Grass roots protest against federal farming policy in West Texas
A Bailey-Lamb-Castro county group inspired by a Mississippi organization demands federal withdrawal from agriculture. They petition Congress arguing for economic liberty and criticize government meddling, foreign entanglements, and taxation. The piece notes Ralph Ford of Muleshoe presenting the petition and cites a shift toward privatization trends in England.
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High Plains
Washington
Benson
Bailey-Lamb-Castro County
South Plains
Mississippi
Individuals For Freedom
Congress
U.S
Ralph Ford
Muleshoe
Yukon Land Grab and TV Time Shifts In Texas
The piece jokes about owning a square inch in Yukon Territory via Klondike Big Inch Land Co and promotes a cereal box tops scheme. It also notes daylight saving time in the East, Garroway’s Channel 4 appearance in Lubbock, pigeons troubling Congressman Walter Rogers, and a Dallas cafe menu item Hopalong Casserole.
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Yukon Territory
Dawson City
Klondike Big Inch Land Co., Inc
John E. Baker, Jr
Dave Garroway
Lubbock
Garroway
Channel 4
Amarillo School Board Approves $250000 Improvements
The Amarillo School Board approved architect plans for three projects costing about $250000. These include a locker room addition at Amarillo Stadium and all purpose buildings for Wolflin and Emerson schools funded from a $406422 bond balance.
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Amarillo Stadium
Wolflin
Emerson
Amarillo
Dam Directors Back Bill for U S Help and Cheaper Water Plans
Canadian River Dam progress moves on two fronts as the Canadian River Water Authority endorses state legislation to resolve Texas federal law conflicts and opens the door to federal financing if private funding fails. George Finger highlights a potential four cent per thousand gallons cheaper water under private financing.
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U.S
Daily News Business
Canadian River
Plainview
Canadian River Water Authority
Texas
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Board of
George Finger
Borger
Finger
Authority
Texas Road Costs Through 1964 Estimated at 3.67 Billion
The Bureau of Public Roads placed Texas highway needs through 1964 at 3.674 billion. Nationally, needed roads total 101 billion with interstate segment in Texas at 872 million. Federal-aid highways in Texas total 1.991 billion. non federal aid roads 1.683 billion.
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Texas
Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Congress
Mock hydrogen raid targets 50 U S cities in civil defense drill
Civil defense officials announce a June 15 mock hydrogen bomb attack on 50 U S cities including Washington and New York. Fifteen thousand federal employees and President Eisenhower will relocate to hidden centers across several states to operate the government for two days. The exercise tests evacuation, sheltering, and survival across 43 named cities with six more sites in Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone. The plan spans a nine day emergency period and a 26 hour civil defense phase.
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Washington
New York City
Eisenhower
U.S
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
House Group Supports City Parking Lot Bill
A Texas House committee favored a bill allowing cities over 50 000 population to create and operate parking lots and garages to solve downtown parking. Amarillo and Corpus Christi backed similar measures while Houston and Dallas considered excluding their cities. The bill limits eminent domain, restricts funding to revenue bonds with voter approval, and lets cities lease or manage stations with city fee control.
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Austin
House Committee On Municipal and Private Corporations
Barefoot Sanders
Dal
Quick Action Brings Surprise Parking Bill Victory
Amarillo leaders arriving for Austin talks were surprised by quick committee approval of a bill allowing cities to run parking lots. The unanimous vote followed a brief discussion as Rep. Dewitt Hale explained the bill.
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Amarillo
John Masterman
Daily News
Austin
Rillo
Fancher Upshaw
Corpus Christi
Dewitt Hale
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook Tue Warmers With Clouds
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for variable high cloudiness and a warmer Tuesday. Wednesday should be fair and mild with a low around 30 last night and a high near 71 today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Weather synoptic notes from Amarillo region 1955
Weather readings at 3 p.m. yesterday show wind speeds ranging from 5 to 15 MPH with clear skies across Houston Dallas Olds Amarillo and related stations. The report notes Amarillo enjoying sun on 78 of 87 days in 1955 with clear conditions prevailing at that hour.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Warm Air to Persist in High Plains with Drier Outlook
The High Plains enjoy sunny skies with temperatures in the 60s and a warmup ahead. Forecasts predict a high near 71 degrees after a low around 30 last night, with Amarillo recording 63/20 and other readings from Gage to Guymon ranging from 56 to 65 degrees.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Gage
Hobart
Childress
Tucumcari
Dalhart
la Junta
Garden City
Albuquerque
Roswell
Lubbock
Clovis
Guymon
Bandit Loots Store After Armed Hold Up
A bandit robbed Joe Brown's Package Store at 1113 N Fillmore of 75 dollars last night. The suspect, described as tall and slender, also ordered Mrs. R B Brown to place a pint of whisky into the sack and forced her to the back room. The robbery occurred shortly before 9 p.m. with a pistol pointed at the clerk. The bandit previously hit the West Sixth Package Store last Wednesday.
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Daily News
Wester
Joe Brown
N. Fillmore
West Sixth
R. B. Brown
N. Lincoln
Royalty Owners Face Trade Threat in Reciprocal Plan
At Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on March 28 the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association heard O R Strackbein warn against the reciprocal trade extension bill. He argued higher level bureaucrats seek control of foreign trade regulation through the measure and critiqued postwar state department influence.
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Fort Worth
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Hotel Texas
O. R. Strackbein
Nationwide
Committee of Industry, Agriculture and Labor
Strackbein
Organization For Trade Co-Operation
State Department
Imn
Western Officials Consult On Question of Big 4 Talk
London March 28 Foreign Secretary Eden said Britain the United States and France are discussing a plan to negotiate a political settlement in Europe with Soviet Russia. He noted a meeting of the Western Big Three foreign ministers with Molotov could occur soon and outlined aims including Germany and Austria futures a world disarmament program and an East West security system to banish fear in Europe.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
United States
France
Europe
Russia
Eden
House of Commons
Vv. M. Molotov
Germany
Austria
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Sandies
Clayton B. Shiver
New York
Associated Press
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Hands of the Law
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Supreme Court
Robert Marshall
Val Peterson
Arthur S. Flemming
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