Banking man talks human relations boosting boom in banks
Kansas City banker and convention speaker Tom Collins says bankers lead in humanizing services appealing to doctors and lawyers. He cites highchairs in lobby to help mothers and keep babies away from spittoons, drawing laughs with anecdotes including his granddaughter. He recalled a New York talk linking It Happened One Night to underwear sales.
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Tom Collins
Collins
Kansas City
Panhandle
New York City
Toll TV controversy in Washington and Austrian radio preference
The column debates government licensing of pay television and predicts limited success for toll TV, arguing most Americans will stay with advertiser funded broadcasts. It notes 78 percent of Vienna radio listeners favor American Army radio Red White Red post withdrawal, highlighting its advertising model and popular appeal.
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Washington
Vienna
U.S
Wind sock pair on Lanai Island airport align in view
A reader notes wind socks at opposite ends of Lanai Island airport seem to point toward each other due to unusual air currents. The anecdote is followed by assorted quotes and a brief reader submission with aphorisms and a line by WES IZZARD.
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Lanai Island
House Votes To Adjourn After Tax Battle
The House ended its bitter fight over 98 million dollars in new taxes on beer gasoline cigars and corporate franchises and then voted to adjourn at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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Joe Benham Austin
House
Senate adjournment moves amid tax bill approval
The House approved the Senate adjusted tax bill by a 72 to 67 vote and sent the adjournment resolution to the Senate. Rep. John Crosthwait urged end of a 120 day session though work overran that deadline. The revenue plan would raise about 98 million dollars in two years as the Senate ad journed until Monday without acting on the adjournment.
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House
Senate
Bridegroom Sentenced to State Pen After Informal Wedding
Pat Abercrombie aged 23 is to serve 18 months in the state penitentiary for second degree burglary after an informal ceremony in Ardmore Oklahoma. Bride Levenia Robison aged 17 waits in Mannsville as Deputy Sheriff Ira Wells stood as best man and Dist Judge Caldwell performed the ceremony free of charge.
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Ardmore
Okla
Pat Abercrombie
State Penitentiary
Levenia Geraldine Robison
Mann
Storm Rips Wichita Falls as Tornadoes Scatter Rain
A severe storm system brought tornadoes and 95 mph winds to a three state area. In Wichita Falls power lines were toppled and flooding hit Graham with up to 44 inches of rain in 40 minutes causing hundreds of flood calls. Police and utility officials urged residents to stay indoors amid widespread damage.
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United Press
Wichita Falls
Tex
Graham
U.S. Weather Bureau
Fort Worth
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas Panhandle
CAA
Texas Electric Service Co
Baseball scores from the West Texas-New Mexico and leagues
In the WW-WWWEWW regional league Lubbock defeated Amarillo 6 to 1 while Plainview beat El Paso 3 to 2 and Pampa won 10 to 9 in 11 innings. Abilene edged Albuquerque 10 to 9 in extra innings. In the American League Chicago beat New York 3 to 2 and Kansas City topped Boston 4 to 3. Detroit won 7 to 2 over Baltimore while Washington beat Cleveland 3 to 1. In the National League Brooklyn routed St. Louis 12 to 5, Chicago beat New York 4 to 1, Milwaukee won 4 to 3 over Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati 7 to 6.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Plainview
el Paso
Pampa
Clovis
Abilene
Albuquerque
Chicago
New York
Kansas City
Boston
Detroit
Baltimore
Washington
Cleveland
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Liberty for 11 Fliers Looms
In Manila on June 3, Times of India managing director J C Jain said he received word from Hong Kong that 11 American airmen imprisoned in Communist China could be released within 24 hours. Four airmen were freed earlier, with officials from the State Department and United Nations hopeful but unable to confirm the report.
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Manila
Times of India
Hong Kong
U.S
China
J. C. Jain
United Nations
New York
U.N
Fourth Body Found In Rubble In Dallas Disaster
A fourth victim, Norvell P. Emerson, 40, an orderly at a Dallas hospital, was found among the rubble of a collapsed three story building that housed Harry's Fine Foods and the Cline Music Store. Eight others were injured but survived. Earlier victims were Luther Gonzales William E. Kirby and Alvis Bailey Simmons. The disaster occurred at 6 30 p m CST when part of a building being razed fell onto the tavern. Rescue workers recovered the last missing person six hours after the collapse and ended the search 22 hours later.
