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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1956

Page

8

Neighbors Plow 600 Acres For Injured Farmer Nearby

In Amarillo area, Tony Ridge Community neighbors rallied to farm Clem Baker’s 600 acres after a fall left him with a leg injury. Fourteen members provided 16 tractors to plow and plant maize while Baker recovers, aided by wives who cooked a big community meal.

Daily News Clem Baker Tony Ridge H. A. Harbison Maynard Bixtie Amarillo Baker Marilyn R. D. Baker St. Anthony’s Hospital Mrs. Baker Mercy Baker Place Bud Jones D. K. Hall B. A. Williams J. W. Randall Verl Wagner Jerry Murray Earl Cummings Bill Witt Oran Emberton John Slater Archie Druin Frank Metcalf Maynard Bicksel Dick Medlin George Jenkins Max Overfelt J. O. Murray Paul Parker Virl Wagner C. B. Baker Doris Metcalf

Dips on Lipscomb to Be Eliminated by City Plan

City Commissioners approved removing two street dips on Lipscomb at 10th and 11th avenues with a $9,352 contract to Gilvan Terrill Construction Co. A storm sewer will link the site to an existing system to handle half inch rainfalls over about 144 acres.

Lipscomb 10Th 11Th Avenues Gilvan-Terrill Construction Co Ers Water Department Randall County L1th Ave 9Th Ave

New Mum Cream with M-3 deodorant stops odor 24 hours

Doctors compare New Mum Cream to other deodorants and find it stops underarm odor for a full day thanks to M-3 hexachlorophene. The Bristol Myers product is gentle on skin and fabrics and safe for daily use.

Bristol Myers

Three Survive Sinking of Steamer Badora in Bay of Bengal

In Dacca East Pakistan on Saturday the coastal steamer Badora sank after a cyclone struck off Chittagong Sandwip Island. Police said three survivors washed ashore at Chittagong. The vessel carried 172 passengers and 30 crew. 50 000 rupees in cash bound for Sandwip was aboard for government payrolls. Bodies were sighted near Chittagong as a court of inquiry was ordered.

Dacca East Pakistan Bay of Bengal Chittagong Sandwip Island Sandwip

Floydada Attorney Named Bar Director

Floydada attorney Richard Stovall was elected a director of the Texas State Bar Association. Ballots tabulated in Austin named Alvin Allison his opponent with Newton Gresham as president and Virgil Seaberry as vice president. Outgoing president Mau rice Bulloch and directors W. S. Barron and Ralph Logan were also named. The annual meeting is set for July 4-7 in Houston.

Richard Stovall Floydada Texas State Bar Association Austin Stovall Alvin Allison Levelland Newton Gresham Houston Virgil T. Seaberry Eastland Maurice Bulloch Fort Stockton W. S. Barron Bryan Ralph Logan San Angelo State Association Associated Press

Condemnation Suit Delayed in Amarillo Traffic Project

The City of Amarillo seeks condemned property at 34th and Tyler for the Amarillo Expressway. Hearing moved to 9:30 a.m. in the 108th District Court with new commissioners Johnny McBroome Carl King Jr. and jury of view W. F. Perkins to assess damages. Morrison's Grocery sits on the property.

Potter County City of Amarillo Ray Thomas Wilson Forrister Claude C. Curb W. F. Perkins

Chamber Opposes Gore Nuclear Reactor Proposal

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States opposed a Gore proposal for the government to build nuclear power reactors. It said such a move would duplicate private industry efforts and sent a letter to Senator Anderson, chairman of the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee.

Washington The Chamber of Commerce of the United States Sen. Gore D-Tenn Chamber Sen. Anderson D-Nm Senate House Atomic Energy Committee

Rodeo Performer Clay Riggle Death Sentence Upheld

Wyoming Supreme Court sustains the death penalty for Clay Tricky Riggle a 56 year old rodeo trick roper. execution set for September 5 in the Rawlins gas chamber following convictions for killing Mrs Frances Williamson and rival Walter Acker in Wheatland on March 28 1953. Robert Koch isolated the tuberculosis bacillus.

