Lubbock Growth Outpacing Amarillo Across Plains
Lubbock shows faster growth with a larger college population and new facilities including an airport terminal and four-lane approaches. Amarillo trails on major projects while a new bank-office building in Lubbock nears completion with Shamrock Oil and Phillips Petroleum among tenants. Local officials say highway work on Route 66 is not imminent this summer, and infrastructure updates continue in both cities.
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Amarillo
Pat Patterson
First National Bank
Shamrock Oil and Gas
Phillips Petroleum Company
No Smoking Rule Sparks Local Debate at Wayland College
Fort Worth reports a stir in Plainview over a new no smoking policy at Wayland College. The item notes broader curiosities from Amarillo including a flying saucer tale reaching Paraguay, a Henry Ford quote style aside, and invitations for the National Press Club barbecue in Washington.
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Plainview
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Paraguay
Asuncion
Globe-News
Oton
Carlos Bauer
Bauer
John Snider
National Press Club
Washington
John
Mary
Three More Truman Reorganization Plans Approved
The Senate gave rapid approval to three more of President Truman's 21 reorganization plans leaving 16 effective. One abolishes the Maritime Commission and two redefine duties in the General Services Administration and commerce agencies.
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Senate
Truman
White House
Maritime Commission
Commerce Department
General Services Administration
GSA
Panhandle oil men meet for annual luncheon and talks
Panhandle independent producers and royalty owners gather at the Herring Hotel for the Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association luncheon. Fred Nessage of the West Pampa Field Repressuring Project outlines secondary recovery challenges. Russell B. Brown from Washington provides guidance on oil policy. Leadership to be elected after a brief business session.
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Panhandle
Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association
Down State
Herring Hotel
Fred Nessage
Pampa
West Pampa Field
Nessage
Watkins Pool
Hutchinson County
Washington, DC
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Independent Petroleum Association of
Wes Izzard
Chamber of Commerce
Plains sportsmen push trotline restriction in Panhandle meeting
Representatives of the Game, Fish & Oyster Commission heard Panhandle sportsmen seek trotline restrictions as part of proposed fishing laws. The meeting, held last night in the high school auditorium, opened discussion on hunting and fishing regulations.
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Panhandle
Game, Fish & Oyster Commission
Science Replaces the Noose In War on Cattle Rustlers
Modern crime detection aids Texas and Oklahoma cattle raisers by solving rustling cases. Joe G. Montague has prosecuted nine cattle thefts since March 1, with eight convictions and one acquittal. The Mason County case used blood and paint evidence to convict, highlighting new investigative methods.
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Joe G. Montague
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Montague
Texas
Oklahoma
Mason County
Pastors To Be Shifted At Northwest Texas Conference
In Big Spring on eve of the Northwest Texas Methodist Conference opening, Bishop William C. Martin warns of extensive minister shifts this year due to retirements and tenure limits. Retirements include W. C. Hinds and Sam Thomas. E. D. Landreth will return to pastorship. The 41st session opens at 10, with a memorial service, sermon by Dr. Robert E. Goodrich Jr., and a Circuit Riders Quartet feature. About 750 ministers and laymen are expected.
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Northwest Texas Methodist Conference
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Basan
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Amarillo
W. C. Hinds
Merkel
Plainview
Sam Thomas
Lamesa
E. H. Crandall
Lubbock First Church
Mark Leveridge
Corpus Christi
J. R. Williamson
Abiene
Roy L. Smith
Chicago
Church Board of Publications
the Christian Advocate
Bishop Martin
Abilene
Martin
McMurry College
Amarillo Roundtable Luncheon and Club Meetings Report
In Amarillo today events include ODOT Eee Noon Magicians roundtable at Amarillo Hotel and Noon Junior Chamber at Herring Hotel. Panhandle Producers luncheon at Herring, cocktail hour at Herring mezzanine, then Helium City Motorcycle Club at 409 Fillmore. SPEBSQSA meets KG at 7:30 PM, Base ball Gold Sox vs Borger Gassers at Gold Sox Field, Longhorn Motorcycle Club gathers at 3900 Tyler at 4:00 PM.
