Adjustment versus happiness in schooling raises debate
An Oklahoma editor argues against progressive education in a Tulsa Tribune piece reprinted for the Oklahoma Press Association meeting. He contrasts soft happiness focus with hard education demanding discipline, noting wartime discipline lessons and the need to cultivate active, responsible citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Press Association
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Tulsa Tribune
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Jenkin Jones
America
W. E. Mayer Jr
U.S. Army
Seymour St. John
Choate School
Wallingford, Conn
House Group Okays Ike's Mideast Plan
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved Eisenhower's Middle East plan by 24 to 2 with one present. It sends the resolution to the floor and authorizes more aid and potential armed force if needed to counter Communist aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Mideast
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Middle East
House
House Committee
Truman
Senate
Dulles
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
Denver Family Fatally Struck by Car in 5th and Fillmore Crosswalk
R. R. Estes, 47, dies at St. Anthony's after being hit by a car driven by James Lee Kyle, 48, injuring his wife Elizabeth, 43, and their son Scott, 5. The Estes family, on a business trip, checked into Elite Motel before the incident near 410 N. Fillmore. Carolyn, 12, witnessed but was uninjured. Estes operated Estes Sales, a Denver manufacturing agency.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
James Lee Kyle
11Th
Kyle
Amarillo
Elizabeth Estes
Scott Estes
N. Fillmore
Estes
Brownwood
Carolyn
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Donald
University of Colorado
Estes Sales
Denver
James Curry
Four Killed Six Missing In New Haven Factory Fire
A 19th century loft factory in New Haven erupted in flames trapping workers. Four women were dead and three men plus three women were missing believed dead. 31 injured with nine critical as the building’s wall later collapsed. Fire crews evacuated workers and searched for further casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Final Round Tonight Rodeo Action At Fair Park
A large crowd watched an injury ridden show at the Fair Park Coliseum. Tonight at 8 the final performance of this year’s rodeo and the Amarillo Fat Stock Show will be staged in the same venue. It will be hard to top Thursday’s spectacle.
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Little Willie
Fair Park Coliseum
Amarillo
Weather and rodeo wrap Amarillo forecast and incidents
Amarillo and vicinity expect mostly cloudy skies with a few snow flurries and colder conditions Friday and Saturday. Panhandle and South Plains see continued cold with snow flurries Friday. highs in the 20s and lows near 7. A rodeo report notes Cowboy Squirrley hurled by a brahma bull, several injuries, and notable bulldogging and steer wrestling times.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Amagillo Regional Golden Gloves Ticket Reminder
Tickets remain on sale for the Amagillo Regional Golden Gloves boxing event at Fair Park Coliseum from January 29 to February 2. Tickets available at Maxor Drug or by calling Drake 2-9402. prices range from 1 to 2 dollars, with four night passes at eight dollars and advance purchase offering a savings of one dollar.
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Fair Park Coliseum
Maxor Drug
Drake
Safety flare mistaken for blaze in Amarillo sky
Residents on Amarillo's west side mistook a sky glare for a fire Thursday night. Officials said a Texas Company unit on E 3rd failed to shut off gas, producing an unusually bright safety flare to avoid a real blaze.
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Amarillo
Texas Company
E. 3Rd
Stock Show Closes Today At Amarillo Event
Final day of the 1957 Amarillo Stock Show features no admission charge at the Tri-State Fairgrounds. Western riding and roping judging, junior livestock sales, and 4 H FFA events showcase top honors with Wheeler named best in 4 H grass and Quanah leading the FFA teams. Dimmitt FFA tops livestock divisions and Hale County 4 H Club scores highest in 4 H. Skipity Skip by Joe Kirk Fulton of Lubbock earns grand champion stalk lion quarter horse. Elon Cody, a four year old mare owned by Glen L Casey of Amarillo, is grand champion mare.
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Amarillo
Wheeler
Quanah
Dimmitt Ffa
Hale County
Joe
Kirk Fulton
Lubbock
Elon Cody
Glen L. Casey
Weather notes from Amarillo and major cities in 1957
Atmospheric readings show Amarillo with 23 mph wind and 7 miles visibility while cloud cover spans Houston and Dallas with varied skies. Oklahoma City registers 16 mph wind and partly cloudy conditions as comparisons are noted for Thursday at 3 30 p m with 2 days of sun in 1957.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
City officials may join talks on Canadian River dam plan
Amarillo Pampa and Plainview city commissions could receive invitations from the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority board to join discussions on a dam along the Canadian River. The conferences would revisit the 1950 plan drawn by the Bureau of Reclamation and authorized by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Latham
Daily News
Amarillo
Pampa
Plainview
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Bureau of Replace
Conperess
Cities eye return to 1950 dam plan amid CRMWA rifts
Lubbock Water Resources Board seeks Amarillo aid to pursue federal financing for the Canadian River dam project as eight remaining CRMWA cities consider returning to the 1950 plan. City officials from Amarillo Pampa and Plainview express interest. a Feb 11 meeting is planned in Lubbock with bureau officials invited.
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Lubbock Water Resources Board
Amarillo
Lubbock
CRMWA
Yranadian River
Maxey
Pampa
Plainview
Bureau of Reclamation
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Izzard
Tetutum Ucu
Rene Yare
Sateen Ewes Enwes
Cme
Roger W. Babson
Sylvia Portero
Kgnc-Tv
Tri-State Fair Park
Sary
Gordon
Harry S. Truman
State Department
5Th and
Fillmore
R. R. Estes
Weather Bureau
Squirrley
Bobby
Gene Clark
Mel Autry
Earl Babcock
Wolf Point
Mont
Bill Fedderson
Harley May
Page
Joe Chapman
Sulphur Springs
Texas
House of Representatives
Austin
Harold Kennedy
Marble Falls
State Affairs Committee
Authority
Robert Maxey
CAMWA
Authority Board
Bock
Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Lynn Boyd
Oia
M. B. Hood
Hood
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