A Hot Dog Story With a Moral
A fable about a hot dog vendor who ignores signs of recession until his son advises caution. After cutting orders and stopping roadside sales, his business collapses. The tale ends with the moral Never stop advertising.
06 Sep 1957
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1957
Page
1
A fable about a hot dog vendor who ignores signs of recession until his son advises caution. After cutting orders and stopping roadside sales, his business collapses. The tale ends with the moral Never stop advertising.
The United States moves to supply defensive arms to Jordan and speed arms shipments to Lebanon Iraq and Turkey amid Syria crisis. Officials say airlift to Jordan could start next week with the Military Air Transport Service in charge while Dulles and Eisenhower coordinate policy.
The Little Rock School Board asked a U S District Court for an indefinite postponement of integration at Central High School amid National Guard siege. Judge Ronald L Davies will hear the request at 10 a m Saturday as Gov Faubus touts state and national support for keeping order.
Earl Wilson relays a Texas boy’s homecoming covered in oil and a mother’s scolding for digging holes. A fan asks about a punch incident blamed on coach Lynth, clarified as Big Sandy coach hitting a referee. Letters discuss pork versus beef barbecue and rural memories across states.
A Shamrock postal clerk received recognition for a money saving suggestion. Her story is highlighted as a welcomed activity and will be continued on Page 18.
In Maebashi Japan specialist William S. Girard denies giving orders to fire at scrap collectors as a court resumes on Friday. Lt. Billy Mahon testifies that firing empty casings with an M1 and grenade launcher is dangerous and not instructed. The case concerns the death of Mrs. Naka Sakai on January 30.
The sun shone over Amarillo for 217 of 247 days in 1957 with 3 pm readings showing Houston partly cloudy 9 mph and Dallas 15 mph cloudy. Okla City 15 mph cloudy and Amarillo 15 mph partly cloudy observed.
A Muleshoe resident, George William Maye, 39, was fatally struck by lightning at 4 10 p.m. while loading watermelons on a tractor at the Dave Aylesworth farm two miles southwest of Muleshoe. He is survived by his wife, two sons, a sister, and a brother. Funeral arrangements by Singleton Funeral Home. The Panhandle storm dropped rain and hail with 1.10 inches in Muleshoe and heavier bursts in surrounding towns.
Pinson is shown in Amarillo after being promoted to captain. He earned a notable war record in two major engagements and expresses a fondness for mentoring younger soldiers. See Page 27.
Two Channing families, noted bird watchers, turned their feathered hobby into a roadside snackbar on the highway near Channing. The venture stems from their prized pen of birds attracting visitors and local interest. Details on Page 7.
At 11 44 pm Amarillo Ambulance Service responded to 1008 Bagarry where an injured person was found.
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered thundershowers through Saturday. Not quite so warm with low around 62 and high near 86. Panhandle and South Plains have considerable cloudiness and scattered thundershowers today and Saturday with no major temperature change. Sunrise 6 23 a.m. Sunset 7 07 p.m. Precipitation to 4 p.m. trace.
Western League results Amarillo eight Pueblo four Colorado Springs six Albuquerque two Lincoln five Des Moines two Topeka seven Sioux City zero. National League Cincinnati four Chicago one Brooklyn three Philadelphia one Pittsburgh four New York two St. Louis ten Milwaukee. American League Washington three Baltimore zero New York five Boston two. Only games scheduled.
The listing shows KGNC TV Colorcast Club 60 matinee at 11 30 a.m. and a theater program at 1 p.m. Provided as a local schedule snippet with times and stations.
An 87 year old federal judge in Dallas ordered the start of school integration after the Christmas holidays, citing Fifth Circuit reversals. About 20 000 Negro students would join Dallas 120 000 pupil system as Texas schools grapple with ongoing desegregation. State leaders weighed next legal moves after officials had already opened the term.
State and local officials expressed astonishment at the ruling. Gov. Price Daniel stated that no court order could resolve the integration issue in Texas and that each school district should manage its own affairs.
Bids for relocating 10.6 miles of Rock Island mainline and 2.1 miles of Fort Worth and Denver spur track were opened in Tulsa by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Gilvin-Terrill Inc. of Amarillo submitted the apparent low bid at 616,636.90, though federal materials push the project total over one million dollars. Other bids ranged from 624,450.86 to 649,731.70 with ten bids submitted.
The murder trial of Jose Eugene Fajardo was postponed Thursday because defense attorney Harold Sanderson has influenza. Juror selection for the 19 year old Martine’s trial was set to begin at 9 a.m. in 47th District Court. Fajardo faces a murder without malice charge in the June 20 fatal shooting of Glen E. Cornelius at the Hi- D-Ho Drive-In.
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