Detachable collars linger among Amarillo men
In Amarillo about two dozen men still wear detachable collars. Jinks Mode, a U S deputy marshal, says he never wears a shirt with an attached collar and buys collars separately. Blackburn Bros still stocks collarless shirts and collars with about 12 regular buyers. Kenneth's Men's Wear in San Jacinto carries them but rarely sells any. R J Stovall of Kress no longer wears detachable collars but kept many in church.
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ATC
Ato Izzard
Amarillo
Mr. Mode
Blackburn Bros
Kenneth’s
San Jacinto
R. J. Stovall
Kress
Mr. Stovall
Quitting Ahead: Amarillo Ambulance Veteran Griggs Turns 80
NEL GRIGGS, a longtime Amarillo citizen who drove ambulances and funeral cars for over 50 years, will be 80 on June 3. He asked the Texas Department of Public Safety not to renew his license, citing good vision hearing and luck. Col. Homer Garrison replied praising his smart decision to quit while ahead.
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Nel Griggs
Amarillo
Mr. Griggs
Texas Department of Public Safety
Col
Homer Garrison
Chicago plans rail union station on south loop
In an interview with U.S. News & World Report Mayor Richard J. Daley expresses support for consolidating Chicago’s rail lines with a modern union terminal on the south side of the Loop. The piece notes Amarillo’s chance for a union station and mentions chamber of commerce discussions about reorganizing agencies and the Community Chest.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
U.S. News & World Report
Loop
Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest
Red Cross
Chamber
Showers Possible Across Central Panhandle This Afternoon
The weather bureau expects scattered thundershowers this afternoon from the Central Panhandle eastward as heating warm air and moist conditions trigger clouds. A high near 90 degrees is forecast after a low of 55 last night. yesterday’s high was 88 and low 53.
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Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Why Johnny Can’t Read Chapter Excerpt Highlights Rote Reading Critique
The excerpt argues United States reading instruction is wrong, cites Rudolf Flesch born in Austria, claims remedial reading exists only in the U S for about 30 years, and notes a 1953 report by Dr Ralph C Preston from the University of Pennsylvania about German classrooms.
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Johnny
Flesch
Rudolf Flesch
United States
Austria
Germany
France
Italy
Norway
Spain
Ralph C. Preston
University of Pennsylvania
Preston
Hamburg
Munich
West Texas New Mexico League results
Amarillo 4 El Paso 1. Lubbock 5 Pampa 1. Plainview 7 Albuquerque 4. Clovis 8 Abilene 5. Pittsburgh 15 Brooklyn 1. Philadelphia 6 New York 2. St Louis at Chicago ppd rain. Cincinnati at Milwaukee ppd rain. American League Washington 3 New York 2. Chicago 4 Cleveland 1. Detroit 9 Kansas City 6. Baltimore 6 Boston 1.
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Amarillo
el Paso
Lubbock
Pampa
Plainview
Albuquerque
Clovis
Abilene
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Baltimore
Boston
German reading method praised for quick word recognition
The speaker criticizes American schools for teaching reading by memorizing whole words instead of phonics. He cites German practice where children learn letter meanings to read, claiming faster literacy with its simple sound-letter approach.
Reading books in schools repeat common words for lessons
The excerpt notes that all school reading books up through upper grades reuse material and teach by repetition, giving an example with the word sat learned through repeated exposure. A continuation references Page 2 for further context.
Arabic Diary Triggers Senate Bribery Probe
A diary written in Arabic spurs payoff and perjury charges in a Senate investigations of armed forces clothing purchases. Leon M. Levy of Brooklyn testifies he gave about 6 700 dollars to a contact man to "take care of" government employees in 1952 and 1953, with a claim of 500 dollars to Army quartermaster official David Pollack who denies taking money but admits lying in prior testimony. Pollack is urged by Senator Mundt to drop the perjury or fabricate a single lie. Levy presents a diary detailing disbursements for payoffs tied to Bonita Originals Inc. and Levy’s dress firm.