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Odot
Amarillo
Gold Sox
Borger Gassers
Gold Sox Field
Longhorn Motorcycle Club
Tyler
Officials Gather Here To Discuss Dam Legislation
Four mayors and Borger City Manager A A Meredith met at the Herring Hotel to study developments in the Canadian River Dam legislation. After three hours they found insufficient local data for action though Senators Connally and Johnson were seen as best advocates. Attendees included mayors of Pampa Lamesa Amarillo and Lawrence and officials from Borger Hutchinson County and Lubbock.
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A. A. Meredith
Canadian River Dam
Herring Hotel
Rex. B. Baxter
Senate
Tom Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Bureau of the Budget
Joe Cooley
Borger Chamber of Commerce
Fritz Thompson
Hutchinson County
C. A. Huff
Pampa
Sam Richardson
Lamesa
Clarence Whiteside
Irvin Jones
Lubbock
Gene Klein
Lawrence Hagg
Rex B. Baxter
Amarillo
Seven year old wedged in post hole freed unharmed
In Oxon Hill Maryland on May 23 seven year old Robert S Phillips Jr became stuck in a three foot deep post hole dug for an ornamental lamp post. After an hour of digging his father and neighbors freed him without injury leaving his pants behind in the hole.
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Oxon Hill
Robert S. Phillips, Jr
Learns Easterners Are Tired of Rain
Mrs R L Rutherford reports a May 20 trip diary from Fairfax Virginia to Washington DC with notes on coal country Maryland Virginia sugar maples dogwood laurel and Fort Loudoun surveyor's office built 1749. They mention Spelling Bee winner Wright Scott en route to Washington and staying at Lord Fairfax Inn Motor Court 17 miles SW of DC.
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Wright Scott
Plainview
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Washington
FBI Arrests Spy Suspect in Philadelphia Case
Harry Gold a 39 year old Philadelphia man was charged with dealing with British spy Klaus Fuchs and other Communists. He was held in bail of 100000 with a June 12 hearing after admitting contacts and detailing his activities.
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Harry Gold
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McGranery
Gold
Washington
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Wayland College Trustee Resigns Over Smoking Ban
Rumors swirl at Wayland College as Judge Frank Day resigns after criticizing the no smoking edict. The board meeting to discuss his resignation is postponed as Dr. J Ralph Grant and President J W Marshall navigate reactions and possible modifications to the ban.
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Wayland College
Wayland Board of Trustees
Frank Day
Judge Day
Wayland
J. Ralph Grant
Lubbock
First Baptist Church
Wayland Board
J. W. Marshall
Grant
Marshall
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Space Notes
Texas west of Gulf Plains will see temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal with normal lows 56 to 66 and highs 84 to 90. Scattered thunder showers bring moderate precipitation Friday. longer term outlook shows little change. On this day history notes Joan of Arc’s 1430 capture and B and O first miles in 1828. Moon and planets positions and distances included.
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High Plains
US Weather Bureau
Ivan Layton
Clarendon
Amarillo
Engineer Nichols Denies Sabo Taging Canadian River Dam Plan
Fort Worth consulting engineer Mar vin Nichols denied last month he attempted to sabotage the Canadian River dam project. He said his Coleman water meeting remarks targeted B A Bandeen and West Texas Chamber of Commerce criticisms. Nichols defended the project while criticizing Bandeen for band wagon tactics and misrepresenting federal funding and dam plans.
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Thomas Thompson
Daily News
Marvin Nichols
Fort Worth
Coleman
B. A. Bandeen
Abilene
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Bandeen
Reclamation Bureau
Nichols
Eighth Avenue
Freeze and
Texas Water Conservation Association
Associated Press
West Texas Today
Amarillo
Canadian River
Colorado
Brazos
West Texas
Midland
Odessa
Bureau
North
South Plains
Texas
Borger
Pampa
Lubbock
Guill Opposes ECA Funding For Marshall Plan
Texas congressman Ben Guill of Pampa was the lone Texan to vote against the House’s three billion dollar ECA appropriation to finance the Marshall Plan for another year. The measure passed 247 to 88 with three Texans absent. Guill called his vote an economy protest over the amount, not a push to end ECA.
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Texas
Congress
Ben Guill
Pampa
Tom Pickett
Palestine
Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr
McAllen
George Mahon
Lubbock
Guill
ECA
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