Billions for New Highways Plan Unveiled
President urges a 101 billion dollar national highway program over 10 years to modernize the system. Federal and state funds would total 101 billion with 54 billion from federal and state allocations already earmarked at 47 billion. The plan aims to create an interstate network to aid peacetime mobility and wartime logistics, making current two lane routes obsolete.
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President's Highway Commission
Canyon-Amarillo
Globe News column reminiscences and an Amarillo note
In a chat with Jack Vincent about Golden Glove ticket sales and old Globe News baseball tours at Metro Park in the mid thirties, memories of San Jon and colorful uniforms surface. The piece reflects on changing times with radio and TV, busy lives, and nostalgia for simpler, friendlier days. A note to editor Charlie Guy complains of uncredited reuse, and Laura Hamner, 83, headlines a Phoenix escape story and ongoing radio and writing work. Also mentions Mrs Clare Boothe Luce’s report to President Eisenhower.
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Jack Vincent
Jack
Old City
Globe News
Old Metro Park
San Jon
Golden Spread
Charlie Guy
The
Phoenix
Arizona Republic
Laura
Winnie Davies Hale
Amarillo
Mamie Wynne Cox
Dallas
Maudie Riggs
Weather Bureau stations to aid fallout area mapping
Amarillo air terminal station joins 21 Weather Bureau sites to help defense officials chart fallout from nuclear blasts. McGill says tests show serious hazards, with coordination from Fort Worth and multiple regional stations. An air burst may cause minimal fallout, while a surface burst could loft radioactive debris over wide areas.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Weather Bureau
Defense
State Division of Defense and Disaster Relief
William McGill
Fort Worth
McGill
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Dallas
del Rio
el Paso
Galveston
Houston
Lubbock
Midland
Port Arthur
San Angelo
San Antonio
Texarkana
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls
Amarillo Bar backs second Potter County court
The Amarillo Bar Association approved creating a County Court At Law for Potter County. A committee will draft a resolution to present to State Sen Grady Hazlewood and Reps Bill Andisana and J Lagar for introduction in the Texas Legislature opening next Tuesday. The County Commissioners support funding in the current budget and Judge Bill Adams would oversee administrative probate tasks.
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Daily News
Potter County
Amarillo Bar Association
Joe Harlan
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Bar Association
Grady Hazlewood
Bill
Andisana J
County Court
Bill Adams
Commissioners Court
Rain Likely on South Plains Areas
A weather forecast indicates rain chances for the South Plains with clouds and warmer temps. Amarillo expected to stay dry until tonight if rain arrives, with a low near 23 and a high around 53. An upper level low from California may bring rain and some snow in elevated New Mexico regions.
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South Plains
Amarillo
California
New Mexico
Grumbles Heard Onike's Plans
Congress reviews Eisenhower State of the Union proposals with Democrat support mixed by unease over trimming armed forces and boosting air power. Senator Russell considers reestablishing a broad defense watchdog subcommittee, a role once led by Lyndon Johnson. Public reaction appears broadly favorable with reservations.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
White House
Court Okays County Salary Hike Amid Deportation Threat
Willie Junker, 72, German resident at 1412-A Washington, faces deportation on Jan 15 after visa violations tied to his Korea era service family. Rep. Walter Rogers files a private bill to seek House Judiciary Subcommittee review for Junker’s case.
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Willie Junker
Istrict
Daily News
Washington
John C. Dills
Walter Rogers
House of Representatives
Junker
House Judiciary Subcommittee On
Melvin O. Pittman
Lubbock
Dills
Korea
Frankfurt
Germany
St. Anthony Hospital
Sgt. Dills
Legal Department
Amarillo Air Force Base
Mexico
Juarez
Randall County Officials Granted 10 to 13 Percent Raises
Randall County officials received salary increases ranging from 10 to 13 percent at a special Commissioners Court session in Canyon. The vote followed requests for a blanket 1 7 percent raise, with ten percent hikes approved for county treasurer Ruth Hill sheriff L S Johnston and sheriff Gene McGlasson. Possible raises for other county employees will be discussed at the regular meeting Monday.
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Canyon
Randall County
Commissioners Court
Ruth Hill
L. S. Johnston
Gene McGlasson
Crash Near Lordsburg Claims Seven Lives in Head On Crash
A speeding car carrying five people collided with a Minnesota couple’s auto on US Highway 70 near Lordsburg New Mexico. Seven people died from the crash and two later died in hospital. The Mitchell car driver Ralph Osborn Mitchell 22 Adena Ohio was said to be three feet over the center line at impact. The crash occurred around 1 30 p m on a desolate highway stretch near a prior fatal day. State police identified victims as Ralph Osborn Mitchell Richard Lavern Hursh 25 and others.
