AY To Tackle Beer Can Litter
Allied Youth Council students plan a nationwide crusade to reduce roadside beer can litter. Ideas include sacks hung on car doors at drive ins and service stations, with attendants urging customers to dispose cans properly. The Texas Highway Department maintenance division welcomes the effort to cut cleanup time and keep highways clear.
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Allied Youth Council of
America the Beautiful
America
Texas Highway Department
Texas Highway Patrol Recovers Lost Purse Mystery
Captain J W Blackwell of the highway patrol traced a blue purse found near Vega containing 78 52 to its owner after a Farrell Pennsylvania drug store helped via a want ad A diary entry revealed the trip included Amarillo Texas The owner was identified by the clue laden diary and the purse returned to Ohio authorities.
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J. W. Blackwell
Highway Patrol
Vega
Captain Blackwell
Paul Smith
Farrell
Arthur Bender
Birthday cheers reach Awali oil town resident
W G Windsor 86th birthday celebrated by family in Awali on an island Persian Gulf. Son Dick Windsor visits from Albuquerque. W G Windsor Jr. calls from Awali to convey congratulations amid World Series chatter. The Bob Rays bring a New Mexico pamphlet on Safety Responsibility Law and auto liability rules.
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Awali
Persian Gulf
W. G. Windsor
West 11Th
Dick Windsor
Albuquerque
W. G. Windsor, Jr
Bob Rays
Canada
New Mexico
Texas
Democratic leaders vow no politicking over Ike illness
In Stonewall Texas on September 29 Democratic congressional chiefs pledged not to make political hay of President Eisenhower's illness as the new session begins in January. Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and House Speaker Sam Rayburn pledged to pursue a congressional program aimed at electing a Democrat to the White House next year. Adlai Stevenson sat nearby on Johnson's ranch lawn.
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Associated Press
Democratic Party
Stonewall
Gillespie County
Tex
House
Sam Rayburn
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Johnson
Eisenhower
Lyn
Don B. Johnson
White House
Johnson
Mr. Eisenhower
Johnson invites Eisenhower to Texas hunting trip
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson sent a telegram to President Eisenhower inviting him to Texas to hunt. Both leaders, recovering from heart attacks, displayed sympathy and dismissed any political motive behind the overnight visit. Johnson, trim and confident, noted his own dove hunting success and said no change in congressional tactics would occur.
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Austin
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Texas
Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Hereford Crop-Dusting Pilot Dies In Crash
A crop-dusting pilot Ray Owen 29 of Chickasha Oklahoma died when his Stearman bi plane struck a guy wire over an irrigation well near Hereford Texas He vanished after takeoff at 6 15 p m and the wreckage was found at 8 45 p m by Jimmy Lawdon The American Dusting Co employee left a wife and two children and funeral arrangements were pending at Gilisland Funeral Home Hereford Texas
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Hereford
Here
Ray Owen
Chickasha
Oklo
Owen
American Dusting Co
Jimmy Lawdon
Walter Russell
Paul Morton
Gilisland Funeral Home
Eisenhower gains strength as doctors allow minor task
President Eisenhower's recovery improves to where he can initial two government documents, marking his first business since illness. Sherman Adams will relocate from Washington to Denver to oversee operations at the White House as physicians assess continuing health.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Shermen Adams
Washington
Denver White House
James C. Hagerty
White House
Adams
Death Seen If She Had Been Moved Too Soon
Boston report cites Dr. Paul D. White saying moving President Eisenhower to a hospital too soon after his heart attack could have killed him. The heart specialist warned that early movement adds strain during the onset of acute thrombosis, though outcome might have occurred anyway. Eisenhower suffered the heart attack at 2:45 a.m. MST last Saturday.
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Death
Boston
Eisenhower
Paul D. White
Denver
Stevenson criticizes Shivers on veterans land and tidelands
Adlai Stevenson attacked Governor Allan Shivers at a Dallas news conference saying Texas would be better off if the governor spent more time on veterans land and less on tidelands. He tied the issue to the 1952 Texas Democratic primary battles and a 1952 stance on tidelands revenue distribution.
