Professor from Madrid plans Panhandle tour visit
A letter to the Panhandle Auto Club reveals civil engineer Fernando Espinos Oliver of Madrid intends a Lone Star State tour, targeting Amarillo and surrounding Panhandle counties. He requests AAA guides, road maps, a city street map, and vacation literature with local attractions and accommodations. He provides his Madrid address for correspondence and billing.
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Herring Hotel
Fernando Espinos Oliver
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Spain
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Panhandle
Texas
Sirs
Lone Star State
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Randall
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Espinos Oliver
Calle de Campoamor
Billingtons offer reward for vandalism of yard birdhouse
Mr and Mrs Tom Billington of 2219 Wichita offer 25 reward for information identifying vandals who tore down their yard birdhouse where mockingbirds nested. Also notes on Alta Jackson wedding, past spelling bee winners, a golf essay by P G Wodehouse, Texas labor stats for Amarillo and Lubbock, and a tongue in cheek Political slogan from Russia.
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Wichita
Billingtons
Alta Jackson
Quail
Childress
Texas Labor Market
Texas Employment Commission
Amarillo
Lubbock
Texas
Russia
Wes Izzard
Republicans Welcome Eisenhower Run Again
Eisenhower plans to seek another term draws praise from GOP leaders and enthusiasm from Democrats. Adlai Stevenson says the nation will gain from a vigorous debate as the campaign gears up. Senators and governors react with cautious optimism and questions about health and time devoted to the presidency.
Eisenhower Reaffirms Candidacy Amid Health News
President Eisenhower will run again, saying he is in much better health after his major abdominal surgery. GOP leaders conveyed the pledge amid jubilation in the party, while Democrats said they welcomed his readiness to seek reelection in 1956. The stock market moved higher briefly, then mixed, and rose again as news spread.
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Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Gettysburg
GOP
Gettysburg College
Senate
Knowland
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast Dear
U S Weather Bureau reports fair to partly cloudy conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with a chance of afternoon and night thunderstorms. Panhandle and South Plains see partly cloudy skies through tomorrow with widely scattered afternoon storms and little temperature change. Highs reach the mid to upper 90s. lows around the mid 60s. Sunrise 5 41 a m. sunset 8 04 p m.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo Leads 1956 Sunniest Days Record
Weather report notes Amarillo shone on 183 of 191 days in 1956 with 9 a m readings from multiple cities. Cloudy conditions in Houston and Dallas contrast with clear Amarillo and partly cloudy Oklahoma City.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Twining Warns of Red Surprise From Russia
Gen Nathan F Twining Air Force chief of staff warned the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Soviet Union may spring a technological surprise in new weapons. He said his Russia visit strengthened concerns that the USSR is narrowing the West's lead, with emphasis on trained personnel and engines of both Western origin and new Soviet designs.
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Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Russia
West
Twining
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S.S.R
United States
Des Moines Council Buys Fire Insurance For Station
Des Moines city council takes out an $875 fire insurance policy on a fire station while it undergoes a $165,000 remodeling. Mayor Ray Mills questioned the need as officials explained the risk necessitates coverage during renovation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ray Mills
Rites Tomorrow For Ben Burkett
Memorial services will be held at 10 30 a m in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel for Ben C Burkett Sr 67 of Amarillo founder and president of Burkett Paper Co who died yesterday of heart attack Burial will be Llano Cemetery Memorials may be made to favorite charities Pallbearers include J R T Bassett James Rittenberry Bob Brent Hugh Currie Herb Dodson and S T Curtis He was born December 12 1888 in Thayer Missouri a WWI veteran and husband of Tone Burkett Surviving are two sons Ben C Burkett Jr and Bobby Burkett both of Amarillo a brother J K Burkett of Shreveport and two sisters Mrs W E Mitchell I of Oklahoma City and Mrs Mark Cullen of Amarillo
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Blackburn- Shaw Memorial Chapel
Carl E. Bates
First Baptist Church
J. R. T. Bassett
James Rittenberry
Bob Brent
Hugh Currie
Herb Dodson
S. T. Curtis
Llano Cemetery
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Hayden
Amarillo
Pierce
Armstrong Warehouse
Polk
Tyler
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Thayer
Hanson Post
American ‘Legion
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Ben C. Burkett Jr
Bobby Burkett
J. K. Burkett
Shreveport
W. E. Mitchelll
Oklahoma City
Mark Cullen
NLRB Hearing on Cabot Employee Committees Moves On
National Labor Relations Board hearings to disestablish Cabot Carbon Co employee committees continued in the Gray County courtroom with Lee J. Best presiding. The dispute, filed by the Chemical Workers Union, concerns working conditions at the Canal Plant in Franklin and whether committees act as bargaining agents or interfere with management. Four Pampa Cabot workers are slated to testify Wednesday as the case extends through the week.
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Pampa
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Lee J. Best
Washington, D. C
Gray County
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Chemical Workers Union
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Cabot
Reno Stinson
War Production Board
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Wicket
Big Spring
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Bauer
Asa Ambrister
New Orleans
H. H. Hillyer Jr
Richard C. Keenan
Maj Morgan to attend World War II memorial dedication
Maj. John Cary Morgan son of Mrs. S A L Morgan of 1401 Van Buren leaves for Cambridge England to attend the first of six memorial dedications honoring American dead in World War II. The Cambridge chapel memorial honors 3811 Americans who died and 5125 lost in action in the air or at sea around the British Isles.
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Red) Morgan
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Denver
Texas Company
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U.S. Air Forces
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Eisenhower
William Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
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Normandy
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Italy
Soviet protest over alleged US air incursion into western Russia
Russia charged that American military planes penetrated Soviet air space up to 200 miles inside Russia for about two hours on July 4 5 and again the next day. Ambassador Zarubin delivered a formal protest to Dulles as the State Department said it knew nothing of the overflights.
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Russia
Georgi Zarubin
Moscow
Dulles
Zarubin
State Department
Defense Department
Moscow Radio Airs Complaint on US Air Force Intrusions
Moscow Radio reported to London that U S Air Force planes flew up to 200 miles into Soviet air space from Western Germany through East Germany and Poland. The note cited July 4 5 and 9 incursions with routes Brest Litovsk Minsk Kaunas Kaliningrad and Baranovichi as portions of the alleged patrols.
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Moscow Radio Today
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Washington
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Grodno
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Vilna
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Kaliningrad
Taxi Operators Seek Fare Hike in Amarillo
Amarillo taxi firms urged the City Commission to raise fares and trim the franchise tax. Heads from three companies supported increasing the flag drop from 40 to 50 cents while keeping the 10 cent per half mile after the first mile. The commission will act on July 24 after operators supply cost data.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Amarillo Bus Co
N. V. Moss
Moss
First Woman Elected Official Joins Grand Prairie School Faculty
Grand Prairie reports Mrs Ronnie Stewart, the first woman elected to a public office there, has resigned from the school board and is hired as English teacher at the junior high for the coming school year. She previously moved to Amarillo and returned to join the Grand Prairie independent school district teaching staff starting in September.
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Grand Prairie
Ronnie Stewart
Amarillo
Grand Prairie Independent School District
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