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Washington
Senate
Leon M. Levy
Brooklyn
Levy
Army
David Pollack
Pollack
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Rubin
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Bonita Originals, Inc
Weather Summary for Texas Oklahoma Cities 1955
The report notes Amarillo 125 days into a 144 day period with sun. At 3 pm yesterday wind readings and conditions show Houston 11 mph visibility 12 miles partly cloudy, Dallas 2 mph visibility 15 miles clear, Oklahoma City 15 mph partly cloudy, Amarillo 15 mph partly cloudy.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Santa Fe man admits kidnap tale hoax
Santa Fe salesman Tim Abeyta admitted the kidnap story he told to Colfax County and federal investigators was not true. He claimed two men forced him to drive them from Espanola to near Raton and that a motorist in a 1941 Oklahoma plate car picked up the two men. no car was found after the report.
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Santa FE
N.M
Oklahoma
Tim Abeyta
Abeyta
Colfax
Raton
Espanola
Polio Vaccine Cleared Safe With Cutter Exceptions
The government announced that all Salk polio vaccine used or recleared is safe, except possibly two Cutter Laboratories lots. About 56 paralytic polio cases occurred after Cutter vaccines, with a suggested link to those two lots though not definitively proven. Clearance for new shipments remains unsettled, delaying resumed inoculations.
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Washington
Cutter Laboratories
Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
Scheele
Plan to widen 10th Avenue and Georgia Street in Amarillo
Amarillo plans presented to the City Commission call for widening Georgia Street from Wolfman Avenue to 7th Street then to McMasters to NW 8th Avenue and widening 10th Avenue from Grant Street to Georgia Street with possible extension to Western Avenue. The plan ties into the Five-Loop concept and adds a railway crossing east of Amarillo to connect Ridgemere Street with a south of rail line, while an annual city audit contract was awarded and pipe and hydrant bids let.
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Paul Timmons
Daily News
Amarillo
Georgia Street
10Th Avenue
City Commission
Harold Miller
Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Wolflin Avenue
W. 7Th Avenue
McMasters Street
N.W. 8Th Avenue
Grant Street
Western Avenue
Ridgemere Street
H. V. Robertson & Co
M. B. McKee Company
Lubbock
Amarillo Central Labor Union
Amarillo Weather Outlook Averages Warm With Storms
Weather forecast from the U S Weather Bureau for Amarillo and Panhandle South Plains predicts partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with evening thundershowers. Windy and warmer conditions on Wednesday, cooler temperatures by Thursday, with no major temperature changes expected and scattered thunderstorms possible at night.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Bam
Texas
U S Defense Chief Claims U S Air Supremacy Over Russia
Secretary of Defense Charles E Wilson declared the United States maintains military superiority over Russia in both qualitative and quantitative air power. Assistant Air Secretary Robert Lewis echoed the claim noting U S planes outrun and outgun Russian designs seen in Moscow May Day displays. Wilson cited the U S plan to field a full family of aircraft to deliver conventional and nuclear weapons and stressed continued lead through research programming and production.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Russia
Robert Lewis
United States
Wilson
Moscow
Pentagon
Ing
Senate Upheld Ike Veto Of Postal Pay Increase
The Senate voted 54 to 39 to override Eisenhower's veto on an 8.6 percent postal pay rise, short of a two thirds majority. Thirty seven Republicans backed Ike. two Democrats Byrd and Robertson joined. The measure dies with no House override. Texas senators Price Daniel and Lyndon Johnson voted to override.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Sens
Byrd
Robertson
House
Congress
Texas
Price Daniel
Lyndon Johnson
Pyoto
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Ferrari
By Rudolf Flesch
W. R. White
Baylor University
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Laredo
Pic
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Elston
Quartermaster Corps
Marvin Rubin
Galveston
Scotchmer
American Hygiene Assn
Howard Slates
San An
Robert Salas
Richmond
Coalif
California
Pedro Salas
Robert
J. W. Posey
10Th
Georgia
Weather Forecast
U.S. Weather Bureau
Eeee Daily News
Defense
Lewis
Virginia
Sens. Capehart
Ind
Duff
Ruchel
Calif
Margaret Chase Smith
Langer and Young
Malone
Nev
Welker
Idaho
Mccarthy
Wiley
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