Amarillo Evening College seizes demand for adult education
Dean Hardy E Stevens of Amarillo College surveys adult interest in Russian language night courses and appeals for teachers with masters degrees. He notes many adults lack high school completion and outlines plans for English and Latin American classes if enrollments justify them.
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Hardy E. Stevens
Amarillo College
Dean Stevens
Evening College
Amarillo
Texas
Amarillo Center
West Texas State
Slaying Suspect Hodges Quizzed In Second Amarillo Strangulation
G W Mickey Hodges 31 the top suspect in Amarillo's second strangulation within two weeks was taken for laboratory tests out of town. Potter County Sheriff Paul Gaither and District Attorney Wayne Bagley withheld test details. Hodges, a Navy veteran, is alleged to have killed his aunt Jimmie Gibson 49 by strangulation with a scarf. The body was found by her husband in the Gibson home. The prior victim, Martin Dodson 51, was found dead at the Lamar Hotel reportedly strangled with his key chain.
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Daily News
G. W
Mickey) Hodges
Potter County
Jimmie Louise Gibson
Charles Conley
Amarillo
Paul Gaither
Wayne Bagley
Martin L. Dodson
Lamar Hotel
Telephones per capita and quirky local lore mix in a bygone era
A quirky compilation notes 1957 telephone density in cities from Amarillo to Bombay and fond anecdotes about Jimmy Nash and a saloon brawl in Old Tascosa. It blends charts with humorous vignettes on cowmen, hotel meetings, and space-otel dreams.
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Jimmy Nash
FFA
Jimmy
Wolf Youth To Remain With Family In Delinquency Case
Buddy Wolf Horace Louis Wolf Jr 14 was ruled a delinquent child in a domestic relations court hearing. He must stay with his parents at 4507 West 3rd report to juvenile probation and cooperate with counseling. He must also restitution for theater firecracker damage and refrain from further delinquent acts. The court noted he possessed a bomb on December 27 and the case continued.
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Court of Domestic Relations
Buddy Wolf
Texas Youth Council
Buddy
Horace Louis Wolf Jr
Horace L. Wolf
W. 3Rd
State Theater
Polk
Herman Sloss
Jerry Kolander
Sloss
Lon Moser
Moser
Amarillo Stock Show winds down with record horse entries
Panhandle FFA and 4-H boys head home after six days of prize money from the Amarillo Stock Show. Junior livestock sales begin at 9 30 a m with lambs, then swine and steer auctions. Quarter horses dominate, with Oklahoma and Kansas entries winning grand titles. Bert Leo praised as top stallion.
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Panhandle Ffa
4-H Club
Amarillo
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Bert Lee
Ray Steffey
Oklahoma City
Bill Warthow
Union City
Okla
Bert Leo
Beauty Joleta
Jeanne Moore
Broken Arrow
Warthhow
President Eisenhower Denies Congress Access to Secret Defense Reports
President Eisenhower refused to provide Congress with two secret defense reports by Killian and the Gaither panel. He said committees already have access to similar information and urged reliance on confidential advice. Hagerty said the Gaither report does not show military weakness, and the president noted the information is essentially the same as what Congress can obtain.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Congressional
Senate Preparedness
Sen
Johnson
Eral
James R. Killian
Gaither Committee
Gaither
United States
James C. Hagerty
White House
Killian
Plans Begin for Keep Amarillo Beautiful Club Drive
About 20 civic and city representatives met at the Garden Center to launch a long range Keep Amarillo Beautiful program. Amarillo Council of Garden Clubs leads with Mrs. Joe Deason and Mrs. W. B. Lawrence guiding the effort. The city is divided into 31 survey areas to identify improvement sites and report progress at the Feb. 19 meeting. Leland Nelson pledged city department support as litterbags are distributed and 600 pamphlets circulated.
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Amarillo
Programere
Memorial Park
Uour
Lawrence
Leland Nelson
Poll Tax Sales End This Month
Poll taxes sell until January 31 with a $1.75 cost. Receipts may be bought by spouses. Potter County receipts available at Hubert Cole office 600 Fillmore, Am rillo Building offices, and Globe News Building editorial department. Randall County residents in Amarillo may purchase at the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Randall County substation.
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Potter County
Hubert Cole
Fillmore
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Polk
Globe News
Randall County
Bowie
Weather report from Amarillo and regional readings
The 1958 record shows Amarillo with 21 clear days out of 22 and Wednesday readings at 3 PM note wind and visibility. Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo all reported cloudy conditions with light winds and varying visibility in the period.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Okla
City
Caracas Surges as Fighting Rages in Perez Jimenez Uprising
Pro and anti Perez Jimenez factions clash in Caracas with hospitals overwhelmed, bodies and hundreds injured as activists vow to mass arms for a final assault. Washington sources estimate hundreds killed while U.S. reports note no American casualties. The capital endures widespread destruction from riots, fires, and looting.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Washington
U.S. State Department
U.S
Hit Run Victim Makes a Swift Getaway
An Amarillo man described a hit and run after a woman driver reported striking a male pedestrian at 2nd and Taylor. The man rose, fled the scene, and the woman tried to pursue but could not catch him as he ran away.
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Amarillo
2Nd and
Taylor
Writer Traveler Speaks Here Today
Ralph Bradford of Mc Lean Virginia, former secretary and executive vice president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, discusses travel writing and the role of American business. He notes visiting 37 countries and urges strong US economic and moral global leadership as survival insurance in a changing world. He serves as an honorary director of Riggs National Bank and director of the International...
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Ralph Bradford
McLean, Va
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Bradford
United States
Lincoln
Aig
Earth
Ately
Riggs National Bank
Internati
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