Snowy Panhandle Drift Yet Calm Despite Heavy Snow
Snow covered parts of the Texas Panhandle with eight inches near Spearman and seven inches at Spearman. Roads remained open as moisture stretched from Lubbock to Kansas with up to four inches in some areas. Temperatures to rise midweek as crews cleared highways and forecasts showed clear skies by Wednesday.
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Airplane lands at Lone Star trailer yard in Amarillo
A single engine Fairchild crop duster piloted by Arthur Price landed on S Washington and taxied into the Lone Star Trailer Mfg yard for repairs. Price, 26, of Pryor address, said he landed casually for servicing and denied a forced landing.
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S. Washington
Washington
Lone Star
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Price
Pryor
Freedom Forum reports argue socialism harms living standards
Oklahoma City session features Dr Clifton L Ganns Jr and Glenn Green arguing against socialism and welfare state. They compare European data with capitalist America, claiming less socialism yields higher living standards. Forum hosted by Central Christian College at Skirvin Hotel with remarks by Herbert Philbrick warning against Communist agitation.
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School of American Studies
Harding College
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Ark
Glenn Green
United Press
National Education Program
George Benson
Central Christian College of
Oklahoma City
Dr. Benson
America
Amarillo
FE. C. Lacey
Amarillo National Bank
Skirvin
Forum
New York
Chicago
Del Rio Bridge Funds Recovered After Three Years
Del Rio Texas says the city recouped 504000 dollars invested August 27 1954 to buy the international bridge across the Rio Grande. Bridge manager H M Monzingo reported Tuesday that gross receipts have returned the money within three years and four months.
Kraft TV Theater Airs at 12 30 P M Miller Show
KGNC TV Colorcast presents Miller Show at 12 30 P M and Kraft TV Theater at 8 P M tonight linking colorcast awards to program slots across the schedule.
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Kraft TV Theater
Thor Tests Aim for Moon After 1500-Mile Flight
Cape Canaveral report says the 60-foot Thor rocket launched at 3:16 p.m. flew its prescribed course and landed in the target area. The test, part of a program to reach the moon and deploy a satellite, marked one of the more successful Thor flights with a long flight distance, exceeding its stated 1500-mile range.
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Associated Press
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Air Force
Army
Thor
Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Hospital Fund Group To Meet For Amarillo Expansion
The first executive meeting of directors for a million dollar St. Anthony's Hospital enlargement is set for noon today at the Amarillo Club. The project aims to add five floors and is directed by the Amarillo Area Foundation Inc. F. W. Wallace leads the hospital subcommittee with chairmen for gifts, business, memorials, and solicitation. Directors comprise 21 men from industry, banking, and education as the foundation acts as a community trust for health and welfare needs in the High Plains. The project cost nears two million dollars with Hill Burton matching funds.
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Amarillo
St. Anthony's
Amarillo Area
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Citizens Health Council
Guy C. Saunders
A. R. Watson
David Kruser
S. T
Bud) Curtis
Horace E. Wilson
Kenneth Flamm
High Plains
Hill-Burton Feder
Nebraska fugitive Starkweather and Carol charged in six murders
Lincoln authorities charged 19 year old Charles Starkweather and his 15 year old girlfriend Carol Fugate with six murders. Victims include Carol King 17 and three members of her family. The manhunt spanned Nebraska as a blue Ford was linked to the killings. Rodney Starkweather described his brother as an expert rifleman who aimed at heads.
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Carol Fugate
Elmer Scheele
Carol King
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Dan Casey
Starkweather
Carol
Lincoln
Bennet
Neb
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U.S. 77
Blue Rapids
Marysville
Kan
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United Press
Charlie
August Meyer
King
Robert Jensen
Amarillo police nabbed string of hot checks
Detectives report a smooth talking man posing as a Jaycees representative and radio worker cashed small checks from Jan 21 to 24 in Amarillo. He used aliases Dr. R J Lyons and Bob Lyons of Dallas and moved through a hotel, motel, chain store, gas station, garage and two banks. About 200 dollars in checks bounced by Tuesday afternoon with more expected.
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R. J. Lyons
Bob Lyons
Dallas
Woody Bray
Amarillo Jaycees
Bray
Dr. R. J
Lyons
van Buren
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Cities 1958
The report notes 27 sunny days in Amarillo over 28 days in 1958 with comparative readings taken at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Conditions include cloudiness in Houston and clouded sky in Oklahoma City with light wind and varying visibility.
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Dallness
Amarillo weighs one way plan for Washington and Jackson streets
The Amarillo City Commission ordered a full traffic study to test converting Washington and Jackson into one way streets to ease the north south bottleneck downtown. A pilot on 3rd to 36th could be tried with minimal cost while evaluating impact of the future Amarillo Expressway.
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The
Washington and Jackson
N. V. Moss
Washington
State Official To Speak Today At Amarillo Chamber
The chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission Olin Culberson will address members of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce at noon in the Crystal Ball room of the Herring Hotel on the topic Imports and Us.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Olin Culberson
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Herring Hotel
Weather Outlook for Amarielo Vicinity and Panhandle
Wednesday fair and warmer with lows near 20 and highs around 50. Thursday brings increased high cloudiness with little temperature change. Panhandle and South Plains stay clear to partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with no major temperature shifts.
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South Plains
Siren Alerts Reported Disturbance and Motel Fire
Nighttime calls include an Amarillo Ambulance response at 7 p.m. to 2204 Front Street for a disturbance and a man with a fractured skull. At 10:04 p.m. an Amarillo Fire Department crew tackled a small wall fire at Park City Motel 2208 W 6th causing damage to two cabins and smoke damage to 11 others.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
W. 6Th
Wall of Park City
Marine of the Month honors leader of Death March
At Cherry Point North Carolina the all weather Fighter Squadron 114 named Pfc Matthew C. McKeon January’s Marine of the Month. McKeon was court martialed for negligent homicide in the 1956 Parris Island death march of six recruits and remains in the corps. He joined the squadron last November and was praised for proficiency conduct and bearing. He testified about his role in the march and vowed to regain his Marine standing.
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Matthew C. McKeon
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