Survey links losses to illegible handwriting in utilities
A Telephony article summarized by the Handwriting Foundation reports 31 utilities losing up to 50 000 dollars annually due to unreadable handwriting. 29 percent of utilities used handwriting as a job advancement criterion. experts urge penmanship revival in schools and better training for supervisors.
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The
Handwriting Foundation, Inc
al Leach
Borger Telephone
J. C. Phillips
Handwriting Foundation
Raymond Goodfellow
Newark, N.J
Board of Education
Frank L. King
Foundation
Amarillo Board Defers Desegregation Decision
The Amarillo School Board postponed action on desegregation after protests from Negro leaders. A 75 member Negro delegation urged delay while a jointly staffed committee of Negro and white residents studies the issue. The Roger proposals would have created separate districts and allowed limited cross transfers this fall.
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Daily News
H. O. Willborn
David Hughes
Amarillo
School Board
Chas. M. Rogers
Rogers
Carver
Hilltop
Parakeet Foils Burglars in Jackson Home
A. J. and Mrs. Kelly, living on Jackson, wake to a rustle fearing another break in. They switch on lights to find Topper the parakeet perched on the piano, cage door left open after evening exercise. The couple jokes about their crime week.
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A. J. Kellys
Jackson
Topper
A. J
Taking Lie Detector Test In Mystery of Missing Wife
Five members of the Bill Phares household and two neighbors traveled to Austin to take polygraph tests in the Andrea Phares disappearance case. District Attorney Joe Cox and other officers accompanied them. Results are not admissible in Texas courts, but may aid investigations.
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Daily News
Plainview
Bill Phares
Austin
Ted Andrews
Hale County
Atty
Joe Cox
Raymond Waters
Raz Rentfro
Andrea Phares
Cox
C. L. Dyer
Rangers
Waters
Rentfro
Frank Gaston
Texas
Andy Lopez
South Texas
Andrea
Mexico
Phares
Three Turncoat Soldiers Sail Home From Hong Kong
In Hong Kong on July 11 the three former U.S. soldiers who defected to Communist China sailed home aboard a ship carrying comic books. William Cowart Lewis Griggs and Otho Bell face possible prosecution on return for acts as prisoners during Korea. They expressed regret and willingness to pay for their actions.
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Hong Kong
U.S
China
William Cowart
Lewis Griggs
Otho G. Bell
United States
Weather summary for Amarillo 1955 reporting
The 1955 Amarillo period shows 175 sunlit days out of 192 with a late afternoon reading of 3 p.m. yesterday. Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo recorded mainly partly cloudy skies with wind speeds from 8 to 14 MPH and visibility around 10 to 15 miles.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
House Upholds 27.9 Million Cut in Foreign Aid
The House voted 251 to 123 to maintain a 27.9 million dollar reduction in Eisenhower era foreign aid funds, sending a 2.64 billion dollar appropriation to the Senate for military and economic aid to non communist nations. Senator Dirksen signaled effort to restore sliced funds after a Europe Asia tour. Harold Stassen criticized the slash in a public letter to Appropriations Chair Cannon.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Sen
Dirksen
R-Ill
Europe
Asia
Harold E. Stassen
Cannon
Cmo
Appropriations Committee
Stassen
Foreign Operations Administration
Curfew Imposed at Sheppard Base After City Fights
Sheppard Air Force Base and surrounding towns are under a 9 p.m. curfew for military personnel and civilians after a series of gang related brawls and pre arranged meetings. Col. Melvin S. Hollidge says another major clash is planned for next Friday as air patrols and MPs are increased. About 50 people were apprehended in recent incidents.
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Wichita Falls
Sheppard Air Force Base
Melvin S. Hollidge
Air Force
Hollidge
Spudder Baseball Park
Opponents of Power Project Claim Victory
President Eisenhower cancelled the Dixon-Yates contract triggering Democratic triumphalism in Congress. Memphis Mayor Frank Tobey hailed the move as public power victory while Senators Lehman O Mahoney Kefauver denounced the deal as unlawful and harmful to the public. Brownell announced immediate termination.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Lehman
D-Ny
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Congress
Dixon-Yates
Memi
Frank Tobey
Memphis
Brownell
White House
Tobey
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
West Texas New Mexico League Score Digest
Amarillo beat El Paso 18 to 8 while Lubbock and Pampa posted 8 and 7 respectively. Abilene defeated Plainview 6 to 3. Albuquerque at Clovis postponed by rain. American and National League schedules noted with no games.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Body of 2-year-old found near cornfield in Iowa
Donna Sue Davis was snatched from her crib and found dead at the edge of a corn field near South Sioux City Nebraska. Police say injury to the neck area and head trauma indicate foul play. Neighbors reported seeing a prowler around the Davis duplex last night but details are scarce.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Donna Sue Davis
James O’keefe
Ernest Oehling
South
Neb
Missouri River
Whch
Oehlerking
James Davis
Davis Duplex
Air Academy Dedicated as Bridge to the Future
The U S Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Force Base by Secretary Harold E Talbott as a bridge to peace and future leadership The first class of 306 cadets began with exams uniforms and drills as dignitaries watched the ceremony at the sizzling Lowry tarmac with the academy to move to Colorado Springs in about two years.
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Denver
U.S. Air Force Academy
The
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Lowry Air Force Base
Talbott
U. S
U. S. Air Force
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