Southern Cal Weather Sleuth Report From Africa to California
A report from agent R. R. Gilbreath describes a spy mission in Southern California. He files impressions of Long Beach hotels smog clippings and local weather chatter. Headlines from Los Angeles and Long Beach papers note storms power outages gusts and wind damage as he plans a debrief on return to Texas.
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Florida
California
McCarthy Committee
Gilbreath
Oceanside
Wilton
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Long Beach Independent
L.B
Los Angeles Examiner
Southland
Santa Monica
Texas
This and That by J. D. Clark and readers
A collection of light reader contributions and notes including a nomination for J. D. Clark to submit a column, parking meter gripes, U turn observations, a humorous cattle cloud joke, and a worksheet exchange noting water meter estimates in Amargillo and Lubbock with a joke about Marilyn Monroe and draft.
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J. D. Clark
Santa Fe
Don Katz
Mr. Clark
Marilyn
Miller
Monroe
Wes Izzard
Weather Notes and Readings From Amarillo Region 1954
The excerpt records sun exposure for Amarillo at 7 percent across 81 days in 1954 and includes comparative readings at 3 PM yesterday. The scattered data mentions wind, visibility, sky conditions, and mph readings with several cloudy observations across Oklahoma and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Houston
Okla
Sky Aero
Amari
Minimum Gas Price Bill Faces House Committee Decision
The House committee on revenue and taxation aims to decide this week on tax raising bills. Hearings are scheduled through Friday for all introduced bills, with Friday targeted for final action.
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Margaret Mayer
Daily News
Austin
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Gas tax bills set for hearing this week in Texas legislature
Three gas industry tax proposals are scheduled for hearings this week. Rep. Sam E. Wohlford outlined a possible minimum gas price to aid irrigation pumping and farmers in the Panhandle, with Governor Shivers linked to irrigation legislation. Other hearings include a production tax, a dedication tax on long term gas reserves, and a processing tax, with dates shown for 2:30 PM Wednesday through 2 PM Friday hearings.
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Panhandle
Sam E. Wohlford
Stratford
Wohlford
Shivers
House Committee On Oil, Gas and Mining
Revenue and Tax Committee
Joe Kilgore
Robert Patten
Jasper
George Hinson
Mineola
Grady Hogue
Martins Mills
Weather brief for Amarillo and West Texas
Mostly cloudy conditions with occasional rain and mild temperatures across Amarillo, West Texas, and the Panhandle. Forecast highlights include cool nights, daytime highs near the mid 50s to 60s, and scattered showers Tuesday and Wednesday with limited precipitation amounts.
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Amarillo
Wes Texas
Panhandle
Upper South Plains
Earthquake Registed Near New York on Fordham Seismographs
A strong quake about 8 000 miles from New York registered on Fordham University seismographs shortly after 7 p m Sunday night.
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New York
Fordham University
Admiral Briscoe visits Chiang in Formosa
Admiral Robert P. Briscoe arrived in Formosa for a visit before returning home to assume Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. He planned talks with Chiang Kai-shek and inspection of Nationalist naval installations in southern Formosa before departing for Tokyo.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Robert P. Briscoe
U.S
Far East
Chiang Kai-shek
Tokyo
Expanded Air Aid to France Hints More U S Bombers
Adm. Radford after White House talks with President Eisenhower hinted the United States will consider sending additional B26 bombers to aid France in Indochina if requested. He noted no extra American air technicians would be needed for operation and cited ongoing daily program adjustments. Brig. Gen. Dechaux warned additional crews would be required to maintain any new aircraft amid the Dien Bien Phu siege.
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Washington
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
France
Indochina
Eisenhower
White House
Radford
United States
Hanoi
Jean Dechaux
U. S
Dechaux
Dien Bien Phu
Thhe White House
Paul Ely
Tno
U. S. Joint Chiefs
Ely
Guess Pecchia Join Sandie Grid Staff
Amarillo High School appoints Guess and Pecchia as assistant football coaches under head coach Defoe. Guess remains head track coach and Pecchia remains head baseball coach with football duties added. They succeed Holt and Watson as two resignations earlier. Salaries for assistant coaches set at 5125 for 10 months.
