End of an Era on the Railroads and a Call for Action
A reflective note recalls the loss of Baltimore to New York passenger service and the Twentieth Century Limited legacy. The piece argues drastic action is needed to save rail travel, urging simplified rules, tax relief, and modernization while praising some rail lines like the Santa Fe and Burlington for maintaining service.
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Washington
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
New York Central
Twentieth Century Limited
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Amarillo
Burlington
America
This and That Warning Rotarians and Toms of Florida
Southwest Amarillo Rotarians hear about McClanahan a restaurant man and snake hunter who joined the Okeene rattlesnake hunt and plans to serve 33 pounds of rattlesnake filet at Val's Restaurant. The column also recalls Texas Oil Millionaire tales, a hotel desk snow joke, and Bennett Cerf on a teeth loss in Ceylon. The page closes with a Canham quote on hope and a Wes Izard aphorism.
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Southwest
Amarillo
Vol McClanahan
Okeene
Okla
Val’s
Georgia and Wolflin
T.O.M
Miami Beach
Florida
Bennett Cerf
Ceylon
Kwai
Amarillo He Helium Plant Plan Aims to Save Gas Resource
The Interior Department announced 12 helium recovery plants costing about 224 million dollars to capture helium wasted from gas fields and store it at Cliffside near Amarillo. If private funding fails, the government will build and operate the plants to conserve about 32 billion cubic feet of helium for future use.
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Daily News
Washington
Interior Department
Cliffside
Amarillo
Secretary of the Interior
Fred A
Seaton
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Idle at Borger Talks Resume Amid General Phillips Strike
Negotiations between Phillips Chemical Co and Local 351 were set to resume Friday morning to end a dispute idling about 525 workers at the Plains Plant butadiene section. The plant shut down after 75 percent of Local 351 members voted to strike, with full stoppage by daylight and 2,700 workers potentially affected if all plants join.
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Borger
Phillips Chemical Company
Phillips’ Plains
Phillips
Tricity
International Union of Operating Engineers
Afl-Cio
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Panhandle Regions
Cloudy to partly cloudy today with scattered showers and thunder. highs near 65, lows around 45. Saturday remains cloudy with more scattered showers. Panhandle and South Plains see mostly cloudy skies with widely scattered thundershowers. temperatures similar with variable readings and sunrise around 5 56 AM.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Rain floods Wichita Falls and North Texas streets
A heavy rain drenched Wichita Falls Texas causing flash floods and street flooding with up to 3.3 inches in two hours. Dozens of streets became impassable and businesses were seeped by water while Dallas saw residents return home as the Trinity River leveled. Weather officials tracked continuing showers across Abilene Fort Worth Gainesville and Wichita Falls with lighter rain to Houston Junction and Texarkana.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
North
Texas
Scott Street
Weather Bureau
Abilene
Fort Worth
Gainesville
North Texas
Mineral Wells
Houston
Junction
Texarkana
PPRO Names Officers Harris Says Gas Bill Faces Doom
Harris told producers in the heart of the largest gas field there is little chance for passage this session. The bill would free independent producers from government pricing but is unlikely to reach the House floor without a miracle.
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Harris
Bill
Harris O’hara
Funds Sought for Amarillo Air Base Construction
The Defense Department seeks congressional authorization of 979000 for Amarillo AFB construction as part of 41269000 for Texas Army and Air Force posts. Support poured in from Rep Walter Rogers and Sen Ralph Yarborough and Lyndon Johnson. Details on Amarillo uses remain to be outlined by the Corps of Engineers with future committee hearings. Fort Bliss leads the package with 14734000, Fort Hood requests total 6984000.
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Congressional
Amarillo Air Force
Pentagon
Bascom N. Timmons
Amarillo
Amarillo Afb
Texas
Sen. Johnson
Washington
Air Force
House
Senate
Fort Bliss
Fort Hood
Baseball Scores From Western and National Leagues
Western League results Amarillo 11 Albuquerque 10 Topeka 9 Sioux City 4 Pueblo 11 Colorado Springs 5 Lincoln 4 Des Moines 2. National League Chicago 3 Milwaukee 2 Philadelphia 7 San Francisco 0 Pittsburgh and Los Angeles 3. American League Boston 7 Kansas City 6 Chicago 4 Baltimore 3 Cleveland 9 Washington 1.
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Amarillo
Albuquerque
Topeka
Sioux City
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Lincoln
Desmoines
Chicago
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Boston
Kansas City
Baltimore
Cleveland
Washington
Katy Figger Creeps Into St. Louis on Last Run
The Katy Flyer arrived in St Louis more than two and a half hours late for its final run. Only two through passengers from Parsons Kansas rode the last all Katy train across Missouri before it was sidelined at Boonville for an east bound freight. The service faced protests from 38 Missouri towns claiming the train’s poor reliability and long delays, while the railroad argued it lost about 120000 dollars annually on the line.
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ST. Louis
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Missouri
Parsons
Kan
Boonville
Commission
Former Slave Bequeaths Estate to Liberal Methodist Church
A former slave leaves an estate to the Liberal Methodist Church in Lib eral Kansas. The will details and beneficiaries are noted on page 7.
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Methodist Church
Liberal Kan
Weather Summary from Amarillo 1958 Broadcast
The report notes Amarillo weather across 12 days in 1958 with ten percent sunny days. At 3 p.m. Thursday readings show wind and visibility variable with cloudy conditions over Amarillo and Oklahoma City.
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Amarilla
Okla
Amarillo
Crossroads Report Blame Debate Sifts Through Juv enile Delinquency
A reader argues that government fault is echoed by many blaming ju venile crime. He cites economic strain with both parents working to cover taxes and support families, claiming roles shift as fathers help at home and handle chores.
Amateur forecaster Harman claims 85 percent accuracy
Lewis Harman, a radio dispatcher for Southwestern Public Service, issues long range weather forecasts for the Amarillo region from Guymon to Roswell and Lubbock. He has 25 years forecasting experience and says his 850 percent accuracy is validated by his employer using monthly charts sent to all plants and offices.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Lewis Harman
Southwestern Public Service Co
Harman
Louisiana
Amarillo
Daily News
Tri-State
Tyler
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Jersey City
B.&o
Manhattan
Commodore Vanderbilt
Tion
Erwin Canham
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Wes Izzard
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Explorer
Lil
George Ludwig
Ernest Ray
Carl McKwain
By Vernon Louviere
United States
Fred Seaton
of Interior
Tri-City
Copolymer
CIO
AFL
Roger W. Babson
Pace
Enas
Sylvia Porter
GM Ewes
Vest
Weather Forecast
U.S Weather Bureau
Sarernen Silets
Raen
Dallas
Trinity River
Roosevelt Heights
PPRO
Rep
Oren Harris
Arkansas
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Herring Hotel
George Cree Jr. Ofampa
John G. O’brien
Billy B. Davis
Pampa
J. WY. Collins
F. W. Wallace
Frank Storm
Lawrence Hagg
W. N. Sutton
G. N. McDaniel
Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
Oklo
Kgnc-Tv
Katy Figger
Itgv
Katy
W. R. Engle
Paul Wobus
Manchester
The
Railroad
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Crossroads
U.S
Mom
Pop
Weather Prophet
Stewart Johnson
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