Panhandle dream highway costs pegged at 40 million
State Highway Department officials say a Panhandle plan for a dream highway system would cost about 40 million dollars. Amarillo district head Guy Lott outlined a six month old proposal to aid prompt passage of a federal aid bill. The plan includes widening routes into Amarillo and a new grade separation on US 66 with the Rock Island railroad.
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Amarillo aid to China through Friendship Train reaches China
Amarillo residents sent a portion of the Friendship Train to China. Mayor Lawrence Hagg received a letter from John Shutters in Mount Rainier Maryland. Shutters enclosed a copy of a letter from his daughter in law in China Mrs Malcolm Shutters wife of Rev Malcolm Shutters describing 100 bags of flour sent to Tsimo Monday. Each bag weighs 100 pounds and funds cover aid for 100 needy students among about 600 in the area. The letter notes hardships in delivering aid and the writer prefers to walk. The Red Cross spent 1 361 915 dollars aiding 9 000 people after the Texas City disaster in April 1947.
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Move to relocate airplane shop at English Field approved
City Manager N. V. Moss said the concession to run the airplane shop at English Field received the official approval to relocate operations to the field’s east side. The plan includes using large hangars for storage and mechanical shop facilities.
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Briscoe Man Dies in Wreck
SHAMROCK April 26 Special Wesley Wayne McDonald 22 of Briscoe was killed near here when his car collided with a truck driven by Eugene Wallace Tulsa Wallace not injured The car belonged to Hugh Albert Fillingim 23 of Briscoe who was a passenger Fillingim is in Shamrock Hospital with head injuries and facial lacerations McDonald son of Mr and Mrs B P McDonald Sr survived by a brother Benjamin Franklin Jr two sisters Mrs L T Davis Sr Kelton and Mrs W E Chavey Amarillo and a grandmother Mrs S A McDonald Pitty Funeral services are pending Also P W Hite electrician's mate husband of Mrs Patricia Hite Amarillo has been selected to attend Electric Interior Communications School in Washington DC this week.
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Electric
Washington, DC
Two Tagged Fish Caught at Globe-News Fish Rodeo
Two more tagged fish were landed raising the total to 11 prize fish in ten days of the contest hosted by the Pan Handle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club at Globe-News Fish Rodeo. Anglers J. E. Willis and Edwin Martin won prizes including a Pflueger casting reel and a dry-cleaning voucher, plus 25 free fishing permits. Willis leads for the first monthly prize with the lowest tag number POSC 41.
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Howe Scale Co Truck Scales at Warehouse and Dockyard
A fragmentary notice from Howe Scale Co describes truck scales up to zero ton capacity. It mentions a warehouse, portable packing house, livestock crane dump, railway track and weightographs. Details are incomplete but indicate industrial weighing equipment and transportation goods.
Amarillo Charter Amendments Forwarded to Austin
Copies of Amarillo city charter amendments passed by voters last fall have been sent to the Texas state department in Austin for official docketing. Seven amendments included extending city limits by ordinance and raising the purchase limit from 100 to 1,000 dollars. The tax rate amendment failed to pass. A second item notes Wolflin School cafeteria enlargement plans to be inspected tonight by the school board at 7:30 p.m. at Wolflin Senior High School.
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