More Pupils More Schools More Cash Amid Amarillo Ed Needs
Amarillo anticipates a new senior high soon as enrollment rises past 1500 in lower grades. The Elizabeth Nixson building is aging and crowded, prompting calls for a second high school and multiple new classrooms. Officials say a 3000-student downtown block is at risk without updated facilities and funding.
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Elizabeth Nixson Junior High
Elizabeth Nixson
Amaville
Lane McAfee
North Amarillo
High School Reading Clinging To Classics Debate
A reader notes high schools still teach Canterbury Tales and Macbeth while acknowledging modern literature may better engage teens. Fred Tripp of the local paper questions suitable substitutes and cites Perseid meteors. The column adds offbeat local vignettes about golf, grass on streets, and light social maxims.
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Silas Marner
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Fred Tripp
Soviet Criticizes Japan Peace Treaty At San Francisco Session
In San Francisco on September 5 AP report Andrei Gromyko challenged the Japan peace conference. He claimed the draft favors US military bases in the Far East and ignores Red China Formosa and the Pescadores. He argued the treaty lacks guarantees against a rebirth of Japanese militarism.
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San Francisco
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
America
Britain
Gromyko
Far East
Japan
Red China
Secy
Ussr
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Pescadores
Potomac Fever Plays At Frisco As Acheson Faces Gromyko
Secretary of State Acheson, elected permanent chairman at Frisco, opens a hard line battle with Soviet Delegate Gromyko as Republicans rally to back him. The piece notes GOP hopes, a push to expel Tass from galleries, and MacArthur's travel disruptions amid weather in San Francisco.
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Washington
Acheson
Frisco
Gromyko
Taft
Ohio
National Republican Roundup Committee
O’conor
Maryland
Congress
Tass
General MacArthur
Cleveland
San Francisco
Ridgway Demands New Site for Korean Armistice Talks
General Matthew Ridgway accused North Korean commanders of deceit and urged moving negotiations from Kaesong to a new location east of Kaesong or another site. He denied Allied violations at Kaesong and warned of ulterior motives to break off talks, noting Reds insistence on Kaesong and a five mile neutral zone around the city.
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Tokyo
Matthew Ridgway
Kaesong
Ridgway
Reds
Russian Style Tanks Spotted In Korea Again
Allied infantry report the first appearance of Russian type T-34 tanks on the Korean front since last winter. Two T-34s approached a UN outpost west of Yonchon but did not engage. Yonchon lies north of Seoul near the 38th parallel.
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Korea
United Nations
Yonchon
Plans shaping up for big Tri State Fair parade in Amarillo
Parade set to march September 24 at 11 am along Polk Street to Fillmore with at least 10 bands. Amarillo Air Force Base will provide 700 troops and a military band while Shamrock High School and other area bands lead the procession. Organizers include Frank Helvey and Don Schomburg with officials from city, county, West Texas schools, and veteran groups.
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Amarillo
Frank Helvey
Polk Street
Fourteenth
Fillmore
Amarillo Air Force Base
Porter Oakes
Shamrock High School
Don Schomburg
Helvey
Shamrock
Stinneli
Berger
Wheeler
Bovina
Amarillo College
West Texas State College
Canyon
Bob Brummal
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
The
National Guard
Military Reserve Uits
Will Rogers
West Texas
Oakes
Schomburg
Brummal
Mason King
Ben Andis
Delbert Dalby
Capt
John Anderson
Sid Harner
Fantastic Weapons Point to Ultra Fast Guided Missiles
President Truman described "fantastic weapons" that could wipe out civilization. The article outlines high speed planes and guided missiles capable of carrying atomic and hydrogen bombs, plus advances in liquid fire and napalm. Medical studies address fliers at speeds up to 1800 mph and turns beyond 1000 mph, deemed solved.
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Iy Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science
New York
Truman
San Francisco
Night Sky Almanac and Historic Anniversary Note
The Daily News Almanac notes the moon sets at 9 50 PM with Vega overhead and Jupiter rising at 8 43 PM. It marks the 1940 anniversary of the London blitz as a notable historic event.
