Costello Faces Contempt and Perjury Charges
Underworld figure Frank Costello faces contempt and perjury actions after two refusals to talk to Kefauver committee investigators. U S Attorney to review Costello testimony for possible perjury, as committee seeks to cite him and two other leaders for contempt.
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Costello
New York
Frank Costello
Senate
Rudolph Halley
Washington
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Ine
Joe Adonis
Frank Erickson
Truman Enjoys St Patrick’s Day Swim In Green Trunks
President Truman wore kelly green trunks on St Patrick’s Day at Key West during a vacation. He swapped from his tan trunks used since March 2 and went to the beach at 10:20 to sun and take a 10 minute swim at the naval submarine station.
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Key West
Truman
Naval Submarine Station
St. Patrick’s Day
Sailor Slaps Air Force General in Waikiki Stir
In Honolulu a Navy enlisted man, Edward C. Burt, 26, arrested Maj. Gen. David M. Schlatter after slapping him and taking him to police. Schlatter, commander of Air Force research and development, said he would not press charges. Burt claimed he mistook the general for a Communist during a Waikiki street encounter.
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Honolulu
Navy
Air Force
Philip Chong
Edward C. Burt
Hibbing
Minn
Lipan
David M. Schlatter
US Air Force Research and Development Section
US Air Force
Europe
Burt
Waikiki
Schlatter
Korea
Treasury forms elite squad to pursue tax fraud racketeers
The US Treasury announced the creation of an elite investigative unit to target tax fraud by underworld figures. Officials said charges will follow, with Ralph Capone cited as the first high‑profile name. Secretary Snyder urged Congress to disclose confidential gambler tax data, noting limits only apply to public law.
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Washington
US Treasury
Treasury
Capitol Hill
Congress
The
Ralph Capone
Chicago
al Capone
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Revenue Bureau
Revenue Service
Foreign Ministers In St Patrick Mood in Paris
Paris on St Patrick's Day sees each member of the Council of Europe Committee of Foreign Ministers receive a shamrock from Irish delegate John O Driscoll in a festive desk surprise.
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Paris
Council of Europes
Committee of Foreign Ministers
John O'Driscoll
Fantastic Creatures Roam Our New Strip
The Sunday News-Globe presents The Ancient Great Plains on page 2. Amarillo artist George H. Turner draws the strip with geology instructor Roy H. Reinhart of West Texas State College supplying information. Future weeks will feature brontothere dinichthys megartherium and dimetrodon.
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George H. Turner
Amarillo
Roy H. Reinhart
West Texas State College
Great Plains
Sunday News-Globe
Regents to Probe Accused UT Professor Ayres
The University of Texas regents will examine accusations by Rep. Bell that economics professor Clarence E. Ayres advocates Socialism. Ayres denies the charge and says he never supported or joined the Socialist Party. An investigation will proceed within ten days per the House resolution.
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Austin
University of Texas Board of Regents
Marshall O. Bell
Clarence E. Ayres
House
Ayres
Socialist Party
Dudley K. Woodward, Jr
Board of Regents
Reuben Senterfitt
Woodward
Lim
Snow Flurries Across Panhandle Reported
A line of snow flurries moved south across the Panhandle yesterday with light precipitation. Amarillo's gauge registered .03 inches while Borger showed .07 and Dalhart .4. Skies to clear Sunday as a cold front lingers, with lows near 24 and highs around 49.
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Panhandle
Amarillo Air Terminal
Borger
Dalhart
Amarillo
Perryton
Guymon
Okla
Gage
Tieumcari
Clayton
Childress
Plainview
Owls Visit Amarillo Woman In Early Night Intrusion
Mrs. Viola Jones of 4233 West Twelfth reported two owls perched in her backyard tree Saturday night. She said she had never seen owls there at this time of year.
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Viola Jones
West Twelfth
Mrs. Jones
Greeks Battle Chinese At Chunchon In Frontline Clash
Greek troops repelled four savage Chinese counterattacks guarding Chunchon base in a blood-swept central sector. American observers praised Greek bayonet work as 222 enemy bodies lay on the slopes. 12 prisoners were taken, with over 600 more wounded.
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Tokyo
Chunchon
Honechon
Eighth Army
Punos
Claim Army Shields Blundering Brass
California publisher accuses the Army of covering up incompetence among officers in Korea. O. D. Keep defends a Navy chaplain's unsigned article for Fortnight. Senate leaders Knowland and Johnson push for a Pentagon investigation into the charges. Maj. Gen. Parks calls the allegations irresponsible and ill considered.
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Los Angeles
California
Today
Korea
O. D. Keep
Fortnight
Navy
Pentagon
Washington
Knowland
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Senate Preparedness
Johnson
Army
Pace
F. L. Parks
Good Seats Remain For Mister Roberts at Municipal Auditorium
Front parquet seats for Mister Roberts have sold out along with box and loge seating. Back parquet priced at 3.25 and balcony at 2 and 1.5 remain. Tickets are on sale today and tomorrow in the Paramount Theater foyer from 1 AM to 7 PM.
