Jail Sentences for Reckless Drivers Draw Mixed Frontier Poll
A Friday poll in The News-Globe microphones 250 Amarillo residents, 187 say yes to jail terms for reckless motorists, 49 no, 14 no opinion. Support spans merchants, professionals, clerks and drivers, with calls for drastic action to curb speeding. Police and public figures weigh in, including a veteran railroad man and a truck farmer, while a reporter describes a fatal highway scene underscoring the urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
News-Globe
Tack
the Globe
H. J. Funk
Polk Street
Pleasant Valley
J. C. Wheatley
Caddo County
Oklahoma
J. B. Barber
Florida
New Mexico Transportation Bus Lines
Colorado
Glenn McDavid, Jr
Bellaire
Lee Dowlen
North Seventh
Carl Adams
Pierce
Fatal crash east of Amarillo claims two lives
A Jeep pulling a house trailer collided with a loaded truck on Highway 46 about 9 PM 16 miles east of Amarillo. Mr and Mrs Lowell McDuffee of Clinton Indiana were crushed to death. their son Allen 6 was critically injured and younger brother Ronnie 3 suffered minor injuries. Driver Robert Edwin Daniels of Brownwood escaped injury. hitchhiker Samuel B McGuffee of Ada Oklahoma uninjured. The crash left the vehicles wrecked and scattered fence posts, with all bodies removed to local chapels and hospital care arranged.
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Paul Timmons
Amarillo
Highway 46
Lowell McDuffee
South Main
Clinton
Ind
Allen McDuffee
Ronnie McDuffee
Robert Edwin Daniels
Brownwood
Samuel B. McGuffee
Ada
Okla
Daniels
St. Anthony’s Hospital
N. S. Griggs @ Sons ambulance
Aljston McDuffee
Weather Summary for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy conditions prevail Sunday and Monday across Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas with scattered thundershowers. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Temperature readings from yesterday indicate highs near 90s and lows around mid 60s with sunrise at 6 14 AM and sunset at 7 25 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Claewen
Caroline Ie
Car Truck Crash Near Dumas Leaves Two Seriously Injured
Two itinerant truck drivers were seriously injured when their light car hit a standing butane transport on US Highway 287 two miles north of Rivers Road School near Dumas. Driver Raymond McClinton remained in hospital in serious condition. Perry Hiner sustained rib fractures and bruises. butane truck driver Darwin McDaniel faced charges of driving while intoxicated and paid a $500 fine with license suspension while in jail.
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Dumas
Rivers Road School
Raymond McClinton
Meadville
Perry E. Hiner
Lamar
Colo
McClinton
Darwin George McDaniel
D. N. Bills Butane Co
Levelland
Ernest O. Northcutt
McDaniel
Potter County
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Hiner
Billy Thomas
J. W. Foust
Amarillo
Thomas
Foust
Baltimore
Hinner
Lord and Lady Inverchapel Leave for United States
Lord and Lady Inverchapel, remarried after a two year divorce, depart by British Overseas Airways plane for the United States where Lord Inverchapel will resume duties as British ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord and Lady
London
Lord
Lady Inverchapel
United States
Lord Inverchapel
Tropical storm nears Texas coast threatening Galveston
The storm tracked northwest at about 10 mph with 50 mph winds near its center as warnings extended from Matagorda to Lake Charles. Galveston prepared as the fourth Gulf storm of the season, following earlier disturbances that caused crop and property damage along the Texas coast.
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Galveston
Texas
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Army
Matagorda
High Island
Port O’connor
Lake Charles
Florida
Tampico
Mex
Kendrick in Hospital After Emergency Appendectomy
King Kendrick of 1505 Parker underwent an emergency appendectomy Friday at Northwest Texas Hospital. His condition yesterday was reported as good.
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Kendrick
King Kendrick
Parker
Northwest
Texas
A Chip off the Old Block head
A Racine youth learns that his high school transcript was mistaken for his father’s when admitted to the University of Wisconsin extension center a admission slip shows grades too low for entrance but the student discovers the document belongs to his dad.
