Metropolitan unification eyed for future city governance
Amarillo auditor Ace Estes now with Los Angeles city administration says metropolitan areas spanning county lines require a new federation like system. He envisions a central government for common issues with municipalities retaining local sovereignty and representation by population. Water distribution remains a major California conflict.
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Zorin Faces Western Push on Disarmament Talks
Valerian Zorin voiced Soviet willingness to discuss basic disarmament questions but gave the Western package a silent reception. US Britain France and Canada pressed him to address the plan and its attacks on the West, while Eisenhower urged Russia to take the next step in preventing a talks collapse.
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Judge Orders Little Rock Integration Proceed
A federal judge ordered the Little Rock School Board to proceed forthwith with integration and Virgil Blossom announced Central High School would open to Negro students tomorrow. Faubus kept silent, 80 guards remain on duty, and the governor called the situation a military secret as the integration crisis continued.
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Losing Fight Over Highway Space Despite New Lanes
Nation's Business notes postwar highway expansion and compares it with auto production. Since World War II about 53,000 miles of highway lanes were added while produced cars could stretch 200,000 miles bumper to bumper. George Romney says extra length alone has absorbed the added lane miles.
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Overpass Near 17th Expressway Nears Completion
Teens cross the unfinished overpass east of the expressway escorted by police as Byron Reese, the project engineer, says the structure should be ready by next Monday. The slab was poured yesterday and railings, about 444 feet high, are awaited this week.
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Happy and Turkey Open Football Season
Patt Powell notes the Friday night kickoff between Happy and Turkey. He quips about Thanksgiving timing and a potential Happy victory. A junk yard sign near a railroad crossing reads Buy the car we’ll take a chance Wes Izzard.
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Cage Attacks ICT Collapse Under Grand Jury Probe
Ben Jack Cage former ICT Insurance Co president testified before a Dallas County special grand jury regarding the company collapse. He faced four subpoenas including a federal one and spoke about information that could cause people to jump from windows. The proceeding lasted three hours and forty five minutes and resumes Wednesday at 1 30 p m with further inquiries before additional authorities.
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Weather Summary for Amarillo Area 1957 Readings
The report notes Amarillo recorded sun on 215 of 245 days in 1957 with readings at 3 pm on a Tuesday. Weather across cities shows Dallas thundershower, Oklahoma City partly cloudy, Houston cloudy, and Amarillo fair with light winds at about 8 to 15 mph.
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Amarillo Expressway dispersal plans advance to November letting
City schedules indicate contracts for rebuilding Taylor and Fillmore streets as part of the Amarillo Expressway dispersal system, with plans ready for approval. The Texas Highway Department agrees to rebuild both streets after storm sewer work, narrowing to 54 feet time. Byron Reese reports the wider 61 foot sections won’t improve capacity. When complete all four streets Pierce Buchanan and the two Taylor Fillmore will form a single corridor.
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Beauty Magic The Schedule Is The Thing
Actress Joan Crawford shares ideas on beauty in a Page 8 feature in the Woman's Section. The interview highlights style tips and fashion insights for readers today.
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Eisenhower Rejects Soviet Claim on Missile Obsolescence
President Eisenhower rejected Moscow's assertion that a long range missile makes the U.S. Air Force and foreign base system obsolete. He noted a gap between testing and usable numbers, said air power remains key, and emphasized continued high priority for U.S. missile development while treating Soviet claims skeptically.
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Two Celebrities Testify In Libel Trial Of Magazine
Maureen O Hara and Dorothy Dandridge testified in the Confidential Magazine libel trial denying sensational stories. Both artists rejected alleged liaisons and sessions with named men and rejected claims of intimate meetings at venues in Hollywood and Lake Tahoe.
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One of Those Days For Three Youths
Three teenagers in Amarillo on Tuesday night tried to buy vodka at a downtown drugstore but were refused due to age. They then asked a motorist in a parked car to purchase for them, but he declined and suggested jail instead.
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KGNC TV Listings Show Schedule
KGNC TV colorcast club 69 matinee theater at 11 30 a m kraft tv theater at 1 p m and evening show Kraft TV Theater at 7 p m.
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Reds Protest Landing Site For Jets Here
Moscow reports a TU14 jetliner carried 19 passengers and 12 crew to New York for the U N General Assembly. The U S refused to alter flight plans allowing Idlewild in New York as a landing point opposed by Russian officials due to distance from the passengers’ destination.
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Eisenhower disputes Congress on budget cuts and tax relief
President Eisenhower said Congress trimmed only about one billion dollars, too little for a tax cut. He dismissed claims of 5 to 6.42 billion in cuts as eyewash and urged cautious buying to fight inflation. He favored persuasion over price controls and warned against rapid defense spending changes. He also addressed East West disarmament talks and school integration tensions at Little Rock.
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Western League and American League baseball scores listed
Baseball scores from Western League and American League include Amarillo 11 over Colorado Springs 2 and Lincoln 11 over Topeka 9. Sioux City 7 over Des Moines 6, Pueblo 10, Albuquerque none specified. National League results show New York 6 over Pittsburgh with Philadelphia 3 and Brooklyn 2 over Milwaukee.
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How to Get and Keep a Husband serial begins Sept eighth
The Amarillo Daily News and Amarillo Sunday News Globe present a condensed ten installment serialization of Kate Constance’s How to Get and Keep a Husband. The feature runs from What Every Woman Wants to How to Make Him Propose starting September 8.
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