Man Sought in Amarillo Shop Owner Beating Nabbed in Pennsylvania
Less than 12 hours after charges were filed and a warrant issued a suspect in an armed robbery in Amarillo was arrested in Mt Union Pennsylvania. Lynes David Hughes 20 was captured by Pennsylvania State Police after being spotted walking down a street. He was identified by Tex Crossett who said Hughes pistol whipped him with a 2 by 4 tied him with wire and robbed him of about $200. Crossett reported police then spread a description across the area and searched his hotel room in Amarillo for leads.
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Daily News
Amarillo
Pennsylvania
Lynes David Hughes
Tex Crossett
Mt. Union
Hughes
Wiley Alexander
Drew Royko
Royko
Crossett
the Woods Hotel
E. 6Th
South Shaver Street
Rusty Rhodes
Lonnie Seaman
Pennsylvania State Police
Education Report Is Optimistic About Spending Doubles
The White House conference committee endorsed a bright outlook for U.S. education, urging roughly a doubling of annual education expenditures within ten years. It found classrooms lag behind need by about 1,509 facilities yearly and teacher recruitment at a third of goal, while deferring desegregation specifics to communities per Supreme Court intent.
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Neil H. McElroy
Procter & Gamble Co
Eisenhower
White ‘House
McElroy
Supreme Court
Salesman Who Owes $14 Million Nabbed
Phoenix police and FBI agents said the roly poly salesman Harry Lester, 42, real name Hyman Trugman, admitted he was the Buffalo wanted man in town. He fled Buffalo in November 1954 after owing 1.5 million dollars.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Harry Lester
Buffalo
N. Y
FBI
Lester
Hyman Trugman
Five-by-Five Lester: Pro wrestler changed life after bankruptcy
The article outlines Lester known as Mr Five-by-Five a 5 foot 5 inch 250 pound wrestler whose career included handling large sums of money. He disappeared leading to voluntary bankruptcy and federal court filings in Buffalo on November 5 1954 listing liabilities over 1.5 million dollars. Weather snippets mix with the tale of the Buffalo airline stewardess and Buffalo resort sighting at the Pump Room.
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Lester
Buffalo
Daily News Index page tease
The snippet lists sections from the Daily News including Astro-Guide Bedtime Stories Classifieds Comics Editorial Markets Movies Radio and TV Sports Weather Map and Day's Records on page 4 and page 5. It serves as a contents index for the newspaper.
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Astro-Guide
E.sc
S.eees
Legh Es Devicsecs
Five Potter County School Board Elections Timed
Voters in Potter County will select candidates for five school boards including Amarillo Independent School Board with seven contenders for two seats on the seven member board. County posts in Precincts 2 and 4 are up, alongside trustees for Highland Park and the County Common Consolidated districts No 3 and No 4, plus River Road Independent School District. The Amarillo race is expected to draw a larger turnout than last year’s 5 350 votes.
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Potter County
Amarillo
Highland Park
County Common Consolidated
Bushland
Ady
River Road
Where To Vote at Local Schools and Fire Station
Voters may cast ballots at Nixson Jr High on 16th Street and at Lamar School Hammond Jr High. Austin Jr High Bivins School Sam Houston Jr High San Jacinto School Horace Mann Jr High Forest Hill School Sanborn School Pleasant Valley list locations for advance and election day turnout.
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Nixson Jr
16Th St
Lamar
Austin Jr
Bivins
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
Horace Mann Jr
Forest Hill
Sanborn
Pleasant Valley
Contests Hot in Plains Panhandle School Board races
Several hot races shape the Plains Panhandle school board elections. In Dalhart twelve candidates vie for four seats, listing Mrs Leo H Moore Gilbert Wynn Robert Tomlinson Dr Charles Thompson A F Childers Marvin Enfield Loyd Kelley Ed Pritchard Edward L McGaugh Arnold Torr en Joe Keast and Rayman Chandler as contenders. Silverton also reports a heated race with nine candidates for three open posts.
