Lone Way ¢ 92: Alvin Bell’s Return and Struggle
Alvin Bell, a disabled former timber worker from Van Buren, suffered back injuries in a Missouri crash two years ago. He found reemployment in California earning about 2.75 dollars an hour, but health and financial pressures linger as his personal injury case remains unresolved. Family and attorneys describe him as devoted and hard working despite adversity.
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Alvin Bell
Missouri
Bell
Kennett
van Buren
Six Killed in One Family Wreck near Groom
A California bound station wagon carrying nine Kennett Missouri family members collided with a trailer truck on U.S. Highway 66 near Groom. Six died, two were injured critically and seriously, and the truck driver escaped injury. The dead include Clayton Aldridge and Alvin Bell along with three Bell children and two Gill family members. The crash, one of Panhandle Texas history’s worst, prompted funeral plans in Panhandle and left many questions about the family’s destination and the other car involved.
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Panhandle
Nett
Groom
Kinnett
Clayton Aldridge
Alvin Thomas Bell
Jack Merle Bell
Alvin Bell
Judy Bell
Alvin
Marty Gill
Kennett, Mo
Missouri
Richard D. Campbell
Oklahoma City
J. W. Blackwell
Amarillo
Navy officers crushed plot to install pro Trujillo rule
Nine people were arrested as the armed forces claimed to have halted a navy officers plot to overthrow the provisional ruling council and install a regime favorable to exiled Trujillos. Gen. Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria faced criticism amid accusations of power grabs and involvement in politics beyond his armed forces role.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Navy
State Council
Trujillo
Adm
Enrique Valdez Vidaurre
Armed Forces
Pedro Rodriguez Fchavarria
Joaquin Balaguer
Trujillos
National Civic Union
Rodriguez Eschavarria
Air Force
Rodriguez Echavarria
Ehict
Feedf eeding Tour Watch By Orville Howard Heads West
Orville Howard New Globe Farm Editor joins 200 Plains farmers and ranchers on a week long Western livestock feeding tour. He will file daily progress reports from the road beginning Monday, with updates to readers.
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Orville Howard
New Globe Farm
Wil
Oil and gas output rise in Texas Panhandle in 1961
Texas Panhandle oil production climbed 16 percent in 1961, gas output up 3.2 percent from 1960. Hemphill County led exploration, followed by Childress, Ochiltree, and Hutchinson counties in key basins. Five helium plants contracted, with annual purchases of 47.5 million dollars for about 22 years. Congress may fund up to 60 million annually, but 47.5 million is authorized. The industry notes a drop in Texas oil producing days to 101.
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Texas Panhandle
Hemphill County
Childress County
Ochiltree
Anadarko
Hutchinson County
Mammoth Panhandle
Congress
Panhandle
Texas Oil
Panhandle Petroleum Index Reflects Local Industry Value
An editor's note introduces a tabulation estimating the Texas Panhandle petroleum industry's value. The index mixes estimations and rated capacities, acknowledging repetition and calculated figures to illustrate the sector's economic role in the area.
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Texas Panhandle
Hazlewood A Candidate in Texas Primaries
Three weeks remain to file for the Texas party primaries with closing roster at midnight February 5 for the May 5 primary and June 2 runoff. Panhandle politics show first full Republican primaries. Democrats see incumbents mostly unchallenged. Senator Grady Hazlewood of the 31st district and Senator Andy Rogers of the 50th district are noted in re districting context.
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Texas
the Panhandle
Panhandle
Grady Hazlewood
Randall
Andy Rogers
Childress
Amarillo Weather Summary from 1962 Readings
Weather notes show Amarillo had sun on two of thirteen days in 1962. Readings include 3 pm observations on a Saturday with wind visibility and mph data. Mentions of cities and figures such as Houston, Dallas, and Okia appear in the fragmentary text.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okia
Moose Fights Train In Idaho Snowy Clash
A big black moose confronted a diesel engine on a snowbound Idaho rail line. The animal charged the locomotive, slashing with its hooves, then backed off and battered the train before wandering into timber. Engineer H Buffalo witnessed the encounter.
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Ashton
Idaho
H. Buffalo
Body Found In Fire Ruins
The 37 year old Amarillo man George Laddie Barnes a jeweler who ran a home watch repair shop was found dead in the smoking ruins of his residence at 3404 Fe 15th early Saturday morning Investigating officers say the fire started near a divan in the living room Barnes body was located four feet from the divan the lower portion badly burned Justice of the Peace Cliff Roberts ruled the death accidental from asphyxiation Fire trucks from Station 6 at the Tri State Fairgrounds responded Barnes wife and two daughters were elsewhere at the time
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Amarillo
George Laddie Barnes
Barnes
Justice of the Peace
Cliff Roberts
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Weather forecast for Amarillo region and nearby states
U S Weather Bureau reports mostly cloudy and colder conditions across Amarillo and Northwest Texas with scattered snow flurries and windy afternoons. Highs near 2 degrees in Amarillo today, 25 in the northwest, 52 in the southeast New Mexico cloudy with light snow in mountains and eastern plains. Temperatures by hour show a cold day with no precipitation in the past 24 hours.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Congo fighting erupts in Stanleyville as Gizenga forces clash
In Stanleyville the Congo army and forces loyal to deputy premier Gizenga fight amid UN efforts to restore order. Casualties cited include 17 Gizenga soldiers and 6 Lundula troops with additional arrests of aides as authorities seek to avert civil war and back President Adoula’s government.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Stanleyville
Congo
Antoine Gizenga
U.N
Gizenga
Victor Lundula
Oriental
Lundula
Cyrille Adoula
Leopoldville
Lundwa
New York
U Thant
Thant
Auto Mishap Kills Comedian Kovacs
Comedian Ernie Kovacs dies in a two am traffic crash near the Beverly Hilton Hotel. His station wagon skidded on a wet Santa Monica Boulevard and struck a power pole, killing him instantly. Edie Adams, his wife, was unaware of the crash.
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Los Angeles
Ernie Kovacs
Kovacs
Beverly Hilton
Santa Monica Boulevard
Milton Berle
Edie Adams
Billy Wilder
Miss Adams
Anslinger to Lead 15 Part Narcotics Series
The Amarillo Globe Times will begin a 15 installment serial by Harry Anslinger, longtime U S narcotics commissioner, recounting the war on drugs. He portrays himself as a crusader against pushers and addiction in a condensed book account titled The Murderers.
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America
Amarillo Globe- Times
Harry Anslinger
U.S
Narcotics
Anslinger
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Don Brown
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Echavarria
Jim W. Walker
Panhandle Petroleum Index
Hazlewood
By Louise Evans
Potter County
Austin
Grady
U.S. Weather Bureau
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