Neighbors Bring Ice Capade View To Amarillo
Orders for Tri State Fair Ice Capade tickets pour in from Hugoton Kansas to Lamesa Texas and across New Mexico Oklahoma Kansas and Texas. Rex Baxter notes 75 percent of sales are out of town as Amarillo proclaims its regional cultural reach.
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Glendale board to give home buyers an American flag
A Los Angeles Times clipping reports the Glendale Board of Realtors adopted a program giving each home buyer an American flag for patriotic use. The item notes a Pampa builder has long practiced this gesture.
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Titan Missile Hits Target in Global Test Flight
Cape Canaveral reports a Titan missile launched at 9 30 p m EDT in a test to deliver a five megaton warhead 6100 miles away. It marked the 28th success in 38 tests with recovery ships near St Helena Island for data capsule retrieval.
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Borger School Board Approves A La Carte Elementary Plan
Borger Texas school board approves an ala carte menu for elementary students allowing meals at 22 cents with milk. Cafeterias will offer sandwiches soup ice cream and milk in addition to plate lunches. Plan starts Monday on a trial basis as cafeteria participation fell to 1111 from over 3000 last year.
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Army Alerts Four Guard Divisions for Possible Callup
The Army moved four National Guard divisions and 475 other units into position for possible activation. About 52,000 men will be drawn from the ready reserve to bring totals to 148,600, joining 96,000 already in service. The divisions include Massachusetts 26th Infantry, Pennsylvania 28th Infantry, Wisconsin 32nd Infantry, and Texas 49th Armored. In Dallas, Maj. Gen. Harley B. West noted the 49th Armored has 95 units in 74 Texas cities.
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Oklahoma Governor's appointments spark regional furor
Oklahoma Governor Edmondson's new appointments provoke a political controversy highlighted by special correspondent Phil Dessauer on Page 9. Regional reports on Panhandle glamor attractions by Fritz Thompson accompany features on Page 29.
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Veteran Pan Am pilot marks 14000th Berlin flight
Berlin September 6 AP Jack Bennett a 46 year old Ebensburg Pennsylvania native marks his 14000th trip over the western air corridors. He notes the tight margins and says he knows every tree stump in the routes. Bennett was the first civilian pilot on the old American Overseas airline to fly the West German Berlin routes now challenged by the Soviets. He remains a senior Pan Am pilot in the region.
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Grand Jury to Issue Report on Randall County Atty
Randall County grand jury to release an official report today after nearly 10 hours of testimony from two legislators two Amarillo newspaper executives and several former foremen. The panel investigated the Randall district attorney Avent Lair over accusations by the House General Investigations Committee regarding failure to press charges.
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Amarillo Weather Notes 1941 Sunshine Days Recorded
Sun shines over Amarillo for 240 days and 49 minutes of daylight in 1941. Comparative readings show wind, visibility, and sky conditions at 3 p.m. Wednesday with data fragments for Amarillo Dallas Oklahoma City and Houston.
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Texas National Guard Division Readies Muster Strength
The unit spans North and East Texas with one Combat Command in the Rio Grande Valley. Authorized for 14 617 men but listing under 10 000, it plans to recruit from its roster and can draw on active reservists if activated. Selection drawn from 21 National Guard infantry and six others.
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Request for 1938 Golden Anniversary Edition of Amarillo News-Globe
Residents seek a copy of the 1938 Golden Anniversary Edition to provide material for the Panhandle Heritage Foundation in Canyon. The foundation aims to support an annual Palo Duro Canyon pageant with works by Paul Green and needs the period edition through civic leader Mrs. Ples Harper of Canyon.
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Dow Jones Hits Record on GM Strike Delay Rally
The Dow Jones industrial average advanced 7.29 to 726.01 as stocks rallied after the GM strike deadline delay. S&P 500 rose 50 to 68.46 while the AP index gained 1.60 to 256.10. industrials led, rails slipped, utilities up, and $2.3 billion was added to NYSE listed values amid profit taking in parts of the market.
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Reds Test Fourth Nuclear Device East of Stalingrad
The Soviet Union detonated another atmospheric nuclear device, described as low to intermediate in strength. It is the fourth blast detected by the United States since last Friday, reportedly east of Stalingrad, about 1,600 miles west of earlier Semipalatinsk-area tests.
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Maris Hits 54th Homer As Yankees Beat Senators
Roger Maris of the New York Yankees slugged his 54th home run in the fourth inning against Washington. The blast came in the 139th game, leaving him six more long balls in 14 games to tie Babe Ruth’s 60 year record and widening his lead over Mickey Mantle in the home run race.
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Weather U and Vicinity Amarrillo and Northwest Texas Summary
Partly cloudy through Friday with little temperature change and isolated late-day thundershowers in Amarillo and vicinity. Northwest Texas mostly partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers on the Panhandle and high plains. Highs 85 to 95 in Amarillo. 76 to 85 in Rio Grande Valley and eastern plains of New Mexico. Sunrise 6 23 a m, sunset 7 04 p m.
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Baseball Scores In Texas and American Leagues
Scores show Austin 8 to Amarillo in a Texas League game and Boston 9 to Cleveland 4 in the American League. New York 8 defeated Washington 0, Chicago 4 to Minnesota 0 in an extra innings second game.
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Recruits Dear Editor Defense dept talk and Patriotismlampoon
A reader from Wellington comments on Defense Department difficulties with outspoken military men. He jokes about supplying generals with liberal commissars to curb patriotism and notes ex corporal sympathy for officers like General Walker. He warns troops to avoid being left holding the bag like Cuban Freedom Fighters.
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McNamara Signals Action Against Gen Walker Over Hatch Act
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told the Senate panel that Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker faced possible further action after the Army reprimand for trying to influence votes in the 1960 elections. McNamara noted new information and deferred to the committee on whether to pursue criminal charges or a probe, amid Thurmond’s calls for inquiry into anti Communist comments by officers.
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