Amarillo Board Approves Coronado School Plans
Amarillo School Board approved plans and specifications for a new Coronado elementary school near 34th and Georgia. Architect Howard Ensign said the steel and masonry building will have 15 classrooms, cost an estimated 310000, and bids open at 430 pm September 28.
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Coronado
34Th
Georgia
Amarillo
Howard Ensign
Herb Willborn
Sandie
Kfda TV
Pat Babb
Amarillo College
A. M. Meyer
Neville Bremer
Amarillo Public School System
Bremer
I. Q
Texas girl bullfighter gravely injured in Mexican ring
Patricia McCormick, 24, an American bullfighter from Del Rio, was gored in Ciudad Acuna as ex matador Alejandro El Hierro leaped in to lift her from the horns. Manola Marquez drew the enraged bull with a cape as doctors rushed her to the hospital across the Rio Grande.
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del Rio
Tex
Patricia McCormick
Rio Grande
Ciudad Acuna
Mexico
Alejandro el Hierro
No- Villero Manola Marquz
el Hierro
Juarez
Texas Western College
el Paso
Miss McCormick
Boys Ranch Rodeo Showcases Young Calf Riders and All Around Cowboys
The 10th Boys Ranch Rodeo drew attention as the youngest competitors shone in calf riding with eight year old Danny Dones winning and nine year old Lyn Fletcher tied for second. Glen Stub Clark, sixteen, led as Best All Around Cowboy by winning bronc riding and tying for second in bull riding. The event featured many young riders across divisions with multiple ties and close results.
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Boys Ranch
Lyn Fletcher
Denver
Colo
Tracy Back
Borger
Glen
Stub) Clark
Casper
Wvo
Clark
Delmer Miller
Crosbyton
Dave Presley
Buck Gariepy
Elmer Miller
Jimmy Hall
Sanford
Billy Huckins
Amarillo
Sammie Wright
Spur
Jerry Young
Gerald Westcott
Calloway Queen
Liberal
Kan
Dickie Shepherd
Eldon Jackson
Portland
Ore
Continued
Daily News
Wyo
Nationalist Forces Hit Red Guns Near Quemoy
Chinese Nationalist warships and bombers pounded Red gun positions opposite Quemoy as tensions around the island escalate. Reports say Amoy and Tatung Island saw smoke and fire while Nationalist artillery answered across the strait. Peiping Radio claimed a brief air raid on Amoy with limited damage.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Quemoy
Spencer Moosa Taipeh
Quemoy Island
Defense Ministry
Amoy
Red Island
Tatung Island
Amoy Island
Peiping
Tokyo
Tatung
Red Coast
Formosa Strait
Weather notes on Amarillo and regional cities from 1954
The report records 2 of 249 days with sun in Amarillo during 1954. A comparative reading at 3 pm yesterday shows Houston and Dallas partly cloudy with light winds, while Oklahoma City and Amarillo report partly cloudy skies and varied wind speeds.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
New York Woman Saves Survivors Of Shannon Air Crash
Elizabeth Snyder, a 25 year old New York executive, credited with preventing a massive explosion aboard the Dutch KLM plane that crashed in Shannon Estuary. Twenty eight died, twenty eight survived including Adrian Viruly who praised her quick action removing matches as fumes filled the cabin.
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Shannon
Ireland
New York
Shannon River
Adrian Viruly
Elizabeth Snyder
Snyder
Five Members Of One Family Die In Wreck
Five members of the Sarabio family were killed when their truck collided with a Southern Pacific train near Hearne Texas during the Labor Day weekend. The crash raised Texas traffic deaths to 37 for the period, with other fatal incidents including drownings and shootings. The Department of Public Safety had warned the weekend could see around 30 deaths.
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Associated Press
Texas
Hearne
Department of Public Safety
Frank Sarabio
Southern Pacific
No Injuries Reported During Amarillo Labor Day Weekend
Amarillo reported no injuries from traffic accidents during the extended Labor Day weekend. The period ran from 5 p.m. Friday to midnight yesterday, with the last recorded injury occurring on Thursday.
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Amarillo
U S Urges UN Security Meeting Over Soviet Attack
United States asks the UN Security Council to meet soon to consider the unprovoked attack by Soviet aircraft on a U S Navy patrol plane. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. submitted the request, citing the incident over international waters off the Siberian coast on Sept 4. Nine crew members were aboard.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
U.S. Navy
America
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Council
Francisco Urruti
Lodge
Security Council
Soviet Union
U.S
Siberian
Nation predicts fewer road deaths during holiday weekend
The National Safety Council reports 334 traffic deaths so far in the 78 hour Labor Day weekend with 79 drownings and 70 other deaths. Officials expect the total to be under 390 and possibly below the 346 seen in a prior 78 hour period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Dearborn
McCarthy's Attorney to Call Witnesses in 46 Charges
Edward Bennett Williams said witnesses will be called in McCarthy's defense against 46 censure charges. McCarthy may testify for two days starting Thursday while the committee resumes hearings. Chairman Watkins did not disclose further strategy as the panel met privately.
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McCarthy
G. Milton Kelly Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Wisconsin Republican
Edward Bennett Williams
Senate
Williams
Air Show Sets World Speed Record as Fatal Crash Rocks Event
The 1954 National Air Show at Cox Municipal Airport Dayton Ohio ended with a new world speed record in the 500 kilometer event and three other marks in Thompson Allison and Bendix trophies. Maj John L Armstrong 32 Fairborn Ohio died in a Sabrejet crash during the Electric Trophy race. Capt Eugene Sonnenberg Eglin AFB Fla won the Thompson Trophy with 692.823 mph on Sept 3. Over 200000 spectators attended the holiday weekend programs.
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Dayton
Ohio
Thompson
Allison
John L. Armstrong
Fairborn
The
Air
Maj. Armstrong
New Storm Forms In Atlantic East Of Miami
The fifth tropical storm of the season formed 690 miles east-southeast of Miami and was forecast to become a hurricane before dawn. It moves west-northwest at 8 to 10 mph, with storm warnings issued for ships and the eastern Bahamas advised to stay alert. A ship radio reported winds up to 60 mph. hurricane force starts at 7 on the scale.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Weather Bureau
Bahama Islands
Woman Shot to Death During Dragnet at Hollywood Theater
A crowded Hollywood Theater in Fort Worth saw 38 year old Alice Blackwell shot and killed during a showing of Dragnet. Her companion, O L Plemons, 46, claimed a pistol slipped from his pocket and fired as it fell to the floor, the bullet striking Miss Blackwell in the back row.
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Francis Bennett
Dallas
Lake Whitney
Hillsboro
Joseph Rose
Odessa
Frank Trejo
Thelma
San Antonio
Paul Sheppard
Cambridge
Ohio
Bryan Air Force Base
Willie Brooks
Grapevine Lake
Fort Worth
Rose Blevins
Houston
Rosenberg
Lubbock
Gary Stone
Coy Collins
Wayne Mitchell
Theb Mitchell
Roanoke
Shirley Faye Games
E. B. Gamel
Arlington
Aliee Blackwell
Hollywood
L. Plemons
Miss Blackwell
Plemons
City Jil
Jack Webb
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Albany
Gtp
Patricia Critical
Little Danny Dones
Freeport
Tohoka
ECAS
Red China
By Seymour Topping
Viraly
William Flynn
Flynn
Caroline Platz
Grand Concourse
Bronx
N. Y
French Union
Indochina
Vietri Exchange Point
Hanoi
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Air Force
Cox Municipal Airport
Vandalin Es
Bill Farnsworth
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