27 Jan 1955
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1955
Page
1
A front page note recounts a holiday drive from California to Albuquerque and back. The author observes heavy eastbound traffic and frantic driving as Californians rush home for Christmas, noting reactions from Albuquerque and a responding letter from a California reader.
A columnist defends California license plates against the notion all drivers are locals. The letter argues many plate owners are midwesterners or from other states, and out-of-towners help fuel California's glamor while some return home soon after visiting.
The Business and Professional Women's Club held its public affairs dinner Tuesday night in Amarillo. Attendees praised the attractive party, clever decorations, tasty food, and smooth program. A barber shop quartet from the high school provided entertainment while jokes about barber shop music amused guests.
A reader reports Amarillo already has a 28 piece Shrine band led by Speed Ravey who rehearses Thursdays. The item also notes reader mail about tall phone directories in Amarillo and Lubbock, plus a boarding school dinner plea and city employee ACE quotes.
Winona Caskey waits in Amarillo police station for details and to travel to Denver for her 10 month old son Randy Gene. She battles red tape, needs Randy’s birth certificate, and plans to reach welfare services at opening time. Her husband Sgt. C G Caskey and family accompany her as authorities confirm her son's safety and identity.
Diane Warner, accused of a Lindbergh style kidnapping, was arrested by F B I agents in Denver. The baby boy victim is to be reunited with his mother Mrs Winona Caskey at Denver General Hospital.
President Eisenhower’s Formosa defense plan drew sharp debate in Washington as two key Senate committees endorsed the plan while critics charged it signals a preventive war and risks escalation. The January 26 AP dispatch notes the strong committee backing amid intense partisan commentary on U.S. strategy in Asia.
In a early Senate debate, Eisenhower supporters tout a peace through strength stance and back a resolution by 27 to 2 in committee to authorize use of American troops and weapons to keep Formosa and nearby islands out of Communist control. A small bloc fights the measure on the committee and floor.
Secretary of Defense Wilson called the Red Chinese threat a little ripple and then retracted calling it inept he said the issue is serious but does not alter long range military planning Formosa remains a focus of defense policy while congressional questionings follow.
Amarillo chamber leaders urge the City Commission to pursue practical construction methods for the Canadian River Dam. A water committee is formed to work with the commission on city and regional water problems as Mayor Bud Curtis explains the city's rejection of private financing due to high costs and guaranteed payments.
Readings show 22 sunny days in 26 for 1955 with detailing of yesterday at 3 pm. Data lists wind speeds around 15 mph, visibility 15 miles, cloudy conditions for Houston Dallas and Amarillo areas with one clear reading for Amarillo.
Washington January 26 presidential advisors urge more than doubling highway spending over ten years to ease traffic. An influential critic, however, calls the one hundred one billion dollar program unsound.
Texas would receive $52,378,101 in federal highway funds for 1956 under a broad plan to raise highway construction outlays. The proposal would lift total federal highway spending from $47 billion to $101 billion over 10 years, with the federal share rising from 19 to about 30 percent. New York would receive the largest allocation, Vermont the smallest, as states must match funds with their own spending.
Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd arrives in Amarillo by plane for the YMCA dinner at 6:30 p.m. The event hosts include three additional parking lots for about 500 attendees. YMCA leaders and local officials, including J Humphrey, will oversee ceremonies and tours.
A cold front moved across Kansas last night causing sharp temperature differences. It is expected to move southeastward and miss the Panhandle. Temperatures today should be slightly colder with a high near 41 and a low around 18. Yesterday's high was 52 and low 26.
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