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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1957

Page

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Fourth of July events at Amarillo Air Base and Range Riders Rodeo

The community plans a free Independence Day program at Amarillo Air Base featuring The Minute Men jet team performing about 14 flyovers, a patriotic concert by the Shepard Air Force Base band, and a 45 minute fireworks show by Burnett Fireworks. Parking and traffic restrictions will apply. Also opening today, the Will Rogers Range Riders Rodeo runs at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. with a final show Sunday.

Minute Men Rogers Range Riders Range Riders

Four Reds Purged Stalin’s Aides Are Ousted

The Soviet Central Committee expelled Georgi Malenkov V. M. Molotov L. M. Kagano vich and Dmitri Shepilov from the Central Committee and Presidium for anti party activities. A new Presidium includes Georgi Zhukov and Eka terina Furtseva with Saburov and Pervukhin demoted.

Stalin Moscow Kremlin Georgi Malenkov V. M. Molotov L. M. Kaganovich Dmitri Shepilov Soviet Communist Party Central Committee Communist Party Presidium Georgi K. Zhukov Ekaterina Furtseva Tass Maxim Saburov M. G.pervukhin Soviet Union

Police brace for heavy Fourth of July traffic

Texas Highway Patrol Potter County Sheriff's Department and Amarillo Police join Globe News Publishing Company to enforce no parking around Pullman Switch Road and air base approaches during The Minute Men show at 2 p.m. and at Amarillo Stadium for the 7:15 p.m. program and 8:45 p.m. fireworks. About 16 officers and 8 units plus 11 patrolmen, 20 stadium guards, and traffic at key intersections will patrol.

Ranger Curran USAF Minute Men Marvin T. Brown Pullman Switch Road Texas Highway Patrol J. W. Blackwell Potter County Globe News Publishing Company Amarillo Air Force Base Highway Patrol Amarillo Claude Evans James O. Simmons Stadium Dan Carter Key Amarillo

Minute Men Live Televised Jet Display From Amarillo Base

The Minute Men will perform a 25 minute F 80 Shooting Star jet display televised live on KGNC TV Channel 4. Amarillo Air Force Base hosts the station’s mobile unit with two cameras to capture the roaring action. Bob Izzard will narrate, with Ray Cullin filming for later news casts.

KGNC Minute Men Kgnctv Channel 4 Amarillo Air Force Base Bob Izzard Kgnc News Ray Cullin

Classifieds In The Daily News Index

A cluttered page listing various sections of the Daily News including classifieds comics records editorials markets movies and sport pages with page references and segment notes for readers. The index highlights sections such as Weather Map page 18 and Comics page 9.

Daily News Index

KGNC-TV Colorcast Club Schedule Matinee Theater

The listing notes KGNC TV Colorcast Club events at 11 30 a m with a Matinee Theater, followed by Lux Video Theater at 1 p m and an 8 p m presentation.

Lux Video Theater

Classified Ads Open for Business on Fourth

The Daily News announces open classifieds for Fourth of July shopping with buy sell hire and trade options. The classified department will operate from 12 to 3 30 p m for readers to place or respond to ads.

Daily News

Victory for Khrushchev in Soviet party purge

A four top Soviet Communist party leaders were purged, seen as a strike against Stalinists and a Khrushchev victory. Yugoslav observers hailed the move as strengthening Khrushchev's drive for pre dominance and a shift toward peaceful coexistence with Belgrade.

London Soviet Communist Party Nikita S. Khrushchev Belgrade Yugoslavia Khrushchev

Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Ahead of Weekend Heat

The U S Weather Bureau reports continued fair conditions with high temperatures near 101 and low around 72 in Amarillo and vicinity, with Friday remaining clear to partly cloudy. Panhandle and South Plains remain hot with similar clear to partly cloudy skies. Temperature readings show highs around 102 yesterday, with no precipitation reported in the last 24 hours ending at 4 PM. Sunrise and sunset times listed as 5 38 AM and 8 05 PM.

Amarillo Panhandle South Plains Cossesees A.m. Coscesece Scseesees Cccscecen Csecvests

Parade Opens Range Riders Rodeo in Amarillo

Colorful riders and 11 Miss Amarillo nominees will participate as the 14th annual Will Rogers Range Riders rodeo begins in Amarillo. Top riding clubs from the Golden Spread converge for the parade starting at 10 30 a m at the Rock Island depot.

