Two New TWA Schedules Land Through Amarillo
TWA adds two new Amarillo to St Louis routes with east bound departure at 10 20 a m and west bound arrival at 8 17 p m. The airline will operate these two flights in each direction along with its Oklahoma City run strengthening Amarillo air service.
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Albuquerque
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Dallas
Braniff
Time magazine features Ralls Banner editor Ernest Joiner
The South Plains weekly editor Ernest Joiner earns Time magazine notice for his outspoken views on bootlegging religion and town morals. The feature highlights his provocative paragraphs and a satirical Bible gag costing 34.95 with 773692 words.
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Time Magazine
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Time
U.S
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Plainview Chamber letters hint at parking ticket workaround
Anonymous Amarillo doctors received copies of Plainview Chamber of Commerce letters about a medical society convention next month. The memo suggests writing Medical Convention on parking tickets and dropping them in a yellow box at a meter to disregard the fines.
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Amarillo
Plainview
Right to Plant Wheat on Own Land Questioned by Congressman
Rep Bruce Alger of Dallas seeks to amend the Agriculture Adjustment Act to allow Americans to plant and consume wheat on their own land without federal interference. He cites J E Haley Jr of Dallas fined for planting 43 acres in the Oklahoma Panhandle and notes the Supreme Court reversal of Haley's charge.
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Oklahoma Panhandle
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Amarillo's SAC B 52 Makes First Flight-Deck Preview
Hundreds crowd the Amarillo Air Force Base construction site to glimpse a Strategic Air Command B 52 on a simulated landing. The jet appears overhead in low approach, its eight engines roaring as onlookers note its size and distant cockpit placement.
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Air Force
Helium Plant Upgrades Targeted by Interior Budget
The Bureau of Mines seeks over 5 million dollars for capital improvements at Amarillo and Exell helium plants. testimony before a House Interior appropriations subcommittee notes 2.65 million for a removal installation at Amarillo, 1.6 million to modify Exell equipment, and 990 thousand to liquefy helium at Amarillo with completion planned next year.
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Exell
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Interior Department Appropriations
Abductor of 4 Snared in Police Chase
Richard Arlen Payne surrendered after a 90 hour pursuit across southern West Virginia. He fired on rescuers as state police closed in, but released his hostages Mrs Elma Baldwin and the children Susan Danny and Kenneth unharmed.
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Richard Arlen Payne
West Virginia
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Kenneth
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R. C. Stover
J. E. Ashbury
Dear Editor Letter on Draft Draftees and Kitchen Duties
A reader from Wellington, D. E. Scott, argues that college-educated draftees should not be spared from KP tasks. He questions a world where federal aid to schools produces too-smart individuals who avoid cooking, washing dishes, or taking out the garbage.
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Reds Embrace Installment Buying in Soviet Stores
The Soviet Union pilots capitalist style merchandising with onefourth down and balance in six months for "industrial goods" like radios motorcycles and appliances. A Nikolayev shop near Crimea is among early adopters as trade unions applaud the scheme.
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Soviet Union
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Television Schedule
KGNC TV colorcast at 1 p.m. features Truth or Consequences followed by Ellery Queen at 7 p.m.
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Easter Coloring Contest Teases Bugs Bunny Prize Fun
Panhandle science fair entrants were judged today ahead of the public opening at 1 p.m. at the Tri-State Fairgrounds. A six-member panel from Texas Tech West Texas State College and Amarillo College selected from 350 plus exhibits with top honors earning expense paid trips to the National Science Fair in Hartford May 6 to 9.
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Daily News
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Texas Tech
Amarillo College
West Texas State College
Hartford
Conn
Cate
John R. Bradford
School of Engineering
John S. Urban
West Texas
Bertie Warren
Physical Sciences
William A
Weather notes from Amarillo 1959 report reads oddly
The fragment reports Amarillo weather for 1959 with 69 days of sun out of 78 and a 3 pm reading showing wind, visibility and sky conditions. It also lists Houston and Oklahoma city readings with light wind and partly cloudy or clear conditions.
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Amarillo
Amarilla
Houston
Clear Okia
Terrifying ordeal shown in man’s photo with suspect
Page 1/8 features a man after two hours of terror while his wife and children were held against their will. He studies a photo of the convict suspect with a police official. Page 8 also shows the wife who was held.
Barrier Against Missiles Tests Further U S Defense
The United States announced success of high altitude atomic tests that aided the development of antimissile systems. Defense officials said the three spaceborne nuclear blasts 300 miles above the South Atlantic enhanced knowledge to back Nike Zeus and related programs.
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U. S
Defense Department
Dep
Donald Quarles
Pentagon
Quarles
South Atlantic
U.S
Space Test Sketch Highlights Nuclear Blast Test
On page 28 a space forces test sketch is shown documenting a nuclear blast test. Also pictured on page 28 are four scientists who shared in the test.
Amarillo Weather Update With Windy, Cooler Day
The Panhandle and South Plains include Amarillo as a strong northerly wind moves through. Clouds, dust, and cooler temperatures forecast with a high near 54 and a low around 34. Saturday looks generally fair and mild with continued wind and lower humidity.
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Panhandle
South Plains
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Railroads in Survival Struggle Highlighted by Santa Fe Rep
Patrick H. Hill of Albuquerque, traveling rep for Santa Fe Railway, told a Rotary Club luncheon the railroads fight for survival amid calls for free enterprise. He warned against government subsidies to competitors and urged business leaders to join in preserving the basic concept of free enterprise.
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Santa Fe Railway Company
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