Scholarship to Class President Wins National Award
Amarillo High School senior Grant Gross earned a national scholarship to Columbia University valued at $1,200 annually for four years. The award requires a B minus average and a strong personal record. Gross, son of Mr and Mrs M G Gross of 1706 Ong, has led National Honor Society and Christian Endeavor, and held several state youth government roles.
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Grant Gross
Columbia University
Gross
M. G. Gross
Ong
National Honor Society
Texas State
The
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Red Cross Rent Reduced by County Commissioners Today
County officials voted to cut the Red Cross field office rent from 900 to 300 annually to balance expenses with reduced income. Jerry Briscoe and Frank Davis led the move, noting a 30 000 against 45 000 quota and staff cuts. The panel also eyed saving 1 340 by applying 4 000 of the 1938 county hospital bonds for 1964 maturity at mixed rates.
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Jerry Briscoe
Potter County
Frank Davis
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John Halley
Columbian Securities Corporation of
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Amarlilloan earns national college entrance scholarship
A Amarilloan student was selected for a national college entrance scholarship announced today by N. M. McKnight chair of the faculty of scholarships to Columbia. The award was based on his junior exam score and his high school scholastic record.
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N. M. McKnight
Columbia
Ground Breaking for Nazarene Church in Amarillo
Ground breaking for the new First Church of Nazarene at Twentieth and Polk was held yesterday evening. The brick and masonry edifice will include a 50 by 75 foot auditorium and a two story educational building 70 by 45 feet, with architect Fred Miller and contractor Edward Everts leading the project.
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Kansas City
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Plainview
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Morris Lively
Amarillo
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City Clerk Steno Examinations Scheduled
City civil service examinations for clerk stenographers will be held Wednesday morning in the city personnel office. There are no vacancies now, but vacancies are expected soon. Examinations for laborers will be held Thursday. The monthly examination for applicants for fire and police departments will be held Friday.
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Fire
Pleads Guilty to Liquor Charges at County Court
Liquor board agents yesterday made two site purchases of liquor from Moses Goodman at 1804 North East Eighth. Today Goodman pleaded guilty to two charges of Sunday sale and was fined 100 dollars on each count.
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Demic Wins Radio Show Prize on Chance of a Lifetime
George Demic of 312 Florida was awarded fishing gear after correctly answering a question on the American Broadcasting Company program Chance of a Lifetime aired here on KFDA. The show originated in New York City and Demic, employed in Santa Fe's auditing department, was in New York for a bowling tournament in Utica, New York.
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Florida
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Chief Sid Harper Heads to Austin Meeting on Traffic Fatalities
Chief of Police Sid Harper travels to Austin to attend a Texas Safety Council committee session focused on reducing rising traffic deaths statewide. The panel seeks actionable methods to cut fatalities across Texas roads.
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Austin
Texas Safety Council Committee
Arrest Negro Sought in 1948 Slaying in Amarillo
Anthony Calloway, 30, Negro, indicted two years ago for the March 31 1948 stabbing death of Willie Poster in shack row at Third and Jackson, was arrested in Lubbock and brought to Potter County Jail. Detectives located key witnesses living in Amarillo as the case moved from unsolved to cleared by arrest.
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Potter County
Willie Poster
Calloway
Poster
Third and
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J. L. King
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Lubbock
Calloway Arrest Follows Bright Boy Identity Hint
Chief King ordered the arrest after a wanted man was identified. Calloway’s pursuit had stalled as locals knew him only as Bright Boy. Most recent murders are listed as cleared, with Olga Holman’s Nov 22 1949 stabbing remaining outstanding.
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Calloway
Olga Holman
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