This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1958
Page
1
About 500 Amarillo high school students seek summer jobs as youth employment efforts keep the program alive. Jack Walders, insurance man, sustains the service started by a civic luncheon group. Readiness to work spans experienced to novice, offering tasks from shoveling to digging.
Dist. Judge Charles O. Betts charged the State Board of Insurance and the Attorney General with hampering his 98th District Court. He said about 22 insurance company receiverships lack action due to missing information and claimed the board and AG are delaying court duties while defending themselves in the Supreme Court. The hearing was recessed with Betts postponing further inquiry.
Col. William O. Davis, a key figure in Air Force space planning, resigns and attacks senior scientists for slow U S space research progress. He criticizes overconservatism on advisory boards at MIT, Caltech, and Columbia, and warns defense relies too much on management experts rather than technical know how. He says a space program lead must understand the field.
Lee Hunter organized a portable cooling drive for Will Rogers Day Nursery and other facilities. Hervey Champion installed five new and donated units at the Will Rogers and Negro Day Nurseries, Amarillo Day Nursery, YWCA library, and Amarillo Community Center. An anonymous conditioner adds summer ventilation, showing neighborly response.
Tony Whittington and a highway department worker picked up trash along Highway 287 when a car tossed a full bag of litter onto the road. Whittington laments the Make America Beautiful campaign failing to stem the waste, noting beer cans and trash fill the roadside, mostly from locals in the Panhandle.
This item notes auto wrecking yards as a feature of many towns and includes a wag of the tongue about unripe fruit in Wheeler. It also quotes Chef Oren Arnold on mental illness preventability and asks what today’s youth will say they did without.
Allocation of a million dollars in Hill-Burton federal hospital construction funds for St. Anthony’s Hospital was approved at a Texas Board of Health meeting in Austin. Robert F. E. Clements of the Amarillo Area Foundation led the request, with Plains Hospital Fund backing the Amarillo effort.
A reader comments on the latest ladies' shoe fashion featuring long pointed toes and 10 penny heels. He jokes such styles hinder romance yet could boost local business, and whimsically wishes for a rich corn plaster mine.
Workers from four more striking Phillips Petroleum Co. installations near Borger returned to work today, bringing the total number of returning units to nine in eight days. Electricians and telephone operators in the engineering department were among those resuming duties.
Western League results show Amarillo 9 over Topeka Lincoln 6 and Albuquerque 4 over Des Moines 6-5 with Pueblo 10-5 and Colorado Springs 17-12. Sioux City 6-10. National League Cincinnati 3 San Francisco 0. In labor news Phillips Petroleum reports Dumas and Rock Creek plants and gas dept maintenance workers returned to work without a contract while production staff at well sites east of Borger also resumed. Executives and Local 351 AFL-CIO officials met for hours on Sunday and again today.
President Eisenhower sent a short note to Soviet Premier Khrushchev proposing that technical talks on policing a future nuclear test ban begin at once. White House officials said the contents were not released to ensure Moscow receives the message first, and the reply follows Khrushchev’s May 31 note seeking inclusion of Polish and Czechoslovak atomic experts.
The Texas State Democratic Executive Committee split on a key legal issue as it certified four gubernatorial candidates including W Lee O Daniel and chose San Antonio for the Sept. 9 state convention. It also set Austin for Aug. 11 to canvass July 26 primary returns, and rejected a move to condemn rump conventions by a 4 1 vote.
A page notes a protest over a Republican official who left the party in 1956. A compromise resolution favors passage of a party registration law. Dist Judge Graham Purcell's candidacy for the Court of Criminal Appeals was rejected 27-20 for lack of qualifying legal experience. Purcell vowed to appeal.
The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority board leaders in Plainview approved an engineering study on pipeline design that could alter water treatment costs by several cents. Amarillo and Lubbock directors seek a differential in rates tied to pipeline distance from Sanford Reservoir while other cities face potential impact. The two cities say they are not far apart but have not reached a final agreement as the study moves forward.
A report in The Daily News examines Plains Schools expanding academic options with new advanced courses, aiding students with higher level study and college readiness.
Harvest of 1958 wheat begins in Potter County Claude Aiken Grover Pullman Amarillo Grover North Plains with first loads to Weeks Bagwell Aiken General Mills J Harris Elevators. Farmers Lee Goodin Don Pavillard E L Barnett Dean Pavillard report yields around 30 bu per acre and 58 lb bushel test. Continued on Page .
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts continued warmth with a high near four today and partly cloudy near Wednesday. Panhandle and South Plains predict partly cloudy and warm Tuesday and Wednesday with slightly cooler conditions by midweek.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.