21 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Amarillo Sunday News Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1955
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes hint at a public scandal involving legislators and powerful privileges. Mentions attest to obligations, a pledge, and a tense political urgency amid a push for reform. Names and concrete details are unclear due to damaged text.
The letter condemns the National Education Association for acting as a publicity agent for the United Nations. It argues the NEA’s “Box Score on the U N” misstates UN actions on Korea and Greece and urges a return to educating children uninfluenced by international politics.
The Amarillo station KGNC-TV was restored quickly after Sunday night’s storm with notable teamwork. Weather officials discuss wind patterns and moisture outcomes, while a disaster drill unfolds nationwide. Ken Duke notes inmates favor Dragnet, renamed This Is Your Life.
Marie Natvig was jailed eight months to two years for lying under oath at the FCC hearing on Edward Lamb's Erie Pa television station license renewal. She testified about being a Communist in the 1930s and knew Lamb, then recanted, leading to convictions on three perjury charges. The judge rejected probation and bond pending appeal, citing danger to the community and questioning her mental capacity.
The record shows testimony about a woman labeling herself a Communist in Ohio and knowing Lamb in that context. Hearings repeatedly deny that Lamb knowingly associated with Communists. The commission has not acted on his license renewal.
Mrs Natvig says her original testimony was coerced by Walter Powell Jr a former commission attorney. Powell dismisses the claim as baseless and untrue and the trial focused on denial rather than truth.
The diary recounts 33 months in Red China with bad meals, dungeons, and mental coercion forcing Lt. Roland W. Parks and three other Air Force pilots to confess crossing the Yalu under orders. The four were released May 31 after a coerced sequence of questions, deportation orders, and limited improvements in confinement.
A Farwell jury found Ollie Williams and wife Jewell Williams died by murder and own actions. Williams used a .22 revolver to kill his wife and then killed himself, four shots fired around 12:30 p.m. on the Williams farm two miles northeast of Farwell. The couple had separated. Mrs Williams had planned to move to Farwell and was on the farm with her attorney to handle property matters.
The Daily News announces Vacation-Pac service from the circulation department DR6-6262. Subscribers can call a day before leaving to arrange home delivery and stay informed while away.
A North Korean light propeller trainer deserted to Seoul near the South Korean capital. Reports say two jets landed at Seoul city air base while Tokyo sources cite one plane with two men joining the United Nations side. North Koreans were handed to Republic of Korea custody.
President Eisenhower pledges to seek lasting peace during the United Nations anniversary ceremonies in San Francisco. He promises a glorious way of life free from atomic threats as the Big Four conference approaches next month. The remarks echo at the U N observances marking ten years since its founding in the city’s opera house.
President Eisenhower delivered the opening address at the United Nations tenth anniversary in San Francisco then flew to Washington. He urged member nations to pursue a hopeful world order while declining to predict Russia’s participation in dismantling war apparatus. Molotov sat nearby as the U.S. pledged to work for peace and consider any viable method for a just settlement.
Thunderstorms moved across the western Panhandle with more storms forecast for Amarillo area this afternoon and tonight. Highs near 87 and lows around 59. Damage reports come from Clarendon where lightning struck dairy cows.
Austrian release reports eight Americans are among Westerners in Soviet labor camps with slim chances of freedom. The ex-prisoners say the group includes Charley Brown from Romania in 1945 and Murray Feingersch from Brooklyn, sentenced in 1949 to 25 years. Capt. Jimmy Fabian of Chicago is also listed among inmates in Siberian camps.
Washington observers recall Gen Alfred Gruenther as a top figure of 1955 and his critique of U S and Soviet strength. He says U S fear and self doubt hinder resolve and warns against over estimating Soviet power or showing weakness in confrontation.
The Amarillo Public School Board scheduled a special session the week of July 4 to hear Supt. Chas M. Rogers’s recommendation on school integration. The move follows a Negro Council request urging desegregation by the 1955 56 term and proposing a cooperative study with the board to forge local plans without outside interference.
Plainview 4 Lubback 2 Albuquerque 7 Amarillo 6 Abilene 4 2 Pampa 3 5 first game 14 innings El Paso at Clovis rain delay National League Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 1 St Louis 4 Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 5 New York 3 American League No games scheduled
The report notes 155 sunny days in Amarillo out of 171 in 1955 with yesterday’s 3 pm readings showing wind 16 mph and visibility 645 miles under partly cloudy to clear skies.
A parked Air Force jet at Portland base spewed rockets causing fires and damage. Twelve rockets flew over the area destroying two jets, damaging two more planes, and hitting a house a mile away. No injuries reported. Air Force estimates two million dollars in damage. Two rockets hit fuel tanks on F89 jets, fires destroyed two planes. another rocket damaged a C46 transport.
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