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Panhandle
London
Hitler
British Empire
Crystal Ball of Chemists Foresees Limited Atomic War
Harvard president Dr. James B. Conant tells the American Chemical Society no atomic world war is foreseen. He predicts smaller wars, a 1950 turning point with rearmament, balanced forces by mid 1950s, and a 1960s shift toward peaceful steps, plus nonmilitary forecasts from solar power to synthetic flavors.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
American Chemical Society
James B. Conant
Harvard
Free Nations
Conant
Paris
London
Berlin
Moscow
Free World
Soviet Union
Two Sentenced In SIC Robbery
Two men who staged an armed robbery of the Southwestern Investment Company office in Tucumcari last week were sentenced in district court. Fred Harris Trent of Chicago received 25 years to 25 years in the New Mexico State Penitentiary at Santa Fe, and Robert Eades of St. Louis drew 18 to 25 years.
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Tucumcari
Southwestern Investment Company
Fred Harris Trent
Chicago
Santa Fe
Robert Eades
St. Louis
David Bonem
Trent
Don English
SIC
Eades
English
Fort Sumner
Bonem
Kaw River Dikes Strain Under Flood Push
After six days of rain the Kaw River rose against weakened dikes prompting an embargo on livestock shipments and evacuation at the big Kansas City market. Forecasts cite a potential 31 foot crest, with crews racing to hold at risked dikes as more rain looms.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Kaw
Free Gallery Opens Tornado Display at Globe News
The Globe News editorial department unveils a photo exhibit titled Tornado highlighting prize winning prints by staff photographers. The display shows tornadoes that affected the Panhandle in recent years and will rotate during the season. Intermittent rains slow levee repairs and dyke damage from July floods is estimated at seven million dollars across three low lying Kaw districts. The crest forecast for tomorrow remains 20 feet under the July 13 level.
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Globe- News
Panhandle
Ation
Kaw
Jury clears physician in University of South Dakota deaths
A coroner's jury in Vermillion found no felonious intent or culpable negligence in the University of South Dakota medical school deaths of Jack Clifford and Ardys Pearson. It concluded the overdosed methadon caused the fatalities and said no fault by Dr Louis Michalek was proven.
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Vermillion
University of South Dakota
Jack Clifford
Ardys Pearson
Louis Michalek
Michalek
Searcher
Medical School
Clifford
Pearson
Gamblers Tax Plan Advances In Senate Finance Committee
A Senate committee approved a plan to tax gamblers and trimmed the revenue bill by 224 million dollars. The measure aims to raise about 5.97 billion annually, including a 400 million dollar gambled revenue. The House had approved a 7.2 billion annual target while final adjustments remain before floor action. A key provision offers homeowners relief from capital gains tax if profits fund another home within set periods.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Moniay
Sion
Doctor Cleared of Manslaughter in Mrs Shuler Death
In Muskogee Oklahoma a judge cleared Dr Perry A Hewitt Jr of manslaughter charges in the death of Mrs. Allen Shuler 38 of Borger Texas after five doctors testified they could not determine a cause of death. Beavers said Hewitt may have panicked and drank after failed revival attempts but found no evidence he drank before treatment. Hewitt testified he administered gin after intra caine and other drugs failed to revive the patient.
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Muskogee
Okla
Bruce
J. F. Beavers
Perry A. Hewitt, Jr
Allen
Shuler
Borger
Tex
Beavers
Hewitt
Caine
New York City
Howard C. Hepps
University of Oklahoma
Averill Stowell
Tulsa
Amarillo Club Meetings and Public Events Schedule
A list of local group meetings and events in Amarillo including Chamber of Commerce sessions at noon and 10 30 AM, Youth Center and library activities, hospital board at 5 30 PM, and various clubs meeting at hotels and venues throughout the day.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sor Nthe Ee
Chamber of Commmmerce
San Jacinto Avante Club
Amarillo Optimists Club
Amarillo
Amarillo Ions Club
Herring Hotel
Amarillo Rotary Club
Northwest Texas Hospital Board of Directors
Amarillo Arattic Club
Saratoga Caf
Basket Hiente
Amarillo Retail Druggist ‘Association
God Auxiliary
Ellwood
9833Rd Air Force Reserve
Eer
Naval
Civil A Air Air Patrol
South
Foen Seball
le Waltertate
CaitiasSportal
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League of Nations
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McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
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Globe News
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