High School Poll Tax Challenge Hits Amarillo
Amarillo High School accepts the poll tax paying challenge with 96 staff members, joined by KGNC Radio and Television. The effort targets institutions employing 50 or more people, aiming for the newspaper staff to outperform others by January 31. The piece also notes community notices and local curiosities.
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Amarillo High School
A. B. Norman
Ae FE
Panhandle
Esse
Kgnc Radio and Television
Banks Closed Notes for General Lee Birthday Holiday
Amarillo banks will be closed today in observance of the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee. City county and federal offices will stay open as will business places.
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Amarillo
Gen
Robert E. Lee
New Facts Bared In U S Trust Probe Transcript
A transcript from a July 5 1955 insurance commission hearing reveals efforts to keep secret an investigation of U S Trust and Guaranty Co to prevent a deposit run. It names A B Shoemake promising to cut rates to 3 percent and Felix Einsohn offering to take over as manager to remedy the situation.
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Austin
U.S. Trust and Guaranty Co
Felix Einsohn
State Senate Investigation Committee
Insurance
J. Byron Saunders
U.S. Trust
Amarillo Cold Snap Eases With Melt Timed Warmup
Amarillo recorded a low of 3 degrees the coldest in five years with the all time low of 16 below in 1899. Temperatures rose to the 30s and 40s as most Panhandle snow melted. Yesterdays high in Amarillo reached 35 with fair skies and a forecast high near 48.
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Amarillo
U.S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Rioters Defy Curfew in Bombay Clash with Police
Rioters in Bombay clashed with police amid a new curfew on Wednesday night in a protest over city status. Official tallies reported 21 killed and 75 wounded by police gunfire between 10 am and midnight, with hundreds injured by acid bombs, stonings, and arson as trains and power lines were disrupted.
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Bombay
India
Nehru
New Delhi
Sewin
Still Missing In Tanker Blast
LAKE CHARLES La Jan 18 two bodies and body parts floated ashore as the search continued for up to 25 seamen missing from the Salem Maritime after an explosion in a gasoil tanker blaze. Cities Service Oil Co reported 20 dead or missing with eight seamen hospitalized and Captain John Rugman listed unaccounted for.
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Lake Charles
Salem Maritime
Cities Service Oil Co
Harry S. Snath
Calcasieu Parish
Cities Service
Bers
Port Arthur
Tex
St. Patrick's Hospital
John Rugman
Milton
Mass
Bond vote expected in Potter County on new baseball park
Potter County voters prepare for a Saturday bond election to fund a $375,000 steel and concrete baseball park at the Tri-State Fairgrounds with 5 000 seats. The old park will be razed for a parking lot, and a tax re allocation adds eight cents to fund permanent improvements. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for eligible voters with 1954 poll tax receipts.
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Potter County
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Weather summary for Amarillo and nearby cities in 1956
Report notes 18 days of sun in Amarillo for 1956 with comparative readings at 3 30 p m Wednesday. Conditions show cloud cover and low wind across Houston Dallas Oklahoma City Amarillo with listed speeds and visibility.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Have You Bought Your Arguing License
Time is up to pay your poll tax by January 31 as notices urge compliance. The brief blends public tax reminders with a satirical edge typical of local notices.
Fat Stock Show Rodeo set to thrill Amarillo crowd
Amarillo hosts the second annual Fat Stock Show Rodeo at Fair Park Coliseum with eight performances from Monday to Sunday. Over 150 cowboys are expected with top acts including the Clark Brothers. Ticket prices range from 1 to 3 dollars and requests should be mailed with payment and return envelopes to the Amarillo Stock Association.
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Daily News
John Reynolds
Fair Park Coliseum
Amarillo Hotel
Amarillo
Tri-State
Delbert Dalby
Association
Denver
Clark Brothers
Beutler-Morgan
Amarillo Stock Association
Miss Texas Joins Amarillo Fat Stock Show Rush
Miss Texas June Prichard arrives Friday night at Amarillo Air Terminal to kick off the fat stock show and rodeo events. She will be met by Delbert Dalby and Warren Freeman and participate in appearances, the style show, radio and TV shows, and rodeo performances.
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Amarillo
June Prichard
Amarillo Air Terminal
Delbert Dalby
Stock Show Association
Warren Freeman
Chamber of Commerce Goodwill Committee
Texas Senators Push Gas Bill in Senate
Texas senators Lyndon Johnson and Price Daniel led the push for passage of the Fullbright Harris natural gas bill. Johnson warned against federal controls, predicting passage and a vote by end of next week. Daniel argued continued regulation would raise consumer gas prices and urged free enterprise over price fixing.
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Washington, D.C
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Price Daniel
Senate
Johnson
Daniel
Fullbright-Harris
Juke box fix claim leads to police questioning
In a San Jacinto cafe Dee and Bee's at 6th and Belleview, Police found a man by a juke box with a screwdriver and coin box. The operator, Early Hastie, said no work was ordered at 12 20 a.m. The man was jailed for questioning as police investigated a pry and theft incident.
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Early Hastie
Dee and Bee's
6Th
Belleview
Cab driver reverses robbery ID in Stockwell case
Kenneth Wiley, a former cab driver, testified in 47th District Court that observing John W. Stockwell in court confirmed his belief Stockwell robbed him at gunpoint on January 15, 1955. Wiley previously misidentified Nelson Warner, the man killed by police after the crime, and said newspaper photos later prompted doubt.
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Kenneth Wiley
John W. Stockwell
47Th District
Stockwell
Wiley
Amarillo Coleman
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