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11 Jun 1955
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Amarillo Daily News in Amarillo, Texas
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1955
Page
1
Bermuda shorts spark knee debate in Amarillo column
A snappy Amarillo newspaper column ridicules Bermuda shorts for men, praising kilts and debating comfort versus style. It cites local wearers like Dick Coon and Ed Roberts and notes a trend spreading along Polk Street while joking about Stanley Blackburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Dick Coon
Ed Roberts
Polk Street
Suburban annexation and regional race noted
This column notes Phoenix’s annexation of five square miles with over 14 000 residents and a claimed population of 155 000, a 45.4 percent five year rise, while naming Albuquerque Amarillo and Lubbock as rivals. It also comments on Khruschev’s Belgrade banquet behavior and includes brief local notes about W L Scott a Methodist preacher and Yale class of 1916 reunion attendees, plus a quip about a state representative's desk sign and vacation thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona City
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Lubbock
Eisenhower OKs 8 Percent Pay Rise for Postal Workers
President Eisenhower signed a bill delivering an average 8 per cent raise for about 500000 postal workers, ending months of dispute. The move sets a potential pattern for Civil Service raises, with general 6 per cent increases starting June 16 and retroactive lump sums paid July 15. A broad job reclassification adds about 2 per cent on average, taking effect next December and boosting top rates for supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Postamster General Summerfield
Photographers Demonstrate Courtroom Photos Without Flash
In Colorado Springs on June 10 photographers from the National Association of Press Photographers showed how to shoot courtroom pictures without flash. Attorney General Herbert Brownell addressed the group as his photo was taken with no flash, reflecting a debate over banning courtroom photography now urged nationally by the American Bar Association, a move opposed by the photographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gen. Brownell
National Association of Press Photographers
Colorado Springs
Herbert Brownell
The
American Bar Association
Photographers’ Group
Malenkov outlines Soviet atomic power plan
Former Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov told Western reporters in Moscow that large atomic power plants of 50 000 and 100 000 kilowatts would be in operation within a few years. He spoke while honoring India's Prime Minister Nehru and noted Zavanyagin leads the broader atomic energy program. He hinted at a unified power grid for European Russia by 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Soviet Union
Malenkov
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nikolai A. Bulganin
A. P. Zavanyagin
Zavanyagin
Magnitogorsk
Nehru
Russia
Urals
Man Killed in Santa Fe Train Derailment
A Santa Fe brakeman A Bourne, 46, of Canadian, died after a freight derailment in the Canadian yards. He was pronounced dead at the hospital and taken to Stickley Funeral Home. Bourne, a Baltimore native who moved to Canadian in 1948 from Pocahontas Arkansas, left a wife and two sons. Funeral plans and burial are to be made in Arkansas. The incident occurred on the north siding when cars derailed, Bourne reportedly thrown and pinned under wreckage. No other injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
A. Bourne
Stickley Funeral Home
Baltimore
Pocahontas
Ark
Canadian
Arkansas
Bourne
Par
Associated Press
Grand Trunk Western Roundhouse
Detroit
Wheat Parity Cut in 1956 Agricultural Support
The Agriculture Department set a 1956 wheat minimum support at 76 percent of parity, down from 82 for 1955. The national average price would be $1.81 per bushel if acreage quotas pass in the June 25 referendum, versus $2.06 in 1955. A two thirds vote is required to continue quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Stocks Hit Peak Again
New York June 10 The stock market rose to a new record high led by rail, aircraft, steel and chemical shares. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks gained 1.26 to 169.20, its highest level ever after a prior retreat from profit-taking yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Safety Assured for Vaccine Amid Inter Agency Argument
Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele said the polio vaccine program nearly crossed safety lines in the past but is now clearly safe and ready to proceed. He spoke amid strained ties between the Public Health Service and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, with hints of further agency differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
