Monitor echoes 18 year old plan for world news radio
A column recalls NBC Monitor and a 1937 Amarillo concept named America Today to create a Chicago based news service with 24 sub bureaus and a 30 minute nightly program. It proposed taping news from around the world featuring people and sounds over commentators. The authors wonder if Major Lohr recalls that brochure.
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NBC
Monitor
Amarillo
Gene Howe
Ted Taylor
Wichita
Kan
Howe
America Today
Chicago
Morgan Beatty
Boake Carter
Floyd Gibbons
Lowell Thomas
New York
Maj
Lenox R. Lohr
Museum of Science and Industry
Texans feel image of their state misleads visitors
William P. Kennedy, head of the Trainmen's brotherhood, urges Texans to curb exaggerated impressions abroad. He recalls a Haifa banquet where a local presented a map claiming Texas spans two thirds of the United States, and an Israeli journalist showing a Texas dollar. Kennedy says the notion is exaggerated and hard to explain to tourists.
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William P. Kennedy
Trainmen’s Brotherhood
Kennedy
Israel
Haifa
Houston
Texas
United States
Great Lakes
Gulf
Ex-teacher quips on Rotarians and bright youths in Clovis
The writer notes Johnny can read, unlike some Rotarians described as old men. He cites that 45 of 49 Rotary International past presidents are living and 44 attended the Chicago convention while asserting optimism as a temperament.
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Johnny
Clovis
Rotary International
Chicago
Expelled Americans Leave Soviet Union
Washington reports Russia has expelled three American Army officers attached to the American Embassy in Moscow for alleged improper activities. Lt. Col. John S. Benson and Capt. William R. Stroud, and Capt. Walter Mule, all assistant attaches, are said to have departed and were declared persona non grata. The State Department offered no official comment as the diplomatic feud over espionage charges continues.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
United States
John S. Benson
William R. Stroud
Walter Mule
State Department
Soviet Union
Brotherhood Chief Outlines Goals
John Masterman reports that William P Kennedy, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, addressed 350 convention attendees in Amarillo. He framed the union’s aims as a persistent fight for a fair share of prosperity alongside rising productivity, stating that progress follows effort. The speech opened with Kennedy presenting autographed Cleveland Indians baseballs to Darrell and Chester.
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John Masterman
Y News
William P
Brotherhood of Railroad
America
Kennedy
Amarillo
Cleveland
The
Brotherhood and Ladies Auxiliary
Cleveland Indians
Darrell
Chester
Austrian Pact Gains Senate Ratification
The Senate ratified the treaty restoring independence to Austria by a 63 to 3 vote, with strong bipartisan support after hours of debate. Opponents were Jenner, Maloney, and McCarthy. The pact, signed in Vienna on May 15, ends Austria’s 1938 Anschluss and awaits ratification by Britain France and Russia.
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Austria
Jenner
Ind
Malone
Nev
McCarthy
Wis
Sen
Tria
Sen. O'Mahoney
D. Wyo
Russia
Hitler
Germany
Great Britain
France
Vienna
Sparkman
Dala
Red China reports revolt crushed and leaders executed
Radio Peiping claimed arrests and death sentences for rebels who planned to overthrow the Communist regime. Details on timing and numbers were not disclosed. The broadcast described underground shelters in central China and an iron forge for weapons. The Nationalist embassy cited several small uprisings in Red China over recent months, attributing unrest to food shortages.
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Tokyo
Radio
Peiping Today
Red China
Peiping
China
Communist
Sayre Entertainers Highlight Amarillo Tourist Night
Sayre Oklahoma musicians and singers headline Amarillo’s third weekly All Tourist Night. Ted Lokey leads wholesale oil company representatives as hosts for the 8 p.m. program, broadcast 8 to 8:30 on KGNC. Sayre delegation to announce July 4 celebration. George Stovall to MC the event.
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Amarillo
Sayre
Okla
Ted Lokey
John McCarty
City Park and Recreation Department
KGNC
George Stovall
Vic Johnson
Five Day Forecast for Western Texas Shows Warm Weekend
Western Texas forecasts indicate higher than normal temperatures with no major change in highs. Scattered thundershowers bring moderate to locally heavy precipitation, with normals at 56 to 74 for lows and 85 to 94 for highs across the period June 17 to 22.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Csccsvese
Scoeserss
Texas
West Texas New Mexico League scores and majors roundup
Baseball results include Amarillo 5 Abilene 1 and Clovis 13 Lubbock 7 in 14 innings. American League games show Boston 6-2 over Cleveland 5-3 and Chicago 2 New York 1. National League notes Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2 and Brooklyn 12 St. Louis 1. Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh 8-1 and Milwaukee beat New York 4 in 10.
