Texas Bowl Victories Highlight 1939 Football Season
New Year statistics show Texas teams dominating bowl games with eight victories and six losses overall. Notable results include Texas Christian beating Syracuse in the Cotton Bowl, Baylor topping Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl, and West Texas State defeating Mississippi Southern in the Tangerine Bowl, while Texas Western fell to George Washington University in the Sun Bowl.
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Tennessee
West Texas State
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Texas Western
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Hungarian Refugees and Notable Figures
The piece discusses Hungarian refugees entering the U S with concerns about infiltration but notes Vice President Nixon supports expanding immigration. It highlights notable Hungarians such as Franz Liszt Sigmund Romberg David Lilienthal Eugene Ormandy Alexander Korda Dana Massey Leslie Howard Bela Bartok Joseph Szigeti the Gabor sisters and Eugene V Debs. It concludes Hungarians are admirable people.
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Austria
Un-American Activities Committee
Hungary
Franz Liszt
Sigmund Romberg
David Lilienthal
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Oo Oo Time Magazine
Eugene Ormandy
Alexander Korda
Dana Massey
Leslie Howard
Bela Bartok
Joseph Szigeti
Gabor Sisters
Eugene V. Debs
Highway work pace questioned by retired railroad man
J. D. Clark questions why expressway work stops idle machinery. Pete Gilvin of Gilvin Terrill Inc explains 60 hour weeks are typical and extending them would outpace material deliveries, especially steel, risking shutdowns. He adds highway projects cannot realistically run after dark.
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J. D. Clark
Pete Gilvin
Gilvin-Terrill, Inc
Avuarillo
US Plans 24 Million Air Base on Formosa
The United States will build a 24 million dollar jet fighter and strategic bomber base on Formosa for the Nationalist Chinese air force. The base will enable U S bombers to reach Peiping and will be located in central Formosa, likely Taichung on the island’s west coast.
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Formosa
United States
U.S
Peiping
Taichung
Delinquency Report Blames Parents Signposts to Trouble
A Texas Youth Development Council annual report cites a majority of parents who deny rising juvenile delinquency while noting no expert on prevention exists. The document covers the year ended August 31 and urges acknowledgement of social problems beyond excuses.
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Austin
Texas Youth Development Council
New Lawmaker At Austin Post
Rep. Ted B. Springer of Amarillo enters his first Texas Legislature session in Austin. He expects limited early activity but supports annual sessions and salaries, plus a lobbyist registration law, aiming to back Amarillo interests and enroll his 9 year old son in local school.
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Austin
Ted B. Springer
Amarillo
Springer
Students Battle Communist Police in East Berlin Party
West Berlin Morgenpost reports East German students clashed with communist police during a New Year’s Eve party in Jena. Two policemen were seriously injured and four students arrested.
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Berlin
Sam Rayburn Re elected House Speaker In Historic Vote
Washington January 8 Congress opened with a familiar scene as Sam Rayburn of Bonham Texas won the speakership 227 to 199 over Republican Joe Martin. Rayburn’s long tenure reflected a steady Democratic era as he and Martin exchanged courteous speeches signaling continued cross party cooperation.
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Lyndon Johnson
Texas
William Knowland
California
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Knowland
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Congress
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Tex
Rayburn
Martin
William B. Bankhead
Light Showers Sweep Tri State Area Amid First 1957 Moisture
The first moisture of 1957 fell over scattered parts of the Tri State area Thursday night with rain in Clovis east Amarillo Canyon Olton Lubbock and Silverton. Forecasts predicted light showers and cloudy skies with sprinkles into today as a Pacific front moved through. Snow and rain were reported in New Mexico with colder temperatures in the southeast. showers were noted from Palo Duro Canyon to Canyon and in Las Vegas and Cline's Corners with no heavy moisture expected.
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East Amarillo
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Silverton
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Lily Wafford
Daily News
Amarillo Air Terminal
Palo Duro Canyon
Canyon
Pacific Northwest
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Slaton
Tulsa
Plainview
Childress
Hobart
Cline’s Corners
Las Vegas
United States
Amarillo
Parents halt rescue of two climbers on Mt Blanc
In Chamonix France on January 3 a dramatic decision by the parents of Jan Vincedon 24 and Francois Henry 23 ended the 13 day effort to rescue the two men trapped two miles up Mt Blanc Europe's highest peak after eight others had been saved earlier in the day.
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Chamonix
France
Mt. Blanc
Europe
Jan Vincedon
Francois Henry
Weather and rescue efforts span Amarillo to Panhandle regions
The United States Weather Bureau forecast cloudy conditions with cool changes for Amarillo and vicinity, including a low of 32 and high of 52, while the Panhandle and South Plains expected rain through Friday and a fair, cool Saturday. Separate rescue drama described French helicopter crews lifting eight men from a wrecked helicopter while authorities debated another attempt. two rescued were gravely injured and parents remained uncertain at a mountain base.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Henry LaForest
Bonus Prices Set for Amarillo Fat Stock Show
Amarillo Fat Stock Show sales committee met in the Flame Room at Pioneer Natural Gas to secure premium prices for calves. Rex Baxter reported last year 80 steers averaged 32 cents per pound, grand champion 2.10, reserve 1. Rex Baxter noted swine averaged 21 cents per pound with champions at higher rates. Lambs averaged 28 cents per pound with breed champions at 1.00 per pound. This year 120 steers, 82 swine, and 102 lambs already entered by club boys.
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Pioneer Natural Gas
Mason King
Amarillo
Rex Baxter
Baxter
Woman becomes first mayor of Laramie
Laramie Wyoming January 3 1930 city council unanimously elected Mrs Josephine Fay as the city's first woman mayor signaling a shift in local leadership. The notice frames the historic event and notes the town’s old west image contrasted with this modern milestone.
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Laramie
Josephine Fay
Belts Tightened All Canada Caught By Railway Strike
Canada wide rail strike halts Canadian Pacific operations affecting 64,000 idle workers and communities from Halifax to Victoria. Prime Minister St Laurent and Cabinet consider possible legislation as 3,000 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen walk out over gradual elimination of firemen on diesel engines.
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Montreal
Que
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Louis St. Laurent
Ottawa
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Victoria
British Columbia
Crude price rise signals first general hike since 1953
Humble Oil & Refining Co and Continental Oil Co announced crude purchase price increases averaging 35 cents per barrel effective today. The move, the first general rise since June 1953, responds to surging demand since the Suez crisis and higher unit costs.
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Houston
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Continental Oil Co
Humble
Texas
Continental
New Mexico
Sea
Weather brief from Amarillo reports eight sunny days
Sun shines over Amarillo for eight days in a row with readings near 3 p.m. across cities. Wind, visibility and gusts noted for Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo. varying cloud cover observed.
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Ursday
Houston
Dallas
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