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Amarillo High School
Frank Guess
Sam Pecchia
Bill Defoe
Guess
Pecchia
Solon Holt
Charlie Watson
Pron Salkeld
Noiet
Sherman High School
Amarillo
University of Texas
Itasca
KGNC TV Dog of Week Goes To Young Lady
Patsy Ruth Howton, a young girl from 4115 Tyler, wins KGNC TV Dog of the Week a pup from Amarillo Animal Shelter. The shelter staff saved Lady the mother and six of seven puppies during a cold wave. one puppy remains. Lady stays as mascot. Johnnie Linn urged Humane Society memberships amid rabies crisis. funds aid boarding, feeding, and care.
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Patsy Ruth Howton
Tyler
Kgnc-Tv
Johnnie Linn
Amarillo Animal Shelter
North West 24Th Street
Lady
Amarillo
Johnnie
Patsy Ruth
Amarillo Humane Society
The
Humane Society
Animal Control Shelter
North West 24Th
Rain arrives across Panhandle with spotty showers
Rain spread across the Panhandle with spotty showers and amounts from traces to a tenth of an inch. Amarillo radar showed moist air rising from California and Mexico, guiding a cold front that cooled overnight lows and left scattered totals in Dalhart Vega Claude Happy and surrounding towns.
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Canyon
Ninth
Harrison
Amarillo
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Lubbock
Texas
Mexico
Panhandle
Dalhart
Tucumcari
Clovis
Childress
Vega
Claude
Daily News
Carl Wood
Kress
Borger
Senate Votes Teacher Salary Boost in 27-1 Margin
In Austin on March 22 the Senate approved a teacher pay raise bill by 27 to 1 in a landslide for Gov. Shivers' plan. The measure would raise base annual pay by 402 and shift local-state school financing to a percentage basis, with most teachers gaining the full raise. Sen. William Shireman voiced opposed concerns about treasury funds and sustainability.
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Austin
Senate
House
Shivers
A.M. Aikin Jr
Paris
Nueces
Aikin
William Shireman
Corpus Christi
Shireman
Texas State Teachers Assn
Plumbers Return to Texas Company Refinery Expansion
Plumbers and steamfitters will resume work today on the Texas Company refinery expansion after a negotiated agreement announced by Bob Bailey of Local 196. About 99 workers were idle after a superintendent discharged a union steward, with talks ongoing since workers walked off over a week ago.
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Texas Company
Bob Bailey
W. M. Kellogg Company
Engineers For Dam Survey In Plainview
March 22 Directors of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority hired Parsons Brinckerhoff Hall and McDonald to prepare a feasibility report on the Canadian River valley project. Base bid is $35 000 with $13 000 more for brochures and detailed reports if requested by investment houses. The contract, not the lowest bid, received approval from all but one director.
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Houston
New York
Fred Thompson
Pampa
Kenneth Harper
Woman to Run for Legislature from Texas 93rd District
Amarillo housewife Flora Erlandson announced her candidacy for Texas State Representative in the 93rd District. She has long civic involvement, party work in California and Texas, and business background including a meat packing venture in World War I. She is the first woman candidate in this district since the 1920s, facing J Edgar Wilson and Jackie Fleming in Potter County.
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Amarillo
Texas
Flora Erlandson
Julian
Erlandson
Democratic Party
Potter County
San Antonio
Austin
J. Edgar Wilson
Jackie Fleming
University of Texas
Duke of Duval Goes to Trial
Manuel Marroquin testified in the trial of George Parr on a pistol carrying charge. Marroquin described Parr’s threats near a Freedom Party meeting on January 16 and recounted seeing Parr and Juan Barrera with pistols. Parr denies carrying a gun as the defense planned its case.
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Duke of Duval
Alice
Manuel Marroquin
Duval County
George Parr
Marroquin
Parr
Freedom Party
Jim Wells
San Diego
Duval
Ed Lloyd Jr
Wash Storm Jr
Marrequin
Juan Barrera
Atty
Sam Burris Jr
Donato Serna
The
Donato
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Chiang
Sandie Grid
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