Women discuss public affairs at Amarillo club meeting
In a Republican Women's Club gathering in Amarillo about 25 members held a full discussion on topics from the Canadian River dam to farm programs and election processes. The session showed women are increasingly aware of Washington Austin and city hall matters, with no Davy Crockett references noted.
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Izzard
Amarillo
Republican Women’s Club
Washington
Austin
City Hall
Canadian River
Amarillo Veterans Hospital
Davy Crockett
Associated Press
Senate State Affairs
Dorsey B. Hardeman
San Angelo
Carlos Ashley
Llano
R. A. Weinert
Seguin
Wardlow Lane
Center
Ottis E. Lock
Lufkin
Old School Gentlemen Still Wear Collars Says Local Laundromat
Frank Galbreath reports shirts with detachable collars found in a Georgia visitor’s laundry. He notes fashion shifts to sleeveless glass shirts, while older men keep traditional collars from the pre synthetic era. The writer recalls Arrow collars and asks readers to share if they can remove a collar without removing the shirt.
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Frank Galbreath
Georgia
Amarillo
Mr. Galbreath
Weather, classrooms, and humor from Amarillo
Weather staff traced yesterday's squall line and warned of dust storms in Amarillo. Readers share laughs about trig in schools, elevator encounters with athletes, and motorists wanting blame shifting transmissions.
Mrs. Doss Pleads Guilty to Murder in Tulsa
Mrs. Nannie Doss, who had been declared sane after a jury verdict, suddenly pleaded guilty before District Judge Elmer Adams to the murder of Samuel Doss. The 50 year old grandmother faces sentencing on May 31, with attorneys hoping the switch spares her from the electric chair. She previously confessed to murders of husbands across North Carolina, Alabama, and Kansas and is linked to other suspected poisonings.
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Tulsa
Okla
Nannie Doss
Elmer Adams
Adams
Mrs. Doss
Doss
Gordon Patten
State Highway Department
North Carolina
Alabama
Kansas
Area Greets Trade Envoys
Amarillo goodwill ambassadors arrived in Sayre and presented Arch Alexander, Sayre Junior College superintendent, a 75 dollar check for student aid. The visit followed stops in Groom, McLean, and Erick as part of a trade promotion tour by a regional group and included the Amarillo Air Force Base Band.
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AL Hall Daily News
Clinton, Okla
Amarillo
Good Will Ambassadors
Sayre
Arch Alexander
Sayre Junior College
Groom
McLean
Tex
Amarillo Air Force Base
Erick
Sayre, Pro
Ike vaccine plan gains support amid Hobby criticism
Washington May 17 The Eisenhower administration backs a 28 million dollar federal program to ensure free polio vaccination for low income children ages 1 to 19. Sen Morse blasts Secretary Hobby over Salk vaccine handling and calls for her firing while Sen Smith and Rep Priest back the funding move as Congress moves quickly to approve.
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Washington
Congress
Sen
Morse
Dore
Hobby
H. Alexander Smith
Eisenhower
Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Smith
House
Priest
D-Tenn
Commerce Committee
Senate
Plea and $15 Wire Mystery From Local Court
An airman formerly stationed here wired a $15 money order to the court yesterday and pleaded guilty with the note I PLEAD GUILTY HERE IS FINE. Court officials praise the gesture but cannot determine which case the payment and plea resolve.
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Corporation Court
Air Base Open House To Mark Armed Forces Day at Amarillo
Panhandle residents invited to Amarillo Air Force Base for Armed Forces Day open house Saturday 1 to 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A 3 15 p.m. Saturday review of units on the parade field will be followed by a motorcade from Amarillo. Frank Millard will give the Armed Forces Day address. Model aircraft displays by the Planesman Model Club will cap events.
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Navy, Marine Reserve and National Guard
William L. Todd
Panhandle
Amarillo
Fea
Tured
Armed Forces
Frank Millard
Department of the Army
Planesman Model Club of
Amarillo Sees Rain After Tornado Warnings
Strong storms rolled through Amarillo bringing scattered showers and gusty winds. Downtown gauges recorded near half an inch with wider area totals and minor damage from toppled trees and roof pieces as power outages affected several neighborhoods.
