Hot Rod Clubs Promote Safe Driving says National Association
Four members of the National Hot Rod Association visit Amarillo for Tradewind drag races as local clubs Baron's Racing Team Dragsters and Nomads organize 52 members. Officials praise sanctioned clubs reducing street fatalities with patrols and a legal drag strip. Bud Coons from Pomona leads the delegation and can be reached at the Ranch 66 Motel or during the weekend races.
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National
Amarillo
National Association
Baron
Dragsters
Nomads
Pomona
Calif
Bud Coons
Association
Coons
Ranch 66
Park trash bags and a parked car joke mix in this week
FANCHER UPSHAW recalls a Glacier National Park scene where a ranger hands him a paper bag to collect cans and scraps. A city official notes drive ins and beer distributors could cooperate to curb highway trash. Earl Allmand relays a showroom delivery joke as a new low profile car draws laughs.
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Fancher Upshaw
Glacier National Park
Kidnapping Lead Sought in New Jersey Baby Abduction
Police in Atlantic City investigate if an abandoned baby in a church is Robert Marcus, the Mt. Zion Hospital child stolen Monday. The FBI joined the case as a $5,000 reward was offered.
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Robert Marcus
Mt. Zion Hospital
FBI
San Francisco Doctor Denies Atlantic City Baby Is His Son
Dr Sanford Marcus said the Atlantic City church found infant is not his stolen son Robert. The newborn weighed 17 pounds 1 ounce and was found in a brown paper bag in St Nicholas Church vestibule.
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San Francisco
Sanford Marcus
Associated Press
Atlantic City
Robert
Marcus
St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church
Nickman
New Jersey
Ransom Hoax Sent From Oakland Linked to Baby Found
A mail in ransom demand described by police as a cruel hoax was sent from Oakland. Dr. Emanual Harrison Nickman, an Atlantic City pediatrician, said the baby boy found there is no more than a week old.
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Oakland
Emanual Harrison Nickman
Atlantic City
Weather snapshot from Amarillo 1955 report
Amarillo logged sun on 248 of 266 days in 1955. Comparative readings at 3 PM show Dallas and Houston cloudy with light winds and low visibility. Oklahoma City and Amarillo report partial cloud cover and mild temperatures.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Tri-State Fair Still Packed With Evening Events
The Tri-State Fair enters the final 36 hours with a packed schedule. Holstein dairy judging shifts to afternoon, Shetland pony classes move to 8 a.m., and 9 a.m. shows follow tomorrow. Holiday on Ice offers two daily shows at 2 and 8 p.m. A Singing Convention opens at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Sports Arena. Rural Youth Day and Armed Services Day are observed with 4-H and FFA guests and servicemen honored. The midway runs noon until close, with free outdoor shows. The 589th Air Force Band performs three concerts, Sky Kings and Jack Andrews play at 5 and 10 p.m. near the Merchants' building. The Golden Sandstorm vs Paschal Panthers football classic is at 8 p.m. outside the wedding grounds.
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Louise Evans
Daily News
589Th Air Force Band
AAFB
Sky Kings
Jack Andrews
Merchants
Golden Sandstorm
Paschal Panthers
Fort Worth
Fair Air Programs for Today on KGNC
KGNC will air 15 quarter hours direct from the Tri-State Fair today featuring Red Wagon with Ken Duke at 11 15 a m and Cotton John at 12 noon and 1 45 p m. Coverage opens 9 15 a m and ends 8 p m daily. KGNC TV Channel 4 schedules Shetland Pony Halter Class 11 15 11 30 a m and Pony Performance Class 2 30 3 p m from the East Barn.
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KGNC
Tri-State
Paw
Ken Duke
Cotton John
Kgnc-Tv
Channel 4
Today at the Fair Schedule Highlight Event Lineup
The fair features an all day antique auto show and pony halter classes at 8 a.m. A 2 p.m. Holiday on Ice mat is planned followed by an 2:30 p.m. AAFB Band concert. Evening acts include Sky Kings and Jack Andrews with multiple band performances near the Merchants Building.
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Bill Hames
Sky Kings
Jack Andrews
AAFB
Merchants Building
Holiday On Ice
Merchers
Summerfield Pushes Higher Postal Rates at Conference
Postmaster General Summerfield urged higher postal charges to avert a 500 million dollar annual deficit. He spoke at the National League of Postmasters convention in Galveston, noting Congress has not approved raising the 3 cent letter rate to 4 cents or other class rate increases. The administration first proposed the measure in 1954. President Eisenhower vetoed a related pay raise without companion revenue legislation.
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Galveston
Tex
Summerfield
Eisenhower
National League of Postmasters Convention
Congress
Autumn Arrives Early as Summer Yields to Cold Front
The article personifies Autumn declaring victory over Summer with a 1 42 p m arrival and a cold front, noting the region had a top summer climate. It describes Autumn advancing ahead of the season to establish dominance, suggesting a sharp weather shift and early seasonal change.