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Lordsburg
N.M
Minnesota
New Mexico City
Neil Moore
Ralph Osborn Mitchell
Adena
Ohio
New Mexico
Moore
Mitchell
Richard Lavern Hursh
Top Brass Ordered Peress Discharge
The Army told Congress the final decision to grant an honorable discharge to Dr. Irving Peress was made by Lt. Gen. Walter Weible and Army Counsellor John G. Adams. A 38 page chronology listed 61 officers and one civilian involved in the case amid Senate scrutiny and McCarthy’s demand for accountability.
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Army Today
Congress
Irving Peress
Walter Emr
L. Weible
Army
John G. Adams
Senate
Peress
New York
Sen. McCarthy
R.wis
McCarthy
Defense
Fred Seaton
Impli
Mae Johnson Seeks Menu Copy From Cuba Cafe Feature
Memo to Bob Tennant in Amarillo notes Mae Johnson wants the Cuba cafe menu copy returned. She cannot recall the meat balls and spaghetti price and asks for the price. Johnson is a Cuba AP correspondent and artist who exhibited a prize painting at the Smithsonian last year.
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Cuba
Bob Tennant
Amarillo
Mae Johnson
Tennant
Ong Street
Johnson
Associated Press
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D.C
Old Soulful Story of a Missing Sample Case
Don Cavanar a shoe salesman of 102 West Hastings reported to police that his sample case containing nine right foot shoes was stolen from his car overnight January 5. His car was parked at 7th and Harrison at the time of the theft.
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Don Cavanar
W. Hastings
7Th and Harrison
Democrats Question Eisenhower Speech Aims
The Democratic National Committee analyzes the State of the Union, questioning proposed armed forces cuts and the absence of an Asia program. It asks whether tariff cuts and more public housing will be fought against GOP opposition, suggesting the President “surrendered” on these issues last session.
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Washington
Jan
Democratic National Committee
Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
Messrs. Dulles and Stassen
U.S
Capitol
Five Day West Texas Weather Outlook
The Weather Bureau reports a five day forecast for January 7 to 11. Temperatures near normal with lows 20 to 42 degrees across Panhandle and South Plains regions. Expect colder Sunday and warmer Tuesday with moderate scattered rain Saturday and Wednesday.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Car Boomerangs in Tucumcari Collision
In Tucumcari New Mexico on Highway 66 Mrs Ed Birchfield stopped to turn left when rear ended by Joyce Dickinson. Birchfield s car spun a full circle on a 53 foot radius then struck Dickinson s car again. No injuries were reported.
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Tucumcari
N.M
Ed Birchfield
Highway 66
Rock Island St
Joyce Dickinson
Eisenhower Panel Backs 101 Billion Highway Plan
The Eisenhower advisory commission approves a 101 billion dollar highway program over ten years. It calls for the federal government to fund most modernization of 40 000 miles of interstate highways and proposes a new financing agency to issue bonds with self liquidating features.
Mother of Sheppard Found Shot to Death
The ailing gray haired mother of convicted wife slayer Samuel Sheppard shot herself in a locked bedroom in Cleveland. Dr Stephen Sheppard found the body with a 38 caliber revolver beside her and a note to son. The family said her husband Dr Richard A Sheppard is in Bay View Hospital with pleurisy and was told of the death.
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Associated Press
Ethel Sheppard
Richard A. Sheppard
Sheppard
Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Samuel
Weather notes from Amarillo and gulf region readings
Weather summary reports show Amarillo with six sunny days in a seven day period in 1955. Comparative readings at 3 PM yesterday indicate cloudy skies and varying wind and visibility across Houston and Oklahoma City.
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Amarillo
Houston Saeers
Okla, City
Woman Becomes Sole Heir to 1 Million Dollar Estate
Mollie Netcher Bragno, 28, of Chicago, becomes sole heir to a department store fortune estimated at 1.54 million dollars after her uncle Townsend Netcher dies in Palm Springs. The estate stems from the Boston Store on State Street founded by Charles Netcher and run by Mollie Newbury. Surviving relatives include sister Mrs. Selma Hart.
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Chicago
Mollie Netcher Bragno
Townsend Netcher
Mollie Netcher Newbury
Palm Springs
Cal
Illinois Treasurer’s
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