Chickens Favor KGNC Radio On Poultry Tour Findings
Cotton John Smith reports from a Canyon area poultry tour that 50 visitors visited three barns where radios were on. Birds at Billy Brown’s 1300, Joe Carver’s 1484, and Dr Charles Nest er’s pullets calmly listened to hillbilly and other programs. KGNC’s Pappy Watson jokes about programming tied to the birds.
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KGNC
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Charles R. Nester
Pee Wee Goff
Cotton John
Postal Pay Plan Draws Debate Over $10 Year Rise
Readers scrutinize the Post Office Department’s Salary and Job Study charts showing a proposed raise of $10 a year for Grade 3 clerks and carriers. The plan ties pay to job difficulty and responsibility, arguing faster advancement for capable workers, while critics call the offer insulting and insufficient.
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Post Office Department
Art Arnold
This and That and Weather Jokes from Wes Izard
This column mixes light notes on weather bragging, snow for resorts, and a playful science tidbit about damp air being lighter than dry air. It also includes a quip about an interview for a maid job and a joke about chickens.
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Don McCormick
Jack Albright
Extra guards tighten security after Puerto Rican attack
The White House and Congress heightened security after a gun assault by four Puerto Rican gunmen on the House. Reps. Bentley and four others were wounded. Bentley showed slight improvement and doctors called his outlook better than 50 50. FBI aid and searches for wider plots followed, with high security around visitors and galleries planned.
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Iowa
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Tenn
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Dawn to room gone to the dogs at old city pound
City notes the old city pound holds dogs as the new shelter nears completion. Animal control director Earl Burum urges residents to hold onto dogs they plan to give away during the transition.
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Earl Burum
Animal Control Director
Portales searches for suspected rabid cat after 9-year-old bitten
In Portales New Mexico a large yellow cat attacked and bit 9-year-old Jackie Morgan as she hung clothes in her yard. Officers, residents, and the city seek the animal to determine rabies risk and avoid unnecessary anti rabies shots. Veterinarian Dr Merlin Hinderliter says the cat must be caught and observed to confirm rabies status. The council has urged vaccination of all pets, though cats cannot wear tags under current ordinances.
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Clear Skies Return To Plains As Cold Ends
Weather updates say Old Man Winter loosens its grip across the Panhandle with sun returning and a high near 34 in Amarillo after a chilly 42 low last night. Northerly winds shift to milder speeds as clouds move in, with scattered dust and light snow flurries reported in several locations.
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GI Plans Dash Behind Iron Curtain To Wed Prison Sweetheart
Oklahoma City soldier Homer H. Cox, 33, freed from a Russian prison last Christmas, plans to travel through Soviet territory to marry his fiancée Inge Brenner, 26, an Austrian who was released last autumn. Cox said his attempts to bring her here failed and he would fly to Vienna then attempt to enter the Russian sector to wed. He had disappeared from the American sector of Berlin four years earlier after being drugged and kidnapped. He expects discharge soon to pursue the plan.
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Oklahoma City
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Berlin
Vienna
Congress weighs dairy price supports cut to 75 percent parity
Washington March 2 A House subcommittee voted unanimously to modify Secretary Benson's order lowering federal price supports for butter and dairy products from 90 to 75 percent of parity. The panel also limited annual cuts to five percent, potentially canceling two thirds of April 1 reductions. Some lawmakers warned the move could ruin dairy farmers while Benson argued warehouses are already full and housewives would pay less for butter after April 1.
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Roosevelt blocks ouster of Communists from U S Merchant Marine
Rear Admiral Adolphus Staton testifies before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that Franklin D Roosevelt ordered not to dismiss Communist radio operators aboard U S Merchant Marine ships in 1942. Adlai Stevenson and a 1942 Navy Department meeting purportedly corroborate the stance amid wartime convoy needs.
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New York
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Storm Traps Two Borger Girls During Blizzard Ordeal
Two Borger Junior High students, Annie Jean Parker and Eva Nell Griffin, left school Monday for a walk and were trapped by a Panhandle blizzard. Found unconscious, they spent the night in a railroad culvert five miles southwest of Borger and were later treated for frostbite and exposure. both remained in serious condition but were recovering.
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North Plains Hospital
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Webb
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Panhandle
Gulf Camp
Borger
Senator Upset Over Dulles' Staff Changes
AP reporting after Eisenhower talks Leonard Hall defies McCarthy on anti Communist staff firings. McCarthy defends digging out communists while Hall calls him an asset but lacks agreement. McCarthy delays test meeting with Stevens over alleged contradictions as Symington seeks postponement.
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Amarillo Area Weather Forecast and March Outlook
Partly cloudy today with milder afternoon in Amarillo and vicinity. Warmer trend tomorrow with increasing cloudiness. Panhandle and South Plains east of Del Rio show similar warming with occasional rain in lower Pecos Valley. Thirty day forecast from Weather Bureau indicates below normal temperatures and precipitation for March in the Amarillo area.
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