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Dallas
Norvell P. Emerson
St. Paul’s Hospital
Emerson
Mary Henry
Harry’s Fine Foods
Cline Music
Luther Gonzales
William E. Kirby
Alvis Bailey Simmons
Western night program kicks off Amarillo summer events
Amarillo residents are urged to wear western attire for the first weekly summer all tourist night at Ellwood Park tonight at 8. Dumas talent and the Amarillo Square Dance Council will present western entertainment and square dancing beginning at 8:30 with Spot Agee and the Range Riders providing music. The event is hosted by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and the city park and recreation department with remarks from Mayor Art Jordan and Chamber president Kenneth Grenewald.
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Amarillo
Ellwood Park
Dumas
Amarillo Square
Fist Ansley
Dumas Dogie Days
Art Jordan
Kenneth Grenewald
Chamber
Dumas Group
John McCarthy
Ansley
Dience
Porter Underwood
Square Dance Council
Agee
Woman Dies in Gas Chamber After Hour-and-Half Delay
San Quentin California June 3 AP an attractive frightened woman with blindfold died in the gas chamber today one and a half hours late after last minute efforts to save her life Barbara Graham 32 died protesting the stays which kept her alive extra hour and a half Santo 54 and Perkins 47 executed three hours later for the robbery murder of a Burbank widow Mabel Monahan plus a 1952 grocer and three children massacre and a 1951 gold miner killing both were professional robbers who treated murder as a trade
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San Quentin
Calif
Jack Santo
Emmet Perkins
Burbank
Graham
Santo
Perkins
Mabel Monahan
Texan Ex-Ment Extortion Case Arrest of 75-Year-Old
Federal authorities arrested John Cass Adrian of Austin on a charge of attempting to extort 800000 dollars from former Land Commissioner Bascom Giles. The case ties to Giles’s bribery and theft probes into the Texas veterans land program.
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Austin
Bascom Giles
Giles
Texas Veterans Land Program
William C. Hoover
U.S
Robert Sneed
John Cass Adrian
Adrian
Sneed
Hoover
Travis County
Howard Bowden
Weather Readings Highlight Amarillo Stretch in 1955
Weather data from 1955 shows Amarillo with 138 sunny days out of 154 as of a 3 PM reading. Partly cloudy conditions appeared in Houston and nearby areas with wind MPH and visibility varying, including clear skies in some reports.
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Amarillo
Houston
Kia
City
Flier Dies in Crash at Clovis Air Base
Lt. David F. Hoyer, pilot at Clovis Air Force Base, died when his jet crashed during approach at 10:15 a.m. Witnesses said the plane stalled and burned in a nearby plowed field south of the runway. He belonged to the 386th Bomber Squadron. Funeral arrangements are pending. Survivors include his widow Patricia Hoyer and one child, both of Clovis.
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Clovis, N.M
David F. Hoyer
Clovis Air Force Base
Hoyer
386Th
Patricia Hoyer
Clovis
Teenager Dies In Head-On Crash With Trash Truck
Amarillo police report a 17 year old, Jerry D. Sprouse, died after his 1932 model hotrod collided head on with a city trash truck on 24th Street near Mirror around 11 PM. A 14 year old girl, Wanda Stewart, was hospitalized with a possible broken shoulder and non life threatening injuries.
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Amarillo
N.E. 24Th
Jerry D. Sprouse
Charles O. Sprouse
N. Houston
St. Anthony's Hospital
Wanda Gene Stewart
N. Pierce
Blasts Stir Prospectors as Uranium Area Opens
In California, near Hobo Springs, the government opened a new 2944 acre uranium mining area in Sequoia National Forest. About 1000 prospectors, a third of expected, rushed to stake claims as Miracle and Kergen mines set off dynamite charges at 10 a.m. to alert workers. The blasts prompted officials to post warnings and may deter claim jumping.
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Hobo Hot Springs
Calif
Sequoia National Forest
Miracle
Kergen
Weather Outlook for Panhandle and South Plains
Fair and continued warm conditions expected Saturday and Sunday. Friday night low around 59 degrees with highs near 87. Clear to partly cloudy skies across the Panhandle and South Plains.
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Vicin Fair
Panhandle
South Plains
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