Question and Answer Day on Shaughnessy Playoff and TV Power
A reader asks five questions about Shaughnessy playoff origins maximum power TV station limits why networks cut programs mid word why drag races are named so and what high pressure means in weather. Answers cover Frank J. Shaughnessy minor leagues power limits 100000 to 316000 watts channel differences and control room timing.
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Shaughnessy
Commission
Amarillo
Channel 4
Channel 10
California
Oilers edge Gold Sox 10 9 in West Texas New Mexico pennant opener
In a tense final frame the Oilers held off the Gold Sox 10 9 as four pitchers saw action with Buddy Woods charged the win. Jack Venable drove in two runs in the ninth for Pampa while Rudy Arias took the loss in his fourth start. Game shifts to Oiler Park tonight with Red Dial facing Amarillo's Andy Bush at 8 o'clock.
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Oilers
Sox
Jack Venable
Tommy Harrison
Tom Pollet
Pampa
Gold Sox
Venable
Foreigners at Hong Kong border may cross into British colony
Bulletin cites AP report that a group of foreigners arrived from Communist Canton and prepared to cross into Hong Kong. No sign they are the 22 American civilians Peiping promised to release. The arrivals may include Yoshio Shiga, a Japanese Communist leader, and a group of Japanese Reds visiting Peiping.
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Canton
Peiping
Yoshio Shiga
Gift From the Sea Chapter Returns Next Tuesday
Due to space limits over the weekend the fifth installment will not appear tomorrow or Monday. The story resumes Tuesday morning on Page 11. Anne Morrow Lindbergh is the author and the work is described as one of the most discussed books of our times.
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Weather Forecast Snapshot and Sunset Time
A compact weather note shows yesterday's low around 54 degrees with minimal detail. Sunset is listed at 6 53 p m, indicating early evening twilight and brief daylight context for the area.
Amarillo Sees 241 Sunlit Days in 1955 Record
Weather notes from Amarillo show sun shone 241 of 259 days in 1955 with yesterday's 3 PM readings: wind 15 mph, visibility miles, sky partly cloudy, condition clear.
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Amarillo
Color Line Arguments On Today In Texas Supreme Court
In Austin yesterday the Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear two separate lawsuits on school segregation. The cases seek to clarify when public schools may or must admit or exclude students based on race. The court shortened its summer recess to hear the emergency matter tomorrow.
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Austin
Texas
Supreme Court
Fight Looms Over $11,000
Calderaro, 67, is jailed in Amarillo after a Greyhound bus incident as his son Alfred and daughter Mrs. Corcoran travel from Los Angeles to claim $11,145 the man says is his. Los Angeles authorities note prior missing person reports from Corcoran. Calderaro’s history includes a 1946 Mantino stay and a 1949 assault charge in LA.
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Sheriff's Office
Los Angeles
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Greyhound
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office
Amarillo
Travis
West Coast
Washington, D.C
Paul Gaither
State Institution
Mantino
Ill
Tri State Fair cartoonist Ace Reid plans Amarillo vacation
Delbert Dalby leads top hands while Art Reid, the Kerrville based “Cowpokes” cartoonist born near Lelia Lake, enjoys Tri-State Fair fever. Reid, a Golden Spread native, will showcase his work and visit Amarillo with his wife and toddler as guest of the Herring Hotel manager O L Pirtle during fair week.
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Art Reid
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Amarillo
Ace
Dalby
Tri-State
Kerrville
Sunday News-Globe
Lelia Lake
Electra
Hill Country
High Plains
Tri- State Fair
O. L. Pirtle
Herting Hotel
Safari Plans To Capture Vicki The Indian Elephant
A Charlotte Daily News report from September 15 describes a large-scale hunt in Mecklenburg County to corral Vicki the Indian elephant, who fled an amusement park five days earlier and has since resisted handlers and volunteers. Police and bulldozers assist as officials map a five step plan to trap her with steel cables in a woodland hideaway. The effort risks further violence as Vicki charges at handlers and a newspaper photographer, prompting renewed safety measures and potential destruction if capture fails.
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Jack Latham
Daily News
Charlotte
N. C
Vicki
Mecklenburg County
Craig Lawing
Jack Partlow
County Board of Commissioners
Partlow
The
Humane Society
Pampa Edges Amarillo 10–9 In West Texas New Mexico League
Pampa defeated Amarillo 10 to 9 in a West Texas New Mexico League tilt. St Louis edged Brooklyn 3 to 2 in the National League. No American League games were on the schedule.
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Amarillo
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Navy invokes draft to call 10000 in November
The Navy asked for 10,000 draftees in November the first use of conscription since World War II. The move raises the Selective Service quota for the month to 20,000, with the Army also requesting 10,000 monthly. The plan envisions 10,000 draftees each month through April, except January, then 6,000 in May, hoping inductions end by next June.
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Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Quarter Horse Journal
Ama- Fillo
Ace
Washington
Army
Bankers Meet Here Few Takers Seen For Drouth Loans
Southwestern bankers and SBA officials met in the Crystal Ballroom to review 3 percent drought disaster business loans. About fifty bankers from Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Kansas and Colorado attended but speakers warned the need for assistance may be limited. Presidents J H Mac Donald of La Junta and John Alexander of Lamar said no local firms appeared eligible. A W Skarda of Clovis NM chaired remarks.
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Small Business Administration
Washington
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
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SBA
Wendell Barnes
J. H. MacDonald
la Junta
John Alexander
Lamar
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