Peggy Lowe Wins Potter County Spelling Bee
Peggy Lowe of Sam Houston Junior High School won the Potter County spelling bee defeating runner-up Karolyn Kay Martin. Peggy will represent Potter County in the Globe News Spelling Bee on May 5 before a winner advances to Washington, DC for the National contest. Grady Wilson praised the field from 15 county schools.
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Potter County
Peggy Lowe
Sam Houston
Karolyn Kay Martin
Grady Wilson
Ray V. Small
Amarillo College
Peggy
J. B. Lowe
Canyon Road
Lee Bivins School
Garland Martin
West Third
Bee winners listed as Potter County contest shifts
Lee Bivins furnished the winner of the Bee but the four boys in yesterday's Bee placed outside the winners list. Juana Rhea Heath of Horace Mann Junior High secured third place and Rachel Ann Hooker of Alice Landergin School took fourth. Other winners included Char lene Barnard in eighth grade.
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Lee Bivins
Potter County
Juana Rhea Heath
Horace Mann
Rachel Ann Hooker
Alice Landergin
Charlene Barnard
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Free booklet explains deafness causes and aids
A public free booklet outlines what science knows about deafness, with input from Bell Telephone Laboratories. It covers steps to help the hard of hearing and describes Audivox Inc.’s new double-magnetic hearing aid receiver, barely larger than a shirt button, connectable by a plastic tube with no visible cord. Write Audivox, Dept. 413-1-W, 259 W 14 St, New York 11, NY to obtain a copy.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
Audivox, Inc
Western Electric Hearing Aid Division
New York
School Class Rosters Mention Local Students
Readable fragments list students with ages and grades at multiple schools including David Lindsay Bushland 14 eighth Elizabeth Nixson Junior High. James Coffey 12 sixth Forest Hill. John Satterwhite 13 seventh.
Coker to Leave Amarillo for East Coast Dispatching Post
John B. Coker of Masterson, longtime Amarillo resident and chief dispatcher for Canadian River Gas at Bivins station, will depart Sunday for Linden New Jersey to take a senior dispatcher role with Transcontinental Gas Pipeline. He will report to Houston office Monday, then Newark and Linden. His family will move after the school term ends as their son graduates from Price College.
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Amarillo
John B. Coker
Masterson
Canadian River Gas Company
Bivins
Moore County
Coker
Linden
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company
Houston
Newark
Bivins Station
John
Price College
Local Resident E A Burch Critically Ill in Bell City
Friends report E A Burch is critically ill at Bell City Oklahoma after moving there recently to stay with his son C J Burch. He lived here for more than 25 years at 307 North West Fifth before relocating.
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E. A. Burch
Bell City
Oklo
Mr. Burch
C. J. Burch
North West Fifth
Highland Park and Will Rogers Students Named in Rankings
Highland Park Delores Kaye Pul ley is 11th in sixth grade. Margaret Wills and Gwen Parker are 12th and 13th in seventh, with McKlinley Lorene Wells 13th in eighth. River Road Katherine Nussbaum 13th eighth, St Mary's Academy Lilly Jeffrey 13th seventh, Sanborn Virginia Giles 12th sixth, Will Rogers Wright Neely 11th sixth, Wolflin.
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Globe
Potter County
Globe News
Katherine Nussbaum
St. Mary’s Academy
David Lindsay
Elizabeth Nixson
Wright Neely
Wolflin
Lorene Wells
River Road
John Satterwhite
Highland Park
Lilly Jeffrey
Sanborn
Virginia Giles
Will Rogers
Juana Rhea Heath
Horace Mann
Delores
Delores Kaye Pulley
Margaret Wills
Gwen Parker
McKlinley
May Draft Call in Texas Is Cancelled
The draft call for 3,112 Texans next month was cancelled after a national delay in May inductions. May pre-induction physical examinations for 6,807 men were also cancelled. The April induction call for 2,075 Texans will be filled, while the original call of 4,150 was halved by the national order.
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Selective Service
Paul L. Wakefield
Texas
Life Story of Gen Douglas MacArthur in Amarillo Film
A 20 minute feature titled Life Story of Gen Douglas MacArthur is rushed to the Paramount Theater in Amarillo for a Sunday opening. The film traces MacArthur from ordering troops to fire on bonus marchers in Washington to his escape from the Philippines and includes his policy statements tied to his dismissal. The film is an extra supplement to the usual news feature.
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Douglas MacArthur
Amarillo
Paramount Theater
MacArthur
Washington
Philippines
Aden Colony Builds Terminal at Khormaksar Airport
Britain moves ahead with construction of a new terminal at Khormaksar Civil Airport in Aden Colony, signaling expansion of aviation infrastructure and increased regional connectivity.
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Britain
Aden Colony
Khormaksar
Mrs G L Stone Dies at Memphis in 71th Year
Mrs G L Stone, 71, of Amarillo, died at her daughter’s Memphis home at 6 30 PM Wednesday. She was reared in Denton Cooke counties, married to G L Stone in 1905, lived in Hall County, moved to Amarillo in 1944. Survived by husband two daughters seven grandchildren three sisters and three brothers. Funeral at First Methodist Church Memphis Friday 2 30 PM. burial Fairview Cemetery. Murphy Spicer Funeral Home directs.
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Memphis
G. L. Stone
Amarillo
J. J. McDaniel
George Stafford
Gainesville
Stone
Methodist Church
First Methodist Church of
Rollo Davidson
Fairview Cemetery
Murphy-Spicer Funeral Home
rummage sale by church group at Borden Building
The Women's Auxiliary of the Pentecostal Holiness Church will hold a rummage sale at 8 o clock on Monday and Tuesday at the Borden Building located at 619 East Fourth.
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Women's Auxiliary
The
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Borden Building
East Fourth
Ethiopia Eyes Lemongrass Oil Extractors for Plant Project
Ethiopia plans to boost essential oil production from lemongrass and is seeking to acquire oil extractors. Government aims to develop agro processing, create jobs, and enhance export potential with new equipment import.
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Ethiopia
Peace Officers To Meet Monday in Amarillo
Amarillo will host a Monday meeting of peace officers from the Panhandle Plains area with Sheriff Paul Gaither as chairman. Chief of Police Sid Harper serves as vice-chairman and secretary. arrangements led by W. W. Wooday, Dick Stout, Bob Crowder, Tom McKinley, and Hugh White. A prior note said the meeting was today.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
Paul Gaither
Herring Hotel
Sid Harper
W. W. Wooday
Liberal
Kan
Dick Stout
Dalhart
Bob Crowder
Lubbock
Tom ‘McKinley
Guyman
Okla
Hugh White
Tulsa
Brazil Sets 30 Percent Cap for Drug and Chemical Retailers
Brazil has fixed a maximum fit at 30 percent for retailers handling drugs and chemicals, aiming to regulate margins and ensure consumer safety. The rule targets pricing structure and market practices affecting pharmaceutical and chemical goods.
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Brazil
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Home Study Center
Knights OF Columbus
Amarillo, Texas
Psi
E. A. Burch III
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life
Barfield Bldg
Polk St
the Panhandle
Robert M. Adams
Madison Avenue
N. Y
John O. Nickles
Newton Life Insurance Company
Amerillo, Texas
Derk
George L. Harrison
Devereux C. Josephs
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