Bell System Plans National Dialing Ties Drake and Fleetwood Exchanges
Mr. Thomas explains the nationwide LSN system two letters and five numbers will unify dialing. Amarillo will assign Drake and Fleetwood exchanges next summer with Dec 18 as the switch date. Lubbock gains a third exchange. naming aims ease recall and area codes.
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Drake and Fleetwood
United States
Bell Telephone
Englewood
N. J
Bell Company
Drake
Fleetwood
Amarillo
34Th and
Western
Government auction offers life boat station and more on Appledore Island
A newspaper note lists government surplus real estate for sale including a one acre Appledore Island site with boat house and living quarters, plus offices, factories, harbor forts with cannon, vacant lots, 12 lighthouses, and other items. Bill Brown of Ann Arbor laments parking tickets but may study local conditions.
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Appledore Island
National Dairy Enters Amarillo in Plains Creamery Stock Exchange
Plains Creamery Inc of Amarillo becomes a National Dairy subsidiary carrying the Sealtest brand. A. F. Madison stays president with J. Lindsay Nunn and other Plains leaders forming the board. The affiliation leaves Plains with $300000 capitalization and about $1 million in assets.
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National Dairy
Amarillo
Plains Creamery Stock Exchange
Daily News
Plains Creamery, Inc
National Dairy Products Corporation
J. Lindsay Nunn
Plains Creamery
A. F. Madison
Texas
National
Plains
R. D. Northen
Irene Warren
Llano Cemetery
Second and Taylor
Pioneer
Don Bowie
Roswell
New Mexico
Gov Shivers to act in Lucy Gallant film in Hollywood
Gov. Shivers will play himself in a Pine-Thomas production about a booming Texas oil town. He appears opposite Jane Wyman Charlton Heston Claire Trevor and Thelma Ritter in sequences filmed in Hollywood with filming set for Sept. 27. The role is brief and no Texas filming is planned.
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Austin
Shivers
Texas
Pine-Thomas
Lucy Gallant
Jane Wyman
Charlton Heston
Claire Trevor
Thelma Ritter
Hollywood
San Francisco
California
Sonja Henie Plans Six Night Amarillo Show Run
Daily News reports skating legend Sonja Henie, touring El Paso, Amarillo, and the Panhandle, describing her as tired by Texas heat. She arrives in Amarillo after a Houston to Denver flight and aims for eight hours sleep between engagements. Henie notes Amarillo is windy but plans an hour of practice at the Tri-State Fair Coliseum before the first show.
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Nunn
Madison
Panhandle
Lexington
Blue Grass State
Texas
Sonja Hénie
el Paso
Amarillo
Houston
Denver
Henie
el P&so
Talmadge Apartments
Tri-State Fair Coliseum
Kidnaped Heiress Daughter Sparks Paris Mystery
Paris Sept 15 James Goldsmith a British hotel heir faces charges of an unknown kidnapper taking the four month old Isabela Patino. Police say the infant possibly with a Patino family servant. custody dispute and the baby’s mother died at childbirth. Goldsmith reports the child vanished from a Versailles hotel with her nurse and baggage.
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Paris
James Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Patino
Isabela
Versailles
Antenor Patino
Scotland
Magazine Salesman Charged In $376 Forgery in City
Amarillo police say George A. Vallee 23 forged a $376.50 check after cashing an $18 house sale, posing as a deaf mute while selling magazines. He fled to New York, with a TWA ticket later paid in cash after a refused check. Authorities warn against purchases from out of town door-to-door salesmen without city permits.
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Salty News
District Attorney's Office
Amarillo National Bank
New York
George A. Vallee
Herring Hotel
Amarillo
Chicago
Vallee
TWA
Monte Rosenwald
New York City
United Nations General Assembly
Parking expert Brown to speak at Amarillo meeting
Ann Arbor mayor William E. Brown Jr a noted off-street parking authority will headline a 10 am meeting in the Amarillo Municipal Auditorium chamber. The chamber leader notes Brown’s work in Ann Arbor and his role with the American Municipal Conference.
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Amarillo
Baer
William E. Brown Jr
Ann Arbor
Mich
Brown
City Commission
A. F. Madison
Chamber of Commerce
Michigan State Highway Department
Major Part Of 7 55 Plan Is Abandoned
Secretary Benson abandoned a major portion of the 1955 crop production control program. The move removes about 40 million acres or 12 percent of U S crop land from cash crop production. He said no political pressure influenced the decision though he discussed it with some Republican congressmen and candidates.
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Washington
Benson
Weather report fragment from Amarillo and nearby areas
Fragmented weather bulletin shows observations for Amarillo Houston Dallas and Oklahoma City with wind speeds 15 to 16 MPH and clear to cloudy skies. Indicates 232 days of sun in Amarillo out of 258 and 1034 readings.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla City
Dulles Heads to Europe to Discuss German Rearmament
Secretary of State Dulles leaves for Europe to pursue German sovereignty and rearmament within a Western defense. He vows the Manila pact defends Southeast Asia without changing U S military plans as he meets Adenauer Churchill and Eden before returning for the U N General Assembly.
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Washington
State Dulles
Europe
U.S
Pacific
Dulles
Germany
Great Britain
Bonn
London
Manila
Konrad Adenauer
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Amarillo Chamber Recommends Population Sign Change
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce board proposes updating city population signs to 108 084. The recommendation follows a study using water, light, gas, telephone connections and the scholastic census, averaging five data points from 1950 and this year. The board will present the proposal to the City Commission before sending it to Austin.
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Amarillo
Shelby Kruser
Lation
State Highway Department
Austin
City Commission
A. F. Madison
YMCA
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Area
The forecast calls for continued fair weather in Amarillo Thursday and Friday with a warm and windy Thursday. Cooler temperatures expected Thursday night and Friday. Wednesday night low around 64, Wednesday or Thursday high near 75 in the northwest and 85 in the southeast with clear to partly cloudy skies. New Mexico region: partly cloudy Thursday and night with scattered thundershowers mainly in the northwest. cooler conditions on Thursday.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
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