Billy the Kid tale reexamines final days in True article
True magazine reprints Peter Atkins claim that Billy the Kid and Atkins terrorized the Southwest during 71 days after the jail escape. The piece cites conflict with stage holdups as they allegedly moved toward Mexico, but historians note Amarillo did not exist in 1881 and no stage lines are recorded.
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True Magazine
Billy the Kid
Peter Jerome Atkins
Independence
the Kid
Southwest
Billy
Fort Sumner
True Comment
William H. Bonney
Atkins
Tom Bailey
Texas
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Barbers Cleared For Haircuts Of Foreign Ministers In Geneva
In Geneva Swiss authorities tapped two barbers to guard visiting foreign ministers amid security fears. The barbers reported ready to begin cutting hair as ministers faced a lengthy conference with guards vigilant against any disguise for harm. In Wichita Falls, Judge Roy Joe Stevens was found not guilty of bribe conspiracy after a two hour jury deliberation and vowed to continue his law practice and public service.
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Daily News
Wichita Falls
Randall County
Roy Joe Stevens
Lola Margaret
Shirley Glandon
Cal Farley honored for Boys Ranch work
National attention comes to Cal Farley founder of Boys Ranch as judge Marvin Jones and entertainer Roy Rogers attend a large celebration. Author Beth Day, who wrote A Shirttail To Hang To, joins to promote Farley's methods. The event aims to inspire support for helping troubled boys and expanding the ranch approach.
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Cal
US Court of Claims
Marvin Jones
Washington
Boys Ranch
Roy Rogers
Beth Day
This and That: Love Without Always Agreeing
A contributor notes the command to love others without requiring agreement. The piece comments on home builders nowadays striving to satisfy buyers with split level designs and practical approaches.
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Wes Izzard
Barbers with High-Level Credentials Offer Haircut Worthy of Royals
Rusterholz and Techtermann, both with backgrounds as barbers to foreign ministers, boast security clearances and claim to have cut hair for royals and ex rulers. They list clients including Farouk, Bao Dai, Umberto, and Prince Dmitry Romanov, with Techtermann noting a past untold encounter with Molotov.
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Rusterholz
Techtermann
Sir Anthony Eden
John Foster Dulles
V. M. Molotov
Walter Bedell Smith
Gen. Smith
Farouk
Egypt
Bao Dai
Viet Nam
Umberto
Italy
Prince Dmitry Romanov
Russia
Mr. Molotov
Oklahoma lawmakers’ pay auto cuts spark concern
Oklahoma City special correspondent Phil Dessauer reports pay for lawmakers automatically dropped this week as legislative work accelerates. The cuts linger despite ongoing debate and uncertainty about future policy.
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Oklahoma
Phil Dessauer
Oklahoma City
The
Daily News
New Mexicans Approve Pension Ceiling Removal
Lawmakers in New Mexico approved removing ceilings on state pensions. The move surprised many as the session details are explained by Will Harrison of Santa Fe for the Daily News, with insights on how the policy works and how it was developed, on page 3.
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New Mexico
Will Harrison
Santa Fe
The
Daily News
Baseball scores from Texas and national leagues
Texas league results Amarillo 11 Poza Rica 0 San Antonio 4 Mexico City Reds 0 Tulsa 6 Veracruz 2 Corpus Christi at Mexico City Tigers ppd rain Nuevo Laredo 8 Austin 7 Monterrey 3 Victoria 2 National League St Louis 3 Chicago 14 innings Milwaukee 10 Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 3 Los Angeles 2 San Francisco 1 13 innings American League Baltimore 6 New York 0 Cleveland 1 Detroit 0 Chicago 2 Kansas City 1 Boston 4 Washington 3
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Victoria
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Senate fixes loan cap at thirty five thousand dollars
The Senate voted 57 20 to set a 35000 yearly ceiling on price support loans for any one farm or farmer and attached the limit to a compromise wheat program. The measure now moves to the House for action amid uncertainty.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Williams
R-Del
House
Texas Democrats vote against wheat loan limit amendment
Washington AP Lyndon B. Johnson and Ralph Yarborough, Texas Democrats, voted against the amendment to cap wheat price support loans at 35000 per farm. The Senate approved the amendment 57 to 20.
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Washington (Ap
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Senate
House debates wheat bill offering price supports choices
After eight hours of debate a standing vote backed a measure for wheat growers to pick among options to curb production. The bill maintains a 55 million acre national allotment with three choices including keeping current share with 65 percent parity supports about $1.53 per bushel.
Debt and relocation hint at tough times in Minnesota town
Dear Editor letter from D. E. Scott of Wellington cites a Minnesota family forced to move to escape debt. He contrasts past practices of customers colluding to ruin a local credit store with modern debt relief and a fading sense of community spirit.