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Amarillo
Abilene
el Paso
Pampa
Plainview
Albuquerque
Clovis
Lubbock
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Baltimore
Detroit
Kansas City
Washington
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Ward Ties Bolt For Open Lead In San Francisco
Amateur Harvie Ward of San Francisco shot an even par 70 to tie leader Tommy Bolt at 144 after 36 holes of the National Open at Olympic Club Lakeside. Bolt posted 77 after a 67 first round, while Ben Hogan Boros Walker Inman Jr. and Jack Fleck stood at 145. Ward, 29, a UNC product and Walker Cup player, rallied with a birdie at 17 after a front nine even par.
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Harvie Ward
Tommy Bolt
Bolt
Ben Hogan
Julius Boros
Walker Inman Jr
Augusta
Jack Fleck
Davenport
Iowa
Inman
Air Force
Fleck
Hogan
Boros
Lakeside
Ward
National Open golf climax on KGNC TV radio
Gene Sarazen hosts Channel 4 coverage of the National Open from San Francisco from 6 to 7 p.m. Lawson Little and Harry Von Zell announce on KGNC radio from 6:05 onward with the rest of the broadcast to follow.
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Kgnc Radio
Gene Sarazen
Channel 4
San Francisco
Lawson Little
Harry von Zell
Masters recap narrows field as Furgol misses repeat
The runner-up from last year posted 73 for 149 while defending champ Ed Furgol shot 79 for 155, destroying his bid to repeat. Furgol’s 155 earned a tight entry into tomorrow’s final rounds, limited to the low 50 scorers and ties. Cary Middlecoff, the Masters champion, is mentioned as part of the narrative.
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Ed Furgol
Furgol
Cary Middlecoff
Peron blames Reds for church burning in Buenos Aires
President Juan D. Peron announced a harsh crackdown after the Thursday naval air revolt that left 360 dead and about 1,000 wounded. He blamed Communists and vowed on the spot justice, with the military under a state of siege to repress disorder.
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Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Perona
Uruguay
Plaza de Mayo
Franklin Lucero
Navy Ministry
Air Ministry
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Grasshoppers Invade Northern Panhandle
A grasshopper plague in the northern Texas Panhandle rivals the 1938 outbreak. Officials plan to spray at least 250000 acres across four counties, with emergency actions by extension services in Amarillo. Spraying will use B 18 and BT 13 planes from PanTech Farms and Aero Service to protect rangeland in Ochiltree Lipscomb Hansford and Plains counties as newly hatched hoppers threaten crops.
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Daily News
Texas Panhandle
Knox Parr
Extension Service
Amarillo
Parr
Don Ashdown
PanTech Farms
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
Hansford
Plains Aero Service of
Hobart
Okla
John Raef
Windstorm in Wellington Unroofs Buildings and Causes Damage
A night windstorm tore through Wellington at 7 10 p m injuring no one but ripping roofs from buildings and damaging businesses. The Parker Furniture building and Broncho Drive In Theater were destroyed or badly damaged while the Patrick Service Station and other structures suffered. National Guard aid was requested and streets remained blocked by debris as power and telephone lines were knocked out.
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Wellington
Collingsworth
John Rainey
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Daily News
Virginia Roby
Parker Furniture Company
Patrick
142Nd Infantry Regiment
Rainey
National Guard
Galen Smith
Childress
Sheriff's Departments
Memphis
Wheeler
State Highway Patrol
Memphis and
Shamrock
Courthouse Square
J. T. Slay
Sullivan Hardware and Furniture
Higdon Auto Sales
Weather snapshot from Amarillo and peers in 1955
The report notes Amarillo enjoyed 152 sunny days in 1955 of 168 observed. Comparative readings at 3 p.m. yesterday show Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with partly cloudy skies and variable wind. The weather snippet, dated this Sunday, records light to moderate conditions across the listed cities.
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Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Amarillo Ih
Ike Encouraged by Lessons From Mock Air Attack
President Eisenhower ends Operation Alert with calls for peace prayers and Civil Defense reform. He cites lessons from the mock air raid that evacuated 15,000 government workers and left cities simulated as rubble, urging quick congressional action on military reserve bills. He travels to Gettysburg after the briefing.
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Esenhower
Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
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