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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1956
Page
6
The government tourist office reports visitors to Mexico spent 114 million dollars more in the first three months of 1956 than in the same period of 1955. The quarter's total reached 81 million dollars.
Decca of London pioneered high fidelity in 1936 and promotes FFRR full frequency range recordings while moving toward the US standard RIAA curve. Peter Noel of Dallas notes early London FFRR imports, Mantovani Month in May, and London’s use of a single Telefunken microphone for authentic sound.
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a 6,985,000 loan to Texas Telephone and Telegraph Co of Houston, the agency’s largest telephone loan. It will bring service to 6,889 rural subscribers across 21 counties including Dallas, Ellis, Grimes, Navarro and Robertson. Five new dial exchanges will be added and 2,267 miles of new line built with 924 miles rebuilt and 806 miles reused. The company plans extensive system upgrades to replace magneto exchanges and expand coverage. A separate note mentions a rapid oceanic organism growth causing red tide that harms fish.
An AWOL sailor from Orange Jacob Joseph Orre, 25, was found after alleging a self inflicted wound. He had been absent without leave since Thursday and faced transfer orders to Adak in the Aleutians. Orre initially claimed robbery but later said the wound was due to personal despondency.
In Beirut June 5 Arab states conduct most trade with non Communist nations despite visible Soviet bloc missions. Egypt leads with 27 percent of exports to the Soviet bloc, while overall Soviet trade remains a small share of total imports. Syria and Lebanon show modest gains, but Iraq and Jordan remain negligible.
The Western world must boost organized public relations and energetic political campaigning to hold influence in Europe and the United States. Britain needs to match Soviet methods and also focus on marketing Western goods while acquiring surplus Middle East products.
A Cambridge Christian Scientist was named president of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston at the annual meeting. The gathering drew adherents from 48 states and many foreign countries. The article notes Arabia is sometimes called Araby.
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