Travel at 300 miles an hour dulls world variety
J B Priestley argues modern travel accelerates sameness. He notes airports in Bern and Calcutta resemble those in Amarillo, Madrid hotel lobbies imitate Chicago, and Coca Cola signs dominate Rome Cairo and Beirut streets. He says constant motion erases difference and futures suggest us staring into television.
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Bern
Switzerland
Calcutta
India
Amarillo
Madrid
Spain
Chicago
J. B. Priestley
Detroit Free Press
Local Telephones and Tiny Town Tidbits
Statistics show Amarillo had 47041 telephones and Lubbock 37711 as of January 1, 1955. The piece notes Tucumcari may prosper on uranium and recalls two 17 year olds jailed for vandalism in Chicago. Principal R B Norman attended a Chicago meeting. humor day proposal floated by gag writers.
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Department of Statistics
Amarillo
Lubbock
Tucumcari
Tucumcari Mountain
R. B. Norman
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Congress
Eisenhower urges UN look at West Pocket war
President Eisenhower calls on the United Nations to consider halting hostilities between Nationalist and Communist China. He downplays Yi kiangshan and the Tachen islands as strategic military targets and stresses the U.S. commitment to defend Formosa and the Pescadores under a treaty with the Chinese Nationalists awaiting Senate ratification.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations
Yikiangshan
Tachen Islands
Formosa
Pescadores
United States
Senate
Water Vote Stated Friday In 8 Counties
Eight Panhandle counties north of the Canadian River will vote Friday on creating an Underground Water Conservation district and whether property owners pay an ad valorem tax not to exceed five cents per one hundred dollars valuation. Moore County shows irrigation growth. eastern counties Hutchinson Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb show less interest. Lipscomb has one organized opposition.
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Perryton
Panhandle
Moore
Hutchinson
Hansford
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
Amarillo Weather Forecast Thursday Through Friday
Increasing cloudiness and a little warmer Thursday turning colder Thursday night. Friday fast and colder. Low Thursday night 22, high Thursday 48. West Texas: increasing cloudiness with scattered light rain Thursday. New Mexico: Thursday partly cloudy with scattered snow showers west and a few showers south. Moderately windy and colder Thursday afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Coccseees
Wscerceee
Funeral Services Today For Patrolman Woods
Funeral services for Patrolman B. W. Woods Jr. will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel by The Rev. Leon M. Hill. The Baptist minister leads the service honoring the late officer.
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B. W. Woods Jr
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Leon M. Hill
Amarillo Police Aid Fund Donation Drive and Funeral Details
Amarillo Auxiliary Police Association volunteers will collect donations for the B W Woods Jr Fund at Globe News today. The fund supports Patrolman Woods' wife and his six week old son, Wesley Eugene, with half on a trust for the boy. A Moose Lodge benefit dance is planned for Feb 4 at Nat Ballroom with tickets at $1. Police pallbearers and officers will attend the funeral for Patrolman Woods, killed during a robbery at Head's Package Store.
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Amarillo Auxiliary Police Association
B. W. Woods Jr
Globe-News
Patrolman Woods
Police Department
Texas Highway Patrol
Woods
Head’s
Pierce
Mammoth Texas spending bill introduced in Senate
The Texas Senate introduced a record General Revenue Fund bill for the next two years totaling 198.58 million dollars to run state business and services. Gov. Shivers proposals would still be about 11 million dollars under the bill. Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey began a new term by naming Senate committees while House Speaker Jim Lindsey set House committees. A House resolution seeks a probe of the Texas Liquor Control Board in San Antonio amid discrimination claims.
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Boro
Allan Shivers
House
Texas Liquor Control Board
San Antonio
Charles Lieck Jr
Senate
Shivers
J. Earl Rudder
Brady
Bascom Giles
Veterans Land Program
Martin
Weather Notes From Amarillo in 1955
Weather summary reports indicate Amarillo had clear skies with 15 miles visibility and a 23 mph wind at 3 PM yesterday. Other readings show Houston and Dallas cloudy with varying mile visibility and Oklahoma City also cloudy.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Rebel convicts list complaints at Massachusetts State Prison
Four armed prisoners holding five guards at the Massachusetts State Prison issued grievances and hinted at accepting less than freedom. Archbishop Hartigan and Dr Merlin described the talks as hopeful yet the inmates remained determined to hold out. The escapees had cut a cellblock blockade and rejected state pleas, with one brother contacting Fritz Swenson by phone from the warden’s office.
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Boston
Massachuetts State Prison
Edward F. Hartigan
Samuel Merlin
Father Hartigan
Merlin
Fritz Swenson
Uranium Fever Sweeps Over Tucumcari Area
In Tucumcari New Mexico an Atomic Energy Commission anomaly map shows three positive readings near town sparking a rush of prospectors. About 30 to 40 prospectors arrived this week and 75 new claims were filed in two days as land claims fill state and federal areas. County clerk James L. Jordan reports inquiries daily in local legal offices and Chamber of Commerce officials note many visitors seek exploration guidance and required fees.
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Vera Murphey
Daily News
Tucumcari
N.M
Quay County
Atomic Energy Commission
James L. Jordan
Chamber of Commerce
Chet Cook
Woman Dies In Explosion At San Angelo
A nitroglycerine bomb exploded as Mrs. Harry E. Weaver started her husband’s car in San Angelo Texas killing her. Authorities questioned a 38 year old Houston man as a suspect while no charges were filed. The blast at 8 30 a m shattered nearby windows and hurled car parts blocks away.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Harry E. Weaver
Houston
Tex
Weaver
Texas
Tom Green County
Aubrey Stokes
New Curbs on Russians Tighten United States Rules
The United States imposes new retaliatory limits on Russians in the U S forbidding photography or sketching of strategic items and banning purchase of maps and navigational materials. The move mirrors earlier sanctions and is linked to Soviet restrictions on American travelers in Russia.
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Washington
United States
Dulles
Georgi Zaroubin
Russia
Zaroubin
Soviet Union
Front Nearing Amarillo Area Brings Colder Temperatures
An occluded front moving toward the Amarillo region is expected tonight bringing a colder air mass. The low pressure trough will drive the cold. some showers may occur mainly in the mountainous area west of the Pecos Valley. Before arrival skies will be partly cloudy with a high near 53 and a low around 26.
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Amarillo
Pecos
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