Rising Water Floods Panhandle Towns Forces Evacuations
Severe rainfall drenched the Panhandle and surrounding areas prompting evacuations as floodwaters inundated towns from Plainview to Claude. Dam safety crews opened gates on the McLellan dam near Pampe after the structure partially failed, while crews moved twelve families from the farm region below. Street damage and washed culverts disrupted Amarillo and Pampa, with telephone service suffering and runways flooded at low points. Temperatures ranged from the low 50s to the 70s, a new front bringing more showers toward Central Texas and the Gulf Coast by Friday.
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Benhandis Tin Carson
Plainview
Amagilo
Claude Tin Armstrong County
Perryton
Ochiltree County
Borger
Spearmen
Gage Oklahoma
Vega
Oldham County
Dinemitt
Clarendon
Tulla
Lake McLellan
Pampe
Panhandle
McLellan
Pampa
Amarillo
Hereford
Fee
Faila
Canyon
Edmonson
Marthiwest
Piginview
Uhitity
Amarillco
West Texas
el Paso
South Texas
Central Texas
Gulf Coast
Bradley Wins Fight To Keep Silent On Talks With Truman
Bradley secures ruling to refuse disclosure of White House talks with President Truman. Senate debate cites long tradition of executive privilege. Russell argues force Bradley to reveal April 6 conversation while noting past refusals by MacArthur and Marshall to disclose Wake Island and other sessions.
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Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Russell
Bradley Io
MacArthur
Wake Island
Defense
George C. Marshall
White House
George Washington
Russel
Congress
Republic
Wiley
Poisoning Outbreak Hits Army Recruits and Air Force
Washington known to investigate breakfast meals at two nearby posts as 365 men fall ill from suspected tainted food. Fort Meade and Arlington mess halls reported illness among recruits and servicemen with more than 300 hospitalizations. Early reports blamed ground beef, hash, or canned ham though some did not eat hash. In Tokyo, Empress Dowager Sacarako Sedako died of a heart attack at 63, shocking the imperial family.
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Washington
ICPI
Army
Air Force Medical Corps
Fort Sheade
Maryland
Air Force Mess
Fort Meade
Arlington Mess Hall
Tokyo
Hirohito
Empress Sarakeo
Khenlin
Sedako
Taisho
Fhirohite
Livestock Market Report Fort Worth Cattle and Hogs
Livestock in Fort Worth shows generally steady trends across cattle hogs and related categories. Cattle ranges include slaughter steers and heifers at 30 to 35, beef cows 24 to 27, canners 16 to 23.50, stocker calves 28 to 40, with calves around 200 and lighter weights steady. Hogs predominantly steady across weights with good and choice 180 to 260 pounds at 21 dollars, 150 to 175 pounds at 19.25 to 20.75, and 275 to 400 pounds 18.25 to 20.50. sows 15 to 17, feeder pigs 15. The note about an electric bulb breaking mentions air rushing into a vacuum.
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Fort Worth
Belis
Four Feared Dead in Midwest Floods
A Midwest flood report details fears of multiple deaths as Arkansas River danger loomed near Garden City Kansas where 36 families evacuated amid levee threats. The river crested and receded slowly while 500 National Guardsmen and volunteers worked to reinforce the levee. In Ulysses Kansas Loren Steen and spouse were trapped twelve hours in a stalled truck until rescue.
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Jeter
Garden City
Kansas
Arkansas
National Guardsmen
Ulysses
Loren Steen
Stock market figure list and brief historical notes
A long list of corporations and stock abbreviations appears, including Allis Chal Amrad Pet Armco Amer Woolens AT and T Cor Am Wools Vega? and other firms like Goodyear, General Electric, Ford, Dupont, Eastman Kodak, IBM, and US Steel. A miscellaneous note mentions the word housewife first appearing in English in 1425 and the Great Pyramid at Cheops originally stood 451 feet high and covered about 13 acres.
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Alieg Lud Steel
Allis
Amerad Pet
Armco Steel
AT and T
Amer Woolens
Araconda
Beth Steel
Bude Co
Celanese Corp
Carysier Corp
Cities Service
Con Edison
Creole
Davison Chem - Bove Crem
du Pont Chen
Nat
Ohio Oil
Penney’s Inc
Packard Motors
Sears
Esveeeeye
St. Regis
Ree
Stan Oil Ind
Weeere
N. J
Sunray
Tex Gulf Sui
Texas Co
Tex Gulf
Tidewater Corp
Timken
US Steel
Woolworth Inc - Ve
N. O- Cotton
Pia. Watersvers Eeeeevere
Chees
Egypt
Camp Blanket Parties Hearings Stir State Camp Regulation Debate
A Texas Senate committee heard testimony from 38 year old Houston youth Frank Rice about summer camp blanket parties and sexually explicit books. A state camp regulation bill cleared the House committee and moved to subcommittee after witnesses including Houston parents urged licensing and inspection of camps for children.
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Austin
A. House
Frank Rice
Houston
Rice
Texas
George Parkhouse
Dallas
BR. W. Milner
Hd Gill
Regulatory Oil
Charles Milrpay
House Passes Bill On Cissed Shops
House debate on taxation ends with conferees chosen to harmonize tax measures as a big omnibus bill stalls. Senate amendments opposed include natural gas levies and a 2.49 per quart liquor tax. rural road funding and gas taxes remain contentious amid efforts to keep state cash basis for two years. In Old Sturbridge Village, a 1797 house built during Washington’s era is moved to Sturbridge for display.
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House
Senate
Sewell
Cearlton
Mass
George Washington
Sturbridge
Sturbridge Village
Sick List at San Gacinto Memorial
Visiting hours listed for San Gacinto Memorial, 10 to 11 am, 4 to 7 pm, and 5 to 7 pm, with names Gary Lee Mattox La Porte, Mrs Randolph Hyston Jands, James B Scroggins 19 Dyer, Mrs Raron Powell 26 hurts Lown, Horace Cook Crosby, Jim Larry Crosby, and disn Fry listed in Sun Classified Ads dialing 8302.
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San Gacinto Memorial
Pam
Gary Lee Mattox
la Porte
Randolph Hyston
James B. Scroggins
Dyer
Raron Powell
Sterk and Oman welcome daughter at San Jacinto Memorial
Sterk and Mrs. L. J. Oman Jr of Route One announce the birth of a daughter yesterday at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. The baby, weighed seven pounds two ounces, is the child of A Juarez of 1122 Richami Drive. A separate note mentions a five dollar fine for eligible voters.
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Oman
L. J. Oman, Jr
Route One
San Jacinto Memorial
A. Juarez
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