Echo From Past Political Campaigns
A reflective piece notes dullness in the current governor race and minor contests. It recalls Pete La Master, a former Republican congressional candidate now serving as agricultural attaché in Montevideo, Uruguay, with his father W B La Master of Perryton planning a fall visit.
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Pete LaMaster
Congress
Pete
Montevideo
Uruguay
W. B. LaMaster
Perryton
LaMasters
Botany Club Notes On Local Vines Across Town
In Vine Talk reporters share sightings of bougainvillea at the FE. B. Osburn greenhouse 301 Maryland and ivy stretching 46 feet along a Nelson front-room wall. Al Slagle reports a bugle vine growing inside a wall near 21st and Pierce.
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al Slagle
21St
Pierce
That Sign Puzzles The City And A VW Delivery Van
Mrs. Otto Gililland notes city signs on Western Avenue read inflammable and explosive truck route, urging repaint to inflammable. Henry Hertner’s son buys a German Volkswagen delivery truck, first in Amarillo in this field. Mockingbirds dive bomb dogs and cats in Travis and Lon Edwards yards as birds rule the block. A Georgia editor cites four score and seven years hence on taxes. Icelanders per capita talk more by phone, but Americans may talk just as much. -WES IZZARD
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Otto Gililland
Hereford
Western Avenue
Interstate Commerce Commission
Amarillo
Henry A. Hertner
Henry
Washington, D.C
Home Beauty Swindlers Prey On Amarillo Homeowners
A two man con team operated in Amarillo for two days selling overpriced house siding to vulnerable residents. They checked into a hotel, picked targets from local phone books, then pressed a high pressure sale claiming a model home and offering either a inflated discount or a free coat of siding for advertising. They left town as warrants awaited, promising to return after law enforcement cools off.
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Amarillo
Guymon Awaits Good Will Air Lift by Amarillo Boosters
About 40 Amarillo business executives will fly to Guymon Oklahoma for the first Southwest good will air lift. Planes will depart early Saturday and return by noon after breakfast and a town tour. Reservations close at 5 p.m. with contact Garford Wilkinson.
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Southwest
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Guymon
Okla
Garford Wilkinson
Warren Freeman
Good Will
Chamber
Guyman
Ed Nash
Freeman
House Approves Foreign Aid Bill for 3.6 Billion
The House approved a foreign aid bill totaling 3.6 billion dollars in a 284 to 120 vote, sending the measure to the Senate where lawmakers aim to raise the total toward four billion. President Eisenhower sought about five billion in new funds to sustain military and economic aid amid Cold War pressures.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Deny Long Hours For Bus Drivers
James Porter dispatcher for Valley Transit Co. denied in Brownsville that drivers were forced to work long hours. He said a former driver from Harlingen who complained in court had actually sought all the extra shifts available.
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Brownsville
James Porter
The
Valley Transit Co
Porter
Harlingen
Man in Poland Telephones Niece in U S
Newark housewife Wanda Potasznyk received a call from her uncle Bolslaw Skwarcz in Poland expressing desire to come to America. The four and a half minute call routed via Warsaw and Switzerland prompted discussion of a U S policy allowing Poles to immigrate or visit, amid previous Kremlin pressure and tightened overseas call rules.
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Newark
N.J
Poland
America
Wanda Potasznyk
Bolslaw Skwarcz
United States
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Kremlin
Stalin
FBI Enters Weinberger Kidnaping Case
The FBI joined the Peter Weinberger kidnapping probe in Westbury New York the day after the child was abducted from his parents home. Director J Edgar Hoover announced federal agents would aid Nassau County police as the Lindbergh law was invoked and a Brooklyn woman was arrested in connection with the case.
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Westbury
N.Y
FBI
Peter Weinberger
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Nassau County
Little Peter
Brooklyn
Blast at Uranium Plant Injures Three in Salt Lake City
A blast at Vitro Uranium Corp plant in Salt Lake City injures three workers Ernest Webster Robert Hern don and George Asmussen. Officials say the explosion did not involve nuclear fission and may have been caused by ore-dust dust from ore crushing.
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Salt Lake City
Atomic Energy Commission
Vitro Uranium Corp
Ernest Webster
Robert Herndon
George Asmussen
Western League Scores Highlight Amarillo Thriller
Amarillo edged Colorado Springs 15 to 14 in a wild Western League contest while Topeka beat Sioux City 7 4 and Des Moines triumphed 3 3. Lincoln and Albuquerque also recorded low scores as Pueblo posted 3. National League play saw New York at Milwaukee postponed by rain as the only scheduled game.
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Amarillo
Colorado Springs
Topeka
Sioux City
Des Moines
Lincoln
Albuquerque
Pueblo
New York
Milwaukee
Dulles Calls for Soviet Reforms to Prove Anti Stalin Policy
Secretary of State Dulles urged Moscow to free its satellite states to prove sincerity of anti Stalin policy. He said only bold liberalization would assure the world that evil done in Stalin's name will be undone. He also softened his neutrality stance, arguing it is immoral except in rare cases.
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Dulles
Stalin
Moscow
Russia
United Nations
Nehru
Ames
Iowa
Air Force Lets Hobbs Base Stay In Line For Funding
Senator Chavez pressed to add Hobbs New Mexico to the military construction authorization. Air Force Under Secretary James H. Douglas said no objections but warned adding Hobbs would push the dispersal program beyond the House cap of 1.4 billion dollars. Chavez argued Hobbs is an existing auxiliary to Lubbock Texas and urged authority to proceed with manning within the program.
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Washington
James H. Douglas
Air Force
Senate
Hobbs, N.M., Air Force Base
Sen
Chavez
D-Nm
Hobbs
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Stennis
D-Miss
Douglas
House Appropriations Committee
Lubbock
Texas
Rogers
Congressmen sign new Southern Manifesto in House fight
A secret circulated manifesto seeks to defeat the Civil Rights bill. Rep. William Colmer helped prepare the document while Rep. Howard W. Smith warned against signing it. Texas and other lawmakers debated backing the measure as others urged study before commitment.
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Vernon Louviere
Daily News
Washington
House of Representatives
Colmer
House Rules Committee
House
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Rules Committee
Smith
Texas
Texas House
South
Peach Tree Owner Seeks Squirrel Removal and Rooster Complaint
A resident asked city hall to permit shooting squirrels chewing peaches from a tree. Another caller complained that a neighbor’s rooster crowed at daybreak every morning. Both reports filed the same day.
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Amarillo
City Hall
Man Found Dead on a Spearman County Road
Clyde Gaither a 62 year old road maintenance worker in Hansford County Precinct 1 was found dead on a county road 11 miles southwest of Spearman about 2 pm. Sheriff J B Cook says Gaither likely fell from a road grader and was run over by its left wheels. Autopsy planned in Amarillo. Survivors include his wife Lois. Boxwell Bros Funeral Home of Spearman to announce arrangements.
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Spearman
Clyde Gaither
Hansford
J. B. Cook
Gaither
Marvin States
Grover
Delon Kirk
Amarillo
Lois
Boxwell Bros. Funeral Home
Matinee to Lux Video Theatre Double Feature
KGNC TV selects a 1 p.m. matinee from Colorcast Matinee Theatre followed by Lux Video Theatre at 8 p.m. Viewers tune in for early daytime drama and an evening telefilm presentation.
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Kgnc.tv
Lux Video Theatre
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