McLeaish Fired After Guymon Stop Tale
McLeaish, Farm Home Administrator, was dismissed after a hearing on alleged on the job drinking. Guymon, Oklahoma played a brief role as editor Ray Fields pressed for Benson to visit, leading to a last minute coffee stop before the entourage moved on.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Guymon
Oklahoma
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Ray Fields
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Liberal
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Fields
Eisenhower
Dale Hotel
Amarillo Traffic Bikes Need More Motorcycles
The city should double its motorcycle fleet for traffic enforcement, as nine private bikes leave two or three in use, reducing patrols. Dallas has 54 city owned cycles on two shifts, while Amarillo uses personal bikes. A higher bike count could curb rising traffic deaths. City plans for 11,000 more acres of Hartley County water rights secure long term supply without harming irrigation. Allan Shivers remains consistent in politics, and a reader questions common usage of inflammable terms.
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Alexander
Amarillo
Dallas
Oco
Hartley County
Jordan
Steel Talks Hit 11th Hour Deadlock In Steel Wage Talks
New York June 28 AP steel wage negotiators failed again to reach a contract with a 650000 man walkout two days away. The union invited highest company officials to try to hammer out a settlement. Washington said no government inter vention planned. A next round is set for tomorrow morning.
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New York
Steelworkers Union
McDonald
Moreell
Pittsburgh
Daniel Will Talk at VFW Meet Today
Sen Price Daniel will address the Texas Department Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment at the Municipal Auditorium in a 10 am joint session. Activities include district caucuses, a dinner dance, and Sunday memorial services at the auditorium with officer elections to close the event.
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VFW
Texas Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Price Daniel
Herring Hotel
Texas
Aviatrix Club
Ralph Yarborough
T. C. Connell
Killeen
State
Polish workers revolt at Poznan shocks visiting fairgoers
In Poznan, Polish troops crushed a six hour strike for bread and a better life during the annual industrial fair. The city fell silent as barricades blocked traffic and shops closed while protesters demanded food. The Warsaw government vowed punishment for the guilty as tanks moved in and the revolt was quelled.
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Red Poland
Poznan
Warsaw
Wasaw Radio
Young Ranger Killed as Hundreds of Fires Rage
Hundreds of fires blaze across New Mexico and Arizona as weather-driven flames threaten timberlands. A 28 year old forest ranger, Alan S. Wilson Jr., was killed in Flagstaff while fighting a Coconino National Forest blaze. National Guard units are deployed. many fires remain uncontrolled amid dangerous fire weather.
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Arizona
Albuquerque
N.M
Alan S. Wilson Jr
Rahway
N.J
Flagstaff
Ariz
Coconino National Forest
Wilson
Mt. Graham
National Guard
Gila
Arizona-New Mexico
Clifton, Ariz
Wheat Growers Vote Set For July 20 Referendum
COLLEGE STATION The two thirds approval requirement will decide if marketing quotas for the 1957 wheat crop go into effect. Eligible voters include growers with more than 15 acres in 1957. Secretary Benson notes quotas have been proclaimed four years in a row and that the 1957 national allotment remains at 550 million acres as required by law.
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College Station
Benson
Yarborough Booster Meeting Sets Plan for Amarillo
About two dozen Ralph Yarborough boosters met at the Amarillo Hotel to read committee appointments for his gubernatorial bid in the Panhandle. They planned a 10 15 a m arrival by plane, a 12 to 2 p m reception at the Herring Hotel, and a Friday 7 30 p m booster meeting with venues to be announced.
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Amarillo
Austin
Panhandle
Herring Hotel
Yarborough Boosters
First State Bank
Yarborough
Amarillo Yar
Tavern Operator Claims First-Class Status in Tax Return
Denver June 28 George H Allan internal revenue director reports a federal agent helped a tardy taxpayer fill out his form. When asked his occupation the man said tavern operator and when asked if he filed jointly with his wife he answered no a first class tavern.
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Denver
George H. Allan
Colorado
Internal Revenue Director
Today
Senator Daniel Campaigns Across Panhandle Towns
U S Senator Price Daniel’s political tour included Dumas Pampa and Borger as he courted votes for the Texas gubernatorial race. He praised an anti narcotics bill and urged federal help for the Canadian River dam while backing Harris bill support.
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Dumas
House Senate
Washington
Pampa
Berger
Nomi
Daniel
Borger
Canadian River
Texas Federation of Labor
Yarborough
Riesel Story on KGNC Tonight
Victor Riesel will tell his fight against labor racketeers on The Big Story tonight over KGNC-TVY at 7 p.m. The blinded columnist from the Amarillo Globe Times will appear in person and is to be saluted by Vice President Nixon during the NBC program.
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NBC
Kgnc-Tv
Riesel
Amarillo Globe Times
New York
Nixon
Baseball Scores From Westpan and National Leagues
Scores list shows Westpan League games with Amarillo 61 Pueblo 2 4 Topeka 4 Des Moines 3 Colorado Springs 5 9 Albuquerque 0 4 and American League Detroit 4 Kansas City 0. National League New York 6 Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 3 with only games scheduled.
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Kansas City
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Surrounding Areas
The 1956 Amarillo weather summary notes 170 sunny or fair days out of 179. Forecasts show partly cloudy skies moving through the region with temperatures around 87 in the afternoon and 68 in the early evening. Wind speeds vary and precipitation for the 24 hours ending 4 pm shows a trace.
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Amarillo
DALI
Daniel to Appear on KGNC TV for VFW Encampment
Sen Price Daniel arrives for the VFW department encampment and will speak on KGNC TV at noon He addresses VFW and auxiliary delegates at Municipal Auditorium at 10 a.m Ralph Yarborough candidate for governor will arrive tomorrow and speak to the VFW group that day.
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Price Daniel
VFW
Kgnc-Tv
Municipal Auditorium
Ralph Yarborough
Shivers Rejects Ticket Of Stevenson Johnson
Governor Allan Shivers told the National Press Club he would oppose a Democratic ticket with Stevenson for president and Johnson for vice president. He said Stevenson could be blocked by a Harriman-led combination and that he would back Eisenhower if no better Democratic candidate emerges. He avoided pledges in the Texas gubernatorial race and urged Democratic realignment.
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Eisenhower
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Texas
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Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Shivers
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