Nasturtium Seeds Around the Dugout Inspires Amarillo Garden Sale
The piece recounts a pioneer woman who planted nasturtium seeds near her dugout and inspired a regional garden movement. In Amarillo a 12 club council runs a Memorial Park garden center and hosts a three day white elephant sale to raise funds for the center led by Mrs. Tom Holman and Mrs. Joe Deason.
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The
Globe News
Tom Holman
Harrison
Joe Deason
Parker
Texas Patrol Recruitment and Pay in 1955
In 1955, 1 428 men applied for Texas Highway Patrol jobs and 197 qualified for the patrol school. Of 177 graduates, turnover is high as trained personnel move to other work. Basic pay runs 315 dollars monthly for troopers and 390 for captains, with state comparisons showing higher rates in Oklahoma Arizona Michigan. The piece urges readers to contact a state representative.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Amarillo
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona
Michigan
Offbeat Missives on Rain and Public Works
A collection of casual observations notes new city hall offices for the mayor and city manager, weather quips about rain blamed on a switch engine, and wanderings on geography and a hypothetical presidential rocket ride. The unsigned note hints at local pride and everyday civic curiosity.
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Amarillo
O.a
New Mexico
Texas
Ike
Bank Robber From Pampa Captured After Follett Hold Up
A 24 year old oil field worker from Pampa described as over his head in debt robbed the Follett National Bank of 21240 and was captured within an hour at a roadblock near Perryton. John Crawford was taken to Amarillo for federal charges as authorities traced a mailed evidence package to his Pampa address. A separate weather note reports slow drizzle and snow in the Panhandle with up to five inches in Clayton New Mexico and cool temperatures across the region.
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Daily News
Follett
Pampa
Follett National Bank
Perryton
John Crawford
Carrouzett
Crawford
Panhandle
Amarillo
Ochiltree County
Jack M. Allen
Lipscomb
Ochiltree
FBI
Texas Rangers
Water Frazier
Clayton
N.M
Associated Press
Amarillo Air Terminal
John Max Crawford
Doc Binion
Don Hall
Pancakes Spin For 57 World Title Today
Liberal Kansas Jaycees announced the pancake race program will proceed Tuesday despite rain and potential snow. The international race and All-America contest may be affected by weather with a course change noted for the finish to avoid the churchyard path.
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Jaycees
Nina Jordan
Ronald Collins
Olney
England
Irrigation Gas Bill Delayed by Attorney Opinion
A House conservation committee postponed its hearing on a natural gas for irrigation bill pending an attorney general opinion on constitutionality. Rep. Sam Wohlford said sponsors asked for the delay after the Senate Water Committee requested the opinion, hoping it would be issued soon.
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Daily News
Austin
House Committee
Senate Water Committee
Sam Wohlford
Stratford
House Conservation Committee
Honey cure touted to sober drinkers at Geneva station
The New York State Agriculture Experiment Station says a tablespoon or two of honey can sober a drunken person. The same treatment may help with a hangover as sugars in honey allegedly cause a chemical breakdown of alcohol in the body.
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N. Y
New York State Agriculture Experiment Station
Agriculture Unit
Ben-Gurion Orders Israeli Troops Withdraw From Gaza and Aqaba
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion ordered withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip and Aqaba coastal area. Police clashed with demonstrators in Jerusalem as U N forces prepared to move in. Dayan met Burns to arrange the pullout. Mrs Meir announced the decision at the U N General Assembly.
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David Ben-Gurion
Gaza
Aqaba
Betwen
Knesset
Ben-Gurion
Moshe Dayan
Lydda
Israel
E. L. M. Burns
U.N
Burns
Sharm el Sheih
Gulf of Aqaba
Rafa
Sharm el Sheikh
United States
23 Certified For Election
Secretary of State Zollie Steakley certified 23 candidates for the April 2 special U.S. Senate election. He said seven other applicants' names would not appear due to telegram filings or missing information. Blakley of Dallas asked his name be omitted and Hutcheson proposed random drawing.
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U.S. Senate
U.S
William A. Blakley
Dallas
Atty
John Ben Shepperd
Blakley
Steakley
Thado Hutcheson
Houston
Leland M. Johnson
Weather Report Highlights 1957 Amarillo Sunshine Streak
Reading shows Amarillo enjoying 54 sunny days in 63 during 1957 with clouds and cloudy conditions in Houston and Oklahoma City. Comparative readings at 3 30 p m note wind speeds and visibility with scattered cloudiness across cities.
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Amarillo
Mornday
Houston
Okla
Randall County Excluded From Amarillo Hospital District Plan
Sen Grady Hazlewood criticized excluding Randall County from a constitutional hospital district proposal to tax property for Amarillo hospital support. He noted Randall officials chose to stay out, pending later enabling legislation, and urged reconsideration while warning future inclusion would need constitutional change.
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Austin
Randall County
Amarillo
Grady Hazlewood
Wazlewood
Commissioners Court
Canyon
Senate
Potter
Randall
Potter County
Hazlewood
Teenagers Charged in $3600 Theft
In Shamrock on March 4 a 17 year old girl and 19 year old Truman Shivers were charged with theft over $50 after deputies recovered a $3600 board missing from Mrs Ellen Chapman. The money was hidden in Bull Durham tobacco sacks in a suitcase and total, $2600, was missing. The pair were freed on bond pending the case before Justice John Templeton.
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Dorman
Shivers
Justice of the Peace
John Templeton
KGNC Listings Show Daytime Schedule
KGNC TV Colorcast Club at 1 p.m. Matinee Theater at 2 p.m. Monganga, March of Medicine at 8:30 p.m. Hold That Note at 10 p.m.
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