From A to Izzard More Tumbleweeds Lesson in Botany
Readers discuss tumbleweeds clarifying there are multiple species. Banker Clifford Allison notes a Panhandle tumbleweed predating Russian thistle, lighter and thornless but large and easily controlled. Nosey Joe recalls broom weed and non Russian tumbleweeds, while Webster’s dictionary expands the term to many species.
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Clifford Allison
American National Bank
McLean
Panhandle
Nosey
Joe
St. Francis Avenue
Allison
Webster
North America
Handwritten quirks spark thoughts on business and life
A Wichita Falls Rotary spokesman notes a doctor's illegible handwriting can oddly aid daily life from a two year prescription used as a railroad pass to entry into venues and even a piano scholarship story. Also included is brief chatter on global trade, education costs, and a Uruguayan president arriving in Washington.
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Rotary Spokesman
Wichita Falls
Radio City Music Hall
Ebbets Field
Curtis Conservatory of Music
Dye’s courtroom outburst ends with five year sentence
A 32 year old Amarillo man known as Dye faced a second trial in 47th District Court after an earlier confrontation with deputies and prosecutors. He claimed insanity but the jury found him guilty of indecent exposure and sentenced him to five years in the state penitentiary. The incident in question occurred June 7 at a local newsstand involving a 5-year-old girl. Dye had previously been committed to a state mental hospital in 1950 and 1953.
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47Th District Court
State Penitentiary
Dye
Amarillo
Oklahoma State Mental Hospital
Jury Named in Washburn Murder Case in Texas
A jury of one woman and eleven men was selected in Waco to try Harry L. Washburn on charges he planted an auto bomb that killed his former mother in law, Mrs Helen Harris Weaver, at a San Angelo ranch. Washburn pleads innocent and says he was 400 miles away in Houston during the blast.
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Associated Press
Harry Washburn
Helen Harris Weaver
San Angelo
Shuford Farmer
Center
Woodie Zachary
Waco
Washburn
54Th District Court
Jim Bowman
Waco, Tex
Harry L. Washburn
Houston
West Texas
Fair Mild Weather Returns After Light Snowfall
Amarillo and surrounding area will see a sunny day with warmer temperatures after a light snow event. Expect a low around 22 and a high near 52 with brisk southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. No additional snow is anticipated while past moisture totals include .10 inch yesterday. A Pacific cold front will lower temps midweek with stronger winds. no extreme cold is expected.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Panhandle
Tulsa
Happy
Imperial Anxiety 8th Brings Record $7,800
Walter Graham won the 11th annual Anxiety Hereford Breeders auction with Imperial Anxiety 8th, a Lamp lighter descendant, setting a new Amarillo top price of 7800 dollars. The sale grossed 39650 dollars from 66 animals, averaging 601 dollars, with bulls averaging 732.40 dollars.
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Daily News
Walter Graham
Amarillo
Graham
H. B. Rigby
Rexburg
Idaho
John C. Burns
Fort Worth
Burns
Walter Britten
Giles Pleads Guilty In Veteran Land Bribe Case
Former land commissioner Bas com Giles pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary on two bribery convictions tied to the veteran's land program. A third indictment for a $15,000 bribe was postponed. The state won a $33,000 civil recovery judgment, with concurrent sentences and a planned appeal announced.
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Crystal City
Bascom Giles
Ross Doughty
Distict
Giles
J. Paul Little
Veteran's Land
Wagner, Baseball Great, Dies at 81 in Carnegie
Pittsburgh report announces the death of John Honus Wagner at his Carnegie home age 81. Revered as baseball's greatest shortstop and among the era's top players, he leaves a lasting legacy in the sport.
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Pittsburgh
John
Honus) Wagner
Carnegie
Air Defenses Test Under Cracker Jack Exercise
The Operation Cracker Jack drill began late today testing North American air defenses. About 400,000 Civilian Grand Observer Corps volunteers joined with U S and Canadian forces in a surprise continental exercise aimed at alertness and readiness.
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Washington
North American
Grand Observer Corps
United States
Canada
Liquor Store Hit for Fifty Dollars in Heist
A lone bandit robbed T and M Liquor Store at 116 East 4th Avenue last night around 7 30 p.m. He threatened a stickup and fled east after taking about $50 in currency. Clarence Pickard, the manager, described the assailant as unmasked and implied a gun was present though no weapon was seen.
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E. 4Th
Clarence Pickard
Pickard
Mrs. Boger Dies at 100 in Amarillo
Amarillo centenarian Mrs May Pitt Boger died at 2 25 p m in Thurmonds Convalescent Home She had lived in Amarillo three years and was mother of Dr Roy G Boger director of Amarillo Center of West Texas State College Funeral services were set for 4 p m at Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr Eugene Slater officiating Graveside services were planned for 11 a m tomorrow at Laurel Land Memorial Park Cemetery Fort Worth under Crowder Home direction
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May Pitt Boger
Amarillo
Roy G. Boger
Amarillo Center
West Texas State College
Boger
Thurmond
Polk Street Methodist Church
Eugene Slater
Senator Langer seeks subpoenas in Dixon-Yates probe
Senator Langer demanded a subpoena for Postmaster General Summerfield and White House aide Sherman Adams as part of the Dixon-Yates inquiry. He aims to uncover how much Dixon and Yates contributed to the 1952 Republican campaign and whether any criminal conspiracy ties exist to the canceled 107 million dollar Tennessee power plant contract with TVA.
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Washington
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Senate
Summerfield
Sherman Adams
White House
Dixon- Yates
Langer
Mr. Dixon
Mr. Yates
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Edgar H. Dixon
Eugene A. Yates
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Amarillo Sees 300 Sunny Days in 1955
Weather brief notes Amarillo enjoyed bright conditions during 1955 with 300 sunny days out of 340. Also mentions readings at 3:30 p.m. Monday with wind 15 Dallas miles and cloud cover described as cloudy and partly cloudy across nearby observations.
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Amarillo
Churchill Criticizes Soviet Tour Sparks Global Debate
The former prime minister Sir Winston Churchill chairs a British reaction to Bulganin and Khrushchev tours, calling the spectacle surprising. Khrushchev criticizes colonial profits in Burma while Maymyit hosts armed clashes against rebels. In New Delhi, anti US Portugal tensions rise over Goa as India seeks incorporation.
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Associated Press
Winston Churchill
South Asia
Woodford
England
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita 8
Khrushchev
Moscow
Pravda
Foreign Office
Bulgaria
New Delhi
Bulganin
India
Portugese
Far East
United States
Goa
Portugal
Oae
U.S
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Walter Rogers
Finis Jennings
Muleshoe
John Fowlston
Derrick Ranch
Dumas
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Wes Izzard
Berres IN
Luis Battle Berres
Uruguay
MR. Dye
Marianne Johnson
John Henry Dye
Gene Jordan
Wayne Bagley
Bagley
Henry Maggard
Red Basden
Basden
Maggard
Ike
James Devlin
New York
Afl-Cio
Gettysburg
71St Regiment
Park Avenue
George Meany
The
Dalhart
Boise City
Guymon
Oklahoma Panhandle
Criswell Ranches
Graham, Tex
Doughty
Bulletin
Astro
Dixon-Yates
Adams
By Wilmot Hercher
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Lewis E. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Rowland R. Hughes
Dallas
Okla
Churchill
Britain
London
Mandalay
Maymye
Burma
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