25 Mar 1958
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1958
Page
1
A column contrasts Big Labor's COPE campaign to defeat certain Senators over anti labor records. It notes COPE leader James L. McDevitt directs a 45 person staff across 48 states with field offices and minority outreach. The writer imagines forming CTSCWAFAA to back candidates who are for all Americans.
An Amarillo reader calls for enforcement of dog control laws as spring begins. A variety of local items follow including nominations for postmistress honors, a class mail sample, a joke sign spotted by a reader, and notes on bridges in Houston named among the nation’s finest in 1957.
Report shows Amarillo day readings 71 of 83 in 1958 with 3 PM comparative readings. Lists wind, visibility and sky conditions for Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with values for wind speed, visibility and cloud cover.
O Rourke’s House present on KGNC TV with Gebel Fisher Show at 2 PM and 7 PM Am schedule times listed.
Thomas Edward Drummond, 55, Amarillo oil marketing official, died Monday afternoon while en route to St Anthony's Hospital after a sudden illness at his home. He had just been named Panhandle area chairman of the Oil Information Committee of the American Petroleum Institute. Drummond came to Amarillo from Corsicana six years ago as Magnolia Petroleum Company marketing department assistant district manager and was named district manager two years ago after E E Nichols retired.
An 11 year old Plainview boy was forced by a man dressed in airman uniform to drive a 1957 Buick toward Amarillo after meeting on Highway 87. The assailant produced a .22 revolver and ordered the boy to continue at high speed, triggering a speed alert at 85 mph. The boy hoped to draw police attention as they sped toward Amarillo.
At 11 42 p m an Amarillo Ambulance Service unit responded to 1204 North Manhattan for a sick call and took one person to St Anthony's Hospital as reported by local authorities
County Attorney H B King faces the challenge of prosecuting two youths Robert Smith 12 and David Smith 10 for the fatal shooting of grocer Floyd Blair 49 and wounding employee Adrian Wilson 22 during a robbery attempt at a Woodward grocery. The case proceeds with a hearing scheduled and details continuing on page 2.
The Daily News invites children not over 12 to enter a Bugs Bunny Easter Coloring Contest starting Wednesday. Three pictures will be offered to color, and prizes await the most creative entries.
Daily News reports Canyon March 24 as Randall County commissioners spar over redistricting to align precinct boundaries with population. Johnson cites Precinct 4 dominance, while Beckman and Dowlen question fairness and roads tax under unequal representation.
Mary Alexander president of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association told Deaf Smith County teachers that public schools must push students harder to reach their potential. She urged constructive homework and work ethic, noting laxity in producing capable graduates.
More than 300 high school journalists from 22 schools converge at West Texas State College for the 24th Panhandle High School Press Association convention. Delegates will hear two speakers, attend section meetings on newspaper and yearbook work, elect 1958-59 officers, and nearby awards for top writing and editing. Margaret Mayer of the Globe News Publishing Co. will headline the morning session. Ernest Joiner, editor of the Ralls…
Weather bulletin notes considerable cloudiness through today with scattered showers and warmer in the afternoon and a high near 53. Wednesday remains cloudy with more showers and little temperature change.
Sally Shaffer a senior at Amarillo High School representing the San Jacinto Lions Club will compete in the District 2-T-1 Queen's Contest at Fellowship Country Club Dalhart April 25. The event features high school girls from the Panhandle with judging based on beauty poise and personality.
Braniff Airlines flight bound for Panama crashes shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport. Twelve people are dead and twelve survive. The wreckage lies four miles north of the airport in dense brushland, delaying rescue as police and firemen access the site.
City leaders gather at Amarillo Air Force Base for the official opening ceremony of the Air Force first Intercontinental Guided Missile Training School with Mayor John Armstrong and local officials in attendance.
A large wall map at AFL-CIO COPE headquarters marks 16 pins on Republican and one Democratic seat with anti labor records. COPE director James L McDevitt says pins mark states where incumbents are vulnerable and denies a national purge list while pledging targeted political endorsements and funding in key races. Labor hopes to expand gains in 1958 with strategic support in select states.
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