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Minnesota
D. E. Scott
Weather Summary for Amarillo 1959 Readings
Am rillo records show sun for 124 of 141 days in 1959. Comparative readings at 3 PM on Friday note partly cloudy skies with wind and visibility varying by location including Houston and Oklahoma City.
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Amparillo
Amarillo
Houston
Hellas Oss
Okla City
Moneybags on Relief Welfare cheat turns fortune
Harry Schweitzer, once a relief cheater, built a stock portfolio of about 21000 dollars after ten years of trading. Judge suspended sentence with no probation after he repaid the Welfare Department. Schweitzer, 75, said he would share wealth if he had it, and noted he came from Poland in 1923 before going on relief.
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New York
Harry Schweitzer
Dole
Wall Street
Bernard Baruch
Schweitzer
Mitchell D. Schweitzer
Welfare Department
Poland
Olton Mayor Named in $100000 Suit Over Arrest
Lupe Martinez filed in Littlefield district court alleging Olton Mayor D Y Ray and Police Chief Vernie Head arrested him without a warrant and jailed him about 10 hours for vagrancy. He seeks 100000 total damages and says the arrest was malicious.
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Olton
Lupe Martinez
Lamb County
D. Y. Ray
Martinez
Littlefield
Ray
Vernie Head
Orton
Head
Orion
Andrew Stroebbel
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast Summary
Cloudy with drizzle early, then partly cloudy today and Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows near 55, highs around 70s. Panhandle and South Plains partly cloudy with thunderstorms mainly east, isolated storms elsewhere. New Mexico variable clouds with thundershowers mainly northeast, gusty afternoon winds. Precipitation 0.40 inches in 24 hours ending 6 p.m. Sunrise 5 37 a.m. Sunset 7 39 p.m.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Girl Makes Sucker Purchase Cited in Army Nuclear Site Note
A Houston girl approached a Lamar Terrace Pharmacy and asked for a penny sucker. She then said charge it and fled with about three quarters, linked to a briefing on planned launch sites for a nuclear tipped Hercules, per an Army spokesman.
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Wpi
Lamar Terrace
Army
Hats Off for Cal Today at Boys Ranch Celebration
A large turnout honored Cal Farley and the Boys Ranch program with a day of music speeches and a motorcade in Amarillo. Judge Marvin Jones voiced the keynote, praising Farley while Clayton Heare spoke on the Bivins contributions. The program featured Roy Rogers, a barbecue, a 65 piece band, and a 600 block Polk broadcast.
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Boys Ranch
Amarillo
Cal Farley
Marvin Jones
U.S. Court of Claims
Washington, D.C
Clayton Heare
Julian Bivins
Berneta Bivins Johnson
Roy Rogers
Hollywood
King of the Cowboys
Farley
Rogers
West Texas State College
Honest Jess
KGNC
Chuck Wagon Gang
Odessa
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Gem Lake
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Polk
Daily News
Amarillo Air Terminal
Army Battles Plan To Trim Nike Hercules Program
The Army challenged a powerful Senate committee and the Air Force over a proposed drastic cutback to the Nike Hercules antiaircraft missile program. Army spokesmen said the action threatens national security and spoke in response to questions about the Senate Armed Services Committee’s actions from a week earlier.
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Army Battles
Nike
Washington
Army
Senate
Air Force
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nike sites near Amarillo tag potential cancellation
In August 1958 the Army announced plans for two Nike guided missile launching sites near Amarillo. One site was to be on Pantex Ordnance Plant property east of the city and the other southeast of Amarillo just south of Farm to Market Road 1151. The headquarters battery was mapped for Amarillo Air Force Base with contracts expected to be let by June 30.
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Senate
Army
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Amarillo Air Force Base
Will Rogers Range Riders Leader To Speak At Event
Jim Fletcher president of the Will Rogers Range Riders will present Farley with awards. Judge Jones will deliver the speech of the day and the program will continue with further proceedings.
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Jim Fletcher
Will Rogers Range Riders
Judge Jones
Farley
Russell Stationery names new officers in reorganization
Mrs. A R Bivins sells her interest in Russell Stationery Co to John W Ralson and Gordon W Stephens effective immediately. Ralson becomes president and Stephens is vice president and treasurer. Charles R Woodburn is vice president and Mrs Horten se Woodburn is secretary. Bob Crudgington leaves as general manager to run his own firm. Russell Stationery, in its 50th year, is a well known Amarillo business.
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Russell Stationery Co
Taylor
Fillmore
John W. Ralson
Gordon W. Stephens
Ralson
Bowie
Amarillo
Carpenter Paper Co
Stephens
Russell Stationery
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Hortense Woodburn
Bob Crudgington
Bob Crudgington, Inc
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