Mysterious 80-year-old arrestee with $11145 found on Greyhound
Sheriff Gaither holds an incoherent man from Albuquerque on arrival in Amarillo for further questioning. The 80 or near 80 aged suspect carried a paper sack, an Army bag, and envelopes totaling 11145. He claimed to be a retired Los Angeles custodian earning 78 a month but offered no useful identification.
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Paul Gaither
Greyhound
Gaither
Los Angeles
H.E.P
J. W. Caplan
Caplan
August traffic calm raises alarms at Amarillo intersections
Amarillo Traffic Engineering reports August shows North East 8th and Grand the city’s most dangerous intersection with six August crashes, 31 year to date. Violations total 290 with 214 red lights. Police issued 786 moving violation tickets and 33 excessive noise arrests.
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North East 8Th and
Grand
New Mexico Entertains Debate on Highway Problems
Readers react to an essay about New Mexico's highway issues with three letters to the editor. The page also notes jests about state pride, regional slogans, and a local B-18A aircraft used by a crop-dusting outfit.
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New Mexico
Heavy Rains Batter Rio Grande Valley Flooding in Harlingen
Heavy rains in the Rio Grande Valley flood area douse Harlingen with an estimated 6 to 8 inches. Flash flood conditions persisted as authorities warned residents to stay clear of low-lying areas and expected continued rain.
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Harlingen
Rio Grande Valley
Flood Briefs Hit Harlingen and Raymondville
Harlingen reports no injuries or major property damage as surplus water runs over curbs into stores. About twenty miles north Raymondville records a .12 inch shower as officials hoped it would end a week of flood and health problems.
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Harlingen
Raymondville
Storm Leaves 2 Cubans Dead
Hurri cane Hilda struck toward the Yucatan Peninsula causing two deaths in Cuba and widespread property damage. The ninth storm of the season, Ione, threatened the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as Hilda moved west southwest about 250 miles south southeast of Havana with 75 mph winds.
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Miatii
Fla
Hilda
Yucatan Peninsula
Cuba
Ione
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Havana
Grand
Sox Rally To Top Plainview In Six Run Sixth
Amarillo Gold Sox erased a 13-3 deficit to win 22-16 over Plainview Ponies in six innings to clinch the Shaughnessy series four games to two. Taft Bright drove in eight runs with two homers and a double as Rudy Arias started and Jim Newberry earned the win with two hits. Ken Harrington took the loss as Amarillo advances to face the Pampa Oilers in the final round at 8 p.m.
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Plainview
Ponies
Shaughnessy
Albuquerque
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Pampa
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Sox
Taft Bright
Jim Newberry
Andy Bush
Ken Harrington
Willie Neal
Dick Myers
Ab Ak Moar Delia
Schmidt
Cole
Eseeeses
Heron
Tee
Aiyd
Ef Atteeeereee
Wright
Della Monica
Lewis
Stokes
Green
Palmer
Neal
Harrington
Donovan
Arias
Higgins
Newberry
Bush
Intentional Bush
Hacede
Gonovan
Newberry Harrin
Raina Helkie
Theodore
Baseball scores from West Texas-New Mexico league action
Amarillo defeated Plainview 22 to 16 in West Texas New Mexico league play. In the American League Washington beat Cleveland 3 to 2 while Kansas City topped Boston 7 to 3 and Baltimore won 8 to 0 over Chicago 2 to 6 and New York 6, Detroit 4. In the National League Milwaukee edged New York 9 to 2 and St. Louis defeated Brooklyn 3 to 0. only games scheduled.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Plainview
Washington
Cleveland
Kansas City
Boston
Baltimore
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Brooklyn
New Mexico Sunday Racing Confirmed For State Fair
District Judge David Carmody denied Rev. Bulford Bentley Finch's request for a temporary injunction to stop Sunday racing at the state fair, ensuring Sunday events for this year. He gave 20 days to file an answer to the injunction request while noting the key legal question remains unsettled until a final hearing.
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Santa FE
Dist
David Carmody
Bulford Bentley Finch
Finch
Carmody
Bible Baptist Church
Albuquerque
Vicki the Runaway Elephant Escapes in Forest Chase
Vicki the runaway elephant reappears from a wooded hideaway and eludes handlers after bolting from an amusement park. Despite efforts to drive her away, she remains near a small forest across a busy highway with experts warning she will grow wilder the longer she stays free.
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Charlotte
N.C
Vicki
Gastonia
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair conditions expected Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. Low Thursday night 63 degrees, high Friday 92. Panhandle and South Plains show clear to partly cloudy skies with high 93 and low 63. Sunrise 6 30 A.M. Sunset 6 54 P.M.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Ee Witattas
U S Hails German Soviet Pact as Western Victory
The State Department said the German Soviet agreements mark a Western victory over bankrupt Russian policy. Spokesman Henry Suydam noted the Soviet move abandons its historic German policy and cited the West’s alliance with Germany since 1947.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
Moscow
Henry Suydam
West Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Suydam
Sue
Germans Prepare For POW Arrival
West German officials rush to house tens of thousands of returned prisoners at Camp Friedland after Adenauer says Soviet Premier Bulganin promised quick release. Moscow reports East German leader Grotewohl to visit Friday to discuss prisoner repatriation and German reunification.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
Adenauer
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Camp Friedland
Goettingen
Grotewohl
Bulganin
Soviet ‘Union
Carlo Schmid
Weather notes from Amarillo area in 1955
Readings show ongoing sun over Amarillo for 240 days in 1955. Comparative readings at 3 p.m. yesterday record varying conditions with wind and visibility details from Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo reporting cloudy or clear skies and wind speeds around 15 to 30 miles per hour.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla City
Amartha Burt
Work Begins on New Parking Lot at 2nd and Fillmore
A long-disused water reservoir completed demolition to clear a 40 by 160 foot site for Southwestern Public Service Co parking for heavy equipment. The lot, owned by the utility and next to its system construction HQ, will feature sidewalks curbings driveways and a steel fence. Clift Milinary the district manager called the project in accord with orderly growth. Contractor C S Lambie will carry out the work.
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Daily News
2Nd and Fillmore
Southwestern Public Service Co
System Construction
Clift
Milinary
Southwestern
C. S. Lambie
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