05 Jun 1956
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1956
Page
1
A three-sided dispute unfolds among airline management crew and passengers over liquor service on premium flights. Lawmakers hold hearings as hostesses pilots and travelers weigh safety and atmosphere, noting liquor is limited to select overseas and coast to coast flights while some urge a ban.
A humorous clip recalls Walter Rogers arguing a Congressman could be arrested for illegal parking. The tale centers on a holiday theft of time and a near ticket, with a sprint to avoid a fine amid patrolmen and a billfold short of a nickel. It contrasts with a Stevenson Kefauver vote chatter and a hurried color TV forecast, all in a late 1950s newspaper voice.
School trustees adopt a policy that parents must pay for damage or stolen property when their children vandalize city school buildings. Suspensions hinge on restitution before reinstatement. Board also considers floodlights and securing buildings at night as vandalism cleanup continues at Sam Houston and Horace Mann Junior Highs.
Nevada bulletin reports Iowa Atty. Gen. Dayton Countryman conceded the Republican senatorial nomination to Sen. Rourke B. Hickenlooper after the Iowa primary election.
A. G. McNeese Jr. of Houston, president of the Bank of the Southwest National Association, urged Panhandle bankers to push aggressive public relations campaigns. He said banks are vital weapons for defending capitalism and urged a shift from a shrinking-violet stance to telling the banking story of truth and wisdom. The remarks closed yesterday's two-day convention as 500 bankers elected new officers.
Weather forecast notes wind and sky conditions across Texas Oklahoma and Houston Dallas and Amarillo. Data shows 146 sunny days out of 155 for 1956 with winds varying and skies partly cloudy to cloudy across major cities.
Weather Bureau reports fair Tuesday morning in New Mexico with increasing cloudiness and widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. Gusty winds in many areas late afternoon, high around 100. Yesterday’s temperatures reached 71 to 77 while the day’s extremes included 72 at 10 a.m. and a max of 88 with a 66 min. precipitation in 24 hours ended at 4 p.m. was trace.
Senator Price Daniel continues his Texas gubernatorial campaign sweep through the Panhandle with broadcasts on KGNC TV in Amarillo at 6 p.m. and a 7 a.m. KGNC radio appearance. He meets district chairmen at the Herring Hotel at 6:30 p.m. and addresses the Grain Sorghum Growers Association at 8 p.m. He also plans events in Lubbock Plainview Orton and a luncheon in Plainview before Amarillo.
El Paso report details Senator Price Daniel at a press conference promising to let local school districts decide integration while aiming to improve Texas public schools. He avoided direct action questions, reaffirmed respect for Supreme Court rulings, and defended his record amid remarks on a veterans land scandal.
The page outlines sections including Pace 10 Movies Astro Guide, Miami Party Line, classified ads on pages 20 to 27, and Weather Map on page 3. It references Sylvia Porter in Markets on page 16, Martha Mason Trimet Women’s Pages on pages 8 and 9, plus sports on pages 13 and 14 and editorials.
Early morning prowler Edgar Ray Johnston 22 of Ponca City Okla was critically wounded by Amarillo Patrolman Cosgrove when he raised a Beretta at Patrolman Kates near 1612 N Manhattan. Johnston was treated at St Anthony's Hospital with a chest wound and prepared for surgery.
Whitern Deague Amarillo 2 Colorado Springs 0 Lincoln 5 Des Moines 3 Topeka 9 Sioux City 4 Albuquerque 7 Pueblo 6 Southwestern League Ballinger 7 Pampa 6 Midland 9 Plainview 6 Carishbad 15 Clovis 4 Roswell 4 El Paso 3 San Angelo 12 Hobbs 7 2nd game late American League Cleveland 7 Washington 0 Chicago 13 Baltimore 4 Only games scheduled National League Brooklyn 3 Milwaukee 0 St Louis 1 New York 5 Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 2 Only games scheduled
Fort Worth police arrested Frank Augustine Henry P Blott Jr. and Hershel B Ory Nes on charges of peddling without a license and seized about 175 wrist watches. The men, registered at Plainsmen Motel on NE 8th, were linked to a street sales ring on North Street after a complainant reported a suspicious second sale.
Opening of summer session marks integration in Amarillo public schools. Negro students may attend on the same basis as whites. transfers between formerly segregated areas are allowed. District plans attendance areas for next fall and permits voluntary transfers where previously restricted.
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