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Racine
Wis
University of Wisconsin Extension Center
Yes Edge to Yes on Amendment in Lone Star Vote
Early returns show the Texas constitutional amendment lagging its initial lead as 188 of 254 counties report 68 250 for and 63 718 against amid a 58 to 51.8 percent swing. Election Bureau head Robert Johnson says trend not clear. about 200 000 votes expected. In congressional races Clark W. Thompson leads Ninth District. Ken Regan tops 16th District.
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Associated Press
Robert Johnson
Texas Election Bureau
Johnson
Clark W. Thompson
Ken Regan
Thompson
Galveston
Congress
Louis J. Sulak
LaGrange
J. C. Trahan
Texas City
Robert H. Abell
Torney
George P. Baron
Yoakum
Ben Faber
Eagle Lake
Morris Schreiber
Galveston County Republican Committee
W. M. Stokes
Victoria
Regan
Midland
Woodrow Bean
Bean
Louis A. Fair
el Paso
Ord Gary
Victor B. Gilbert
Pat Hargrove
Edna
University of Texas
Newton W. McCann
Bowie County
Joe Smith
Marion County
Potter County approves hospital bonds to enlarge Northwest Texas
Potter County voters approved a 750000 bond issue to enlarge Northwest Texas Hospital by 100 beds. 991 to 589. They also barely backed a state college building program 60 million dollars for 16 state colleges, 837 for and 806 against, a margin of 31. Complete unofficial returns from 27 precincts show about 1600 votes cast with over 12000 eligible voters.
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Potter County
Northwest Texas Hospital
Gene Klein
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Northwest
Texas
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hospi
Tal
Randall County
West Texas State College
Randall
Amarillo
Alice Landergin
Tragedy Claims Potter County First Boy
Henry B. Wesley, known as Ben, Potter County's first white native son, died when his car overturned near Tucumcari after a Quay County rodeo trip. He was born Sept. 5, 1887, in a dug-out by Amarillo creek and later became a pioneer stockman in Happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Rasco
Potter County
Henry B. Wesley
Happy
Mr. Wesley
Happy Stockman
Tucumcari
S. N. Carruthers
Quay County
Potter
Fort Worth
Denver
Amarillo
Amarillo Creek
Chifside
Ben
Wesley
Henry Wesley
Palo Pinto County
Wesleys
Palo Pinto
Oklahoma
mid-Panhandle
Uncle Henry
Tsaldaris Forms New Greek Government After Maximos Collapse
Tsaldaris, former premier and Royalist Populist Party member, arrives to form a new Greek cabinet after Maximos’ resignation over clashes with Communist guerrillas. He aims to include all parties and soon announce ministers, likely with Napoleon Zervas staying or shifting portfolios. Parliament to reconvene and elections planned.
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Maximos
Tsaldaris
Paul
Greece
Napoleon Zervas
Zervas
Maxivedi Net
Houston permit boom clears two million in one week
City Permit A. L. Harrison reported more than two million dollars in building permits issued in Houston this week, signaling continued expansion and a faster pace than the same date last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
A. L. Harrison
Trio Nabbed in $9 000 Theft
Three suspects two women and a man were arrested by Amarillo police late last night amid an Oklahoma City burglary and safe cracking case in which over $9,000 was stolen. They were picked up about 9 30 in a 1940 Ford with Illinois plates reported stolen. The women, both 20, were described as a slender brunette and a buxom blonde. the man is 25.
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Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Sixth
Madison
Illinois
Oklahoma City Police
Patents chief resigns. Kingsland named successor
President Truman announced Casper W. Ooms resigns as commissioner of patents. Lawrence C. Kingsland of St. Louis is named as his successor.
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Washington
Truman
Casper W. Ooms
Chicago
Patents
Lawrence C. Kingsland
St. Louis
Massive underground Army project near Albuquerque explored
The Denver Post reports an army civil defense dig in a mountain near Albuquerque, with vast excavations and a subterranean research lab. Alleged plans include a 30 acre underground facility and conveyor belts to surface bombs. Lilienthal denies any such project by the AEC.
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Denver
Denver Post
Albuquerque
Post
Robert Fenwick
the Post
The
David E. Lilienthal
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy Commission
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River Road School
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Russell Stationery
Wallace Heath
West 6Th St
Ihkae
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