A&S Steel Wins Amarillo Plant Expansion Contract
A&S Steel Building of Amarillo secured a 190000 dollar contract to expand the Shelton Equipment and Machine Co. plant at 4110 E Amarillo Blvd by one third. Loyd Electric of San Antonio won a 297033 dollar contract for guide signs and lighting on Interstate 40 through Amarillo. American Quarter Horse Show entries from nine states totaled 175 horses as Canadian hosts the 21st Annual Rodeo Week and 6th Wee Waddie Rodeo.
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A&s Steel Building of
Amarillo
Shelton Equipment and Machine Co
SEMCO
Amarillo Blvd
Loyd Electric, Inc
San Antonio
Interstate 40
Postal ZIP Codes and a tour through local lore
The column blends postal hints with light local color. It notes ZIP codes speeding mail, recounts an envelope mix up between Mardin Company and Coca-Cola, and imagines Antaeus in a playful dig at Soviet aviation names. It ends with a quiet vignette about lanes near Clarendon and a club parliamentarian.
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Mardin Company
Chicago
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Amarillo
3Rd Ave
Coca-Cola People
Eisenhower urges reforms to GOP convention procedures
The former president calls for a permanent dictatorial chairman and strict limits at the nominating convention to curb chaos. He cites a niece’s alleged molestation incident on the floor and urges a streamlined, militant framework for the 1964 San Francisco gathering. Reaction is mixed among GOP leaders.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP National Committee
San Francisco
Eisenhower
United States
GOP
Ray Bliss
Wiliam F. Miller
Bliss
Free Society Association
Barry Goldwater
Berkeley Sit-In Verdicts Leave 293 Convicted in Night Court
A Berkeley municipal judge found 293 demonstrators guilty for the December Sproul Hall sit-in, with 155 verdicts in the morning and 138 in the afternoon. Most face up to 12 months in jail and fines up to 1500, with lighter sentences for six trespassing convictions. Sentences set for July 19 and 20.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California Berkeley
Maximm
Sproul Hall
Edmund G. Brown
Electoral college method faces federal court challenge
State attorneys general meeting in San Antonio heard a prediction that federal courts may soon challenge the electoral college system for electing presidents. The discussion arises amid broader political shifts and legal debates.
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San Antonio
UPI
Vacation Pack Offers Keep Readers Updated
Before you leave town call to arrange a Vacation Pack with the circulation department at DR6-4488. The program promises to keep you informed about local events and what has been going on at home while you are away.
Stocks Plunge Deep as Markets Hit Year Lows
New York stocks fell to year lows in the steepest drop since November 1963. Trading was heavy as investors reacted to latest economic pressures.
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Mario Savio
New York
South
Savio
Suvanne Goldberg
Regula
Kennedy
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Stand & Poor
Xerox
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
High water marks. campers escape Palo Duro Canyon
In Palo Duro Canyon Texas, 151 campers in 32 vehicles stranded by high water were towed out as the level rose to six feet across crossings. E J Boehm reports no injuries and only minor property damage as crews from the state park and highway department completed the rescue.
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Palo Duro Canyon
State Highway Department
State Park
Fort Worth
Ernest Istook
E. J. Boehm
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Electoral plan tied to remap at AG convention
At the 59th annual convention state attorneys general discuss the impact of the one man one vote ruling on reapportionment and the potential challenge to the electoral college. Delaware AG Buckson leads a panel while Gosnell suggests reform via litigation rather than amendment.
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U. S. Supreme Court
David P. Buckson
Delaware
Supreme Court
John A. Gosnell
National Small Business Association
Crippled Pan American 707 Lands Safely After Wing Debris Rain
A Pan American Airlines 707 taking off from San Francisco International Airport shed pieces of a wing and an engine as it burned, raining debris on South San Francisco and nearby San Bruno before a safe landing at Travis Air Force Base. 143 passengers and a crew of 10 evacuated. The engine tore through a Caldwell Construction Co. shop roof and damaged equipment before ending in a dirt mound.
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San Francisco
San Bruno
Caldwell Construction Co
Pan American
San Francisco International Airport
Charles Kines
Danville
Calif
Mountaineer Wins Timber Battle With Government Help
Wilford Metcalf a Tennessee mountaineer with Rep James Quillen fought the government over timber cut on his land in Cocke County The Agriculture Department Forestry Service and Justice Department actions ended with the government conceding Metcalfs land ownership and that he should not pay 1717 52 Metcalf described his farm a WWII veteran and his wife bought it to raise children and faced a ranger order to stop and clear timber leftovers
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Washington
City Hall
Wilford Metcalf
James Quillen
K-Tenn
U. S. of A
Metcalf
United States
Quillen
Agriculture Department
Forestry Service
Justice Department
Cocke County
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House of Representatives
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Earth
Hercules
Leo Snoddy
Lane
Davy Smith
Boys Ranch
Davy
FFA
Dewey Ashcroft
The
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Dewey
Wes Izzard
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Ihe
ED Calton
Tion
Sen
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Republican
Hungary
Communist Party
Gyula Kalai
Canyon
Boehm
Travis Air Force Base
Hawaii
Manila
Mountaineer Whips
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