Gems From the Workaday World and Commerce Report
A Shaw Employment Service note highlights scarce workers including stenographers and engineers. A New York Daily News headline notes jobs scarce for poor working girls. The piece discusses tax exemptions for employed minors, workplace greenery to boost morale, executive salaries at major firms, and the cost of poor communication in business.
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Amarillo
Department of Commerce
New York Daily News
Local note on winds, trash, and city governance
An editorial in The Times riffs on Eisenhower and local service, then recalls a windy gust that blew trash from an alley in Dallas. It notes trash receptacles in other towns and jokes about local laws, ending with Wes Izzard's quotation on reformers.
Texas Rangers Start Lead in Phares Case
In Phares disappearance case Sheriff Andrews signals possible active Rangers involvement. C. W. Phares offers a $1,000 reward for Andrea Phares, a 20 year old Hale County resident, who vanished May 4. District Attorney Joe Cox returns to help probe.
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Stabulary
Andrews
Joe Cox
Ike Defends Wenzell Role in Dixon-Yates Contract
President Eisenhower says Adolphe H. Wenzell's role in the Dixon-Yates power contract was proper despite congressional criticism. He notes he would cancel the deal if Memphis can build its own generating plant and cites Wenzell’s past as a consultant and First Boston Corp. ties.
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Eisenhower
Dixon-Yates
Memphis
Dixon- Yates
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Washington
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Wenzell
Congress
Budget Bureau
First Boston Corp
Power Syndicate
White House
Borger City Commission backs water contract with authority
The Borger City Commission votes to urge the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority to approve the water purchase contract for the Canadian River Dam. Directors must report by July 18 in Plainview, with a potential election within 60 days if approved. The meeting also covers city budget, taxes, paving progress, and a new policy resolution.
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Borger
Borger City Commission
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Canadian River
Plainview
Dave Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Homer Gibson
Paving Committee
Moore
Jack Hood
Sharp Cut in Activity For Johnson Forecast
Mayo Clinic physician Dr. James C. Cain said Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas will likely resume political life on a less strenuous basis. He reported Johnson much better than earlier and still improving after a heart attack last Saturday. Cain noted the prognosis remains hopeful but cautioned that anything could happen. About 20 newsmen attended the Johnson office briefing arranged by the senator himself.
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Vernon Louviere
Texas
James C. Cain
Johnson
Lyndon
Cain
Jersey Joe Walcott Advocates Simple Anti Delinquency Plan
Former heavyweight champion Walcott testified before a Senate labor subcommittee on juvenile delinquency. He urged loving attention and traditional discipline as the cure, insisting parents should teach right and wrong and punish evil without relying on federal aid.
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Washington
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Senators
Walcott
Camden
N.J
Senate Labor
Convicts End Revolt at Washington State Prison
After a 26 hour siege at the Washington State prison, hardened inmates released nine hostages in a sudden maneuver. Associate Warden Ted Bezzerides led the hostage escapees from the control center to the Administration Building, followed by eight other captives as officials and guards were freed.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Washington State
Ted Bezzerides
Weather Summary for Western Texas and Oklahoma
Amarillo reports sun for 170 of 187 days in 1955. Comparative readings at 3 pm show winds around 15 mph with visibility 15 miles and partly cloudy skies in Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla City
Baseball scores from West Texas New Mexico and leagues
In West Texas and New Mexico league Amarillo beat Pampa 9 to 8. Plainview won 7 to 5 over Clovis with a 6 0 6 score noted in the entry. Albuquerque defeated Lubbock 9 to 8 and El Paso shut out Abilene 1 to 0. In the American League Detroit 5 Chicago 3 Baltimore 4 New York 0 Boston 7 Washington 5 with rain postponing the second game. Cleveland and Kansas City 4. In the National League New York 4 Philadelphia 2 game called at end of 6th inning due to rain Brooklyn 10 Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 4 St. Louis 6 Chicago 1 Milwaukee 5 Chicago 1.
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West Texas
Amarillo
Pampa
Plainview
Clovis
Albuquerque
Lubbock
el Paso
Abilene
Detroit
Chicago
Baltimore
New York
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Pair of Desperadoes Loot Coach of Silver
Two young bandits on horseback held up a coach in Detroit. They took silver from the coach and fled, later captured with a pony. A 16 year old and a 13 year old were arrested after robbing a city bus of $14 in coins. They are held at Wayne County Juvenile Home as investigators trace the pony and $50 hid in a shoe.
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Detroit
Wayne County
General Motors Shares Soar On Planned Stock Split
New York July 6 GM stock closed up 14.37 at 127.75 after news it will triple outstanding common shares and seek a 3 for 1 split. Du Pont holdings rise as GM gains, with Christiana Securities also advancing amid the tie in.
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New York
General Motors
New York Stock Exchange
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
America
du Pont
Christiana Securities Co
Christiana
Mammoth
Eight-Point Amarillo Traffic Plan Presented to Credit Chiefs
Eight point plan for Amarillo traffic dispersal discussed by Fist Ansley of the Chamber of Commerce highway committee.Proposed widening of Georgia from Wolflin to Highway 66 and other projects include Pullman Switch road to Highway 287, W 3rd to West Hills, Bell Ave extension to the Expressway, reopening an Adams underpass, 34th St extension, 27th St underpass revamp, NE 3rd through traffic, and paving Boy's Ranch road. About 20,000 vehicles counted on 8th St during peak period. under 7,000 were tourists. Thirty-six attendees at luncheon.
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Amarillo
Fist Anstey
Ansley
Georgia
Wolflin Ave
Highway 66
N. Adams
Hughes
34Th St
Llano Cemetery
Tradewind Airport
27Th St
NE 3Rd
Potter
Randall Counties
Amarillo Air Force Base
Boy’s Ranch
Charlie Dennis
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Time-Life- Fortune
Rockefeller Center Group
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Bethlehem Steel
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Bronfman
Seagrams
Little
Colgate
William R. Kelly
Sinclair
U.S. Conference of Mayors
The
Times
Polk
Tyler
New Mexico
Oklahoma City
East Dallas
Wes Izzard
U.S
Ike
Texas Rangers
Gation
Phares
Rangers
State
Andy Lopez
Andrea
Mexico
Monterrey
C. L
J. W. Davis
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Adolphe Wenzell
O. B. Hunt
Burns Kingston
Panhandle
South Plains
Ager Fritz Thompson
Commission
Equalization Board
Midwest Railways
Associated Press
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Wathena
Kan
St. Joseph
Peters Creek
Daily News
Lille
Martha Masoneenene
United States
Credit Chiefs
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