5
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Amarillo
Pampa
Plainview
Clovis
Albuquerque
Lubbock
el Paso
Abilene
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
Kansas City
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
Man Killed in Traffic Crash at Highway 84 Intersection
Chalmers Fulton Bryce 79 died in a car truck collision in Littlefield as Bryce crossed Highway 84 at Westside. Truck driver Marvin R. Jordan of Snyder swerved but could not avoid striking the car. Bryce died at Medical Arts Clinic from a crushed chest. Jordan and Jordan’s 5-year old daughter Judy May were uninjured. The Veazey Cash Lumber Co. truck carried shoe rock and building materials. Investigating officers J. D.
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Littlefield
Chalmers
Fulton Bryce
Bryce
Westside
Marvin R. Jordan
Snyder
Medical Arts Clinic
Jordan
Judy May
Veazey Cash Lumber Co
Snyder and Lubbock
J. D
Amarillo Weather Says 201 Sunny Days In 1955
The sun shone over Amarillo for 201 days of 218 in 1955. A 3 p.m. yesterday reading noted 12 partly cloudy and 15 partly cloudy.
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Amarillo
Navy to review Landy case after press reports
Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas said he will personally review the Navy’s denial of a reserve commission to Eugene Landy a 21 year old Kings Point graduate whose mother is described as a former Communist. He said Landy will get justice though he offered no reasons.
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New York
Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Eugene Landy
Thomas
Landy
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
Ny. Y
Stowaway Girl Found Aboard Athabaskan at Hilo
A 16 year old Hawaiian beauty queen contestant Joycelyn Pilapil was found aboard the Canadian destroyer Athabaskan near Hilo Hawaii after hiding in the ship from July 29. Her mother Mrs Gloria Pilapil says the note found under a pillow implies pregnancy but she doubts the claim. Canadian navy says she is believed to be the first stowaway aboard a Canadian warship and will be turned over to U S authorities in Long Beach California.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Bill
Athabaskan
Joycelyn Joan Pilapil
Gloria Pilapil
Long Beach
Calif
Joycelyn
U. S
Pilapils
Joyce
U.S
Joycelin
Freighted dreams of rapid space travel from 1990 congress
At the sixth annual congress of the International Astronautical Federation in Copenhagen experts forecast rockets shaving transatlantic trips to about two hours. They foresee business travelers leaping San Francisco to London for meals and meetings within a day, with jet planes as slower options and moon landings as future possibilities.
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San Francisco
London
International Astronautical Federation
Europe
New York
Chicago
Johnson Hails Solons Unity in Foreign Affairs
Sen Lyndon B Johnson said Congress has national unity on foreign affairs and the voices of discord are down. As Senate Democratic leader he noted lawmakers put fears to rest about political party control, while he remained hospitalized after a heart condition.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Congress
Johnson
Senate
Executive
United States weighs withdrawing troops from South Korea
Washington reports that top U S policymakers plan a new look at pulling U S forces from Korea. If chosen, troops would return to Japan and other Pacific bases as debates rise among the Joint Chiefs and National Security Council.
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Washington
United States
South Korea
Japan
Pacific
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Maxwell Taylor
U. S
Korea-Japan
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Army
Navy
Air Force
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Tere
Hedgecoke
Copenhagen
Denmark
Joycelyn Pilapil
Solons
Unity
By Jack Bell
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Indochina
SS Dodge
United States Army
Syngman Rhee
C. Park
Drake
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