Amarillo approves preliminary sketches for fourth high school
Amarillo School Board last night generally approved rough plans for Ama rillo's fourth public high school on the north side of Wolflin Avenue between West Lawn and Pecos. Architect Robert F Hucker and associate Earle Parge presented the three wing design with a northeast located Physical Education building linked by a catwalk. Hucker cautioned cost estimates cannot yet be given due to incomplete plans as the structural system is still being explored.
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Daily News
Amarillo
Wolflin Avenue
West Lawn
Pecos
Robert F. Hucker
Earle Parge
Wolflin Ave
Hucker
Wolflin
School Wing Plans Include North Light and Central Commons
Architects proposed a third north wing for the school with single story shop and laboratory classrooms and all rooms receiving light from the north. The plan includes a 56 by 84 foot commons in the west end, which some board members opposed as an open space. The space could serve as a foyer for the auditorium and connect to the cafeteria and library. Some members questioned the student lounge concept.
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Hucker
Planes Collide During Training Two Bases Involved
A Sabre jet struck a B29 bomber during a simulated bombing run near Port St. Joe Florida. Three airmen were killed and three more missing. Both aircraft originated from Tyndall Air Force Base. Wreckage crossed U.S. 98 narrowly missing beach homes.
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Port ST. Joe
Fla
Tyndall Air Force Base
Panama City
U.S. 98
Clyde Leroy Pfeiffer
From A to Izzard on Christmas Color Trends
The piece contrasts traditional red and green Christmas colors with modern pastel and artificial hues. It notes frosted blue, boudoir pink, snowy white, and tinsel silver trees, while arguing for a natural woodsy look. It recalls the shift from candles to electric lights.
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Grandpa
Refunds Begin For No Turn Traffic Fines In Polk Street Case
Municipal Judge Blake Timmons started refunding fines from traffic tickets issued during the Polk Street no turn dispute as of last Thursday. Audrey Anne Simpson of 1602 W. Roberts comments on the new policy, comparing it to London’s scrambling method and urging driver education to keep pedestrians safe.
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Blake Timmons
Polk Street
Audrey Anne Simpson
W. Roberts
London
Oxford St
Dons and Sandies Charity Game Considered by Tschudy
Tschudy suggests a Dons versus Sandies charity basketball game to cover the Community Chest deficit with a likely box office of 2,000 from North Amarillo. The piece highlights local holiday goodwill, a drive-in window story aired on Monitor, and various Christmas anecdotes from Amarillo.
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Dons
Sandies
North
Amarillo
Ken Duke
KGNC
Monitor
Rensselaer
N.Y
Ken
Ted Smith
Navy
Ike Receives Optimistic NATO Power Report
President Eisenhower received a glowing NATO power update from Secretary of State Dulles after a Paris meeting. The two discussed security gains and planned a White House review during Christmas, as Strauss and Snyder provided additional context on ABC matters and health updates edged into public speculation.
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NATO
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
Washington
White House
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
San Jacinto barbers slash haircut price to 40 cents
Union barbers in San Jacinto cut hair costs from 1.25 to 40 cents at two shops on 6th Street. The action is unapproved by the union president who noted a meeting would discuss contract violations and hearings. Owners E. M. Thomas and Roy Highley run the two shops.
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E. M. Thomas
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Leroy Highley
Roy Highley
San Jacinto Barbers
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Highley
Weather notes from Amarillo and Houston during 1955 readings
The record shows Amarillo weather with 333 sunny days in a 353 day span in 1955. Comparative readings at 3 30 p m Monday list wind visibility sky conditions and mph. the data includes partly cloudy and cloudy conditions in Amarillo and Houston with varying numbers.
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Amarillo
Houston
Sub Zero Cold Wave Strikes Midwest to Northeast
A United Press report describes a sweeping cold front from Alaska to the Bronx bringing record lows. Bemidji Minnesota hit 45 below zero as Minneapolis and Chicago reported severe freezes and gearbound traffic, with widespread Arctic conditions across Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania and into upstate New York.
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Alaska
Bronx
Florida
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York State
Tion
Bemidji
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
King Herod the Great and the Bethlehem Massacre
Dr J Carter Swaim discusses Herod the Great, ruler of Judea, who sought to secure his throne. He ordered the killing of male children in Bethlehem and region, rebuilt Jerusalem temple, and housed multiple wives. The piece frames Herod within Roman authority and his grand building projects.
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J. Carter Swaim
National Council of Churches
Jesus
Herod
Judea
Bethlehem
Herod the Great
Augustus
Jerusalem
Model of future satellite on display at Hayden Planetarium
A plastic model of a U. S. government satellite prototype will be shown at Hayden Planetarium in New York. Officials say the real three stage rocket could launch in 1957 or 1958 and send a satellite about 20 miles up, possibly 300 miles later, circling Earth every 90 minutes until it falls back.
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Associated Press
Herbert R. Pfister
Popular Science Monthly
Homer E. Newell Jr
U. S. National Committee For the International Geophysical Year
American Museum-Hayden Planetarium
New York City
New York
Hayden Planetarium
U. S
Planetarium
Earth
Outpost in Space Probes Cosmic Rays and Earth Secrets
A space outpost will send back data on cosmic rays ultraviolet and X rays and the earths magnetic field. It will study the earths exact shape and the density and radiation of the near vacuum at high altitude to illuminate fundamental questions about space.
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Space
Earth
Iter Space
Lighting Contest Rules Are Listed For Christmas Joy
Plans for the annual Christmas lighting contest announced by Jaycees Christmas activities chair Rickman. Judging Friday at 7 p.m. decorations must have a religious theme. A top award for best display and another for most effort, with six trophies total. Keehn chairs lighting arrangements.
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CC. Rickman
Jaycees
Rickman
Bill Keehn
Wave of Thefts Hits Plains Firms
Panhandle and South Plains officers hunt a burglary gang tied to at least 25 Texas firms. The spree includes Vernon, Oklainton, Childress, Burkburnett, Archer City and latest targets Memphis and Plainview. Loot ranges from cash to merchandise totaling about several thousand dollars.
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Memphis
Panhandle
South Plains
West Texas
Plainview
Melton C. Owen
Hardeman County
Vernon
Oklainton
Childress
Burkburnett
Warm Weather to Persist With Winds Up Today
Yesterday’s surprise warmth continues today with stronger winds. The forecast calls for a high near 66 degrees as a warm front replaces a passing cold front. Northwest precipitation grows from a Pacific storm off Washington’s coast.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Man charged in minister slaying in Weatherford case
In Weatherford Texas murder charges were filed against Walter M Vaughn a former church member who says the minister Chester Stevens committed adultery with his wife Mrs Vaughn says Stevens made advances to her and Vaughn shot Stevens after confronting him at his home The bond hearing is set for tomorrow and District Attorney Roy Grogan provided details in a late night interview.
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Weatherford, Tex
Roy Grogan
Walter M. Vaughn
Denver City
Tex
Chester Stevens
Vaughn
Weatherford Satur
Stevens
Associated Press
Weatherford
Grogan
Mrs. Vaughn
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