Vending machines and a judge who grows roses in Amarillo
A Kiwanis luncheon previews a shift to automated food service with vending machines, recalling ancient coin-operated temple fountains and peanut machines. The column notes Judge E C Nelson’s rose-growing hobby, recounting a humorous cottonseed hull incident and calling Amarillo residents rosiarians.
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Kiwanis
Ourself
Frank Helvey
Ritchie Law
Amarillo
R. C. Martini
Nelson
Madame Chiang Kai Shek birthday misreported by press
The item notes Madame Chiang Kai Shek was said to be 85 but records show she is 55. Gene Chapman questions age rumors and editors verify the corrected age amid a reading error.
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Madame Chiang Kai Shek
Gene Chapman
Madame Chiang
de Cccigean Mallee Rogers
Strenson
Kefauver
Harriman
U. S. Sues Louisiana Over Gulf Tidelands Boundary
The Supreme Court granted the United States permission to sue Louisiana to determine ownership of submerged Gulf lands rich in oil. The dispute centers on whether Louisiana’s boundary extends three or nine miles from shore. The court ordered Louisiana to answer within 30 days.
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Supreme Court
United States
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Justice Department
Department
Warren
Brownell
James P. Morgan
Morgan
Daniel Will Run For Governor
A California man who abandoned his car near Canyon around the time Robert Boyd Chapman was killed is sought by Randall County Sheriff for questioning in the murder of the ex Navy boxer. Norman Alvin Finson, 22, of San Bernardino, Calif., is wanted after Tulsa police said a man in custody identified Finson in the Canyon area.
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California
Canyon
Robert Boyd Chapman
Randall County
L. S. (Slim) Johnston
Oklahoma
Johnston
Norman Alvin Finson
San Bernardino
Calif
Tulsa
Finson
Freddie Clifford Bennett
Bennett
Bob Cleveland
Amarillo
Cleveland
Curtis
Carlson
Fontana
Chapman
U.S. Highway 87
St. Patrick's Day
Trade Documents Withheld From Senate Investigators
Senate investigation leaders faced resistance as Secretary Weeks Undersecretary Hoover and John Hollister refused public release of confidential papers on Western trade with Russia. They offered to testify behind closed doors about the 1954 Paris accord while McClellan and McCarthy pressed for copies of working papers guiding American negotiators. A secret session may follow next Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Sinclair Weeks
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Washington
Herbert Hoover Jr
Weeks
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
Secretary of Commerce
John B. Hollister
Russia
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Paris
McClellan
Amarillo Area Sets New High Temperature Record
The Panhandle region reached 86 degrees yesterday, surpassing the 1950 record for March 26. The Weatherman notes 80s across the area with Caprock readings in the low 90s and forecasts a short warm spell ending with a cold front late Wednesday or Thursday and little moisture expected.
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Amarillo
US Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Caprock
Colorado
Eisenhower Hosts North America Summit in West Virginia
President Eisenhower opens a three way summit with Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and Mexican President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines at White Sulphur Springs. The talks are expected to cover world problems and hemisphere security. A secret service inquiry into poisoned drinks aboard a private railcar occurs during the trip.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Eisenhower
Canada
Mexico
Louis St. Laurent
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
U.S
United States Secret Service
Poisoned drinks aboard Eisenhower car probe opened
The Secret Service launched a routine inquiry into whether poisoned soft drinks were served on a private railroad car used by President Eisenhower. Chief A. E. Baughman said investigators aim to determine if the drinks were poisoned or if illness occurred before boarding. The car owned by Walter Tuohy of Chesapeake & Ohio was en route to Washington when illnesses were reported.
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Secret Service
Baughman
Eisenhower
W.va
U.S. Secret Service
Washington
Huntington
Walter Tuohy
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Insurance Probers Hear Solons In Texas Scandals
Three state senators testified under oath to a House committee probing Texas insurance scandals and the collapse of U S Trust and Guaranty Co. Sen Warren McDonald S Fuller and Rogers Kelley appeared. Sen William H Shireman was to testify next. Two other senators Carlos Ashley and William T Moore declined to appear.
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House
Texas
U.S. Trust and Guaranty Co
Wade F. Spilman
McAllen
Sens
iCarlos Ashley
Llano
William T. Moore
Bryan
R. C
Doe) Lanning
J. H. Hope
Waco
A. B. Shoemake
U.S. Trust and Guaranty
Arkansas Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Weather snapshot notes for Amarillo 1956 readings
The report records sunshine days 78 of 86 in Amarillo for 1956 with 3 30 pm readings on Monday. Wind speeds and visibility listed for Houston Dallas Oklahoma City Amarillo with clear to partly cloudy conditions and varying values.
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Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Price Daniel declares Texas governor bid in Democratic race
U S Sen Price Daniel announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor. He cited statewide radio and TV audience response to his appeal for input two weeks earlier and said he left the final decision to Texans. He spoke to audiences across two radio networks and 21 television stations.
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Jim Bowman
Dallas
U. S
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
Five candidates now seek Amarillo school board seats
The Amarillo school board race grew to five announced contenders with E G Storseth architect Edmond Jurkas Jura and Doyle Fewell joining two earlier entrants Herbert Willborn and Dr J W Campbell. Filing closed today for an April 7 election. Storseth 34, veteran WWII Navy air corps officer and father of two, lives at 1405 Western and was vice president of Margaret Wills PTA.
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Amarilo
E. G
Eddie) Storseth
Western
Sandie
Edmond Jurkas Jura
Bowie
Doyle W. Fewell
N. Polk
Southwestern Public Service Company
East
Herbert Willborn
J. W. Campbell
Storseth
Jura
Fewell
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Navy Air Corps
Gary
Margaret-Wills School
Margaret-Wills Pta
First Baptist Church
Dura
Amarillo
Margaret Truman Denies Diamond Hose At Wedding
Detroit dispatch reports the claim that Margaret Truman will wear $650 diamond studded stockings at her wedding is dismissed as sheer nonsense by a close friend. Miss Truman, in New York, says there is no truth in Willys De Mond’s yearly picks of Hollywood's top legs regarding the wedding attire.
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Hollywood
Margaret Truman
Miss Truman
New York
Willys de Mond
Hollyywood
Supreme Court backs immunity testimony in national security cases
The Supreme Court upheld a 1954 law forcing witnesses to testify in national security matters in exchange for immunity from prosecution. In a 7-2 decision, Justice Frankfurter said the Fifth Amendment privilege ends when immunity replaces the danger of prosecution, while Justice Douglas dissented. The ruling affirmed William Ludwig Ullman’s contempt conviction in New York as the first punished under the law.
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Nesses
Supreme Court
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Douglas
Senting
Congress
Justice Black
New York
William Ludwig Ulmann
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