U.S. Health
Cine
Shannon
Pennsylvania
Marylane
Ohio
Polio White Paper Prompts Mixed Reactions From Health Leaders
Health officials spar over a new white paper on the polio vaccine program as Basil O'Connor and Dr. Jonas Salk face criticism. Scheele notes the document reflects only the health service view and hints at further disclosures. Separate concerns target Cutter and Wyeth vaccine lots, with ongoing studies and calls for safety margins and full testing before resuming mass vaccination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheele
Jonas E. Salk
Basil O'Connor
Polio Foundation
The
Health Service
O'Connor
Jonas Salk
O’connor
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Salk
Dr. Salk
James A. Shannon
National Institute of Health
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta, Pa
Wildcat Strikes End as UAW, GM Resume Talks
The CIO United Auto Workers ended the last of a dozen wildcat strikes at GM plants and returned to contract talks, with a new offer anticipated. Union VP John W. Livingston hinted the company has a counterproposal, while production is expected to normalize by Monday barring a wider strike. The deadline for settlement remains Sunday midnight, and about 60,000 workers were idle at peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Livingston
UAW
Ford Motor Co
General Motors offers new high speed train for economy and speed
Detroit June 10 General Motors announces a new high speed all coach train with ten cars and a 1200 horsepower diesel. It will carry 400 passengers and reach sustained speeds above 100 mph. First demo by late August, with per seat costs under 1000 dollars and low fuel use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors
Harlow H. Curtice
Curtice
Proprieter challenges bandit during botched robbery in San Antonio
In San Antonio on June 10 a 19 or 20 year old bandit drew a large revolver at W W Lafferty’s grocery and demanded cash. Lafferty a 38 year old, 6 foot 200 pound proprietor, ordered the robber to shoot himself but refused to open the till. The bandit fled as Lafferty grabbed a gun but did not fire. Lafferty claimed he once “worked over” shoplifters, breaking a hand in one assault. He identified today’s suspect as a shoplifter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
W. W. Lafferty
Naomia Scott
Lieve
Lafferty
Witness Says Graft Paid by Manufacturer
Navy inspector Henry Vining testified that Lev’s Spencer Manufacturing sold 2 million dollars in navy hats with 1954 substandard caps slipping past his checks while he accepted favors from Lev’s partner Maurice Ades. Senate subcommittee sought to recover about 70 thousand dollars from Lev for salted shipments and pressed Lev on alleged inside information and blackmail claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Harry Lev
Lev
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Chicago
Sen
Bender
Ohio
Andrev
Subcommittee
Ella Hart
Henry B. Vining
San Patricio
Puerto Rico
Spencer Manufacturing
Vining
Maurice Ades
Palma Hotel
Ades
McClellan
D-Ark
R. J. Arnold
Navy Bureau of Supplies
Arnold
Spencer Company
Weather Outlook for Amarillo District
Fair weekend with warming trend in Panhandle and South Plains. Friday night low near 45, Saturday high around 79, partly cloudy with widely scattered thunderstorms and rising temperatures Sunday. Five day forecast June 11-15 notes below normal temps and moderate precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fork Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
West Texj.s
Baseball scores from different leagues and towns
In the West Texas New Mexico League Plainview defeated Amarillo 11 to 4 Abilene beat El Paso 6 to 2 Albuquerque topped Lubbock 18 to 4 Clovis 3 Pampa 0 7 in the American League Boston beat Detroit 5 to 2 New York triumphed over Cleveland 3 to 2 Baltimore established a 3 to 0 win against Kansas City Washington played Chicago rain postponed National League Brooklyn defeated Chicago 7 to 0 New York beat St Louis 2 to 1
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Plainview
Amarillo
Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerque
Lubbock
Pampa
Boston
Detroit
New York
Cleveland
Baltimore
Kansas City
Washington
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
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Pau Ual
Jay Buonnty
the ‘Ity
Izzard
Bermuda
Lord Fauntleroy
Stanley Blackburn
Mr. Blackburn
Nikita Khruschev
Time Magazine
Tito
Belgrade
Lions Club
W. L. Scott
Wellington
Deccatur
Whitehall
Mont
Yale
New Mexico
Wes Izzard
Doris Jamison
Houston
Dallas
Okis
City
W. McD Hammon
University of Pittsburgh
Hammon
Wildcat
John W. Livingston
the Union
South Gate
Company
Union
Ford
Rey
Weather Bureau
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