Earthquake Shakes West Coast Cities
A strong 7:01 p m quake struck San Jose and damaged downtown including a buckled jail, broken windows, and collapsed bank facade. Sheriff reports two fainted women, no other casualties. line extended 50 miles north to San Francisco and 80 miles south to Hollister. Seismologist John Weber commented on the event.
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San Jose
Calif
Santa Clara County
San Francisco
Hollister
Hibernia
John Weber
Santa Clara University
Canyon Museum Has Record Day
Canyon Sept 4 Special The Panhandle Plains Historical Museum drew 1122 visitors from 30 states, the largest crowd of the year. Director Boone McClure said year-to-date attendance topped 60,000 with a hopeful push toward 90,000 for 1955 amid upcoming Labor Day Homecoming and Thanksgiving holidays.
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Boone McClure
West Texas State College
McClure
Mother and Son Die in Plainview Auto Crash
A Plainview mother Mrs Charlie T Jones 58 and her son Leon Jones 33 died in an automobile collision late Saturday. Mrs Jones died at 1 15 this morning at Lubbock Methodist Hospital and Leon was dead on arrival from the scene at the intersection of FM 400 and FM 40 east of Lubbock. Wood Mitchell Funeral Home directed arrangements noting body arrival from Lubbock.
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Plainview
Tex
Charlie T. Jones
Leon Jones
Elm Street
Lubbock
Wood-Mitchell Funeral Home
Eisenhower Urges End to Age Bias in Labor Day Message
President Eisenhower calls for eliminating hiring discrimination against workers over 45 in a Labor Day address. He lauds peace and prosperity and urges confidence, while Labor Secretary Mitchell notes records in production employment and steady prices as the nation marks its 73rd Labor Day with messages worldwide.
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Washington
America
Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
U. S. Information Agency
Football Fans See Schedules
The Daily News presents a complete football schedule in this edition. The Border Conference leads the Page 19 schedules with major university and college games organized by sections for easy reference.
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The
Daily News
Border Conference
Airline pair wed after slight technicality in London
John Anderson 28, Trans World Airlines supervisor, and Anne Tigwell 23, British Overseas Airways hostess and Miss Speedbird of 1955, married at Caxton Hall registry after plans for St George's Church ceremony were halted by banns issues. Reception for 200 guests preceded the ceremony. honeymoon planned in Europe and possibly the United States before returning to posts. They met in Cairo.
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London
Airlines
Registry Office
Caxton Hall
John Anderson
Ani
Trans World Airlines
Bhahran
Saudi Arabia
Anne Tigwell
British Overseas Airways
Fashionable St. George’s Church
Hanover Square
Anderson
Mayfair
Manistee
Mich
Europe
United States
Cairo
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast Summary
Weather outlook for Amarillo and Panhandle shows fair weather today and tomorrow with minimal temperature changes. Highs near 85 in Amarillo. New Mexico areas expect 80 to 95 by day’s end. low last night around 55. The report notes cloudiness increases this afternoon in eastern and central sections of New Mexico.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Ivtciss
Holiday Death Toll Alarming Across Nation
The Associated Press reports holiday traffic deaths rose sharply with 374 total fatalities by midnight Sunday. Auto accidents killed 286, drownings 40, and 48 in miscellaneous incidents, exceeding early safety council forecasts and past Labor Day totals. California logs 27 deaths in 42 hours, up from 10 last year.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Council
California Highway Patrol
Dollar Day Bargains Delayed by Labor Day Observance
Dollar Day sales are postponed one day due to Labor Day. Amarillo merchants offer back to school bargains enhancing savings for shoppers on the revised event day.
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Amarillo
Kefauver Tours Moscow Churches and Subway
Senator Kefauver a Baptist from Tennessee visited Moscow Baptist Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches and rode the subway. Rep Robison called him The Hand noting he shakes hands as if running for election.
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Moscow
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Robison
R-Ky
Johnson Sees Return as Senate Majority Leader
Sen Lyndon B Johnson says he expects to resume his role as Senate majority leader next January. He plans medical consultations in Atlanta in December and Mayo Clinic review to confirm fitness. He recuperates at his Pedernales River ranch, with weight down to 180 pounds from 225.
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Stonewall
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Atlanta
Emory University
Richard Russell
Walter George
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Mayo Clinic Board
Pedernales River
Johnson City
Johnson
Strikers Win New Wage Plan At Bendix Aviation
Detroit reports an agreement ending a week-old strike by 20 000 Bendix Aviation Corp workers. The CIO United Auto Workers says terms follow the auto industry pattern and include a layoff pay plan.
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Detroit
Bendix Aviation Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
New Tropical Storm Gladys Heads Toward Mexican Coast
Warnings of high tides and winds up to 50 to 60 mph issued for the lower Texas coast as the tropical storm Gladys nears the Mexican shoreline below Brownsville. Padre Island vacationers depart as tides rise 3 to 4 feet. center expected to move inland 7 to 100 miles south of Brownsville Monday.
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Texas
New Orleans
Mexican
Brownsville
Austin
Weather Bureau warns tropical storm Gladys near Texas coast
The Weather Bureau warned that tropical storm Gladys may become dangerous as it moves toward the Texas coastline. The storm was building strength and approaching about 75 to 100 miles south of Brownsville, Texas.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Gladys
Texas
Brownsville
Tex
Tropical Disturbance Off Gulf Strengthens Near New Orleans
The weather bureau in New Orleans reports a tropical disturbance in the southwest Gulf of Mexico intensifying with winds of 30 to 40 mph near its center tonight and expected to reach 50 to 60 mph Monday morning. Its center lies near 29.4 N latitude and 95.7 W longitude.
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Gulf Coast
Official Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Baseball scores across leagues and cities reveal tight games
Albuquerque 6 El Paso 5. Plainview 4 Pampa 2. Lubbock 51 Abilene 48. Chicago 4 St. Louis 3. Brooklyn 6 Pittsburgh 5. New York 7 Philadelphia 4. Milwaukee 5 Cincinnati 2. Cleveland 5 5. Chicago 3 3. New York 8. Washington 3. Boston 5 Baltimore 4. Detroit 17 Kansas City 1.
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Albuquerque
el Paso
Plainview
Pampa
Lubbock
Abilene
Chicago
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
Kansas City
Farm prices and income to dominate 1956 Democratic message
Democrats plan to frame sagging farm prices as a major issue as they challenge the Eisenhower farm record. Prices fell to 19 percent below 1952 levels and farm income hit 84 percent of parity, the lowest since 1940 and under the 1935 39 level.
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Eisenhower
Labor row erupts between Butler and McKay over Salem auto sales dispute
Washington and Salem clash as Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler accuses Interior Secretary Douglas McKay of anti union tactics amid a strike at the McKay family auto agency in Salem Oregon. McKay defends his record and says the criticism is political demagoguery while detailing his limited involvement in the business.
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Washington
Democratic
Paul M. Butler
Douglas McKay
McKay
Salem
Ore
Butler
Democratic Party
McKay Company
Interior Department
Kkay
New Deal
Wayne Hadley
Hadley
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Bobby Crockett
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Estes
Sen. Johnson
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White House
GOP
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Department of Agriculture
General Motors
Automobile Agency
Oregon
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