From A to Izzard The Inhumanity of Chinese Repatriates
Five GI turncoats returning from Red China describe a brutal life on collective farms in the Yellow River Valley. Interviews in U S News reveal forceful training, punishment for errors, and government control over work and housing. One account details executions or imprisonments for machine damage and near-certain destitution after leaving the plants.
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Red China
U.S. News & World Report
China
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
Yellow River Valley
Public concern over Supreme Court rulings and calls for article insight
Letters from Norris Ewing and Judge H M Hood express fear and demand clearer front page coverage of Supreme Court decisions. They urge publishing Bascom Timmons's article High Court Re Writing the Federal Law with revisions for lay readers.
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Supreme Court
Norris Ewing
O. Cee
H. M. Hood
Hutchinson County
Bascom Timmons
High Court
Oth
Mayflower descendents plan future society debate
The piece muses on whether Mayflower crew descendants will form a society in future generations while a cartoon about rolling cigarettes is noted. Oklahoma officials warn a one cent per gallon gas tax may not cover flood highway repairs. 4 million planned with potential need for 6 million more.
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Oklahoma City
A. Stoldt
Oklahoma
Amarillo considers anti loitering ordinance for youths
Amarillo City Commission green lights an anti loitering law to curb teenage gatherings and gang trouble. Chief Wiley Alexander favors raising the age to 18 for enforceability and to cover school areas during hours.
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Don Boyett
Amarillo
Postmaster General warns seven cent first class rate may be needed
Summerfield told the House Post Office Committee that proposed pay raises for postal workers could cost about 1.039 billion dollars annually and push the Post Office deficit above 1.74 billion. He called the pay bill exorbitant and said it would trigger postage increases, possibly tripling current rates. The Senate has approved a 500 dollar yearly hike for postal workers.
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Washington
Arthur E. Summerfield
House Post Office Committee
Post Office Department
Richard L. Neshberger
D-Ore
Eisenhower
Fisenhower
Summerfield
Senate
Missile Expert Drafts Plea in Army Court Martial
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr., 41, opened a court martial in Huntsville after pleading guilty to 15 counts of security laxness in a dawning guided missile era. The Army accepted a pretrial deal dropping 3 major counts of espionage and perjury in exchange for the lesser admission. Sentencing looms as defense argues patriotism and loyalty to the Army. Nickerson faces potential 30 years and dishonorable discharge.
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Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickerson Jr
Army
Nickerson
Ray H. Jenkins
Isolated Showers Possible in Panhandle This Evening
Panhandle residents may find cooling relief as isolated showers and thunderstorms move across the area. Amarillo area skies will be partly cloudy with scattered storms, highs around 90, with a Tuesday high near 95 and a Tuesday night low of 64.
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Panhandle
Amarillo Air Terminal
Amarillo
South Plains
New Mexico
Texas
Houston
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Audrey Threatens Texas Gulf Coast With Rising Tides
The hurricane Audrey gains intensity far out in the Gulf, with 100 mph winds near the center and gales extending 150 miles north. The Weather Bureau warns tides will rise along Texas and Louisiana coasts, urges small craft to stay in port, and cautions beachgoers as Audrey heads northward.
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Audrey
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Galveston Weather Bureau
Gulf
Corpus Christi
Mustang
Padre Islands
Weather Bureau
Riot at Harringay Stadium After Dog Race Scuffle
A dog race at Harringay Stadium in London ended in chaos when the favorite was disqualified for biting the longshot. About 500 spectators stormed the track, set fire to the grandstand, overturned a bookmaker’s stand, and injured a fireman. Police and reinforcements arrested seven people and treated 14 injured.
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Harringay Stadium
London
U S Tilted Toward Ban on Nuclear Tests
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States would be willing to end nuclear tests if Russia agree in advance to halt production of nuclear materials by a set date and allow outside inspectors to verify any pledge. Related reports note Harold Stassen proposing staged force reductions and conditions tied to progress.
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State Dulles
United States
Russia
Dulles
U. S
London
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
97 year old Mrs Minix flies to Alaska for granddaughter's wedding
Mrs Emily Minix aged 97 and her missionary son Rev B I Carpenter prepare for a Seward Alaska wedding trip. The journey from Amarillo takes under 24 hours and marks her second Alaska visit after a 1951 tour.
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Daily News
Emily Minix
B. J. Kunkel
Bonham
F. H. Terbush
Groom
Mrs. Minix
Alaska
Amarillo Air Terminal
B. I. Carpenter
Helen Ruth Carpenter
McLean
Los Angeles
Seward
Mr. Carpenter
Baseball scores from major leagues and regions
Western League results show Colorado Springs 6 Am arillo 3 in a 10 inning game Des Moines 3 Topeka 2 in 11 innings Lincoln 5 Sioux City 3 Albuquerque 2 Pueblo 1 8 National League Cincinnati 3 New York 2 Brooklyn 2 Milwaukee 0 Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 3 American League Chicago 2 Boston 1 Cleveland 11 New York 2 Detroit 7 Washington 4 Baltimore 5 Kansas City 0.
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Colorado Springs
Amarillo
Des Moines
Topeka
Lincoln
Sioux City
Albuquerque
Pueblo
Cincinnati
New York
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Baltimore
Kansas City
Pay Raise Funds Altered For School Teachers
An attorney general opinion confirms HB 103 allows shifting about four million dollars from the permanent school fund to the available fund for teacher pay raises. The measure, effective Aug. 22, would finance roughly 12 million dollars to fund the 399 dollar yearly raises, with transfers permissible between Aug. 22 and Aug. 31.
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Austin
Atty
Will Wilson
Robert Calvert
Louis Dugas
Orange
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
The U S Weather Bureau reports parity cloudy conditions in Amarillo and vicinity for Wednesday and Thursday with isolated evening and nighttime thunder showers. Little change in temperatures. High Wednesday of
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Governors Study Ike's Tax Proposal
At the 59th annual governors conference in Williamsburg Virginia governors discuss Eisenhower's plan to form a federal state task force to study shifting some federal functions to the states. The resolutions committee plans a new measure to convene a cross section of governors to study potential tax source reductions.
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Williamsburg
Eisenhower
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
Conference Resolutions Committee
Hodges
McKeldin
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
SAC Heads Change as LeMay Handed Command to Power
In Omaha on June 25 Strategic Air Command transferred leadership in a brief ceremony. Gen Curtis LeMay relinquished command to Lt Gen Thomas Power after a decade, noting SAC’s growth from aging B 29s to a potent bomber force. The exchange was terse with formal remarks.
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Omaha
Neb
Strategic Air Command
Curtis LeMay
Thomas Power
City Reinstates Parking Rules on Adams and Wirth
The City Commission restored a half block parking ban on Adams and ordered no parking on a Wirth segment while denying angle parking. Traffic engineer DeShazo argued the ban is needed to keep one lane free at Washington Adams intersections and to ease southbound movement.
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Adams
Wirth
DeShazo
John DeShazo
Washington, Adams
Commission
Washington
Weather snapshot from Amarillo 1957 report
A 1957 Amarillo weather note records 150 sunny or clear days in the year up to a 3 PM Tuesday reading. The report lists wind speeds and visibility with Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo observations showing clear or cloudy conditions.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Cleer
Okla
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