Fischer vs Berger taints A to Izzard in Lone Star echo
A Texas editorial clash mocks Jack Fischer of Harper’s who debunked Davy Crockett and Alamo legends. It argues his South thesis misplaces Borger as West and dismisses rural cowhands as quaint while noting modern industry and jargon in Borger bars.
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Izzard
Fischer
Berger
Jack Fischer
Harper's Magazine
Amarillo
Davy Crockett
Alamo
Borger
Joe
Dave Crockett
Rivers and riverhead mysteries prompt readers to publish
Two readers Don Morrison of Pampa and Sim Reeves of Floydada challenge an assertion about diverting the Canadian River into the Red. The piece notes the Canadian flows to the Arkansas and explains sources and exploration history including fluoresceine dye tracing of the Amazon headwaters.
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Don Morrison
Pampa
Sim Reeves
Floydada
Arkansas
Morrison
Wichita Mountains
Ninococha
Peruvian Andes
Maranon
Amazon
Amarillo retail trade shows May gains in Texas supplement
The Texas Business Review retail section reports Amarillo shops up five percent in May from April and a twenty eight percent rise over May last year. Five month totals through May show a thirty four percent year over year gain.
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Texas Business Review
Amarillo
Husband Declares Story Has Been Told Many Times
Plainview missing wife case continues to draw statements from Bill Phares who insists he has nothing to add about Andrea Phares, 20, who vanished May 4. He offered a $1,000 reward for information, with another farmer adding $100, as police follow leads that end in dead ends.
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Plainview
Tex Keirsey
Daily News
Bill) Phares
Here
Andrea Phares
Phares
Hale County
Friends Urge Quiet Life for Johnson
Friends of Senator Lyndon Johnson urge him to abandon plans for the presidency and his Senate leadership after a heart attack. Doctors say he cannot return to duties this session and will require months of bed rest. The Senate, momentarily stunned, prays for his speedy recovery.
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Johnson
Vernon Louviere
Daily News
Washington
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Texas
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Congress
Judge Henry Bishop Rites Held After 82 Year Life
Funeral services for Judge Henry 8 Bishop will be held at 4 p.m. today at the First Presbyterian Church. The 82 year old jurist, who retired Jan 1 after 28 years on the 47th District Court, died at 3 45 a.m. Tuesday at Northwest Texas Hospital. He had been in critical condition since Saturday. Dr Lynn Rankin will officiate. The body lies in state at N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Home until one hour before services. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Henry
First Presbyterian Church
47Th District Court
Northwest Texas Hospital
Lynn Rankin
N. S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Home
Llano
Jim Lump
Little Disarmament Plan Mapped by West
Western powers near agreement on a small disarmament plan for Europe aiming to halt the East West arms race. The proposal includes arms census, phased force reductions, and possibly demilitarized zones and a European security framework coordinated by American British and French experts ahead of Geneva talks.
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London
Europe
Russia
Gemany
Paris
Amarillo Weather Report for 1955 Period
The Amarillo area notes show 170 sunny days out of 187 in 1955. Comparative readings at 3 PM yesterday report wind 22 MPH and visibility 15 miles with partly cloudy skies.
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Amarillo
Death claims Mrs. J. A. Hill in Canyon
Mrs. Ola Ethel Davis Hill 77, wife of West Texas State College president emeritus J. A. Hill, died at home in Canyon at 10 p.m. after months of illness. Born March 1, 1878, in Salado she married in 1903 and moved to Canyon in 1910. She led civic and cultural work, taught Sunday School, and chaired the Seventh District Texas Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Canyon
J. A. Hill
West Texas State College
Panhandle
Ola Ethel Davis
Salado
Tex
Old Jefferson Academy
Moody
Arguments Start Off Giles Trial
Bascom Giles, former land commissioner and Veteran Land Board chair, faced mixed results as jurors were being questioned in his theft trial. Seventeen potential jurors were examined. six excused, 11 kept for screening, with a full day needed to select a 32-person pool.
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Austin
Bascom Giles
98Th District Court
Veteran Land Board
Associated Press
Clint Small Jr
Veteran's Land Fund
Pampa Votes to Reject Election on Water Contract
The Pampa City Commission faced no opposition as about 25 civic and business leaders endorsed the panel's stance against an election on buying water from the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. They cited high costs, noting the contract would cost about 422000 annually for 30 years, with current water costs much lower.
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Pampa
Canadian River
Lyn Boyd
Commission
Boyd
Pa Npa
M. K. Brown
Amarillo
Lubbock
Ivy Duncan
Five Die After Trains Collide In New Mexico Crash
Westbound freight plows into eastbound unit at Cardenas near Clovis. Fireman W. B. Hester crawls free, others die or vanish in the flaming wreck. Conductor Charles McDaniel and rear brakeman David Moreland survive. E. G. Abernathy’s train crew perishes. investigators seek cause of signal failure and main-line return.
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Daily News
Clovis
N.M
Charles McDaniel
Cardenas
David Moreland
McDaniel
Moreland
W. B. Hester
Hester
CTC
Central Train Control
E. G. Abernathy
John Fryar
Fryar
Abernathy
W. B. Adair
J. C. Canipe
I. W. Bell
West Texas New Mexico League Baseball Scores Summary
Pampa defeated Amarillo 12 to 4 while Plainview beat Clovis 6 to 2. Lubbock topped Albuquerque 7 to 6 and Abilene edged El Paso 7 to 3. In the National League Philadelphia won 5 to 4 over Brooklyn while New York beat Pittsburgh 11 to 1 and Cincinnati prevailed 5 to 4 over St Louis. American League Kansas City triumphed 4 to 3 over Cleveland. Only games scheduled.
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West Texnas
New Mexico
Prison revolt at Walla Walla yields hostage standoff
At Walla Walla State Prison inmates seized nine hostages and controlled about half the facility. A 24 hour deadline for improved treatment by custodial staff was set in a conference with Dr. Thomas Harris. Two hostages released. remaining captives held in a remote cellblock as ringleaders met with officials.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Thomas Harris
Ted Bezzerides
Harris
Wheat Support Prices Set at 2.08 a Bushel
The Agriculture Department announced 1955 wheat support prices averaging 2.08 per bushel nationwide, two cents above planting time minimum. Rates reflect 82 4 percent parity under a new flexible system, with regional class prices listed for soft red winter and hard red winter grades in Chicago, Kansas City, and Galveston, compared with last year's figures.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Kansas City
Galveston
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