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Municipal Auditorium
Paramount Theater
Chaplain Attack Alleged in Korean War Controversy
A signed article has been withheld to avoid immediate retribution to a chaplain claimed connected to corruption and incompetence among Army officers in Korea. The piece notes the chaplain is Roman Catholic and traveled with Marines during the Changjin reservoir retreat, while Army leadership allegedly fled frontline duties for Tokyo weekends.
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Keep
Cmdr
Otto E. Sporrer
San Diego Naval Hospital
Changjin
Korea
Tokyo
New Wage Stabilization Board Emerges in Washington
President Truman may create a new Wage Stabilization Board with labor and management likely to serve. Labor groups plan rallies in Washington to protest high prices and criticise price controls. OPS moves to set markups on food while enforcing record-keeping. Morgan orders nationwide checks for compliance.
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Washington
Truman
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Michael V. DiSalle
Edward P. Morgan
Morgan
Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Mexico City Rises to Third Largest North American City
Census officials report Mexico City now the third largest on the continent with 2,233,709 residents. New York and Chicago top the list. Mexico's federal district reaches 3,058,500 inhabitants.
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Mexico City
U.R
New York
Chicago
Mexico
Federal District
IU Daily Student prints shamrocks on 3700 papers
Indiana University campus newspaper workers labored through the night to hand paint three thousand seven hundred copies of the Daily Student with shamrocks on page one marking the St Patrick’s Day push.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University Daily Student
Patricia Patrick Celebrates 15th Birthday in Clifton
Patricia Patrick celebrated her 15th birthday on St Patrick s Day in Clifton New Jersey. She was born in Shenandoah Pennsylvania with Dr John Patrick in attendance.
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Pat Clifton
Patricia Patrick
St. Patrick's Day
Shenandoah
John Patrick
Missing co ed planned visit across state line
A 17 year old Sam Houston State College co ed Mary Lane Galloway vanished after planning to visit a friend in Amarillo. Investigators traced her last movements from Huntsville to Conroe and Spring, noting two students may have helped her to Conroe and feared college discipline.
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Houston
Sam Houston State College
Amarillo
Mary Lane Galloway
Allen Enloe
N. Sylvester
Huntsville Police Department
Miss Galloway
Conroe
Sylvester
White House bomb shelter upgraded for long term use
Washington March 17. An elaborate radio telegraph and telephone system has been installed in the White House air raid shelter to keep President Truman in contact with the government during an enemy air attack. The shelter has been refurbished with a new communications setup and other improvements to allow much longer occupancy and protection against atomic fallout.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Defense
Six Killed as Navy Plane Explodes Near Calhoun
Six men died when a twin engine Navy plane exploded shortly after reporting all clear during a routine training flight from Pensacola to Caliss. State police described wreckage scattered over a square mile as a burned body was found half a mile away. Names await next of kin notification.
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Calhoun
Here
Pensacola
Fpla
Naval Air Station
Caliss
James L. Holloway
Guided Tours of The Globe News Home for Visitors
The Globe News offers guided tours of its new home at 10 and 2 o'clock Monday to Friday and 10 o'clock Saturday. Each tour covers all departments including the giant press. The latchstring is out and tours showcase the newspaper at its most entertaining and educational times.
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Globe- News
Globe-News
Eisenhower denies Truman 1952 political talk
General Eisenhower rejects any presidential politicking link to 1952 and confirms he has not been told by President Truman of any political possibilities. NBC commentator Merrill Mueller cited conversations about Ike being recalled from Europe to enable a nomination.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Merrill Mueller
NBC
Eisenhower
Quill
Sigma Delta Chi
National Professional Journalism Fraternity
Miami
Fla
John T. Bills
Mueller
Denver
Fisenhower
Europe
Key West
Joseph Short
Briz
C. T. Lanham
Shape Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers
United States
San Francisco
Ike
Harry Truman
White House
Shington
Mrs Thatcher Dies in Oklahoma City at 78
Mrs T C Thatcher of Oklahoma City died Friday night at Wesley Hospital. She would have been 79 this week. Funeral services at Guardian Funeral Home Monday at 4. Survived by husband, two sons Lawrence Hagg and Stanton Thatcher, two daughters and nine grandchildren. Grandchildren in Amarillo include Ann Thatcher and Tom Thatcher.
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T. C. Thatcher
Oklahoma City
Lawrence Hagg
Stanton Thatcher
Amarillo
Wesley Hospital
Guardian Funeral Home
Thatcher
Hagg
Lipscomb
West Tenth
Salem
Ind
Texas
Wichita Falls
Christian Church
First Christian Church
Southwestern
General Mills
F. F. Quaile
Corpus Christi
Roy Hoffman
Minnie Kahn
Frank Cauble
Walter Mount, Jr
Ann Thatcher
Karen Thatcher
Tom Thatcher
Walter Mount, III
Lawrence Edward Mount
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