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Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1956

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Diet Debates Contrast Cornell and Look Magazine Plans

A discussion of two diet articles contrasts Cornell University nutrition advice with Look magazine’s Rockefeller Diet. The piece notes key features like breakfast protein and milk versus no milk or meat at certain meals, urging readers to balance food choice with moderation and common sense.

Cornell Packard Look Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Way Cowles Magazines, Inc

Turbo-Prop Plans For Amarillo Air Travel In 1958

Continental Air Lines Amarillo manager David Lusk says CAL will receive 15 Viscount turbo prop aircraft with an option for 5 more in 1958. Braniff orders Electras with turbo prop engines. Viscount is a four engine British plane. The piece also notes Oak Ridge worker James Parks and reader letters about mosquito control and groundwater plans.

Amarillo Air Goo David Lusk Amarillo Continental Air Lines Braniff CAL Capital Airlines Continental James Parks Atomic Energy Works Oak Ridge Tenn R. B. Steele Julian United Nations New York Amarillon Amarilo South Plains Frank Warren Wes Izzard

Desegregation Vote Slated By Democrats July 28

Rites today for Henry C. Harding 90 cattleman and Amarillo Hotel resident. funeral at St Andrew's Episcopal Church with pallbearers named. Survived by his widow Leoma Cobb Harding and two daughters. burial at Llano Cemetery. Funeral by Boxwell Brothers.

Henry C. Harding Panhandle West Texas St. Andrew's Episcopal Church A. A. Bush Wyatt Blackburn W. S. Clifford John Jarrett Bland Burson Charles Ware Co. A. Fisk Virgil Patterson Llano Cemetery Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home Harding Leoma Cobb Harding Thurman Convalescent Home Mrs. Harding Amarillo Hotel Guy Goodson Plainview Isabel Spelter Dallas Mr. Harding Beaumont Stinnett Amarillo

Locator Service Hearing Opens In Panhandle Texas

A Panhandle utility hearing opened in Carson County on Electronics Locator Service of Amarillo seeking to be recognized as a telephone company. The case questions if a radio communications firm is bound by wire line regulations and whether Locator is a public utility or private company. The firm operates in Skellytown Amarillo and Lubbock with Dr James L Johnson and James Bynum as partners.

AL Hall Daily News Panhandle Texas Ama Rillo Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Carson County Southwestern Bell Electronics Locator Skellytown Communications Commission James L. Johnson James Bynum Amarillo Lubbock Herman Pipkin W. L. McConnell Ford Hall Telephone Company Dallas Southwestern McConnell Hall Donald Sharp St. Louis

SAC Chief Seeks Multibillion Yearly SAC Budget Increase

Gen Curtis LeMay asked the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee for an extra 3.8 billion dollars annually for SAC for four to five years. He cited needs for more B52 bombers plus bases and personnel to deter nuclear attack. The SAC budget area is estimated at about five billion dollars for the coming fiscal year.

Washington Curtis LeMay Strategic Air Command Sen. Chavez D-Nm Chavez Senate LeMay SAC

Wylie Named to New Post for Glen Canyon Dam

L F Wylie regional director of the Bureau of Reclamation was named construction engineer for Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. Wylie has long served on major projects including Hoover Dam Amarillo San Luis Canadian River Eklutna and will lead on the dam building effort. He is a Jenny Lind Arkansas native and University of New Mexico graduate.

Bureau of Reclamation L. F. Wylie Hayden Glen Canyon Colorado River Daily News Washington Bureau Wylie Hoover Dam The Bureau Amarillo San Luis Project Colorado Alaska Jenny Lind, Ark University of New Mexico

Hold Up on Soil Bank Leaves Texas Farmers in Limbo

Farmers in the High Plains press Washington directives into a practical Texas program as county ASC committees await instructions. Questions loom on grazing disqualification, 1956 payments linking to 1957 contracts, and whether substandard wheat or allotted cotton will be affected. Texas leaders seek clarity amid a Wall Street Journal briefing by True Morse on six crop acreage reserves.

Usda Book Washington ASC Comeeffico High Plains Panhandle ASC College Station State Committee Texas Soil Bank Wall Street Journal D. Morse

Weather Update Passes Along Unclear Forecast

Fragmentary OCR weather notes from the Weather Bureau provide an uncertain forecast for May. Readable elements mention temperatures, past readings, and nonstandard terms that obscure a clear forecast.