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Amarillo
Globe News
Weather Bureau
KGNC
Grand
Sam Houston Park
Line and Western
Sanborn
Lloyd Abbott
Humphrey Highland Addition
Buchanan
Santa Fe Railroad
2Nd
Jackson
Santa Fe
15Th
Southwestern Public Service
Panhandle
Olton
Channing
Canadian River
Orion
Weather snapshot for Amarillo and peers in 1955
Weather readings at 3 pm show Amarillo and Oklahoma City with cloudy skies and modest wind. Houston recorded partly cloudy conditions with lower wind, while Amarillo noted visibility around 15 miles in a cloudy pattern.
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Amarillo
Houston
City Sets Meeting On Airline Request
Amarillo chamber aviation committee and city officials will hold a special 10:30 a.m. meeting Thursday to discuss TransWorld Airlines request to bypass Amarillo on the Braniff interchange. TWA filed with the CAB for a Houston to Los Angeles route via Dallas Fort Worth and Albuquerque. Dallas officials warned they would seek elimination of the Amarillo stop if the interchange continues.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
TransWorld Airlines
Amarillo
TWA Braniff
Chamber
Aviation Committee
J. L. Pate Jr
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D.C
Houston
Los Angeles
Dallas
Fort Worth
Albuquerque
Braniff
TWA
Funds Extend Amarillo Market News Service
Funds to continue the Livestock Market News Service in Amarillo through August 1956 were provided by a House-Senate conference committee. The budget allocates 6000 dollars to be matched with federal funds for the first year, with Southwest Cattle Raisers Association pledging to seek self sufficiency thereafter. The service began two years ago as a U S Agriculture Department experimental price quotation program and supplements Fort Worth market quotes.
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Daily News
Austin
Livestock Market
Amarillo
House-Senate
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
Southwest Cattle Raisers Association
Houston
San Antonio
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Fort Worth
New Dawn Talk For Peace Across The World
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles spoke in a rare radio TV briefing about potential progress in top level talks with the Russians. They cautioned against overoptimism while noting signs that the West’s strength and persistence may influence Soviet behavior and reward diplomacy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Europe
West Germany
Eisenhower Dulles
United States
Free World
Oval Office
Baseball scores from multiple leagues and cities
West Texas New Mexico League results show Pampa 6 Abilene 0, Albuquerque 13 Clovis 0, El Paso 8 Plainview 3, Lubbock at Amarillo postponed due to rain. National League St. Louis 3 Brooklyn 0, Cincinnati 9 Pittsburgh 2, Milwaukee 9 New York 4, Philadelphia at Chicago postponed. American League Boston 10 Cleveland 3, Baltimore 3 Detroit 2, Kansas City 1, Washington 9 New York 1, Chicago 0.
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Pampa
Abilene
Albuquerque
Clovis
el Paso
Plainview
Lubbock
Amarillo
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Baltimore
Detroit
Kansas City
Washington
Underwater Atomic Blast Opens New Warfare Era
The Navy confirmed a successful underwater nuclear test in the eastern Pacific as part of research to defeat submarines with atomic power. Officials described a depth likely 200 to 500 feet, aiming to counter Red U boats amid fears of radioactive fish impact and a growing Soviet submarine fleet.
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Washington
Pacific
The
United
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific Ocean
Russia
United States
Bikini Atoll
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van Alstyne
Brockton
Parrish
Swinton
Pop Adams
Wes Izzard
Plains
H. E. Williams
Marvin Easley
H. D. Cobb Jr
J. S. Sadderis
R. M. Green
Ike
Ee Ee
Marth
Mason
Speller
Judge Jones
Marvin Jones
U.S. Court of Claims
John D. Glenn Jr
Amarillo Globe News
Margaret Mayer
NATO
Soviet
Austria
Texas
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