Cheyenne Wyo Wyoming Supreme Court Clay Tricky) Riggle Rawlins Riggle Frances I. Williamson Walter I. Ackerblade Wheatland

Explosion Rocks American LST off Indo China coast

Tokyo radio reported an American LST loaded with ammunition exploded off the Indo China coast. LST No. 675 was named by 45 Japanese. Nine were seriously injured and one was missing.

Tokyo Indochina

Inventor of the Adding Machine

A historical note attributes the invention of the adding machine to Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, in 1642.

Pascal

Porgy and Bess Cast Returns From Seven Month Tour

The 65 member Porgy and Bess troupe arrived at Idlewild Airport after a seven month foreign tour including Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia. They noted high prices and a generous meal hosted by U S Ambassador Bohlen and remarked on Russians views of American life and hunger for information about the United States.

New York Russia Poland Czechoslovakia Moscow U. S Charles E. Bohlen Idlewild Amsterdam Robert Breen Globe

Blonde Temptress Denies Romance

Miss Kim Novak, a green eyed blonde film star, leaned over a sun deck aboard the liner United States as 2,500 sailors on the U S S Tawaraw a swarmed the rigging for a better view. She denied engagement rumors and said it sounds as if she were a woman of the world.

New York United States U.S.S Miss Novak Mario Vandini

Contempt Motion Continues In Plow Patent Dispute

In federal court here a contempt hearing continues over Graham and Graham Hoeme Plow Co against Jeoffrey Manufacturing in Amarillo. The case stems from a 1953 declaratory judgment fight over a spring clamp used on chisel plows and an injunction Graham obtained for patent infringement. Another Graham Hoeme suit against Cockshutt Farm Equipment, Inc. was expected to begin later today.

Federal District Court William T. Graham Graham Hoeme Plow Co Jeoffroy Manufacturing Co., Inc Amarillo Daily News and Globe-Times Jeoffroy Graham-Hoeme Graham S. Tom Morris Jeoffrey Clayton Heare Claude A. Fishburn Orville O. Gold Cockshutt Farm Equipment, Inc

Classrooms Set For Eastridge Addition

Portable units totaling four classrooms will be ready by the opening of school next September. Frank Phillips and Sons won the bid for the $27,089 contract, with the units movable to other sites as needed. Eastridge sits at the east edge of the city where former Municipal Airport stood, and students have attended Forest Hill School.

Eastridge Frank Austin Frank Phillips and Sons Old Municipal Forest Hill School

Older Citizens Face Action Call From Governor Meyner

Governor Meyner warned that neglect of older citizens could push them toward political action and voting for candidates who promise quick financial aid. He spoke at the three day conference opening session co sponsored by the Federal Council on aging and the Council of State Governments in Washington.

Washington Robert B. Meyner New Jersey Meyner Federal Council On Aging Council of State Governments

Pampa Pastor Elected to Baptist State Office

Dallas June 5 The Baptist General Convention of Texas backs creating Baptist junior colleges in cities after 1960 with campus acreage of at least 100, 1.5 million dollars in capital and equipment, 1.5 million in endowments and system affiliation. The board elected four pastors to new posts and named E W Carver of Pampa as vice president.

Dallas Baptist General Convention of Texas Today Texas Baptist Educational System W. Y. Pond Jr First Baptist Huntsville Hooper Dilday Texas Baptist Sunday School Department T. C. Gardner

Cyprus Governor Harding Targeted by Death Threats in Britain

Security around Cyprus Governor Sir John Harding intensified after threats calling him a murderer and promising a bullet. Leaflets were dropped by a speeding car in Manchester and a prior letter was sent to a Birmingham newspaper. Police guarded Harding as he met with officials on the Cyprus situation.

Cyprus London Sir John Harding Britain Manchester Cyprus Liberation Sab‘committee Great Britain Birmingham Harding

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Farmers Aid Friend In Need the Doctor Robert Koch Spicer Antique Diamond Dept Spicer's American Lst Feller Caring Better Hearing Magazine W. 35Th St Dept. Zaore New York 1 Porgy Bess Breen Pampa Baptist Gunn Bros Homemakers Boss GE Lceo A Ee Harrison E. 10Th Johnson Gunn
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