Local Scores Across Leagues and Cities

Sioux City beat AM 9 to Des Moines 4 while Lincoln routed Pueblo 19 to 2 Topeka defeated Colorado Springs 6 to 2 National League Philadelphia topped Milwaukee 6 to 2 rookion 8 St Louis 6 American League Washington 4 3 Kansas City 3 6 Baltimore Detroit 4 Cleveland 4 1 Boston 1 5 Southwestern League Clovis 13 Midland 3 Pampa 8 San Angelo 4 Plainview 13 Ballinger El Paso at Hobbs and Carishad at Roswell late Western League Arillo 3.

Sioux City Des Moines Eavotes Lincoln Pueblo Topeka Colorado Springs Philadelphia Milwaukee Rookion St. Louis Washington Kansas City Baltimore Detroit Cleveland Boston Clovis Midland Pampa San Angelo Plainview Ballinger el Paso Hobbs Carishad Roswell Arillo

Weather snapshot from Amarillo 1955 sun days and readings

Sun shone over Amarillo for 153 of 162 days in 1955. Comparative readings at 3 PM show wind speed and visibility across Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with variable conditions.

Amarillo Houston Dallas Okla

Princess Aisha Declines Marriage to Iraqi King

Damascus report in Al Nasr says Princess Aisha, 27, daughter of Morocco's Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef, has declined to give her hand in marriage to 21 year old King Faisal of Iraq.

Damascus Syria al Nasr Aisha Morocco Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef Faisal Iraq

Democratic voters to vote July 28 on school integration

The Texas State Democratic Executive Committee approved a resolution to hold a referendum July 28 on mixing white and Negro children in public schools. The vote will offer for and against options and include a choice on interposition.

Austin Texas Democratic Executive Committee

Potter County Democratic State Convention Agenda

The Potter County Democratic convention will be held at p.m. Aug. 4 at the McKinley School auditorium. John McCarty announced the time and place and a proposed ballot question on school integration. The executive committee rejected a claim about Price Daniel’s gubernatorial eligibility and chose Fort Worth for the Sept. 11 state convention to name party officers and the Democratic nominee.

Potter County McKinley School John McCarty Fort Worth

Hereford Gets $139 500 in Panhandle airport funds

Texas cities share 51 863 177 in federal aid for 368 airport projects under a four year Civil Aeronautics Administration program. Hereford earns 139 500 for land, primary runway, lighting and taxiways. other Texas allocations include Perryton 20 250 Littlefield 30 375 Plainview Hale County 90 000 Lubbock 45 250 and San Angelo 133 500 for admin buildings and runways.

Amarillo Hereford Perryton Littlefield Hale County Plainview Lubbock CAA Texas Perryton — Municipal San Angelo—Municipal

Ike Rejects Red Bid on Chiefs of Staff Visit

President Eisenhower in poor health but improving rejected an informal Soviet invitation for the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit the Soviet Union this month. White House aides report continued recovery after surgery with stable vital signs and minimal assistance as he weighs re election plans.

Ike Washington Eisenhower U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Soviet Union White House Sherman Adams James C. Hagerty

Study Under Way On Underground Water Recharge

15 month study of recharge possibilities for the underground water reservoir in the irrigation area is underway with personnel from the Texas Board of Water Engineers and the U S Geological Survey. The program runs through August 1957 and is funded equally by Harvest Queen Mill & Elevator and the U SGS. R W Sundstrom notes the cooperative ground water study aims to provide worthwhile information for the area.

Plainview Texas Board Harvest Queen Mill U.S.G.S Harold Hinn R. W. Sundstrom Dee

Randall's E Way Problems Snowball

Randall County faces higher costs for expressway land as widening interchanges expand right of way beyond a $900 000 bond issue. District engineer Guy Lott cited orders from Austin while commissioners debated land purchases from Western Avenue to Amarillo city limits to cover new streets and affected properties.

Daily News Canyon Guy Lott Amarillo Texas Highway Department Randall County Commissioners Court Pat Baker Lott Austin Baker Western Avenue Randall County Clarence Beckman Umbarger City of

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