Amarillo Loses Transcontinental Air Service To Braniff Routs
Amarillo's air service shrinks as TWA rolls Denver Tulsa and Oklahoma City routes via Chicago St Louis and Albuquerque leaving Amarillo as a branch line. The city laments isolation and loss of coast to coast first class service while Braniff remains the only feed for coast bound flights. Congress and CAB may be urged to restore premier service.
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Amarillo
TWA
Denver
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Civil Aeronautics Board
Braniff
St. Louis
Albuquerque
Phoenix
Chicago
Houston
Kansas City
Congressman Rogers
Eisenhower urges standby consumer credit controls to fight inflation
President Eisenhower, in his annual economic message, calls for a standby consumer credit control law as a tool against inflation amid a shift from rapid 1955 growth. He warns Congress against rapid tax cuts if prosperity remains, and argues debt reduction should precede tax relief.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Rep. Wolcott
Fisherman puzzle and local odds and ends from Sunray
Sunray correspondent reports a 6 inch head 6 inch longer body 6 inch longer tail puzzle solved by junior Buddy Tatkenhorst in 4 minutes using two unknowns x and y. The column also recalls Dallas writer Paul Crume anecdotes and a nameless Lub bank street-name complaint about Amarillo streets Rule Street. a threatening card from Shamrock resident Mrs Neyton Morgan. and a joke about two vice presidents in a two sentence digressive roundup.
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Zoe Corse
Sunray
A. H. “Fibber” McGee
Buddy Tatkenhorst
Paul Crume
Dallas News
Farwell
Lariat
Muleshoe
Dallas
Lubbock
Amarillo
Rule Street
Hereford Breeders Sale and Panhandle Livestock Dance
The schedule lists a 1 00 p m sale at New Arena by Hereford breeders followed by an 8 00 p m rodeo in the Coliseum and a 9 30 p m dance at the Herring Hotel sponsored by the Panhandle Livestock Association.
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Hereford Breeders Sale
New Arena
Coliseum
Panhandle Livestock Association
Herring Hotel
Sun Brings Out Crowd at Amarillo Stock Show
Sunshine drew a larger crowd at the Amarillo Fat Stock Show the third day of events. Judges inspected what was described as the largest group of breeding cattle carrot bulls and swine ever exhibited here as a rodeo show ended at Fair Park Coliseum. The Tri-State Fair grounds showcased new buildings and facilities including the New Sales Arena to host the Panhandle Hereford Breeders Assn Blue Ribbon sale.
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Daily News
Amarillo
Bill Cameron
Panhandle
Sunshine
Fair Park Coliseum
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Assn
Coliseum
Angus and Hereford cattle shine at Amarillo show
Bulls bought at up to 100000 dollars paraded before judges. First time Angus cattle entered this year with entries from Oregon and Michigan. Grand champion Angus bull from Michigan. grand champion Angus female from Missouri. champion Herefords from Blanket and Roan, Texas. Visitors toured the livestock exhibition building as cattle from major herds were displayed, signaling Amarillo's show as a major event with wide national representation.
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Oregon
Michigan
Missouri
Blanket and Roan
Texas
Union
Amarillo
Insurance Firms Must Prove Solvency Plan Announced
Texas insurance firms must prove solvency by May 31 or lose licenses. 1,400 companies will be re licensed or failed. names of licensed and failed firms will be published. Financial statements due Feb. 28. public accountants certify statements and questionnaires. A series of searching questions aims to speed solvency determinations.
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Austin
State Insurance Commission
J. Byron Saunders
Commission
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
Texas
Saunders
Mark Wentz
Certified Accountants On Public Accountants
Bulganin envoy to deliver message to Eisenhower
Soviet ambassador Georgi Zarubin will personally deliver Premier Bulganin's message to President Eisenhower tomorrow. A White House note says Zarubin has an 11:30 a.m. appointment after the president's news conference, fueling speculation about the scope and aim of the move as Eden visits soon for talks on broad Anglo American issues.
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Viet
Georgi N. Zarubin
Eisenhower
Nikolai
Zarubin
Anthony Eden
Poll Tax Drives In Progress in Potter Randall Counties
With the poll tax deadline a week away, drives push voter tax payments in Potter and Randall. In Potter about three dozen sub stations operate with volunteers guiding residents to pay at designated offices and sites. Randall County schedules extend noon to 5 30 pm daily at the South Amarillo tax office with deputies at three food stores.
