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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
3
The Office of Education reports a drop in home economics specialization from 17 percent in 1941 to 11.2 percent this year among 388 colleges and universities. The note contrasts past interest with current trends.
Clarendon FFA members and instructor T. H. Seay strive to prepare a heavy Hereford calf for the State Fair in Dallas. The calf, funded after a costly bid at Amarillo, weighed 660 pounds and is expected to reach 1,200 by fair time. Pat Slavin of McMurtry Ranch donated it, incurring a 17 dollar per hundred loss. The group hopes to buy a pickup to transport the calf to events if it shows progress.
F A Ray of Plainview wins the second month prizes in the Panhandle Outdoor Sports men’s Club News-Globe Fish Rodeo at Buffalo Lake for a channel catfish tagged POSC 13. Ray receives a Pflenger reel plus a long list of prizes totaling 160.89 dollars from Hereford merchants.
The Columbia and Fraser rivers cresting spill harmlessly into the Pacific as the flood toll reaches 44 known victims. Red Cross lists 30 missing from Vanport with potential additions from a 200-name file. Army engineers warn of possible levee weak spots while the crisis subsides in the lower Columbia valley. John C. Breckinridge is noted as the youngest U.S. vice president.
Senate and House conferees approve a $129.4 million authorization for flood control and navigation projects, three million below the Senate version and forty-four million above the House prior figure. The report, public now, returns to both chambers for final approval. no funds are provided yet, but eligibility for future appropriations is created.
Reformed Church officials announced the merger with the Congregational Christian Churches has been approved by 33 of the 34 synods.
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