CEU Church Boom Is It Genuine
The National Council of the Churches of Christ reports 60 percent of Americans are church members, a historic high. The piece questions motives behind church attendance and whether faith is sincere or driven by fear social desirability or materialism, urging true obedience to the First Commandment.
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CEU
Izzard
America
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S.A
God
Eugene Carson Blake
Look Magazine
Buick switcheroo ends with mistaken car swap at Country Club
Kathryn Jackson, wife of a TV tycoon, left a party and mistakenly took the Hattons Buick, later returning it after confirming the car at home did not match the Jackson vehicle. The two families traced the mix up to a near duplicate of the Jackson Buick kept at the Club.
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Kathryn Jackson
Red Cross
Carolina
Bartlesville
Ohlo
Corpus Christi
Hattons
Country Club
Jackson Buick
This and That School Start Sparks Growth Forecast
A reader asks how Amarillo schools handle 100 new families moving in. Changing Times estimates 100 new students, 2.2 grade rooms and 1.65 high school rooms, costing about 120000 dollars and requiring four new teachers. The budget would rise about 30000 dollars annually.
Search for Heiress Death Case Leads to Son
Philadelphia dispatch reports homicide squad chief ordered two detectives to locate Allen Schwartz, 20, son of Milton and Mrs. Schwartz, for questioning in the death of heiress Doris Silver Ostreicher. Capt Roberts stressed he is not charging him, only to learn possible information. Schwartz is a Temple University pharmacy student and part time drugstore clerk. The mother, Hermann Silver, remains unable to aid investigators due to bereavement and emotional distress, with neuropsychiatrist Dr. Abraham Ornsteen noting memory issues are due to emotional turmoil.
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Philadelphia
Milton Schwartz
Doris Silver Ostreicher
David H. Roberts
Allen Schwartz
Schwartz
City Hall
Roberts
Temple University
Abraham Ornsteen
Herman Silver
Dr. Ornsteen
Cyprus Parley Fails to Resolve Cyprus Future
Britain Turkey and Greece failed to reach a Cyprus settlement as their ten day conference collapsed. Diplomats warned of a threatened Balkan alliance strain while mobs in Istanbul Izmir and Ankara roiled in anti Greek violence.
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London
Britain
Turkey
Greece
Cyprus
Auibri
MEI Steuer
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Harold Macmillan
Fatin Rustu Zorlu
Stephen Stephanospoulos
East Mediterranean
Istanbul
Izmir
Istanbuli Izmir
Ankara
Weather Forecast Amarillo and Vicinity
Amarillo region forecast calls for fair skies with warmer daytime temperatures Thursday and Friday. Low Thursday around 60 degrees, high near 93 degrees. Night and morning hours stay mild with increasing warmth into the afternoon.
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Amarillo
Fair
Adenauer Heads to Moscow to Press West Alliances
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer departs for Moscow prepared to reject Soviet friendship advances and demand freedom for German war prisoners held in labor camps for over a decade. He aims to test Moscow's stance before the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Geneva.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Hop
Ing
Kremlin
Atlantic Alliance
Geneva
Adenauer
TSU Delays Accepting White Pupils
Texas Southern University directors postponed action on applications from seven non Negro students seeking admission to the state supported Negro institution. The board, in a 2-1 vote after a stormy meeting, deferred decision on opening admission regardless of race. One applicant later said he withdrew.
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Houston
Texas Southern University
H. D. Bruce
Marshall
University
Albert F. Kaszoski
William A
Amarillo tops Plainview in West Texas-New Mexico playoff
Amarillo defeated Plainview 8 to 4 to take a 1-0 lead in the best of the series. Pampa at Albuquerque game postponed by rain as the playoff schedule awaits a start. In other action, MLB results came in with New York and Kansas City in the American League and several National League scores.
Amarillo Gold Sox Take 1st Game In Playoff Thriller
Marshall Bridges and Dave Schleich combined for 16 strikeouts as Amarillo downed Plainview 8-4 in the first game of the Shaughnessy playoff. The win gives Amarillo a 1-0 lead. game two set for tonight at 8. Bridges, back from a four week arm injury, starred early before a tense ninth inning.
