Texas license plates to feature star decoration in 1957
Portales sports publicist Joe Milner notes Texas plates will display a star between letters and numbers with vertical letter pairing. Readers like Rod MacDonald urge better colors and slogans, while Dalhart's Fred Finch backs a slogan such as Howdy Pardner. Florida’s Keep Florida Green warning is cited as a cautionary example.
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Texas
Joe Milner
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
Joe
Pampa
Rod MacDonald
MacDonald
Fred Finch
Dalhart
Howdy
Pardner
N. D. Bartlett
Florida
I Walked and Walked and I Cried Official Statement
Cathy Faris recounts a day in Galveston with Ruby and Ruby’s daughters. She mentions Forrest, his two boys Jackie and another name, and Grandmother accompanying them. They returned home around 9 p.m. after a day at the beach.
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Ruby
Daddy
Forrest
Jackie
Missing Daughter Sato Relives Night at Grandmother’s
A girl recalling a disjointed escape tells how she hid in a closet at her grandmother’s apartment while police searched for her. She recounts meals from Aunt Doris and a plan involving a dresser dress and a mixer before the story continues on Page 2.
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Doris
Back to the Trees in Amarillo Yard
Judge Herbert C. Martin of the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals transplanted a live oak from East Texas to Amarillo and a small tree from its roots. He promotes oak species as adaptable to the Plains with proper care and notes evergreen potential. A Kansas couple traveled to Amarillo to learn how to grow a pin oak after reading of it.
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Herbert C. Martin
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Littlefield
East Texas
Amarillo
Martin
Plains
Liberal
Kan
Ted Ferguson
Kansas
Dips called speed checkers and irrigation notes
Mrs. A. W. Reeder reports Dallas streets use dips branded as speed checkers and comments on white crash helmets worn by motorcycle patrolmen. She notes irrigation expansion across the plains with 125 to 150 wells drilled in Collingsworth County since 1952, irrigating cotton and wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Reeder
Dallas
Collingsworth
New England
KGNC TV Colorcast NBC Matinee Theater at 1 PM
The Daily News index notes KGNC TV presents NBC Matinee Theater at 1 p.m. This listing marks a daytime colorcast program in the afternoon schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily News Index
Kgnc-Tv
Congress Calls Ducks To Lure Surplus Grain From Fields
Congress passed a bill signed July 8 directing the Fish and Wildlife Service to spread surplus grain along migratory routes and refuges to lure wild ducks away from farmers fields. The bill also earmarks funds to combat the sea lamprey endangering Great Lakes trout and whitefish.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Fish and Wildlife Service
Great Lakes
Which County Has The Most Citizens in Panhandle 1956
The Globe News invites all voters in the 18th Congressional District to vote in the July 28 Democratic primary to determine the county with the highest voter participation. Clerks have submitted poll tax totals and exemption estimates. the winning county will receive a plaque.
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Panhandle
The
Globe News Publishing Co
18Th
Collingsworth County
Globe News
Wellington
Girl Reveals 24 Hours of Imprisonment
Cathy Faris, 8, adopted daughter of Amarillo chiropractor Dr J M Faris, was found wandering in Houston after a 24 hour disappearance. She told police she had been hidden in a closet at her grandmother’s apartment and later was abducted and driven, then told to seek help.
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Amarillo
Houston
Cathy Faris
J. M. Faris
Jackson
Cathy
Cullen Barton
Stanley
Bartons
Barton
Barton Home
Barton’s
Eunice Faris
Homicide Division
Houston Police Department
Malcho
Amerila
Ray
Weather report from Amarillo and Oklahoma City readings
In 1956 Amarillo enjoyed sun on 178 of 187 days. Comparative 3 PM readings show wind speeds around 16 MPH with cloudy conditions at Clady and Oklahoma City, while Amarillo remained clear at times.
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Amarillo
Clady
New York Baby Is Still Missing
In Westbury New York a ransom trap using a dummy contact failed to draw the kidnapper. Police fear the month old Peter Weinberger may no longer be alive as the desperate parents plead for news and a real ransom payment of 2000 dollars.
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New York
Westbury
N.Y
Peter Weinberger
Morris Weinberger
Baseball Scores and Rain Delays Across Leagues
Western League results Amarillo 11 Albuquerque 10 Des Moines 13 Sioux City 5 Lincoln 5 Topeka 3 Colorado Springs 9 Pueblo 2. American League New York 6 Boston 1 game two ppd rain Detroit 13 Cleveland 7. National League Chicago 7 Milwaukee 1 Brooklyn at New York ppd rain. Also note a dreary night with police activity at the Weinberger home fading by 9 p.m. Weather forecast from U.S. Weather Bureau.
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Amarillo
Albuquerque
Des Moines
Sioux City
Lincoln
Topeka
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
New York
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
School Bill Dies in Parliamentary Snarl
The House defeated a $1.6 billion school construction bill after adopting a Powell amendment linking aid to compliance with Supreme Court decisions. Bipartisan shifts and factional fights framed a day of chaotic voting as Republicans and Southern Democrats alternated between backing and opposing the measure.
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Karl & Bauman
Washington
House
Rep
Powell
Supreme Court
Halleck
R-Ind
Gram
Eisenhower
Graham Barden
D-Nc
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Izzard
Galveston
Mother
Wes
Astro-Guide
Paxse
Martha Mason
Plains Party Line
Roger W. Babson
Sylvia Porter
Girl
By Charles Klein
Daily News
Okla
Elaine Ward
L. B. Ward
Trinidad
Colo
By Doug H. Fonda
Weinberger
Scbbe
Weather Forecast
U.S. Weather Bureau
South Plain
Sostevenes
P.m
Wier
I+Minn
Fed
Landrum
D-Ga
McConnell
R-Pa
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