Mississippi trial unfolds in Emmett Till case
Mrs. Carolyn Bryant testifies about a Black youth asking for a date as Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam face charges in the kidnapping and murder of 14 year old Emmett Till. The jury weighs witness testimony and the fate of the two white defendants amid evolving trial details.
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Carolyn Bryant
Roy
J. W. Milam
Chicago
Milam
Bryant
Mississippi
Miss
William Reed
Bulganin Note to Eisenhower Likely Public Tomorrow
Fraser Colorado report says the White House plans to publish Bulganin's personal note to President Eisenhower within 24 to 48 hours. Officials hint the note concerns disarmament and the Geneva plan for exchanging military blueprints with mutual aerial inspection.
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Bulganin
Eisenhower
Marvin L. Arrowsmith Fraser
Colo
Murray Snyder
White House
Geneva
United States
Russia
Snyder
Truce Expected In Union Dispute Across High Plains
Union negotiators and contracting firms expect a weekend agreement to end a walkout by about 60 High Plains sheet metal workers after a contract expired. Four of 18 firms reached a tentative accord. The union sought a 25 cent hourly raise to 3.12 dollars. projects span 19 counties and Amarillo Borger Pampa and Dumas.
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High Plains
Earl Plemons
AFL
Plemons
Amarillo
Borger
Pampa
Dumas
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Panhandle shows cooler pair
Amarillo and vicinity expect cloudy skies and cooler conditions Friday with decreasing clouds late Friday. Friday night will be much cooler, then Saturday turns fair and mild with lower temperatures. Panhandle and 300th Plains see partly cloudy days Friday and Saturday with isolated showers and thunderstorms and a slightly cooler Friday. Yesterday temperatures ranged around the mid 80s to low 90s, with a high near 91 and a low about 54. Sunrise was 6:35 AM and sunset 6:43 PM.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
300Th Plains
SPE
Ieeelee
Oaen & Max
Five Also Injured In Fatal Accident near Shamrock
A head on crash five miles east of Shamrock killed six people including Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Fitzsimmons of Sallisaw Oklahoma and two Bridgeport residents. Four more were in critical condition and a fifth seriously hurt. Johnny Littlejohn died seven hours later. Police cited uncertainty on cause, with injuries spread among survivors.
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Johnson Studio
Shamrock
U.S. 66
Here
Shelby E. Fitzsimmons
Donna Jo
Sallisaw
Okla
Samuel Brabham
R. C. Parker
Littlejohn
Family Picket Line Keeps 900 Off Jobs at Plant
In Bessemer Alabama on September 22 a 31 year old guard claimed he was framed and fired and led a family picket line that kept 900 workers from entering The Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co plant. Other United Steelworkers COP members refused to cross the line created by E S McClain and his wife causing operations to halt while the decision to respect the picket line was made amid uproar.
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Bessemer
Ala
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co
United Steelworkers Union
COP
E. S. McClain
Janet Hurricane Ravages Barbados With 125 MPH Winds
Navy hurricane hunter Lt Cmdr Kenneth Mackie reported Janet's eye 20 miles across and walls five miles thick. He estimated winds over 125 mph as the storm left thousands homeless on Barbados and disrupted Bridgetown with collapsed houses, blocked highways, and power outages.
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Miami
Fla
Navy
Barbados
Cmdr
Kenneth Mackie
Albany
N. J
Mackie
San Juan
P.R
Bridgetown
Caribbean
Reppert Lumber Owner Suffers Heart Attack at Home
Phillip L. Reppert, owner of Reppert Lumber and president of First Savings and Loan, suffered a heart attack around 11 p.m. at his home 2406 Hayden. He was taken by ambulance to Northwest Texas Hospital in poor condition. He is also linked to Reppert and Beebe Lumber at 2411 W. 6th.
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Phillip L. Reppert
Reppert Lumber Company
First Savings and Loan Association
Hayden
Northwest Texas Hospital
Reppert
Reppert and Beebe Lumber Company
W. 6Th
Arrests Ordered of Peronist Supporters in Congress
Argentina’s new government ordered the arrest of most Peronist lawmakers in the National Congress after dissolving the chamber earlier in the day. Peronists held all senate seats and a majority in the lower house amid street clashes in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
First British commercial television debut wowed London
London witnessed the first commercial ITV broadcast as a toothpaste ad aired in a cake of ice on BBC rival channels. The 45 second spot preceded margarine, boxing, and drama clips, drawing quiet curiosity, giggles, and a lone compliment from a viewer.
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Eddy Gilmore
London
BBC
British Broadcasting Corp
Britain
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