05 Sep 1957
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1957
Page
1
The piece notes Congress trimmed about 5 billion from the President's 64 billion budget amid an election year. It highlights programs cut or denied including flood insurance soil erosion soil bank tree planting and social security grants. It urges readers to pressure lawmakers.
Dallas executive Cal Reeves recalls starting in the 1920s selling ads for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He explains long hours and district quotas, with no company car or modern perks. Other items note Oil Progress Week speech plans, color TV price trends, and a quip about nicknames in news.
Jurors are to be chosen today in the murder without malice trial of 19 year old Marine Jose Eugene Gene Fajardo in 47th District Court. Fajardo faces indictment for the fatal June 20 shooting of Glen CordinelIus at the Hi-C-Ho Drive In. District Attorney Wayne Bagley will oversee selection from 38 prospects as 22 witnesses are subpoenaed for the state and 3 for the defense.
Two directors on the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority board in Pampa express confidence in the dam project along the river. They outline the authority goals in an interview published on page 22 today.
Reading from 3 PM Wednesday shows wind speeds around 13 to 15 MPH with cloudy skies. Amarillo logged visibility around 9 miles as conditions remained overcast in the 1957 period.
A TU 104 piloted by Major B. P. Bugaev landed at McGuire Air Base in New Jersey after a 5,570 mile flight from Moscow marking the first Russian plane on U.S. soil in 20 years and signaling possible Soviet civilian service. The jet carried 40 aboard including Soviet diplomats to the UN.
Weather forecast from the Weather Bureau for Amarillo and the Panhandle reports fair to partly cloudy conditions Thursday and Friday with no major temperature changes. Highs near 92, lows around 59. Isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers expected across the Panhandle and South Plains with no significant temperature shifts.
Governor Orval Faubus told a news conference that federal agents planned to arrest him in Little Rock, a claim tied to federal enforcement actions to desegregate a high school. He cited a telegram to President Eisenhower and noted guards were placed around the governor’s mansion.
In Little Rock on September 4, a National Guard cordon surrounds Central High School as classes begin. A boy tells his father he fears going to school, answering that his fear is Latin. The scene captures tension during school reopening.
With the Justice Department stepping in, groundwork is laid for a potential federal versus state power clash as the governor openly defies a second federal court order to integrate schools. He asserts the rights of a duly elected chief executive cannot be surrendered.
Dallas district attorney says Ben Jack Cage will undergo a polygraph at 9 30 a m Thursday for grand jury probing ICT Insurance Co misused 100000 dollars and other embezzlement charges. Cage faces additional indictments and may testify next week before Texas lawmakers.
The Amarillo Symphony will tour Hereford and Borger for paid concerts this year. Eddie Melin, business manager, announced at the Amarillo Chamber luncheon that Hereford and Borger will affiliate with the orchestra and that season tickets have already sold about 600 in Borger. He expects growth to multiple towns, aiming to attract 3,500 to 4,000 visitors to Amarillo.
A questionnaire for single women appears in the September 8 Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, based on What Every Woman Wants from a best-seller. The series continues in The Amarillo Daily News through September 17, promising guidance on how to get and keep a husband.
The notice lists KGNC TV colorcast at 11:30 am with theater showings at Inee Theater and Video Theater including a 5 PM program aboard the schedule.
A special Sunday News-Globe section featured tasty spread recipes that drew many tips from readers. Editors note space ran out for all submissions, with more recipes to follow on Page 14.
Scores of residents in Amarillo River Road Pleasant Valley and Bushland reported seeing the Aurora Borealis Wednesday between 9 40 p m and 10 p m The lights appeared as orange red green and pink streaks moving from the northwestern sky eastward The U S Weather Bureau meteorologist Larry Mayne said a greenish glow covered the northern sky with a reddish glow to the northeast and noted the phenomenon is visible from Amarillo's latitude about once or twice a year with visibility extending to Wichita Falls.
Western League results include Colorado Springs 9 Amarillo 8 and Pueblo 13 Albuquerque 4 while Des Moines 7 Lioux City 5-8 Topeka 4-7. National League features St Louis 5 Milwaukee 4 in 12 innings and Brooklyn 12 Philadelphia 3. American League shows Baltimore 1 Washington 0 and Boston 7 New York 5 in 11 innings.
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