New Sights and Sightsmen on the Queen Mary Tour
The piece details Europe tours for American travelers aboard the Queen Mary with a structured system of couriers and guides. It highlights tour logistics, the role of Nordisk, and the Code of the Tour. It also profiles three guides including Aubrey Scott, praising their discipline and distinct personalities.
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American Express
Nordisk
England
Vienna
Europe
Florence
Paris
Co Champs in Spelling Bee Tie Ends National Final
Two top spellers Sandra Owen of Navarre Ohio and Dana Bennett of Denver Colorado tied for first in the national spelling championship after exhausting the judges word list. Each wins 1000 dollars plus a trophy and a 1000 dollar weekend trip to New York. the tie is rare with only the second in bee history.
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Associated Press
Sandra Owen
Naverre
Ohio
Dana Bennett
Denver
Washington, D.C
Washington
Navarre
Colo
Sandra
Dana
Scripps-Howard
New York
Canadian Girl Mary Evelyn Jones Narrowly Eludes In Spelling Bee
In Washington on June 7 Mary Evelyn Jones of Canada survived a fifth round misstep on surcingle and then spelled six more words before missing smaragdine. She placed 19th after an 11th round exit earlier, saying she avoided a simple-word fall. Ralph Knophuisen finished 21st after missing insentient.
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Washington
Mary Evelyn
Surcingle
Mary
Evelyn
Ralph Knophuisen
Plainview
Trail Ridge Road Opens to Traffic in Colorado
Trail Ridge Road across the Rockies reopened to motorists after seven weeks of snow clearing. Leonard Jacobson and his three sons from Wisconsin were the first to cross the high altitude route since last fall. Heavy winter snow delayed the May 20 opening as drifts required blasting.
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Estes Park
Colo
Trail Ridge
Rockies
Leonard Jacobson
Wascobe
Wis
United States
Baseball Scores From Western and National Leagues
Western League results Amarillo 6 Colorado Springs 5 Albuquerque 3-3 Pueblo 1-10 Topeka 10 Des Moines 3 Sioux City at Lincoln postponed by rain. National League Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 3 Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 1 Chicago 0 St. Louis 5 New York 3 in 11 innings. American League Baltimore 3 Chicago 2 in 11 innings Detroit 6 New York 3 Washington 11 Cleveland 7 Kansas City 6 Boston 3.
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Amarillo
Colorado Springs
Albuquerque
Pueblo
Topeka
Des Moines
Sioux City
Lincoln
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Baltimore
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Kansas City
Boston
Rumor Puts Hutcheson in Race Again
Meade Alcorn hinted Hutcheson of Houston may run again for the Senate. Hutcheson, defeated by Ralph Yarborough in a special election last April, indicated he might be a candidate next year. He spoke on Texas budget concerns at a panel, noting voters crave spending reductions.
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Hutcheson
Washington
Meade Alcorn
Thad Hutcheson
Houston
United States Senate
Alcorn
Senate
Texas
Sen
Ralph Yarborough
Eisenhower vows to fight for GOP platform pledges
President Eisenhower told a national Republican rally that Congress and party leaders must translate the 1956 platform into law. He urged unity, likening the effort to a football play and warning that failure to support platform pledges would collapse party responsibility and representative government. He waved off dissenters and said gains in 1958 and beyond depend on a united team approach.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
GOP
Senate
House
Knowland
California
Bridges
Air Traffic Meeting Set Here Today
An Air Traffic Conference convenes at Tradewind Airport at 9 a m with Civil Aeronautics Authority experts presenting a panel discussion and answering questions. Speakers include Henry Weisner Frank Hand Jr N W Leppard W E Morgan and Sam Brown from Amarillo Air Terminal. A barbecue follows the session and registrants may attend both for 2 50.
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Tradewind
United States
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Henry Weisner
General Safety Division
CAA
Frank EF. Hand Jr
N. W. Leppard
W. E. Morgan
Air Traffic Control Division
Sam Brown
Amarillo Air Terminal
Weather Summary for Texas and Oklahoma Cities in 1957
In 1957 Amarillo recorded 132 sunny or clear days out of 158. Comparative readings at 3 p.m. Friday show Houston and Dallas with varying conditions, with Okla City and Amarillo reporting partly cloudy to fair skies and wind speeds around 12 to 15 MPH.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Meany calls for Beck to quit as Teamsters leader now
AFL-CIO President George Meany urged Dave Beck to resign immediately or be removed. He criticized Beck over alleged union funds misuse and cited Senate disclosures as staining labor but said cleaning up corruption would strengthen unions long term. John F. English replaces Beck as AFL-CIO treasurer and secretary, with Meany promising continued scrutiny.
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Washington
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
Meany
Aflcio Industrial Union Department
Aflcio
Senate
Tacoma
Wash
Teamsters Union Executive Board
Teamsters
John F. English
English
75 Year Old Man Killed by Bees Near Evarts Kentucky
A 75-year-old man died after bees stung him while tending hives at his Harlan County home. Grant Shockley, who kept bees as a hobby, was stung on the face and neck and died about 10 minutes later.
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Evarts
Grant Shockley
Harlan County
Defense Command Alerts On Unidentified Planes
The Air Force reported a low grade alert by the Continental Air Defense Command due to an unusual number of temporarily unidentified aircraft. The alert lasted about one hour and involved both U.S. and Canadian military and civilian planes including more bush pilots from Canada. Two planes were kept ready at each base during the alert.
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Washington
Air Force
Continental Air Defense System
Continental Air Defense Command
United States
Girard Innocence Claimed Amid Japan Trial Debate
Congress and Girard's hometown push to save GI William S. Girard from a Japanese trial for fatally shooting a woman at an Army firing range. Rep Haley introduced a nonbinding resolution urging reconsideration of the agreement to let Japan try the soldier. Girard, 21, says the shooting was accidental and denies enticement of the victim.
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Washington
GI William S. Girard
Congress
Rep
Haley
D-Fla
United States
Japan
Ottawa, I
Girard
Ottawa
White House
Eisenhower
Camp Whittington
Naka Sakai
Thunderheads Foil Plains Storms Then Veer Away
Severe weather warnings were issued for parts of northwest New Mexico and the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles as thunderheads briefly threatened the area Friday night. The storms dissipated before 10:30 p.m. leaving heavy showers near Boise City and southwest of Dumas, with warnings canceled by 11 p.m.
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Upper Panhandle
Northwest
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma Panhandle
Boise City
Okla
Dumas
U.S
Amarillo Air Terminal
Perry Como Show and Jerry Lewis Show Tonight Schedule
TV colorcast lists Perry Como at 6 p.m. followed by Jerry Lewis at 7 p.m. The Marriage airs at 8 p.m. on KGNC.
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Kgnc- TV
Perry Como
Jerry Lewis
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Mary Evelyn Jones
Interlaken
Trail Ridge Road
Bascom N. Timmons
Daily News
Louris Norstad
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Theodore Green
Rhode Island
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Ike
Sylvia Porter
Defense Command
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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