Tractor Theft Leads Trodden Trail to Suspect
In Panhandle, Texas, deputy Mecaskey tracked a stolen tractor 55 miles along Highway 66 to a Hereford man’s slip of paper. The suspect, 23 year old Robert Russell of Hereford, confessed to taking the tractor for an impulse and was jailed after being flown to Clinton Oklahoma for processing. The case highlights routine police work by rural sheriff's offices in the Golden Spread.
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Bob Daniel
Potter-Carson County
Highway 66
Panhandle
Raymond Mecaskey
Alanreed
Trew Ranch
Mecaskey
McLean
Oklahoma
Gray County
Jimmy Shelton
J. D. Fish
Bethany
Okla
Clinton
P.m
Robert Russell
Hereford
Scotland Yard
FBI
Joe Friday
Ray Mecaskey
Am rillo items mix farms and TV horse show
Am rillo area notes include Murt McCasland showing a soil bank check on his farm set beside a planned telecast of the first horse shoe pitching contest from Ellwood Park. Other items cite Jimmy Hoffa’s union merger ambitions and a Kansas congressman’s foreign aid stance with House votes.
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Murt McCasland
Amrillo
Panhandle
Amarillo Country Club
Channel 4
Ellwood Park
Jimmy Hoffa
America
Wint Smith
Kansas
House
Jes Izzard
Amarillo public hearing weighs central route for interstate
About 600 citizens attended a Friday night public hearing at Municipal Auditorium to weigh pros and cons of an interstate highway through central Amarillo. Officials explained the central route near Wolflin and 19 avenues and noted building this crossing would aid emergencies, while opponents pressed questions on studies and costs. Mayor Armstrong urged thorough economic impact analysis before final route selection.
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Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Wolflin
Avenues
Highway Department
Smith
John Armstrong
City Commission
Girl's Body Found In Shallow Gem Lake Pool
Three year old Jessailynn Geiling drowned at Gem Lake Swimming Pool during noon hours. Anita Covey, visiting from California, found the child in about three feet of water and alerted relatives. Lifeguards and rescue workers attempted artificial respiration for over an hour before a doctor declared death.
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Gem Lake Pool
Daily News
Gem Lake
Les Kilgore
Fire Department
Jessailynn
Jay) Geiling
J. B. Geiling
Jackson
Anita Covey
California
G. L. Bailey
Bowie
J. H. Giddon
Eisenhower denounces rights bill as Senate pushes it forward
President Eisenhower criticizes the revamped civil rights bill in a strong statement while the Senate advances the measure toward passage. The chamber finishes all actions except the roll call on approval and Lyndon Johnson hopes for a roll call next Tuesday. He notes no filibuster signs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Chamber
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Dulles Proposes Global Inspections to Avert Sneak Attacks
Secretary of State Dulles urged U N disarmament delegates to extend open skies into a two part plan for round the world peace inspectors. He proposed Arctic Circles and Europe as a guard against surprise H-bomb strikes with air and ground monitoring. If Russia rejects, an alternate zone would cover Ireland to the Urals and Aleutian regions.
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London
Dulles
Russia
United States
Europe
Arctic Circle
Ireland
Urals
Pacific
Alaska
Soviet Kamchatka Peninsula
Aleutian
Kurile Islands
North Pole
Eisenhower
Hoffa Seeks Union Split and Power Shakeup
The Teamsters Union signals a move to pull three million building trades unions from AFL-CIO, aiming to broaden Hoffa's influence and challenge Meany and Reuther. A Detroit council resolution backs merger with concerns over a high price tag for the merged AFL CIO product.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
AFL- Ela
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Walter Reuther
Hoffa
Teamster
AFL and Cio
Detroit Building and Construction Trades Council
Third Week of Winners Coming Up
Snapshot contest opens for Plains shutter bugs as Plains Glo the weekly Sunday News Globe invites participation. Readers urged to submit entries for the seven week event with rules included in the Sunday issue.
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Sunday News Globe
Lifeguard Rules Tight at Amarillo Pools
Pools require Red Cross lifesaving cards and strict guard rules. Guard counts vary with swimmers, from one to six, with supervision from high viewpoints during hours of operation. At Gem Lake Pool a single guard faced the drowning of a child amid about 20 to 50 swimmers. two guards were on duty that day.
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Red Cross
Amarillo
Daily News
Lifeguards Watch Small Gem Lake Pool on Friday
A sun burned young man in blue jeans sat on a high lifeguard chair at Gem Lake Friday afternoon. He watched about 50 swimmers and spectators, mostly children, as others kept watch from the pool edge and waded in the shallow area.
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Gem Lake
Soil Bank Program For 58 Announced
The Agriculture Department announced a 500 million dollar Soil Bank program for 1958 with new rules to curb surplus crop production. It pays farmers to retire land from cotton wheat corn rice and tobacco and requires total harvested acreage across all crops to be limited. Violators lose payments and face civil penalties equal to half the potential payment.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Seil Bank
Weather Outlook for Amar and Panhandle Regions
Weather forecast from the Weather Bureau notes cloudy conditions in Amar on Saturday with a high near 93 and scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thunderstorms and little change in temperature, continuing hot conditions across the Panhandle region.
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Amar Vicl
Panhandle South
Upper
Baseball Scores From Western and National Leagues
Western League games show Amarillo at Lincoln, Albuquerque 4 Topeka 3, Sioux City 7 Colorado Springs 2, Pueblo 11 Des Moines 8. National League results include Chicago 6 Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 1, Cincinnati 9 New York 5, Philadelphia 4 in 16 innings, St Louis 5, and Chicago 4-19 innings Washington 2. American League scores list New York 3 Cleveland 2, Boston 5, Detroit 1, Baltimore 5-10, Kansas City 4-2.
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Amarillo
Lincoln
Albuquerque
Topeka
Sioux City
Colorado Springs
Publo
Des Moines
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
Washington
Detroit
Baltimore
Kansas City
Rocket boys scatter noise at Holloman launch
In Alamogordo New Mexico a homemade rocket built by two 17 year old youths from Tulsa caused loud noise and smoke but did not lift off. Spectators numbering about 200 watched at Holloman Air Development Center as the device failed to launch. Major General L J Davis commented as report continues on page 24.
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Tulsa
Holloman Air Development Center
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Lzzard
Reese
Charles W. (Chili) Smith
Bureau of Public Roads
Ike
North Atlantic
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
Rocket Age
Phillips
Dory Funk
Houston
Dallas
Oxia
City
Agricuture Department
Congress
Burea
VaAnnanuir
New Mexico
Seevees
Eeerens
Ms Oecesener
Suvncene
Rev
Kgnc-Tv
Julius la Rosa
Atlanta
Dayle Brown
East Point
Kails
Alamogordo, N.M
Clifford Ramsey
Bradley Glos Fer
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