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Daily News
Paul Mohr
Amarillo Gold Sox
Amarillo
Doug Lewis
Plainview
Tommy Schmidt
Sox
Taft Wright
Mohr
Marshall Bridges
Dave Schleich
Bridges
Forest Fires Threaten California Coast and Towns
Firestorms roared across more than a quarter million acres near Santa Barbara Yreka and the Klamath National Forest. A 50 000 acre brush fire near Santa Barbara threatened the city of 50 000 as winds stalled containment. A 40 000 acre blaze near Yreka forced evacuations while crews fought to control flames advancing toward Hawkinsville and the San Marcos Trout Club area. Both fires were out of control with smoke and ash blanketing streets.
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San Francisco
California
Santa Barbara
Yreka
Klamath National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Hawkinsville
San Marcos
Trout Club
New York Port Hit By Strike
The International Longshoremen's Association struck the port of New York in a dispute with the bi state Waterfront Commission. A State Supreme Court restraining order forced a return to work within hours, threatening a coast wide shutdown if unresolved. 170 shipping firms face losses up to a million dollars daily as ships like the Queen Mary escaped port.
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New York
International Long‘shoremen’s Assn. Ind
Supreme Court
ILA
William V. Bradley
New-York-New Jersey
New York Shipping Aren
DLA
Commerce and Industry Assn. of
Football Special Coming Saturday
The Amarillo Daily News announces a Saturday morning football edition with all results from area high school games. Read for latest details on hometown teams and don’t miss the special.
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The
Daily News
Amarillo Daily News
Rail Group Won't Set Prices on Gas
The State Railroad Commission refused to take on price fixing for natural gas. Commissioner Ernest O Thompson and Olin Culberson stated the commission will not obtain price fixing authority under current law. Industrial Gas Supply Corp sought 7.5 cents per 1,000 cubic feet from Russell Maguire in the Alco Mag field Harris County. Industrial owns field pipeline and argues field production should be prorated if a producer refuses a reasonable price.
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Daily News
Austin
State Railroad Commission
Essioner
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas
Commission
Olin Culberson
Industrial Gas Supply Corporation of Houston
Russell Maguire
Harris County
Maguire and
Industrial
Maguire
Railroad Commission
Hugh Patterson
Commis
Political Storm Over Hoppe Removal Case
Washington lawmakers and Hoppe’s lawyer clash over the ousted IRS inspection chief who sues for back pay. Secretary Humphrey cites incompetence and belligerence as reasons for dismissal in 1953 while the Senate committee weighs a broader probe.
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Washington
Edgar F. Hoppe
Internal Revenue Service
Hoppe
John P. Witsil
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Weather report notes Amarillo in 1955 sun tally
The record shows Amarillo had sun on 233 of 251 days in 1955. Earlier readings at 3 pm report wind at 3 mph with cloudy conditions and 42 miles visibility, while another reading near Dallas and Oklahoma City shows wind at 4 mph with clear skies and 15 miles visibility.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
South Texas braces as rains ease after 16 inch surge
AP reports heavy rains drenched parts of South Texas with up to 16 inches in three days. San Diego Creek threatened Alice until late night, when officials kept a flood channel plan. Corpus Christi residents returned home after police warned of possible tide flooding. Debris littered beaches as waters drained and 8 inches fell on Alice in 30 hours ending Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Gladys
Alice
Rains Ease in South Texas After Deluge Across Region
Commissioner Perkins in Alice reported San Diego Creek rose eight inches between five and eight p.m. but upstream levels eased. He noted a $240,000 flood control program funded county wide and by federal grants has been returning costs as the system narrows the creek and builds levees to shield Alice. Rainfall totals across the 24 hours ending 6:30 p.m. included Corpus Christi 2.27 inches and Cotulla 0.09. temperatures peaked in the high 80s to low 90s with Alice and Laredo at a mild 75 due to rain. Ten Houston men stranded at Barra del Toro, 200 miles south of Brownsville, were reported referents.
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South Texas
Alice
Perkins
San Diego
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Cotulla
Palacios
Victoria
Galveston
San Antonio
Mineral Wells
Presidio
Houston
Barra del Tordo
Brownsville
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George Hatton
WWES
Arthur Gavshon
Middle East
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Salonika
Kemal Ataturk
Panhandle
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TSU
Carnegie
Nas‘s
Aveeves
Martha Mason
By Arthur Everett
Rail Group
Margaret Mayer
Olin Johnston
D-Sc
Committee
Witsil
White
Wash
U.S. Court of Claims
Canby
Ore
Western Steam Fiends Assn
W. R. Perkins
Duval County
North Beach
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