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Dalhart
Leo H. Moore
Gilbert Wynn
Robert Tomlinson
Charles Thompson
A. F. Childers
Marvin Enfield
Loyd Kelley
Ed Pritchard
Edward L. McGaugh
Arnold Torren
Joe Keast
Rayman Chandler
Silverton
Amarillo Man Killed in U S 60 Crash West of Kingsmill
Amarillo man Billy B Hutcheson about 30 of 4316 Lipscomb was killed when his car collided with a trailer truck on U S highway 60 about 9 30 p m 1 5 miles west of Kingsmill. He was alone in the car and the Santa Fe Trailways tractor trailer was the other vehicle. Hutcheson had worked for Saunders Implement Co and later for Bankers Life and Casualty. He is survived by a wife two sons a daughter and a brother Fate Hutcheson. The body was taken to Duenkel Carmichael Funeral Home awaiting family arrival.
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Pampa
Billy B. Hutcheson
Lipscomb
Amarillo
Kingsmill
U. S. Highway 60
Hutcheson
Santa Fe Trailways Truck Service
The
Saunders Imple
Mr. Hutcheson
Fate
Globe News Publishing Co
Duenkel- Carmichael Funeral Home
Farm Bill Out of Conference As Eisenhower Standoff Looms
A Senate House conference committee agrees on a compromise farm bill with a soil bank and 90 percent price supports for basic crops this year. Eisenhower dislikes the 90 percent mandatory supports and plans a morning huddle with Benson to decide. Congress must act next week. Ellender and Cooley warn there will be no bill if the President vetoes.
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Washington
Senate House
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
House
Senate
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Stevenson Kefauver trade barbs in presidential campaign
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver traded sharp remarks as they campaigned separately in Florida and New Jersey. Kefauver accused Stevenson of mudslinging while Stevenson claimed Kefauver’s tactics hurt the Democrats. Stevenson pressed for Florida votes in the May 28 primary and cited missed Senate votes by Kefauver on key measures.
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Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Long Range
Stevenson
Jacksonville
Fla
Tennessee
New Jersey
Eisen
Kefauver
Paterson
N.J
Steven
Florida
Jacksonville Bar Association
Senate
Amarillo Sees Sunny Streak Amid 1956 Weather Summary
Comparative readings at 3 30 p m show sun in Amarillo for 89 days of 97 this year with partly cloudy conditions in Dallas and Oklahoma City. Wind speeds around 12 mph and 2 to 4 mile visibility noted as clear in Amarillo with KGNC TV Colorcast listing the Jimmy Durante Show at 8 30 p m.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
Kgnc-Tv
Jimmy Durante
Acid-Hurler May Have Been In Custody of Police Once
A man who hurled sulphuric acid at labor columnist Victor Riesel may have been briefly held by police after the attack. An unnamed officer said he stopped a youth fleeing the scene and claimed he ran from two Puerto Ricans who tried to rob him. The officer released him and searched for the attackers without success.
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Arthur W. Everett
New York
Victor Riesel
Riesel
Miss St
Dairymen Claim Victory in Oklahoma Milk Dispute
A six member committee of Tri-State Milk Producers Association say Borden Co officials agreed to remove a field representative and cooperate fully. The accord ends local tensions after gun play and threats of barn burnings as independent producers contest truck hauls and permit rules along the Texas-Oklahoma line.
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Oklahoma
Panhandle
City Health Department
Borden Company
Tri-State Milk Producers Association
Young
Guy Thurmond
Sayre
Okla
Association
N. B. Luttrell
Friona
Wheeler
Texas
Luttrell
Borden
Thurmond
W. D. Mitchell
Texas-Oklahoma
Mitchell
Borden's
Sweetwater
Screaming Gunman Dies in Gas Chamber at San Quentin
Robert O. Pierce, 27, and Smith E. Jordan, 28, were executed for the Oakland taxicab driver murder. Pierce died after slashing his throat in the death cell and then in the gas chamber at 10:15 a.m., screaming his innocence as guards strapped him in.
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San Quentin
Calif
Robert O. Pierce
Sam Quentin
Pierce
Quiet Smith E. Jordan
Oakland
Edward Dingberg
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