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Tim Parker
Dallas
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Allan Shivers
Veterans Land
Tidelands
Shivers
Springfield
Stevenson
Weather snapshot from 1956 Amarillo morning report
Weather data across Texas cities for 9 a.m. Thursday shows Amarillo with 253 days of sun out of 272 for the year 1956. Readings list wind, visibility and sky conditions for Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with partial cloud cover in several locations.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
Stevenson urges fair lands law and seabed revenue plan
Stevenson pressed for legislation to equitably administer tidelands and allocate proceeds to Texas schools. He argued for joint state federal exploitation of offshore resources beyond the continental shelf, noting geology ignores politics. He sidestepped Texas political questions and praised Lyndon Johnson’s recovery while hoping for the president’s recovery, too.
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Stevenson
Texas
Tidelands
Exiled Peron Remains Afloat In Buenos Aires Harbor
Juan D. Peron, in exile after the revolution, is aboard the Paraguayan gunboat Paraguay off Buenos Aires under Paraguayan protection. Reports of a flight to Spain were denied by officials in Argentina and Paraguay. Madrid and Madrid diplomats say no asylum has been granted and Peru? No. all we know is that talks continue about his future while he waits aboard the ship.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Spain
Mario Amedeo
Juan R. Chaves
Madrid
Peron
Paraguay
Switzerland
Amedeo
Chaves
JanetHurled Inland as hurricane Janet weakens over Mexico
Hurricane Janet, once the season’s fiercest storm, breaks up in Mexican mountains after causing an estimated 350 to 400 deaths. Reports say 150 dead in Chetumal. Vera Cruz and Tampico areas face torrential rains and rising floodwaters while Red Cross plans air relief into Tampico.
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Mexico City
Janet
Mexican Mountains
Chetumal
Yucatan Peninsula
U. S. Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Vera Cruz
Nautia
Tampico
Ciudad Victoria
Washington
American Red Cross
Green Takes Top Honors At Fall Stocker Sale
Ten loads of yearling Hereford steers were judged at Western Stockyards for the second Fall Stocker and Feeder Cattle Sale. First prize went to Tom Green of Green Land and Cattle Co., Vega, for 20 head of uniform animals. Frank Cobb of Tulsa won the $100 prize. Calves will be judged at 11 a.m. today before the sale of good, choice and...
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Western Stockyards
Tom Green
Green Land and Cattle Co
Vega
Frank Cobb
Tulsa
Thunderstorms hit central Oklahoma causing damages and outages
Severe storms with gusts up to 90 mph struck central and southwest Oklahoma and toppled a 305 foot State Highway Patrol radio tower near Edmond. Communications between Oklahoma City and Edmond were cut as the tower collapsed leaving the operator's shack intact. poles bent like toothpicks as the storm moved through.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Edmond
State Highway Patrol
Richard Dunivant
Yankees Rally as Berra Ties Game in Fourth Frame
With Loes pitching for Brooklyn, Gil McDougald and Irv Noren were retired on a double play after a Hodges grounder. Yogi Berra then singled, Joe Collins walked, and Elston Howard hit a run scoring single to left to knot the score as Robinson interfered on Gilliam's throw to the plate amid a charged crowd of 64,707.
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Loes
Righty
Brook
Yanks
Gil Mcc-Dougald
Irv Noren
Gil Hodges
Noren
Pee Wee Reese
Yogi Berra
Joe Collins
Elston Howard
Berra
Jackie Robinson
Junior Gilliam
Gilliam
Robinson
Byrne Shuts Dodgers As Yankees Take Commanding World Series Lead
Tommy Byrne, 35, a discarded hurler who hooked on with New York, baffled Brooklyn with five hits and drove in two runs in a four run fourth inning as the Yankees beat the Dodgers 4 2 to seize a 2 0 lead. Mantle sits sidelined. Bauer hobbles but the Yanks win behind Byrne and clutch two out hitting.
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Tommy Byrne
Yorks
Byrne
New York
Jack Hand
Brooklyn
New York Yankees
Dodgers
Billy Lees
Yankee
Lees
Flatbush
Brooks
New York Giants
Yankees
Yanks
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Yankee Stadium
St. Louis
Chicago
Washington
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Martha Seestone
Pate
Roger W. Babsoo
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