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Potter
Randall
Randall Counties
Potter County
Hubert Cole
Amarillo
29Th Avenue
Randall County
Bill Money
W. 34Th
South
Ideal Food Store
Washington
Furr Food Store
36Th
Hereford Breeding Champion Shines at Amarillo Fat Stock Show
The Amarillo Fat Stock Show concluded after six hours at Fair Park Coliseum with Judge Jim Sanders of Childress placing 99 bulls and 79 females in 26 classes. Champion bull was shown by McBride & Mayhew of Blanket Brown County Texas, a newcomer to many observers, with Heston McBride at the halter of a junior bull calf sired by WHA Idealist 23rd McM Ideal Gwen. The champion female result is continued.
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Daily News
Amarillo
Fair Park Coliseum
Jim Sanders
Childress
McBride & Mayhew
Blanket
Brown County
Texas
Heston McBride
City Asks Phone Company For More Data on Rate Raise
Amarillo City Commission pressed Southwestern Bell for detailed data to support a rate increase request. Mayor Art Jordan indicated outside help may be sought to assess the city’s position. Attorneys requested more complete rate-structure details comparing Amarillo and Austin charges.
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Amarillo
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Art Jordan
Jordan
Bill Gibson
Harold Rector
Sterling Kinney
Austin
Radio and TV Schedules for KGNC Station Slots
KGNC lists midday and afternoon segments with Cotton John across TV 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. and radio slots 10:30 to 10:45 a.m., 1:45 to 2:00 p.m., and 4:55 to 5:00 p.m. for today.
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Kgnc-Tv
KGNC
Cotton John
Governors Seek Unified Action Against Integration
Four Southern governors met in Richmond to protest and appeal the Supreme Court ruling that voided school segregation. They pledged joint action by their states and any individual legislative steps needed to prevent racial mixing in public schools. The conference ended after six hours with Gov Thomas B. Stanley of Virginia, Gov George Bell Timmerman Jr. of South Carolina, and Gov J. P. Cole.
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Richmond
Supreme Court
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
J. P. Cole
Panhandle South Plains Weather Forecast
Five day outlook shows temperatures near seasonal normals with a warming trend Friday and a cooler turn Sunday. Little or no precipitation indicated across the region.
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Panhandle-South Plains
Roughstock action heats up at Amarillo rodeo show
The Amarillo Fat Stock Show Rodeo at Fair Park Coliseum drew 160 competitors with over 16 000 dollars in prize money. In steer wrestling Bill Hartman won in 11.3 seconds as Hoss Inman and George Hixon endured dramatic spills and near misses. Bud Crump and Willard Combs followed in podium spots with Buck Rutherford posting tough time despite earlier glory. Buck Boyce suffered a hard saddle drone ride unseating incident with no serious injuries reported.
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Golden
Fair Park Coliseum
Beutler-Morgan
Bill Hartman
Hoss Inman
George Hixon
Inman
Nixon
Bill Agee
Canyon
Bud Crump
Oklahoma A&m
Willard Combs
Buck Rutherford
Weather snapshot from Amarillo and surrounding cities
Weather data shows 23 days of sun in Amarillo for 1956 with readings across Houston Okla City and Amarillo. Tuesday forecasts list cloudy conditions in Houston and Okla City with drizzle in Okla City and partly cloudy skies in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Houston
Okla City
Fox Amarillo
Missing Hale County woman still not found
A three hour search with road grading machinery failed to locate Andrea Phares 20 missing since May from her Hale County home. Deputies pursued fibers found in an abandoned irrigation well and investigated wells ditch digging and probes for a possible grave but yielded no clues.
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Daily News
Plainview
Andrea Phares
Hale County
Hale Center-Abernathy
Abernathy
Elmer Jones
Jim Nunn
C. W
Bill) Phares
Ted Andrews
Hale Center
Phares
Douglas Faces Fight Over Gas Bill Control by Four States
Sen. Douglas denounces the Fulbright gas bill in a sweeping three day Senate speech. He warns it would restore authority to Kansas Oklahoma Louisiana and Texas to fix minimum wellhead prices and give those states power to influence national gas rates.
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Douglas
D-Ni
Congress
Senate
Kansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
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