Seven Amendments On Amarillo Ballot. Tax Rate Defeated
The charter amendment No 4 to raise the tax rate limit failed 1680 to 1979 as seven other amendments carried by large margins. Mayor Hagg and commissioners plan budget cuts while a public hearing at City Hall will discuss the budget. Other measures included approvals on annexation bids and procedure reforms under charter changes.
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Lawrence Hagg
Ira Stephenson
Bud Curtis
Wolflin School
Horace Mann
Amarillo
City Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Tri State Fair Third Day Honors Plains Old Settlers
Tri State Fair at Guymon continues into the third day with Old Settlers and Booming Sooners as honored guests. Live stock judging continues with dairy cattle in focus and judges Case Fine and Bill Dixon. A third all girl rodeo and J C Michaels circus attractions are on the schedule plus carnival shows and crowd support praised by Jay Taylor.
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Tri-State Fair
Panhandle
Guymon
Old Settlers Association
Case Fine
Texas Tech
Bill Dixon
South Plains Shorthorn Authority
Fine
J. C. Michaels
Big City
Bill Hames
Jay Taylor
Tri-State Fair Association
Today's Events At the Fair in Guymen Oklahoma
8 Gates officially open at Guymen fair. 8:30 Milking Shorthorns judging with Holsteins to follow. 10 Old Settlers Association meets at Municipal Auditorium. 11 Bill Hames Carnival Show Midway. 2 Tri-State All Girl Rodeo Grandstand. 8 J C Michaels Big City Circus free show in front of the grandstand.
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Svruliliaie
Old Settlers Association
Municipal Auditorium
Bill Hames
J. C. Michaels
Big City
Soviet Speeder Loses License
Youri Khlebnikoff, 36, Russian UN attaché, had his driver's license revoked and fined 50 after a new speeding arrest. Police found a prior summons ignored from four months earlier. Magistrate asked about Russia's summons and Khlebnikoff replied he would not dare ignore one there. Truman Honored by Masons in Cincinnati.
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New York
Youri Khlebnikoff
Khlebnikoff
Khiebnikoff
UN Security Office
Russia
William E. Ringle
Tri-State Fair Swine Show Results Highlight
Swine department judging delivered winners at the fair with Jersey and Hereford entries among top placers. Milk production and textile exhibits received note while rabbit show results and parade of Herefords drew crowds. The fair features crafts displays and culinary showcases across pages listed.
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Jersey Department
All-Girl Rodeo Delivers Spectacle in Amarillo
A 2 30 PM second day of the All-Girl Rodeo drew about 2000 spectators as 32 riders performed in satin shirts and white sombreros. Winners included Mrs I W Young Gordon fastest time 16 2 seconds and Margaret Montgomery Ozone calf roping 22 seconds.
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Don Chadley Rootin
Rootin
Amarillo
Lone Star
I. W. Young
Gordon
Dude Barton
Flamet
Jeannette Campbell
Margaret Montgomery
Ozone
Mrs. Young
Jackie Worthington
Virginia Mae Reger
Woodward
Okla
Miss Reger
Maurine Harlen
McLean
Rae Beach
Ozark
Maxine Gingles
Tulsa
Miss Gingles
Reich mystery man Paul held in American zone
An American source in the U S occupied zone says Rudolf Paul, missing premier of Thuringia, is in American hands in the Frankfurt area. Army intelligence denies custody. Kurier reports he escaped to a western zone with documents for a Soviet East German republic.
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Frankfurt
Germany
API
United States
Rudolf Paul
Thuringia
Paul
Kurier
Soviet Socialist
East Germany
London Foreign Ministers Council
Reds Signal for Trieste Strike
Radio Trieste reports that Saccati Unati called a general strike in Trieste as the British American military government denounces it as the first Communist attempt to hamper life in the free territory. The AMG pledges to protect workers while labor disputes continue in shipyards and gas works affecting about 5,000 idle. The AMG seeks action against outsiders threatening peaceful citizens as Yugoslav forces on the border hold American personnel.
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Trieste
Free Territory
Radio
Saccati Unati
Sindicati
AMG
US Army
Weather Digest Amarillo Area Wed Thu Fair and Warm
The Weather Bureau reports continued fair weather across Amarillo and West Texas for Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures will run near normal with slight increases Wednesday and a cooler Panhandle Thursday. Sunrise 6 37 AM Sunset 6 41 PM. extended outlook calls for near normal temps and little precipitation through the period with a warming trend midweek and a cooler north portion by Thursday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Sam
Sam Sees
Oss
Abe
Cateveres
Texas
Gulf Plains
Pecos Valley
North
Oliver Kimbrough sparks fire alarm scene at Eugene Field School
Oliver Kimbrough REA district director accidentally pressed the fire alarm while installing a light at Eugene Field School. About 600 students rushed out in two minutes. The principal, Mildred Kimbrough, denies any premeditated act and urges his return home or to REA offices.
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Clovis
Oliver Kimbrough
REA
Eugene Field School
Kimbrough
Mildred Kimbrough
Ma'rm
Taft Hecklers Hit New High In Seattle Visit
Senator Taft of Ohio toured Seattle amid mass labor pickets and jeering as he urged voters to back congressional backers of the Taft Hartley Act. He arrived with police escort after his hand was wounded by a door mishap and received a standing ovation inside the Eagles Auditorium.
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Seattle
Taft
Ohio
Pacific Northwest
Seattle Eagles
Budget cut forces Amarillo city programs to shrink
City officials meeting after voters rejected a charter amendment to raise the tax rate began trimming the budget. Items slashed include $5,000 for Kids Inc and $2,400 for the Potter County Child Welfare Board. Police funding totaling $33,600 is being cut with traffic and street services also reduced as Mayor Hagg states a budget hearing will be held Wednesday afternoon.
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Hagg
Stevenson
Curtis
Kids, Inc
Amarillo
Potter County
San Jacinto
UN General Assembly Backs US Proposals on Greek Korean Crises
The 55 nation body approved American plans to address Greek and Korean crises and to consider a veto free security body while debating a new Italian peace treaty revision. Russia opposed many points, highlighting East West tensions as debate continued into the session at Lake Success.
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New York
United Nations
Andrei Vishinsky
Bate
Russia
United States
Palestine
Trygve Lie
Vishinsky
Assembly
Lake Success
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