Art Gallery At Amarillo High Displays Original Oils
At Amarillo High School the art gallery features 48 original oil paintings worth over 12000 dollars. The works, chosen by principal R. B. Norman, include Reynolds Wood Berthelsen and Couse, donated or bought with funds from the student activity program started during the war.
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Amarillo High School
R. B. Norman
Reynolds
Wood
Berthelsson
Couse
Norman
Butler Field
Amarillo Jaycees Receive Week Proclamation
Mayor Art Jordan proclaims January 14 to 21 as Junior Chamber of Commerce Week in Amarillo. He lauds the Jaycees for civic work and urges city groups to assist. The week features church attendance by Jaycee members, church notices, and the Chamber banquet honoring Amarillo’s Outstanding Young Man with a Distinguished Service Award key to the city.
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Art Jordan
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Jordan
Four Hearsemen
Cecil
Scramble system debated by geologist and traffic chief
Ray Fickel urges airing of views on Polk Street scramble system. Miller explains he supports it only under saturation conditions or on very narrow streets and notes it would extend lights on Polk, not eliminate No Turn signs, with mixed results in Albuquerque and other cities.
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Ray Fickel
Miller
Polk
Mr. Miller
Yale University
Denver
Polk Street
Sth
Albuquerque
Just About Right for the Draft Opinion by Eugene Hill
Eugene Hill of Dumas urges a new department to balance draft concerns for youths with an oldster focused section. His sample suggests youth affected by disasters. references to Amarillo, teachers, and cars appear. The excerpt also notes a Texas politician accepting a bribe and a quip about big shots.
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Eugene Hill
Dumas
Department
Oldsters
Amarillo
Humphrey Attacks Dulles Brink of War Remarks
Sen. Hubert Humphrey accuses Secretary of State Dulles of endorsing brink of war tactics in U S foreign policy. He demands Eisenhower state agreement with Dulles and cites Life magazine quotes on Indo China deterrence and Formosa action. Humphrey calls for public disclosure of Dulles testimony to the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
D-Minn
State Dulles
Dulles
Life Magazine
Life
United States
Indo-China
Congress
Formosa
Mr. Dulles
America
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Indo- China
Anthony Eden
Britain
Mendes-France
France
Mylles
Missionaries Buried in Jungle After Flight Into Auca Territory
Quito Ecuador January 13 five American missionaries who flew into the Auca jungle last week to evangelize the tribe are dead. They were buried in the Cararay River Valley after being attacked likely soon after radioing they faced an unfamiliar group of Auca warriors. Ground and air searchers recovered the fifth body today.
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Quito
Ecuador
Auca Indian Jungle
Cararay River
Junior Livestock Show Opens Today
The Potter County Junior Livestock Show begins at 8 a.m. in the Swine Arena on the fairgrounds. About 100 animals from 4-H and Amarillo Future Farmers will be shown, with 18 fat calves 45 barrows and 40 sheep expected. Calf classes judged by Calvin Holcomb. swine and lambs by Tom Duffey. Superintendents are Art Bralley, Herb Davis, Roland Baumhardt, Gene Southall and Fred Cross.
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Potter County
Fairgrounds
Gene’ Southall
Amarillo
Calvin Holcomb
Swisher
Tom Duffey
Plainview
Art Bralley
Herb Davis
Roland Baumhardt
Gene Southall
Fred Cross
Nine-member panel to decide Amarillo school integration proposal
The Amarillo Council of Community Organizations names a nine member committee to judge the school board’s latest integration proposals after Negro leaders say the plans bypass the Supreme Court rulings. The panel will meet soon to consider next steps, possibly leading to court action or acceptance.
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Fred Schofield
Daily News
Amarillo
L. B. George
R. H. Hines
Robert W. Handy
Supreme Court
Motel Owners Unite Against Federal Highway Plan
The Texas Panhandle Motor Court Association adopted a resolution opposing parts of the Federal Defense Highway legislation. They complain it forgoes public hearings on by passes and allows federal land condemnation without court redress. The group urges Congress to amend the law and plans to lobby lawmakers.
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Texas Panhandle Motor Court Association
Neal
Charcoal Broiler
NW 8Th
Amarillo
Amarillo Air Force Base
Secretary of Defense
United States
Troy Jones
W. R. Scott
Association
Congress
United States outlines first space satellite plan during IGY
The Defense Department announced Patrick Air Force Base in Florida as the U S launch site for early satellites described as a first step toward manned space flight. Soviet plans for an earlier launch were noted, with US aims to place a satellite in an egg shaped orbit 200 to 806 miles up, circling every 90 minutes for scientific data.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Defense Department
Patrick Air Force Base
Coca
Fla
U. S
Earth
Auto Dealer Enters the In Primaries
Manchester dealer Maurice J. Grant filed petitions to place President Eisenhower on New Hampshire's March 13 primary ballot bypassing the Eisenhower organization. Deputy Secretary Harry E. Jackson weighed if 100 signatures exist across two congressional districts. If valid, a White House telegram would trigger a 10 day window for withdrawal before the name remains on the ballot.
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Concord
N H
Manchester
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Harry E. Jackson
Maurice J. Grant
Jackson
State House
White House
Weather notes from Amarillo and Houston in 1956 show clear to partly cloudy days
Readings from 1956 report sun days in Amarillo and wind and sky conditions listed for Friday at 3 30 PM. Entries show clear or partly cloudy skies with mph visibility and temperatures, including Houston and Amgerillo observations.
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Amarillo
Houston
Daling
City
Amgerillo
Young Airman Dies In Car Train Collision
A car carrying Marvin W. Woods and A J C Raymond Lewis Duchesne collided with a Santa Fe train on Eastern, killing Woods instantly. Duchesne survived, brakes reportedly failed, and Woods was dead on arrival at St Anthony's hospital. Woods owned the Zette Theatre in Carrouzett. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Charles Klein
Daily News
Carronzett
Santa Fe
Eastern
Marvin W. Woods
Carrouzett
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Woods
NE &Th
A.J.C. Raymond Lewis Duchesne
Amarillo Air Force Base
Duchesne
Waynoka
Oklo
Santa Fe Railway
Amarillo
Neil
W. F. Myers
Boxewell Bros. Funeral Home
8Th
Four Americans Rescued After Rioters Burn Mission Hospital
Four Americans were brought to safety by Arab legion troops after rioters burned two buildings of a Southern Baptist Mission hospital in Ajlun north Jordan. Hospital staff were not injured. Lloyd Lovegreen, the hospital director, was among the evacuees.
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Amman
Jordan
Arab Legion
Southern Baptist Mission
Ajlun
Lloyd Lovegreen
Congress Eyes Farm Tax Refund Amid Election Season
Washington January 13. The Senate and House push a farm tax relief rider to refund about six million dollars yearly in federal gas taxes paid by farmers. Sen Carlson and the Senate Finance Committee seek quick passage, while the House may block with its own version. The omnibus plan would include soil bank payments up to a billion dollars and steps to shrink eight million dollars in government-held farm surpluses with other Eisenhower Benson proposals staged for later action.
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Aiken
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