Amarillo Downs Town Golden Spread

Four Killed In Collision Near Keyes

A late night car truck crash on a country road near Keyes, Oklahoma, killed three small children and their mother. Mary Ruth Grabeal, age 3, and Joel Grabeal, age 1, were dead on arrival at Guymon Memorial Hospital along with Mrs Eldon Grabeal. A 12-year-old girl sustained serious injuries.

Guymon Okla Keyes Here Guymon Memorial Hospital Eldon Grabeal Mary Ruth Joel

Weather Summary for Amarillo Area 1957 Readings

The report notes Amarillo had sun on 158 of 185 days in 1957 with 3 p.m. readings showing Amarillo clear at 15. Dallas and Houston show varied skies, with Dallas partly cloudy and Houston at 15 and 315. Oklahoma City listed clear at 5.

Amarillo Houston Dallas Okla

Experts Would Share Clean H Bomb Plan

President Eisenhower said the United States would invite any country to observe a future hydrogen bomb test and witness reduced fallout while his scientists might tell the Russians how to make a clean bomb once proven. He defended ongoing disarmament efforts and rejected a nationwide popular vote on civil rights legislation citing constitutional limits.

Washington Eisenhower United States U.S Congress Russell Senate

Air Terminal Closed To Traffic For Show

Amarillo Air Terminal will close to all aerial traffic from 1 45 p m to 2 30 p m today. The Minute Mien jet aerobatic team from the Air National Guard will perform over the landing area for 25 minutes. Commercial flights will be held outside the area until the all clear is given.

Amarillo Air Air National Guard

Minute Men Team Formed Beyond Official Channels

The Minute Men jet precision demonstration team of the U S Air National Guard was formed outside official ukase and without pilots drawn from the full service, unlike sister service acrobatic teams.

The Minute Men U.S. Air National Guard Tion Ukase

Modern Minute Men of the Air Age

In 1947 Denver three Colorado Air Guard pilots formed a group led by Col Walter Williams later. They began by performing demonstrations at fairs rodeos and air shows across Colorado and nearby states. Brig Gen Joe C Moffitt supported the team as it grew and expanded its exhibitions.

Air National Guard Colorado Joe C. Moffitt Colorado Air Guard Denver Walt Williams Col Walter Williams

Rites Today for G G Ordway In Amarillo

Services honoring George G. Ordway 69 a longtime Amarillo resident will be held at 10 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Robert M. Skinner officiating. Pallbearers include Dr A M Meyer C T Crowe Lewis P Fields Guy Saunders Ed Fancher O W Harrison Jr Art McKay Joe Morris and church elders serve as honorary pallbearers. Interment will follow in Llane

George G. Ordway Amarillo First Presbyterian Church Robert M. Skinner

Baseball scores from Western and National Leagues

Western League results Amarillo 7 Albuquerque 6 Lincoln 10 Topeka 4 Des Moines Sioux City 4 Colorado Springs 12 Pueblo 8 National League St Louis 5 Chicago 4 Cincinnati 7 Milwaukee 5 American League New York 10 Boston Kansas City 5 Chicago Cleveland 6 Detroit 0 Baltimore 3 Washington ???

Amarillo Albuquerque Lincoln Topeka Des Moines Sioux City Colorado Springs Pueblo St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Boston Kansas City Cleveland Detroit Baltimore Wagnington

Also Mentioned on This Page

Fs Ae Walter E. Williams Amarillo Stadium Sheppard Air Force Base Russell F. Hays Chester R. McClelland Bob Dyer Lowell E. Purcell Purcell Burnett Fireworks Company Enid Oklo Pantex Ordnance Plant Atomic Energy Commission King Construction Co Texarkana King Walter Wirtz Claude Mathis Herring Hotel Roland Shaw AEC John A. Larned Pravda Malenkov Molotov Sheriff's Department Paul Gaither Kgnc-Tv Georgi Malenkoyv Vyacheslav M. Molotov By Eddy Gilmore Ism Tanjug Weather Forecast U.S. Weather Bureau Eisnhower Sen D-Ga Dervish Theofficial Jet Precision Demonstra Modern Minute Men Air Age Maj Wynn Coomer Bob Cherry John Ferrier G. G. Ordway
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