Summer state parade opens Amarillo youth program
Thirty junior baseball teams led a parade down Polk Street to inaugurate Amarillo’s summer youth program coordinated by the YMCA. The event featured the Amarillo Air Force Base drum line, color guard sailors, and five attractive girls in convertibles.
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Ford Workers Benefit Highlights From Historic UAW Deal
DETROIT June 6 1956 Ford Motor Co and CIO United Auto Workers announce a three year contract granting 60 to 65 percent take home pay during layoff up to 26 weeks a new pension cap 252.80 a month a minimum 21 percent annual improvement factor pay holiday and triple holiday pay for most plants plus cost of living escalator improved hospital medical benefits and wage gains averaging about 20 cents hourly for Ford's 140 000 production workers according to UAW President Walter P Reuther.
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Helicopter Service Links Belgium Holland and Germany
A rotorcraft service began today linking Belgium Holland and Germany with routes across Duisburg and neighboring regions. The launch marks expanded regional air mobility amid cross border cooperation.
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Barcentrate Claims Weight Loss Across Texas
Mrs. C A Rhodes of Mesquite reports losing 40 pounds using Barcentrate and Mrs. Luther Mason of Amarillo says she shed 15 pounds. The ad touts Barcentrate as a grape fruit juice fat reducer and offers a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails to show results. Available through Texas druggists.
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New Market Road
Mesquite
Texas
Luther Mason
F. 10Th Ave
Amarillo
Five Injured In Sayre Area Car Crash
Five occupants of a single car were injured when their vehicle overturned five miles east of Sayre Oklahoma at 9 a.m. Mrs. Mary Jane Burnham of Rainier Oregon drove the car which ran off the highway and rolled one and a half times. The Sayre Fire Department extinguished a small fire. Three children, Richard Lee seven Peggy Ann four and Robert two, survived with injuries. two adults may be seriously hurt. The group was taken to Community Hospital Elk City for treatment.
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Jerry Abbott
Writer and Speaker Moves to Canyon
Bob Wear author of the Abundant Life column relocates from Hereford to Canyon to serve as minister of the Central Church of Christ. He and Mrs Wear plus their son moved to a new home last week after nine years in Hereford where he led the Hereford Church of Christ and spoke to civic and church groups. He also hosts the Abundant Life program Saturdays on KGNC-TV.
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Plains Woman Attends MIT for Six Weeks of Science Study
Mrs. Joe Findley formerly Nelle Green and Canyon High School science teacher leaves June 27 for six weeks of study at MIT Cambridge. She holds a Westinghouse fellowship for science teachers and previously won a Bord fellowship in 1952.
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Philadelphia
England
Kizanis Speaker Urges Need of Self Knowledge
Mary Louise Nat profiles the Kizanis speaker who calls for self knowledge as a path to personal and communal betterment, outlining guiding principles and practical steps for audience members to reflect on their actions.
A BOMB MANUFACTURER ADDRESSES KIWANIS ON TOMORROW
Dr W Clark Ellzey head of Stephens College marriage education speaks to Downtown Kiwanis at the Herring Hotel about Tomorrow's Citizen. He warns accelerated living breeds failures and praises human responsibility and spiritual growth for future citizens.
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Clarendon Hosts Lions Club Barbecue and Dance
Clarendon hosts a Lions Club barbecue and dance Tuesday night with attendees from Amarillo and five clubs. Approximately 200 Amarillo residents are expected, with District Gov. Jim Ed Waller and District Gov. Elect W. T. Nelson as guests. The event runs 7 p.m. at the Clarendon County Club, followed by a dance at Clarendon's American Legion Hall.
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Amarillo
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Plainview
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Dub) Nelson
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New American Legion Hall
Mike McCulley
Clarendon Lions Club
George Weatherall
R. E. Brennan
Ernest Kent
Bill Lowe
H. M. Breedlove
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Church bulletin hints liquor issue talk with drinks served
In Santa Monica the church bulletin announced a Sunday night meeting to discuss the liquor problem. The notice promised drinks and cookies and drew surprise from congregation members.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Birds Abundant in Shenandoah National Park Surpass 200 Species
A park survey records over two hundred bird species within Shenandoah National Park. Researchers note diverse avian life across valleys, ridges, and forest habitats, highlighting migratory and resident species observed by rangers and visiting naturalists.
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