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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1958
Page
8
The abandoned LaCasa School site is sold after enrollment declines and state aid changes. Playground equipment will be moved to Hollis City Park for use by county children, while county Jaycees will repair and repaint it.
Striking Phillips Petroleum Co workers and other welfare cases boosted surplus food applications at Hutchinson County welfare office by 714 since May 16. The total reached 1,187 with 1,109 from strikes and other cases. about 4,514 people and 78 regular state cases are receiving food distribution. Next issuance is Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 AM to noon and 1 PM to 4 PM at the county warehouse.
Claude Heaton of Adrian, 64, was reported in good condition at Veterans Administration Hospital in Amarillo after shooting himself with a .32 caliber pistol when stopped for a drunk driving complaint near Guymon, Oklahoma. Heaton was transported to Amarillo for treatment.
BORGER June 6 Special Summer enrollment at Frank Phillips Junior College rose 20 percent from last year reaching 131 students. Of these 131, 97 attend day classes, 20 attend evening classes, and 14 take both day and night classes. Longview Texas UPHN Prominent dealer Charles Brazzell died Friday from burns after a Wednesday cleaning fluid explosion. He was 70.
Perryton, June 6. Joe Brooks of Community Public Service Co. was treated at Sanford Hospital for back injuries after being knocked off a utility pole by a high voltage line. He fell 35 feet when he lost his grip as his elbow touched a 2,300 volt line while stringing new line between Santa Fe Avenue and the Equity Elevator. John Robison, foreman, said Brooks did not suffer burns.
Borger resident Bobby Clem, 22, was seriously injured when his 1955 sedan left Highway 1b and crashed into a pasture five miles south of Borger. The car struck two guard posts and a breather pipe, broke fence posts, and threw Clem about 27 feet. He suffered head injuries and severe cuts at North Plains Hospital.
Plainview selects Harold G Hinn as elected director of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Judge H M LaFont who served two years. Hinn leads Harvest Queen Elevators and A Texas Manufacturers Assn director, promoting groundwater recharge research and area economy studies.
Three Panhandle students were named Outstanding Students and Goodfellows by Cactus staff. Allan B. Adkins of Amarillo, Fred Wayne Blackwell of Lefors, and Mary Kate Surratt of Panhandle were among 73 UT students honored in Austin on June 6.
Four senior Army ROTC cadets from the Panhandle at Texas Tech have earned military training certificates after four years of Reserve Officers training. They are Richard W. Price Amarillo Leonard L. King Childress James G. Renfro Littlefield and Fred L. Gloyna Lockney. Twenty four other cadets received certificates of achievement.
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